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....

As Pensacola is planning on bringing in a new ferry system, few citizens realize we've had ferries here before. Once upon a time, a ferry...

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

One of Pensacola High School's students (Class of 1943) took part in the World War II landing at Hollandia in the New Guinea Campaign on...

During World War II, those registered for the draft in each local district were reviewed by their local draft board for eligibility. Each...

Tate High graduate John Earnest Gannon from the class of 1935 was born April 7, 1917, the son of William E. and Margaret “Maggie” M....

Adrian Thompson Enfinger was born in Milton, Florida on October 26, 1923 to the union of Lewis Thompson Enfinger and Jessie Ora Steadham....

How would today’s generation define the concept of duty to a higher cause? The story of one Pensacolian’s patriotic duty began with the...

After the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal, the Japanese struck back with a vengeance. This fear caused the U.S. high command to...

Charles Wesley Mankin Jr. was born on June 20, 1922 to the union of Charles W. Mankin Sr. and Elsie Letson. He was a graduate of...

Born on March 29, 1921, John Henry Hendrix was the son of James A. Hendrix and Matilda Alice Boutwell of Molino, Florida. He was working...

Born in 1925 in St. Augustine, Florida, Walter Adell “Rick” McClellan moved to Pensacola with his parents in 1932. Upon graduation from...

Jack Gifford Ehlerding graduated from Pensacola High School in the Class of 1940. He was born in 1923 in Polk County, Minnesota, the son...

Staff Sergeant Julius Cornelius Nord was born in Indiana in October 1, 1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard "Dick" Sweetman. He spent two years...

America’s first “Lone Ranger” was none other than Lee Berriam Powell in the popular Western series in 1937. Following the initial movie,...

For the second time in the same century the world was at war. This time the magnitude of the global fighting had increased tenfold over...

Sadly, one adopted Pensacolian never made it to the battles of World War II. Flying at any time was a dangerous profession but during...

With most of the men away in the military service during World War II, there were fewer men at home to become eligible marriage partners....

When World War II erupted with Japan Pensacolian Jacque “Jack” Warren Eubanks (below) enlisted in the Marine Corps right after graduation...