CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The 26th annual Kiwanis Interview-a-Veteran Essay Contest winners were celebrated in an awards reception at Civic Hall on Tuesday.
The High School Division Grand Winner was Rossview JROTC Cadet Capt. Olivia Buehler, who captured the story of Col. Joe Peterburs, a highly decorated veteran whose military career spanned World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
At the end of last school year, Olivia traveled to New Orleans with the Gary Sinise Foundation through her JROTC program, and she spent several days with Peterburs, listening to his firsthand accounts of courage, sacrifice and resilience, according to a news release. (Her essay is published below.)…