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Tales more than a century old waiting to be told at Oak Ridge Military Academy museum By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com OAK RIDGE – Babe Ruth was safe after all. On…
DHHS Approved for traumatic brain injury pilot project
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to begin a pilot project in Cumberland, Durham,…
Teen: ‘I feel like the ball is starting to roll’
Inspired by family farmers, local teens begins venture as entrepreneur By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com OAK RIDGE — What began as a slogan and a modest gesture to honor hard-working family members…
Review: ‘This Evil Thing’ tells plight of conscientious objectors
World War I conscripts faced their own battles By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com GREENSBORO — Growing up in London, war didn’t seem to make very much sense to Michael Mears. Flash forward…
Opinion: 15 years after the Iraq invasion, what are the costs?
This March marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2003, President George W. Bush and his advisers based their case for war on the idea that Saddam Hussein,…
Gibson, Korean War vet, named ‘Ambassador for Peace’
Special to The Pee Dee Post It has been 62 years since Calvin Gibson came home from the Korean War. Recently he received medals and a commendation from Korean officials…
Flag flies during Firecracker distance runs
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * December 2014: Exercise, connection at center of new veterans group PINEHURST — Eighteen members of Team Red, White and Blue started out from Lewis Cannon Park…
Navy veteran pitches his way into major leagues
Editor’s note: This article was first published in The American Legion Magazine and is published here with permission. Mitch Harris was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th…
Honor and respect for Old Glory
By Mary Kuhlman Public News Service – NC RALEIGH — U.S. flags are popping up all over North Carolina as the Fourth of July approaches, but there are some important dos and…
Taunton pulls trigger on new gun shop
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Scott Taunton knows there is an orderly way of how things are done. The Navy veteran realizes, though, that it’s okay to buck the system…
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