Remembering Peterson Marine veteran recalls Pacific battles
Peterson describes his Marine service from Edgewood to Camp Elliott and Guadalcanal. He details transport to New Zealand, Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima where the flag rose on Mt Sarabachi. He recalls Easter on Sarabachi, Roosevelt's death, and later life as a drill instructor while stressing Memorial Day patriotism. He notes two grandsons in the Marines and ongoing support for troops.
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New Zealand
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Bougainvil
Lea
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Guam
Iwo Jima
Mt. Sarabachi
Sarabachi
Roosevelt
San Diego
Iraq
Afghanistan
Marine Corps
Pastor Nead Leaves After Years At St Augustine Church
In 1990 Nead started a new Episcopal church in a small horse community near Augusta. Services were at Whiskey Road Fermata Club for six years before breaking ground in 1996 on Silver Bluff Road for St Augustine. A diverse, welcoming congregation grows as 100 members prepare to welcome a supply priest and new minister.
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Augusta
Aiken
Whiskey Road
Fermata Club
Silver Bluff Road
St. Augustine
White House trims list for Supreme Court picks
The White House narrows candidates as Chief Justice Rehnquist battles thyroid cancer and may step down by June. Both sides expect a bruising fight over a centrist or conservative nominee with officials not commenting on a specific vacancy timeline.
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Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Bush
Rehnquist
Sean Rushton
Conservative Committee For Justice
Justice Department
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Reagan
Douglas Ginsburg
John McGinnis
Northwestern University
Office of Legal Counsel
McGinnis
Six people killed in farmhouse shootings near Bellefontaine
Six people including two teens were found shot to death in two neighboring farmhouses on a Logan County farm west of Bellefontaine Ohio. A seventh person Stacy Moody 15 was wounded and airlifted to Ohio State University Medical Center. Investigators say one of the dead may be responsible for the attack.
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Ohio
Columbus
Logan County
Chuck Stout
Sharyl
Gary Shafer
Henry
Stacy Moody
Moody
Ohio State University Medical Center
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