Lieutenant Ussery Promoted to Commander in Navy Reserve
Lieut Commander Jack Ussery of the U S Navy reserve was promoted to lieutenant commander. He entered service on July 7 1942 as a lieutenant j g and has served 39 months overseas. He was stationed at New Caledonia in the South Pacific as liaison officer between the Army and Navy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A D Ussery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ussery
U. S Navy Reserve
Ussery
Navy
J. G
New Caledonia
South Pacific
Army
Mra
A. D. Ussery
Wounded Private Wille F Bowers Jr Reported by War Department
The War Department announced Tuesday that Wille F Bowers Jr son of Mrs Bessie Merrit of 615 Raver Fall Street Andalusia has been wounded in action in the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille F Bowers Jr
Bessie Merrit
Raver
Fall Street
Andalusia
War Department
Major Leon Howell Assigned to Third Bombardment Division
Major Leon P. Howell and wife Cornelia T Howell with two children reside in Dothan. He is posted as director of personnel at Eighth Air Force Division headquarters for the Third Bombardment Division. Son of Mr and Mrs G L Howell of Beaumont Texas he formerly ran the Howell and Howell law firm in Beaumont and Washington DC. The Third Bombardment Division earned a Presidential Citation for the Regensburg bombing mission in August 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon P. Howell
Cornelia T Howell
Dothan
Eighth Air Force
Third Bombardment Division
Howell
Hegumont
Texas
Howell and Howell Law Frm
Beaumont
Washington
England
Africa
Messerschratt Arcraft Plantsat
Regensburg
Germany
Missing In Action Pirate Henry Wright 24 in France
Missing in action soldier Henry W Wright 24 of 907 West North Street reported missing in France since November 24. Parents Mr and Mrs J R Wright notified by the War Department. Wright has served seven years in the Army with two years at the Hawaiian Islands. Two brothers Private John D Wright and Private Matthew E Wright also serving overseas in France and the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W Wright
West North Street
France
J R Wright
War Department
Hawaiian Islands
John D Wright
Pie Matthew E Wright
South Pacific
Marshall Wounded First Lieutenant and Fellow Training Update
War Department announces First Lieutenant Samuel F Marshall husband of Mrs Dorothy D Marshall of Brundidge has been wounded in action. Corporal FL Fellows Jr son of Mr and Mrs F L Fellows of Ashford reported to Gulfport Army Air Field Mississippi Third Air Force bomber base for intensive training as a radio operator on a B 17 Flying Fortress. Fellows entered service at Fort McClellan in 1943 and will join a ten man crew for simulated battle conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Samuel
F Marshall
Dorothy D Marshall
Brundidge
War Department
Fl, Fellows, Jr
Fll
Fellows
Ashford
Gulfport Army Air Field
Miss
Third Air Force
Fort McClellan
Tugo
Naval Hospital Admission for Knee Operation
Ous K Mekerthen a cook second class in the U S Navy of 407 Third Avenue was admitted to the Naval Hospital in Hawaii for knee operation his mother Mrs Pat McKeihen reported today He has served two years this month and has spent almost a year overseas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Hospital
Ous
Mekerthen
Cook
Us& Navy
Third Avenue
Naval
Hawaii
Pat McKeihen
Billy Waggoner Wins Promotion in RAF Service
Billy Waggoner, fighter pilot with the RAF in Europe, is promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. His parents, Mr and Mrs W H Waggoner of 206 South Foster street, were advised. Waggoner, a Dothan high school alumnus who played with the Tiger football team, recently completed his 45th flying mission. His plane is named The Sambo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Waggoner
RAF
Europe
W. H. Waggoner
South Foster Street
Lieut. Waggoner
Dothan
Tiger
Son of Emmett Cook Promoted to Second Class Petty Officer
