Thursday, June 14, 2012

L-Rod Petty, War II Hero



On June the 10th the Dalton Daily Citizen did a story about my mother's brother, Roy Petty (1921-2000).  His real name was William Leroy Petty but he had several nicknames that followed him to his dying days:  "Roy" (family), "L-Rod" (war buddies), and "Bill" (everybody else).  I knew this story was coming soon - I expected it to be timely on June the 6th when Roy made such a fighting impression, but it was not printed until 4 days later.

Click on the link below:

http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x1828359543/Stories-of-former-Cohutta-man-s-heroics-as-a-Ranger-live-on-in-books-memories

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