Veterans Day 2008

Ninety years ago the guns fell silent on the Western Front. Today we still mark this anniversary of the Armistice, calling it Veterans Day and honoring all those who have served to protect our country and its freedoms. Unfortunately, World War I was not the "war to end all wars," and today our country fights on many fronts to maintain our liberty, daily adding names to the list of United States veterans.

To all veterans reading this today, I salute you and I thank you. Some readers have submitted names of friends and relatives that they would like to honor on this day. I hope those listed know how much we appreciate them.


Haymond Brown Jr. - Iuka - Viet Nam - Paratrooper with the 101st Airborne

Frank Buckles - Charles Town, West Virginia - WWI - Ambulance driver in France and last living World War I veteran

Dean Farmer - Center Star - Served with the Military Police in Turkey

Conred P. Joiner - Lexington - WWII - Fought in the Battle of the Bulge

Lofton C. Morgan - Florence - WWII - Slept in a pup tent filled with water at Guadalcanal

Willard Patterson - Atlanta - WWII - Bridge builder with Corps of Engineers

Euell W. Stutts - Greenhill - WWII - Fought in Germany

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The Major - He protected us from Communism