Cucumber's Four-Star Mother Goes To War In Plane Factory
Mrs. Lucy Musick of Cucumber has joined the war effort working at the Glenn L. Martin airplane factory in Baltimore. Her four sons serve in the army and navy with Pvt William L. Musick in France, Cpl Ellis D. Musick in New York, Lacy Musick in Italy, and Pvt Harold L. Musick at Camp Blanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cucumber
Plane
Lucy Musick
Musick
Af Air
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Army
Navy
Elkton
Cutford Ear
Pvt
William L. Musick
France
Cpl
Ellis D. Musick
Stormville
N. Y
Lacy Musick
U.S. Navy
Italy
Harold L. Musick
Camp Blanding
Fla
States
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U. S. Service
Area service personnel are listed with leave updates and assignments. William Paul Jackson returns to Puertoco after 37 days with wife Dorothy Puckett. Seaman Second Class Overstreet visits Pocahontas on four day leave from the South Pacific. Martin Luther Tabor completes Lakefield training and reports to Gore Great Falls. Seaman First Class Robert Lee Burnette heads to armed guard center Brooklyn after leave with his Cedar Bluff mother. Paul Hank Collins reported to Camp Atterbury for basic training before Keesler Field. families note multiple relatives in the Navy and Army with new postings and training. Pvt. William A. Adkins lands safely after quartermaster corps training. S-Sgt. Irvin H. Smith earns Medal in India after bombing Japan missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overstreet
Navy
Pocahontas
South Pacific
San Francisco
Calif
Martin Luther Tabor
Bluefield
Lakefield
Douglas
Ariz
Tabor
D. W. Tabor
Avenue
Gore
Great Falls
Mont
Robert Lee Burnette
Armed Guard Center
Brooklyn
N. Y
W.S. Burnette
Cedar Bluff
Seaman Burnette
Paul
Hank) Collins
O. O
Bluefield Avenue
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Keesler Field
Miss
Collins
Otto Collins, Jr
Brookfield
Texas
Hammond Colling
Hammond Colling, Et Machinist
U. S. Navy
Pacific
E. V. Buck
W. A. Adkins
Union Street
Pvt
William A. Adkins
Adkins
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Lee
Camp Bowie
Jack R. Cowan
Champ Cowan
Pfo
William H. Dills
Jack Cowan
New York
Ora Dills
Tazewell
D.R. Cowan
North Tazewell
Anzio
Normandy
Mediterranean
Cowan
Army Air Corps
Lemoore
Dills
W. W. Dills
France
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Area Service Men Listed Casualties
Pfc. Earl O. Akers slight injury in France on November 11 reported to Bluefield parents. Pvt. Doris L. Setliff seriously wounded near Saarbrucken Germany October 17. hospitalized in France. Sgt. Ernest E. Cooper wounded in the Philippines now in a Netherlands East Indies hospital. electrical specialist in the army air corps. Charles Cregger Jr. in the U S Marine corps, Saipan and Tinian division cited Presidential Unit. ten months overseas including Namur battle in the Marshall Islands. Names and residences include Akers Bluefield, Setliff Princeton, Cooper Mullens, Smith Princeton road, Cregger Campbell Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl O. Akers
France
Garfield Akers
Toledo Street
Bluefield
War Department
Akers
Doris L. Setliff
Hazel Setliff
South Avenue
Princeton
Ernest E. Coopers
Fred E. Cooper
Mullens
Philippines
Frances Dudley Cooper
Sergeant Cooper
Netherlands East Indies
Army Air Corps
Charles Cregger
Campberland Heights
Charles Cregger, Jr
U. S, Marine Corps
Pacific Area
Saipan
Tinian Island
Creager
Guards Sought For Navy Yards At Portsmouth Va
George Leonard Allen Jr a carpenter's mate third class U S naval reserve has reported for duty at Camp Endicott Rhode Island after a 30 day visit with his parents in Matoaka He served 27 months overseas including Pearl Harbor Gilbert and Canton Islands and returned to Honolulu April 1944 Portsmouth VA is recruiting guards for the Navy yard with J H Rappold Civil Service recruiter stating 18 or older men in good physical condition are sought for police and guard work at the Norfolk Navy Yard Military service and firearms familiarity required Free transportation to Norfolk housing and high wages are offered Rappold also noted 35 other positions from machinist to laborer available at the yard and urged interested men to contact his Bluefield WV office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leonard Allen, Jr
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Naval Construction Training Center
Camp Endicott
Davisville
R. I
George Allen, Sr
Matoaka
Allen
Pearl Harbor
Gilbert and Canton Islands
