Dothan Eagle military news round up
Local weekly summary lists sailors and soldiers connected to Dothan area: Glenn Horace Smyth advanced to petty officer first class after training at Great Lakes and service overseas since 1914 with assignments in New Caledonia Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Guy Edsel McGowan honorably discharged from navy with campaigns in the Pacific theater. Fred T. Powell to Camp Butner for two weeks before US reassignment after 90 months in European theater. Also Henry C. Jordan selected for radio repair course at Fort Sill. Harold Todd on an Army Air Forces rifle team. Ray Lancelot Turner serving in Germany as draftsman with advance section engineers. David B. Clark discharged from Army after service in North Africa Sicily Italy France Belgium. Aubrey H. Maddox graduates B-29 crew class. Berkley V. Yaryan awarded merit certificate for duty in France Luxembourg Holland Germany. Hubert D. Leith and Elmer W. May arrive at Miami ATC base after Casablanca transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Glenn Horace Smuth
J. L. Smuth
Hartford
Wirdels
US Navy
Maratha Army Air Base
Great Lakes
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Guadalcanal
Boganville
Marianes Islands
Mobile Aviation Instrument Repair Unit
Genolyne J Smyth
Terry
Sloramb
Ray Lancelot Turner
Jimme P. Turner
South Oates Street
Germany
Turner
France
Belgium
Troy States Teachers College
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
U. S Engineers
Mobile
Dothan
Fort McClellan
University of Kentucky
England
Cpl. Clark
David B. Clark
Mra. Keasy
Graceville
USS Army
Army
Kcy
Fort Beening
Fort Buss
Texas
Dover
I Chemical Battalion
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Berkley V. Yar- Yan
Frankie Holmes Yaryan
Luxembourg
Holland
161St Field Artillery
35Th Division
Camp Rucker
Completing Training at Biggs Field B-29 Gunner
Corporal Billy J. Adams son of Mrs Bessie Adams of 309 South Foster street completes training as a B 29 Superfortress combat crewman waist gunner at Biggs Field near El Paso Texas announced by the public relations office of the Second Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy J. Adams
Mra
Bessie Adams
South Foster Street
Biggs Field
Second Air Force
el Paso
Tex
Bronze Star awarded to Lieut Col Albert Lisenby
Lieut Col Albert E Lisenby of Dothan son receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service in military operations during Sept 1 1944 to Jan 1 1945. The Judge Advocate General Department officer is commended for his diligent work, technical knowledge, and ability to secure cooperation, reflecting high military conduct. Signed by Major General W M Maley U S A Commanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Lisenby
Lisenby
Dothan
Judge Advocate General Department
W. M. Maley
Promoted to Staff Sergeant in 318th Bombardment Wing
Daniel R. Carmichael of Newton, a power plant specialist with the Bog Gun John HW. Davis unit, serving with the 318th Bombardment Wing on Tinian Island, has been promoted to Staff Sergeant in an announcement issued today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel R. Carmichael
Newton
John HW. Davis
Tinian Island
Transfered S Sgt Roy F Summerford Named Blytheville Link Trainer Operator
Transferred T Sgt Roy F Summerford of Ashford route one was recently transferred to Blytheville Army Air Field Arkansas a combat crew training station of the First Troop Carrier Command announced Saturday He is assigned as a link trainer operator at present with 84 a typo corrected to 84 trained operator role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Summerford
Ashford
Blytheville Army Air Field
Blytheville
Ark
Troop Carrier Command
Back from Europe Marvin Turner Returns from ETO Service
Marvin W. Turner husband of Frances Turner of Ashford has returned from 19 months in the European Theater of Operations. A truck driver in the ETO he earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and the ETO ribbon with four battle stars. He entered service January 8, 1941 and was a farmer before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Marvin W. Turner
Frances Turner
Ashford
ETO
Wounded Private Shirah Hoists in Rome Georgia Hospital
PFC Shirah, husband of Lillian Shirah, of Mad yd and son of Mr and Mrs A K Shirah of Dothan route three, wounded in Germany April 10, now at a General Hospital in Rome Ga. Private Sherman W Casey, son of Mr and Mrs T C Casey of Daleville, promoted to Corporal in a field artillery unit at a Pacific base. Casey enlisted November 1942 and worked for Southeastern Construction Co before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Shirah
Fiest
Paul Shirah
Lillian Shirah
Madyd
A. K . Shirah
Dothan
Germany
Rome
Sherman W. Casey
T. C. Casey
Daleville
Pacific
Casey
Southeastern Construction Co
