Gunsmoke, was TV’s longest running prime time, live action
dramatic series for decades.The television series ran for 20
seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes.

The Spruce Goose, the first aircraft with a wingspan in excess of 300 feet, the largest flying boat ever built, made its one and only flight on
November 2, 1947, in Long Beach, California. It was designed and constructed by Howard Hughes and his Aircraft Company.

Howard Robard Hughes Jr.(December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976)

Howard Hughes, one of the richest men to emerge from the American West during the 20th century, died while being flown from Acapulco
to Houston,Texas.

A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da
Nang. President Johnson (below) had ordered this deployment to provide protection for the key U.S. airbase there.

This was the first commitment of American combat troops in South Vietnam
and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of
U.S. involvement in the war.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

Hawk missile launchers at Da Nang Airfield in 1965.

Kirstie Louise Alley

1993