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Soldiers old and new drawn to Muhlenberg

Wendell Ford Training Center provides unrivaled experience

By SAMANTHA CARVER
Leader-News Staff Writer
reporter@ky-leadernews.com

While all soldiers throughout the country receive extensive training in preparation for war zones, those who train at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville believe they leave with skills training unmatched by other facilities.

A soldier from the Kentucky National Guard 138th Fire Brigade Unit works with a Weaponcraft instructor at one of the firing ranges at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center. The soldiers are preparing to leave for Iraq later this year and are receiving pre-mobilization training including specialized weapons instruction. (Leader-News Photo/Samantha Carver)

Local WWII POW: Learn from the past

By RITA DUKES
Leader-News Editor
editor@ky-leadernews.com

LAKE MALONE — There’s a reason the American Flag at Joe Sterner’s country home flies at half-mast from April 6 through May 5. The importance of that time isn’t easily recognized by most Americans. But to him, it represents the time when American and Filipino soldiers were captured and became part of the infamous Bataan Death March to a Japanese prison camp.

‘Prayers not dampened’

Despite a steady rain, prayerful participants gathered for the National Day of Prayer at the Muhlenberg County Courthouse Veteran’s Mall May 3. Above, the Impact Praise Team from Covenant Community Church performs a musical interpretation. (Leader-News Photo/Rita Dukes)

Andrea Hildebrant speaks on behalf of Pathway of Hope Crisis Pregnancy Center as her husband Jake Hildebrant holds an umbrella for her. Andrea Hildebrant talked about the baby the couple is expecting later this month and how other mothers can find help, hope and friends at the Pathway of Hope on West Main Cross in Greenville and about praying to end abortion. (Leader-News Photo/Melissa Putnam)

05/09/07


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