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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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One of the last survivors of the Bataan Death March in Curry County returned from the war in good spirits despite spending 3 1/2 years as a prisoner, family members said. Johnston That was typical of Bud D. Johnston, they said, he always looked on the bright side. In this case he was alive. Johnston, who died Nov. 20 at Retirement Ranch at the age of 95, was among the 1,800 members of the 200th and 515th Coast Guard Artillery Units who were ordered to surrender to Japanese forces on April 9, 1942. The troops were forced to...
Cannon Airman 1st Class Tyler Fornal said he hoped volunteering to read at Clovis-Carver Public Library's pre-K story hour last week would help shine a different light on the military. Fornal hoped reading to youngsters in his uniform would provide them a positive view of the military, and serve as an example of how the military strives to support the community. "They probably see us in movies and don't know what we really do," said Fornal, from Bethesda, Ohio. "Maybe this will change their perspective." According to Vera...
Cannon Airman 1st Class Tyler Fornal said he hoped volunteering to read at Clovis-Carver Public Library's pre-K story hour last week would help shine a different light on the military. Fornal hoped reading to youngsters in his uniform would provide them a positive view of the military, and serve as an example of how the military strives to support the community. "They probably see us in movies and don't know what we really do," said Fornal, from Bethesda, Ohio. "Maybe this will change their perspective." According to Vera...
