The first combat mission for Sam Hamilton and his crew began early in the morning on November 11, with a 6:30 a.m. breakfast followed by ...
On the morning of November 16, 1944, Sam Hamilton’s B-24 was the lead plane in the second attack group that took off from Spinazzola field ...
It was a little more than 79 years ago that many of our Alabama soldiers, along with their brothers in arms, were engaged in a ...
From their first battle against the Japanese on December 20, 1941, members of the American Volunteer Group were only in combat for seven months. The Japanese had ...
After completing flight training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, Ensign Ben Crum Foshee had to complete a fixed number of “arrested landings” aboard an ...
The Hammett brothers, Marvin and Ira, served together in the South Pacific during WW II. Ira had joined the 117th Field Artillery Battalion of the ...
Andalusia has laid claim for the title, the most patriotic town in Alabama. Just look around Andalusia’s main streets! Every day you will see red, ...
It is a tragedy when a soldier dies in war. The death of Dalton Grantham in Korea in 1953 was particularly tragic. He married Shirley ...
Continued from Part 1 [action that took place on Feb. 26, 1968, resulting in Reynolds being awarded the Bronze Star for Valor]. After the harrowing ...
As the helicopter circled, the scene below looked pretty grim. Smoke was coming from the crater where several of Sgt. Reynolds’ men were pinned down. ...
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