Symposium named for Carnegie hero celebrates 10 years
This year marked 10 years since the inaugural Jimmie Dyess Symposium, held annually each January in Augusta, Ga., to honor Carnegie Hero A. James (“Jimmie”) Dyess and his life of …
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Officer John Smith,
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Military, civilian hero A. James Dyess
When A. James Dyess—“Jimmie”—was an undergraduate at Clemson (S.C.) Agricultural College, now Clemson University, he helped to save a woman from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean off Sullivans Island, S.C. …