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Lifestyles
Sergeant Bolden and others who have received our nation’s highest honor, appear superhuman while preforming seemingly impossible deeds. The truth is that these heroes were ...
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by John Vick, Friday, January 22, 2021 10:41 pm
Lifestyles
The “Deacon” was an unlikely candidate for the Medal of Honor. Ross Franklin Gray earned that nickname from his fellow Marines for his quiet, shy ...
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by John Vick, Friday, January 15, 2021 4:11 pm
Lifestyles
Deep into the Huertgen Forest, the ground was frozen and the temperature was near zero. It was November 16, 1944, and Sgt. Jake Lindsey, already ...
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by John Vick, Friday, January 8, 2021 5:40 pm
Lifestyles
The night of November 2, 1944 would long be remembered by the young weapons platoon leader of Easy [E] Company of the 413th Infantry Regiment. ...
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by John Vick, Friday, January 1, 2021 11:00 pm
COLUMN -- FEATURE SPOT
This column has always been about veterans, mostly local and usually with an Alabama connection. As our country fights through this pandemic, we have come ...
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by John Vick, Monday, December 28, 2020 8:41 am
Lifestyles
Mr. T. J. Boothe says he never dreamed he would live to be 100. He was born 100 years ago this December 18, in the ...
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by John Vick, Friday, December 18, 2020 3:48 pm
Lifestyles
The U.S. Army had established the Aircraft Warning Service [AWS] in 1939, but the new SCR-270 radar system did not become operational until July 1941. ...
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by John Vick, Friday, December 11, 2020 3:47 pm
Lifestyles
Hell on earth found its home on a tiny, sulfurous island in the Pacific Ocean during a 36-day battle in 1945. The Battle for Iwo ...
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by John Vick, Friday, December 4, 2020 5:47 pm
Lifestyles
The 25-year-old Lieutenant found his unit pinned down near the Siegfried Line in Germany. The German defense consisted of interlocking trenches and concrete bunkers known ...
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by John Vick, Friday, November 27, 2020 3:31 pm
Lifestyles
Combat tactics was taught by the Allied and Axis powers during WW II. What couldn’t be taught was the individual heroism often exhibited by the ...
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by John Vick, Friday, November 20, 2020 4:45 pm
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