Veteran Spotlight
Dana French 45 Years in the Navy by Richard D. L. Fulton Note: Priscilla Rall contributed various materials for the purpose of writing this article. Dana French of Frederick County served aboard and/or commanded several Navy vessels over the course of the 45 years he served in the United States Navy, from 1955 through 1990.…
Veteran Spotlight
Frederick & Washington Counties’ Lost in the Forgotten War (Part 3) by Priscilla Rall PFC Dailey Francis Dye In September 1950, while the United States was holding onto the southeast corner of South Korea, PFC Dailey Francis Dye was born in 1931 at Big Pool in Washington County. Joining the Marine Corps, he completed his…
Veteran Spotlight
“Farm Boy to Combat Engineer” by Priscilla Rall Robert “Bob” Clifford Mount, the son of Clifford and Violet Mount, grew up milking cows by hand and plowing with a team of horses, named Dick and Queeny. He lived in a home without electricity, phone, or plumbing. Bob was a farm boy, born in 1931 in…
Navy Vet Receives Gold Coin from Former Secretary of the Navy
Blair Garrett With nothing but an engraved Secretary of the Navy coin and a lot of questions, one man’s sit-down meal turned into a two-year mystery. The decorative coin, which reads, “Gordon R. England, 72nd & 73rd Secretary of the Navy,” was the only piece of evidence to go off of, and Robert Cage, 88,…
Our Neighborhood Veterans
by Jim Houck, Jr. Veterans and Why They Mean So Much To Me I was born in 1943. My father, James A. Houck Sr., was somewhere in Germany serving our country. I hadn’t met him yet, because he was deployed before I was born. I was three years old when I finally got to meet…
Our Neighborhood Veterans
The Reason I Write About Veterans and Why They Mean So Much to Me This month’s column was originally featured in the February 2013 issue of The Catoctin Banner. The picture to the right is me at a young age, posing with my grandfather, Harry Wantz, who is making sure the rifle and I’m…
Our Neighborhood Veterans
One of the “Chosin Few” by Deb Spalding Russell “Russ” Delauter of Thurmont was born the only child of Willie and Hazel Delauter. His father was known as one of the top bulldozer operators in the country and often took new jobs wherever work was available. Therefore, the small family moved around a lot; Russ…
