Opinion Column: Pete Wheeler was a legend among Georgia veterans

  • On Capitol Hill in Atlanta, the state erected a memorial to its veterans and in honor of Gen. Pete Wheeler, who served as commissioner of the Department of Veterans Service from 1948 until his death in 2015.(DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    On Capitol Hill in Atlanta, the state erected a memorial to its veterans and in honor of Gen. Pete Wheeler, who served as commissioner of the Department of Veterans Service from 1948 until his death in 2015.(DINK NESMITH/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
  • In 2011, Commissioner Pete Wheeler invited me and a group of friends to his Atlanta office. He said that he had a surprise to show us. Indeed, he did. It was a 150-pound bronze head of Adolf Hitler.(LARRY WALKER/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    In 2011, Commissioner Pete Wheeler invited me and a group of friends to his Atlanta office. He said that he had a surprise to show us. Indeed, he did. It was a 150-pound bronze head of Adolf Hitler.(LARRY WALKER/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Curiosity killed the cat, said my grandmother. Curiosity made me drive to Atlanta in 2011. All these years later, I am still shaking my head — in amazement — about the legacy of Crawf...

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