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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1945
Page
4
The Navy Department announced today that James Luther Henkire of Dothan has been wounded in action. Next of kin listed are his wife Nellie Hawkins and brother Charlie Austin Hawkins of Dothan.
Corporal Thomas D Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Thomas B W yos has completed airplane electrical mechanic training and graduated from RAF Command School Cha cute Fishd DI The Public Relations Office announced today Staff Sergeant Harry T Welch of Dothan has graduated from the Army Air Forces Central Instructors School at Laredo Army Air Field Texas and is now fully qualified as an instructor at one of the nation s seven aerial gunnery schools.
Six local men from Wiregrass are listed as members of the 320th Polar Bear Regiment with the Fifth Army in Italy. The unit, part of the 851st Custer Division, recently helped shatter the Gothic Line and reach peaks near 3,400 feet east of Highway 65 and the Futa Pass. The Polar Bears trace their name to World War I fighting in snow along the Archangel to Leningrad front.
A listing of births and names in a local notice, including parents and dates. Entries mention Ko and Mrs L A Noa, Berta Dower Lan uery, Sturnen Faih, WV Suita, and others with dates January 16, January 2, December 31, and January 4, naming M Elaine, Mocsie Ruth Ason, Earnest Ryals, and more.
Cor Pol Morris E. Snell of Doo Than route one serves with an engineer regiment of a battalion in the Seventh Army sector of France within the Sixth Army Group. The unit works as combat engineers and has spent over 100 days in line duty as infantry in Europe.
Private Grover EL Searcy, son of Mrs Jewell Searcy of 201 Fifth Avenue Dothan, has returned from overseas where he served with UltraStat Division and the Third Army for two and a half years. He joined the Army in March 1960 and has earned several combat medals. After visiting family he reported to Miami Beach then to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland. He has three brothers now serving overseas.
Private First Class Arthur Kirkland, son of Mr and Mrs S V Kirkland of Pansey Alabama, has been admitted to the AAF Convalescent Hospital in Miami Beach for treatment. He holds Asiatic Pacific and American theatre service ribbons for over two years in the Southwest Pacific combat zone and enlisted November 6 1941.
Notices list W H Forehand 72 Ashford route one S B Lyon 84 Ashford route two William B Thomsey 78 Dortn route one Carrie B Exum 42 Cutterwood Jim Roddy Orlando Fla formerly Dothan Pat McLain 56 Dothan David C Reaves 47 Clayton Mrs M D M Deese 84 Columbia route one Wille E Long 47 Blue Springs I N Heath Elba Maggie Bridges 68 Webb route one Mattie Lou Brooks 69 Dothan route two S J Brown 58 204 West Powell St Dothan Henry T Weathers 3 Dothan
Hartford officials report blueprints for a new elementary school to replace the building burned weeks ago. County superintendent J I Collins notes a joint meeting of local and county boards to plan the reconstruction.
Private Dalton L. Hebert husband of Mrs Blonzie M. Hebert of 304 East Savannah street has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean area the War Department announced.
Corporal C. D. Peak, 25, of Chancellor, promoted to corporal by the Seventh Army Public Relations Section in France. Married to Mrs. Mary K. Peak, he attended Coffee Springs schools and was a farmer before enlisting in November 1940. Overseas since August 1943, he serves with a Field Artillery Battalion. Lemmie E. Jones Returns Home After 32 Months Overseas Theaterservice in the American Theater of Operations ends as Corporal Jones of Cottonwood returns to the United States via Fort McPherson Georgia and then to Cottonwood to his parents.
James W. Paulk husband of Nell Paulk of Dothan route one is receiving initial Naval indoctrination at the U S Naval Training Center at Great Lakes Illinois Public Relations Office announced Saturday Upon completion of recruit training he will have a period of leave.
Technical Sergeant John W Powell has returned to the States after 44 months in the Southwest Pacific theater of operations. Powell served with the Signal Corps. his sister Mrs Loyd Tyson was on Dothan route two.
Davis Chief Warrant Officer Roger C. Davis husband of Irene James Davis of Dothan has been processed at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station in Miami Beach Fla after 31 months in Africa his next assignment to be determined. Captain Malcolm M. Reeves after 29 months overseas in the Southwest Pacific is stationed at Camp Butner N C and assigned to Processing Company 15 his wife Virginia C Reeves lives in Eufaula Ala and his brother Sergeant John Reeves serves in the Air Corps in India.
Technical Sergeant John R. Wood Jr. of 305 North Bell Street received the Distinguished Flying Cross, announced by the War Department. Wood is stationed with the Eighth Air Force in England.
Three Dothanian Army graduates from Dothan High School were reunited at a rest camp in Calcutta India. Private First Class Mack Davis Private Jasper Coleman and Corporal Earl Casey arrived within 24 hours of each other spent 15 days there and gave talks about their hometown. All three have served in India with Casey in North Burma, Coleman over two years, and Davis more than one year.
The Houston County Probate Office issued licenses this past week. Names include Troy Byrd Douglas with Janey Madeline Harrell, Herman Richard Williams with Jean L Tessmann, Grover Mike Gilley with Nellie Lavonia Conner, and Flight Officer James R Kesling with Rachel Grace Beasley. Other couples listed include Talmadge Etheridge with Blanche Joiner, Alfred Samuel Heckman with Inez Williams, Lyde T West with Ida Coope Hall, James H Donnelly with Rita Nelson, Ben Chalker Elmore with Geral Grace Sheffield, Marvin McCardle with Gennie Lou Bryan, Addis Eugene Adams with Effie Mae Danford. Each entry lists the spouses and their noted addresses or routes.
Harold J Patin of the Bist Wildcat Division has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry at Peleliu Island on November 3 1944. The citation notes his squad faced trapped fire after their leader fell and Patin directed the unit to secure positions and recover the fallen leader. His wife Elizabeth Lewis disclosed the award from Miami. John P Shealy Jr son of Mr and Mrs John P Shealy begins Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes.
Dennis of Dothan was wounded in action in Germany on December 14 and is being returned to the United States. He entered the Army in April last year and went overseas in September. Earl Wilkens of Dothan Route Two, a telephone truck driver with the 15th Air Force in Italy, has won a badge for driving and mechanical merit.
Pte Mack N Money son of Mrs and Mrs J M Money of Abbeville received the Expert Infantryman Badge the Public Relations Office at a Central Pacific Army Base announced.
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