Historical Marker
Pilot Class 44-J
Historical marker location:
1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Marker installed: 1994
La Junta Army Air Field, Colorado. 23 December 1944.
Ohio is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because of its role in producing so many US presidents. In addition to the seven presidents who were born in Ohio, another president, William Henry Harrison, lived in Ohio for much of his life and is sometimes counted as an honorary Ohioan.