Post 17 officers

Camden American Legion Post 17 elected officers for the next year (July 2013 - June 2014) at its meeting Monday night. The officers include (first row, left to right) 4th Vice Commander John A. West, Chaplain Joseph C. Kliebert, Sergeant-at-Arms Perry McCoy, 3rd Vice Commander David L. Fuller, Historian L. Glen Inabinet, Commander James A. Rabon; (back row, left to right) Sergeant-at-Arms Butch Lilly, Finance Officer Jimmie Mayer, Member-at-Large Dennis Belue, Member-at-Large W. Ashby ...

Military briefs - April 15, 2013

Army Pfc. Jared S. Lee has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia.

McKenzie earns Order of Military Medical Merit

U.S. Surgeon General Patricia Horoho recently presented the Order of Military Medical Merit to Col. Robert C. McKenzie Jr., son of Lt. Col. (ret.) and Mrs. Robert C. McKenzie Sr. of Camden. McKenzie and his wife, Marimer, are the parents of three children, Alex, Andrew and CeCe.

Local post celebrates Legion’s 93rd anniversary

An organization with a long history of service to veterans continues today in Kershaw County. The American Legion, the only veterans organization, chartered by U.S. Congress, needs new members.

Military briefs - March 4, 2013

Marine Corps Pfc. Hunter W. Fitch and Pfc. Robert S. Semmler, both 2012 graduates of Camden Military Academy, earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. For 13 weeks, Fitch and Semmler stayed committed during some of the world's most demanding entry-level military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values ...

American Legion benefit dinner March 1

Camden's James Leroy Belk American Legion Post No. 17 will sponsor a grilled chicken dinner Friday, March 1 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Bethune High grad featured in war experience project

Bethune native and 1989 Bethune High School (BHS) alumna Alma Hough Jennings, 41, is featured as the 57th face in "100 Faces of War Experience," an exhibit of the "portraits and words of Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan." Painter and Pratt Institute alumnus Matthew Mitchell created the 100 Faces project in 2004 after Lance Cpl. Marine Jeffrey Michael Lucey, of Belchertown, Mass., committed suicide. Lucey suffered from ...

Bethune High grad featured in war experience project

Bethune native and 1989 Bethune High School (BHS) alumna Alma Hough Jennings, 41, is featured as the 57th face in "100 Faces of War Experience," an exhibit of the "portraits and words of Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Military briefs - Jan. 16, 2013

Three Lugoff-Elgin High School graduates recently completed U.S. Navy training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Military briefs - Jan. 2, 2013

Army Pfc. Chandler D. Hughes has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Military briefs - Dec. 21, 2012

Army Pfc. Chandler D. Hughes has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Military briefs - Dec. 17, 2012

Christopher N. Rodriguez, a 2012 Camden Military Academy (CMA) graduate, has enrolled in the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) program at Marion Military Institute, Ala. Upon graduation and completion of ROTC Military Science courses at the host university, Rodriguez will receive a bachelor's degree and a commission of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: ...

Civil War hero to be honored Saturday

Dec. 14, 1862: a "humane and compassionate man" showed kindness to a wounded and dying Union soldier during the battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

American Legion Post No. 195 dedication

Post 195 to dedicate new home, hold open house

Lugoff American Legion Post 195 finally has a new, permanent home and is celebrating with a dedication ceremony and open house Saturday at 1 p.m.

Elgin man receives Silver Star after 46 years

One December morning in 1967 during the Vietnam war, an armored personnel carrier with three American soldiers was attacked with rocket propelled grenades. A then 19-year-old Joseph Tate, who was serving as a medic in the infantry unit, pulled the men out. He didn't think twice about it.