Military
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VETERAN OF THE WEEK: RAY STOCKS
Beaufort’s Ray Stocks, 97, entered the Aviation Cadet program in 1943 in North Carolina. He became a bombardier/navigator/radar officer serving in and instructing on…
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VETERAN OF THE WEEK: ORVILLE PENNISTON
Beaufort’s Orville Penniston, 95, enlisted in the Navy in Wisconsin in 1943 during World War II. He became an Aviation Machinist Mate working on…
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Beaufort’s Bromery SC National Guard’s 2021 NCO of Year
LOCAL MILITARY The S.C. National Guard recognized U.S. Army Sgt. Korey Bromery, 1-118th Infantry Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, S.C. National Guard, as the…
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VETERAN OF THE WEEK: J. TOM COLLIER
Beaufort’s J. Tom Collier, 101, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1940 in Eastover, S.C. He served in World War II in…
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Marines doing more with less
It is Saturday, and the rain, biblical by some standards, is gone. Because we have sunshine, and the temperature is warming, I’m sitting on…