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HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO SCREEN “HAYS COUNTY IN WORLD WAR II” IN DRIPPING SPRINGS

August 23, 2012

in Events, Local Life

UPDATE (8/24): There will be two (2) showings in Dripping Springs. The first showing will be at 6PM and the second will be at 7:30PM on Monday, August 27th. The location will still be at the Precinct 4 Building on Roger Hanks Parkway.
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Dripping Springs residents Travis Garnett and Bradley Davis are among the World War II veterans featured in the documentary film “Hays County in World War II,” which will be shown free of charge at 7:30pm Monday, August 27, at the office of Precinct 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant, 195 Roger Hanks Parkway (just south of Hwy 290 about 1.5 miles west of RR12).
Presented by the Hays County Historical Commission (HCHC), the film is based on recorded interviews with Hays County veterans who served in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines during World War II. Their reminiscences about leaving the rural life of central Texas to travel thousands of miles to Europe and the South Pacific are mixed with original period photos and documentary footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battle of Iwo Jima, the landing at Normandy, and much more.
Also included in the film is the story of the San Marcos Army Air Base that brought more than 10,000 servicemen to our county to learn navigation in the central Texas skies.
Along with Garnett and Davis, the veterans interviewed are Augustin Lucio, Bill Butts and Willie Higgs of San Marcos; Bill Johnson of Wimberley; and J.B. Wilson of Driftwood. Wren Giesen, who was a civilian employee at the San Marcos Army Air Base, also shares her memories.
The film was directed by Richard Kidd of Driftwood and produced by the Hays County Historical Commission, under the leadership of chairwoman Kate Johnson.
Refreshments will be served at the showing. For more information, visit the HCHC website at hayshistoricalcommission.com.