Marine Sergeant Ralph A. Johnson awarded Purple Heart
Ralph A. Johnson of Coeburn Virginia and son of Mr and Mrs A A Johnson received the Purple Heart at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center on May 15 presented by Admiral Bunker The ceremony included a letter citation for bravery and a Guadalcanal ribbon Johnson the first to land in the Solomons and he has five battle stars He is 21 and is recovering at Bethesda after severe injuries and blood plasma treatment backed by the Red Cross His father and local relatives report no signs of shock from his harrowing experiences
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Ralph A. Johnson
United States Marine Corps
A. A. Johnson
Coeburn
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Admiral Bunker
Medical Corps
Sergeant Johnson
Rgeant Johnson
William McClaugherty
Bluefield
J. O. Williams
Vivian
C. B. Robinson
Tazewell
W. M. Lewis
Pineville
Relt
Guadalcanal
Johnson
United States
Oakland
Calif
E Red Cross
McClaugherty
Government Hospital
Crotty Family Receives Purple Heart for Son in Africa
Mr and Mrs Hampton Crotty of Princeton receive the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to Pvt George M Crotty wounded in action in Africa The ceremony followed his hospital return and a citation read at Bethesda Maryland Also noted are Army and Navy relatives including Sgt Ralph A Johnson and other Romeo family members with World War II service stories
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Hampton Crotty
Princeton
Pvt
George M. Crotty
Africa
Vate Crotty
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Marine Corps
Crotty
William Gilbert
Thomas B. White
United States Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Pred Wyrick
Pocahontas
White
Valero
James Romeo
Melrose Street
Turkey
Libya
Om Steve B. Romeo
United Nations
Romeo
Ees
James A. Romeo
New Guinea
U. S
Lybya
Fort Eustus
Australia
Italy
America
Thomas H. Cooper
ITI
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Cooper
Thomas H. C. Cooper, Jr
Biand Road
Naval Air Forces
Gn Cooper
John Cooper
Billy Cooper
George Fahrner
United States Army Medical Corps
Fahrner
Louisa van Dyke
Gary
W. L. van Dyke, Sr
Wilcoe
Fahmer
Camp Stewart
United States Navy
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Jack McKinney
Arnold Douglass Jett
McKinney
H. P. McKinney
Stephenson
Jett
J. T. Jett
Wyco
Ralph Crocket Fox
R. C. Fox
Cove Creek
United States Coast Artillery
North Atlantic
Crockett
Fort Eustis
Camp McQuaide
Frank Hill
I. 8. Hill
Anawalt
Bertha Hill
Buford Wallace
James Hylton
Camp Hulen
Tex
C. A. Hylton
Boissevain, Va
James Romero
Steve
James A
Mr. Romero
Adelindo Brugnoli
McComas
United States Army
Gino Brugnoli
Angelo Brugnoli
Canada
Sesto Brugnoli
Camp San Luis
Obispo
Dario Brugnoli
North Camp Hood
Bernard Lee Bryant
M. J. Bryant
Montcalm
United States Army Air Forces
Embry Riddle School of Aviation
Miami
Buffalo
N. Y
Bryant
Camp Curtissair
Cayuca Road
Clarence Harvey Kirby
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Hunter Harvey Kirby
Stadium Drive
Beaver High School
Vadis K. Akers
Tucson
Ariz
Salinas
Akers
Army
R. N. Akers
Arista
Bernice
W. G. Truitt
T. E. Bradley
Franklin Street
Nited States Navy
Kenneth Bradley
Irving
Mass
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Force
Trinidad
Theodore Bradley, Jr
Norfolk
High Seas
Billy E. Farmer
C. H. Farmer
Orange Street
Ill
Eugene R Tate
Bramwell
Nannie C. Tate
Welch
Fort McClellan
Ala
Tate
Camp Wheeler
Fort Benning
Semit
Solva
Longacre
W. E. Surface
Camp
Don Buchanan
J. H. Ridge
Cc Avenue
India
Denver
Colo
Buchanan
Blueje
Charles Earl Tolbert
W. T. Tolbert
Corp
Kenneth Tolbert
Pfc
Robert W. Tolbert
Camp McCoy
Wis
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Sergeant Thomas
Elsia Thomas
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