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Rachel Maria Loman was one of ten thousand women who served overseas as nurses in the Army Nursing Corps during the First World War. Loman, who was known as Myra by her family members, was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Columbus County.

On July 26, 1962, Thomas Purcell Jr. demonstrated FlightSail at Lake Waccamaw.The Columbus County flight was the first water-based use of the glider that had been adapted by Purcell from technology created by aviation pioneer Francis Rogallo. The aircraft was a single seat open cockpit parasol-winged glider with skids to facilitate water takeoffs and landings.