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- Tags: World War II
Winifred Blankenship
Tags: 2/28/08, 518, Alton Nelson, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony Nelson, Archie Nelson, Aury Nelson, Bill Nelson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Charlie Taylor, Cheyenne, Christmas, Eisenhower, Elbert, Ethel Nelson, Freddy, Giles Memorial, God, Halloween, Japanese, Jope, Josephine Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Life in Bland County, Lucile Ball, Marilyn, Milky Way, Molly Nelson, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Gregory, Ms. Nanny Rose Tiller, Ms. Nilly, Ms. Stiltner, Newton, Palma Carol, Pearl Harbor, Perry Como, Roanoke, This is an interview with Winifred Blankenship about her life in Bland County., Tony, Tony Curtis, TV, Vinny Nelson, white, Winifred, Winifred Blankenship, Wolf Creek, World War II
Willis Dye I
Tags: 3/5/07, 509, Bland Co., Bluefield Va., Brushfork Elementary, CNA Lumber Co., Honaker Virginia, Joey Dye and Jordon Looney, Korean War, Leona & Otis Dye, Libya, Life in Bland County, Lima, New River, Ohio, Pearl Harbor, Polio Epidemic, Presedent Bush, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Russell County, Vietnam War, Willis Dye discusses growing up in Bland County., Willis Dye I, World War II
Albert Miller
Tags: 1/3/06, 486, Airplane Crash, Albert Miller, Albert Miller Sr., baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Church, Crandon, Daniella Harmon, dating, fair, Fergal Anderson, floods, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Giles County, Henry Nunn, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, Isaac Franklin DeHart, John Finley, Kizzy Ward Strock, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Margaret Pruett Miller, Mustard farm, Myrtle Stuart, Newberry brothers, Park Drive In, Pearisburg, Pulaski, Raymond Havens, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Rosy Stowers Gordon, Ruth DeHart Miller, School, Shadygrove, Sid Morehead, Sue Morehead, This is an interview with Albert Miller about his life in Bland County., Tyler Finley, Virgina Clark, Virginia Morehead, Wilburn Burton, World War II
Jessie Rae Hull
Tags: 3/31/05, 449, Bastian, Biographical, Bland Correctional Farm, Bland County, Christmas, Earl Dunn, Easter, Electrician, Estelle Blankenship, Gene Audry, Great Depression, Halloween, Jack Blankenship, Jessie Rae Hull, Jessie Ray Hull, John F. Kennedy, Johny Ray Hull, Kate Childress, Life, Lucy Blankenship, Nicholas Farmer, Norman Hull, party lines, Pearl Harbor, Rick Hull, Ronald Hull, Seth Hull, Seth Hull and Tiffany Griffith, Shelby Hull, Tiffany Griffith, Valentines Day, William Hull, World War II
Lyndsey Shrader Cochrane
Tags: 2/15/03, 399, Arvin Shrader, Bastian Union Church, Biographical, Blanche Shrader, Britany Bowling/Nikki McLeamore, Christmas, Daniel Shrader, Elis Shrader, Franklin Roosevelt, Halloween, Hazel Stowers, Hipe Crabtree, Joseph Shrader, Katherine Shrader, Kathy Billis, Leslie Cochran, Life in Bland County, Louise Compton, Lyndsey Shrader Cochrane, Mark Shrader, Mary Crabtree, Mike Shrader, Narrows, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Round Bottom Methodist Church, Susan Crabtree, Unis Shrader, William Sharder Burton, Wolf Creek, World War II
Mrs. Jeanie Gore
Tags: 1/13/02, 1930’s, 359, Barry, Biographical, Bland High School, Bluefield West Virginia, Burkes Garden, Burkes Garden High School, Ceres, cheese, Cow Milking, dairy farm, Davis Pruett, Frasier, garden, Great Depression, Hugh and Sadie Akers, Hunting, Jean Lambert, Lambert, Levi Shuy, Life in Bland County, Mamie Neal, Morton, Mrs. Jeanie Gore, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Shakespeare, Tazewell County, Terrence Gore, This is an interview with Mrs. Jeanie Gore about her life in Bland County., Wagner Auditorium, Woodrow Boone, World War II, Wytheville
Homer Lee Wright
