In the line of duty, Special Agent William Milton Pugh, a 49-year-old male, met an untimely and violent end on November 21, 1941, near Dyersburg, Tennessee. While investigating an illicit liquor operation, Pugh and his partner, Special Agent James Howes, discovered a still. Unbeknownst to them, the operator of the still, Clyde Arwood, lay in ambush, ready to defend his illegal enterprise with lethal force.
As the agents proceeded with the seizure, Arwood opened fire with a shotgun, striki
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