Jack Williams Jack Williams grew up in Harrison, Boone County in the Ozark hills. He was born on October 18, 1924, to William O. Williams, a blacksmith and machinist, and Daughty Edith Gooch Williams. The family lived at 420 North Second Street in town. Jack had a younger sister named Fern. He attended Harrison High School, where he was active in the Future Farmers of America. He also worked at the Lyric Theater and spent time fishing and swimming with friends on Crooked C

Lt. Col. Edward Ernest McClish When it comes to World War II heroism, few stories capture the grit of guerrilla warfare quite like that of Lt. Col. Edward Ernest McClish, a Choctaw warrior from the heartland of Oklahoma who turned the jungles of Mindanao into a fortress of resistance against Japanese occupation. Born into a modest Native American family in the early 20th century, McClish's journey from rural Wilburton to the frontlines of the Pacific theater--and back to a qu