Tags: 328, 5/24/01, Biographical, Buckhorn Market, chores, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Hollybrook, home remedies, Homer Lee Wright, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mollie Neal & Adrianna Faulkner, Narrows, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Radford, Shiloh United Methodist, This is an interview with Homer Lee Wright about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, Waynesboro, World War II
Alfred Faulkner
Tags: 0322, 1/9/01, 322, Adriana Faulkner, Alfred Faulkner, Biographical, Bland, Bland Co., Brushy Mountain Hotel, CCC Camps, Chester Faulkner, chores, Christmas, Deer Run Estates, George Faulkner, Halloween, Kimberling, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Log Cabin Restaurant, Lone Ranger, Nola Pruett Faulkner, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, President Johnson, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Skyway, This is an interview with Alfred Faulkner about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II
Bessie Dent
Tags: 0320, 320, 4/29/01, Aaron Wolfe, Alice Roberson, Barry Dent, Bastian, Bessie Dent, Biographical, Cammy Dent, Cecle Estep, Charlie Couch, Christmas, Danny Ray Dent, Della May Estep, Ewell Berry Estep, Fred Estep, George Kennedy, Halloween, I love Lucy, Jimmy Lawson, Juanita Margret, Karen Dent, Life in Bland County, Matthew Dent, Matthew Dent & Aaron Wolfe, Narrows, Odis Estep, Randy Dent, Ray Dent, Rocky Gap, Scott County, Sharlet Mead, Shelia Dent, This is an interview with Bessie Dent about her life in Bland County., Tine Estep, Wise County, World War II
M.H. Bowen Jr.
Tags: 0319, 12/29/00, 319, 4th of July, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, Captain Sam Newberry, Chilhowie, Christmas, Clearfork, Easter, Eisenhower, FFA, Geraldine Scott Bowen, Ingrid Bergamn, Jeananne Hoge, Jeff Hoge, Jessica Bowen, Johnson: Nixon, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Lucy Kidd Newberry, M.H. Bowen Jr, M.H. Bowen Jr., M.H. Bowen Sr, Mary Elizabeth, Maytag, Meek Hoge, Meek Hoge III, Mill Wall, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Tazewell County, Theater Barber Shop, This is an interview with M.H. Bowen Jr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson Crockett Bowen, Tiffany Lee, Valentines, Virginia Newberry Bowen, William Allan Newberry, World War II
Richard Neal
Tags: 0313, 313, 5/25/00, Annie French, Appomattox, atomic bomb, Augusta, Austria, Bastian, Biographical, Bland Co., California, Canada, chores, Depression, Dink Rooker, East Berlin, East End, Europe, Florida, Franklin Roosevelt, Georgia, GTE, Halloween, Jeffrey Johnson & Ryan Leftwich, Jimmy Pemberton, Joe Dokes, Johnny Bogle Honaker, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Loris Davis Neal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, PTA, Rhine River, Richard Neal, Richard Wiley, Rocky Gap, Ruritan Club, Sam James Neal, school subjects, Tazewell Co., This is an interview with Richard Neal about his life in Bland County., VA, Watergate, World War II, Yellow River
Roger Morehead
Tags: 0310, 310, 5/3/01, Angela Williams & Nada Lathrop, Biographical, Bland County, East River Moutian Tunnel, Hollybrook Elementry School, John Wayne, Life in Bland County, No Buisness, Pearl Harbor, Roger Morehead, The Grand Ole Opary, The Lone Ranger, This is an interview with Roger Morehead about his life in Bland County., World War I, World War II
Beulah Morehead
Tags: 05\26\2000, 309, Africa, Algiers, Army, basic traning, Beulah Morehead, campaigns, constantine, Estern Africa, Georgia, Germany, Italy, middle-eastern, Naples, Normandy., North Africa, Oglethorpe, Omar Bradly, s army auxiliary corps, Simore Corp Platoon, This is an interview with Beulah Morehead about World War II., Tiffany Munson and Jessica DeHart, WAACMP, WAACS, War, women, worl war II, World War II
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird
Tags: 0303, 2/28/00, 303, Biographical, cattle, Crandon, Farming, Germans, Great Depression, Jeffrey Johnson & Ryan Leftwich, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird about their lives in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II
