Ada Man Delbert Maxwell Serves in Corsica as B-25 Gunner
S Sgt Delbert R Maxwell serves in Corsica as a tail gunner on a B 25 Mitchell after completing 13 missions over enemy territory He is an Ada High School graduate and has been in the air corps since December 10 1942 He attended radio school in Madison Wisconsin armament school in Denver and gunnery school in Las Vegas He earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in the Canneto Italy operation His unit sank the German cruiser Taranto in La Spezia harbor Italy He and his wife Colene and their son Dennis Ray live in Ada with Colene s parents Mr and Mrs Glen Hs ring He is the son of Mr and Mrs W C Maxwell of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert R. Maxwell
Corsica
Ada High School
Air Corps
Madison
Wisconsin
Denver
Colo
Las Vegas
Nev
Columbia
S. C
Maxwell
Air Medal
Canneto
Italy
Taranto
la Spezia Harbor
Colene Maxwell
Dennis Ray
Ada
Massengale Earns High War Honors for Air Missions
Lt. Col. William M. Massengale Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Massengale of 530 West Twelfth, a Troop Carrier Group operations officer in the Mediterranean Theater, holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He has flown over 800 hours in C-47s, conducted glider towing, paratroop drops, and supply runs, including rescuing crews from a crash in the Sahara Dust Storm on December 2, 1942. He has served two overseas years in Africa Sicily Italy and Southern France campaigns and is currently group air inspector and executive officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Massengale, Jr
W. M. Massengale
West Twelfth
Mediterranean
France
Massengale
Sahara
Sicily
Brumley On Furlough Heads Back to Fort Ord
Pvt. Brumley who grew up in Ada and studied at Byng and Ada high schools visited his parents on furlough. He then prepared to report to Fort Ord California after completing basic training at Camp Robinson Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Sergeant Hardison Receives Air Medal for Flight Merit
Sergeant Hershell H. Hardison, tail gunner with a Liberator unit in Italy, awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight during sustained operations. His unit has completed 150 bombing missions over central and southern Europe. He is a Bromide High School graduate, inducted into the Army August 9, 1942, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hardison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershell H. Hardison
Hardison
Italy
Europe
Bromide High School
Sgt
Army
Paul Hardison
Bromide
Pfc Vallery Arrives at Hot Springs Redistribution Station
Pfc Victor Vallery Jr arrives at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station in Hot Springs Arkansas for two weeks of processing and reassignment. After a few military appointments and seven orientation meetings he will join a broad program of sports and entertainment planned for returned veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Victor Vallery, Jr
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Hot Springs
Ark
Vallery
Pvt James Frye Writes From French Hospital
Pvt James Buddy Frye, a paratrooper, wrote from an American hospital in France to his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Frye. He said he has been in six hospitals since leaving Holland where he was wounded in late October. He was wounded with infection and was unconscious for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
James
Buddy’ Frye
France
Henry Frye
Holland
Frye
DFC Award Given to Lt Lloyd E Rowlett for Fighter Services
The Distinguished Flying Cross goes to 1st Lt Lloyd E Rowlett, a 23 year old P-51 Mustang pilot with the 20th Fighter Group, for extraordinary aerial combat. He previously earned the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters and has flown long range bomber escort missions and bombing strikes behind German lines, with three enemy aircraft destroyed. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H E Rowlett of Tyler Texas and husband of Mrs Helen Bethune Rowlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd E. Rowlett
20Th Fighter Group
Flier
Rowlett
H. E. Rowlett
Tyler, Tex
Helen Bethune Rowlett
S. Johnston
Isaacs Stationed In South Pacific
Pvt Reginald N Isaacs is stationed in the Philippine combat area after sailing from the West Coast on Sept 20. The 19 year old, son of Mr and Mrs W N Isaacs, earned a marksmanship medal and a special cannoneer diploma at Camp Roberts before deployment. He entered service Feb 19, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald N. Isaacs
Philippine Islands
New Guinea
Pvt. Isaacs
Camp Roberts
Fine
Calif
Northam Returns From Battle Area
T/Sgt. Dewey J. Northam, veteran of 50 missions as a radio man gunner on a Liberator, has arrived at Scott Field AAF Training Command radio school. He enlisted January 1942, went overseas April 1944, logged 245 combat hours, and returned in October after bombing Romanian oil fields. He is son of George D. Northam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey J. Northam
Scott Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
Sgt
Northam
George D. Northam
Marine Bill Jinks Receives Extended Electronics Training
Marine Corporal Bill Murray Jinks a student in electronics maintenance at the Naval ATTC near Corpus Christi expects to graduate soon from a seven month course with a non commissioned officer rating. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J M Jinks of Ada and a former East Central student. His brother Chief Carpenter's Mate Harry L Jinks serves in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Murray Jinks
Naval Attc
Corpus Christi
J. M. Jinks
Ada
East Central
Gd Civil Service
Boca Ratona
Harry L. Jinks
Navy
Keatley Receives Air Medal at English Air Base
1st Lt. Ivan H. Keatley was awarded the Air Medal at a ceremony at an Eighth Air Force fighter station in England. He flew with the 78th Corp P 47 unit escorting heavy bombers over Germany and enemy lines, totaling over 385 Nazi aircraft destroyed. The citation praises meritorious achievement and courageous flying over Germany. Keatley trained starting 1942, earned wings in October 1942, son of Mr. and Mrs. J O Keatley of 512 North Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan H. Keatley
Eighth Air Force
Keatley
78Th Corp
Germany
Europe
U. 3B
Thunderbolt
East Central
J. O. Keatley
North Oak
Bronze Star Award to Roebuck for heroic action in Europe
Staff Sergeant John M. Roebuck of Coalgate received the Bronze Star for a daring suppression and assault on a German-held hill in Italy. Serving with the Red Bull Division of Gen. Clark's Fifth Army, he led his squad to break through heavy fire, killing several Nazis and driving others from their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Roebuck
Coalgate
Italy
Red Bull
Gen. Clark
Fifth Army
Roebuck
Lt Campbell Waits Assignment to Duty
1st Lt. Robert E. Campbell has arrived back in the States for re assignment and processing. He flew 61 missions as a P-38 and P-51 pilot in Europe and is credited with destroying two enemy planes. He has received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. He is the son of C. E. Campbell of Ada and his wife lives in Monahans, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Campbell
States
Campbell
C. E. Campbell
Ada
Monahans
Tex
William Slocum Enters Advanced Air Training in Carlsbad
Aviation student William R. Slocum, son of Mrs. H. C. Guinn of 901 South Johnston, reports to Carlsbad New Mexico for advanced flight training. His wife is Emma Lou Patterson of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Slocum
H. C. Guinn
South Johnston
Carlsbad, N. M
Emma Lou Patterson
Ada
Pomegranate Etymology Rooted in Apple and Seeds
The word pomegranate derives from Latin pomum meaning apple and granatum meaning full of seeds. This name reflects the fruit’s many edible seeds and its ancient use across cultures.
