Duty Report Highlights Local Soldiers Training and Deployments
Duty reports from December 1950 note Pvt Shirley Ray Massey returning to Seattle after a 16 day furlough with family in Burnwell. Massey completed 16 weeks of basic training at Indiantown Gap. Pvt James K Ward finished processing at Ft Meade and joins the 101st Airborne at Camp Breckinridge. Two Charleston area men attend Airborne Course at Ft Benning. Cpl Arnold King returns to the United States from Berlin after serving with the 6th Infantry. A-3C Thomas F Meadows trains as Air Force Technician at Warren AFB. A1C Harold H Sizemore transfers from Sheppard Field to Chanute AFB to study hydraulics. Lt Thomas P Snelson, former state delegate, awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart with oak leaf, CIB, and Presidential Unit Citation for Rhineland action. previously a POW for four months, later served in WV Legislature and with the American Embassy in Lima. He now commands Headquarters and Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ray Massey
Seattle
Wash
Roy E. Massey
Burnwell
Pvt Massey
Indiantown Gap
Cpl
Arnold King
Marmet
United States
Berlin
Cpl. King
European Command
Army
Thomas P. Snelson
Rhineland
Europe
Snelson
Eighth Infantry Div
West Virginia soldiers graduate and deploy abroad
Readable excerpts show William E. Casderph of 2097 Mary St Charleston and Ste James F. Strickler of RFD 6 Charleston among Army personnel finishing training at Munich and in Japan. Other graduates include Calvin H. Proctor of Leewood with the 1st Cavalry in Japan. The report notes combat awards for Proctor and mentions multiple West Virginia servicemen advancing through training and assignments at Fort Jackson, Camp Roberts, Parrish Island, and actions in Korea and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Casderph
Mary St
Seventh Army
Munich
Germany
Set
Casderph
Tank Co. 3d Bn
2A Armored Cavalry Regt
Army
Ste. James F. Strickler
Frank A. Stricker
RFD. 6
Charleston
1St Cavalry
Japan
Stricker
Korea
5Th Regimental Combat Team
Camp McCoy
Wis
Charleston Catholic High School
Counsel for Hiss Seeks New Trial Delay Seen
Counsel for Alger Hiss seeks a new trial claiming Framing by counterfeit typewriter and asks for delay of the federal hearing possibly until Wednesday. Hiss, 47, was found guilty of perjury at his second trial in January 1950 and is serving a five year sentence at Lewisburg Federal Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Lewisburg
Whittaker
Soldiers Assigned to Training Centers and Divisions
Pvt. Bobbie L. McCune, son of Mr and Mrs Pete McCune of Amma Roane County, is assigned to the Sth Infantry Division at Indian Town Gap Military Reservation Pa. Pvt James E Keenan, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Keean of Swiss Nicholas County, is assigned to the 3d Armored Division at Ft. Knox Ky. Pvt Gerald E Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Okey Wright of Waiton, is assigned to the Signal Replacement Training Center Camp Gordon Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Ward
Willis Ward
Canvas
Nicholas County
2053D
Ft. Meade
101St Airborne Division
Camp Breckinridge
Bobbie L. McCune
Pete McCune
Amma
Roane County
Sth
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
James E. Keenan
Robert Keean
Swiss
3D Armored
Ft. Knox
Gerald E. Wright
Land
Okey Wright
Waiton
Signal Replacement Training Center
Camp Gorgon
New Evidence Questions Hiss Typing Pedigree
Newly found evidence suggests neither Hiss nor Mrs. Hiss typed the disputed papers. It also indicates a lawyer aided by a typewriter built to match the documents’ type faces, challenging the prosecution’s claims. A Montana flock of 76 trumpeter swans was found and a refuge opened in 1985, sparing the species from extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charleston Area
Ft Benning, Ga
Keith Robert Rogers
Russell Thompson
Chesapeake
Houston 2. Wood, Jr
E. R. Wood
402
Thomas FE. Meadows
Beulah Meadows
RFD i
St. Albans
Air Force
Usaf Technical School
Warren Air Force Base
Harold H. Sizemore
W. H. Sizemore
RFD 2
Sheppard Field
Tex
Chanute Air Force Base
E. F. Collins
R. A. Gardner
Optometrists
Eyres
Quarrier St
Medical Arts
Kyanize
Lustaquik
Apex Paint & Glass CO
Central Ave
INC
the Finance School
Ft. Harrisson, Ind
Calvin H. Proctor
Jleewood
1St Cavary Div
Proctor
Co. A
Sth Cavalry Regt
DuPont High School
New England
Florida
Nutter, Jr
Kentucky
Norfolk, Va
Joseph
Ameen
S. E
James Waldron
Donald Loader
Robert Taylor, Co
George Kilgore
Benard Mahdok
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Heavy Mortar Co
Inf
APO 7
San Francisco
Calif
John J Peters
Ord. Supply Co
Ord. Bn
1St Marine Div
FPO
James K. Baker
Ora M. Baker
Monongalia St
Camp Roberts
Robert W. Wolfe
Wanda Pauline
14Th Av
2D Infantry
Koreas
Wolfe
Co A
138Th Infantry Regt
Shirley Allen Nutter
Cecil Nutter
Camelton
Parrig Island
Nutter
Pat
Raymond Morton, Jr
Raymond N. Morton
Camden-on-Gauley
24Th Infantry Div
Honshu
Morton
Greenbrier Military School
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Stanley R. Lewis
Olive Lewis
Bancroft
Sore Rowe
U. S. Delay
Chambers
Priscilla
Attorney Now
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Ft. Belvoir, Va
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Deter U.S. Buriere
Este
W. Va
Terminix Co
Broad St
G. E
Frost Free
Westinghouse
Syneres T
Bendix Gas
Conlon
Bendix
NORGE
Olx
M&w
Western Holley
Dix
Table
Detroit Jewel Gas
Table Top
Garland Gas Range Chambers
Maytag
ABC Town & Country
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