On Friday, Nov. 3, the Alabama Military Hall of Honor (AMHOH) conducted its annual induction ceremony on the Marion Military Institute (MMI) campus. This year, the AMHOH inducted the late Gabriel Bernard Kinney, an Army Ranger who served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre during WWII and was a member of the famous special operations unit nicknamed “Merrill’s Marauders.” He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service with the Marauders, who fought in grueling conditions in the jungles of Burma in 1944. A native of Hanceville, Kinney died on Dec. 11, 2022 at the age of 101, just months after being inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame and accepting a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of the Marauders. Family members attending the AMHOH induction ceremony to accept the honor were Gabe’s wife, Elena Kinney, sons Richard & Phillip Kinney, daughters Patricia Nelson & Carroll Crawford and son-in-law Fred Crawford. Army Ranger Pat Kelley (MMI class of 1973), Corporal Kinney’s sponsor for th...