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West Virginia War Service News reports many overseas moves
Numerous WV individuals are named with new assignments and promotions across theaters. Privates Hudnall Ellis Miller and many others shift to training, hospitals, or overseas postings in England Italy and France. Promotions include captains and lieutenants, WAC induction, and award of good conduct medals. Local families report furloughs, transfers to Fort Knox Camp Shelby Robinsfield and various bases in the Southwest Pacific and Mediterranean area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Air Force Service Command
Italy
War Department
West Virginia
Robert Chambers Greyhill
Charleston
Eston Joshua Whitacre
Martinsburg
Herman M. F. Rubin
Wheeling
Leutenant
Oliver Arval Ryder
Marlinton
Mary Dawson Shipley
Glen Morgan
Wacs
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Kenneth Bradley
Oklahoma City Air Depot
Tinkerfield
Okla
Pic
Philip Kelley
Gallagher
Robinsfield
Orlando
Fla
Clyde Seacrist
Lon Seacrist
Crown Hill
Robert Dosa
Camp Maxey
Tex
Camp Wheeler
Jess Doss
Holly Grove
George Slack
Biddy Slack
Elizabeth Scott
Wac
W. E. Hope
Nichols General Hospital
Louisville
Ft. Des Moines
George Williamson
Camp Shelby
Miss
Cpl
Harry Shultz
Clay Shultz
Pvt
Roselle M. Jones
Orgas
4Th Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash