James Fox Monument - Dalhart, TX, USA
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N 36° 03.677 W 102° 31.353
13S E 723135 N 3993586
He was an American pilot who valiantly sacrificed his life in China for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
Waymark Code: WM131QA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 3l diesel
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County of Memorial: Dallam County
Location of Memorial: 5th St. & Denver St. (US 54), courthouse lawn, Dalhart
Date of Gift: October, 2002

Dedication from China on Gift:
He was an American pilot who valiantly sacrificed his life in China for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The Chinese people will forever remember his name, James R. Fox, Jr.

President Jiang Zemin
The People's Republic of China
October, 2002


Text on memorial explaining who he was:
James R. Fox, Jr. was born on March 16, 1919 in Dalhart, Texas. In order to support the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China in November, 1942, he volunteered to fly for Pan American Airways, then a joint Sino-US airline, transporting the anti-Japanese supplies to China through the dangerous Hump Route. On March 11, 1943, Fox and his two Chinese co-pilots were killed on such a mission when the Douglas C-53 cargo they were flying crashed.


In 2002, the Information Office of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China especially made the bronze bust in his memory.

Date of Dedication: 10/01/2002

Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: County House Lawn

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
414 Denver Ave, Dalhart, TX 79022


Commemoration: Pilots who flew the hump for China in WWII

Access times: Not listed

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