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Tags: 1/23/08, 531, Fred Abel, Tyler Rice, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 10/17/07, 513, and how her family reacted to the war., Heather Looney, Laura Sisson, Mandy Gibson, Peggy Sutphin, This is an interview with Peggy Sutphin about her father serving in World War ll, War, World War ll

Tags: 3/25/05, 494, Alamae Gregory, Andrew Ferguson, Andrew Stowers, Arla Mae Gregory, barber, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Carrols Grocery Store, Charlie Taylors, Christmas, Clear Fork, Clearfork, Codge, Codge Carver, combat, dating, draft, Easter, epidemic, farm, fishing, Fort Jackson, Gap, garden, Germany, haircuts, hoopie-eyed, horse, horseback riding, John Gregory, Korean War, Life in Bland County, marbles, Martin Ebert Carver, medicine, military, Miss Hazel Stowers, Mr. Pucket, Neal Lambert, Polio, Raymond Stowers, remedies, Rocky Gap, Ruby Gregory, Rutitan, skinney dippins, South Carolina, storm, Sutphins, swimming, The Great Flu epidemic, the service, This is an interview with Codge Carver about his life in Bland County., War

Tags: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

Tags: 471, 5/26/05, Gary Carroll, Stephanie Lambert/Sabrina Clark/Rachel Reed/Trista Willis/Brandon Wolfe/Andrew Jennings, War, World War II/Korean War/Vietnam War

Tags: 458, 5/26/04, Blake Stowers and Jason Munson, Richard Lawson, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 4/23/05, 452, Henry Conley, Korean War, Stephanie Lambert and Trista Willis, War

Tags: 432, 5/12/04, Amy Looney, Korean and Vietnam War, Marvin Hicks Looney, This is an interview with Marvin Hicks Looney about the Korean and Vietnam War., War

Tags: 3/24/03, 396, Andy Slaughter, Beth Slaughter, Biographical, Bland County, Carthy, Christmas, Church, Church of God, Clint Slaughter, courting, Dearly in the Sun, Dorcas Slaughter, Eisenhower, Eugene Slaughter, Fall Mills, Farming, Franklin Roosevelt, Freddie Ray Slaughter, Gina Slaughter, Haiti May Willis, Halloween, holidays, Hubert Slaughter, Johnson, Kennedy, Laurel Creek, Life in Bland County, mechanic, movies, Mr. Elsie, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Folgeson, Mrs. Pierre, Mrs. Stowers, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Slim, Stadium Drive, Terry Slaughter, This is an interview with Eugene Slaughter about his life in Bland County., Tina Elizabeth Slaughter, Tobacco Road, Tom WIllis, Vernon Taylor, Vietnam War, War, Watergate, WWII

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

Tags: 2/21/99, 242, Alaska, Arizona, Boise City, British, California, Camp Cook, Cape Drake Japan, Captain Brinkman, Chicago, Cleveland, Corporal Hartley, Everett Harless, Filipino, Fort Bellvore, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Knox, Fort Lawton, Fort Majuco, Fort Meade, General Ship Hissleman, George Harless, Greeks, Hokeito, Jeremy Harless, Jeremy R. Harless, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Luther May Harless, MacArthur, Maryland, New York Central Railroad, North Carolina, Northern Japan, Ohio, opium, Orville Harless, Paul Harless, Pee Wee Smith, President Truman, Pu’san Harbor, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle, Sergeant Baber, Sergeant Wigga, Sergeant Wolky, South Carolina, South Gap, Tadco, Tagus, Thailanders, Tokyo, U.S.N.S. Marine Atered, Virginia, War, Washington, West Virginia

