Navy Armed Guard Sailor Returns From Warfront Duty
Mechanic reports after training at Gilfport Mississippi he served as Navy Armed Guard aboard a Merchant Marine vessel. He earned ribbons for North African Asiatic American theaters and survived multiple convoy crossings. The S S Champ Clark torpedoing near Philadelphia caused loss and injuries. he now serves in the Mediterranean and promises another safe crossing.
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Great Lakes
Navy
Gilfport
Miss
Ginner
Chiss
Nasholdas
Birthday and family details of John R Bilbrough in New Guinea
John Raymond Bilbrough recently celebrated his 22nd birthday in a tent in New Guinea. His 21st anniversary was observed in Sydney. He has been overseas thirteen months. His wife Kitty Connor and son John Raymond Jr. live in Denton, whom he has only seen in pictures.
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Pfe
John Raymond Bilbrough
New Guinea
Sidney
Australia
Kitty Connor
John Raymond Jr
Denton
Greensboro Corporal Pippin serves at Newport Army Air Base
Cpl. William Mason Pippin of Greensboro is stationed at Newport Army Air Base Arkansas. He joined the Army Air Forces April 10, 1942 after basic training at Hendricks Field Florida. A former Pet Milk Company employee, he serves as a supply clerk in Technical Supply Co. He holds the Good Conduct Ribbon and sharpshooter medal. He is the son of Guy H. Pippin of Wilmington, formerly Greensboro, and the late Emma Poore Pippin. His wife Betty Jones and son live in Greensboro.
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William Mason Pippin
Greensboro
Newport Army Air Base
Newport
Arkansas
Army Air Forces
Hendricks Field
Fla
Pet Milk Company
Bill
Guy H. Pippin
Wilmington
Emma Poore Pippin
Betty Jones
Greensboro youth enlists in U S Navy at seventeen
Byron Lee Nashold son of Mr and Mrs G H Nashold of Greensboro enlisted in the U S Navy in September 1912 at age seventeen. He received boat training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Great Lakes Illinois.
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Byron Lee Nashold
G.M
G. H. Nashold
Greensboro
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Navy V-12 Cadet Lewis C. Jones Assigned to Wesleyan Institute
Radioman 3c Lewis C. Jones of Philadelphia is slated for Navy V12 training and will be stationed at Wesleyan Institute Middleton Conn after July 1. He enlisted in the Navy immediately following graduation.
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Lewis C. Jones
U.S. N.R
Lewis Jones
Philadelphia
Wesleyan Institute
Middleton
Decorated for Leading Fighters Captain Nashold Enlists and Fights
Captain George Norrison Nashold Jr. joined the Army Air Corps as a cadet in March 1912 and earned his pilot wings in 1943 at Craig Field Alabama. He flew with the Warhawk pilots of the 79th Fighter Bomber Group in the Mediterranean, earning the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters after 168 missions including Sicily and Anzio, later returning to the United States and serving at Lake Lure North Carolina.
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George Norrison Nashold Jr
Army Air Corps
Craig Field
Ala
Chiire Fisher
Frederica
Del
Army Post
Sarasota
Fla
Tle
79Th U. S
Mediterranean
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
United States
Nashold
G. H. Nashold Sr
Greensboro
Atlantic City
N. J
Lake Lure
N. C
Harold Haddick Enlisted in Army Air Corps in 1941
Harold Haddick enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps in 1941 and has been overseas since December 24 1942 where he serves with an Air Base Service Squadron He is the son of Mr and Mrs H L Haddick of Greensboro Staff Sgt Haddick
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Harold Haddick
U. S. Army Air Corps
Air Base Service
H. L. Haddick
Greensboro
Had
Dick Graduates to Military Service Prior to Italy Station
Dick, a Greensboro High School alumnus, graduated in 1939 and is now stationed in Italy.
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Greensboro
Italy
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James W. Steward
Ireland
Atlanta
George W. Steward
Whiteleysburg
Naval Armed Guard
Marine Corps
Wm. I. Bhetke
USMC
Cherry Point, N. C
Coca-Cola Company
Easton Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Coca-Cola
England
British Institute of Public Opinion
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
America
Cooper Furniture Co
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