From the VSO

NOW HEAR THIS! From the desk of Doc Toline, Polk County Veterans’ Service Officer Happy Birthday to the US Navy! October 13th marks 247 years of the Navy’s service to America. Did you know that on October 5th, 1913 the Navy purchased its first airplane? The acquisition was a Curtiss Model E Hydroaeroplane called The “OWL”. Why was it called the OWL? It flew ...