Saluting Our Winchester Military

“For more than 200 years, African-Americans have participated in every conflict in United States history.  They have not only fought bravely the common enemies of the United States but have also had to confront the individual and institutional racism of their countrymen.”

—Retired Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning,
The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell

1st Sgt. Jo Ann Lofton

Master Sergeant Ritchie Burdell

Albert Lee Jackson

Harvey T. Embry, Jr.

Eugene “Choke” Morton

Carl Jackson

Donte Mills

Chester Kavenaugh

Dana Bowie and family

Joel Emanuel, Sr.

Jermaine Montez Shackleford

John Lee “Papa” Jordan

Bobby Gentry

Dwayne Morton

Anthony Jones

Christopher Clark

Elgin Blanton

Eric Woods

Eugene Cosby

Keith Lewis

Roy Hudson

Darnell Lyle

Mikey Lyle

Gary Lyle

Fred Duerson

George Rogers

George T. Hopewell

John Lander Chenault

James F. Hill

Kenneth Williams (far right)

Michael Mills

Darrell and Dwayne Morton

John Prewitt

Richard Garrett

Sharon Morris

Jackie O. Hill

David Stewart

Anthony “Tony” Higgins

Bridgchelle Golden

Gary Wayne Patton

Fred Duerson

Dewey Jett

Emmett Menifee

Thomas B. Miller, Tuskegee Airman

James “Bubba“ Hawkins

Russell G. Davis

Tim Higgins

John J. Clemmons

Michael Hampton

Matthew Hampton II

Manuel Bruton

James Rutledge, Jr.

Wallace Beatty

William L. Lee

Vaughn E. Jones

Tony Jones

Strawder Patton

Frederick Burdell, Jr.

Ida Brooks Walker

Stephen Taylor (in gloves)

Sherman Greene

Troop-B-10th-Cavalry

Thelma Burdell Brooks

Dana Bowie

Jewell Miller, Sr.

Virgil Dennis Owings

Lewis Miller

Yana Hill Walker

Theodore R. Hill

Raymond Clay

Stephen L. Taylor

Robert Dobbins

Kenneth Williams

Robert Newell

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