Lewis William Sessions was born in Jay, Florida on February 23, 1919 to the union of Harvey B. Sessions (1880-1970) and Susie E. Baas...

Corporal Billie Wade Rayburn was born on June 24, 1925 in Jay, Florida and was raised by his grandparents William Franklin Rayburn and...

Lt. Hartwell Riley Howington was born April 17, 1919, the son of Reverend Arthur Fletcher Howington and Cora Cornelia Kelly. He graduated...

Manuel R. Carpenter was born May 22 1917, the son of Thomas Carpenter and Bertie Sanders. As the war approached, his father supported his...

For those of you that enjoy air conditioning in the humid heat of the Deep South, you have a particular family buried in the Milton...

For such a small settlement as Bagdad, Florida, this lumber town contributed more than their fair share to the war effort in WWII....

Donald Lee Simpson was born on March 18, 1921 in Bagdad, Florida, the son of the widow Anna Fitzgerald and her late husband Charles Henry...

2Lt. Raymond Simmons Hobbs was born on November 16, 1917 to the union of Raymond Bruitt Hobbs and Leslie Hessie Simmons. His father...

Miss Rose Ethel Panowski was determined to follow the young men of Santa Rosa County into the armed forces and do her duty. Patriotism...

Leonard Curtis Barlow was born on May 12, 1920, the son of Loyd H. Barlow and Frances Reid. His father supported his large family as a...

On March 2, 1945, an Army Air Corps Lt. Colonel was acquitted by a military court of the charge of "voluntary manslaughter" in China's...

Both Milton and Pensacola maintained "off limits" list of establishments throughout WWII. The legislative power to restrict military...

Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful operation that was fought in Holland. Sadly, the success of the operation depended on the...

James "Jim" William Harter was born August 24, 1920, the youngest child of Jessie Margaret Jernigan (1874-1954) and John Leonidas Harter...

The 28th Infantry Division sailed for England in October 1943 and landed at Normandy on July 22, 1944. They were immediately thrust into...

US Army Sergeant Moody Carlos Godwin was born in Jay, Florida on July 23, 1920 to the union of Moody Sankey Godwin Sr. and Mattie...

James "Jake" Edwin Foxworth was born in Bagdad, Florida on August 28, 1923 to the union of George Oscar Foxworth and Sarah Elizabeth...

With all the political talk today about influencing national elections, most citizens don't realize we've been down this road before....

The 2nd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division in March 1942. That Fall they sailed to...

In September 1944, the 88th Infantry Division used the 349th Infantry Regiment as a rapid column to spearhead the drive north to Bologna....