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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
6
Corporal L William Edwards of the U S Marine Corps is stationed overseas. He enlisted December 15 1943 and trained in San Diego and Oceanside California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Edwards of near Stoneburg.
Curtis R. Garrett, son of Mrs. C. G. Garrett of Bowie, is serving aboard a submarine in the South Pacific. He has two years in the Navy after graduation from Bowie High School.
Two Vashti brothers, Sgt Milton Liggett age 22 who joined the Army on October 9 1942 and Archie Liggett a seaman first class who entered the Navy February 17 1943, serve overseas. Milton trains at Camp Laibourne Louisiana and is in the P E T Engineers in India while Archie trains at San Diego and serves aboard the battleship Maryland with fourteen months of combat and two battle stars. Archie, 20, is a Bellevue High School graduate of 1941 and was slightly wounded in November. Both brothers were born in Vashti and reside two miles southwest. They have many cousins also in service including six Liggetts three Bridgewater one Laveau and two Bragg boys.
Byron O Saunders son of Mrs Josephine Saunders Montague serves in the Combat Support Wing at an ammunition depot setting a new European Theater record for delivery of bombs. The unit moves bombs from railheads to airfields for Nazi target support. Saunders joined service January 1943 and crews work around the clock amid huge demand.
Private Jesse W. Gipson of Sunset Texas served a year overseas with the 138th AAF and prepared liberators for 97 combat missions as an aviation mechanic in a B-24 squadron of the 13th AAF. He faced tropical climate, long supply lines, and harsh front line living conditions while on jungle air strips with fellow crew members.
The groom Gipson served in the AAF since 1942 and went overseas in 1948. Liberators under Gipson’s charge destroyed seven Japanese Zeros during combat missions. He holds two battle stars for participation in two of the 13th AAF’s major Solomons and Pacific campaigns.
Sergeant S. L. Morris arrives at Fort Bliss Texas after 31 months overseas with the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific. He visits his parents Mr and Mrs J J Morris at N Central Ave Bowie Texas before resuming duties.
The News received a letter from Mrs. Asa Moyer of Grand Prairie with updates on her sons former Bowie residents. Asa Doris C. G. M. has been returned to the States after months in North Africa. Frank Oran S 2 C is serving on Saipan, first family word since May.
Capt. W. G. McNeill and his wife of Wichita Falls visited Mrs. Henry T. Ayers on Sunday, sharing a social call.
Bert W. Cassles Jr., son of Mrs. B. W. Cassles of La Porte Texas and former Bowie High student, earned a meritorious for heavy bombardment missions over continental Europe. The citation praised courage coolness and skill reflecting great credit upon himself and the United States Armed Forces.
Pvt. Bluford L. Garlington of Bowie completed four weeks of Army Paratroops jump training at the Parachute School. He made five jumps including a night tactical jump. The school emphasizes war science and trains specialists in communication demolition rigging and sewing machine maintenance for airborne troops.
Hospital Apprentice second class Walter C. Rackley U S N son of Mr and Mrs H E Rackley of Bowie Texas has graduated from the Training Command Field Medical School at Camp Pendleton Oceanside Calif and will be assigned to a Marine combat unit in the field Rackley 19 a former Bowie High School student was a livestock farmer before enlisting in Dallas on December 7 1943
The United War Chest of Texas will air a 30 minute state wide radio program featuring short wave chats with Texas men abroad from Normandy and other fronts. Larry Allen will recount 13 months as a Nazi prisoner of war. The program, introduced by Judge Ben H. Powell, originates from the University of Texas Radio House and airs August 28 from 9 30 to 10 P M on Texas nets and independents.
Marie Brandenburg, formerly of Bowie, has three sons in the U S military. Wayne E. Childers, 21, midshipman at Annapolis, enlisted after Pearl Harbor and served in the South Pacific including Yorktown action. Lloyd F. Childers, 23, a Pearl Harbor veteran and Yorktown gunner, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and now trains Marines in North Carolina. Lyon B. Childers, 19, Army Air Forces pilot with wings earned before 19.
Bowie Texas native Loyd Price earns feature in The Silver and Gold as University of Colorado Buffaloes Ironman. A 195 pound six foot athlete, Price excelled in Bowie Schools and later football and track at Baylor. Joining the Marine Corps in 1943, he became a steady blocker and ball carrier for Colorado last season and is slated to lead the Buffaloes again this year.
War Department message reports Pvt. Ray Monroe killed in action in France on July 24. He was a Bowie native. widow in Los Angeles forwarded the notice to his parents Mr. and Mrs. A Monroe, now residents of Elk City Oklahoma.
Corporal Richard Hoeldtke visits his mother Mrs. George F. Hoeldtke during a furlough from Roswell New Mexico where he is stationed.
Time is short to mail Christmas packages to boys overseas with Sept 15 to Oct 15 window for Army and Navy. Strong material and precise packing prevent crushing. use metal wood or fiberboard boxes with heavy tape or twine. Label as Christmas Parcel. limits apply five pounds and 15 inches by 36 inches total.
Mrs. Lee Roy Dixon of Buffalo Springs received the Purple Heart awarded to her husband Pfe. Lee Roy Dixon for injuries in France on June 14. He is hospitalized in England recovering from shrapnel wounds to his left leg.
Charles Knightstep moves from San Diego to Great Lakes Illinois to attend school for Chief Petty Officer rating. He will undergo training in naval leadership and seamanship as part of his service.
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