NBP A total of 138 inmates, including two foreigners, has been released from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) announced on Friday, June 11. Also released were 14 inmates from the Correctional Institute for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City.
25 Years Ago â 1996
After 17 years of local ministry, Pastor James G. Kloster will bid farewell to Mandan at his final preaching service to be held at the American Lutheran Church, 1705 Sunset Drive, this coming Sunday. Pastor Kloster helped found the congregation in Mandan in 1992 and assisted in building it from five families meeting in a home to its growth of nearly 50 families. Pastor Kloster is a 1990 graduate of Luther Seminary, Minneapolis, and was in the first class of seminary graduates to be ordained in the just established American Lutheran Church. He is also a U.S. Army veteran and is a member of the Mandan American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pastor Kloster and his family will be relocating to Fargo.
U.S. soldiers gather by a vehicle on Iwo Jima, March 1945. (DoD Photo)
16 Feb 2021 The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. | By Tony Simmons
CARRABELLE A special exhibit honoring African American servicemen opened Feb. 2 at the Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum. African Americans served in large numbers during WWII, in spite of being denied full rights as American citizens, said a release from Sheri Wesson, public relations coordinator for the museum. African Americans served in segregated units in both the Army and the Army Air Corps, one of the most recognizable being the Tuskegee Airmen.
Many trained at Camp Gordon Johnston near Carrabelle in support units like Amphibious Truck companies, Wesson noted, and even these participated in combat, including at Iwo Jima, where 21 U.S. Army units supported the 4th and 5th Marines.