Vietnam veteran honored in Stephenville

  • James Babb (middle) was awarded the Cross of Military Service medal, which is the highest medal given to a veteran by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who descended from a Confederate soldier and fought honorable in the war between the states. Babb was honored at a program in Stephenville in November. Courtesy Photo
    James Babb (middle) was awarded the Cross of Military Service medal, which is the highest medal given to a veteran by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who descended from a Confederate soldier and fought honorable in the war between the states. Babb was honored at a program in Stephenville in November. Courtesy Photo
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held a ceremony on Nov. 14 in Stephenville to honor multiple veterans, where Clifton resident James Walter Babb was a recipient of the Cross of Military Service Medal. The UDC is an organization dedicated to the purpose of honoring the memory of its Confederate ancestors and marking places made historic by Confederate valor; collecting and preserving the…

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