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Vietnam War: Veteran Still Ponders 50 Years After Conflict

Vietnam War: Veteran Still Ponders 50 Years After Conflict

Military & Wars

Like many aging Vietnam veterans, Larry Whitt, 73, is grappling with the full cost of his time spent in the service. Larry, a 1964 graduate of Gallatin High School, was a mortar gunner with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 1st Brigade of the 25th Infantry...
Vietnam War: Marine Veteran Danny Critten on National TV

Vietnam War: Marine Veteran Danny Critten on National TV

Military & Wars, People You Should Know

A Daviess County war veteran figures prominently in “Dateline NBC” program to be nationally broadcast in 2006. The hour long documentary tells the story of several men from “Hotel Company,” a unit of young marines who fought together at a place...

Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342

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Read the last special edition published by the Gallatin North Missourian in 2021:
Daviess County History Guide

Recent Posts

  • Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835) March 7, 2023
  • Yesteryear Photographs of Jameson, MO March 7, 2023
Presented on behalf of the Daviess County Historical Society; Dan Lockridge, President; Darryl Wilkinson, Secretary.