Carl Cook, son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Cook, has been promoted to second class petty officer. He serves as a Navy gunner on a southwest Pacific island and hopes to spend Christmas with his parents, whom he has not seen since enlisting over two years ago. He trained in San Diego and Port Hueneme. His brother Lamar Cook just finished boat training at Great Lakes and will arrive in Do than Friday for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cook
Emmett Cook
Southwest Pacific
San Diego
Port Hueneme
Lamar Cook
Great Lakes, I
Dothan
Combat Crew Member Armstrong Continues Service With 135th Infantry
Private First Class Joseph RR Armstrong of Webb Route One serves in the 135th Infantry Regiment. The unit, part of the 4th Red Bull Thyisiers of the Fiji Army, marked its 338th day in combat and has been in foreign service for over two and a half years, according to the Fifth Army Public Relations release in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph RR i Armstrong
Webb Route One
135Th Infantry Regiment
Fifth Army
Italy
4Th
Red Bull’ Thyisiers
Fiji
Sergeant Loyd Ward Killed In Action In France
Sergeant Loyd Ward of Midland City Route two was killed in action on a date in France after being reported missing since November 35. His mother Mrs Malter Ward and four sisters and three brothers are named among survivors. Ward had training at Camp Chaffee and Camp Cooke before deployment. Also noted is Aviation Cadet Walter Etheridge of Panama City awarded second lieutenant bars at Yale University training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liesd Ward
Aiidland
France
Malter Ward
War Department
Mather
Carson Riley
Lynette Jarvis
Mdlland City
Iso
Bessie Mae Kathland
Adams St
R Tice
Winter Haven
Fla
Grady
Floyd
Felton Ward
Midland City
Camp Chaffee Arkh
Camp Cooke
Etheridge
Walter Etheridge
W CC
Ethelde
Drummon Park
Panama City
Army
Forces Training Command School
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Stocomb High
Sii
Troy Pry
Uene
Tater
Sincamlyre
Yale UN
K Field
Miss Scntt
Trea Raton Field
SAACC
San Antone
Tevas
Deaths in Dothan and nearby areas listed
A Death notices list from Dothan and surrounding areas includes Jessie Brett of 300 South St Andrews Sree Dothan Evelyn Claytan 77 Cal Wo C M Melly Sr 1 Wede A B Marius Sr 9 Dothan route four Dora Morgan 52 Enterprise Juiliam Pullum 08 San An tian Texas Henery Stephens Wooderd 88 Newian route four Hotue Ubiefelder 78 110 May Street Dothan Effe Canmon 70 217 West Crawford Street Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Brett
South
St Andrews Sree
Dothan
Evelyn Claytan
Cal- Wo
C. M. Melly
Wede
Marius
Dora Morgan
Enterprsee
Juiliam Pullum
San -Antian
Texas
Henery Stephens Wooderd
Newian
Hotue Ubiefelder
May Street
Effe Canmon
Crawford Street
Sgt. Howard N. Lamb Killed In Action
A War Department telegram confirms Sergeant Howard N. Lamb was killed in action on December 2. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lamb of Reeves Street, he enlisted in 1940 and went overseas January 1943. Survived by his parents and two brothers, William A. Lamb in the Philippines and A. P. Lamb of Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard N Lamb
W. M. Lamb
Tho0
Reeves Street
War Department
Lamb
Wiliam A. Lamb
Philippines
P. Lamb
Dothan
James W Baker Killed In Action In Germany
James W Baker aged 37 was killed in action in Germany on November 28 while serving with the 7th Division part of the Third Army. His wife Tas Willoughby Baker of Bascom Florida was notified by the War Department. He entered service November 2 1939 and was transferred overseas in June 1944. Survived by his wife, his parents C W Baker Bascom, ten sisters including Annette Baker and Mrs Cecil Oswald of Bascom, and many nieces and nephews. He was a native of Bascom and a Malone High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W Baker
Germany
Tas Willoughby Baker
West
Troy Street
War Department
Bascom Fla
Malone High School
C W Baker
Bascom
Annette Baker
Cecil Oswald
