- Date
- 1995-04
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagemilitaryeducationaviationfamilycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1995 Beacon profiled John Giles McCann, born on Beaver Island in 1915. It traced his family’s harbor general store, Beaver Island schooling and teaching, marriage to Dorothy Rose Gallagher, and 32-year U.S. Air Force career as a pilot, aircraft-accident investigator, civil engineer, and lieutenant colonel.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile and family-history account, not a complete service record, school register, property history, or independently verified biography.
Sources
- Profiles Giles McCann’s Beaver Island birth, family store, Roosevelt School teaching, 1942 marriage to Dorothy Rose Gallagher, 32-year U.S. Air Force career, aircraft-accident investigation, civil engineering, World War II and Vietnam War service, and continuing summer connection to the Island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1995-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Giles McCann profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon profiles Beaver Island-born Air Force veteran Giles McCann, 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-giles-mccann-profile-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1995, “Meet a Special Beaver Islander: Giles McCann.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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