Ashford Soldier Recalls Solomons Fighting Trials
Private Jane B. Leon reports Ashford soldier Private Lewis describes brutal island campaigns during World War II. He details bloodied battles on Bougainville and surrounding islands, wartime debonding, and injuries from shrapnel while advancing on an airfield. He joined Sept 11, 1946, trained at Camp Wolters and Camp Robins, then served with the 67th Division in the South Pacific, enduring New Zealand and California maneuvers before the Russell and Ren Deve invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane B. Leon
Mere Lawis
Astira
Deat
Penney
Levisises
Munda
Lewis
Maying
Thala
Fendera
Eles
Eek
Bert
Musée Intend
Beddy
Army
Stth Infantry
Camp Wolters
Tax
Wra
Camp Robinoes
Ark
Camp Selby
South Pacific
New Zealand
New Calefornia
Russell and
Rendeve Ishin
Ashford Woman Sees Husband Cited as POW by Japan
Mea Duke Manry of Ashford Dothan area reports a War Department telegram saying her husband, Chief Petty Officer Dukes Manry, formerly of Thomasville Georgia, is a prisoner of war held by Japan. He was captured during the fall of Bataan and told his wife he receives Red Cross packages and is in good health. He served eighteen years in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Manry
Ashford
Fr Dothan
War Department
Dukes Manry
Thomasville
Manry
Bataan
Navy
Transfer of Private Horace Bracton at Aberdeen Proving Ground
The NerxRerD Private Horace Bracton stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland has been transferred to the Ordnance Re Macement Center of that military post today, according to the Public Relations office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bracton
Dothan
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ordnance Re
Three Men Leave For Military Duty
A trio of Moreton County men departed yesterday for FU We- Perem Ga to join the Oeked Males Army. They passed pre‑induction physicals and wait at home for calls. Names include Loreal Thelice Kay James Freak Bowden Justus Owen Watkins Hayward Cari Mills Gareaca Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreton County
FU We- Perem
Houston County
Sarylem Board
Loreal Thelice Kay
James Freak Bowden
Justus Owen Watkins
Hayward Cari Mills
Gareaca Williams
Two Wiregrass Soldiers Reported Wounded in Action
Two Wiregrass soldiers were listed today by the War Department as wounded in action in the Mediterranean. They are Private John T Rogers, son of Mrs Pearl Irena Rogers of 711 East Crawford Street, Dotsn, and Private Louis G Willis, son of Mrs Della P Willis of Ozark Route Three. They were among 16 Alabama soldiers announced as wounded in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Mediterranean
John T Rogers
Mra Pearl
Irena Rogers
East
Crawford Street
Dotsn
Louis G. Willis
Della P. Willis
Ozark
Births announced for Lawson Backgrova and others
A series of birth notices lists Alvin Lawson, Claton Alo, Joe Earl, Priscilla Ann, Haymond Haltson, Jack Danzil, Brunice Harry McCord Jr, and Glenda Inex as newborns. Parents include Me and Mrs Lawson Backgrova, Mr and Mrs James Tew, Mr and Mrs Gerette Holloway, Staff Sergeant and Mrs Colbart Raymond McGriff, Corporal and Mrs Bev Mice B Cook, Corporal and Mrs Bru nice McCord, Sergeant and Mrs Perry J. McNeil. Dates shown include March 31, March 20, March 26, March 6, March 28, and March 20. Addresses include 102 Greenwood Avenue and 219 Grant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Backgrova
Alvin Lawson
James Tew
Greenwood Avenue
Claton Alo
Gerette Holloway
Newton Routs
Joe Earl
Colbart Raymond McGriff
Montans Street
Colbert Raymond Jr
Joseph G. Putman
Prizcilla Ann
Raymond’ Tidwell
Cottonwood
Haymond Halston
Bev
Mice B. Cook
Private G W Sasser Assigned to Tinker Field Oklahoma City Depot
Private first class G W Sasser has been assigned to duty at the Oklahoma City Depot Tinker Field Oxla. He previously worked in Panama City before entering the service. His parents are Mr and Mrs Juse D Sasser of Slocomp rovle two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W Sasser
Blocumb
Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
Oxla
Panama City
Andrra
Juse D. Sasser
Slocomp Rovle Two
Thompson Private Frederick Thompson Order to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Private Frederick Thompson of Ashford route two is ordered to the Ordnance Replacement Training Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland, released by the Public Relations office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Thompson
Ashford
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Sald
Registrants to Leave Monday for Fort Meade duty
Houston County's selectees listed for report Monday morning to Fort Meade Georgia for active duty. Names include William Obie Bush J K Brows Jr Walter Stanley Fuller Merion Andrew Creal William James Paulk and George Thomas Dennis as already paused pre induction steps and short leaves at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Ft Me
Puerece
William Oble Bush
J. K. Brows, Jr
Welter Stanley Fuller
Merion Andrew Creal
Willam James Paulk
George Thomas Dennis
Deaths in multiple towns list and Good Conduct ribbon
A long obituary list notes deaths of residents from Miami Newton Hartford Ashford Marianna Pelham Geneva and other locales including Mrs Nora Bracewell Joyca Janette McLaney Henry Bascom Lee and Oliver Wade. The piece also reports Sergeant Robert N Kirkland of Ashford route one awarded the Good Conduct ribbon for service starting January 1942 with basic training at Camp Lee Springfield Missouri and posting at Fort Bragg before overseas duty in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.c Barnes