Fire
Pavate Baker
Mth
Third Army
Brooks Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for Valor
First Lieutenant Jesse E Brooks, son of Mr and Mrs M F Brooks of 201 Woodland Drive, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat. A bombardier in the 467th Bombardment Group, he has flown 30 combat missions over Germany and occupied territory and serves as lead bombardier for his Liberator squadron. Brooks, a Riverside Military Academy graduate who attended the University of Alabama, was commissioned Sept 23, 1942, trained at Wendover Field, Utah, and went overseas March 11, 1944. He also holds the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annak
Jesse E Brooks
M F Brooks
Woodland Drive
Willam E Kepner
Eighth Air Force
England
Twent Brooks
467Th
Germany
Rverside Military Academy
University of Alabama
Wendover Field
Utah
Loftin in Quartermaster Supply with US Troop Carrier Forces
Corporal Loftin, son of Mr and Mrs James H Loftin of 500 South Cherry Street, serves in the Quartermaster Supply of the US Troop Carrier Forces in the First Allied Airborne Army. He has participated in four invasions with his squadron including Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Holland. He was part of the 314th Troop Carrier Group and worked with his father before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gradys Loftin
James H. Lofin
South Cherry Street
First Allied Airborne Army
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Holland
Puble Relations
England
Loftin
314Th
Brooks promoted to captain in Eighth Air Force
Jesse Eugene Brooks of 201 Woodland Drive has been promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain. The announcement came from Lieut. Gen. James H Doolittle of the Eighth Air Force in England. Brooks, a bombardier in the 467th Bombardment Group, has flown 30 missions over Germany and enemy occupied Europe. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M R Brooks and holds the DFC with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Jesse Eugene Brooks
Woodland Drive
James H Doolitle
Eighth Air Force
England
467Th
Albert J Shower
Madison
Wis
Germany
Europe
M R. Brooks
Childs Wounded in Action in European Theater
Technical Sergeant Jack F Childs, son of Mrs. Mather Childs of Hartford, was wounded in action in the European theater, the War Department announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack F Childs
Mather Childs
Hartford
War Department
Hall Training update from Camp Bradford Navy base
Leo Hall and family from Cottonwood route report today on his duty with the amphibious forces aboard an LST at Amphibious Training Base Camp Bradford Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hall
Cottonwood
Camp Bradford
NO. B
Norfolk
Births in 196? Military Families Share News
A daughter born December 11 to Sergeant and Mrs Gid Park. A son born December 17 to Mr and Mrs Coe Elmore of Dothan Route Five. A daughter born December 12 to Mr and Mrs John E Stuckey Jr of Midland City Route Two. A son named Johnnie Frances Awon to Private and Mrs Lafayette F Brack on November 7. A son named Jerry David to Mr and Mrs Aubie D Thamley of Vicksburg on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gid Park
Nene Fane ‘A
Bill Introduced For Former Award
A bill to award Mrs. Clara M. Portner of Auburn and formerly of Dothan $5,080 for the death of her son William Frasier Former has been introduced in Congress by Rep. George Andrews of Alabama's Third District. Frasier, a former Dothan native, was co-pilot on an Eastern Air Lines plane carrying Army cargo to South America when it crashed at the Miami airport on September 22. The House Claims Committee is not expected to meet before the 79th Congress opens in January. The prior $5,900 award to Mrs. Donald B Johnston of Miami faced criticism of airport conditions tied to the crash. Fortner had flown for Eastern since 1941, taught at Auburn, and held over 3,000 flight hours with an instrument rating. His father is W. M. Fortner of Auburn, with brothers in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara M. Portner
