Katy Boy Serves Overseas in Navy Tour
A.K. Wooding of Katy son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wooding is home on a thirty day leave from the navy. He trained at San Diego and Treasure Island before shipping to Kwajalein Island in the Marshall Islands for a year of overseas duty. He worked in the Auto Parts Room as a receiving clerk and enjoyed softball and swimming in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Wooding
Katy
Katy High School
Navy
San Diego
California
Treasure Island
San Francisco
D. E. Aultman
Kwajalein Island
Marshall Islands
Pacific Ocean
Typhoon Floods Kwajalein and Native Relocation Details
Japanese-American serviceman recounts Kwajalein Island storms of 120 degree days and 16 inches of rain in six hours. He describes relocation of natives to Ebey Island, wages for yard and office work, meals provided, and his own return route via Honolulu Travis Air Force Base to Whidbey Island with expected discharge in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwajalein Island
Howard
Ebey Island
U. S
Honolulu
Travis Air Force Base
California
Naval Air Station
Whibley Island
Seattle
Washington
Arthur Young Joins Korea Duty With 49th Fighter Bomber Wing
Arthur H. Young of Brookshire Texas arrives in Korea to serve as an air policeman with the Fifth Air Force's veteran 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing He guards property and personnel enforces base traffic laws and supports interdiction efforts against Chinese Communists before arriving from Francis E Warren AFB Wyoming His wife Rebecca Thomas lives in Cheyenne Wyoming and he is son of L L Harbison Rt 1 Brookshire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
49Th
Korea
Arthur H. Young
Brookshire
Texas
Fifth Air Force
Young
Far East
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Rebecca Thomas
1274Th Ave
Orchard Valley
Cheyenne
L. L. Harbison
Rt. 1
Haak Serves with 40th Division in Korea
Corporal Alfred W. Haak son of Mr and Mrs W H Haak of Pattison is serving with the 40th Division in Korea. He joined the service in January 1951 and underwent four months of training at Camp Cooke California before being sent to Camp Haugen Japan for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred W. Haak
W. H. Haak
Pattison
40Th Division
Korea
Camp Cooke
California
Camp Haugen
Japan
Soldier Haak Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Cpl Haak was sent to Korea in January as the entire 40th Division moved from Japan to Korea. On April 23 he received the Combat Infantryman's Badge for exemplary performance in combat with the enemy in Korea. He expects to be home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther
Cpl
Haak
Korea
Japan
Lt Earl York To Leave For Germany
Lt Earl York of Houston is home on furlough and was entertained by his sister Mrs De Mond Alexander and family and honored by his aunt Mrs H E Jordan and the Jordan families. He leaves June 1 for Germany after earning a petroleum engineering degree and serving in the ROTC at the University of Houston for five years. He has trained at Ft. Lee Virginia since August 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl York
Houston
DeMond Alexander
H. E. Jordan
Jordan
Earl
Germany
R.O. ‘Tc
University of Houston
Ft. Lee
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Miss Gladys Hoyt
Howard L. Wooding
A. N
Howard Wooding
T. J. Talley Katy, Texas
Massey-Harris
Katy Farm Equipment, Inc
Wake
Massey-Harvries
Arthur Young
Texas Theatre
Thur
Steve Cochran
Mari Aldon Oti
Teeeee
Smoky
Fred MacMurray
Anne Baxter
Burl Ives
Sun.-Mon
Juhn Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Gary Cooper
van Johnson
Brookshire Times
Firestone Dealer
Brookshire, Texas
Hurricane Fence CO
Harvard
Southwestern Life Insurance
Max Wander
Southwestern Life Home Office
Dallas
Marly
Ann’s Flower and Gift Shop
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