The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.
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Monroe Slack, Marfa WWII Flying Ace and Hero
Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into a day to honor all who have served in the military. In preperation for Memorial Day 2019, Lonn wants to rememebr the life of a Marfa-born, WWII B-17 pilot, Edward Monroe Slack. After graduating from Marfa High School in 1935, attending Sul Ross and the University of Texas in Austin, Slack decided he wanted to fly, and later became a integral piece of the war effort, flying missions in nazi-oocupied France and later North Africa - including one harrowing mission that earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross. On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn remembers Slack, a local and national hero.