Joe Todd
Historian
With COVID-19 precautions in place, historian Joe Todd has been unable to conduct interviews with veterans. This is story is based on an interview with veteran and former prisoner of war Edwin Curtis Yeary, which Todd conducted on Nov. 26, 2000, in Ponca City.
Dr. Edwin Curtis Yeary was born Jan. 7, 1916, in Elmore City in Garvin County to Edwin Hannibal and Ruth Alice (McCandless) Yeary. He graduated from Elmore High school in 1933 and entered the University of Oklahoma. He went through medical school and and received his M.D. in 1939. While at OU, he joined the Army Reserves.
He set his medical practice up in Ponca City in 1939, but was called to active duty in 1940 and sent to Brooks Army Hospital in San Antonio for training. While Yeary was in San Antonio, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and he didn’t know what to think. The people in San Antonio were uneasy after the attack and uncertain about what was going to happen.
The eagle couldn t have picked a better person It was a crow that first caught Frank Glick s attention. It was flying around erratically, so Glick got out his Nikon camera and followed it. It was around 6 a.m. on a hazy spring day and he was driving through Fort Snelling National Cemetery because he was early for a training meeting at Delta Airlines, where he works. June 25, 2011 11:37pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It was a crow that first caught Frank Glick s attention. It was flying around erratically, so Glick got out his Nikon camera and followed it. It was around 6 a.m. on a hazy spring day and he was driving through Fort Snelling National Cemetery because he was early for a training meeting at Delta Airlines, where he works.
Green Bay Airport Searching for Artifacts Related to Namesake, Lt. Col. Austin Straubel By Casey Nelson
Jan 29, 2021 8:40 PM
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay’s airport is looking for the public’s help to expand a historic wall display with as much information about the facility’s namesake as they can find.
“Over the years, we’ve accumulated a couple of World War II memorabilia items from different donors or just individuals who are looking for a place to display it. One of the things that we really never had a lot of out here is Austin Straubel memorabilia,” said Airport Director Marty Piette. “What we’re looking to do is connect with family members, possibly to give us some stories or photos that we could take copies of, if there’s any type of memorabilia out there.”
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors announced that Jack E. Bobo, CLU, FLMI, passed away on January 15, 2021, in Phoenix. Bobo was a legendary producer and leader in the life insurance industry who contributed the wealth of his talents and hard work to foster NAIFA’s success over several decades of his service.
Bobo was originally from South Carolina and upon his high school graduation enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He served during World War II and was an advanced flight instructor, according to the publication
Voices From the Field: A History of the National Association of Life Underwriters.