George Wyatt Recalls Tarawa Fight and Tokyo Radio
George Wyatt, pharmacist's mate third class, returned from Tarawa in the Southwest Pacific and described nightly Tokyo radio broadcasts aimed at U S forces. He recalled Seabees moving in after beachheads cleared and Jap snipers firing during early days of occupation. Wyatt talked of Washing Machine Charlie a nightly but harmless nuisance overhead. He is son of G W Wyatt of Shawnee and a former Ada resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
George Wyatt
Clifford Wyatt
Ada
Southwest Pacific
Glen Miller Records
U. S
Tarawa
Wyatt
G. W. Wyatt
Shawnee
George
Soldier Lewis on furlough visits Ada home town
Pvt. H. K. Lewis of Camp Crowder Missouri spent a furlough visiting relatives and friends in Ada. He serves as a lineman with a Signal Training Battalion. His parents O S Lewis and wife Nadine Printiss are named. He previously worked as a welder in California before joining the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K
Pete) Lewis
Camp Crowder
Ada
O. S. Lewis
West Sixth
Pvt. Lewis
Nadine Printiss
Caddo
California
Army
Sgt. Morgan At Base in England
Mrs. Myrtle Morgan reports her son Sgt Otto L Morgan is now stationed somewhere in England. He has been overseas since June 1943. His brother Pvt John W Morgan is stationed in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Morgan
West Thirteenth
Otto L. Morgan
England
Sgt. Morgan
Pvt
John W. Morgan
Sgt
Ott
California
Troy Cannon Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Army
Troy Venoy Cannon receives a promotion to staff sergeant and remains in service since November 28, 1942. He is stationed at Camp Gordon Georgia with his wife and baby in Augusta. Cpl. Jessie Hubert Younts arrived in England around early March, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Younts of Roff.
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Troy Venoy Cannon
Camp Gordon
Sgt. Cannon
Augusta
Cpl
Jessie Hubert Younts
England
Joe Younts
Roff
Skaggs Brothers Serving With Medical Corps Groups
Pvt Melburn Skaggs and Pfc Junior Lee Skaggs sons of Mr and Mrs L N Skaggs Ada are serving in medical corps units Melburn in New Guinea with a cavalry unit overseas about 16 months total service about two years and 22 years old He has been at Ft Sill Camp Barkley Tex and transferred to another Texas camp before going overseas Junior Lee with the medical corps of the Air Corps works in a hospital He recently had a furlough and trained at Jefferson Barracks Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Melburn
Pfc
Junior Lee Skaggs
L. N. Skaggs
Ada
New Guinea
Medical Corps
Ft. Sill
Camp Barkley
Tex
Texas
Junior Lee
Air Corps
Junior
Jefferson Barracks
Major Brothers Meet While Stationed at English Posts
Staff Sergeant Travis Majors husband of Tulsa native Mrs. Hazel Majors and son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Majors, 628 West Tenth, served in England after promotions from private to corporal and finally staff sergeant. His brother Lloyd Majors, also in England, served in a Tank Destroyer battalion. Both brothers toured London and reported landmarks such as Westminster Abbey and No. 10 Downing Street during their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Majors
Hazel Majors
Tulsa
P. C. Majors
West Tenth
Fitzhugh
S/Sgt
Majors
Army
Ft. Sill
Ft. Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Quartermaster Corps
England
London
Lloyd
Engee
Red Cross
Lloyd Majors
Camp Hood
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
Sgt. Majors
Westminister Abbey
London Bridge
No. 10
Downing Street
King’s Palace
London Tower
Creech Serves as Waist Gunner in North Africa
S/Sgt. Jesse Cecil Creech is serving as a waist gunner on a B 24 in North Africa. He graduated from Latta high school in 1942 and joined the air corps in December 1942. J E Creech of Oklahoma City formerly of Rocky Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cecil Creech
North Africa
Sgt. Creech
Latta High School
Air Corps
J. E. Creech
Oklahoma City
Rocky Chapel
Dodds Jr Reported to Athens Navy Pre- Flight School
Luke B Dodds Jr aviation radio technician first class USNR has reported to the Athens Ga navy pre flight school. He is the son of Luke B Dodds Seabee in the Pacific and Mrs Dodds and is a 1938 Ada high school graduate who attended the University of Oklahoma before being transferred from the CAA War training service school at Edmond.