George and Lee Tynes
Tags: 11/14/99, 1930, 270, Airport Road, Akers, Andrew Ferguson, Athens, Atlanta, Baptist Church, Bill Henry Wagner, Biography, Blacksburg, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Bluefeild Avenue, Bluefield, Bobby Scroqqs, Bramwell, Captain Saunders, Carter Street, Christiansburg, Christmas Pararde, Columbus, Connie, Cunningham, Danny Kinder, Dave Charlie Taylor, Deer Day, Depression, Doctor Davidson, Dodge Truck, Dodson, Dry Fork Creek, East River Mountain, Ellis Street, Estella, Family/People, Fischer, Floyd County, Ford, George, George and Lee Tynes, Georgia, Gladys Ferguson, Granny Woods, Grayson County, Harris, Hazel, Hector, Helen, Helvers, Helvey, Henry, Highway, Huckleberry, Huckleberry Myers, Jack Tynes, James, January, John Dodson, John Neal, Kimberling, Lee, Liqour, Lois, Lucky Strike, Mac Dowell County, Marvin, Mary Little, mines, moonshine, Mr. Delores, Mr. Hagan, Mullins, Nale log school house, Narrows, Neal Hagan, October, Ohio, Old New Ground, Pal, Pal Saunders, Pinch Creek, Polaroid Camera, Railroad, Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, Saunders., Saw Mills, Shawalters, Smith Lumber Company, Sutphins, Tazewell, Timbering, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Violea graveyards, Virginia, West Virginia, Whiskey Bottles, Wilderness, Wolf Creek, Woods, World War I, World War II, Wytheville
Ben Bird Jr.
Tags: 257, 4-H club, 9/11/99, Armor Dial, Backstreet, Bay of Pigs, Beer Garden, Ben Bird Jr., Ben Lee Bird, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bland High School, Bob Larson, Bristol, Buck Collins, Carl Stock, Carolyn Baine, CBS, Claude Stowers, Clyde Elliott, Dall Davis, Daniel Boone District, Depression, Dramatics Club, Dunn Motors, Eastern Kentucky, Eddie Hubb, Fayette Grayson, FFA, Florida, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Game Commission of Virginia, Germans, Glenwood Park, Gone With the Wind, Grover Hamilton, Guy Dunn, Halloween, Helen Harley, Hercules Potter Co., Hollybrook, Hop-Along Cassidy, Ike Pauley, Illinois, Inland Fisheries, J.T. Dunn, Jack Kennedy, Japan, Jim Munsey, Kidd Chevrolet, King College, Korean campaign, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lux Soap, Lux Theatre, Margie Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Nannie Burton Bird, Nanny Sawyer, North Carolina, Patrick Co., Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Poplar Hill, President Kennedy, Radford, Radford Arsenal, Ralph Reynolds, Richmond, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Marciano, Rosa Jones Bird, Rosa Mann, Ruth Kegley, Server King, Sid Caesar, Southwest Virginia, TN, Tom Dunn, Tommy Dunn, Victor Gilly, Virginia Brown, Virginia Grayson, Wagner Auditorium, Walker Creek, Warren Newberry, Wayne Thompson, Whitt Price, William Washington Bird, Wilwald Theatre, Woodrow Bird, Woodson Thompson, World War II
Lorraine Tolbert
Tags: 256, 9/10/99, Allen Woodyard, Arthur King, Auburn, Barbara Place, Basketball, Bastian, Bill, Bill Monroe, Biology, Bland Correctional Center, Bland High School, Bob, bookkeeping, canning, CCC, Ceres, Charles, Charlie Barbara Farm, Charlie Barbers, Chemistry, chores, Christmas, churning butter, Correctional, creek, Dollins, Dr. Kegley, Dr. Webner, Dublin, Dublin High School, Dublin Theatre, Earl, Edna May, electricity, Elvis, Emeryl, English, Fanning Farm, Farming, FDR, fishing, Florence Gertrude Hamilton Jenning, Fred, games, gardening, GED, George Farris, Georgie Bird, Giles, Grand ‘Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greenville Farm, Hamlen Jenning, heat, Highland, Hoover, Jack King, Jane Stafford, John Wayne, Korean War, Laura Bridges, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lorraine Tolbert, Lou, lunch, Maggie Leona, Margaret Thompson, Martha Pruett, Mary Stuart, Math, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Motten B, Mr. Ed Hamlen, Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Labellops, Mrs. Via, Ms, Ms. Ethel Billops, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hilly Munsey, Ms. Lydia Stuart, Ms. Meryl Stuart, Ms. Ramsey, National Gypsum, Nellie Live, Orson Willy Jenning, Pearl Harbor, plumbing, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Pulaski, PWA, Radford, Rev. Anderson, Rita Locust, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap High School, Roosevelt, rummie, running water, School, Science, Shorthand, snow, stock market, telephone, Thanksgiving, Tommy Dollins, toys, TV, Typing, Walker Creek, Walker School House, Wally Edna Jenning, West Virginia, White Gate, World War I, World War II, WPA, wrestling