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

Tags: 218, 3/15/98, A. D. Burton, A. J. Tynes, Acme, Adair, AME Zion Church, armies, Army, army stuff, baby, Baptist Church, beans, Bell Spring, Bill Charleton, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Blankenship, Bluefield, Bluefield State College, boat, Bonnie Dodson, book, books, bootlegger, brakeman, brass buttons, Brewer family, brick houses, bull, Burgesses, camp, candy, car, Carla, cattle, Charletons, chestnuts, chickens, Christiansburg Institute, Church, churned butter, Cleveland, corn, cost of land, covered wagon, cows, Dana Mitchell, Delores (Minnie) Saunders, Delores Harris, Dick Tracey, diploma, doctor Rob, Dolores, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Emma Tynes, employees., Estella Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evelyn Charleton, Family/People, farm, farmed, farmer, farming techniques, Ferguson land, Fergusons, festival, Florida, flour, Floyd County, Football, forest, Franklin County, Fred Saunders, G. I. Bill, General Lee, Gladice Gore, gold, governor, grain mill, Grist mill, Hershey Bars, Hill House, history, history book, Hogans, hogs, horse, horses, house, ice cream, Indian Valley, Jersey, Jews, Jim Hill House, John & Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, John Harris, Kimberling, Korean War, Laddie ????, Laurel Fork, lighter knot, Lillly’s, liquer, Lloyd Charleton, loader, log school, Lonnie Saunders, lumber, Mac Ferguson, Mac H. Ferguson, MacDaniel, MacDaniel Ferguson, Maggie, Margie, Marion, marriage, Marvin ????, mattresses, milk, mines, Minnesota, Mire Branch, Molly Tynes, Molly Tynes ride, moonshine, mountains, Mr. Henry Gray, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Humphrey Hogan, Mr. MacDaniel, Mrs. MacDaniel, Mudfork, Nat Ferguson, Nate Charleton, New River, New York, nursing, nursing school, oats, Ohio, Oil lighter, outhouse, oxen, Pal Saunders, pastor, Phil Lilly, pigs, Pinch Creek, pond, pop, Powell Saunders, powerline, president, Princeton, Pulaski, Railroad, Ramsey farm, Reed Creek, reunion, Reverend J. --G.W. Wells, Richlands, Richmond, rock houses, Rocky Gap, rodeo, Roney Nunn, Rosenthal, Round Bottom, Ruben Ferguson, saddle, Saunder’s farm, Saunders, Sawmill, sawmill construction, School, schoolhouse, Scruggs, Sealy mattress, Secretary, service, shanty, sheep, Silas Greene Show, Smyth County, soldiers, South Carolina, St. Paul, steam engine, store, stram engine, sugar, Taylor’s Mill, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Tazewell County High School, teaching, tick beds, ticks, Timber, tin cans, Tom, Tom Lilly, train, treasurer, Trustees, TV, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Tynes house, Uncle Ned, Virginia, Vocational School, Wagners, wagon, War, Wert Harris, Wesley ????, West Virginia, wheats, whiskey, wife, William Ferguson, Willis, winter, Wolf Creek, wood stove, Woods, Woodysville Spring, Wytheville, Yankees

Tags: 12/19/96, 1928, 215, Alan Paine, Alice Johnson, Arch Rowe, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, chores, Christmas, Coal Mine, court, dates, Family/People, farm, games, garden, Gerald Pain, Germany, Halloween, holidays, house wife, Ivy Johnson, Korean War, Lana Alley, Lana Sue, Larry Paine, Laurel, Lexie Brammer, Marcella Paine, March 20, McDowell, McKinley Paine, movie, Mr. Pain, Nancy Margaret Payne, Nancy Payne, Nancy Rowe, Opal Coleman, Pain, Paine, Pauline Cantrell, Payne, Pearl Harbor, pranks, president, Robert Paine, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, School, sewing factory, snow, stories, Terry Paine, Three Stooges, toys, Tracy Browning, War, weather

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

Tags: 192, 3/19/96, Americans, Bob Hope, Chad Kidd, Five Forty First Transportation Company, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, Kenneth Kidd, Korea, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Quanan, Saigon, South Carolina, This is an interview with Kenneth Kidd about serving in Vietnam., Vietnam, War

Tags: 10/19/96, 189, Ada Walters, Archie Bunker., Atlantic Coast Line, atomic bomb, Bastian, Battle of the Bulge, Bland County, Bluefield, Camp Lugeon, CCC, Celaness, Celinese, China, civilian life, Clark Gable, Claudit Colebear, Democrat, Depression, Elbert Minick, elementary school, Europe, Evert Harless, Evert Ward Harless, France, Fred Simpkins, General Shepherd, George Harless, Germany, Giles County, Glen Harless, Goodwins Fairy, Greggador, Gregonno, Guam, Guata Canal, Harry Folson, Helen Wadell, Herbert Hoover, high school, Hitler, Hunting Camp, Indianhead, Iris Harless, Japan, Japanese, Julie Parnell, Junior Harless, kamikaze attacks, Korean War, Lina Minick Harless, Luther Harless, Luther Junior Harless, Lynchburg, Marine Corps, Marion, Maryland, Melvin Aliff, Mr. Graham, Narrows, New Deal, New River, Norfolk, North Carolina, Okinawa, old Caldwell place, Oriville Harless, Pacific, Paris Island, Paul Goodman, Paul Harless, Paul Updike, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines, Porter Stafford, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Princeton, PWA, Realto, Rebel, Republican, Ricki, Rocky Gap, Rosey Gordon, San Francisco, Sitan, South Carolina, This is an interview with George Harless about World War II., Treasure Island, Tyron Power, U.S. AT Sea Fitaler, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, War, Washington, Washington D.C., Watergate, West Virginia, Winding Gulf, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII, Yankees

Tags: 10/12/96, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 178, American soldiers, Ankie, Armed Services, Bouncin' Betty, California, Camaron Bay, Camp Robert, Canada, Eddie Viers, Fort Bragg, Fort Holoberg, Fort Jackson, Fort Worth, General Love, Grundy, Long Range Reconstance Patrol, M-1garand customized, Mark Wilson, Maryland, Oakland, Plaku Harbor, S.S. John Pope, San Francisco, sniper weapon, South Carolina, This is an interview with Eddie Viers about the Vietnam War., U.S. 1 D huey helicopter, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese soldiers, War, WWII

