Sunday, November 8, 2009 East Central Illinois

Museum project preserving vets' memories

By Meg Thilmony
Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:17 AM CDT

TUSCOLA – When it comes to war stories, 89-year-old Dale Smith has got some.

Bullets whizzing past his head. Seeing buddies killed. Being wounded twice. The second time took a portion of his arm. He's still got the scars, more than 60 years later.

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