Captain Crain Receives Silver Star for Tarawa Gallantry
Capt Wendell Crain of the Marines is cited for conspicuous gallantry at Tarawa in November 1943. He landed under heavy fire, reorganized his company, held a beachhead, and led an attack that enabled reinforcements and supplies. The award was signed by Admiral Nimitz and presented by Maj. Gen. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Crain
East Thirteenth
J. Wendell Crain
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Captain Crain
Marines
Gilbert Islands
U. S. Naval Service
C. W. Nimitz
U.S. Navy
Crain
Julian C. Smith
Max
Capt
Virginia
Navy
Australia
Corrigador
Yeoman Richmond Photographed in Hall of Fame for Heroism
Raymond Richmond a Navy yeoman 3/c based at White Plains New York has his portrait placed in the Hall of Fame for saving three children last winter. He earned the Purple Heart for wounds from the Pearl Harbor attack and received it March 27 from Admiral Craven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Richmond
Navy Department
White Plains
N. Y
Raymond
Pearl Harbor
T. T. Craven
Raymond Lee Richmond
San Diego
Ttleship
Oklahoma
Yangtze
China
States
Naval Station
Fort Schuyler
P. E. Richmond
West Tenth
Escue Reenters Hospital Duty in Temple Texas
Private Billy B. Escue has returned from active service in the Southwest Pacific and is now a patient at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple Texas for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Billy B. Escue
Southwest Pacific
McCloskey Generalospital
Temple
Texas
Tucker Brothers Together At Camp in North Ireland
Ada brothers in North Ireland Cpl. Hubert Tucker 23 and Sgt. Morris Tucker 26 report pleasant climate and Red Cross coffee and cake. They trained mainly in Texas since Sept 16 1940 and look forward to action. Both grew up in Pontotoc county and excelled in baseball and basketball before entering service. Morris worked at Keep-A-Neat Cleaners and Hubert at the Ada Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
North Ireland
Cpl
Hubert Tucker
Morris Tucker
Everett Tucker
West Sixteenth
Hubert
Morris
Ireland
Red Cross
Texas
Pontotoc County
Keep- A-Neat Cleaners
Lt. Allen Thomas A City Instructor And War Veteran
Lt. Allen Thomas an instructor in Garden City Kansas is a Guadalcanal veteran who trained at Randolph and Moore Fields Texas and saw South Pacific action He attended McLish High School East Central and OBU Shawnee and now resides in Fort Worth He served as a marksman in combat and was wounded before returning home fully recovered
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Tommie) Thomas
Marion A. Thomas
Garden City
Kans
McLish
East Central
OBU
Shawnee
Thomas
Ada
Army Air Forces
Randolph Field
Tex
Moore Field
Mission
Fort Worth
United States
Foster
Infantryman Thomas In Oregon Camp Adair
Cpl. Marion A. Thomas Jr. is stationed at Camp Adair Oregon. He spends a furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs. Marion A. Thomas of Fittstown. He earned infantry training at Camp Adair after enlisting on August 12 1943. He attended McLish high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Marion A.thomas, Jr
Camp Adair
Oregon
Marion A. Thomas
Fittstown
Iice
Thomas
McLish
Ada Visitor Lt. Jack Foster A Marine Officer
Lt. Jack Foster U. S. Marines visited friends in Ada last week while en route from Washington D C to San Diego Marine Base. He is married to former Miss Joan Earhart, niece of John Bennett of 700 West 3rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Foster
U. S
Ada
Washington, D. C
San Diego Marine Base
Foster
Joan Earhart
John Bennett
700 West 3Rd
A S Stone Recovers From Operation
Aviation student Jimmy Stone underwent an appendicitis operation at the Station Hospital Erie Proving Ground Lacarne Ohio. He expects to return to duty in about three weeks. He was previously part of the 160th Field Artillery band stationed at Camp Crowder Mo. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Stone
Erie Proving Ground
Lacarne
Ohio
Stone
A/C Stone
160Th Field Artillery
Camp Crowder
Charles Stone
K. E. Richmond Serving With Navy Air Corps
Kenneth Edward Richmond seaman second class, son of Mrs. P. E. Richmond, is at Norfolk Virginia for ground work with the navy air corps. A Ada native who attended Ada public schools, he studied welding at Durant before joining the service in May 1943. He trained at San Diego boot camp and served in Seattle Astoria and El Centro before his current assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Edward Richmond
