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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)
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)
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)
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)
‘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)
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)
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)
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
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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)
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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