May 30, 2024 - On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foothold in Normandy.

May 20, 2024 - Memorial Day is Monday, May 27th, 2024. United States Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon. All banks, schools, businesses, government offices, and citizens who fly a US flag that can be lowered are asked to please do so in honor of those Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice. All other flags flying with the US Flag should also be lowered.

First Lieutenant James Lemuel Davis
United States Army, World War I

May 3, 2024 - Elbert Alvie was born on New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1st, 1897, the same year Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope [first movie projector]. His birthplace was the far east Texas town of Center, which serves as Shelby's county seat. His parents, Arella Margaret McGee, and Alva King Williford, raised a large family of seven boys and six girls on a Joaquin and Center Road farm.

Lieutenant Frank Rather Bussey, Jr.
United States Marine Corps, World War II, Medical Corps