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Cookeville Vet Remembers VE Day

“We were so jubilant and happy about it, we were jumping up and down.” 100-year old Lehman Riggs of Cookeville remembering Victory in Europe, 75 years ago Friday. “I was in the second infantry division, and we were the furthest inland of any American division in Europe whenever the war ended,” Riggs said. “And we were selected to be one ... Read More »