Veterans Day Reflections on a WWII Father’s Service
Jane Howard Lee recalls her father George William Howard, a Baker Tools employee who joined the Army Corps of Engineers after Pearl Harbor. He built roads in China Burma India theater, trained locals, faced danger with Ghurka troops, and returned home in 1948 after aiding China’s reconstruction.
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Pearl Harbor
George William Howard
Baker Oil Tools
Baker International
Baker-this
Dairy Farmers Association
Los Angeles
Dad
California
Camp
Ramgarh
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Nepal
Ghurka
India
Mem-Sahib
Sgt
George
Andrews Aircraft
China- Burma-India
Madeline
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Yangtze River
the Sun
Pacific
Jane Howard Lee
Today in history and notable figures recap
Highlights include first lady references and notable births such as Dostoyevsky and Vonnegut, plus modern stars Tucci Moore Flockhart DiCaprio Sanchez. Sports note recalls Fernando Valenzuela winning Cy Young in 1981, a unique double honor. Facts include Abigail Adams as wife and mother who never knew it, and the Mayflower Compact having 41 signers.
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United States
James Renwick
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
George Patton
U.S
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Stanley Tucci
Demi Moore
Calista Flockhart
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mark Sanchez
Fernando Valenzuela
Cy Young
Abigail Adams
John Quincy Adams
Ted Poe Rep. 2 district contact and editor note
Dist 2 Rep Ted Poe provides phone contact 866 425 6565 for district inquiries. The snippet also credits Janie Gray as editor and publisher with a message about missed paper.
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Ted Poe
Dist
Janie Gray
Bats disrupt Army Field Band concert in Texas
In Snyder Texas 2009 an Army Field Band concert was interrupted by bats swooping over Scurry County Coliseum. Band members pressed on while Dr Mike Dreith of Western Texas College suffered a hospital scare and later recovered. Environmental bats and contract notes tied to institutional duties frame the curious incident as a cautionary tale.
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Board of Trustees
Belfries
USA
US Army Field Band
Mike Dreith
Western Texas College
Snyder
Dreith
Scurry County
Dr. Dreith
Carol
Lubbock
Bat Solutions of
San Antonio
WTC
Coliseum
Washington
Army Field Band
U. S. Navy
Navy
Newbury
Dallas-Fort Worth
Speakerdoc
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Yasser Arafat
Paris
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Angie Pagel
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Pagel
Baytownsun.com
Adam Vanelli
Adam
Yanelli
Sandy Denson, Enna
Joshua Hart
Joshua
Ownsun.com
Newsroom
The
Baytown Sun
Baytown
Sun
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Eee
Eresote
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Jim Fortuar
Viadine
Bier
M.A. Bengtson
Jay Eshbach
Barack Obama
Icu
Don Newbury
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