D Day II Memories From Gen Collins on Weather and Utah Beach
Former U.S. army chief of staff Gen Joseph Collins recalls D-Day conditions off Cherbourg. He notes 15 years after Guadalcanal and Aachen, ge neral weather delays, Bayfield’s crew awaiting dawn, and the 101st Airborne dropping behind Utah Beach ahead of the assault.
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Guadalcanal
Pacific
Lightnin
Joe” Collins
Ure
Normandy
Utah
Cherbourg
St.Lo
Aachen
U.S. Army
J. Lawton Collins
Associated Press
France
Bayfield
Don P. Moon
Utah Beach
101St Airborne Division
Maxwell D. Taylor
Rehabilitation milestone noted by Morgan County official
Morgan County doubled the national average for returning physically handicapped persons to employment, reported by Holmes Turner, area vocational rehabilitation supervisor, to Decatur Lions Club at Hotel Lyons. The story also details Allied Normandy operations and quotes Turner on determination.
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Morgan County
Holmes Turner
Decatur Lions Club
Hotel Lyons
Turner
Mitchell Riley
Riley
Rehabilitation Service
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Clinton St
Athens
Coca-Cola
Decatur Lions
Lions Club
Biloxi
Miss
Local Residents Attend Visits and Shopping in Decatur and Hartselle
Weekend guests included Rev. Lloyd Crabtree from Eastland who preached in Hart selle. Many residents visited relatives in Decatur and Jasper while others shopped in Decatur, Decatur area outings, and district NAPUS meeting in Russellville.
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Lloyd Crabtree
Eastland
Texas
Dewey Hendrin
Hartselle
Crabtree
Church of God
Bobby
Kay Gilchrist
J. M. Holloway
Decatur
Carolyn Baldwin
T. J. Baldwin
Elbert Tudor, Sr
Doyle Houser
Montgomery
Rebecca Ransom
Jo Ryan
S. B. Echols
Ben Hawkins
W. K. Gilchrist
Jessie B. Cook
Maxwell
Afb
Elbert Tudor
Mamie Sharp
Route One
Oslie Fowler
Larlie Baird
Jasper
C. E. Whitehead
Eddie Whitehead
J. Q. Houser
Pat
Huey Miller
Myrtle Miller
R. C. Miller
Mary Crumpton
Jimmie Goodwin
Goodwin
Doctors Clinic
L. D. Garrison
Quentin Houser
Jack Pence
N.a.p.us
Russellville
D. B. Mooneyham
Willodyne Mooneyham
Rosa Mooneyham
Thomas Ransom
W. P. Gilchrist
Kirk Brown
G. Mikell
False Teeth Powder Promises Comfort and Odor Control
Readers are told that a powder improves denture fit and security, allowing eating talking and sneezing without worry. It claims to tighten plates, have no sticky taste, and neutralize denture odor, with no nausea and available at counters nationwide.
Prince Edward County Moves to End Public Schools
Prince Edward County Virginia announces it will abandon public school operations this fall rather than comply with court ordered integration. The six man Board of Supervisors will not levy taxes for public schools or tuition grants for private or out of county schooling for 1959 60. The action follows the federal courts prompting mixed integration in other Virginia localities. A private white school foundation plans fall classes without tuition charge, funded by subscriptions.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
Virginia
Prince Edward
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit
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England
Francke
English Channel
Bradley
Kean
Adms
Kirk
Moon
Wiltie
Plymouth
Don Moon
RAF
Ste. Mere Eglise
82Nd Airborne Division
Matthew D. Ridgway
Merderet River
Sicily
9Th Air Force
Somerville
Sardia Winton
Allstate
Jack Allen
Allstate Insurance Companies
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Second Ave
S.E
Alabama
Dial
Allstate Insurance
Skokie, Iii
H. Leon Reeves
Belk
Belk-Rudsen Co
Dacron-Rayon
Orton
Archdale
Dennis the Menace
Neil Kirk
Jackson St
DECA
Birmingham
Santos
Brazil
Gold Coast
West Africa
J. P. Pitts
Pitts Chiropractic Clinic
6Th Ave. S.E
Pitts Clinic
M.R. Rankin
Rex Rankin
Decatur Youth Baseball Association
Sar
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