Fayette County Community Honors Alfred Wilson, A World War II Medal Of Honor Recipient
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By: KDKA-TV News Staff
He continued to treat his fellow soldiers until he lost consciousness.
For that act of bravery, Wilson was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration given in the United States military.
This Memorial Day Weekend, the Fayette County community honored his sacrifice and service with a special ceremony attended by his relatives.
“No hero should ever be forgotten, or allowed to fall through the cracks,” said one of his relatives. “Thank goodness for Alfred, two plaques here today at this cemetery, he will not be forgotten.”
This article is written in response to the many recent articles in the Hickory Daily Record and Newton Observer about requests to remove the historic statue of a Confederate soldier. The statue has been in that spot on the grounds of the old Courthouse â now Catawba County Museum of History since it was erected in 1907. Until recent years there was never a controversy or outcry over its location or its meaning.
My great-uncle George W. Rabb, a Catawba County official, Confederate soldier, and local businessman was instrumental in getting the statue erected. He solicited his friends who fought alongside him and those who felt called to contribute to the erection of the statue to remember the dead. George Rabb did a lot for Catawba County. He served as county treasurer, was an owner of Providence Mill in Maiden, and represented the county in the N.C. state legislature among other worthy achievements.
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Tulsa Police Make Arrest In 2003 Rape Case Thanks To DNA Match, Funding
Tulsa Police arrested a man this week for a rape that happened 18 years ago. Police said they recently got a DNA match to a rape kit that was collected when the crime happened in 2003.
TPD said Alfred Wilson raped the woman just 16 days after he got out of prison early, for a different rape.
Wilson is in the Tulsa County Jail now, and Tulsa Police said it is because of a federal grant they received years ago to help clear out the backlog of rape kits.
The arrest affidavit said the rape happened near Apache and Harvard, in an abandoned home behind TCC.
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