Honoring local World War II Veterans

Franklin Lodge 57 F. & A. M paid tribute to what news anchor Tom Brokaw has called “The Greatest Generation,” Tuesday at the Lamp Post in Franklin. Twelve of St. Mary Parish’s World War II veterans over the age of 90 joined more than a hundred attendees. Above with Lodge 57 members the honorees were:
Leroy Burgess, 95, Army
Emanuel Skinner, 94, Army
Ashley Guidry, 94, Army
Henry Watson, 94, Navy
Eugene Clark, 93, Air Force
Thomas Randazzo, 92, Army
Jackson McNeal, 92, Army
Floyd Paul Sr., 91, Army
Ira Peltier, 91, Marines
Chelly Mendoza, 91, Army
Eugene Wilson, 90 Navy
William Bigler, 90, Army