Michele Gerlach, Author at The Andalusia Star-News

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Speaker: Veterans aren’t forgotten here

CW5 (Ret.) Bryant Fontenot said all he ever wanted to be was a soldier. “I grew up in South Louisiana in a family of desperately ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, November 17, 2023 1:00 pm

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COLUMN: ‘Celebration of Heroes’ is special event for community

Last week, Covington Veterans Foundation (CVF) founder John Vick devoted this space to all of the events and traditions that make Andalusia among the most ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, November 3, 2023 3:00 pm

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Program to include mystery of WWI soldier’s death

The cause of death of one of the first Alabamians to fall in service during World War I remains a mystery, more than 100 years ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, August 4, 2023 2:00 pm

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Memorial Day: A day to honor those who gave all

We are now in the midst of Memorial Day Weekend, considered by most Americans to be the long weekend marking the beginning of summer vacation. ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, May 26, 2023 5:00 pm

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Red Level VFW celebrates opening of new facility

Red Level Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4388 celebrated the grand opening of its new facility last Saturday. The VFW’s original building burned on Thanksgiving ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, May 12, 2023 4:30 pm

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Mike Betts, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Vietnam

When Dwayne Betts was about 10, he went by bus to Quincy, Fla., to spend time with his grandparents. At the close of the week, ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, April 21, 2023 6:00 pm

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CVF: This village got it right

Last Sunday, a man approached the locator tent at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall seeking assistance finding the name of someone who had died in ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, August 5, 2022 3:00 pm

News

Vick makes special presentation to Greenwood

Just before Lee Greenwood took the stage at July JAMZ in Andalusia Thursday night, he met with a man who was instrumental in his appearance ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Thursday, August 4, 2022 7:30 am

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Nichols ever thankful he came home from war

In October of 1966, when most young men in America were doing all they could to avoid going to Vietnam, Andalusia native Sammy Ray Nichols ... Read more

by Michele Gerlach, Friday, May 20, 2022 4:30 pm

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Preparing for The Wall: Volunteers, storytellers needed

The first time I visited the Vietnam Wall in Washington, I was a high school student on one of those week-long, whirlwind learning trips to ... Read more