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Eyewitness to history: USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor; William E. Ward, Jr., Seaman, U.S. Navy, WWII

It is an extraordinary honor to be able to tell the story of another member of The Greatest ...

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Noah N. Cowen, 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force pilot, WWII, KIA

The author thanks Tom and Mike Cowen for their help in writing about their great-uncle Noah Nelson Cowen ...

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Help tell veterans’ stories

2022 will mark the author’s fourth year of writing about Covington County, Alabama, veterans. If you’ve read their ...

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George W. Jones, PFC, U.S. Army, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam KIA

There are more than 58,000 names inscribed on the Vietnam Wall, 1,208 of them from Alabama. There are ...

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Be grateful for what you have this Christmas

What would you rather have: all the bells and whistles and be miserable or not have as much ...

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Raiford C. Sibley, Quartermaster Seaman, U.S. Navy, WW II Veteran

The author and Covington County lost a very special friend with the passing of Raiford [Ray] Sibley on ...

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Pearl Harbor: 80 Years Ago – An Apology

This week’s column is dedicated to the more than 2,400 military personnel and civilians killed when Japan brutally ...

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Against the Odds – Command Sergeant Major John A. Brown, U.S. Army WW II, Vietnam

Courage and determination are hallmarks of heroes in war but those traits can also help a soldier overcome ...

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Charles B. Mathews, Major, U.S. Air Force Pilot, Korea Head of Air Armaments, NATO International Staff, Brussels, Belgium

The author lost a friend and the nation lost a great patriot with the passing of Charles B. ...

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Larry W. Godwin, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Artillery, Vietnam

Larry W. Godwin agreed to share his story, not so much to tell about what happened to him in ...

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