For Rev. Dannie Bell, serving in the U.S. Army was an honor.
âI was drafted in 1966,â Bell said. âI went in during the height of the Vietnam War.â
He hadnât been away from his family more than two weeks in his life before he went to basic training at the age of 19 in August, 1966.
âI went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky for 10 weeks,â Bell said. âI went to Fort Dix, New Jersey for supply clerk school.â
Bell ended up with a nine-day leave before heading back for duty. The Bulls Gap native didnât have to go into Vietnam, however. He was helping troops who were preparing to go to Vietnam in Germany.
hear arguments over whether members of the church have a right to protest at funerals. they have not lit up in the past few years, the supporters were outside the funeral of brendan looney who was who was killed in afghanistan. letters have kept him motivated through the long court battle. most of the letters i get from the military and the families have the military is please don t give up, keep fighting, keep fighting. after his son s funeral he sued the church for harassment. a federal judge in baltimore awarded him $11 million, that award was thrown out on appeal and schneider was ordered to pay west borrow s legal fees, about $16,000, schneider appealed to the high court and on wednesday he will find himself inside the courtroom in washington while his attorney argues his case, the head of the west borrow baptist church fred phelps will be there too. it won t be pleasant but if it does good then so be it. i ll be more than glad to get this over with, you know. i