U.S. Army photoU.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Matt Fitter SPC Amber Cobena
Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5) Matt Fitter is a McAlester native, who is serving as special guest of honor and featured speaker for the 2021 Armed Forces Day Parade in McAlester.
Fitter is also serving as parade marshal for the Armed Forces Day Parade, set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 1 in Downtown McAlester.
No Armed Forces Day banquet is set for the day prior to the parade this year due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, but Fitter plans to deliver the Armed Forces Day address.
It s set for 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 30, with the News-Capital planning to live stream the speech on the newspaper s Facebook page.
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GATESVILLE â When the 7.62mm round fired from an AK-47 rifle hit him in the face, severing a nerve and ripping through his jaw, U.S. Army Spc. James David Ashley thought the war in Iraq was over for him.
Not only that, judging by the amount of blood soaking his Kevlar vest, he figured he was going to die that day.
âI couldnât feel part of my face,â said Ashley, a 39-year-old father of two now living in Gatesville and working as a Coryell County sheriffâs deputy. âI thought, âThis is it.â
âI figured, âOK, Iâm going to die, but Iâm going to do everything I can in my last couple of minutes before I bleed out.ââ
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