Retired Sgt. Maj. Billy Waugh had a 50-year-long career between Special Forces and the CIA. Waugh, who was born and raised in Bastrop and died last year, could have his name added to the city's ...

“You were either going to die or get shot all to hell,” Billy Waugh said. “Everyone in the outfit was wounded once, twice, ...

Billy Waugh, seen during the Vietnam War. (Army) Fenton said Waugh was also the first soldier to conduct a high-altitude, low-opening jump in the jungles of Vietnam. He described Waugh as a pioneer ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced legislation on Thursday to designate the post office on Main Street in Bastrop as the “Sgt. Maj. Billy D. Waugh Post Office.” Cruz said renaming the post office ...