Dedication of Shaft At Premier Crashes Into Toll of Kin
A crowd gathers for the dedication ceremony of a memorial shaft at Premier. Kin in attendance include Mr. and Mrs. William Koeppe Ney Ohio Mrs. Ara Koeppe Columbus Ohio Mrs. Walter Croft Columbus Ohio George Eversall Dexter Iowa Mrs. Mabel Harness LaPorte Indiana Mrs. Gypsie Belcher South Point Ohio Mrs. Joe Colburn Tuscaloosa Alabama Mrs. Rose Holy Racine Wisconsin Mrs. John Kleist Rachine Wisconsin Miss Geraldine Colburn Tuscaloosa Alabama Miss Betty Belcher Stith Point Ohio Miss Fern Belcher Stith Point Ohio Mrs. Harry Carr Regina Carr Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Koeppe
Ney
Ohio
Ara Koeppe
Columbus
Walter Croft
George Eversall
Dexter
Iowa
Mabel Harness
LaPorte
Ind
Gypsie Belcher
South Point
Joe Colburn
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Rose Holy
Premier Pocahontas Collieries Company
Premier
W. Va
Hue
Edwin A. Harness
Geraldine
Leo T. Colburn
John Kleist
Racine
Wis
Joseph 8
Cholewa
George Eversull
George R. Eversull
Gypsy Belcher
Fern
Betty
Anthony W Belcher
Essie Bester
Ironton
George Paffenberger
Jackson, O
Ney, O
Pfc
Denver W. Koeppe
Harry Carr
Philadelphia
Pvt
Edward Carr
Welch High School
Company E
West Virginia State Guard
Blevins
D. M. Dorsey
Welch
McDowell County
American Legion
Judge Howard
Mulligan
Little Bet
Little Bet Jean Abott, Daughter Oe’ B. E. Abbott
Service Men's Club of
E and Bay A
Dieffer
Es Field
Ol. Mulligan
J. E. Driver
Dorsey
Memorial ceremony honors air crash victims on Premier mountain
Col Dennis Mulligan United States Air Forces Wright Field Dayton Ohio delivers dedicatory address as more than 5000 people gather near Premier Pocahontas Collieries West Virginia to unveil a granite shaft memorial. Relatives from Indiana Alabama Wisconsin Iowa Montana Missouri Ohio join in a solemn tribute marking July 1 1942 crash near Premier Mountain and first World War II memorial in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Snyder
Col
Dennis Mulligan
United States Air Forces
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Erring Ane
Gale Neamen
Premier Mountain
Mulligan
Charles E. Bradshaw
Army Air Forces Material Center
Wright, Field
Pocahontas Collieries Company
B. F. Howard
Welch
United States
Premier Company
Walter R. Faught, Jr
Paris
Texas
Edwin A. Harness
la Porte
Indiana
Harry E. Haney
Selma
Kentucky
Archie W. Champlin
Leavenworth
Kans
Russell A. Carter
Topeka
Kansas
Salvatore T. Barone
Mt. Morris
N. Y
Joseph Chelewa
Racine
Ambler
Penna
Ae Denner W. Koeppe
Bryan
Lester
Erickson
Superior
Wisconsin
Edward FP. X. Carr
Phila
Chester F. Petrowski
Auburn
Elmer J. Campbell
Stanley
Virginia
Elmer
Edmunds
Quincy
Illinois
P. P. Coll. Co
B. E. Abbott
Yonder Mountain
Premier
United
Emloyees
United State Army Air Forces
United States Military Academy
Army Flying Sc
Army Industrial College
Bureau of Air Commerce
United States Department of the United States
South America
Air Forces Material Center
Colonel Dennis Mulligan
United States Army Air Forces
New York
Alabama
Montana
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
United States Army
Memorial Dedication Honors 21 Air Corps Heroes
Welch mayor Judge B F P Howard presided at Premier memorial ceremonies honoring 21 United States Army Air Corps officers and enlisted men killed in the 1942 West Virginia crash. Colonel Dennis Mulligan delivered the keynote address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. FP. Howard
Welch
Judge Howard
Pocahontas Colliers Company
United States Army
West Virginia
United States Army Air Corps
Naion
P. P. Coll. Co
Texas
New York
Memorial Day tribute for 21 servicemen on Premier Mountain
Colonel Mulligan leads dedicatory service at Premier memorial honoring 21 Americans who died July 1, 1942 in the Premier mountain crash. The crowd includes diverse origins from New York to Wisconsin, with names like Belcher Campbell Carr Carter Colburn Dickson Edmunds and Haney among the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Premier Mountain
Belcher
Campbell
Carr
Carter
Colburn
Dickson
Edmunds
Eversall
Faught
Harness
Haywood Masters
Olin
England
America
Archie Chamblin
France
Denner Keepe
Germany
Salvatore Barone
Bartola Purpure
Italy
Europe
Lester Erickson
Scandinavia
Sweden
Norway
Joseph Cholena
Chester Petroski
Russia
Poland
Balkans
Harry Haney
Oglish
Daily Doings Of Area Women At SMC Event
A soldier praised the Service Men’s Club visit and many veterans expressed appreciation for personal money raised. Mrs. Thomas H. Lambdon led the wartime relief effort with several committee members and 56 service men from 13 states visiting Sunday. Contributions came from Mrs. A. M. Wilburn and D. T. Whitlick, with Bluefield Flower Company providing flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Men's Club
A. M. Wilburn
D. T. Whitlick
Bluefield Flower Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Valt
Shaft
C. E. Frazee
Bluefield
Betty Jean Abbott
Air Force
Howard
Colonel Mulligan
Army Air Force
Rupert Brooks
Charleston
Near Institute
Nounced
Hodges
Managi Tor
Charleston Chain
Commerce
National Rubber
William M. Jeffers
Stimson
Nav Knox
WPB
Dous Nelson
Tives
Charles E. Hodges
SMC
Thomas H. Lambdon
Lucille Cowling
Edlith Hardwick
E. R. Cowling
Harry Myers
Ina Allen
Dorothea Dran
Anne
Betty Lambdon
Laura P’poole
Nelie Aliff
States
W. A. Honeycutt
John Cocke
George Evans
Eugene Wright
W. H Spangler
Josie Joee
A. B. Thom
W. Aykins
W. C. Presley
R. R. Weltz
D. T. Whitlock
Mick OR
Mack Bradmann
Porterfield’s Grocery
Tate's Food Market
Bluefield Ave
Princeton Ave
Lee St
McMullin Grocery CO
PEN Mar Grocery
Pen Mar Ave
J. W. Bowman
Farmer Street
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