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WWII Veteran retires from dairy industry
One thing is certain—if Julian Russell would have died in a airplane crash during World War II, there would have been a lot fewer cows born in northeast Louisiana over the last 60 years.
Russell, a Winnsboro man who still holds a commercial pilot's license at 88-years-old, served as a stateside flight instructor for the U.S. Navy during the Second World War.
Afterward, he returned home to work for the state as an artificial inseminator for the dairy industry, helping impregnate an estimated 150,000 cows from 1947 until he retired in 2005.For the full story, subscribe to the The Franklin Sun's NEW E-Edition! |
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