Honolulu
States
Portsmouth
J. H
Norfolk Navy Yard
Rappold
Norfolk
Narrows Navy Nurse Returns From War With Decorations
Four navy nurses from Narrows Virginia Newtonville Massachusetts Afton Iowa Brooklyn New York earned navy commendation ribbons with gold stars for service at the main navy evacuation hospital in England during the invasion of France. They later served at the San Diego naval hospital treating wounded as the army assumed control. They credit plasma over penicillin for many recoveries and recall field doctors operating under fire. The group includes Lieutenants Delsia R. Martin Sarah J. Mateer Margaret H. Carey and Dorthea C. Bachman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
France
Japan
England
Channel
D-day
U. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Pacific
Margaret H. Carey
Newtonville
Mass
Delsia R. Martin
Narrows
Sarah J. Mateer
Afton
Dorthea C. Bachman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fran
Army
Bachman
Martin
Carey
Mateer
San Diego P Hospital
William H. Wilson
USN
Torrance
Alif
J. G
Sana Naval
Capt Compton Wins Bronze Star for Heroism in Europe
Captain Jack E. Compton 24 of 138 Tulip Street Bluefield receives the Bronze Star from Major General Louis A. Craig for heroic actions with the Ninth Division in France. A 1942 Fort Benning graduate, he climbed from second lieutenant through North Africa Sicily and Normandy campaigns and earned the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Jack E. Compton
Tulip Street
Bluefield
Louis A. Craig
France
Compton
Infantry Officers’ Candidate School
Fort Benning
Sicily
Tipton Webb Recalls Narrow Escape Behind Enemy Lines
Flight Officer Tipton W. Webb of Bluefield recounts 31 days behind Nazi lines in Holland during the invasion. He and his crew escaped uninjured after a glider crash, enduring heavy flak and machine gun fire until they hid in a ditch and fled at night. Webb earned the Air Medal for Normandy action and belongs to the Boot club of airmen who walk back from behind lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Tipton V. Webb
Bluefield
I. J. Webb
Carolina Avenue
City
Marion Gooch
Tipton W. Webb
9Th Air Force
Webb
Princeton Lieutenant Wins Silver Star for Zeitz Action
1st Lieutenant Horace B. Bingham of Princeton awarded the Silver Star for gallantry during an attack on the Zeitz oil refinery in Germany. Lead bombardier of a combat wing, he remained at the bombsight despite a nose wound, directing a successful bombing run that scored direct hits on a vital installation. He also holds the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters. member of the 388th Bomb Group, Third Bombardment Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Zeitz
Horace B. Bingham
Princeton
Army
Bingham
388Th
Bob
BE. E. Partridge
Zettz
Germany
Romeo in Holland Invasion Report From Local Soldier's Unit
Holland readers learn of Pfc. Steve Romeo and fellow paratroopers in a veteran glider infantry story from The All American Paraglide. The piece recounts glider takeoffs from England, the flight over the North Sea, and the Holland landings with emphasis on courage, medical work, and the 325th Regiment's push toward victory. Two Romeo brothers are also noted overseas in New Guinea and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Pfc
Steve Romeo
James Romeo
Merose Street
North Africa
Sicily
France
Romeo
Moscow
England
William F. Dawson
Reynolds
Airborne
North Sea
Coast Artillery
New Guinea
Philippines
Pvt
Rl Romeo
Tank Corps
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Alvis Yost
John H. Yost
Infantry
U. S
William Paul Jackson
Reto Puertoco
Mss
Dorothy Puckett
Gaa
Mr. and Ates
J. W
Princeton Avenue
Bainbe
Armed Guard
Long Island
C. E. Goodwin and Sons Woolen Mill
Irvin H. Smith
India
Sergeant Smith
Mrs
Russell G. Creasy
Anawalt
Creasy
Fifth Army
Billy T. Beavers
W. P. Beavers
Bishop
Leyte
Beavers
Walter P. Beavers, Jr
Oliver Owens
Joe Owens
Field Artillery
Luxemburg
Owens
Setliff
A. C. Smith
Princeton Road
Jiger
Parris Island
S. C
New River
N. C
Camp Pendleton
Namur
Marshall Islands
John Miller
Switchback
Miller
Joe Miller
Elkhorn High School
Armed Forces
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Maybeury
Geneva Z. Miller
Philadelphia
London
Capt. Compton
9Th Division
Cherbourg
Tipton Webb
Sgt
Millard Howard
R. W. Howard
U. Army
Prance
Ageant Howard
R. 8. Bailey
Hiawatha
Horace L. Bingham
Kee Street
Mary EB. Bingham
Highland Avenue
Zuider Zee
Dawson
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