Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: World War II Veterans

  • Men of the F.D. Thompson Post American Legion

    This photo shows the first members of the F.D. Thompson post American Legion just after WWII. I have never found out who the men were in the photo. Thank you…

  • WWII Soldiers Making a New Year’s Meal

    In honor of Monday’s upcoming Veterans Day, I give you this photo, which includes a Monroe soldier named Arzellous Howard: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8e02776/ . I think the order is wrong and the…

  • Index to the Monroe Morning World Servicemen’s Edition

    This index is for the February 6, 1944 Monroe Morning World Servicemen’s Edition.  In this newspaper, local white men and women serving in the military were profiled with a short…

  • Fighting Men of Louisiana Index

    After WWII, a vanity print book was published, highlighting some of the soldiers who had served in that war from Louisiana. It was called “The Fighting Men of Louisiana”. It…