By 1940, America had finally begun to pull itself out of what was known as the "Great Depression." Headlines in the Pensacola News...

Charles Clarke McDonald was born on November 15, 1901 in Illinois and after his preliminary education he decided to make the Navy his...

The Paradise Beach Hotel first appeared in the Pensacola city directories in 1942 although it was around in the 1930's to the 1960's. It...

Looking south on Palafox Street from Gregory Street in 1912. The downtown trolley tracks can be seen running their route down the middle...

Lloyd Earl Browder was born on August 7, 1902 in South Carolina and 1940 had resettled in Pensacola, Florida. With him was his wife...

Coll Hutcheck "Red" McLean was born on December 30, 1919 in Evansville, Wisconsin to the union of Coll McLean and Anne Hutcheck. His...

1Lt. Donald Manley was born in Louisiana on October 15, 1920 to the union of Miss Celestine Angela Brent of Pensacola and Rufus Sumner...

In the attached photo, you can see the front door of "Sam Sham's Grocery Store" at 121 South Alcaniz Street. This was the former...

PFC John Roland Dunaway was born in Muscogee, Escambia County, Florida in 1910 to the union of Joseph Dunaway and Florence Byrd. Joseph...

Ironically, as I was about to post this article, the Pensacola News Journal published a story on this same local hero. Therefore, I urge...

Every war requires a military draft and America's history was no different. Patriotism can only carry the military machine so far and...

Corporal Billie Wade Rayburn was born on June 24, 1925 in Jay, Florida and was raised by his grandparents William Franklin Rayburn and...

Seaman 1st Class Burnice Rufus Silcox was born on April 27, 1922 in Bratt, Florida. He was the son of Rumley "Rummie" David and Katie...

Leo Vance Davis (Sr.) was born on April 13, 1895 in Willocoochee, Georgia, the son of John Alexander Davis and Mariam Juanita Wilson...

Norman Ashton Garrett was born in on October 27, 1879, the son of John W. and Mary A. Garrett in Rockville, Maryland. There, his father...

Frank Rutherford Marston was born in Pensacola on January 1, 1893, the son of Frank Marston and Sallie Anne Ferguson. His father had...

In a secluded spot of St. Michael's Cemetery, lies a forgotten grave of a brave and special woman! Thousands of people have passed by...

Pensacolian Chief Aerographer Luther Wilbur Jones (Meteorologists) from Warrington was stationed on Guam in December 1941 as the clouds...

After the battle for Guam, William J. Middlebrooks and the 3rd Division remained on Guam until they were called up for their next...

The 3rd Marine Division's next campaign was the island of Guam that was part of the Marianas along with Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Kept in...