November 2023 - Carl Wayne Gray's Blog

The Dredge Ditch

November 15, 2023AdministratorBlog, Clay City, Illinois, History, Local Storiesbig muddy, big muddy river, Darold R. Herdes, dredge. ditch, little wabash river

The Dredge Ditch by Darold R. Herdes

Legless Veteran Crawls to Save Life Of A Baby

November 14, 2023AdministratorBlog, Genealogy, Militaryhero, james patridge, military veterans

Don’t Let My Baby Die (PDF Format)

November 14, 2023AdministratorBlog, Clay County, Illinois, History, Local Stories, Militaryjames patridge, military veterans, vietnam

By Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. The following article by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr. is about a classmate of mine, James Patridge. It is copied from Reader’s Digest, October 1986. Thank you Sherry (Gordon) Humphreys for loaning me your copy.