CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN HARLOW DCSCVOYO
PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY – The Dillon Veterans of the Year will hold a wreath ceremony at Veterans Square (401 w. Main Street) on December 7th at 2 p.m. in memory of the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor. State Representative Jackie (Coach) Hayes will make remarks remembering those at Pearl Harbor during the attack and the 2403 American lives lost that day. Further, the ceremony will remember the 63 Dillon lives lost by military service members during WW-II:
FROM THE MEMORIAL WALL AT VETERANS SQUARE: Lenwood Allen, Tom Atkinson, Jame Barfield, Thomas J. Bass Jr., Hudson Baxley, Curtis Black, Mack Bryant, Elry Campbell, Paul S. Carpenter, Charley F. Carter, Elmer C. Causey, Craymond Cook, John E. Cottingham Jr., John David Crosland, Fay Margaret Daniels, Hoyt Daniels, McKay Daniels, Hartwell C. Dew, Clentine Ford, James Clarkton Ford, Fitzhugh Freeman, James W. Godbold, Mark Grant, Shelbourne Grantham, Douglas Gargrove, Lloyd E. Hayes, Rufus Hayes, Johnnie Hatchell Jr., Hyman Price Holt Jr., Earl Hood, James Huggins, Willie W. Hyatt, Howard Ivey Jr., Paul Jones Jr., William Watts King, Hal Love, David Albert Lovelle, James L. Manning, Lanier Martin, Lucious McLeod, Hugh David McPherson Jr., Richard F. McRae, Joe H. Meadors Jr., L. Lenneau Miller, Lloyd Miller, Woodrow Wilson Moore, John Thomas Myers, Laval M. Parham, Walter Patterson, Waler C. Pearce, Mack Rich, Robert Lee Richardson, John E. Rowland, Troy Sanderson, Lenneau B. Scott, Kiffen S. Sessions, William W. Stone, Jack B. White, Jeston C. Whittington, Milton C. Wiggins, Eli Williamson, Utah Windom, and James E. Wise.
Earl Hood, who is listed on the wall, was killed at Pearl Harbor.
Representative Hayes has contributed the Memorial Wreath in memory of his father, Julius (Jack) Franklin Hayes. Jack Hayes served during WW-II in the European African Eastern Theater of war, Northern France, the Rhineland and the Ardennes in Germany.
This wreath ceremony honors the actions of all who served at Pearl Harbor and all who served during WW-II. Of the 16.1 million Americans serving during WW-II, only 45,000 are still alive. This wreath ceremony remembers all the WW-II military men and women.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was established by Federal law in 1994 officially designating December 7th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. We Dillon Veterans of the Year invite the public to attend this wreath ceremony and join with us in prayer, singing God Bless America, and a moment of silence for those killed at Pearl Harbor and the 292,000+ total US military service members killed in action during WW-II. Please consider inviting a WW-II veteran to join you at the ceremony.
