Perry and Greene County, MS Veterans

11/28/2025

This Norman Rockwell painting graced the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in November of 1943. It portrays a more somber scene than is usually represented in the Rockwell art we are accustomed to seeing. Titled “Thanksgiving: Girl Praying,” it is also called “Refugee Thanksgiving.” It depicts a young Italian woman wearing a U.S. Army soldier’s jacket, praying over the field rations he’s shared with her. She kneels, surrounded by the devastation of war, only rags on her feet. It was meant as a reminder back in 1943. It is still a reminder today. We have much to be thankful for. If you look closely at her face you will see something else – hope.

11/28/2025

https://wvmetronews.com/2025/11/27/sarah-beckstrom-of-the-west-virginia-national-guard-has-died-after-d-c-shooting-governor-says/

Beckstrom is from Summersville and was assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Virginia Army National Guard.

11/27/2025

Wishing you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving.

We are grateful to our service members, veterans and their families for their dedication and sacrifice.

11/27/2025

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/washington-dc-shooting-national-guard-members-11-27-25

President Donald Trump has asked for 500 more National Guard troops to be deployed to Washington, DC, following the shooting of two guardsmen. The suspect is in custody and the investigation continues. Follow for live updates.

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11/27/2025

SALUTE! 🇺🇸

11/27/2025

A HUGE thank you to all those deployed during this holiday season. We are thinking about you all and praying fervently for your safety.

To the families who support these heroes, we send a heartfelt salute to you, too! It’s especially hard during the holiday season.

We request your prayers for our son, Chris, who is deployed now supporting operations hunting down evil. 🇺🇸

Across the world, members of our armed forces come together, share a meal, and remember that they are not alone.

11/26/2025

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/11/26/two-national-guard-members-shot-near-white-house-their-conditions-unknown-ap-source-says/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOUSwBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeA-pcHXZmHvYeUq7fp_q_P_0h0PkDWN0myioAjT5GMaL52UCbutij3aw_xHs_aem_3XBiHIQrtfMHjVmzam_vKQ

Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known.

11/26/2025

Retired Operations Specialist Senior Chief Petty Officer (SW/AW)
Forest Scarbrough shared a few mementos of his time aboard the USS Mississippi CGN-40 from 1993-97.

The Mississippi was a nuclear-powered cruiser and was decommissioned in 1997. The mast of the USS Mississippi is in Ocean Springs in the Mississippi Vietnam Veteran Memorial Park.

11/26/2025

USS Mississippi BB-41 photographed from HMS Victorious in Hvalfjörður Iceland - Late November 1941

Note independent elevation of her 14-inch/50 guns, the New Mexico-Class Battleships were the first US Navy Battleships with independent gun elevation in their three-gun turrets.

In the preceding Pennsylvania & Nevada-Class Battleships, the 14-inch/45 guns in the triple gun turrets were all in the same cradle, meaning the three guns in each turret elevated together.

Around two weeks after this picture was taken, on December 9, 1941, two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Mississippi & USS Idaho departed Iceland for the Pacific Ocean. After a brief stop in Norfolk for AA & radar upgrades, Mississippi arrived in San Francisco on January 22 1942 with Idaho arriving on January 31, 1942.

Note this picture is wrongly identified in IWM as USS Idaho…

Parnall, C H (Lt) Photographer
IWM A 6432 WWP-PD

Shared from World War II Photos group