Soldier Perry's World War II Training and Service Timeline
Cpl. Robert D. Perry entered the Army on April 15, 1941, training mainly at Fort George G. Meade with the Q. M. Truck Co. After initial training, he went overseas in September 1942, landing in Palestine and remaining there over a year. He later served in Egypt before continuing to England.
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Cpl
Robert D. Perry
Army
Fort George Meade
Q. M. Truck Co
Fort Meade
Palestine
Egypt
England
Soldier Charles Downes Perry’s World War II service record
Pfc. Charles Downes Perry joined the Army on October 6, 1941. He trained at Camp Croft South Carolina then Fort Bragg North Carolina, served in North Africa, Sicily from August 1943 to December 1943, and then went to England. He served in the 47th Infantry and Anti-Tank Company.
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Charles Downes Perry
Army
Camp Croft
S. C
Fort Bragg
N. C
North Africa
Sicily
England
47Th Infantry and Anti-Tank Co
Soldier Perry Receives Paratrooper Wings in Italy
Charles W. Perry was called in October 6 1941 and sent to Camp Wheeler Georgia for weeks of basic training. He served 21 months in the Canal Zone with glider infantry, then returned to Maxton Army Air Base briefly before volunteering as a paratrooper at Fort Benning Georgia. After four weeks training he completed five jumps and earned his parachute wings and boots. now in Italy, he reports eight jumps to his credit.
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Charles W. Perry
Camp Wheeler
Canal Zone
States
Maxton Army Air Base
Fort Benning
Pfc. Perry
Italy
Perry Family Military Move and Local Relocation
A man named Perry, cousin of the narrator, went to England in November 1913 aboard a Q M Truck Co. vessel. He is married with three young sons. his wife remains in Cambridge, Maryland. The Perry family includes Francis M. Perry who left for the Army on the 25th, the prior Monday, with the other three sons being Emmett Perry’s children from near Preston, Maryland.
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England
Q. M
Cambridge
Emmett Perry
Preston
Francis M. Perry
Recruiter Rachel Crockett Returns Home From North East Duty
Sergeant Rachel Crockett of the WACs has returned to Gulfport Mississippi after recruiting duty in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the year's first part. She plans to visit her sister Mrs J Clifton Cohee next month.
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Rachel Crockett
Wacs
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Gulfport, Miss
J. Clifton’ Cohee
Still Thinks of Home Far Sways From San Francisco
Seaman Charles E. Horner writing from the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco shares fond memories of his Den ton area farm. He praises the asparagus crop, warns not to sell Queen the horse, and urges buying and painting farm equipment. The ship captain who crossed the Equator enjoyed a photo of the Denton Journal exercises.
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Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Charles E. Horner
Denton
Charles
Denton Journal
Walter Fountain Jr. in U S Army since 1941 in Hawaii
Walter Fountain Jr. has served in the U S Army since September 3 1941. Overseas for over two years mostly in the Hawaiian Islands with a stint at Majuro Atoll. Assigned to the 106th Infantry command. Before induction he worked at Schwanda & Sons button factory in Denton. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Fountain of Denton. He married Pauline Gardner of Greensboro in April 1941.
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Walter Fountain, Jr
U. S. Army
Hawaiian Islands
Majuro Atoll
Marshall Islands
106Th Infantry Command
Schwanda & Sons
Denton
Walter Fountain
Pauline Gardner
Greensboro
Slats diary loose tongue daily notes at the paper shop
Friday and days through Wednesday entries record humorous slips and misprints about people from Arrowzonia, moths in a closet with golf balls, fast youths, church youth protests, and a puzzled narrator pondering mind readers and palms, ending with a broken line about Miss Eivy Clark. There are multiple regional names and quirky observations typical of a diary column.
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Noose
Arrowzonia
Saterday
Ant Emmy
Evry
Ben
Ant Eimwy
Clarabeil
Ory Ummer Becuz
Clarabell
Are Chirch Becuz
Jane
Wensday
Forty for thy berthday turn passed Miss Etvy age
Fragmentary reminiscence notes say Fortyth birthday passed and a young woman named Miss Etvy, about thirty, was discussed. A comment from Blane about a man who both drives and kisses a girl suggests she feels let down by such a suitor.
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Yate
Miss Etvy
Sually Blane
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William Perry
Camp Lee
Nashville
Tenn
Camp McCoy
Wis
Hawaii
Peoples Bank Plan
the Peoples Bank Plan
the Peoples Bank OF
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Germany
Tojo
M. G. Crouse
F. L. R. Nuttle
Nuttle Milling CO
Dairy and Poultry
America
W. T. Lockerman
Denton, Maryland
Dassent
Liberty
France
United Nations
Bastille
Isla Eay
Koenig
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