P. E. Richmond
Norfolk
Air Corps
Ada
Durant
Seattle
Wash
Kenneth
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Astoria
Oregon
Naval Station
el Centro
Cook
Brandon Returns To California Camp
Pfc. Oren Brandon has returned to his post in Los Angeles after a 13 day furlough. He entered service February 12 1944 and went to Ft. Sill for assignment after graduating from an Armored Force school at Ft. Knox. He later attended Hickory school and was graduated in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Oren Brandon
Los Angeles
Calif
D. I. Brandon
Hickory
Ft. Sill
Brandon
Ft. Knox
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Sgt Cleo Tate Receives Purple Heart in Italy
Mrs Dorothy Tate learns her husband Sgt Cleo Tate has earned the Purple Heart after being wounded in Italy. He is at a US base hospital in Italy and reports the wound was not serious in a letter to his wife and children Billie Carl and Carolyn. Tate joined in 1940 and serves in the 45th Division with the Field Artillery, serving in North Africa Sicily and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tate
Sgt
Cleo Tate
Italy
U. S
Billie
Carl
Carolyn
Sgt. Tate
Army
National Guard
North Africa
Sicily
S/Sgt Marlene C Stewart Arrives at Tinker Field
Now stationed at Tinker Field Oklahoma City S/Sgt Marlene C Stewart formerly of Olney is assigned to an air depot report squadron. Son of Mr and Mrs Coach Stewart Rt No 1 Olney. His wife at the same address. He graduated from Rofs high school where he played football basketball and track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Marlene C. Stewart
Olney
Stewart
Coach Stewart
Rt. No. 1
Rofs High School
Pfc Alsman With 45th in Italy
Mrs. Tish Alsman learns from son Pfc Floyd V. Alsman of the 45th in Italy that oxen and burros are used to haul gear while he and a buddy dig a foxhole large enough for a full night’s sleep. He has been with the 45th since leaving Fort Sill in 1941 and says he wouldn’t be mad to see the good old U. S. A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tish Alsman
West Twelfth
Pfc
Floyd V. Alsman
45Th
Italy
Alsman
Fort Sill
First Sergeant Harvey Warr Serves Overseas
Harvey A Warr son of Mr and Mrs L Warr 801 West Ninth Ada served as a charter Boy Scout member and later joined the military He trained at McClellan Field Sacramento California and went overseas in 1942 He served in North Africa Sicily and wrote his mother of the tough conditions while staying to finish the job
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Alton Warr
L. Warr
West Ninth
Boy Scouts
Ada
California
Sgt. Warr
McClellen Field
Sacramento
Calif
North Africa
Sicily
First Baptist Church
Captain Ray on Leave Recovers Before Next Air Gunnery Posting
Captain C. C. Ray returned to Brooke General Hospital Laredo Texas after a ten day sick leave with his parents Mr and Mrs A A Ray. He is recovering from a major operation and will report to a new post as turret maintenance and instructor of aerial gunnery. He entered service June 2 1941 as an aviation cadet and rose to captain a year and one day later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Ray
Brooke General Hospital
Laredo
Tex
A. A. Ray
Ray
Herbert Grove Awarded Medal for Good Conduct
Herbert Grove receives the good conduct medal after one year of meritorious US Army service. He is stationed in England. A study notes tall thin youths ages 12 to 18 suffer the highest rate of tooth decay. The Red Cross flag is the flag of the Swiss Confederation reversed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Grove
United States Army
England
Ada Sinks Jap Cruiser In Pacific Flight Report
Ensign Carroll L. Farrell writes from the Pacific that he and fellow airmen sank a Japanese cruiser during the first Truk raid on February 16. He has earned three Air Medals and is recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross. He later met his brother Billy on a destroyer after 16 months apart. The Farrell family from Ada, Oklahoma, notes Ray, the youngest son, awaits entry into service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Farrell
East Seventeenth
Ensign Carroll L. Farrell
Pacific
Carroll
Truk
Ada Boy
Farrell
Southwest Pacific
Marshalls
Marianas
Billy B. Farrell
Billy
San Diego
Calif
Athens
