The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet on Saturday, August 22nd at 10:30 AM. The focus of the meetings will be on Kentuckians at Pearl Harbor, with a special focus on the Reverend Howell Forgy, who was a Navy chaplain at Pearl Harbor during the attack, He was on the USS New Orleans when the attack started and is credited with coining the phrase “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” to encourage the sailors on the New Orleans. The phrase became an inspirational song during World War II. His book And Pass the Ammunition (1944) written with Jack S.…
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An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on August 4, 1977, on the origin and history of community names of Calloway County, Kentucky. Transcript of Part 1 of 6 Rennick: Next interview is with Mr. Brown Tucker of Rural Route 2, Murray, Kentucky and it’s Thursday, August 4th, 1977. I’m going to be asking him about the place names of Calloway County. Tucker: Now, let me get my written file here, all right? That sounds like an oral history deal. Rennick: I was looking at a copy of Mrs. Trevathan’s interview with you that appeared,…