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2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes
(Lloyd "Pete" Herbert Hughes, Jr. - 12 Jul 1921 - 1 Aug 1943)


Source: family papers


The Del Mar College Former Students' Association in celebration of the 60th Anniversary

Unveiling of the

WALL
OF HONOR

Saturday, July 29, 1995
E.L. Harvin Center
Del Mar College East Campus


Wall of Honor

Justice Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage

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Second Lt. Lloyd Herbert "Pete" Hughes (Posthumous Award)
Born July 21, 1921, in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Mrs. J.R. Jordan. Graduated from Refugio High School. Del Mar College student. Played basketball and graduated in May, 1941 (sic.) Transferred to Texas A&M University. Air Force Pilot who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, killed in action on August 1, 1943, in the air raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania during World War II.

Red McCombs

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U.S. Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX-27)

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The Rev. Msgr. Richard John Shirley

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Buddy Randel Venters

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Wall of Honor Special Recognition

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Correction: Pete did not graduate from Del Mar College. Del Mar College has refused to correct this error.


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