Hunt Co., TX - PFC Billy Allen Biggs, Special Ceremony
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PFC Billy Allen Biggs Participated in Special Ceremony
    Army PFC Billy Allen Biggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Biggs, Celeste,
participated with other member of the 3rd Infantry (The Old Guard) in the
Presidential wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, November 11, 1961.
    Known as "The President's Own," members of the unit are specially selected
to serve as the President's personal honor guard and to perform ceremonial
activities at high-level functions in the Washington, D. C., area.
    Biggs entered the Army in September of 1960 and completed basic training
at Fort Hood, Texas,
    The twenty-four-year-old soldier is a 1956 graduate of Celeste High School
and was employed by M. C. Winter and Company, In Johnson City before entering
the Army.  (November 24, 1961, The Celeste Courier)