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Andrew "Bud" Albers admires his original Russell Briscoe oil painting, "Christmas Morning." The painting is so detailed and precise that it has the six dry cell batteries lined up to power the toy train. In the left background is a doll house that the artist probably made and used as a model for this painting. Briscoe made a living in the Great Depression making dollhouses for children.
This is the original Russell Briscoe oil painting, "Chritmas Morning." The painting is so detailed and precise that it has the six dry cell batteries lined up to power the toy train. In the left background is a doll house that the artist probably made and used as a model for this painting. Briscoe made a living in the Great Depression making dollhouses for children.
Walter Goolsby, 90, was a Radarman 1C aboard the USS McCoy Reynolds in the Pacific during World War II. The DE-440 was in the invasion of Palau, the bombardment of Yap Island and Japan's occupation.
Walter Goolsby, 90, was a Radarman 1C aboard the USS McCoy Reynolds, a destroyer escort, in the Pacific during World War II. The DE-440, seen here in a precise scale model, was in the invasion of Palau, Leyte in the Philippines, the bombardment of Yap Island, and the Occupagtion of Japan.
Harry Wilson Pipkin, 86, of Knoxville, was injured while training with the 13th Airborne Division when the lines of his parachute became entangled and he landed in a tree. He was preparing to go overseas during World War II when the injury occurred. He is visiting the grave of Audie Murphy at Arlington National Cemetery where World War II veterans from Knoxville visited Wednesday as part of the Knoxville HonorAir trip to the National World War II Memorial. Murphy was the highest decorated soldier in World War II with 33 medals including the Medal of Honor.
Jack Conley Young, left, speaks with former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, right, at the National World War II Memorial in Washington on Wednesday. Young, 83, of Knoxville, came aboard an HonorAir flight; he was a fire controller on a U.S. Navy destroyer in the war's Pacific theater. The man at center is unidentified.
Burley Duncan, 85, of Oliver Springs, saw action in Normandy, France and Germany with the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. He was on HonorAir Knoxville's second flight to the National World War II Memorial in Washington on Wednesday.
US Airways representative Betty Pryor greets Sam Hardman, 89, of Knoxville as he arrives Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Hardman, part of an HonorAir contingent traveling to see the National World War II Memorial, served in Italy during the war.
James Phillips found these weapons during a stint in Germany after the end of World War II. Part of his job as a U.S. Army staff sergeant was to search German homes for weapons.
This is one of the 155mm howitzers that James Phillips was in charge of during World War II.
James Phillips, 86, sits on his back porch at his home on Dutch Valley Road in Anderson County. He grew up on a farm across the road.
