In the quiet town of Abingdon, Virginia, a routine attempt to question two individuals ended in a hail of gunfire that tragically cut short the life of Special Agent Hubert J. Treacy, Jr. on March 13, 1942. At 29 years old, the male FBI agent, who had been with the bureau for just eleven months, was fatally shot by two Army deserters.
The day unfolded as Special Agent Treacy and his partner, Special Agent Charles L. Tignor, approached the two soldiers inside a local restaurant. The men, w
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