Photo 1: Six National Guardsmen in the armory in Batesville, AR, in 1952. From left: Leo Seery, Homer Hayden, Budge Evans, Denver Bruce, Ed Linebarger, Lucien Abraham. (OIRM, Donald and Deann Coleman collection)
Photo 2: A “Batesville Guard” newspaper clipping reported Leo Seery had been named as commander of the new National Guard infantry company to be activated in Batesville during the week of Oct 7-14, 1946. (OIRM collection)
Photo 3: Newspaper clipping from “The Batesville Guard”, January 18, 1945: Lt. Leo Seery Listed As Lost, Safe in France (OIRM, Lovell, Jannette collection)