Helen Gibson
Tags: 2/22/99, 239, Alvy Taber, Amos Taber, Arnold Taber, Bertie Taber, Bishop Chapel, Bland, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bob Gibson, Brother Taylor, Christmas, Clearfork, dating, Donald Gibson, Ed Gibson, Elsie Taber, Farming, Frank Taber, games, garden, George Washington, Glenn Hare, Grace Taber, Halloween, Helen Gibson, Helen Taber, Helen Wolf, Homer Taber, house, Jane Gibson, Jewel Gibson, Johnson, Josh Kidd & Zane Perkins, Kennedy, Korean War, Laurel Fork, Lincoln, Mayberry, movies, Myrtle Taber, Nanny Taber, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Richard Gibson, Rocky Gap, Russia, Ruth Taber, school subjects, Sherwood Goleycomb, Stowersville, Tazewel, Truman, VA, Watergate, Wolfcreek, World War II
Wilson Belcher
Tags: 11/27/98, 235, Bill Clinton, Bluefield Hospital, Bruce Blessing, Bud Abbott, C.L. Taylor’s Store, Carroll’s Store, Charles Wilson and Linnie Kinser Wilson, Cove Creek, Fannon’s Beer Joint.Clark Gable, Giles Memorial hospital, Gulf War, Hazel Stowers, J.C. Belcher, Kennedy, Korean War, Lee Royals, Lou Costello, Mary Wilson Belcher and Joseph W. Belcher, Ms. Fogelsong, Nannie Bell Carper Belcher and William Thurston Belcher, Ora Gray Stowers, Patsy Neal, President Bush, Puckett’s Store, Round Bottom Virginia, Ruby Billups, Saddam Hussein., Sammy Belcher, Spiro Agnew, Susan Kinder, Virginia Morehead, Westgate Shopping Center, Wilson Belcher, Woodrow Stowers, World War II
Lillias Kidd
Tags: 10/13/98, 229, arithmatic, Basketball, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, bell, black board, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Blane Whirl, Bluefield, Boyscouts, certificate, Christmas, coal, college campus, Community, cooked meals, Dean, death, Depression, diplomas, Doctor Wagner, Dr. Alma Shuffelbarger, Dr. Charles Starks, Dr. Danny Neal, Easter break, education, eleventh, emergency training, entertainments, erasers, exams, excercise, field day, fire, first grade, games, ghost stories, grades, graduation exercises, Gralin Updite, Hady Stowers, Hanes Bruce, hay rides, Hazel Stowers, hikes, holidays, Holly Starks, homemade school bus, ice, iron stove, Jack Kaylor, James Morehead, jobs, kindergarden, Kittylee Morehead, knife, Lillias Kidd, Little Creek, lunches, May, medical doctor, meeting, money, movies, Mr. Gilly, mud, music, Neda Hudson, one room school, Osh Gosh, parents, parties, pay, picnics, plays, primary level, principal, programs, punishment, Radford University, rain, Ralph Kidd, reading, recess, Red Cross, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Ruth Groseclose, School, School Board, Schools, second grade, Senior play, seventh grade, sixth grade, skunk., snow, spelling bees, sports teams, spring, study, substitute teachers, Suiter, Superintendent, tag, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, teacher’s degree, teaching assignment, Thanksgiving, traveling play groups, truck, upper elementary, vall, Virginia, water, weather board, Wisconsin, wood, World War II, writing
L. M. Harless
