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Bringing Down the House

A man uses a tool to remove nails from a wooden board while another man holds the board in place at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Bill Bowman (right), of Austin, Texas, Habitat For Humanity, helps Dave Tosi, of Greensboro, N.C., Habitat For Humanity, try a new "de-nailer" at a warehouse on Fort Gordon. The air-powered tool removes nails from boards. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle)

Officials from Fort Gordon and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources offer demonstrations to prepare bidders in an auction for recycled building materials from deconstruction of old World War II-era buildings at the Army post. (The Augusta Chronicle, July 16, 2004)

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Staying on the March

Warrant Officer W. Scott McDonald conducts the Army Signal Corps Band during Independence Day festivities at Fort Gordon. (Credit: Chris Thelen)
Warrant Officer W. Scott McDonald conducts the Army Signal Corps Band during Independence Day festivities at Fort Gordon. (Credit: Chris Thelen)

The Signal Corps band performs for the public and the military year-round. (The Augusta Chronicle, July 4, 2004)

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Pride and Pain – The Korean War, 50 Years Later

John Cullars McCrimmon, of Lincolnton, Ga., crouches by his truck, which bears a Purple Heart license tag and a sticker of the Combat Infantryman Third Award for serving in three wars in the U.S. Army, including the Korean War.
John Cullars McCrimmon, of Lincolnton, Ga., crouches by his truck, which bears a Purple Heart license tag and a sticker of the Combat Infantryman Third Award for serving in three wars in the U.S. Army, including the Korean War. (CREDIT: ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER)

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 2003, veterans of that war living in the Augusta, Ga., area, recall their experiences, and the legacy of the so-called “forgotten war.” (The Augusta Chronicle)

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Staying Ahead of the Storm

Lawrence Kiage (center), assistant professor of geosciences at Georgia State University, and graduate assistants Amber Keller (left) and Dan McCartha (right), cross the Intracoastal Waterway in a Department of the Interior Boat, motoring from the mainland at Saint Marys, Ga. to Cumberland Island.
Lawrence Kiage (center), assistant professor of geosciences at Georgia State University, and graduate assistants Amber Keller (left) and Dan McCartha (right), cross the Intracoastal Waterway in a Department of the Interior Boat, motoring from the mainland at Saint Marys, Ga. to Cumberland Island.

To better prepare coastal Georgia for the worst, a GSU researcher digs to uncover clues from hurricanes of the past. (GSU Magazine, Fall 2012)

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Doris Miller, A Hero at Pearl Harbor

Doris "Dorie" Miller
Doris "Dorie" Miller, 1942. (National Archives & Records Administration)

Doris “Dorie” Miller’s heroism and sacrifice during World War II helped push the cause of civil rights forward, including the desegregation of the United States military.