Miami
Lewis Spense
Newton
Robert ¥. Morris
Headland Ave
Wiley P. McNair
Columbia
W. C. Trawick
Ashford
Mre
Nora Bracewell
Joyca Janette McLaney
Hartford
Henry Bascom Lee
W. H. Saunders
Albert Lee
Nell Dean Lee
Marianna
Soltie Weeks
Frederick M. Watson
Robert N. Kirkland
L. A. Kirkland
Ashford Route One
Army
Camp Lee
Springfield Mo
Fort Bragg
N. C
Italy
Sergeant Bruner Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Baton Rouge
Sergeant Qunton D Bruner, son of Mr and Mrs C C Bruner of 208 Montana Street, has been promoted to Staff Sergeant. He is a graduate of Dothan High School and is currently stationed at Harding Field in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The article mentions a population statistic of about six animals per square mile in US national forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qunton D Bruner
C. C. Bruner
Montana Street
Bruner
Dothan High School
Hardings Field
Baton Rouge
National Forests
The
United States
Lieutenant Hagens D Woods Dead in Solomons Mission
News from Ashford and Dothan confirms Second Lieutenant Hagens D Woods twenty three formerly of Ashford is dead. He piloted a fighter plane damaged by antiaircraft fire during a combat mission to the Solomons and crash landed. He had been missing in action since December 15 1943. His wife Mrs Eugene D Woods of Dothan received the official notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagens D Woods
Ashford
Mra
Eugene D. Woods
Dothan
Woods
Solomons
Ares
Som
Mra Woods
Marriages License Issuances in Houston County Week
The Houston County probate office lists marriage licenses issued last week including couples from Brooklyn New York to Nichols Georgia and Panama City Florida. Notable pairs include James Boada and Mary Brance from Brooklyn, and Tillman Spivey with Dorothy Thompson of Rockmart Georgia. Other entries include Edyth Power and Ralph Burke from Kentucky, Mayme Kidd and Wiley Clark of Asheville North Carolina, and Joseph Pattecaon and Ruth Mediey of Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
James Boada
Brooklyn
N. TY
Mary Brance
N. Y
Ralph Ford Burke
Mangavile
Elaine Power
Brooksville
Tillman James Spivey
Nichols
Dorothy Jeanette Thompson
Rockmart Ga
Wiley Hugh Clark
Ashville
N.C
Mayme Ruth Kidd
Aviation Cadet Henry C. Kins Enrolled at Maxwell Field
Aviation cadet Henry C. Kins son of Mr and Mrs H B King 312 West Burtle Street is enrolled in the pre flight school at Maxwell Field an Army Air Forces Training Command installation He will receive nine weeks of intensive military physical and academic training there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Kins
H. B. King
West Burtleshew Street
Maxwell Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
Promotion of Thomas Barfield Jr to sergeant at Williams Field
The promotion was announced yesterday by the public relations office at Williams Field Arizona where Barfield serves as a control tower operator of the Army Airways Communications System. He is a Dothan High School graduate who worked at a Dothan clothing store before his induction into the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas 2 Barfield, Jr
E. North Street
Williama Field
Ariz
Army Airways
Sergeant Barfield
Dothan High School
Army
Dothan
Alabama Boosts Insane Asylum Per Capita Allowance
Alabama raised annual allotments for insane and feeble minded asylums by 50 cents per week to 4.50, adding 158000 to state funds. Governor Spargo ordered the increase to cover rising costs, though crowding at Bryce Suscaloosa and Searcy hospitals remains and many applicants await admission due to limited facilities and staff. At Partlow State School in Tuscaloosa there are 842 students, with care costs set at 215 annually per child and 2718 for insane patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Hayse Tucker
Sparkg
Bryce Hospital
Suscalooza
Searcy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Tucker
Faul
Partlow State School
Tuscaloosa
General Fund
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eSee Parks
Calif
Sharpe
Enesay
the Service Men’s News Digest
Dothan Eagle
Cae
Sabser
FYT. Thompson
Jai N. Fester
C. E. Blakey
Wild Bill
Tex Ritter
Lone Star Vigilantes
Margaret Chapman
John Howard
Pearl Harbor
Dothan Theatre
Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
Rafe Davis
Code OF the Outlaw
Ann
Brenda Joyce
Richard Fraser
Albert Porvestro
San Diego
Cali
Boston
Mass
Naples
Chow
Eugene Woods
William Budiey Kirtland
Flo
Tra Bell Banton
A. J. Elmore
Greenwood
Fln
Mary Lou Grice
Fla
Joseph C. Pattecaon
Bouth Oates
Ruth Mediey
Oxark
Robert A. Marsh
Rosewell
Catherine Marshall Traylor
Newville
Boris E Schneider
Dayton
Ohio
Mary Francis Semel
Robert Jesse Teel, Jr
Coalgate
Okla
Joyce Roman Robermon
Midland City
Aviation
Red Cross
Kenneth D. Wilson
Lynn
Cassino
Ralph Leonard
Helena
Mont
Mary
Bes
Crass Chepiers
Iprey
Mates
Biccemh
Als
RFD
Northwet
Gordon Hartley
Graceville
Dsid
Headland
H. G. Brack
Kineay
Huy
J. W. Hansen
Bothan
Lewis Brannon
Otha L. Frith
Dothi Cottonwood Road
Cameron's Mill
Salimme Ally
Lady's
J. C. Panney
Ward
E. Dickerson
Cowerts
A Or Ashford
J. H. Powell, Dothan
H. G. Brackin
Espsey
M. Tatu Greenwood
Florida
Fletcher Deoss
Pansey
Ala
Towa
Naw
Wafford Tradsmaion
Roy Holland
Willie Cameron-Wood
Les Willard Coker
Dothas
Snell Store
al Livingston, Hedland, Ala
Newville Road
Howard Hatton
Ithas
RFD & A
KM. Averett
Bascom
Pia
McCormick Machine
Mee Calvery Church
Helene — Marines
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