Lieutenant Nail Featured in Capitol Theater News Reel
Friends and relatives of Lt. Jim Nail recognize the Amarillo officer in a news reel at the Capitol Theater. Mrs. J. C. Holman identifies him in France addressed by General Eisenhower. The photo shows him in officer training at Camp Benning in May 1942 after serving with the 36th Division.
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Jimmie Nail
Amarillo
Capitol Theater
J. C. Holman
Prospect Street
Lieutenant Nail
France
Eisenhower
Camp Benning
No Politics in Demobilization
Secretary Stimson denied reports the War Department would delay partial demobilization to ease job conditions. He said demobilization speed is driven only by military necessity and available shipping, with no economic or political factors entering the planning.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Japan
Servicemen's Promotions and Home Visits Highlight War News
The report lists O. T. Ratcliff promoted to radar man third class aboard a Pacific carrier and visiting Amarillo by Sgt. Raymond Crouch of the 15th Army Air Force. Crouch completed 22 B 17 missions and will visit his Amarillo wife. Elmer E Long assigned to an Air Service Command depot in Britain. Also a lighthearted note about a goat in Missoula provoking police.
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O. T. Ratcliff
Pacific
Ted Ratcliff
Jackson Street
Navy
San Diego
Ratcliff
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Raymond Crouch
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Crouch
Elmer E. Long
Air Service Command
Britain
Sergeant Long
Bell and Braden Construction Company
Kansas City
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Whiteway
MR. Young
Globe News
First National Bank
Blade Letton
Polk
Jimmie A. Nail
Ernie Pyle
Europe
Missoula
Mont
OL Peare
Aed
Hollywood
Tig
White
White’s
Save
White's
A. B. Gas Ranges
American Homes
America
Coaster
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