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On this Memorial Day, one family remembers...Charles OdomEmerald OdomBy CHARLES OWENSof the Daily Telegraph staffWYTHEVILLE, Va. - Eight brothers, one World War.When history’s second global conflict erupted into World War II, eight McDowell County brothers heeded the call to action.Before the war had ended, and the forces of Adolph Hitler had fallen,the lives ofThe book includes everything from a personal letter from President Harry Truman to copies of the Daily Telegraph detailing the capture of Harry Edward Odom in the Manila Bay area.According to Peery, the scrapbook is kept as a memorial of her family and parents.“After the war started, ourJames, Howard,iiwhole family was After the war never togetherstarted, our ?8ain for one time'”James OdomRalph Odom
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Bluefield, West Virginia, US

Mon, May 26, 1997

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