The 2012 movie "Red Tails," about African-American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, is a great lead into this family blog question. Which family members do you recall serving in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and/or the Viet Nam War? For example, my father, Richard Hilton, served in the Army, I think as a staff sergeant (World War II), as did several other men such as Leonard St.Clair and June St. Clair, I think Clarence Williams (Roanoke) served in the Korean War. My grandfather, Clarence Reynolds served in World War I.
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Pictured left is Lena Bell Richardson, one of KOH's great aunts on his mother's side. For KOH, it was Aunt Martha Gibson (born cc 1895), who was like a second mom to him, when he was growing up in Slate Hill, Roanoke County. In fact, their homes shared a "phone line" during those early years. How about you? Who was like a second parent to you? |
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