by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
Born in Paoli on January 1st, 1745, Anthony Wayne was a dashing, brave soldier in the young Continental army. Known for his bravery and quick temper, “Mad Anthony” first served in Canada in 1776. Later, Wayne’s troops helped defend Philadelphia at...
by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
A Special Remembrance for “Mr. Cakewalk”, Dr. Wiley Behler Wiley loved the Memorial Parade. A Committee member for twenty-three years, he walked along the parade route passing out flags and taking pictures and videos. In recent years, he delighted the crowd dressed...
by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
The Vietnam War was in the successor to the French Indochina War in which the French fought to maintain control of their colony against an independence movement led by Communist Party leader Ho Chi Minh. After the Vietnamese Communist forces, or Viet Minh, defeated...
by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
Josiah Hunter Hibberd was born and raised in West Chester, PA. He joined the Navy in 1943 during his senior year at West Chester High School. Mr. Hibberd served in World War II for 4 ½ years mostly in submarine and convoy duty in the Atlantic Theater including...
by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
American journalist George Hicks made history with his radio broadcast from the deck of the U.S.S. Ancon at the start of the morning “You see the ships lying in all directions, just like black shadows on the grey sky,” he described to his listeners....
by rmlee | Jan 22, 2017 | Annual Feature, Uncategorized
Rear Admiral D. Brian Peterman, United States Coast Guard Rear Admiral Peterman was raised in Malvern and is a 1968 graduate of Great Valley High School. In 1972, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from West Chester University and entered the Coast Guard through...
