Earning a place in history: (top left) Lt. Carl Rinehart, a Yank from Ridgeway, became a hero for the British public when he was aboard a British aircraft that spotted the German battleship Bismarck off the coast of France. He later became a flight instructor for the U.S. Navy. Lt. Clark Rinehart (top right) was lost at sea during the Battle of the Coral Sea in the Pacific. The destroyer escort ship USS Rinehart was named in his memory (bottom).
By Phil Conger
Few Harrison County families contributed as much to the war effort during World War II than Judge and Mrs. Frank Rinehart, who had six sons in service scattered around the globe and lost one of the sons to combat in the Pacific.