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177. Aragon and Attucks Courts 1940
By 1940, America had finally begun to pull itself out of what was known as the "Great Depression." Headlines in the Pensacola News...
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Jan 11, 20192 min read
176. Pensacola Captain of USS Suwanee Killed in Crash 1945
Charles Clarke McDonald was born on November 15, 1901 in Illinois and after his preliminary education he decided to make the Navy his...
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Jan 11, 20191 min read
175. The Paradise Beach Hotel, Lillian Bridge 1942
The Paradise Beach Hotel first appeared in the Pensacola city directories in 1942 although it was around in the 1930's to the 1960's. It...
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Jan 9, 20191 min read
174. South Palafox Street 1925
Looking south on Palafox Street from Gregory Street in 1912. The downtown trolley tracks can be seen running their route down the middle...
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Jan 9, 20191 min read
173. The Bayside Tourist Park 1940
Lloyd Earl Browder was born on August 7, 1902 in South Carolina and 1940 had resettled in Pensacola, Florida. With him was his wife...
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Jan 6, 20192 min read
172. Pensacolian's Husband First to Land on Saipan 1944
Coll Hutcheck "Red" McLean was born on December 30, 1919 in Evansville, Wisconsin to the union of Coll McLean and Anne Hutcheck. His...
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Dec 31, 20182 min read
171. Pensacolian's Son Killed New Years Day 1945
1Lt. Donald Manley was born in Louisiana on October 15, 1920 to the union of Miss Celestine Angela Brent of Pensacola and Rufus Sumner...
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Dec 27, 20182 min read
170. Samuel N. Sham's Grocery Store 121 S. Alcaniz Street
In the attached photo, you can see the front door of "Sam Sham's Grocery Store" at 121 South Alcaniz Street. This was the former...
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Dec 25, 20182 min read
169. Pensacolian Killed Christmas 1944 Battle of the Bulge
PFC John Roland Dunaway was born in Muscogee, Escambia County, Florida in 1910 to the union of Joseph Dunaway and Florence Byrd. Joseph...
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Dec 22, 20182 min read
168. Pensacolian Killed with Tuskegee Airman 1944
Ironically, as I was about to post this article, the Pensacola News Journal published a story on this same local hero. Therefore, I urge...
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Dec 22, 20182 min read
167. Pensacola's First Draftee of World War I (PHS Class of 1917)
Every war requires a military draft and America's history was no different. Patriotism can only carry the military machine so far and...
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Dec 21, 20182 min read
166. Jay Soldier Killed in France 1944
Corporal Billie Wade Rayburn was born on June 24, 1925 in Jay, Florida and was raised by his grandparents William Franklin Rayburn and...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read
165. Pensacolian Goes Down on USS Indianapolis 1945
Seaman 1st Class Burnice Rufus Silcox was born on April 27, 1922 in Bratt, Florida. He was the son of Rumley "Rummie" David and Katie...
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Dec 12, 20183 min read
164. Bagdad Soldier Survives WWI 1918
Leo Vance Davis (Sr.) was born on April 13, 1895 in Willocoochee, Georgia, the son of John Alexander Davis and Mariam Juanita Wilson...
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Dec 11, 20181 min read
163. Bagdad Solider Killed WWI Battle of Argonne 1918
Norman Ashton Garrett was born in on October 27, 1879, the son of John W. and Mary A. Garrett in Rockville, Maryland. There, his father...
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Dec 3, 20182 min read
161. Pensacola's First Casualty of World War I 1918
Frank Rutherford Marston was born in Pensacola on January 1, 1893, the son of Frank Marston and Sallie Anne Ferguson. His father had...
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Dec 2, 20182 min read
160. Pensacola's "Angel of Olustee" 1864
In a secluded spot of St. Michael's Cemetery, lies a forgotten grave of a brave and special woman! Thousands of people have passed by...
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Nov 25, 20182 min read
159. Warrington Sailor Executed by Japanese 1942
Pensacolian Chief Aerographer Luther Wilbur Jones (Meteorologists) from Warrington was stationed on Guam in December 1941 as the clouds...
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Nov 21, 20182 min read
158. News Journal Reporter Killed on Iwo Jima 1945 (Part III)
After the battle for Guam, William J. Middlebrooks and the 3rd Division remained on Guam until they were called up for their next...
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Nov 21, 20183 min read
157. News Journal Reporter Wounded on Guam 1944 (Part II)
The 3rd Marine Division's next campaign was the island of Guam that was part of the Marianas along with Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Kept in...
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