William Thomas Whisner Jr. was a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 30 years of military service. He was a fighter ace with Army Air Forces over Europe in World War II and a jet fighter ace with the Air Force in the Korean War.
Colonel William T. Whisner Jr. in 1971
Whisner in his P-47 Thunderbolt
Whisner with his P-51B Mustang 'Princess Elizabeth'
Whisner's P-51D
C. E. Byrd, a Blue Ribbon School, is a high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. In continuous operation since its establishment in 1925, C. E. Byrd is also the eighth-largest high school in the United States of America as of February 2019. Byrd students come from its neighborhood or throughout the entire school district through its selective math/science magnet program.
C. E. Byrd High School
C. E. Byrd (c. 1907) as the president of Louisiana Tech University
Side view of Byrd High School from Kings Highway