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Hank Williams Jr. (Randall Hank Williams) is 67 years old today.


Hank Williams with little Hank Jr., early 1950s.

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MIKE GRACIA

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LAST U.S. COMBAT FLAG UP FOR AUCTION

The last American combat flag used in Vietnam, now being sold. (PRNewsFoto/Alexander Historical Auctions L)

(FoxNews) – The last American combat flag from the Vietnam War is being put
up for auction.

War hero Army Col. Chester Bailey McCoid took the large flag with him when
he became the last ground force soldier to leave the South Vietnam port city
of Da Nang on March 29, 1973, a month before the fall of Saigon.

According to the Washington Examiner, the flag is being sold by the Maryland
auctioneer Alexander Historical Auctions. The live and online auction of the
flag and other historic mementos is slated for this week on Tuesday and
Wednesday.

Bill Panagopulos, president of the auction house, called the flag “a historic
relic from a war which still stirs controversy at its very mention.” He expects
the flag to fetch at least $10,000 or as much as $50,000. 

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OLDEST GRADUATE RECEIVES DIPLOMA


Alfonso Gonzales

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  It took more than 60 years but a University of Southern
California student has finally received his diploma.

Ninety-six-year-old Alfonso Gonzales received a bachelor of science degree in
zoology on Friday, making him the oldest graduate in USC history.

The World War II veteran thought he’d already graduated when he skipped commencement exercises in 1953 because of work obligations. He was
founding a soil company that he ran for 55 years.

But when relatives recently approached the university about getting a copy of
his diploma, they learned he was one unit short.

Although the school no longer offers a zoology major, it crafted an independent
study course through the gerontology school that included reading, video
assignments, visiting other classes, and writing a thesis about his life.

USC officials call Gonzales a "wonderful inspiration."


Gonzales while serving with the U.S. Navy in 1945.

 


Dressed in a cap and gown, Alfonzo Gonzales receives his diploma.

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Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris)
(born Stevland Hardaway Judkins

Wonder suffered from retinopathy of prematurity, which caused his 
retinas to detach, making blind. He signed with Motown Records 
when he was eleven years old and released the hit song “Fingertips 
(Pt. 2)" when he was thirteen. His album, “Songs in the Key of Life”, 
was ranked at 56 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top 500
albums of all time.


1977

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