Hometown Heroes

By his own reckoning, WWII veteran James “Troy” Rich “nearly died 15 times – more lives than a cat.” He “was always a bit of a daredevil”, but not all of his...

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 American cities and ...

By his own reckoning, WWII veteran James “Troy” Rich “nearly died 15 times – more lives than a cat.” He “was always a bit of a daredevil”, but not all of his...

“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 Sergeant George Bradley,...

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 the Army’s 7th Infan...

Doug Foster had heard about the Texas South Plains Honor Flight from some veterans in Snyder who had gone on the flight. Doug, a Vietnam veteran didn’t think...

Opal Roberts knows the importance of apparel. She remembers a uniform she wore that was made of “extremely high maintenance fabric”. While serving in the Wom...

Bio: Born: 2-18-1933 in Emory, TX. Married Billie Frances Northcut June 1952. Children: Melinda, Brenda and William. Bill Northcut graduated high school in J...

Rubble and destruction in Germany were everywhere the fall of 1945, and George Lewis saw it up close. He was a corporal and squad leader with the 3458th Quar...

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” attitude beginning w...

Truett 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. Truett graduated early fr...

James Braxton grew up loving music. After graduation from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, James attempted to follow in his father's foot...

Bernhard was born Oct. 30, 1930 in Paramaribo, Surinam, South America. His parents Jan and Hanna were there as missionaries from Holland. They arrived in 192...

As told to Katherine McLamore and edited by C. Wheat When American Sniper Chris Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, recently came to Lubbock, WWII Army Veteran Phil Cre...

Dr. J. Ted Hartman was born in Louisiana. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Ames, Iowa. He was the last of three siblings. His father was a Professor o...

Robert Anderson and his future wife Iris saw how devastating a World War can be, up close. For Bob, it was surviving the siege on Bastogne in Belgium as part...

Marion T. Allen (known as M.T.), now 97 years young, was drafted and joined the Navy Seabees on April 20th, 1943. He had “already graduated from Idalou High ...

Roger Haberer clearly remembers the day he was picked with a group of men to be dropped off at Normandy, France. They arrived on June 15th, 1944, only nine d...

Navy 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. His job as a Coxswai...