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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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- Jan 8, 2022
- 6 min
Noah N. Cowen, 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force Pilot, WW II, KIA
Author: John Vick The author thanks Tom and Mike Cowen for their help in writing about their great-uncle Noah Nelson Cowen from Opp,...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 7 min
Friends for Life – CWO David Burns and CWO Glynn Broom, Helicopter Pilots, Vietnam
Author: John Vick CWO David Burns beside his UH-1C Huey gunship in Vietnam. [Photo: David Burns] Two friends now live just a few miles...
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- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
MajGen. Wiley Duncan Ganey, USAF [Andalusia Native 1907-1982]
Author: John Vick As far as we can tell, Major General Wiley D Ganey, USAF. is the highest ranking military officer from Andalusia and...
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