Birmingham News sleeve BN0071489

City desk / BJCC [by an artillery shell in Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center] / Purple Heart convention at BJCC / "Purple Heart recipient Waymon Stanley Jr. kisses his wife Anne, as she rides with him on his scooter on their way back from a Purple Heart luncheon at the BJCC. Standley was wounde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Songer, Joe
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/208682
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Summary:City desk / BJCC [by an artillery shell in Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center] / Purple Heart convention at BJCC / "Purple Heart recipient Waymon Stanley Jr. kisses his wife Anne, as she rides with him on his scooter on their way back from a Purple Heart luncheon at the BJCC. Standley was wounded by an artillery shell near Paris in August of 1944 during World War II. The convention runs through the weekend." / "Purple Heart recipient Bobby Randle of Birmingham, salutes the America Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Purple Heart convention at the BJCC. Randle was wounded by an artillery shell in Vietnam in 1968." / Lonnie Wadsworth - service commander / David M. Cox - past commander / Harold Gamble - department commander / Finis J. Self - chaplain / Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation / John E. Binnion / Louis C. Tebbe / Lonnie Wadsworth / Bobby Randle / David M. Cox / Robert C. Padgett, Jr. / Finis J. Self Th.D / Waymon Stanley, Jr. / [Copy prints, notes, and business cards included]