Major Rudolf Anderson Memorial

Major Rudolf Anderson Memorial, an F-86 Sabre fighter plane in Greenville. Rudolf Anderson Jr. (September 15, 1927 – October 27, 1962), was a pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force and the first recipient of the Air Force Cross, the U.S. Air Force's second-highest award for heroism. The only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Anderson died when his U-2 spy aircraft was shot down over Cuba. -from Wikipedia