Vietnam Veteran Kenneth G. Johnson helped build Veterans Park
Author: John Vick Corporal Kenneth G. Johnson, U.S. Marine Corps in his dress blues. [Photo: Helen Johnson] With the recent visit of the...
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- Jul 17
- 5 min
Hubert T. Sullivan, Tech Sergeant, U.S.Army Combat Engineers, WW II
Author: John Vick Wartime photo of Hubert T. Sullivan, 251st Combat Engineers. [Photo: Sullivan family] Hubert Sullivan’s battalion had...
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- Jul 17
- 5 min
Wilson Merrill Sauls, Private, U.S. Army Paratrooper, WW II
Author: John Vick Merrill Sauls with the author at the 70th Anniversary of the End of WW II, at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air...
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- May 23
- 6 min
Operation Ivory Soap: Alabama’s Best Kept Secret of WW II
Author: John Vick In researching a future article about the late Charles R. Loman, a WW II veteran and leader in our community, I came...
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- May 6
- 5 min
An Airman in a Sailor Suit: Charles R. Lowman, Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps, WW II
Author: John Vick When the author first interviewed the late Charles R. Lowman in 2017, he stated, “You know, I spent the better part of...
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- Jan 31
- 9 min
Eyewitness to History: USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor; William E. Ward, Jr., Seaman, U.S. Navy, WWII
Author: John Vick Photo of William E. Ward, Jr. [far right] with some of his friends taken right around December 1, 1941. [Photo: the...
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