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Korean War is remembered in one Gulfport household

AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALD
Derril Silkwood, 81, a Korean War veteran, honors the memories and the men of his platoon who lost their lives during the war by creating a makeshift memorial of 20 white wooden crosses and American flags along his circular drive in north Gulfport on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Silkwood lost half of his platoon of 40, a group of men he had trained with intensely. He has been making his personal memorial since 2008 so that they are not forgotten.

GULFPORT -- The Korean War is not a forgotten war for Derril Silkwood.

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MILITARY

Sounds By The Sea is a South Mississippi tradition

GULFPORT -- Patriotic music emanating from Jones Park filled the air as fireworks lit up the night sky at Saturday's Sounds by the Sea performance. The Gulf Coast Symphony concert is a Coast tradition that has found more followers every year.
GULFPORT

Blue skies boosting bikers' Blowout in Gulfport

GULFPORT -- Attendance was expected to reach 10,000 at the 31st annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Memorial Day Blowout by the end of the holiday weekend, event pioneer Smokey said.
GULFPORT

Gulfport's state port awards $55.8 million contract

GULFPORT -- The state port has awarded a $55.8 million construction contract to L & A Contracting of Hattiesburg, the low bidder on West Pier wharf upgrades.
ELECTIONS

Andre' challenges Gulfport Ward 2 City Council results

GULFPORT -- Ward 2 City Council candidate David André is challenging the results of the Republican primary, which he officially lost by two votes to incumbent Councilman Ricky Dombrowski.
GULFPORT

Former Picayune bank teller gets prison, must repay money stolen

GULFPORT -- Former Picayune bank teller Vonetta Jordan was sentenced Thursday to 17 months in prison for bank fraud and ordered to repay $117,883.25.
GRADUATIONS

Gulfport High graduates prepared for future

Gulfport High School graduates walked two by two, 355 strong, Wednesday down the aisle of the Coast Coliseum and toward their futures.
GULFPORT

Gulfport hires urban-development director, comptroller

GULFPORT -- Incoming Mayor Billy Hewes has selected Greg Pietrangelo, who has management and construction sales experience, as urban-development director, an appointment the City Council unanimously approved Tuesday.
GULFPORT

Gulfport to consider museum for Courthouse Road building

GULFPORT -- The Historical Society of Gulfport hopes to open a museum in the reconstructed Mississippi City Courthouse on Courthouse Road, along with a visitor center that would be run in cooperation with local chambers of commerce.
GULFPORT

Meeting brings out supporters of deeper Gulfport ship channel

GULFPORT -- Speakers at a public meeting Tuesday night generally supported the addition of a deeper ship channel to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of state port expansion, but some want to make sure environmental impacts are dealt with.
ELECTIONS

Gulfport Ward 2 vote count called into question, but no challenge filed

GULFPORT -- Candidate David André wants the Republican Municipal Executive Committee to recount votes in the Ward 2 City Council race, which he lost to incumbent Ricky Dombrowski by two votes.