Bronze Star Awarded for Heroic Action on Iwo Jima
Pt. Alvis B. Grant, son of Mrs. Gertie Grant of 1111 Garfield, receives the Bronze Star for heroic actions as an ambulance driver with the battalion aid station on Iwo Jima February 27, 1945. While under fire he evacuated a wounded Marine to safety behind front lines. Grant, with the Fourth Marine Division, served overseas 18 months and sent the medal to his mother from a Hawaii rest camp after its July presentation. Prior to induction he worked for the Pendleton Sign Company.
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Alvis B. Grant
Gertie Grant
Garfield
Iwo Jima
Grant
Fourth Marine Division
Hawaii
Pendleton Sign Company
Twining to Command 20th Air Force as LeMay Moves Up
Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining will lead the 20th Air Force starting Aug. 1, succeeding Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay who becomes chief of staff for the Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker announced LeMay’s new post and noted he joins Gen. Carl A. Spaatz at the personal request of the Pacific commander. Also named was Maj. Gen. John B. Brooks to head the 11th Air Force in Alaska, succeeding Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
20Th Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Forces
Pacific
Ira C. Eaker
Army Air Forces
Eaker
LeMay
Carl A Spaatz
Strategic Air Force
Twining
15Th Air Force
Africa
Germany
15Th
20Th Bomber Command
Southeast Asia
Guam
21St Bomber Command
Marianas
Baker
John B. Brooks
11Th Air Force
Alaska
Brooks
Greenwich
N. Y
Newfoundland
11Th
Davenport Johnson
Sgt. Felix Spann Receives Army Discharge After Service
Sgt. Felix W. Spann, son of Mrs. F. W. Spann of 2107 Pierce, is discharged after four and a half years with the 112th Combat Cavalry. He served two years in the Pacific, fought in New Guinea and New Britain, and returned to Ft. Riley for duty. A Amarillo High School graduate and former Merchants Biscuit Company employee, Spann directed training and demonstrations for officers.
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112Th Combat Cavalry
Felix W. Spann
F. W. Spann
Pierce
Pacific
Ft. Riley
Kan
Spann
New Guinea
New Britain
Visiting Walgreen relative in Amarillo
Miss Jessie Lou Walgreen of Shaw Oklahoma visits her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Walter Williams at 500 Van Buren Amarillo. Moslems observe a month of fasting each year with no eating, drinking, or smoking from sunrise to sunset.
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Jessie Lou Walgreen
Shawnee, Okla
Amarillo
Walter Williams
van Buren
War moves in Pacific Burma and China fronts intensified
Allied forces push through Bougainville and Solomon Islands while Australian troops claim 12,000 Japanese killed on Bougainville as eight months of mopping up end. In Burma the British drive advances forestalling Japanese setbacks with 2,000 killed in the Pegu battle. Chinese troops breach Yangshe and tighten the ring around Kweilin near South China air bases.
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Eul
Solomons
Choiseul
Bougainville
Borneo
Samarinda
Tokyo
Burma
Pegu
Rangoon
Yangse
U. S
Kweilin
U. S. 14Th Airforce
South China
Ice Cream Barge Aboard Navy Craft
Russell S. Griswold of Marshall is chief engineer on a Navy ice cream barge. It ships to Pacific duty and serves destroyer escorts, small minesweepers, submarine chasers, patrol craft, LCI, LSM, and tugs. The barge carries a 409 quart freezer able to make 10 gallons per seven minutes and a 2000 gallon hardening room at minus 16 to minus 20 degrees.
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Washington
Russell S. Griswold
Marshall
Navy
Pacific
Sleep Shift Train Experiment Proving Success
The War Department's sleep shift train, carrying 585 veterans as guinea pigs, was praised as a success during a stopover in St. Louis. Departing Camp Kilgore New Jersey the test train will reach Fort Sam Houston Texas tomorrow. The trial began with a 24 hour shift and involved veterans swapping between Pullman and day coaches to test improved travel comfort.
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ST. Louis
War Department
Texas
Camp Kilgore
N. J
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Pantex Workers Sweep National Safety Prizes
Employees of Pantex Ordnance Plant safety department dominated the national contest. Fred Calhoun won first prize and a $100 War Bond, R J Osborne took second with a $50 bond, and Bruce Waddell earned third with a $25 bond. Honorable mentions went to Bill Teal Tom English and Loretta Clifft.
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Safety Department
Pantex Ordnance Plant
National Safety Council
H. F. McFarland, Jr
Pantex
Fred Calhoun
R. J. Osborne
Bruce Waddell
Bill Teal
Tom English
Loretta Clifft
Osborne
Waddell
Calhoun
Safety Department of
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Brooklyn
U. S. Army
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121 Infantry Regiment
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Kas
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the Colonial
Mary Adell Miner
A Polk
Prince George and Dayton
Schenley Reserve
Liquor Mart
Monroe
Sky Mail
Ays
Rockmont
Denver
Alvis Grant
Sgt
Felix Spann
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cEiLin
Fourth and
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Miss Walgreen
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Pal
America
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Polk
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