Claude Marine Receives Medal of Honor Posthumously
Posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Private First Class Charles H. Roan for selfless heroism on Peleliu on 18 September 1944. Navy Captain awarded the decoration to Mrs. Lillabel Roan on Claude courthouse lawn as residents honor the Claude Marine who sacrificed himself to save four comrades.
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Claude
Armstrong County
Ourthouse
J. B. Longstaff
Eighth Naval District
Lillabel Roan
Claude Marine
White House
Washington
United States
Charles H. Roan
United States Marine Corps
Seventh Marines
First Marine Division
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Roan
United States Naval Service
Harry Truman
NAVAL
Pfe
Pte
Charles Fi. Roan
Medals of Honor Awarded to Texas Plainsmen and Others
The report lists seven Texas Plainsmen receiving the Medal of Honor or related heroism. Billy Dixon of Amarillo is noted as a recipient whose widow resides there. his medal is shown at Panhandle Plains Museum in Canyon. Charles Fi Roan of Claude earned the award posthumously for shielding comrades with a grenade during combat in the Pacific. Captain Joan Morgan of Amarillo is cited for a bomber mission over German territory, with England hosting the presentation.
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Billy Dixon
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains Museum
Canyon
Carson Creek
Hutchinson County
Miles
Army
Joan Morgan
England
Emiliy Dixon
Medal of Honor Recipients Across Civil War to World War II
The article traces Medal of Honor origin in 1861 for Navy and Army, notes posthumous awards to Colin Kelly and Howard W. Baee, and highlights Charles E. Kelly and John D. Bulkeley as key figures. It mentions Dr. Mary Walker as the only woman to receive the award, linking to broader heroism and historic context.
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Navy
Army
Colin Kelly
Jan
Howard W. Baeee
Gilmore
Charles E. Kelly
Walker
Brave Marine Charley Sacrificed Himself on Peleliu
A hometown hero Charley, known as the best boy, fell on a grenade to save four comrades during the Peleliu battle. His mother received the Medal of Honor as hundreds looked on, learning he had already been severely wounded moments before the blast.
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Charley
Peleliu Island
Pacific
Allied air war broadside on Japan marches to new fronts
American escorts report fresh bombardments across Honshu and Kyushu as Mustang fighters strike Nagoya Osaka area and Okazaki Kamazaki rail targets. Submarines sink 11 Japanese ships while U S forces push operations around Borneo and Canton. Dispatch notes radio silence on fleet movements and warnings of possible new naval strikes.
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Nojima
Gulf
Tokyo
Navy
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Dayton
Atlanta
Ault
John W. Weeks
Nagoya- Osaka
Honshu
Okazaki
Kamazaki
U.S. Army
Japan
Far East Air Force
Mustang
Kagoshima
Kyushu
China
Reid
Raven Mills
Kushikino
Miyakonojo
Washington
Navy Department
MacArthur
Borneo
Sambodja
Jesselton
Big Island
East Indies
Army and Navy Journal
Truman
State
War and Navy Departments
Ol Man River Car Rescue At Tascosa Crossing
James Craig and actresses Dorothy Patrick and Peggy ONeil were involved in a riverbed car mishap at the Canadian River crossing near Tascosa. Craig rescued Dorothy while Peggy waited, later returning with gear to extract the sedan as director Roy Rowland complained of a two hour delay.
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Dorothy Patrick
Peggy O'Neil
Craig
Dorothy
Peggy
Sir Galahad
Roy Rowland
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
West 6Th
P-38 Sets American Altitude Record
In a Lockheed P-38 Lightning flight on April 30, 1943, test pilot Joel Towle with Col. Randolph Lovelace aboard reached an unofficial U S altitude record of 44904 feet. They tested a new oxygen mask used by B 29 air crew.
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Joel Towle
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Towle
Lockheed
Col
Randolph Lovelace
Army
Aero-Medical Laboratory
Amarillo Men on Queen Elizabeth Arrive in New York
Four Amarillo men listed as rivals on the Queen Elizabeth when it docked in New York last Friday. Names include Staff Sergeant Gilbert C. Conner and Private First Class Oscar G. Grisham along with Private First Class Robert J. Brecht and Private Walmadge DPD O'Quin.
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Amarillo
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Associated Press
Sunday News Globe
Gilbert C. Conner
Fouree
Oscar G. Grisham
North Fifth
Robert J. Brecht
Prospect
Walmadge
Dpd
O'Quin
West Third
Tastefully Yours Dinner at Thomas
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair through Sunday night with little change in conditions. West Texas partly cloudy Sunday. New Mexico widely scattered afternoon showers and storms, mainly in mountain areas. Highs 80 in mountains to 90s-100 elsewhere. light variable winds. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged in the mid 80s to mid 90s with evening values around the mid 60s to mid 80s. Sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 8:58 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Thoroughbreds Arriving At Amarillo Show For Charity Benefit
The Amarillo Horsemen's Association hosts a charity show under Will Rogers Range Riders to benefit the Crippled Children's Polio Fund. Tickets at local drug stores, prices 1.50 general, 1 enlisted, 2.50 box seats. James Craig honored guest. Starnes twins thrill air with trick riding. Malley J Chisholm offers Merry Dictator and other Tennessee Walking Horses. the event runs nightly at 8:30 with box office at 7.
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Amarillo Horsemen's Association
Will Rogers Range Riders
Crippled Children’s
Herbert, Cretney and Maxor
Delbert Dalby
The
Range Riders
Ing
John Josey
Malley J. Chisholm
Englewood Farm
Amarillo
Merry Dictator
Merry Octator
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Charles Roan
Knewe-Cglobe
Goold
Pfc
Longstaff
Cape Gloucester
San Diego
Cal
Pereliu
A. A. Vandegriff
Marines
Lawrence Jackson
Claude Man
Cael
Henry C. Roan, JR
Philippines
James Craig
Burbank, Cal
U.p
Thomas
U S Weather Bureau
Turner Young
MGM
Horsemen
Starnes Twins
Stinnett
Show Ring
Chisholm
Fair Grounds
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