The West Van Lear veteran served in the Navy during World War II, hitting the water before his 19th birthday as one of 18 Johnson County men drafted to join the crew on the USS Hornet CV-12.
One of the three former prison guards at the U.S. Penitentiary at Big Sandy, accused of assaulting inmates and then covering it up, has pleaded guilty.
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