- I would like to honor my father Hubert L. Ownby who served with the 825th tank destroyers. He went home on April 9, 1999, and how I would love to hear those stories all over again. I met a few of his "buddies" when I was little, but I did get to talk to one who lived locally more often than the others. My dad and his buddies went through many days not knowing what was going to happen to them from one second to the next. I did see the true meaning of "friendship" between them was a life-long journey.