Clifford R. Drake

Clifford R. Drake was inducted into the U.S. Army in April, 1943. He received basic training at Camp Croft, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Clifford was immediately shipped overseas and arrived through Casablanca, Africa then on to Oran, Algeria and Tunis, Tunisia. He shipped out to join the 1st Armored Division as

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John H. Crouch

John Hardin Crouch served with Co. A, 51st Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A from November 16, 1861 until April 1865. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Donaldson on February 16, 1862, and was transferred to Johnson’s Island, Sandusky, Ohio, for the remainder of the war. John married Elizabeth Hurt

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