Tarheel honors ...Thomas A. Craigg, Jr. cuts the ribbon on the DAV See WebDAV. Chapter Hall named in his honor at the June 24 dedication in Jacksonville, N.C. Craigg served in World War II and Korean War, and is a survivor of the Bataan Death March Bataan Death March (April 1942) Forced march of 70,000 U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war (World War II) captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. From the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, the starving and ill-treated prisoners were force-marched 63 mi (101 km) to a . A DAV life member, Craigg is also a Past Commander of the DAV State Department of N.C. On hand at the ribbon cutting are, front row, from left, Craigg; his granddaughters Rebecca Cox and Carter Craigg; and Auxiliary Unit 16 Commander Ruth Brinn; and back row, from left, State Senator Harry Brown, State Representative W. Robert Grady W. Robert Grady is a Republican member of the United States North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifteenth House district, including constituents in Onslow county. , Jacksonville Mayor Jan B. Slagle and U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones
Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. (born February 10, 1943, in Farmville, North Carolina) is an American politician; a Republican, he currently represents North Carolina's 3rd . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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