Wounded Man Praises USO Support in Amarillo
Wounded serviceman Ernest J. Shaw of Hereford, now at Amarillo Veterans Hospital, praised USO services overseas after five years in the Army with the Seventh Cavalry. He cited morale-boosting USO shows in Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralties, India and Burma. Amarillo’s National War Fund quota is 61,782 to aid USO and 20 other agencies.
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USO
Ernest J. Shaw
Hereford
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Shaw
Seventh Cavalry
Australia
New Guinea
Admiralties
India
Burma
Amarillo
National War Fund
United War Chest
Amarillo Soldier Relates Tokyo War Aftermath
Amarilloan Johnnie Lee Lockard, fifth class technician, arrived home from Japan after serving with Mac Arthur's HQ in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Tokyo. He spent 28 days in Tokyo, saw extensive destruction in industrial areas, noted preserved residential districts, and spoke of stock and clothing shortages. He plans to join his father in the family trucking business after discharge.
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Johnnie Lee Lockard
Japan
G. E. Lockard
North Grant
Corporal Lockard
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Tokyo
Seattle
Amarillo
General MacArthur
Lockard
Sweetwater
Mustangs
Fighting Irishman John Barry Father of the Navy
Navy Day notes recall John Barry born 1745 in Tacushane Ireland who sailed from age 15 to Philadelphia. He captained the Lexington, won the first commissioned naval command by the Continental Congress and led U S Navy as its first captain under Washington until his death.
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John Paul Jones
Amarillo
John Barry
Uncle Sam
Barry
Tacushane
Wexford County
Ireland
Philadelphia
Lexington
Continental Congress
Marine Committee
Congress
Pres
George Washington
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Prido
Chuck
Tea McCormick, Peg
Léc
Carl and
Leonard Davis
W. L. Davis
East Eighteenth
W. L. Davis, Jr
Tokyo Bay
Carl E. Davis
Cretney Drug
POLK
Thor
Fexsun
Peat A) Ag Led
RIO Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
Schilling Curry As
PUT & Store No
East Tenth
ENE
Walker
van Buren
Walsh Food Stores
St. Phore
Califor
Atoes
Schilling
Campbell's
WAPCO
Kellogg’s
Hypro
Kellogg's
Acrisco
Falstaff Or
Southern Select
Cauli
Ff Winirey Sol
Peas Wits
PEAS
Volute of
Amarilloan
Pearl Harbor
Cpl
France
Belgium
Germany
Dick Turner
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