Beck recalls wartime service and surrendering Axis soldiers
Beck, radioman with the 65th Infantry Division, recalls his wartime service in 1945 France and Germany. He did not fight firsthand but witnessed battle aftermath and once helped intern 40 Axis soldiers who surrendered. Born in 1936 era memories include Camp Lucky Strike and a 1946 occupation roundups.
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Beck
le Havre
France
Air Corps
65Th
Nice
Mediterranean
England
Germany
Armed Forces Day overview and history
Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday of May to honor men and women serving in the U S military. It began in 1949 when Louis Johnson announced a unified Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army Navy and Air Force observances and first took place on May 20 1950 with the theme Teamed for Defense.
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United States
Louis Johnson
United States’ Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Department of Defense
Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Roping Demonstration At UT Ranch Field Day
Mike Lemons demonstrates lasso use to steer roping as Ector Junior High ninth graders join more than 100 AAP students for a Sandhills District field day at the UT Ranch. professionals in geology agriculture ranching ecology and soil and water conservation lead hands on sessions.
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Mike Lemons
Agriculture Science Department
Odessa College
Ector Junior High
William McGilvrey
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Lemons
Inaugural Permian Basin Honor Flight Arrives
The inaugural Permian Basin Honor Flight will take veterans and guardians to Washington, D.C. to visit World War II, Korean and Vietnam memorials, Arlington National Cemetery, and the U.S. House of Representatives. The flight departs around 6 a.m. September 17 and returns September 19 at an undetermined time.
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Permian Basin
Washington, D.C
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
House of Representatives
Donation P O Box 52890 Midland TX 79710 2890
Donors urged to send contributions to P O Box 52890 Midland Texas 79710 2890 or call 432 210 9338 for more information about donating to the charity.
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P.O. Box
Midland
Beck honored in Odessa on honor flight return
Beck, a 7? year old now 6 in Odessa since July 12 1950, is a retired finance executive who led First Savings and Loan and served as a U S Army sergeant in Europe from 1943 to 1946 earning the Bronze Star. He reflects on the war and the chance to revisit memories, awaiting a CBS 7 promise of companionship for the trip.
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Beck
Siberia
Texas
San Angelo
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Norma Dale
Korea
First Savings and Loan
Odessa
U.S. Army
Europe
Mike Barker
CBS-7
Patriot Ride 2014 Tour Reaches Odessa Honor Walk
About 500 riders from states including Texas Arizona New Mexico and Virginia travel the 2014 Remembering Our POWs and Missing in Action tour. In Odessa locals line I 20 as the group arrives to honor veterans and spread awareness. Riders, including Plano native Rei Cheat, say the mission honors those still missing and never left behind.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
Rei
Plano
Choat
Las Cruces
N.M
Odessa
Interstate 20
Cheat
Diana McKee
McKee
M.la
Louisville
California
Laurie Clay
Clay
American Legion
Grand Prairie
Monroe
L.a
Meridian Miss
Chattanooga Tenn
Wytheville Va
Lynchburg Va
Ashland
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Permiannonorflight.org
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