Skirvin Among First To See Flying Possibilities In Ada
Lt Commander Don Skirvin, an Ada pioneer in aviation, rose from local welding work with Spencer to international service. He logged two and a half years in Navy, two years overseas in the Pacific, and participated in three major invasions. He earned Eagle Scout while in Galveston, Texas, and recently visited Ada with his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Don Skirvin
E. L. Spencer
West Sixteenth
Ada
Wayne Spencer
Paul Hinds
Wayne Roberts
Don
Spencer
Venezuela
Palestine
Haifa
Holy Land
Skirvin
Navy
Pacific
Keneshe Bay
Hawaii
Admiral Pride
Galveston
Texas
Diana
Michael
Daisy Stroope
C. J. Skirvin
Houston
Jim Thompson Visiting in Ada During Army Delay
Pvt. Jim Lendon Thompson spends a 14 day layover in Ada en route to Camp Beale California visiting his wife and two children. He was inducted June 27 1944 trained at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Rossford Ordinance Depot. He worked as assistant manager of Ada Auto Supply before joining the Army. Mrs Thompson is Edna Roper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lendon Thompson
Camp Beal
Calif
Pvt
Thompson
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Rossford
Toledo
Ohio
Army
Ada Auto Supply
Edna Roper
Hensley Wounded in German Battle
Telegram from the War Department reports Pvt. Marvin J. Hensley wounded in action in Germany on November 19. He serves with an infantry regiment. his wife Pearl and two sons Tommie Joe and Kenneth Ray reside in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Marvin J. Hensley
Germany
Hensley
Pearl Hensley
Tommie Joe
Kenneth Ray
Ada
Mead promoted to corporal at Louisiana air field
Joseph L. Mead, promoted from private first class to corporal at a Louisiana air field, entered service April 3, 1944, while attending East Central State college after Horace Mann graduation. He is the son of Mrs. Mattie L. Mead of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Mead
Louisiana
East Central State College
Horace Mann
Cpl. Mead
Mattie L. Mead
Ada
Meyer Promoted From Corporal to Sergeant at Eighth Air Force
Robert A. Meyer an Ada high school graduate has been promoted from corporal to sergeant at his base with the Eighth Air Force in England. His wife Cissie H Holman lives in London. He has been overseas two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Meyer
Ada
Eighth Air Force
England
Cissie H. Holman
Clissold Road
London
Foster Dies Overseas Leave Pending New Tour
Joe D. Foster, son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Foster, has received orders to report for another overseas tour. He has been overseas 21 months and was on a 30 day leave with his parents in Ada when the orders arrived. He proceeds to the east coast for Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe D. Foster
Charles E. Foster
Neal Promoted to Corporal in European Air Forces
Kenneth R. Neal, previously a private first class, has been promoted to corporal while stationed with the U S Strategic Air Forces in Europe. He serves as a clerk in a message center and has completed one year overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Neal
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Pvt Francis Hooks Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Pvt Francis E Hooks son of Mrs Bessie Lee Hooks Route 1 Hickory awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat. Instruction text about cleaning iron plates and repurposing salt bags appears within the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Francis E. Hooks
Bessie Lee Hooks
Route 1
Hickory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Delbert Maxwell
Brumley
Yakima
H. H. Hardison
Pfc. Vallery
U. S. Camp
Ada Frozen Foods
W. G. Long and
Wells Y. Long
Sixth Hospital
Pvt. Frye
Reginald II
Bill Jinks
Best
Hill & Shipe
Norman Waco, Texas
Ardmore
Chizdtep
Buster Brown
William Slocum
Jim Thompson
Marvin Hensley
Joseph Mead
Meyer
Joe Foster
Mexico
Ada News
O’neal’s Jewelers
Oklahoma
East Main
Neal
Fiooks
E. Main
Milam’s Furniture
Pontotoc County Abstract CO
West 12Th Street
Petes
Rollow Hardware Co
West Main
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!