Amarillo Marine Bowen Sends News Home
Private Bowen son of Mrs Edna Bowen 1413 Ong Amarillo High School graduate serves as radio operator in a Marine communications unit. He has been overseas since last September after training in San Diego and Oceanside California. He praises the Red Cross for delivering cigarettes and candy to the troops in a recent letter to his mother.
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Soldier Receives Silver Star for Heroism in Germany
501 Florida, Sergeant Carroll of the Seventh Army in Germany earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He has served since June 1943 and has been overseas since September 1944. Earlier he joined ASTP briefly while studying at Tex-
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Amarillo Hero Wayne Gentry Married Soldier in Tennessee
Rope is Pic Wayne Gentry son of W G Gentry formerly of Amarillo now in Tennessee. His wife and 15 month old daughter live at 1410 Buchanan. Private Gentry has been in the Army since October 1942, trained at Camp Gruber Oklahoma, and spent about a year on foreign duty. He is an Amarillo High School graduate and once worked at a service station.
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