More than 300 Tipton County servicemembers died while serving the United States across six conflicts, from the Mexican War in the 1840s through the Vietnam era. Their names are preserved on a memorial at the Tipton County Veterans Museum on Bert Johnston Avenue in Covington, a permanent record of the price this community has paid. […]
Read MoreThe Air Force said no, the Marines said yes. Now this Shellback is Tipton County’s Veteran of the Month.
Randy Marbry had just been turned down by the Air Force. He was walking out of the recruiter’s office, not quite sure what came next, when a Marine stepped forward and put a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t feel bad,” he remembers the recruiter saying. “We’ll take you.” Marbry, who was 19 and had spent […]
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