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War Heroes and Trainees List From Local Area
Local soldiers receive honors and updates from the war front and training camps. Pfc. Ernest L. Willey earns the combat infantryman badge in Europe, while Pvt. James F. White transfers to Camp Robinson for basic training. Sam J. Silverstein heads to Carlsbad for bombardier and navigator training, and Ernest Kish of Glen Morgan is promoted in England with the Eighth Air Force. Lt. Charles Dury completes radar training in Florida and takes leave in Carolina Street. Frank A. Simmons wins the road conduct medal in the Southwest Pacific. Robert Gerald Perry departs to Philadelphia after furlough in Tennessee. Staff Sgt. Lee Janney serves with a China operations staff, and Sgt. James H. Mitchell, of St. Albans, is killed in action in France. Mitchell's survivors include his wife, infant son, parents, two sisters, and three brothers. Brothers Harold and Carl Meeks return to Camp Parks after navy service with the Seabees in the South Pacific, both former Morris Harvey students.