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The Unique History of the Barrett Rifle With no firearms design experience or training, photographer Ronnie Barrett hand-drew a design for a .50 caliber rifle. Here’s What You Need to Remember: One weapon system not only revolutionized the field of military sniping but also created an entirely new category of weapon systems. Using an existing large caliber bullet and adapting it to the precision rifle platform, the innovative Barrett M82 sniper rifle practically created the category of large caliber rifles that equip military snipers worldwide to this day. In 1982, Ronnie Barrett was a p...

Excavation of an Arkansan's World War II P-38 crash site in Austria unearths 'possible human remains' John Lovett, Fort Smith Times Record © John Lovett Bob Mitchell, 90, reads from a letter informing him "possible human remains" had been found at the P-38 crash site in Austria connected to his brother 2nd. Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell on July 8, 1944 near Waldegg, Austria. On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadro...

By JOHN LOVETT | Times Record | Published: May 2, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon, Ark., crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria, after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadron. Ever since then, his younger brother Bob Mitchell of Fort Smith has wondered what exactly happened that day. This week, new hope came by email from the U.S. Department of POW/MIA Accounting Agency. After decades of not being able to search the crash site, a team with the agency was rec...

4/28/2021 By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Editor CUMBERLAND – Philip Thornton, the town’s former superintendent of schools who left for the same post in Warwick back in 2015, is back, set to return to the role after Supt. Bob Mitchell officially retires in June. “The Cumberland School Committee is pleased to announce that after a comprehensive search and interview process, we will be welcoming back Dr. Philip Thornton as the next superintendent for the Cumberland School Department,” said the School Committee in a statement this week. “Dr. Thornton will replace Supt. Mitchell who is r...

Outdoornews April 22, 2021 April 24: Walleye, sauger, pike, and muskie seasons open in the Lower Peninsula May 1: Bear and elk permit application period begins May 15: Walleye, sauger, pike and muskie seasons open in the Upper Peninsula May 29: Catch-and-keep bass season opens statewide except Lake St. Clair and the Detroit and St. Clair rivers. May 31: Spring wild turkey season ends. Banquets/ Fundraisers. April 24: WTU Wexford County Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Cadillac Grill. For more info call Jim Kurdziel, 231-894-1515. April 24: WTU Dowagiac Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Decatur VFW. For more i...