Of all the ‘practice’ wars that preceded the main events of the second world war, including the Spanish civil war and the winter war between Finland and the Soviet Union, the least well known is the four-month war on the Mongolia-Manchurian border between the Soviet Union and Japan that ended in September 1939. This is not surprising, perhaps, because British attention was
Richard Spencer Kirk, age 94, quietly passed away in his sleep on August 24, 2023, at UVRMC following a brief illness. Richard was born on June 1, 1929, to Spencer and Opal Cluff in Heber, Utah as their second child following approximately two and a half years behind his older sister Nortica. His birth mother […]
WELLSBURG Local residents and others who have served their nation and community were recognized in different ways at two Memorial Day services held in Wells