Tags: 10/28/97, 168, AIDED, AK-47, D Troop First Cavalry second platoon, Danann, DMZ, Douglas MacArthur, Florida, Fort Bragg, Fort Ustus, Georgia, GI's, Helicopter Crew Chief, Huey Gun ship, Jeremy Harless, Korea, Kuwait, Michael Dillow, North Carolina, North Vietnamese, On K, Saigon, Saudia Arabia, South Vietnamese, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Michael Dillow about being in the service during Vietnam., United States Government, USO, Veterans, Vietnam, Virginia, War, Washington

Tags: 143, 2/5/96, Anderson, Bluefield, Camp Upton, Clarance Hannan, D-Day, Don Bigalow, Europe, Fort Bellvour, Fulton, General Hurtiny Hodges, General Omar Bradley, George Bowling, Germany, Hitler, Japanese, Kentucky, Mussolini, New York, Paraboe, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, President Truman, President Truman., Scotland, This is a summary of World War II with George Bowling., Vicki Wyatt, Virginia, War, West Virginia, Wisconsin, World War II

Tags: 135, 5/4/97, Amie Lee, Bland County, Bob Hope, Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh Bay, Comsake Logistic Support Center, Dorsey N. Caracawa, Fort Gordon, Fort Knox, GA, John Reed, Kentucky, Lang Bian, Lua, PFC, Saigon, Saigon., South Vietnamese Army, This is an interview with John Reed about the Vietnam War., USO, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 10/1/95, 119, Abilene, Bluefield, Charles L. Honaker, Chinese, Crumpecker Hill, David Blankenship, Fort Campbell, Fort Knox, General MacArthur, Georgia, Japan, Korea, Korean War, KY, New York, North Korea, POW., Princeton, Russia, San Fransisco, Seoul, South Korea, This is an interview with Charles L. Honaker about his life and experiences in the Korean War., TX, United States Army, War, Woodrum Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Yokohoma

Tags: 0117, 10/15/95, 117, Acme Grocery, Alaska, Armed Services, Bluefield Drive-in, Bluefield State College, Bob Hope., Charleston, checks, Chinese, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Benning, Fort Cellar, Fort Knox, Fort Linnorwood, Hawaii, helicopter crash, Japan, KY, Lai Khe, Mercer County, MO, Monks, Morale, New England, OK, recruits, Russians, Saigon, San Fransisco, South Vietnam, This is an interview with Tim Wyatt about his life and experiences in the Vietnam War., Thom Sham UK air force and army base, Thom Shan, Tim Wyatt, UK Air Force, USO, Vicki Wyatt, Vietnam, Vietnam War, VMI, War, West Virginia

Tags: "Bosch Kaput", 0106, 106, 55th Quarter Master, 6/6/95, Angers, Annapolis, Army, Avranches, basic training, Battle of the Bulge, Bloody Muddy Moselle, British, Brittany Peninsula, Camp Buckener, Camp Dodge, Camp Pickett, Captian Smith, Channel, Charleston, Chartres, Chattanooga, Chinamen, Cincinnati, CMTC, Cossacks, Czechoslovakia, Danube, Deacon Bailey, Depression, Diekrirch, Ed Dillon, eighth division, Eisenhower, England, Europe, Eva Braun, FDR, fifth division, Fifth Infantry, Fontainebleau, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Custard, Fort Meade, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Thomas, France, Frankfort, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Bradley, George C. Scott, Germany, GMC's, Gomez, Grenada, H Company, highlanders, Hitler, Holocaust, Holsthum., Iceland, Indiana, Italy, Jacqulin Rose, Japan, Jim Tolbert, John Harris, Keflavik, Korea, Krauts, KY, Lieutenant Davis, Lorraine, Louisiana, Luxembourg, MacArthur, Marvin G. Kennedy, MI, Montereao, Mussolini, Mustang, New England, New York, ninety-fifth division, Normandy, Nova Scotia, Paris, Patton, Pearl Harbor, PFC, Princeton Avenue, Raleigh Martin, Rhine, Rhineland, Richmond, Robert Taylor, Rocky Gap, Russians, Saar Campaign, Saint Lo, Scotch, Spitfire, Stockem, Tenth Infantry, This is an interview with Rawley Martin about his life and experiences in World War II., Verdun, Vidouville, Vincent Sheean, WAC Camp, War, Washington, Waterloo, World War II, WWII

Tags: 0102, 10/26/97, 102, Anthony Rife, Bradshaw, Buchannan County, Carrol's Groceries, Christmas, Easter., Germany, Hitler, Ieager, Japan, Jolo, Knox Creek, Laura Jane Coleman Rife, Longbottom, McDowell County, Mussolini, Navy Seabees, North Gap, Pearl Harbor, Rhode Island, Rocky Gap, Samantha Horne, Sherman Rife, This is an interview with Anthony Rife about his life and experiences in World War II., War, Welch, Whitewood, Woody's, World War II