WESTOVER -- “It was one hell of a mess.” Wilbur England offers the line with the understated delivery of a man who's been to war. He’s standing near the bar on the ground floor of the Westover VFW Post 9916 building sharing pictures on his phone — pictures of the ...
West Virginians did a lot of the heavy lifting during the Vietnam War. Maybe most of it. A total of 36,578 served during the fighting and 1,128 came home in flag-draped coffins. Per capita, that was highest in the nation. From the Mountain State to the war zone, they arrived: ...