Dallas
Tex
Ada High School
East Central
Wichita
Kas
Ray
Wings Awarded to Pfc Bob Reynolds
Pfc. Bob Reynolds received the wings of a waist gunner on a B 17 after advanced training in Tampa Florida and Las Vegas Nevada. He joined the Army in August 1943 and was a former Ada High School student. He is the son of Robert L Reynolds, former Ada resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Bob Reynolds
Tampa
Fla
Las Vegas
Nev
Ada High School
Reynolds
Robert L. Reynolds
Ada
Ward Is Promoted To 1st Lieutenant
William Herman Ward 27 son of Mr and Mrs John W Ward Stratford was promoted to first lieutenant in the army air forces. He received his commission and navigator wings at Mather Field California August 14 1942 and was stationed at Spokane Washington. He later served in Alaska and is now on duty at Hondo Army Air Field Hondo Texas as a navigation instructor. Mrs Ward and two daughters live in Sabinal Texas near the field. Floyd Boff former Western Union manager here has been assigned to a signal training battalion at Camp Crowder Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Herman Ward
John W. Ward
Stratford
Army Air Forces
Ward
Mather Field
Calif
Spokane
Wash
Alaska
Hondo Army Air Field
Hondo
Tex
Navigation
Sabinal
Floyd Boff
Western Union
Camp Crowder
Sgt Leon Bloxham Receives Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster
Stonewall gunner Sgt Leon L Bloxham of the Eighth Air Force earned an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial combat over Germany and occupied Europe. He has flown 25 missions, finished as a gunnery instructor, and received multiple decorations since overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Leon Bloxham
Air Medal of England Post
Leon L. Bloxham
Stonewall
AAF Flying Fortress
Germany
Europe
Las Vegas
Nevada
Bloxham
France
Flying Fortress
Raf
England
Pete Anderson
United States
Williams Promoted To Staff Sergeant In England
Roy J Williams of Roff has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant by an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress base in England. He serves as assistant section chief in the ordnance division at the base and is married to Nan Williams of San Diego. Before joining the RAF he worked as an attendant at a service station in Roff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Williams
Roff
Eighth Air Force
Fortres
England
Williams
Ordnance Division
Army Base
Nan Williams
San Diego
Calif
Sgt. Williams
RAF
Lt Colonel Herbert Turner War Raider Moved to Fort Ord
Lt Col Herbert Turner, son of Mr and Mrs F L Finley, has been a major since September 1942. He sailed in October 1942 and participated in the North Africa invasion where he was wounded. He is presently at Fort Ord California with the Ninth Division in the African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Finley
Turner
North Afoe
Fort Ord
Calif
Ninth
Lt Stokes Serves as Weather Forecaster in South Pacific
Lieut Stokes, a weather forecaster with the weather squadron at an Island Air Command base in the Fiji Islands, began overseas duty in October 1943 after graduating from Horace Mann High School and earning BA and MS degrees at East Central and the University of Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil Stokes
West Seventh
Island Air Command
Fiji Island
Horace Mann _ high school
East Central
University of Oklahoma
Lt. Stokes
South Pacific
First Pilot Mack Hacker Graduates From B 26 School
Second Lieutenant Jame M. Hacker son of Mrs A J Hacker of 215 East Seventeenth has completed a nine week transition course at the Dodge City Kansas B 26 Marauder pilot school and is now a qualified first pilot and commander of a medium bomber. Siamese fighting fish change sex annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jame M. (Mack) Hacker
A. J. Hacker
East Seventeenth
Dodge City
Kas
Lieut Horace Peay Killed in France Bombing Raid
A war department telegram informs Mr and Mrs E C Peay that their son Lieutenant Horace Peay was killed in action February 6 during a bombing raid over occupied France. He had been reported missing in action earlier. The International Red Cross confirmed the German government listed him as dead. He served as a co ped on a Flying Fortress bomber and arrived in England in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
E. C. Peay
Horace Peay
France
Lieut. Peay
International Red Cross
England
