Part Played By Railroad Men In Winning War
General C. L. Burpee recalls railroads key to Allied victory in Europe. He notes 31 railroad units sponsored, 26 moved to active theatres, moving supplies to beaches and ports under combat. Burpee details units, operations from North Africa to Normandy, and awards earned by personnel and nations involved.
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Europe
C. L. Burpee
Second Military Railway Service
Atlantic Coast Line
J. J. Stockard
General Burpee
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
War Department
Burpee
Association of American Railroads
United States
Association
Staneces
France
Belgium
Maly
U.S
Burpes
Normandys Penineuth
703Rd
Morocco
Salerno Bay
Volturno
D-Day
Malone Named Director of Forest Fire Commission
W D Malone of Dotnan joins the Southern States Forestfire Commission board at its seventh annual meeting in Williamsburg Lodge. FE F Dunbar of Troy is reelected president for the sixth time, with W V Shaddix of Double Springs reappointed secretary treasurer. A $60,000 budget is set for the scholastic year starting Sept 1 1947, and $20,000 has been subscribed to the increased fund. The Birmingham headquartered group earns praise for forest education materials for rural schools across the southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Mark Lyons, Jr
Mobile
C. T. Streming
Maplesville
W.D. Malone
Dotnan
Southern States Forestfire Commission, Inc
Williamsburg Lodge
FE. F. Dunbar
Troy
Courh
W. V. Shaddix
Double Springs
Winston County
H. M. Hardy
Warrenton
N.C
Commission
Birmingham
District Conference Of American Legion Slated For Samson
Ninth District American Legion conference scheduled in Samson on Sunday April 27 hosted by the Samson post with the ladies auxiliary. About 4 000 members across 24 posts are invited. regular business plus veteran welfare topics to be discussed. Attendees may bring wives sweethearts and daughters. entertainment by Autaugaville Negro quartet.
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The
American Legion
Samson
William E. Wright
Samson Post
Samson Ladies Auxiliary
Ninth District
Wright
Ottis Cooper
Pf. S. Bailey
Albert Stapp
C. C. Horton
Jim Saliba
Lane
Houston
Henry
Dale
Coffee
Geneva
Barbour
Bulloch
Pike
Alabama Official Receives Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal
C C Jack Owen associate State Public Service Commissioner yesterday received the distinguished flying cross and the air medal with four gold stars for extraordinary achievement as a Marine dive bomber pilot during World War II. The awards were presented in a hearing room of the Montgomery office.
Marine officer presents medals to Owen for valor in Pacific battles
Maj J L OConnell USMC, in charge of Marine recruiting in Alabama, traveled from Birmingham to present the medals to Owen. Owen received the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement during flights against the enemy in the Philippine Island area from February 25 to March 2, 1945, and was awarded the Air Medal with four gold stars in Hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. O'Connell
USMC
Alabama
Birmingham
Owen
Philippine Island
Hell
Marine pilot earns four more air medals in World War II
The veteran, a Centerville native, completed 30 combat missions as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve, receiving four air medals for missions in the Philippine and Bismarck Archipelago areas on December 19, 1944, and February 15, 1945. He returned from the Marines in 1943 and entered Tuscaloosa’s log business before running for aggregate Public Service Commission, defeating veteran Clint Harrison for the port seat.
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Philippine and
Bismarck Archipelago
Pelea
Owen
Marine Corpse Reserve
Centervitt
Tuscaloosa
Agg Public Service Commission
Ineuy Clint Harrison
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BY Abby Ellard
Carenton
Cherbourg
Germany
Verdon
Paris
Brussels
Frankfurt
Genreal Burpee
703
L. Burpee
Sis
Dothan
ACL
Stockard
Gen. Burpee
Railway Transportation Corps
tEagle
W. D. Malone
Forest Fire Commission
J. L. Harris
E. Troy
ING CO
Conference
of American Legion
Hazel-Hurst
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
E. Main St
Edgewood Drive
Buchenwald
Reserve Insurance
Oscar Ray
Johnson - Wilkerson Funeral Home
N. Foster
Your Walgreen Agency
Fisher
Chevrolet
Solomon Motor Company, Inc
N. ST. Andrews Street
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