Navy Ensign Brinks among 865 commissioned in NYC
Midshipman John Wesley Brinks of Dothan route four was among 865 men commissioned as Ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve. The ceremony took place last week in the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, as the 24th class from the Naval Reserve Officer Training School graduated, bringing total graduates to about 22,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Brinks
WE. Brinks
Dothan
United States Naval Reserve
Cathedral of
Saint John the Divine
New York City
Naval Reserve Officer Training School
Corporal Royre Hidinki Joiner Transferred to B-29 School
Corporal Royre Hidinki Joiner, son of Frank Joiner of Dothan, has been transferred from Moody Field Georgia to a B-29 training school in Florida to train as a gunner. His sister Mrs J W Kirkland of 1104 East Washington Street reported the move today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royre HiDinki Joiner
Frank Joiner
Dothan
Moody Field
J. W. Kirkland
Washington Street
Soldier visits famed canteen and wins war bond
Corporal Robert Palmer of 401 North Foster Street visited the Holly Mind Canteen where he won a $250 War Bond and had his picture taken with movie actress Doan Loring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert & Palmer
North Foster Street
Wek
Holly Mind
Doan Loring
SGT Benton Discharged After European Theater Service
SGT J W Benton Jr husband of Mrs Ethel C Benton of Dothan Route Five has been discharged from the U S Army. He served overseas in Europe for 12 months earning the European Theater ribbon three combat stars the Good Conduct ribbon and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He participated in the Rhine river initial assault landing with the 1st Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Benton, Jr
Ethel C. Benton
Dothan
U. S. Army
Camp Gordon
Rhine River
Ath Infantry
Seaman First Class Fred Griffin Serving in England
Fred Griffin seaman first class USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Griffin of Chipley, is serving at the U S Navy Post Office in Bull, Northern England. The Navy post offices operated in scattered ports across the United Kingdom during World War II to man naval armed guard crews on merchant ships. Griffin attended Chipley High School and worked as a painter for Wainwright Shipbuilding Co. in Panama City before joining the Navy in May 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Griffin
USNR
T. L. Griffin
Chipley
U. S. Navy
Bull
England
Navy
Crown J
Navpo
United Kingdom
Germany
U.S
Griffin
Chipley High
On Duty in Bhawan Lt Laureson Winifred Forrester
Lt Laureson Winifred Forrester USNR daughter of Mr and Mrs V Forrester of 200 Moates Street reports for duty at the U S Naval Air Station Hawaii according to the Fourteenth Naval District public relations office. She attended State Teachers College in Tro and Iowa State Teachers College Ames Iowa and earned a BA from the University of Chicago and an MA from George Peabody College Nashville Tenn She joined WAVES in December 1942 after serving as head of physical education for women at State Teachers College Tro and as County School Supervisor for two years Her brother Private V
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jgi Laureson Winifred Forrester
USNR
V. 5. Forrester
Moates Street
U S. Naval Air Station
Hila T. H
Fourteenth Navalistrict
Forrester
State Teachers College
Troy
Towa State Teachers College
Ames
Towa
University of Chicago
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
the Waves
Department of Physical Education For Women
Tro
WAVES
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Hawaii
Awaiting Discharge for Ashford Soldier Rexrode
Staff Sergeant Russell Paul Rexrode, husband of Mrs Gladys Lane Rexrode of Ashford, is in Baltimore awaiting discharge after five years service. He spent 11 months overseas with the 81st Division and earned the Combat Infantryman Badge for heroism on Petehu and Anguar Islands. He was in the Philippines when ordered home. After discharge, he will join his wife and daughter Drena in Ashford. His parents, Mr and Mrs Ambrose Rexrode, lived in Headwaters, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Paul Rexrode
Gladys Lane Rexrode
Ashford
Baltimore
Ambrose Rexrode
Headwaters
Area men arrive from overseas in Miami transport surge
A release lists men arriving in Miami for the Air Transport Command surge. Names include Ivan Cottonwood Halon from Italy with the 74th Field Artillery and Brome Star Medal recipient Cec Hiddins from Eufaula. Also noted are Eldridge Mo Boley from Hartford with the 11th Infantry and Roy Spars from Johnson Street in the First Armored Division, among others. Brigadier General Merrill Ross, formerly of Dothan, received the Russian Order of Red Star in Czechoslovakia.
