CPS Resource CentreOn April 28th, 2009 the Marshall Islands issued a sheet of 16 stamps to honor some of America’s most important military aviation heros. The 44cent stamps show portraits of the aviation heros with backgrounds depecting important events in their distinquished careers. The final stamp at the lower
Marshall Islands 2009-04-28
right hand corner of the sheet shows a map of the island archepelago and generalized gird and compass rose. A canoe and sea birds are also shown on the map stamp. Starting in the upper left, the positions of the aviation heros and map stamp are as follows: (16-1) Richard I. Bong, (16-2) Charles “Chuck” Yeager, (16-3) Lauris Norstad, (16-4) Willam “Billy” Mitchell, (16-5) Curtis E. LeMay, (16-6) Edward Henry O’Hare, (16-7) Claire L. Chennault, (16-8) George C. Kenney, (16-9) James “Jimmy” Doolittle, (16-10) Paul W. Tibbits, Jr., (16-11) Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (16-12) Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, (16-13) Ira C. Eaker, (16-14) Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker, (16-15) Henry “Hap” Arnold, (16-16) Map of the Marshall Islands.
