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MUCH AS THE PEOPLE FARTHER NORTH IN THE STATE.
ONLY TWO MEN FROM HANCOCK COUNTY SERVED fN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND APPAR ENTtY DID NOTHING TO DISTINGUISH TH EW SELVES.
THE FIRST VOLUNTEER COMPANY FROM HANCOCK COUNTY WAS FORMED IN JlftE 5TH, T9T? TO SERVE IN THE TST WORLD WAR. IT WAS COMPOSED OF T44 M'EN FROM THE OOAST UNDER A CAPTAIN SMITH OF BILOXI. MANY MEN FROM HERE SERVED IN THIS WAR, BOTH J PJ THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS, AND MANY OF THEM GAVE THEIR LIVES.
NATURALLY, ALL OF TH E ABLE BO Dl ED MEN OFTHIS AREA SERVED IN THE SEOOND WORLD WAP, UN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND Hff?E AGAIN MANY OF THai GAVE THEIR LIVES DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY.