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Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 09 November 2011

Greenville Native Received Silver Star for Valor in Battle Featured in “We Were Soldiers Once... And Young”

Vietnam---Front Bud Alley, a graduate of Greenville High School and Furman University, was speaker at the Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park Annual Veterans Day Program, Sunday, November 6, 2011.

Alley received his commission as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army through the Furman University ROTC program in 1964. One year later, he would face a test of all that he knew and was able to do in a jungle in Vietnam.

Bud Alley was assigned to the Second Battalion, Seventh Calvary, First Calvary Airmobile Division. He was involved in the terrible battles of the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. These are the battles portrayed in the book, We Were Soldiers Once … And Young, by Lt. General Hal Moore and Joe Galloway and the movie by the same name starring Mel Gibson as Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Second Battalion Commander.

Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 19 September 2011

Honors 479 Graduates who Gave Their Lives in Service of Their Country and Three Who Received the Congressional Medal of Honor

Clemson Agricultural College, now Clemson University, has a rich military history beginning with founder Thomas Green Clemson, who served in the Confederate Army.

From it’s beginning through two World Wars, and Korea, Clemson was an all-male military school. Students lived in barracks with their rifles, wore uniforms, and were organized in military units with student leaders. The purpose was to develop superior military leaders.

Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 27 July 2011

Panetta, Mullen Certified Troops are Ready for “San Francisco Army”

On Friday Afternoon, July 22nd, during all the panic over the debt limit, President Obama quietly announced that he was signing the documents that will repeal “Don’t Ask, don’t Tell” effective September 20th. The repeal will, in the words of Columbia Christians for Life, headed by a graduate of the United States Military Academy, “permit open sodomite service in US Armed Forces beginning Sept. 20, 2011.” In other words, certification means that 60 days later, open homosexuality will be allowed in the United States military for the first time in the nation’s history.

Details: By Press Release; Published: 06 July 2011

Duncan-and-Chip On Monday, July 4th, 2011, under a large shaded portico at 1 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville, sweet tea was poured for scores of local law enforcement and firefighters from all over Greenville County, including County Sheriff, City Police and EMS workers as they enjoyed a professionally prepared southern barbeque complete with ribs, chicken, chopped barbeque and all the trimmings. Greenville's First Responders mingled with Woodlawn's funeral directors, staffers and cemetery associates at the special Independence Day event held in their honor. "We simply wanted to say thank you to these men and women for what they do

every day." said A. Chip Howard, Manager and Senior Director of Woodlawn Funeral Home. Woodlawn, a local Dignity Memorial Provider, has been host to multiple community events and veteran's related ceremonies over the years.

Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 04 July 2011

Celebrating Mutual Respect Between American Veterans and South Korean People

The Upstate Chapters of the Korean War Veterans Association sponsored a Friendship Luncheon in Greenville Saturday to celebrate the mutual respect that exists between the American Veterans of the Korean War and the people of the Republic of South Korea. This was the second time the annual event has been held.

Gerry Kunz, outgoing president of the association was master of ceremonies. Heung Soo Kim, Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Atlanta, was guest speaker.

Deputy Consul Kim thanked the American veterans for their sacrifices for the Korean people. He discussed the strong bonds between the United States and the Republic of Korea since the war and the miraculous conversion of South Korea, as a military and economic partner with the United States, from one of the poorest countries on earth to one of the most prosperous.

Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 22 December 2010

Judge Refused to Allow Discovery, Planned Defense Because Revelations Might Prove “Embarrassing” to Obama

Lieutenant Colonel Terrence L. Lakin lost his medical practice, his military career, his veteran benefits and his freedom attempting to force reluctant military officials to determine the place of birth of Barack Obama and, therefore, his constitutional qualifications to be Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces.

Details: By Bob Dill, Publisher; Published: 15 December 2010

Lt. Gen. McInerney Calls on New Congress to Intervene, Investigate, Hold Hearings

The General Court Martial of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin was set to begin Tuesday, December 14, 2010. He is charged with disobeying a direct order to report to duty in Afghanistan on March 30, 2010. Lakin refused the orders because he believes the current Commander in Chief has not proven he is eligible to hold office.

“I am today compelled to make the distasteful choice to invite my own court-martial, in pursuit of the truth about the president’s eligibility under the Constitution to hold office,” he said at the time of his decision.