Private Floyd Leon McCall was born in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida on May 16, 1916, the son of Wilborn Neal Cornelius McCall...

As the city of Pensacola began growing into a competitive Florida community, they began looking at expanding their city parks to make...

The "turkey trot" (aka Grizzly Bear) was a dance that rose to prominence in the early part of the 20th Century. It was done to fast...

TSAGT Watson Barnes was born on July 22, 1919 and raised in Chumuckla, Santa Rosa County, Florida. He was the son of Joseph Benjamin...

US Army Corporal Charles Grant Wiandt was born in Oxford, Tuscarawas County, Ohio on October 18, 1913, the son of James Grant Wiandt...

USNR Lt. Edgar "Bud" Martin Post Jr., a float plane pilot, was born in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa on December 13, 1912, the son of Edgar...

Captain James Tulley Cunningham Jr. was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 26, 1920, the oldest child of four born to James Tulley Sr....

USAAC 2Lt. Robert Douglas Campbell was born in Pensacola, Florida on October 1, 1917, the son of Pattillo "Tilla" Campbell (1875-1932)...

During WWII, many a sailor, soldier, and airman left Pensacola for duty all over the world to fight this nation's enemies. As transports...

Corporal Thomas "Tommy" Marshall Loggins was born on March 12, 1925 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the son of Henry Marshal Loggins...

SSgt Howard Lee Showers was born on October 16, 1919 in Pensacola, Florida, the son of William "Willie" Showers (-1959) and Nancy Sauers...

Private Laura Budges was born on July 6, 1894 in Sycamore, GA, the son of Morris Jr. (born 1871 in Sumter, SC) and Samantha Clark (born...

USAAC Pilot 1Lt. Hartwell Riley Howington was born on April 17, 1917 in Warsaw, Florida, the son of Reverend Arthur Fletcher Howington...

US Navy Ensign Edgar Allen Gregory was born in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi on February 19, 1910, the son of John Anderson Gregory...

Recently, someone posted an old newspaper article on "Old Pensacola" about an aged Bagdad veteran of the great battle of Gettysburg. This...

Private Melvin Courson Jr. was born on April 21, 1923 in Bagdad, Florida the son of Melvin Courson Sr. and Ara Zonia "Arizona" Willis who...

C Cleveland "Cleve" Osgood Roche was born in Pensacola on June 28, 1924, the son of Reginald F. Roche (1889-1935) and Mary Ann "Mamie"...

S Navy MM2class Dudley Blair Keen was born in Pensacola on December 6, 1905, son of Charles Keen and Irma Hurd (1892-1974). Irma was the...

Tech5 Clarence Lovert Smith was born in Barth, Florida on February 1, 1923, son of Frank (1879) and Hannah Smith (1869). In 1930, the...

USNR Lt. Bridwell James McKnight was born in Laneville, Rusk County, Texas on June 2, 1914, the son of James Richard "Dick" McKnight...