-Sep 25, 20194 minA "Rich" Life – Flirting with DeathBy his own reckoning, WWII veteran James “Troy” Rich “nearly died 15 times – more lives than a cat.” He “was always a bit of a...
-Sep 12, 20194 min“Hard to turn off the Switch”Eugene Roberts had seen the worst of war. He spent the last few months of WWII in the Pacific. One of hundreds of young men plucked from...
-Sep 3, 20194 minA "Rich" Life – Flirting with DeathBy his own reckoning, WWII veteran James “Troy” Rich “nearly died 15 times – more lives than a cat.” He “was always a bit of a...
-Aug 19, 20193 minFollow Your Dreams – Veteran George Bradley“They put a sack over my head and marched me to a cell. That was a scary moment.” While he was not really captured by the enemy, for...
-Aug 7, 20193 min“The Coldest Winter I Ever Saw”For 97 year old Eldie Scheffel, the time he spent on the Aleutian Islands was the coldest he’d ever been before or since. He was part of...
-Aug 2, 20193 minHelping to Feed the ArmyAs the old idiom goes, “An Army marches on its stomach.” This oft repeated saying’s roots go as far back as Frederick the Great and...
-Jul 25, 20194 minVietnam Veteran Doug Foster and the Healing WallDoug Foster had heard about the Texas South Plains Honor Flight from some veterans in Snyder who had gone on the flight. Doug, a Vietnam...
-Jul 18, 20193 minLiving IntentionallyOpal Roberts knows the importance of apparel. She remembers a uniform she wore that was made of “extremely high maintenance fabric”....
-Jul 2, 20193 minBill Northcut –Citizen SoldierBio: Born: 2-18-1933 in Emory, TX. Married Billie Frances Northcut June 1952. Children: Melinda, Brenda and William. Bill Northcut...
-Jun 27, 20193 minWWII Veteran George Lewis — Occupied GermanyRubble and destruction in Germany were everywhere the fall of 1945, and George Lewis saw it up close. He was a corporal and squad leader...
-Jun 27, 20193 minAlvira Agee: "I Can Do That"After a visit with 90-year-old Alvira Agee, it’s easy to see that she could do anything she put her mind to. Alvira developed a “can do”...
-Jun 5, 20192 minFollowing His BrothersTruett Tyler grew up on a farm near O’Donnell, Texas, and the youngest of four brothers. One of his brothers died in 1932 at age 7....
-May 30, 20193 minWWII Veteran James Braxton - A Lifetime of MusicJames Braxton grew up loving music. After graduation from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, James attempted to follow...
-May 16, 20194 minDr. Bernhard T. Mittemeyer – A Lifetime of Service to His Adopted CountryBernhard was born Oct. 30, 1930 in Paramaribo, Surinam, South America. His parents Jan and Hanna were there as missionaries from Holland....
-Apr 24, 20193 minPHIL CRENSHAW FOUND HIS CALLINGAs told to Katherine McLamore and edited by C. Wheat When American Sniper Chris Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, recently came to Lubbock, WWII...
-Apr 10, 20193 minDr. Ted Hartman – Sherman Tank Driver and Orthopedic SurgeonDr. J. Ted Hartman was born in Louisiana. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Ames, Iowa. He was the last of three siblings. His...
-Mar 26, 20194 minDr. Robert and Iris Anderson: Battling on Two FrontsRobert Anderson and his future wife Iris saw how devastating a World War can be, up close. For Bob, it was surviving the siege on...
-Mar 19, 20193 minWWII Seabee M.T. Allen - "Quonset Hut" ExpertMarion T. Allen (known as M.T.), now 97 years young, was drafted and joined the Navy Seabees on April 20th, 1943. He had “already...
-Mar 11, 20194 minRoger Haberer – Normandy, Days after the InvasionRoger Haberer clearly remembers the day he was picked with a group of men to be dropped off at Normandy, France. They arrived on June...
-Feb 18, 20193 minBob Hale – WWII Navy “Boat Driver” to Iwo Jima and OkinawaNavy Coxswain Bob Hale, all of 18 years old, didn’t know it at the time, but he was headed into the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War....