This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Area Men In Service And Aviation Training
Techni cian Third Class William W Petty USN son of Mr and Mrs William A Petty of Falkville is serving with Air Antisubmarine Squadron 29 at the US Naval Air Station Norfolk Va His squadron flies the S 2E Tracker anti submarine aircraft The squadron's mission is to search detect track and if need be destroy enemy submarines Army Pfc Charles L Easterwood 20 son of Mr and Mrs Claud A Easterwood of Baileyton is part of Operation Saratoga in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division 2nd Brigade The operation northwest of Saigon aims to destroy insurgents and deny rice harvests in Hau Nghia Province Easterwood is a machine gunner with Company D 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Airman Apprentice Robert W Jones USN son of Mr and Mrs Joseph G Jones Jr structural hydraulics apprentice at Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Also noted is training on hydraulic systems and aircraft maintenance The first and second phases included basic operations and safety with the final phase covering general aircraft operations before fleet assignment Jones completed two week Aviation Familiarization and four week Mechanical Fundamentals courses prior to the school