Local service academies honor Baytown and Crosby grads
Air Force Airman Pablo J. Marsiglia completed basic training at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland. He is the son of Pablo Marsiglia of Baytown and a 2010 Robert E. Lee graduate. Airman 1st Class Nathan George also finished basic training at Lackland and is the son of Justin George of Baytown and Peter George of Crosby, class of 2009 from Robert E. Lee. Army Pvt. Brandon S. Morton graduated basic training at Fort Jackson, son of Anne Tyson of Highlands, Goose Creek Memorial 2011 alum. Army Pfc. Aaron S. Wilder completed basic training at Fort Jackson, son of Beth Krolczyk of Crosby and Becky Wilder of Kountze, Hargrave High 2010. Army Pvt. Christopher A. O’Neil finished Fort Jackson training, son of Sophia O’Neil of Dayton, Dayton High grad. Army Pvt. Michael Digas Jr. completed basic infantry at Fort Benning, Crosby High School 2005 alum.
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Air Force
Pablo J. Marsiglia
Joint Base
Air Force Airman
Nathan George
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland
George
Justin George
Baytown
Peter George
Crosby
Robert E. Lee
Army Pvt
Brandon S. Morton
Fort Jackson
Columbia
S.C
Morton
Anne Tyson
Highlands
Goose Creek Memorial
Army
Aaron S. Wilder
Wilder
Beth Krolczyk
Becky Wilder
Kountze
Hargrave High School
Christopher A. O'Neil
Columbia, D.C
O'Neil
Sophia O’ Neil
Dayton
Dayton High School
Michael Digas Jr
Fort Benning
Columbus, Ga
Digas
Crosby High School
Memories of Pearl Harbor and World War II in Port Arthur and Bastrop
Mary Helen Shelton recalls wartime life from Port Arthur where she learned welding on tugboats and destroyers, moved to Orange for shipyard work, and later helped in the home front. She details family service, rationing, a victory garden, and the era’s social shifts.
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Port Arthur
Bruno Schultz
Gulfport Shipbuilding
Juanita
Lonnie H. Dickey
Lonnie Goodwin Dickey
Thomas Boulevard
Livingston
Orange
Lonnie
Arlen
Pearl Harbor
Norman Dunham
Navy
Pacific
Vernon
Sylvan Beach
San Jacinto Monument
Shell Refinery
Mary Helen Shelton
Pearl
Utah
Mary Helen
Calvert
Todd’s Shipyard
Ship Channel
Pasadena
Humble Oil & Refining
Exxon- Mobil
Baytown
Todd’s
Houston
Rice Hotel
Air Corps
Ellington Field
Ellington
Humble
Southwest Texas
Late Teachers College
Texas State
Kenneth
Naval Air Corp
Bastrop
United States
Camp Swift
U.S.O
Tennessee
Europe
Texas
Office For Emergency Management
ExxonMobil
Ingleside
Corpus Christi
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Baytown Sun
Albert Villegas
Marcos Barelas
Ariene Dunham Berges
McKenzie
England
Germany
Herbert Dunham
Red Cross
Dennis
Gertrude S. Marsh
TDECU
PO Eeirua Bey Ciarl Eel Okere Il Enis Ce S
Mary Beth Hrabina
Hrabina Trealty
Fortune Drive
Mbhrabina
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