Rangers remember brethren at WWII reunion service
Frank South of the 2nd Ranger Battalion convener led the memorial at the Dole Institute in Lawrence with Fort Benning Rangers as color guard. The 512th Army Band played outside the Dole Center as attendees gathered for greetings, a buffet, and World War II memorial carillon music at KU Campanile.
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Frank South
2Nd Ranger Battalion
Rangers
Fort Benning
Rick Hairston
Lawrence Helidome
McDonald Drive
Dole Institute
Bill Lacy
512Th Army Band
Lawrence
Dole Center
Uni
Ranger Richard Bendix Remembered for War Service in Normandy
Richard Bendix 81 of Phoenix recalls joining the Rangers for combat duty after training paratrooper gear. He fought with the 5th Rangers in France shortly after D-Day, was wounded by a leg artery and vein, and sent home to recover. Bendix still attends Ranger reunions and regrets not fighting more.
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Richard Bendix
Bendix
Phoenix
The
Rangers
France
5Th Rangers
U.S
Lawrence
Ranger widows attend World War II Army Ranger reunion in Lawrence
Jane Herring, 84, from Charlotte NC, attends Ranger reunion events alongside fellow Rangers. Her husband Tom Herring died after serving as Ranger Battalion Assn secretary treasurer and participating in D Day. Jane recalls meeting him in high school and notes the legacy carried by the Sons & Daughters of the World War II Army Rangers.
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Lawrence
Jane Herring
France
Tom Herring
Europe
Sons & Daughters
Army Rangers
Rangers
Charlotte
N.C
Thomas Herring
Ranger Battalion Assn
Ranger at heart never wanted MP duty during WWII
Lewis Haight, 82, of Swannanoa North Carolina, once an Army World War II Ranger wounded in action, volunteered to join MP training. He went AWOL in France while seeking his Ranger unit, hitchhiked through France and Germany, and ended up back at MP headquarters. He earned a Silver Star for attempting a rescue.
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Lewis Haight
Haight
Swannanoa
N.C
England
France
Germany
Ranger
Gas station reopens as KDHE monitors contamination
KDHE reports a gasoline station back in business about one fifth full on Friday morning. The soil vapor system continues to remove contamination while groundwater sampling expands with results expected in about a week. Officials say most gasoline cleanup should finish in months and all spilled fuel within a year, with permit decisions tied to facility performance. Residents were asked to monitor basement water levels during heavy rain.
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KDHE
West Lawrence
Presto
Doug Wald
Stall riter contact for Diepenbrack listed
Stall riter George Diepenbrack can be reached at 832 7144 for correspondence or business inquiries.
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Mike Belt
Riter
George Diepenbrack
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