Category Archives: United States Army

Joseph Warren Blackwell

Soldier of the Week
Joseph Warren Blackwell
8th Kentucky Infantry
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Wife Shoots Husband – Murder or Suicide?

Peter Combs was shot on the steps leading to his apartment in 1948 by his wife. She was acquitted of the “suicide” by a Breathitt County jury. Learn about this unusual case, often cited as an example of “mountain justice.” Continue reading

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Golden Spicer

Soldier of the Week
Golden Spicer
25th Infantry
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John Dale

Soldier of the Week
John Dale
147th Infantry
World War I Casualty Continue reading

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Woodrow Wilson Hays

Soldier of the Week
Woodrow Wilson Hays
United States Army Continue reading

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