Men of 45th Thunderbirds Return Home From War
New York hosts 1133 World War II veterans aboard five Liberty ships converted to troop transports. Among those home are Lloyd Getchell of Oklahoma and Cpl Claude Allenbaugh of Anadarko. Getchell’s 179th Infantry fought through five major battles before the cease fire ended two years of combat. Allenbaugh recalled Anzio as the toughest fight. The 45th division, mobilized in 1940, trained at Fort Sill and served in Sicily Italy Southern France and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventh Army
Camp Shanks
N. C
Europe
Lloyd Getchell
Stigler
Okla
Cpl
Claude C. Allenbaugh
Anadarko
Getchell
45Th
Danube
Allenbaugh
National Guard
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Fort Sill
Oklo
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Ada Soldier and Buddy Capture 12 Germans
Pvt. Floyd L. Garrett, who joined the army Jan 18 1943 and served in combat since Dec 31 1944, reports in a letter that he and a buddy captured 12 Germans. He was missing in action since March 7. his wife, nine month old daughter Barbara Ann, and his parents in California await further word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Floyd L. Garrett
Ada
Noah L. Garrett
California
Barbara Ann
Lena Bradley
Olan Roberts
Grace Gober Joins Valley View as Dietitian
Miss Grace Gober of Sanger Texas has joined Valley View hospital staff as dietitian. A 1942 graduate of Texas State College for Women in Denton, she completed an internship at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Ohio and later worked as a dietitian at Cook County General Hospital Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Gober
Sanger
Tex
Valley View Hospital
Miss Gober
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
Valley View
Cook County
Fort Worth
Exas
Oklahoma Casualties Listed From Oklahomans
Army and Navy personnel from Oklahoma are listed as dead wounded or missing in overseas theaters. Names include Navy Cpl Roy Bishop Jr Medford and Cpl A T Best Lawton among others with units in the Pacific and European operations, plus missing G F Heinen Okardie and 1st Sgt R E Reimann Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
OWI
Navy
Roy Bishop Jr
Medford
A. T. Best
Lawton
L. R. Bindrum
Alva
Pacific
Paul G. Balukas
Okmulgee
L. E. Alexander
Route 1
Drumright
Fred N. Cope
Blanchard
R. L. Humphreys
Crebit
J. E. Koury
Bristow
Lon Smith
Okemah
T. G. W. Strickland
Muskogee
J. K. Earnst
Perry
R. L. Franklin
F. B. Williams
Oklahoma City
G. F. Heinen
Okardie
R. E. Reimann
Tulsa
Sgt McGinnis At Miami Beach
S/Sgt. Jack L. McGinnis, 24, of Ada, has arrived at a Redistribution station in Miami Beach Florida for reassignment after completing a tour overseas. He flew 35 combat missions as a B 17 gunner in Europe and earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He is the son of Charles K. McGinnis of Shawnee. his wife Eiva lives in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack L. McGinnis
Ada
Miami Beach
Fla
Time to Spray for Nut Case Bearer
Dr. F A Fenton of Oklahoma A and M College announced it is time to begin spraying to control the pecan nut case bearer. Entomologists at the college station plan a Monday start with a second application a week later to protect the state's projected 20 million pound pecan crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
F. A. Fenton
Oklahoma
M. College
College Experiment Station
Fenton
Ramsgate Opens Tunnel Hotel With Low Cost Bunk Rooms
In Ramsgate England a tunnel hotel will offer adult visitors a cubicle bunk with two to three bunks, hot and cold water for 56 cents. The facility, housed in an unused railway tunnel, marks the town’s latest hotel venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsgate
England
Ada Dentist Capt. Cheek Receives Legion of Merit
Capt. Leonard W. Cheek dental laboratory officer with the 45th Division has been awarded the Legion of Merit by order of General Dwight Eisenhower. He is married to Mrs. Dorothy Ann Cheek of 609 South Broadway Ada and has served in the Army since January 1941. Cheek organized and ran a large dental laboratory under adverse field conditions at a clearing station, enabling treatment of more personnel than typical. He graduated from Sallisaw High School and attended Oklahoma A and M Vanderbilt University and Kansas City Western Dental College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard W. Cheek
45Th Division
Dwight Eisenhower
Capt. Cheek
Medical
Thunderbird
Sallisaw High School
Oklahoma A. and M
Vanderbilt University
Kansas City Western Dental College
Honor Graduate Lt Bert Ratliff Cited By Navy Flight School
Lt Bert E Ratliff second lieutenant and Marine flyer was named honor graduate at New Orleans primary flight instruction school. He earned a certificate as a qualified flight instructor after combat duty with a marine fighter squadron in the Pacific and attacks on Gilbert Marshall and Caroline Islands. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bert E Ratliff and will report to Naval Air Station Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
New Orleans
Bert E. Ratliff
Ratliff
Pacific
Gilbert, Marshall
Caroline Islands
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Texas
Lt Hoyt Driskill Visited Here Before Returning to Service
Lt Hoyt Driskill, former county judge, visited relatives and friends here over the past days. He left Saturday for Tucson to visit his wife before heading to Camp Chaffee for further instructions after service in England France and Germany. He hopes to return to civilian life soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Driskill
Tucson
Arizona
Camp Chaffee
Lt. Driskill
England
France
Germany
Donachey Granted Seaman First Class Rank
Charles B. Donaghey Jr of Allen now stationed at Pomene Maui advances from seaman second class to seaman first class. The promotion cites faithful service and completion of required study. He is the son of Charles Donaghey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Donaghey, Jr
Allen
Pomene
Maui
Donaghey
Charles Donaghey
Nance and Jared Win First in Demonstration
Pontotoc county 4-H club boys excelled at the state Roundup in Tillwater with four boys earning blue ratings and one red. Bobby Nance and Frank Jared won first in team demonstration with Year Round Pasture Program. Jared elected Southeast 4-H district president. Lovelace Jr. named district vice president. A memorial service honored fallen 4-H members, including S 2/c Willis E Young of Fitzhugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Tillwater
KVOO
Tulsa
Oklaoma
Bobby
Summer Gardens Urged To Offset Food Shortages
Pontotoc county urged to plant and preserve surplus as spring rains and cold delayed gardens. County Agent C H ee notes nationwide food outlook is gloomy and encourages farmers to plant hardy vegetables and prepare canning for fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
C. H.ee
Hailey
S Sgt Walker sees plenty on trip through Germany
S Sgt Kenneth Walker son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Walker has been overseas since late 1944. He describes conditions at the Ordrup concentration camp in Germany and details of Allied refugees and Nazi cruelties. He writes of plans to obtain a government loan to start civilian life near Ada. He mentions Ada and Pontotoc county readers.
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Walker
Germany
Kenneth Walker
Edgar Walker
France
Austria
Patton
Set Walker
Clyde Kaiser
Sgt. Walker
Ada
Orhdruf
Concentration Camp
Pontotoc County
Emma Lee Walker
Mike
North Bluff
Lt. Cross Awarded DFC for Service
First Lt. Leonard Cross, bombardier navigator from Ada, has dropped explosives on five countries from bases in England France and Belgium and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Brest France mission as lead bombardier removed an important vessel from an enemy harbor. He also wears the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Cross
North First
Jess C. Wood
Route 2
Ada
England
France
Belgium
Brest
Cross
Holden Receives Air Medal for Korean War Aerial Feats
Sgt. John C. Holden, cited for courage under strain, shot down a Baka bomb over Japan during a 500-plane raid and completed seven missions over Tap an on seven consecutive raids. He earned the Air Medal for prior actions after overseas service began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Holden
Japan
Army Air Forces
Holden
Tapan
Walker Arrives in the Philippines with 128th Infantry
Pvt William Walker husband of Mrs Lorene Walker and resident of Roff has arrived in the Philippines. He serves with the 128th Infantry regiment of the 32nd Infantry Division which fought from Australia toward the Philippines. Walker enrolled in July 1944 trained at Camp Fannin Texas and left the U S for overseas duty in March 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walker
Lorene Walker
Stephen
Roff
Philippines
32Nd
Walker
Australia
Luzon
Carabello Mountains
Army
Camp Fannin
Texas
Theu. S
J. F. Walker
Ada Honors S/Sgt Augustus J. Gaar Jr on 21 Day Furlough
S/Sgt Augustus J. Gaar Jr has spent a 21 day furlough with his parents at 720 East Sixteenth after returning to the States from Greenland where he served 18 months as a weather technician with the Eighth Weather Squadron. He entered service in 1942 and trained at Sheppard Field Chanute Field and other posts, specializing in weather observation and radio soundings to aid North Atlantic air routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus J. Gaar, Jr
Augustus J. Gaar
East Sixteenth
Greenland
Army Air Forces
Eighth Weather Squadron
North Atlantic
United States
England
Gaar
Sheppard Field
Tex
Chanute Field
Ill
Laredo
Abilene
Radio Sound
Vanda Clark Returns to States From Overseas Service
S/Sgt. Vanda H. Clark returns from six months overseas in the European theatre aboard the U S Hospital Ship Blanchet Sigman. He is treated temporarily at Star General Hospital before transfer for definitive care. His wife, Mrs. Mary R. Clark, resides near Allen. He is a Purple Heart recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanda H. Clark
U. S
Blanchet Sigman
Star General Hospital
Army Hospital
Mary R. Clark
Allen
Agee Killed In Germany
Sgt. Ernest E. Agee, 22, was killed in action in Germany on April 29. Missing May 12, a War Department telegram confirmed his death six days later. He entered the Army November 27, 1942, and went overseas in September 1944 after training at Camp Gordon and Fl. ning. he attended Worstell and Vaness schools.
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Ernest E. Agee
Germany
Ae E. Agee
Depoe
Agee
Camp Bordon
Fl.ning
Worstell and
Vaness
Holkum Awarded Bronze Star for France Service
S/Sgt. Charles K. Holkum received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service during operations against the enemy in France from August 23 to December 20, 1944. The section chief's leadership and courage aided on call fire missions despite weather. His wife Quanah and daughter Pamela Jane reside in Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. Holkum
France
Holkum
Sgt. Holkum
Quanah
Pamela Jane
Chickasha
Jimmie Matthews Serving in Philippines With Band Unit
Pvt. Jimmie Matthews son of Mr and Mrs Sam J Matthews 212 East Fifteenth is in the Philippines with the 32nd Red Arrow division concert band entering the army in 1944 after basic training at Camp Hood Texas He is entitled to wear the Philippine Liberation Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon His brother serves in the Navy stationed in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Mathews
Sam J. Mathews
East Fifteenth
Philippines
32Nd
Red Arrow” Division
Army
Pvt
Matthews
Camp Hood
Texas
Navy
California
Barker Sees Action On Okinawa Island
G L Barker fire controlman third class son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Barker Route 5 Ada fought aboard a U S battleship that shelled Okinawa during the week long bombardment that cleared beaches for invasion. In pre invasion bombardment ships knocked out enemy emplacements behind the beaches. The article notes a test finding that the butyl synthetic inner tubes may replace natural rubber for this commodity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Barker
Fred L. Barker
Ada
U.S
Okinawa
Highway 99 Association Reorganizes For Texoma Bridge Plans
The Oklahoma Highway 99 Association reformed after a Friday meeting with officers elected led by O. W. Starr of Drumright as president. Attendees from Madill Tishomingo Ada Konawa Seminole Wewoka and Drumright discussed a Willis Point Texoma crossing with initial cost about 1.2 million dollars, later raised to around 2 billion including plan funding from Oklahoma and Texas. The group aims to secure a federal designation and coordinated state and local efforts to advance construction and maintenance of Highway 99 as a through route from Kansas to Texas.
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Oes
Texoma
Madill
Willis Crossing
Jack Conn
O. W. Starr
Drumright
Wattie Holland
Norman W. Brillhart
W. E. Huddleston
Konawa
Joe Bailey Cobb
Tishomingo
Oscar Anders Dilton
Thomas P. Holt
Oklahoma
Cobb
U. S. 99
Lake Texoma
Texas
Kansas
Delaney W. A
Gus
Delaney
Raymond Gary
Marshall County
Lake Texom
Willis Point
Oklahoma State Aghway Department Trust
Ments
Department
Desien
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Denton
Fort Worth
Con
Long
Seminole County
Stroud
Kansas State Line
W. E. Grisso
Starr
Pawnee
Lincoln County
Eastern Oklahoma Roads Association
M. E. Ewing
Elmer Kenison
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Highway 99 Association
Ada
Seminole
Wewoka
Ada Chamber Ofommerce
George Winters Overseas 33 Months With the Engineers
Corporal George Winters serves with a truck company in the Engineers in Germany after 33 months overseas. He enlisted in February 1942 after working for E. H. Moore Oil Co in Oklahoma. A Fittstown High School alumnus, he holds the European theatre ribbon with two stars and a three year service stripe. Parents Mr and Mrs S G Winters reside in Harden City. brothers David C and Clifton C also serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Winters
Harden City
820Th Engineer Aviation
Germany
Winters
Oklahoma Oil
E. H
Purple Heart Award Granted After 46 Years for Hollis Publisher
Hollis Oklahoma June 2. John Warren White publisher of a Hollis newspaper received the Purple Heart medal 46 years late for wounds suffered at Quinga in the Philippine Islands on April 23 1899 while with the first Nebraska infantry during the Philippine insurrection. R H Wessel of Frederick and Welmore Herron of Elk City joined White in urging Congressman Victor Wickersham to review his service record leading to the medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Okla
John Warren White
White
Quinga
Philippine Islands
Nebraska Infantry
R. H. Wessel
Frederick
Welmore Herron
Elk City
Seventh District
Victor Wickersham
Record gliding tow linked to Karachi Calcutta run
Announcement reports a 1320 mile pull-flight tow between Karachi and a field near Calcutta setting a gliding tow record. The article notes Army Air Transport Command’s C-54 Skymaster as the largest land transport plane in daily military service with loads of two tons on long runs and 4800 pounds on short runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
India
Calcutta
Army Air Transpo Command
Boys Caught Probing Car Get Sharp Scolding
A 6 and 10 year old were seen lurking around Miss Margie Faye Jones' car as she talked with a friend. The older boy opened a door and both were searched. only a pocket comb and dirty handkerchief were found. The youths promised not to repeat the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Faye Jones
Miss Jones
London Chronicle bids farewell to American troops
The Sunday Chronicle publishes a sentimental farewell to American troops in London. It praises their stay and urges Americans to recall Britain positively, noting improved lights, windows, and streets while hoping they do not share a negative view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
London
The
Sunday Chronicle
Britain
Cotton County wheat harvest hampered by transport and storage limits
Cotton county farmers faced many obstacles as harvest began for an estimated 1,000,000 bushels of bumper wheat. Inadequate railway transportation, insufficient on farm storage, and late availability of harvest equipment hindered progress as farmers relied on custom combines that arrived late and found wheat not yet ready in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Okla
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45Th Home
Garrett
Buddy
Sgt. McGinnis
Capt
L. W. Cheek
Legion of Merit
Bert Ratliff
Lt. Hoyt Driskill
Donachey
Nance
Jared
Lt. Cross
Dfc
Sof
J. C. Holden
Augustus Gaar, Jr
Vanda Clark
Ada News
Jimmie Matthews
Barker
Okinawa Island
Airview
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
NEA Tele- P
George
Engineers
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