By Carol Hunter
September 23, 2007
More than 60 years ago, the 40th Bombardment Group flew missions to bomb iron works, airfields and rail and navy yards in Burma, China and Japan. But the young fliers' primary mission was more basic: Do their duty for their country, then return home safely.

Article published in The Pratt Tribune on 09/27/2007:
By Gale Rose reporter@pratttribune.com
Efforts to raise money for a new bronze sculpture and new museum for the B-29 All Veterans Memorial complex are in motion again and donations are needed. The Memorial is located at the Pratt Industrial Airport.

By Clara Kilbourn, ckilbourn@hutchnews.com
in The Hutchinson News Nov. 13, 2007

Rod Dyerly never met Jack G. Shriver.
Nor will he.
The closest their lives touched was on Sept. 23, 1943, when Shriver's B-26 lost an engine during a training run as it was preparing to land at the Pratt Air Force Base.

September 20, 2007
By Pat Smith

For the Daily News — Retired U.S. Air Force Major Rodney B. Dyerly never gave up his dream of honoring the pilot that saved his town and school on Sept., 23, 1943.

When Greensburg’s Lt. Jack Shriver helped spare the town of Pratt, Kansas, including the school attended by Dyerly, the major never forgot that dramatic fall day.