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Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site

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The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in (present-day) East Wenatchee, Washington, dedicated to Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the two men who made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. They departed from Misawa, Japan, on October 4, 1931, and landed near this site 41 hours later.Young, p.322 Read more on Wikipedia

• type: NRHP
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Source: en.wikipedia.org