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Former Green Beret medic remembers Vietnam
(Local News ~ 11/11/13)
As a Special Forces medic in South Vietnam, Earl Metcalf of Dexter saw his share of action, including a near fatal rocket explosion that knocked him unconscious at a Forward Operations Base on the Laos border. A Green Beret, Metcalf was working out of a base in Khontum, S. Vietnam as a member of a Command and Control Central group. He frequently made helicopter flights to Dak To, a launch site used for reconnaissance...
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Born to serve...Kyle Cox
(Local News ~ 11/11/13)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor Kyle Cox can recall as a small boy flying on a plane to visit his grandfather, Gene Hyten, in Texas. "What I remember most about those trips is walking through the airport and seeing men in uniform," Cox says. "I was just in awe. I always wanted to be one of those men in uniform. Even at seven or eight years old, I had so much respect for those men. I knew that some day I'd wear one of those uniforms."...
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Selflessness for our nation: the Jones family
(Local News ~ 11/11/13)
By BILLY ANDERSON Special to The Daily Statesman In May of 2004, Sgt. Cody Jones was deployed to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF5) with the 2nd Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment out of the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii to help in the fight against terrorism. ...
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Jim Russell--From the plow to the front lines
(Local News ~ 11/11/13)
James Russell would prefer that you call him Jim. But, if you know him, you knew that already. Born in 1930 on a farm east of Hwy. 60, he was one of eight children born to Roscoe and Nena Russell. Before and after school, Jim would work with the cows, pigs and hens that kept the family fed--as they did most depression-era families...
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