IMAGES OF OUR PAST - THIS COMPOSITE PHOTO OF THREE OF LAURENS COUNTY'S GREATEST HEROES OF WORLD WAR ii, WHO ARE BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. SGT. BOBBIE BROWN WAS THE FIRST GEORGIAN TO BE AWARDED THE NATION'S HIGHEST AWARD OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IN WORLD WAR 2 CAPTAIN WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, JR. WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS (NATION'S 2ND HIGHEST AWARD) , FOR COMMANDING A SUB WHICH SANK THE MOST JAPANESE TONNAGE ON A SINGLE WAR PATROL, AND ADMIRAL ROBERT EDGAR BRADDY, JR. WAS AWARDED THE (NATION'S 2ND HIGHEST AWARD) THE NAVY CROSS AND THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS COMMANDING THE USS BERNADOU IN NORTH AFRICA.