Mitchell B. McGill Killed in Action in France
War Department telegram records Corporal Mitchell B. McGill killed in action in France on the day of the invasion. He enlisted in June and served two years in the Panama Canal Zone and two months in Iceland before sailing to England and then France. His brother Melvin E. McGill serves in the Navy and has overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Lede Meg
Midland
Cnry
War Department
Ser
Mitchell B. McGill
France
Cpl
McGill
Army
Panama Canal Zone
Iceland
England
Melvin E. McGill
Navy
Two Wiregrass Boys Wounded In Action In Europe
War Department telegrams inform that Private Richard S. Parker of Pine Ridge and Private Collins P. Holland of Black have been wounded in action in France on July 15. Second Lieutenant Western Thomley of Dothan is undergoing treatment at Finney General Hospital after overseas service in North Africa and Italy. he received officer training at Fort Benning and was commissioned March 6, 1943. He describes Allied advance near a village when artillery fire wounded him, and he holds the European African Middle East ribbon and the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houton County
Priete
Richard S. Parker
Hensy R. Parker
Kirdland City
Geneva County
Collins P. Holland
A. FP. Holland
Black
War Department
Acion
France
Holland
Western Thomsey
Dalton Tromley
Dothan
Camp Croft
S. C
Italy
Private Dupree Wounded in New Guinea Campaign
Private James C. Dupree of Cottondale Florida is hospitalized at Barnes General Hospital Vancouver Washington for wounds from the New Guinea campaign. He wears the Purple Heart Asiatic Pacific and Good Conduct ribbons and served in the Army since October 1942 with the Cavalry Corps. His mother Mrs Nadine Lewis lives in Cottondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Dupree
Cottondale
Fla
Barnes General Hospital
Vancouver
Washington
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Army
Calvary Corps
Nadine Lewis
Billy Reeves Sends Captured Jap Gun
Japanese rifle captured on Guadalcanal by Billy H Reeves, a U S Navy sailors second class, has been received by relatives in Dothan route one. Reeves entered service in 194? and served overseas 18 months. He is married to Laura Collins and has a 14 month old daughter Billy Ann, with three sisters named Mrs Randolph Hughes and Miss Ruby Nell and Miss Betty Glenn Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Billy H Reeves
Reeves
W G. Reeves
Dothan
Laura Collins
Geneva
Billy Ann
Randolph Hughes
Ruby Nell
Betty Glenn Reeves
Sgt Paulk Wounded in Right Shoulder at Rome Front
Sgt. Arthur W. Paulk of Webb has been wounded in the right shoulder during the Rome fighting and has spent two months in an Army hospital. He has seen action in North Africa Sicily and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Paulk
Webb
Rome
Paulk
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Military awards and injuries in European theater notes
Private First Class Joe H. Catrett, son of Mrs. Mary G. Catrett of Brantley, wounded in action in the European Theater of Operations, War Department reports. Corporal Claude Williams Jr. of Columbia receives Good Conduct medal at an England Air Service Command depot ceremony. Staff Sergeant Charles E. Williams, top turret gunner, earns fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious bombing runs against Nazi targets. Corporal Ernest Earl Edwards of 506 North Appletree Street graduates from Curtiss Technical Train at Camp Curtissair, Buffalo, as Albany is cited as a late colonial settlement.
Crawford And Davis Stationed At Miami
State Sergeant Thomas R Crawford and Technical Sergeant Bert G Davis of Dothan have returned from overseas and are now processed through the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station in Miami Beach for their next assignment. Crawford, son of Wm Hubert D Crawford, served 33 months in the Caribbean as a technical supply worker. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs J S Davis, also served 33 months in the Caribbean, flying 45 missions. Davis graduated from Dothan High School and joined the Army in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
R Crawford
Bert G. Davis
Dothan
Continental
United States
Army Air Forces
Byrd Presented Bronze Star Medal to Private First Class Byrd
Private First Class Damon Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Byrd of Hartford route three, receives the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious combat service. Maj. Gen. Innis P. Swift praises Byrd’s ability and performance in action in a letter to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Byrd
J. F. Byrd
Hartford Route Three
War Department
U. S
Pie. Byrd
Innis P. Swift
Sizemore Brothers Reunited In Italy
Private James Haywood Sizemore, son of W. B. Sizemore of Dothan, met his brother Edward in Italy by chance during a tap on the shoulder. The moment surprised them as they were distant from home. A third brother, Ralph, has served in the Marshall Islands and is now in the Hawaiian group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Haywood Sizemore
W. B Sizemore
Dothan
Edward
Italy
Ralph
Marshal Islands
Hawaiian
Two Dothan Cadets Report At Maxwell Field
Aviation cadets Will J. Orr and William Harold Wiggins reported to the preflight school at Maxwell Field Alabama to begin another phase of training in the U S Army Air Forces. Orr is the son of Mr and Mrs Jett Orr of 1005 South St Andrews Street and Wiggins is the son of Mr and Mrs W C Wiggins of 1104 Woodland Drive. Both are graduates of Dothan High School.