McCarty Stationed At California Base
Pfe. McCarty a full blood Chickasaw Indian has served about 1½ years in the army and is now stationed at Camp Roberts California. He earned the expert medal after a high score with the M 1 rifle and serves with an infantry company. He attended Jesse School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Winn McCarty
Camp Roberts
Calif
Pfe. McCarty
Jesse
Cpl Vanda Clark Visited Ada While Staged in Oregon
Cpl Vanda Clark, stationed at Camp Adair Oregon with an infantry company, recently visited Ada to see friends and relatives. He entered service August 10 1943 and was at Ft Sill before assignment to Oregon. He earned expert with the rifle and is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Clark of Francis. His wife remains in Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Vanda Clark
Camp Adair
Oregon
Ada
Army
Ft. Sill
Cpl. Clark
Sam Clark
Francis
Hardwick Awarded Purple Heart Medal
Mrs. Minnie L. Hardwick of Pontotoc County receives the Purple Heart awarded to her son Pvt. Billie T. Hardwick of Francis. He earned the medal for wounds in Italy on October 10, 1943 while serving with the 45th Division and was hospitalized. he has since been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie L. Hardwick
Pontctoc County
Pvt
Billie T. Hardwick
Francis
Italy
First Russo Japanese War shows battle wounds as major killer
The Russo-Japanese war of 1904 to 1905 became the first conflict where battle wounds killed more men than disease. Most U S soldiers gain about 10 pounds in their first three months in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
County to List 31 Men for Army Training
On April 15 31 men from Local draft board No 2 will depart for army training reporting to Ft Sill reception center for temporary stationing and later reassignment The group includes 28 fathers and the men underwent March pre induction physicals and are on furlough until duty begins Names include Lewis Ritter Miller Hunter Buster Blankenship James Simpson Loris Shook Wilburn Little Bert Jones Thomas Stout Henry Boren Virgil Prater Buell Jackson Virgil Tillery Everett Edwards Alva Kirkham Laurence Parks William Tibbs Melvin Strother Marion Cheat Robert Beal Raymond Walker Jasper Hunter N Worcester Allen Ward Ervin Ainsworth Everett Stone Cecil Canada Fred Barbee Stanley Goodman R Griffin Gerald Wilcoxin Fred Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No. 2
Ft. Sill
Lewis D. Ritter
Miller R. Hunter
Buster B. Blankenship
James W. Simpson
Loris R. Shook
Wilburn T. Little
Phillips Completes Two Years Overseas in South Pacific
Donald E. Phillips of Allen marks two years overseas in the South Pacific Theater on January 22 1944. A member of the tank battalion he served in New Caledonia Australia Bougainville and Guadalcanal and engaged in combat operations. Phillips T/5 is the son of Mrs Maud E Phillips of Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Phillips
Allen
South Pacific
Phillips
Tank Battalion
New Caledonia
Australia
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
T/5
Maud E. Phillips
Holman Completes Aviation Machinist Mate Training
Seaman J. T. Holman has finished aviation machinist mate training at Norman naval base and transferred to Philadelphia. He entered service August 26, 1943, after boat training in San Diego. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Holman of 305 East Fourteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Holman
Naval Training
Norman
Seaman Holman
Philadelphia
San Diego
Calif
Claude Holman
Flares Bought For Emergency Landings At Ada Airport
The War Dads chapter 22 purchased 30 flares to aid emergency landings at Ada airport. Ed Haley, fire chief, will determine when to use them, with two big lights and a large spotlight already available at the fire station to assist pilots during safe landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Dads Chapter 22
Dads
Ed Haley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wendell Crain
Gilbert
Yeoman Richmond
Hall of Fame
Ada News
Tucker Brothers
Allen Thomas
Ada Field
Marion Thomas
K. E. Richmond
Navy Air Corps
Kenneth Richmond
Tate
Tinker Field Base
Warr
H. A. Warr
Capt. Ray
Adan
Ens. Carroll Farrell
Ens. Farrell
Herbert Turner
Col
Lieut Stokes
Mack Hacker
McCarty
Clark
Hardwick
Purple Heart
B. T. Hardwick
County
Draft Board No
Holman
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