Army pals share memories at picnic

LAHARPE — A friendship 76 years in the making was on display Saturday at a Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic.
Moran’s Willis Ross, who served in the Army during World War II and remains an active LaHarpe VFW member, invited his old Army buddy, Marion Wright of Stark, to Saturday’s picnic.
The southeast Kansas natives — both 97 — met while in basic training in California in 1942. While they followed separate paths during the war as part of different units, “we’ve been friends ever since,” Ross said.
Ross served in the Army Air Forces in England, France and eventually…