Valor in Combat

Historical marker location:

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

( Memorial is at the intersection of Hackler Street and Howard Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Hackler Street.)

Award of the Air Force Cross.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.