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 The Veterans' Museum in Halls drew a crowd to honor veterans representing over six decades of service to the United States with its annual Veterans' Day program on Saturday. Veterans from Dyersburg, Crockett County, Ripley and Halls attended the event, representing all four branches of the armed forces. Here, several Navy veterans pause for a photo. [Click to enlarge] |
The DAAB enjoyed its heyday as a training facility for young pilots in the early days of World War II. On Saturday, the focus of the Veterans' Museum located on the historic site was to honor those who have served in the armed forces and their family members.
Over 60 veterans attended the Veterans' Museum's program and reception on Saturday afternoon. The program included a salute to the United States, a sing-a-long with service songs and Dale McCaslin reclaiming his role as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
 Veterans of the Army Air Corps and Air Force were on hand for honors at Saturday's Veterans' Day program on the former Dyersburg Army Air Base. The DAAB was a booming training facility for soldiers during World War II. [Click to enlarge] |
"The amazing thing about this time is that we had Vietnam veterans that have never been," said DAAB Association President and Museum Director Pat Higdon. "This year, we had veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Iraq, as well as some servicemen on active duty. Many of those who came had husbands, sons, etc., that served."
The museum, its board and directors and staff considered it an honor to host this event, recognizing each veteran or active service member attending the program.
 Harold Beasley of Dyer County was the only veteran representing the Marine Corps to attend the Veterans' Day Program in Halls on Saturday. [Click to enlarge] |
 These Army veterans recently joined a celebration at the Halls Veterans' Museum honoring those who have served the United States' Armed Forces. [Click to enlarge] |
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Thank you State Gazette, it is nice to see pictures of other Great Veterans, normally you run the photo of only one becasue he is a mayor in your area, it is nice to see you actually listen to what readers have to say!
Oh and to all the Veterans from the Dyer County and surrounding area.........THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!
As a former Dyer Countian, I enjoyed reading about the great turnout at the museum in Halls and the air base that was so very busy in WW II. When in the fourth and fifth grades at Jenny Bell school, my family lived on and farmed the land on the north side of what later became Pioneer Rd. It was not unusual for us to look up and see a number of B-17's and sometimes fighter planes. On one late fall day, my older brother and I were "pulling" cotton in a neibhbor's field at about where the Dyer County Fairgrounds were before this last relocation. A group of planes, fighters and bombers, went over and as we stood watching, two of them collided and crashed near the ICRR tracks north of us. We immediately dropped our cotton sacks and started running to the site and got there before security closed it to outsiders. A horrible sight the memory of which still lingers clearly.