This display
was entered
in the 2005  
National
American
Legion
Auxiliary
Community
Display
program.
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WALTHALL COUNTY
The American Legion Post 56  
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 56
Veterans Serving Veterans...
and Their Families
Memorial Day Display at the Walthall County Library
May 2005
A joint project by Post 56 and Unit 56
Neil Smith Memorabilia
Neil Smith
Picture of Neil Smith and his plane at left and a
flight of P-47s (Jugs) at the right  
Neil Smith, a P-47 pilot in World War Ii, dons his
officer's cap and poses with a picture of his
cousin, Flight Cadet Winston Sumter Porter, killed
in an 1941 aircraft accident.
J.B. Webb
Bob McGinnis
Kilcrease Medals
Left, John B. Webb, a B-24
gunner in World War II,
holding his leather jacket
with a picture he painted on
the back of a B-24 bombing
the Nazis.  Right, Bob
McGinnis, a Navy veteran of
World War II, holds picture of
the five Byrd brothers
(Malcolm, Frank, Luther,
Dennis and Parker) who
served in WWII. Malcolm and
Frank were Japanese
POWs. Below, medals
received by Jack Kilcrease in
Vietnam.
Photos courtesy of Post member Louis Conerly.