TO THE EDITOR:

I am writing to comment on Les Minor’s column of Feb. 3 about the realignment of government properties at RRAD and Lone Star. The properties being redistributed were my family’s home before it was taken from us.  At the end of the column, Mr. Minor stated “There is no question the Army purchased this property fair and square before it opened in 1941.”

“Fair and square” is not the correct terminology. My grandfather, William Edgar Henry, owned and farmed 60 acres in the Water Valley community. My father, who was married with three children, and his married...

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