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  • Recruit Amanda Murphy during her final field exercise before graduation from basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. A short time after graduation Murphy went AWOL.
  • Dr. Jane Turner, an assistant medical examier, in the autospy room of the morgue in St. Louis. Turner took part in the investigation to identify the torso that was recovered from the Mississippi River.
  • Walter J. Heiman, 103, is one of a growing population of centenarians in the United States. Born into a wealthy German family at the beginning of the 20th century he had every adavantage in life starting out. He volunteered to fight for Germany in WWI but was forced to flee his homeland before the start of WWII to escape Hilter's percecution of the Jewish people. After arriving in America at the age of 37 with his pregant wife he build multi-million dollar company from the ground up.still does 20 minutes of calisthenics on bed several times a week. Until a few months ago he used to go swimming four times a week. {quote}Sometimes an easy life makes you soft. A hard life makes you hard{quote} said Heiman who fought in WWI for Germany and then fled Germany before the start of WWII to escape Hitler.Photo By David Carson/PD
  • Siblings Kip and Cari Braun clown around in Marco Island YMCA pool. Since moving from Michigan the two youngsters have made their mark on local swimming.
  • Friday January 14, 2005--St. Louis area civil rights leader Norman Seay first meet Dr. Martin Luther King in March of 1964. Seay describes his meeting with King that day as one of the highlights of his life.Photo By David Carson/PD
  • The 2005 Illinois mens basketball team Luther Head, top left, Dee Brown, top right, Deron Williams, center, James Augustine, bottom left, and Roger Powell, bottom right, display some of the fire that propelled them to finisht the regular season 29-1 in Champagne, Ill. on Thursday March 3, 2005.
  • Father son look-a-like contest winners Mark Schroeder (left), 50, and Orville Schroeder, 73.
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  • Entrepreneur and co-founder of Square Jim McKelvey, from St. Louis, is starting two new enterprises, LaunchCode and SixThirty, to help grow startups and develop programing talent in St. Louis.
  • Friday July 16, 2010--KMOX radio personality John Carney doesn't own a motorcycle but he lusts for a Harley-Davidson. The father of four, including two young children, doesn't believe a Harley could accomodate a child seat. For this picture Carney climbed on a 2010 Dyna Wide Glide at Doc's Harley-Davidson in Kirkwood.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • August 2002--“They attacked us. That brought us together” said Pastor Sammie E. Jones of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Jones says that for some African Americans, patriotism is a double edged sentiment, given that they are the descendants of slaves and still witness social and racial injustices in this country. He fears an encroachment on civil liberties in the United States in the name of homeland security. Jones, a U.S. Army veteran, said that America is his home too-and that people of all colors and creeds died in the terror attacks. {quote}No matter what, I still love my country.” says Jones.Photo By David Carson/PD
  • “Everybody was on edge.... people were coming to me and telling me about people they thought were suspicious.{quote} said Russell Dam, a member of Missouri National Gaurd who was called up after 9-11 to provide airport security.
  • Three Granite City Soldiers Pfc. Richard N. Kimball Jr., left, Pfc. William C. Hinkle, center, and Sgt. Michael E. Adams were killed in Vietnam within five days of each other in November 1967. The three soldiers will be specially honored during a ceremony on Memorial Day in Granite City.Photo Illustration by David Carson/PD
  • Saturday September 3, 2011--St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, left, and running back Steven Jackson will lead the Rams revamped offense for the 2011 season.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • Michelle Giessman, director of student housing at Lindenwood, stands in the common area of Sibley Hall on the Lindenwood campus in St. Charles. For decades, freshman at Lindenwood University have heard the tales about deceased founder Mary Sibley roaming the campus, Giessman and a few professors and long time staffers say the stories are real. A picture of Mary Sibley can be seen to the right hanging on the wall. This image was made during a 15 second exposure using a flashlight to light the room, the technique is called painting with light.
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