Warfield Air National Guard Base - Middle River MD - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

THE PLACE:
WARFIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE
In Baltimore, our primary mission is the Fighter mission, which involves air-to-air and air-to-ground operations designed to support ground forces and to gain control of enemy airspace. Additional missions include Cyber/ Network Warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).

175TH WING
The 175th Wing, located in Baltimore, Maryland, has a dual mission: to augment active duty forces, and to assist State authorities during civil and natural disaster emergencies. The A-10 Thunderbolt has missions involving close air support, forward air control, combat search and rescue, and night flying operations in either an offensive or defensive capacity.
(Above from the Warfield Air National Guard Base website)

THE PERSON:
Major General Edwin "Ted" Warfield III
Warfield began his military career when he was 18, enlisting in the Army Air Corps. After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1950, he joined the National Guard. In 1970, Gov. Marvin Mandel named him adjutant general.

Maj. Gen. Edwin "Ted" Warfield III was born into one of Howard County's wealthiest families, whose members include a former Maryland governor and the founders of a publication that helped shape Baltimore's financial community.

But the story he often told about his past -- which his friends and relatives retold yesterday at his funeral -- concerned a day in July 1945. It would change his character and his life, he said, laying a foundation for a career that included becoming commander of the Maryland National Guard, a member of the House of Delegates between 1963 and 1970 and chairman and chief executive of the Daily Record until 1994, when his family sold the publication.

He was flying a P-51 Mustang over Japan when it was shot down over water. Alone for four days, Warfield survived in a raft with a hole in it, with just a candy bar, water rations and a mirror until officers on a submarine, the USS Haddock, found him.

When he was rescued, "he knew God had something special for the 21-year-old," said the Rev. Harry Brunett of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Glenwood, where Warfield worshiped. "Ted, the promise 54 years ago has been fulfilled."

(The above information from the FINDAGRAVE website:
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Year it was dedicated: 1970 Location of Coordinates: Building Entrance Related Web address (if available): [Web Link] Type of place/structure you are waymarking: Airport

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