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Stalag Luft III was one of the most infamous and well-known of the German Prisoner of War camps. It eventually housed some 10,949 POWs, including ...
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by John Vick, Friday, July 30, 2021 3:29 pm
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Part 1 – Five Missions Over Germany Author’s note: The author wishes to thank Mrs. Mary Courson Kyzar and her son, Marc, for providing a ...
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by John Vick, Friday, July 23, 2021 4:29 pm
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(Editor’s Note: This week’s author is Robert Evers, a member of Covington Veterans Foundation.) First Lt. Harold H. Beasley of Andalusia was one of tens ...
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by John Vick, Friday, July 16, 2021 1:02 pm
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Our country just celebrated the 245th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This year was just another 4th of July celebration with ...
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by John Vick, Friday, July 9, 2021 4:22 pm
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Books and movies tell about the Allied war effort during WW II to fly supplies over the eastern Himalayas to the Nationalists Chinese Army fighting ...
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by John Vick, Friday, July 2, 2021 1:37 pm
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Recently, Dr. Bill Albritton brought the author a photograph of his family reunion taken Christmas 1941, just a little over two weeks after Pearl Harbor. ...
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by John Vick, Friday, June 25, 2021 2:00 pm
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As we celebrate Father’s Day this year, we remember the sacrifices of all the young fathers who never returned from war. We should also remember ...
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by John Vick, Friday, June 18, 2021 5:03 pm
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One week after the commemoration of the invasion of Normandy, the author is pleased to write about a brave young man from the Carolina community ...
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by John Vick, Friday, June 11, 2021 3:05 pm
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June 6, 2021 marks the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy during WW II. Operation Overlord, the code-name for the invasion, was the ...
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by John Vick, Sunday, June 6, 2021 10:07 am
Lifestyles
On Monday, May 31 at 10:00am, the City of Andalusia will sponsor Memorial Day ceremonies at the Covington County Veterans Memorial Park behind city hall. ...
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by John Vick, Friday, May 28, 2021 5:34 pm
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