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Dothan
Maxwell Field
Ala
AAF Training Command
U.S. Army Ai Forces
Will J. Orr
Jett Orr
South St. Andrews Street
William Harold Wiggins
W. C. Wiggins
Woodland Drive
Dothan High School
Memorial Services For Audrey M Golden Soldier’s Son
Memorial services to honor Audrey M Golden, son of Mrs. Cassie Golden of Graceside Florida, who died June 15 in the South Pacific, will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Chaplain Paul V. Minton of Mapians Air Base will be chaplain of the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey M Golden
Cassie Golden
Gracesite
Fla
Sherpoon
Paul V. Minton
Mapiaons Air Base
Birth announcements list many newborns and parents
A series of birth notices lists newborns with parents in various locations including Columba Ashford Camp Chaffee Camp Chaffee Ark Wes Lafayette Street Rich Square Lawton and Oklahoma. Names include Ubert Collis Jr Comer Lamar Willem Ernest Bertie Jane Jones Larry Gene Stanley Clyde Jane Dojnes Marjone Helen and others with dates in July August and related details.
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Collis Odom
Columba
Ubert Collis, Jr
Comer Palmer
Ashford
Comer Lamar
HE Creel
Willem Ernest
Buford Peacock
Hubert C
Horace Smith
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Wibsm Morris
RC. Killingsworth
Wes
Lafayette Street
Donald
Ras
Earle Carmichael
Larry Gene
Clyde
Peterson
Stanley Clyde
Robert Harald Sessions
Jane Dojnes
T.A. Monk, Jr
Rich Square
N.C
Marjone Helen
Bs B. Lee
Lawton, Okla
Deaths in the region list several residents
The notice lists multiple deaths including Marvel Vickery 38 of Montgomery J E Wack Domingus 3 Dothan IL Mrs Ethel Pelt Skipper 40 Marianna Mrs L C Hutchison Enterprise J W Bennett Bale County Mrs Mary E Holley Abbeville Mrs Lena Clara Barr 48 Gordon Hubert Marion Davis 88 Ozark Freddy Weathers four weeks Panama Canal Zone Staff Sergeant James H Waethers wife Dr K D Smith 54 Sanford Florida Mary Ward 8 New? The list also mentions W W Watford 58 Gordon and others.
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J. E. Wack Domingus
Dothan
Ethel Pelt Skipper
Marianna
L. C. Hutchison
Enterprise
J. W. Bennett
Bale County
Mary FE. Holley
Abbeville
Lena Clara Barr
Gordon
Hubert Marion Davis
Ozark
Freddy Weathers
James H. Waethers
Panama, Canal Zone
W. W. Watford
KD. Smith
Sanford, Fla
Mary Ward
Newe
Ritchie Receives Second Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
Staff Sergeant Mack Ritchie, 20, of Columbia Alabama, gunner on an Eighth Air Force B 17, was presented the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal by Colors Karl Truesdell Jr. for meritorious achievement during heavy bombing missions over Nazi targets in Germany and occupied Europe. He entered service December 7 1943 after work as a Swanee Co clerk.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Mack 5. Ritchie
Columbia
Alg
Germany
Europe
Karl Truesdell Jr
Washington, D.C
Set. Ritchie
J. P. Ritchie
Columbia, Ala
Lnor
Swannee Co
Columbia, Ale
Wounded Private James H. Allen in European Theater
The War Department announced today that Allen, son of Mrs. Helen A. Allen of Columbia route one, was wounded in action in the European Theater. The article notes the Templar game of tillards may have been brought to France during Louis era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Allen
Helen A. Allen
Columbia Route One
War Department
France
Louis
Pelham Enlisted at Naval Training School
James H Pelham age 34 husband of Mrs Margaret Pelham of Haleburg is enrolled at the Naval Training School Miesel on the University of Dimes campus Arbors UL for Navy public rein training.
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the Service Men’s News
the Dothan Eagle
Thomley
H. Ho Arnold
Hodgesville Road
Rt. 2
Cleland L. Buell
Cottonwood
Campbelllon Highway
Big Creek
M.D. Goodwin
Slocomb, Ale
Rt. 1
Slocomb
G. PD. Raley
Headland
Jersey
Guernsey
J. W. Matrin
Bulah Church
Bill Gullatt
Rt. 3
Newberry Crossroads
Graceville
C. E. Cozart
Bonifay
Flo
Rt . F
N. P. Stephens
Alt
Camtron Mall
Dothan-Cottonwood Highway
Fegee
Union Hill Church
J. R. Trawick
Ashford. Als
Billie Parrish
Dothan - Headland Highway
Baker's Place
Turner Hay
W. C. Parker
Roy Stough
Midland City
Mag
Mattie Dawsey
Pawsey
G. C. Granberry
John Beasley
RFD
C. L. Barrett
Hartford
St. Paul Church
Frank Cherry
Chipley
RFD 1
Cw Se Aeenna
Liverman
G. T. Granberry
Hebron
Coots Bend
Newville
Lowell
Mt. Hebron Church
Morris Edwards
Newton, Wy
Dupree
Billy Reeves
Sgt. Paulk
Williams
Charles E. Williams
Sgt. Williams
E. M. Williams
Stough St
Army Ai Forces
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Albany
Crawford
Davis
Miami
Byrd
Sizemore Brothers
Maxwell
Marvel Vickery
Montgomery
Ritchie
Allen
Ford
Mercury
Firestone
DR. Peppers
Barurday
Setursey
Hewiers
Mra
Qarence H. Hewiens
City Tire Co
Goodyear
Tire Service
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Ines
DYEAR
Trey St
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