More than 20,000 people died in car accidents throughout the United States in the first six months of 2021, an 18.4% increase over the same time period last year, according to the Department of Transportation. It marks the biggest six-month.
MARGARET LYNN BREAUX, 77, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021, in the Nathan Adelson Hospice House in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was
MARGARET LYNN BREAUX, 77, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Tuesday September 21, 2021, in the Nathan Adelson Hospice House in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was
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Holly Rees, who served in World War II and was active in the Bryan-College Station community, died Monday at 94.
Rees was a hall of fame member of the Bryan Rotary Club. He also was a member of American Legion Post 159 for 15 years, involved with the Boy Scouts and taught Sunday school, among other community endeavors.
Rees was born in Prescott Ariz., on Jan. 21, 1926. He enlisted in the Army in June 1944, three days after graduating high school. He spent 12 weeks training in California â three short of the requirement of 15. On May 11, 1945, Rees arrived with the Company I, 184th Infantry of the 7th Infantry Division to fight in the Battle of Okinawa, which was the last and largest Pacific island battle of the war. For 32 days, Rees and other Americans and Allies fought Japanese soldiers at close range along Okinawaâs east coast.