Tags: 226, 4/20/98, Akers, atomic bomb, ball, Batan, Batan Death March, battery radio, beer, bingo, Bland County, Bluefield, brother, candy, Capefield Battle Hospital, Carbaugh, cattle, CCC, chewing gum, children, chores, Christmas, cigarettes, cook stove, corn, cost, country house, creek, cut wood, Depression, dope, Doug Harless, Egleston, Elbert Minnick, electricity, Everett Harless, feed chickens, Field Theatre, fish, fought, Franklin D. Roosevelt, games, garden, Gary Cooper, Gary Harless, gasoline, George Harless, Germans, Glen Harless, Guam, Halloween, hide and seek, High Point, high school, hogs, holidays, home, horses, housewife, hunt, industry, Iris Harless, Japaneese, Japanesse Concentration Camp, Jeremy Harless, Karen Harless, Korean War, L. M. Harless, Lena Rivers Harless, Luther Harless, Marion Harless, married, meal, meats, miner, movie, movie star, New Deal, Nixon, North Carolina, Novis, Okanawa, Orville Harless, paddles, paling fence, paralyzed, Paul Harless, Pearl Harbor, Philipines, play cards, pop corn balls, president, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, PWA, radio, restaurant, Rocky Gap, Roy Harless, Saw Mill, School, school bus, service, set back, Shirley Ann Harless, shoes, shot marbles, sleds, South Gap, Spinner McGhee, Sprucerun, Staffordsville, stock market crash, storms, Sunset Restaurant, switches, teachers, telephone, television, Tilitha Harless, toys, trade., tree, Troutville, Vietnam, Violet Harless, Virginia, wagons, War, Ward Harless, wash dishes, Watergate, wheelchair, Wilburs, winter, wood, World War II, WPA
George Sink and James Sink
Tags: 224, 5/6/98, Alberta Harmon, Alvin Sink, Baptist Parsonage, Betty Sue Groseclose, Beulah Brunk, Biographical / Mechanicsburg, Bland, Bland County, Bland Messanger, Boutetart County, Brother Sheffey, Burns Chapel, Carolyn Mustard, Carroll County, Christmas, Church, Clarence Sink, Cloyd’s Mountain, crops, Doris Stowers, Elsie Sink, Emory and Henry College, Family/People, Farming, food, George Sink, George Sink and James Sink, Giles County, Great Depression, Harry Bird, holidays, Holly Smith, James Sink, Joe Sink, Little Creek, log cabins, Lucille Sink, Marvin Sink, Mattie Bishop, meat cutting, Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg Cannery, Mechanicsburg Fire, Methodist, Mill Tillis, Miss Louise Bird, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Penly, Miss Sexton, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Morgan House, Mr. Brunk, Ms. Pearl Franklin, Newberry Haircut, Nice Wonder Meeting House, Oldie Sink, Patrick Henry Hotel, Phyllis Sue Sink, President Kennedy, Pulaski County, radio entertainment, Roanoke County, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Roy’s Lunch, Sam and Jack Newberry, school in Mechanicsburg, snowstorms, t.v. entertainment, tenant farming, This is a conversation with George Sink and his son James. They are residents of Mechanicsburg., Vance Bird, Viola Sink, Wabash Meeting Place, wages, Walkers Creek, Walkers Mountain, Wilmer Sink, Wilson Sink, World War II
Tom Hudson
Tags: 12/6/97, 213, Africa, Army, Camship, England, Europe, Filipians, Fort Mead, General Elliot B. Dension, Germans, Hitler Musciliani, Italians, Japanese, Korea, Leigh-Anne Hudson, Leighanne Hudson, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Persian Gulf, Tom Hudson, United States, Vietnam, Virginia, War, World War II, WWII Medals, Wytheville
John & Harriet Blessing
Tags: 2/19/96, 210, Barnes, Bastian, Bastian Church of God, Bible, Biography, Bishop, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Botetourt County, Burkes Garden, chores, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clearfork, Cove Creek, dating, Easter, Edna, Eisenhower, Ella Burton, Ethel Ball, Ethel Neel, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fun, garden, George Buchanan, George C. Fox, Gerald Walker, Gilbert, Graton, Great Depression, Green Valley, Halloween, Harriet Elvira, Harriet Stump Buchanan, John, John & Harriet Blessing, John Blessing, Korean War, Levi Neel, Macie Ethel Kidd, Marla Pruett, Mary Walker Neel, Misty Balas, Mount Olivet, Narrows, News Center 6, Oakville, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Neel, Rich Snapp, Roanoke, Robert Clay Kidd, Rocky Gap, Roy Roger, Ruth, Stella Blessing, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with John & Harriet Blessing about their life., Tina, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Wolf Creek, World War II