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Luke B. Dodds, Jr
Athens, Ga
Dodds
Luke B. Dodds
Pacific
Ada High School
University of Oklahoma Norman
Athens
CAA
War Training Service
Edmond
Chaplain promoted to captain rank
Russell L. Hudson son of Mr and Mrs J D Hudson Roff promoted from lieutenant chaplain to captain He is a graduate of East Texas State College and SMU and was pastor of the Quinlan Texas Methodist church before his 1943 commission His wife Mrs Hudson and three children reside at Roff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Hudson
J. D. Hudson
Roff
East Texas State College
S.M.U
Quinlan, Texas
Chaplains’ Corps
Wilburn Odom Promoted to Private First Class
Wilburn Odom has been promoted to private first class at the Field Artillery Reapon training center Ft Ill He was inducted last September at Fort Lewis Washington and is now attached to a transportation battery at Ft Sill training center His wife Irene Odom lives at 223 West Twenty Fifth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn O. Odom
Field Artillery Reapon
Ft.ill
Odom
Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
Ft. Sill Training Center
Irene Odom
West Twenty-Fifth
Air Medal Awarded to Capt. Arthur G. Taylor
Captain Arthur G. Taylor, intelligence officer in a Thirteenth Air Force bomber unit, received the Air Medal. A Oklahoma National Guard veteran who enlisted in 1928 and was commissioned in 1931, he trained at Tyndall Field and is married to Bernadine Givens of Roff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Taylor
J. L. Taylor
William A. Methany
A.A.F. Bomber Command
Taylor
Thirteenth
A.A
Oklahoma National Guard
Tyndall Field
Fla
Bernadine Givens
Iin Roff
Pontotoc Youth Hospitalized Veteran Cpl Hopkins
A new patient at Star General Hospital in Charleston South Carolina is Cpl James W Hopkins of Pontotoc. He is a veteran of the African and Italian campaigns and has recently returned to the United States.
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Pontotoc
Star General Hospital
Charleston
S. C
James W. Hopkins
U.S
Second Lt Arthur L Moss Reports For Duty At Keesler
Mississippi soldier Lt Arthur L Moss reports for duty at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi He is the son of Mrs Mary A Hutson and is listed as a newly assigned officer in the air base unit record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss
Mississippi
Arthur L. Moss
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Mary A. Hutson
John Johnson to Instruct Bugle Blowing in Navy
John F. Johnson, 22, buglemaster third class of Atoka, is honorman of the Class A Bugle School at Naval Training Station San Diego. He will remain as an instructor after a Navy enlistment begun August 13 in Tulsa. Previously he taught music in Oklahoma schools and was active in bands and drama at Atoka and East Central State College Ada. He is married to Lorraine Johnson and has a 14 month old daughter Linda Kay, with his mother Mamie Johnson listed in Atoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Johnson
Atoka
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Tulsa
Okla
Johnson
Rofs
Fittstown
Oklahoma
East Central State College
Ada
Baptist Student Union
Baptist Student Union and A Member of the Madrigal Club
Lorraine Johnson
Seaman Megee Serving in Pacific Theatre
Seaman Glenn Cleo Megee 2/c is in the Pacific with the navy. He enlisted July 7, 1943, trained at San Diego, and has lived near Oil Center most of his life. He studied at Summers Chapel and Vaness and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Megee Rt. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Cleo Megee
Pacific Theatre
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Oil Center
Summers Chapel
Vaness
Seaman Megee
J. J. Megee
Rt. 5
Sergeant James McGaha Sails for England Base
Sgt. James H. McGaha, waist gunner on a Flying Fortress, is stationed in England as reported in a recent letter. A Horace Mann High School graduate from 1941, he joined the Air Corps in November 1941 and earned gunners wings at Wendover Field, Utah. His wife Joan Long and daughter live with her parents. He has been overseas about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McGaha
England
Charles H. McGaha
East Fifth
Horace Mann High School
Air Corps
Wendover Field
Utah
Joan Long
Gentile Reaches 30 Kills After Berlin Sweep
Capt Don S Gentile, 23, of Piqua Ohio, adds five ground planes and three air wins to his tally reaching 30 total. He becomes the first American ace to break Eddie Rickenbacker s wartime record with 27 confirmed at present and seven ground kills. Gentile led a Mustang squadron through a brutal fight over Berlin as Allied bombers pounded German factories and airfields.
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London
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Gentile
Berlin
U. S
Brunswick
Germany
Belgium
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
S. D
Gregory (Pappy) Layington
Okanogan
Wash
Eighth Army Air Force
Hitler
Seaman Holman Completes Aviation Machinist Mate Training
Seaman J. T. Holman, a seaman 1/c, finished training as an aviation machinist's mate at the Norman naval training base. He was transferred to Philadelphia and took boat training in San Diego after beginning training in August 1943. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Holman of 305 East Fourteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Holman
Norman
Seaman Holman
Philadelphia
San Diego
Calif
Claude Holman
East Fourteenth
Two Pontotoc and Muskogee men win paroles
Gov Kerr grants parole to nine offenders after clemency board review. Pontotoc county inmates Grover Prichard and Charles Prichard, both five years for larceny of an automobile, join Harrell John of Muskogee county, also five years for the same offense. Other parolees include Frank Rucker Mayes county 25 years for robbery Ira Rhodes Oklahoma county 35 years for manslaughter Opal Herring Oklahoma county 15 years for manslaughter Floyd E Berkhiser Oklahoma county 12 years for larceny of an automobile Leonard Dewey Felton Custer county 15 years for robbery and Tom Dickerson Oklahoma county 10 years for second degree forgery.
