A sneak peek into ‘The Hall County Gangster: The Greatest Generation’

  • A sneak peek into ‘The Hall County Gangster: The Greatest Generation’
    A sneak peek into ‘The Hall County Gangster: The Greatest Generation’
  • Photos Courtesy of the Collection of John R. Ballew 2nd Lt. Cecil Clark Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Evans, of Memphis, and husband of Muriel Polk, of Lelia Lake, entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 and trained in Arizona, California and Texas. He served in the United States and was awarded the Victory Medal and AD Ribbon. Evans, a Memphis High School graduate, was discharged in 1945.
    Photos Courtesy of the Collection of John R. Ballew 2nd Lt. Cecil Clark Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Evans, of Memphis, and husband of Muriel Polk, of Lelia Lake, entered the Army Air Corps in 1941 and trained in Arizona, California and Texas. He served in the United States and was awarded the Victory Medal and AD Ribbon. Evans, a Memphis High School graduate, was discharged in 1945.
  • HA 1e William David “Bill” Ballew, son of Raymond Ballew, of Memphis, entered the Navy in 1945 and trained in San Diego, Calif. He served in the United States Naval Hospital in Mare Island, Calif. and was awarded the Victory Medal and AT Ribbon. Ballew, who attended Memphis High School, was discharged in 1946.
    HA 1e William David “Bill” Ballew, son of Raymond Ballew, of Memphis, entered the Navy in 1945 and trained in San Diego, Calif. He served in the United States Naval Hospital in Mare Island, Calif. and was awarded the Victory Medal and AT Ribbon. Ballew, who attended Memphis High School, was discharged in 1946.
    The following is the postscript to John R. Ballew’s soon-to-be-published, second book, “The Hall County Gangster: The Greatest Generation.”America is the greatest country in the history of the wo r l d , and the Second World War forged the greatest generation to ever live. The gallant soldiers of Hall County fought for our freedom in the bloody fields of France and off the...

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