Auburnn
Dothan
William Frasier
George Andrews
Alabama
Young
Miami, Fla
Eastern Air Lines
South America
Andrews
Claims Committee
House Claims Committees
Donald B Johnston
Miami
Fortner
Miamm
Whch
Johnston
Bucks Flight School
Chattanooga
Tenn
Auburn
Atlanta
W. M. Fortner
M. J. Fortner
Fort Wl Okla
Ensign Quay M. Fortner
U. S. Navy
New Orfears
Paramore Promoted In India Burma Theater Service
Private Leavy Paramore of Dothan has been promoted to private first class. in the Army since July 12, he serves as a truck driver in the India Burma Theater stationed since November 25, 1843. He was a farmer in civilian life. his wife resides in Columbus, Ohio. Two cousins Corporal Stancil Boyd of 617 Stough Street and Sergeant Russell Boyd of Dothan route four met in France, first time in nearly two years. Corporal Boyd has been overseas since July, Sergeant Boyd since August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murrell McAllister
J H MrAllister
Worth Foster Street
United States
Vera McAllister
Corporal McAllister
US Army Air Forces
Dotnan High School
David
France
Paramore
Leavy Paramore
Oscar Paramore
Dothan Soate Five
India Burma
Columbus
Ohio
Stancil Boyd
C. H Boyd
Stough Street
Russell Boyd
C L. Boyd
Dothan
Corporal Boyd
Sergeant Boyd
Atwell Promoted to Private First Class in Army
Private Jay H Atwell, husband of Evelyn Atwell of 114 East Savannah Street, was promoted this week to Private First Class. The Public Relations Office at Keesler Field Mississippi said he is training as a ground crewman to service and maintain B-24 Laborator bombers. James E Ethridge, son of Mr and Mrs C A Ethridge of Dothan Route Four, is in initial Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes Illinois, with a leave period planned after recruit training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethridge
James E. Ethridge
C. A. Ethridge
Dothan
S. S Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Adkins Overseas and Local Service Mentions in War Updates
Private William D. Adkins of Dothan serves in the European Theater with the Air Transport Command Europen Division, noted by the European Division Public Relations Office. Technical Sergeant Doyle S. Adams of Midland City earns the Black Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for courage on Germany bombing missions with a B 17 group under Colonel Bostram Bangor Maine. Sergeant Roy D. Riley of Dothan arrives in Miami Beach for reassignment after a 29 month Southwest Pacific tour, formerly RAF operator and Dothan mechanic with Robertson Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
William D. Adkins
William T. Adkins
Dothan
Air Transport Command
US Army Air Forces
Pvt
Doyle S. Adams
W. D. Adams
Midland City
Germany
Eighth Air Force
England
Adams
Frank P Bostram
Bangor
Maine
Army Air Forces
Riley
Miami
Roy D. Riley
Poyner Street
AAF
Miami Beach
Continental United States
Monay
Raedio
Southwest Pacific
Robertson Bros
RAF
J. C. Riley
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Bowers
Loyd Ward
Harris Furniture Co
Sgt
Howard N. Lamb
James W. Baker
McAllister
Childs
Lee
Ares
Ley
Wicksineg
L. L. Sorrelis
LL. Sorrelis
B. We
Headland Rose Dothan Road
O. K. Patterson
Rowes
Cy Ross
Grima
Richard Shiver
Ard Shiver
Hathorne
Botha
Teroase Road
Tay
J. E. Collins
Biase
Route 1
Guernsey
Cole
Strickland
Cat Mull
Thorse
G. W. Powell
Dothar 3
Harper’s Church
R.E Chappell
Bob L
E.wade
Church
Enterprise prie-Bellwood
E. A. Brunson Prise
Jersey Tmith
Fullingsworth
Slocomb
D Hatton
Brannon
C. AL Allen
Route 2
Bedeale
Midland Cit
Ells Jarvis
Kin
Route 5
Selma Chi
Dresser
Donalsonville
Acre
W. F. Preston
Harold Bowey
Graceville
Noma
Claudia Hate
J. Mt Hartford
L. C. Causey, Fontes, Webb
Shute's
Carter
Homer Lewis
al Kinsey
D Raley
Ala
Webb
Columbia
Robert Columbia
Pepe
Lucille Hick
Bonifay, Fla
Greenwood
Malone
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