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Aecpong
Alabems Veterasy
Miami
W. Beagies
Dinfastry
Ausina
Merrill Ross
Dothan
Czechoslovakia
Ross
Cousing Meet Pie Soldiers Lee Arrington in Okinawa
Hubert Cullen Lee of Newton Route One and Pic. James D. Arrington of Daleville cousins met in Okinawa on July 1. Lee served with the 445th Signal Service Company while Arrington was with Company 8, 47th Engineer Battalion.
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Hubert Cullen Lee
OR. C. Lee
Newton
Pic
James D. Arrington
Alto Arrington
Daleville
Okioawa
Pic. Lee
445Th Signal Service Company
Pic. Arington
47Th Engineer Battalion
Navy lists ship's cook James Clemit among dead
Navy Department release lists James Clemit, ship's cook first class USNR, son of Mr and Mrs Manuel Dewey Phillips of Slocomb route one, as among Navy dead in a released casualty roster.
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NAVE
James Clemit
Phillips
Cook
USNR
Manuel Dewey Phillips
Slocomb Route One
Navy Department
Private Newman Visits Parents After Training Path
Private Newman, home on leave in Brentwood, Long Island, after basic at Fort Des Moines and Camp Atterbury, then Cushing General Hospital for physio-therapy technician training. Former welder for J. A. Jones Construction in Panama City, a Slocomb High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marina Newman
Mason General Hospital
Brentwood
Long Island
New York
Rex Newman
Dothan
Newman
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Panama City
Fla
Slocomb High School
Discharge of First Sergeant Woodrow W. Clark
First Sergeant Woodrow W. Clark, son of Mr and Mrs William J Clark of Graceville, was discharged from the U S Army at Camp Blanding last week. Serving with the U S Third Army under Gen Patton, he saw action in Northern France, Southern France, the Ardennes and the Rhineland.
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Clark
Woodrow W. Clark
William J. Clark
Graceville
U. S. Army
Camp Blanding
U. S Third Army
Patton
Nortthern France
France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Ozark Credit Group Leads In War Bond Sales
Ozark Production Credit Association of Ozark Alabama topped all production credit groups nationwide in the Seventh War Loan drive. Timmy Barnes served as secretary-treasurer of the Ozark association which sold 2784 bonds with a maturity value of 814,050 dollars. Hearin noted 418,400 dollars were in E-Bonds.
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New Orleans
Ozark Production Credit Association of
Ozark
Ala
United States
Jesse B. Hearin
Production Credit Corporation of
Ozark Association
Timmy Barnes
Hearin
Submarine Blockade Tightens on Fortress Japan
NEA miliary writer SY THOMAS M. JOHNSON notes American submarines now operate in the Sea of Japan, sinking most of Japan's shipping and aiding a growing blockade. He cites 70 percent of shipping losses and three-fourths of Japan's prewar ships sunk, with planes and surface vessels joining the effort. The piece argues Japan faces dwindling supplies and growing devastation as Allied bombings intensify, while potential revolts and espionage rise in Korea, Manchukuo, and North China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Thomas M. Johnson
Okinawa
Tokio
Sea of Japan
Japan
China
Europe
Siberia
Manchukuo
Korea
Kipling
Nose knows: blind man jailed for ham theft in Nashville
A 81-year-old blind man was sentenced to one year in state prison after stealing a ham. He was unapologetic when questioned how he did it and quipped that although he could not see the ham, he could smell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Japanese Torpedo Turns Out To Be Just Weak Punch
In a war era dispatch from New York, a Japanese torpedo plane raid is described as a near-miss, with a fighter escort fending off the attack and the torpedo plane plunging into the sea. The piece argues Japan’s aerial losses are high due to training and equipment gaps, noting that American pilots and gear outperform Japanese in both air and ground combat. It cites Japan’s pilot shortage and limited artillery and heavy weapons, contrasting American dominance in firepower and ship repairs. The writer observes Japan’s supply and production weaknesses and links these factors to overall wartime outcomes in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Free Helen
Quek
Merny Ansy
Japan
Pacific
Bey
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Guy Edsel McGowan
T. E. McGowan
Camp Butner
Fred T. Powell
T. W. