Moon Family in Wartime Service and Local Roots
Captain C B Moon entered service in October 1942 after Officer Training in Maryland and received a first lieutenant’s commission. He became a captain in December 1943 and is stationed in San Antonio, Texas with wife Charlsea and son Jon Larry. James T Moon, 25, in Officer Candidate school at Fort Benning, Georgia and formerly employed by Port Arthur Texas firm, is son of Lola Moon of Ada and has wife Lorie Moon with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Moon
Atherten
Maryland
Louisiana
San Antonio
Texas
Charlsea Moon
Jon Larry
Capt. Moon
International Harvester Co
C. B
Lola Moon
West Sixth, Ada
James T- Moon
Fort Benning
Georgia
Texas Company
Port Arthur
Lorie Moon
Charles Bernie
Janice Gayle
Tentz
Tex
West Sixth Street
Ada
James T. Moon
Horace Mann
Steffens
Regar Howe Todds Overseas Service Updates
Regar Todd has been overseas for over a month with the infantry in Europe. He entered service April 6, 1942, trained at Camp Wallace Texas and Camp Howze Texas, and served in England, France, Bel lum, and Holland. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Todd of 228 East Fifteenth Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S/Set
Regar Todd
Infantry
England
France
Bellum
Holland
Camp Wallace
Tex
Seattle
Wash
Camp Maan
Calif
Camp Howze
Ada High
Oakland
Margaret Todd
Nevada
E. C. Todd
East Fifteenth
Howe Tod
Seventh Army
Germany
Third Army
Auugust
Camp Adair
Ore
Ft. Leonard Wood
Army Engineers
Todd
Ada
H. §. Moore
Army
Genna Lee Todd
Eric Wayne
Ishmael Upton Serves with First Marine Division
Ishmael E. Upton joined the Marines on April 1, 1944 and serves with the First Marine Division in the Southwest Pacific. He trained in San Diego, had a July furlough home, then reported to Camp Lejeune to enter the School of Engineers before transferring to Camp Pendleton in October and going overseas. Mrs. Upton visited him last September. Wherever he is stationed, he serves with dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishmael E. Upton
Marine
Southwest Pacific
San Diego
Camp LeJeune
N.C
School of Engineers
Porter V. Roberts Awarded Bronze Star
Porter V. Roberts son of Mr and Mrs O D Roberts 609 West Twenty fourth recently was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in Germany from December 1944 to September 1945 He drove litter jeeps through fire to evacuate casualties led litter squads through mined areas and under enemy observation He also received the Purple Heart for a shrapnel wound in Germany The Bronze Star is in Ada with his parents Nevada's Record Rookery White pelicans on Annho Island consume about 4000 tons of fish yearly largest pelican rookery in the world Read the Ada News Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Porter V. Roberts
O. D Roberts
West Twenty - Fourth
Germany
Pfc
Roberts
Ada
Nevada
Annho Island
Lake Pyramid
Roy Alletag Writes From Okinawa Foxhole
Seabee sailor Roy C. Alletag, SK 3/c, wrote to his parents from a foxhole on Okinawa. He joined the Seabees in September 1943 at age 18, served at Camp Perry, Camp Pendleton, and Camp Parks, then sailed the Pacific last July. He previously worked for Ada Milling Company after graduating from Ada high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Alletag
Clyde Alletag
Okinawa
Marine Corps
Alletag
Seabees
Camp Perry
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Camp Parks
San Francisco
Pacific
Philippines
Saipan
Ada High School
Ada Milling Company
Byng Sailor Serves In Pacific After Training
Gerald F. Price joined the U S Navy on June 30 1944 after graduating from Byng High and received boat training in San Diego He is serving somewhere in the Pacific as the son of Mr and Mrs WY O Price of Stratford and grandson of Mr and Mrs J L Cook of 826 West Ninth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald F. Price
U. S. Navy
Byng High
Pacific
San Diego
Gerald
WY. O. Price
Byng
Stratford
J. L. Cook
West Ninth
Stephens Now In Hawaiian Islands
Sir David Dee Stephens is stationed in the Hawaiian Islands Oklahoma Portion. The former Cement Co employee entered service April 12, 1944 and trained in San Diego. His wife and two daughters Dolly and Imogene reside in Portland Park near Ada. Parents are Mr and Mrs W P Stephens of Roff. Kaleen frente Fas ileidelberg in Germany hosted a scene in The Student Prince. The Heidelberg students favored the drinking song from the musical comedy. Max and Minnie Greenbaum of Greendale Wisconsin sing a chant for large and small chrysanthemums named Maxy Mums and Jinny Mums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dee Stephens
Hawaiian Islands
Oklahoma
The
Cement Co
San Diego
Dolly
Imogene
Portland Park
Ada
W. P. Stephens
Roff
Kaleen Frente
Heideberg
Max
Minnie Greenbaum
Greenfield Ave
Greendale
Wis
Maxy
Captain Adolph Brown Receives Air Medal for Pacific Missions
Captain Adolph S. Brown is awarded the Air Medal for aerial supply flights in New Guinea and the Philippines area. Flying unarmed C 47s, his crew faced enemy fire, often returning to service the same forward areas. Lt General Walter Krueger presented the medal in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph S. Brown
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Walter Kruefer
Sixth Army
Philippines
Brown
Pacific
Fort Sin
Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
Air Corps
Sylvia Brown
Abe Pollock
Capt. Brown
Sonia Brown
Tulsa
Lt Jack Price Receives Presidential Citation
1st Lt Jack Price son of Mr and Mrs Jack Price and grandson of Mrs C D Price Ada has earned a presidential citation along with the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the DFC with one cluster for missions overseas from English bases. He flew during the D Day aerial tasks and is pictured in the aircraft he piloted on September 10 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Price
Jack
Price
C. D. Price
Ada
Dayton
Chile
Englis
Sol. Foster Eaton Is Wounded Again
Sol. Foster C. Eaton of Oakland California husband of Mar cene Eston and father of a child was wounded in action April 15 with the 473rd Inf of the 92nd Div in Italy after the capture of Massa. He already held the Purple Heart from wounds in chest and leg on June 10, 1944. He is in a hospital in Italy and reports shrapnel in a knee. He entered service January 1942 landed in England August 1942 and in Africa January 1943 with an AA outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster C. Eaton
V. M. Eaton
Oakland
Calif
Marcene Eston
Latta
473Rd Inf
92Nd Div
Massa
Italy
Fifth Army
England
Africa
Naples
Sgt. Austelle Dies in Jap Attack on Iwo Jima
Sergeant M. E. Buddy Austelle 24 was killed March 26 on Iwo Jima during a Jap sneak attack just before rest camp. Memorial service May 2 at St. Josephs Catholic Church Ada details his survivors, burial by Ada Marines, and prior service from Stonewall to Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set. M. E
Buddy) Austelle
Iwo Jima
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Henry J. Bischeid
Ada
Charles Jeskey
Baltimore
MD. Austelle
Joe Bush
Don Palmer
Cpl
Ray Stevens
Bischeid
Bam
Austelle
Stonewall
O. U
Wilmington
Calif
California
Marine Corps
Bost
Camp Pendleton
Hawaiian Islands
Iwo
Fifth Marine Division
Pfc Tomlinson Killed in Action in German Battle
Pfc Joe Tomlinson of Route 2 Stonewall was killed in Germany on April 7 while serving with the Ninth Army. He enlisted March 14, 1944, trained at Fort Sill and Camp Robinson and went overseas last October. He leaves a widow Mrs Veda M Tomlinson and two children, Phyllis Ann and Barbara Lee, plus sisters, brothers and his Marine brother serving at Pearl Harbor. His unit was clearing snipers from a factory west of Herk hofenheide when he fell, and he was buried in a Morgarten Holland military cemetery with a Protestant chaplain officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tomlinson
Route 2
Stonewall
Germany
Veda M. Tomlinson
Ninth Army
Fort Sill
Camp Robinson
Ark
Phyllis Ann
Barbara Lee
Tomlinson
John H. Hansen
Herkhofenheide
Morgarten
Holland
Captain Tom A Thomas Jr in Officers Maintenance Course
Chanute Field reports Captain Tom A Thomas Jr of Ada Oklahoma attending an Officers Maintenance Course. The veteran with 75 European Theater missions holds the Silver Star Purple Heart Air Medal with twelve oak leaf clusters Cross of War with star and ETO ribbon. The five month program trains engineers to oversee aircraft maintenance while pilots stay current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Field
Til
Tom A. Thomas, Jr
Tom A. Thomas
Ada
Okla
AAF Training Command
Thomes
Oklahoma Casualties Reported From Many Fronts
The OWE lists numerous Oklahomans among Navy and Army dead and wounded in Europe. Names include Marion Cargill and W J Holton in the Navy, and Zina Cox, Michael Evans, Marvin Gamel, Cleatus Gammill, Hartman, Morris, Randall, Ray, Scott, Sullivan, Williams, Woodford among the Army dead and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
OWE
Marion E. Cargill
McAlester
Rufus Self
Leonard
W. J. Holton
Tulsa
Virgil Pittman
Watts
Zina C. Cox
Route 4
Brosen Arrow
Michael W. Evans
Okemah
Marvin E. Gamel
Oklahoma City
Cleatus E. Gammill
Martha
Carn N. Hartman
Oakwood
Sam D. Morris
Battlest
Robert G. Randall
Kingfisher
John R. Ray
Route 1
Hamman
James D. Scott
Otis L. Sullivan
Hoffman
George D. Winyard
Rock Island
Farris E. Williams
Richard Woodford
Tony Basolo Jr
Route 3
Amos
Pfc John Laxton Killed on Okinawa
Pfc John Laxton Jr. 25, son of Mr and Mrs John Laxton of Pecan Grove, was killed April 6 on Okinawa. A Pontotoc county pioneer, he had been overseas since late June 1943 and fought in several Pacific invasions. He leaves his parents, five sisters and five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laxton Jr
Pontotoc County
Okinawa
First County
John Laxton
Pecan Grove
Lois Cantrell Ozark Scout Leader Earns Eagle Scout Honors
A tribute to Lois Cantrell, longtime Ada area Boy Scout leader and Eagle Scout, active in BTU and school athletics. The piece recalls his service in the Oklahoma National Guard and the Seventh Army during World War II, his leadership of troops, and his devotion to Scout values as his fellow soldiers and community members await his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Milo Arbucke
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Lois Cantrell
Lois
Capabre
Eagle Scout
Irving
Ada High School
Ada High
Coody Dairy
Guderian Produce Co
H. W. Guderian
Tod
Oklahoma National Guard
Ath
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Anzio
Seventh Army
Rhine
Misa Ruth Case
Douglas Aircraft
Oklahoma City
J. J. Cantrell
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Allende
Whisenbunt
Ada
Lois Cares A Gruainns
Sanaty
Evens
Lois Cantrel
Bonnie Allen
Army Missing and POW List in Oklahoma and Pacific
A compiled notice lists soldiers missing in action in Europe and the Pacific, including ranks and hometowns across Oklahoma such as Lawton Shawnee Tulsa and Muskogee, plus POW and missing statuses for several names. The document names Edwin S Fellinger Talala and others with associations to Davis Ponca City Haskell Waurika and more, indicating a broad regional roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin S. Fellinger
Talala
Doyal R. Harrison
Davis
Jefferson M. Johnson
Ponca City
Kenneth J. Kraus
Buffalo
Billy McCuaslin
Haskell
Clarence Partridge
Oklahoma City
Scott Phillips
Jay
Irvin Postlethwait
Stroud
Richard L. Ray
Enid
Dee Roten
Crescent
Hiram T. Duncan
Lawton
Virgil Dupler
Stanley Evans
Shawnee
Relaise Barats
John W. Hensley
Muskogee
Herman J. D. James
George Peden
Healgens Rabe
Elvis Reynolds
Charles Richardson
Farris
Bruce Riddle
Tulsa
Thomas Shockey
William Skinner
Buster Smith
Crowder
Joe C. Stall
Joy J. Sturgis
Ellsworth Thoreson
el Reno
Vernon West
Hollis
Jimmie S. Williams
Raymond Williams
Pacific
Melvin Personett
Wakita
O. Russell Sage
Gibson
Germany
Willie H. Hodd
Farly Day Resident Dies In Dallas At Ninety
G J McDaniel born in Texas moved to Indian Territory in 1880 built a farm home near Ada Airport in 1896 died last Sunday in Dallas at about ninety. Funeral services and burial were at SIFF. He leaves a widow five children and several nieces and nephews in Ada. Brothers W M McDaniel and he were Texan settlers in Indian Territory. Birds Cued Plane Design notes early aviation relied on wing warping to control aircraft without flaps or ailerons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.J. McDaniel
Texas
Indian Territory
Ada Airport
Dallas
Emory
Tex
Siff
Ada
W. M. McDaniel
V E Day Signals Shift in War Output and Reconversion
WPB reports March munitions output surpassed goals and signals a turning point toward reduced military demands. Cutbacks planned in arms production aim to free resources for civilian goods while maintaining war readiness. The navy also announced the death of Hiland G. Batcheller Jr. in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Shington
War Production Board
Japan
Hitler
Reich
WPB
J. A. Krug
Hiland G. Batcheller
Batchester
Europe
Batcheller
Krug
Navy
Hiland G., Jr
Asiatic Theater
County's Cancer Drive Grows in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County reports over 1800 dollars raised for the national cancer fund drive toward a 2200 dollar goal. Chairman Ben L Morrison asks unvisited supporters to contribute via Ed Martin at the First National Bank in Ada. School efforts are expected to begin showing results this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
National Cancer Fund
Ben L Morrison
Ed Martin
First National Bank
Ada
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San Antonio, Texas
Officers Candidate School
Regar, Howe Todd
Americi
Tish- Omminfo
Regor Todd
Howe Todd
Ishmael Upton
First Marine Division
Ada News
Roy Alletag
Byng Sailor
Stephens
Adolph Brown
Foster Eaton
Sgt
Buddy Austelle
Sgt. Austelle
Pfc. Tomlinson
Tom Thomas
Joan Laxton IR
Cantrell
L, J, Cantrell
Carl Franklin
Anadarko
Richard Hardwick
Melvin D. Hendrix
Ardmore
William Jacobs
Felt
Delbert R. Jenkins
New Lima
Sidney C. Landers
Wetumka
Marvin E. Lumm
Willie Smith
Stidham
Farly
G. J. McDaniel
Santa Anna
Mexico
United States
James Adams
Cancer Drive
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