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Richard Davenport’s sons grew tall on Catawba Island, just like the orchards there. The late Jim Davenport is easy to spot in the front row of his U.S. Army platoon.
John Davenport and his mother, Jane, celebrate the State of Ohio and Catawba Township honoring their brother and son, Army Distinguished Flying Cross hero James M. Davenport with the establishment of the Catawba Island Township Veterans Memorial Highway. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Catawba Island Township honored two of its U.S. Army war heroes this week with a Catawba Island Township Veterans Memorial Highway Marker for Vietnam War hero James M. Davenport and World War II hero William Galloway.
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