Rockwall County Commissioners Court honors late WWII veteran and P.O.W. C.B. Perdue

Rockwall County Commissioners Court honors late WWII veteran and P.O.W. C.B. Perdue

ROCKWALL, TX – April 13, 2022 — In its regular meeting on April 12th, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court honored local WWII hero C.B. Perdue who recently passed away. Cawthon Bailey Perdue, Jr. was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps after his graduation from high school in 1944. The farm boy from Arkansas was […]

Life Lived in Service: C.B. Perdue, Jr. of Rockwall

Life Lived in Service: C.B. Perdue, Jr. of Rockwall

ROCKWALL, TX (April 6, 2022) Cawthon Bailey Perdue, Jr., almost lost his life at the ripe old age of 20, half a world away, defending freedom in the greatest war the world had ever seen. On April 7, 1945, he survived a battle many didn’t, and lived a life to make his fellow members of […]

Rockwall County remembers veterans missing in action on National POW/MIA Recognition Day

Rockwall County remembers veterans missing in action on National POW/MIA Recognition Day

ROCKWALL, TX – September 18, 2020 —”Lest we forget.” That’s a phrase often used in memorials for fallen soldiers and those lost in war. Today, we remember those soldiers who are M.I.A., the prisoners of war who will never have the chance to tell their families goodbye. The Terry Fisher American Legion Post 117 of […]