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Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Muskogee County
Kerr
Grover Prichard
Charles Prichard
Muskogee
Harrell John
Frank Rucker
Mayes County
Ira Rhodes
Oklahoma County
Opal Herring
Floyd E. Berkhiser
Leonard Dewey Felton
Custer County
Tom Dickerson
Letter from Italy Describes War Hardships and Small Pleasures
Staff Sgt. Eugene Brewington, son of Mr and Mrs M J Brewington of Vanessa, in Italy writes of war life March 10. He notes Coca Colas in PX rations for the first time in years, says meals are decent but battle zones are lean, and tells of hungry children seen at mess lines. He thanks home for support and cites the war's grim realities.
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Eugene Brewington
M. J. Brewington
Vaness
U. S
Italy
Time Pressin
Sue
The
Red Cross
Sergeant J W Choate Reported Prisoner of War
S/Sgt. J W Choate, radio operator on a Flying Fortress, is now a prisoner of war in Germany after a raid over France on February 5, information received by his father Sgt. Choate through the International Red Cross states he will receive a letter soon. He is 20 in May and a brother of Mrs. Howe Todd.
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Marvin Choate
International Red Cross
J. W. Choate
France
Germany
Choate
Howe Todd
Sheppard Field
Tex
Chicago
Panama City
Fla
England
Pocatello
Boise
Idaho
Wendover Field
Salt Lake City
Utah
Casper
Wyoming
Cpl Theo Frantz Receives Italy Commendation
Cpl Theo I Frantz of Pontotoc County with the 45th Division was commended for bravery near Anzio Italy during February 16 23 1924 citing calmness under heavy fire and delivering sustained gun fire. The note was signed by Brig Gen Raymond S McLain. The piece also mentions a navigator Lt Kaplan and an unspecified pilot possibly from a different prison location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Theo I. Frantz
National Guard
Italy
Anzio
Cyl Frantzz
Reo
Wrete Seeees
Foy Rose
Jimmy Boiles
Pontotoc County
Lula Mahan
Ada
Oklahoma City
Cpl. Frantz
Frantz
Raymond S. McLain
U. S
FDR Supports Gillette in Democratic Unity Push
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Guy M. Gillette congratulating his decision to run again and signaling party unity. Gillette, wary of a fourth term, expects Iowa delegates to back Roosevelt, while Hull is his preferred nominee. Production targets include 821000 refrigerators and 620 million tons of coal for 1944. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
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Democratic Party
Guy M. Gillette
D-Iown
Uniuchas
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Gillette
Guy
Iowa
Hull
Colored shirts gain value among Pacific island natives
American soldiers note that along with cheap trinkets, colored shirts prove the most valued items by Pacific islanders, rising in perceived worth as trade goods. The observation highlights local demand patterns and cultural exchange during the occupation period.
Coffee and Doughnuts Bring Joy to Visitors
A reader note praises the treat of coffee and doughnuts and expresses happiness at seeing American girls again. The speaker jokes about paying their next paycheck for a berry pie.
Three Barnett Crew Members Reported Safe in Prison Camps
Joseph V. Barnett, pilot of a Liberator bomber, was missing over Germany after a February 24 raid. Relatives learned three crew members were safe in prison camps: Billy DeLaughter in Oklahoma City, Ray Argast in Jamestown, and David Archiald with ties to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph V. Barnett
Germany
Barnett
Somers E. Barnett
E. E. Nease
North Beerd
Ada
Billy DeLaughter
Oklahoma City
Ray Argast
Jamestown
North Dakota
David Archiald
Detroit
Michigan
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Lewis
Troy Cannon
Skaggs Brothers
Melburn ‘Skaggs
Travis
Creech
Luke Dodds, Jr
Wilburn Odom
Capt
John Johnson
Linda Kay
Mamie Johnson
Seaman McGee
James McGaha
English Base
Flying Fortress
Brewington
Sgt. Choate
S Sgt
Fortress
Theo Frantz
Kaplan
FDR
Democrat Party
Jack Belis
Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
Solid Fuels Administration
Ada News
Chester Lewis
Fred Coonrod
Sgt. Lewis
Cooks and Bakers School
Buckley Field
Colo
S Sgt. Coonrod
Jack
Monkey
Signal Unit
Fort Ord
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