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Frank Christie recalls battles of Leyte and Okinawa
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Last Updated: 11:54 PM 05/15/10 - The former Terrell County school superintendent earned two Purple Hearts, Bronze and Silver Stars Terry Lewis, staff writer (Full Story) |
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A sailor’s story
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Last Updated: 11:50 PM 04/04/10 - Two Albany sisters and their families pay tribute to their father, a Navy man and a teller of tales. Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story) |
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WWII Veteran Rish recalls 95 days in Pacific foxhole
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Last Updated: 12:09 AM 03/08/10 - World War II veteran Leon Rish lost about 100 pounds while fighting in the Pacific Theater with the Army. Ethan Fowler, education writer (Full Story) |
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Disaster Survivor
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Last Updated: 11:55 PM 04/18/10 - USS Indianapolis survivor recalls horror of five days in shark-infested waters after the U.S. Navy’s worst maritime disaster. Terry Lewis, staff writer (Full Story) |
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‘Kilroy’ was inspiration in WWII
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Last Updated: 12:15 AM 02/15/10 - The familiar graffiti “Kilroy was here” is engraved on the National World War II monument in Washington, D.C. Ricki Barker, staff writer (Full Story) |
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Nazi hunter recalls life overseas during WWII
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Last Updated: 11:54 PM 02/07/10 - William Payne was serving overseas when Pearl Harbor was bombed. J.D. Sumner, government writer (Full Story) |
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Veteran shares his heroic experiences
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Rowena’s Charles Davis earned a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts while serving in all five major European battles of World War II. - Ethan Fowler, education writer (Full Story) |
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Albany WWII veteran’s luck could be atomic
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - World War II pilot Edgar Ross Gatlin Jr. counts himself lucky to have escaped the carnage of war. - Pete Skiba, staff writer (Full Story) |
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Female Marine finds reward in service
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Barbara Harris says that serving as a woman officer in the Marine Corps during World War II was tough at times, but rewarding. - Ricki Barker, staff writer (Full Story) |
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Albany man looks back on time in German prison camp
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Last Updated: 4:48 PM 01/25/10 - Charles McGee recalls being shot down in Hungary during an Air Corps mission in World War II. Cathy Higgins, features writer (Full Story) |
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