Perry and Greene County, MS Veterans

12/05/2025

Big shout out to Perry and Greene County, MS Veterans newest top fans! 💎

Mark Gillie, Tipsie Bishop, Jerry Elliott, Patricia Sylvest Jones, Beverly Fortenberry Parker, Dan Daniels, Doug Beasley, Freddie Chaudron, Virginia Daniels, Calvin McCoy, Pat Jones, Ray Mills, Sissy Avera, Bobbie Floyd Smith, Roy Bartran, Donna Harvison Henley

Thank you so much for following our page and honoring our veterans!🇺🇸

12/05/2025

I say every year that I am going to get involved with this great organization. That may have to be my New Year’s resolution! I think it’s such a wonderful thing and am grateful to all who participate! 🌲

When Morrill Worcester was 12, he won a trip to Washington, D.C. — and set out on a journey that ultimately changed his life, as well as the lives of

12/05/2025

US ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDED TO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS MACK A. JORDAN FROM COLLINS FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE WAR IN KOREA. 🇺🇸

Mack Alvin Jordan (1928-1951), of Collins, Mississippi, was inducted into the United States Army in January 1951. By June, he was sent with the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division for combat in the Korean War. Private First Class Jordan was serving as a squad leader when his platoon launc...

12/05/2025

On this day in 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson departed for France to attend the Paris Peace Conference where, following the cessation of hostilities in World War I, the League of Nations was established and the Treaty of Versailles was drafted.

12/04/2025

VETERAN’S SALUTE 2025!

Lindsay Witherall McLendon (1922-2002), Greene County (Leaf), served with the US Army during the World War II era. We are grateful for his service. 🇺🇸

Pete Tice

12/04/2025

Photographed from USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62), shortly after the conclusion of the Gilberts Campaign. The three battleships, in an anchorage protected by anti-torpedo nets, are (from left to right): Idaho, (BB-42); USS New Mexico (BB-40); and USS Mississippi (BB-41).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

12/04/2025

FUN FACT ✈️:

Did you know that Meridian was home to one of the most incredible feats of flight endurance in aviation history?

In the mid-1930s, brothers Fred and Al Key kept their plane — the Ole Miss — in the air for 23 straight days. Using a groundbreaking midair refueling system and even performing on-the-wing maintenance, they set a record that still stands today.

Meridian honored their achievement by naming the local airport after them. Their innovative refueling method was later adopted by the Army Air Corps, and the cutoff valve they invented became the foundation for modern aerial refueling — helping boost national confidence in flight safety.

The “Ole Miss” airplane now sits in a storage facility at the Smithsonian Institution. Pretty amazing what started right here in Mississippi!

12/04/2025

REMEMBERING OUR MISSISSIPPI HEROES:

Bradford C. Freeman, Caledonia, Mississippi, passed away in 2022. He was the only living member of the
“Band of Brothers” Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division at the time. Easy Company was a World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army. 🇺🇸

Bradford C. Freeman passed away this week.He was the only living member of the"Band of Brothers" 101st Airborne Division, WWII.

12/04/2025

Mississippi’s major military bases:

-Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (largest state-owned training facility in the US)
-Columbus Air Force Base
-Keesler Air Force Base
-Naval Air Station Meridian
-Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport
-Stennis Space Center
-Camp McCain

Air National Guard Bases added by Bobby Russell:

-Gulfport ANG including the Combat Readiness Training Center, the 255th Air Control Squadron and the 209th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron, all at the Biloxi Gulfport International airport.

-172d Airlift Wing at the Allen C. Thompson Field

-Air National Guard Base, Jackson MS.

-186 Air Refueling Wing, Key Field, Meridian MS.

There are 79 National Guard Armories in Mississippi after four armories were closed in 2016. The Mississippi Army National Guard previously maintained 97 armories before the closures were made for cost-saving measures.

Photographs of Keesler Air Force Base courtesy of the LHG Image Collection / Local History & Genealogy Department / Harrison County Library System

12/04/2025

CAMP SHELBY; 1941-45. Random photos from the Ernest A. Schleuder Collection.

Photos can be viewed online through a link on the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum page.

12/03/2025

📸 MAFM has recently digitized over 1,000 photographs taken at Camp Shelby during World War II. Now available through the Mississippi Digital Library, the Ernest A. Schleuder Collection offers a compelling look at life on base during one of history’s most defining moments.

🔍 Browse the full collection: http://bit.ly/44gTEDS

From the Ernest A. Schleuder Collection. Photograph of entrance at Camp Shelby.

12/03/2025

This new task force sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent. 🇺🇸

Drones have been stationed in the Middle East as part of the United States' broader push to assert global drone dominance.