Big Three Progress Report Prompts Mixed London Berlin Reactions
Potsdam July 21. The Big Three Victory Conference neared week one as Presidents Truman Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin held a fifth three hour session. An American statement said progress is being made on European rehabilitation and Japanese resistance while details and duration remain undisclosed. Churchill toured Berlin inspecting the Reich Chancellery shelter and opened a new British club to honor the Desert Rats amid cheering crowds and a holiday decree by Montgomery.
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Eden
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Desert Rats
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Seventh Armored Men
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Seaman McRae Dies in Battle
Marion Veil McRae seaman first class and Locust Grove native died May 4 amid combat actions. A USS Luce crewman was sunk near Okinawa. McRae was missing in action and considered dead after a Navy notice. He volunteered in 1943, trained in San Francisco and Seattle, and served overseas after March 1944.
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Marion Veil McRae
O. D. Richardson
Locust Grove
McRae
Luce
Okinawa
Richardson
Adm
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
San Francisco
Seattle
Verl
Albert and
Everett Richardson
Amarillo Man Visits Parents During Furlough
Bill Fanning, on furlough between the European and Pacific wars, visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fanning at 1602 Fillmore for 30 days. He was inducted July 17 two years ago, trained at Fort Sill and Camp Chaffee, overseas seven months ago, earning two battle stars in Europe. He will train at Camp Gruber before facing the Japs. His sister Mrs. Leo Gentry of Wichita Falls also visits. Postwar demand for all wheel drive military trucks is anticipated for Europe reconstruction.
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L. R. Fanning
Fillmore
Fanning
Fort Sill
Okla
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Europe
Camp Gruber
Five Men From One Family in Service
MEMPHIS July 21 Special Mr and Mrs J T Hoggatt of Lakeview report four sons in the Army all holding staff sergeant ratings and overseas service. Their fifth son serves in the Navy as petty officer second class. Glenn wounded in Germany is a Palm Springs California patient. William logged 46 bomber missions in the South Pacific and is at Amarillo Army Air Field. Varion spent 32 months in South Pacific infantry and is at Scott Field. Wallace serves in the Army of Occupation in Germany. Damon is with the Navy at Bremerton Washington.
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Lakeview
Glenn Hoggatt
Germany
Palm Springs
Cal
William Hoggatt
South Pacific
Amarillo Army Air Field
Varion Hoggatt
Scott Field
Wallace Hoggatt
Army of Occupation
Damon Hoggatt
Navy
Bremerton, Wash
Soldier R D Eppers Killed in German Vehicle Collision
Memphis dispatch reports Corporal R D Eppers of the 379th Fighter Bomber Squadron died in Germany on June 26 in a vehicle collision, according to the War Department.
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R. D. Eppers
379Th
Soldier Eppers Dies After War Service
The obituary notes that he entered service on March 18 1943 and went overseas about 20 months before the war ended. He was 22 years old and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs J A Eppers.
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