Featured Story /// Pete Adkins Military Hall of Fame


Adkins inducted into Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame


Even at age 101, the honors keep piling up for Pete Story By: Tom Loeffler Photography By: Jason Allabaugh


 When you’ve been inducted into two, you’re something special. When you’ve been inducted into so many you’ve lost count, you’re


Pete Adkins.  said. “I just take the calls, and if I think it’s a good deal, I get in it. If I don’t, I don’t.”  was enshrined into the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame. It’s an honor bestowed upon distinguished Missourians who not only served our nation in uniform but continue to give back through civic leadership, professional achievement, and lifelong support for fellow veterans. “The Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame honors the very best of our state—those who wore the uniform with pride and came home to


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serve again in our communities, schools, and institutions,” Missouri Lieutenant Governor David Wasinger said. “These men represent the  legacy of patriotism.”


The honor, which Adkins found out about this summer, caught


 said. “I don’t think I deserve it, but it’s a nice honor.” If anybody deserves it, it’s Pete, because he certainly checks all


the boxes. He’s now 101, but he’s mentally sharper than most people  week, drives himself around town, and does his own yard work.        


 


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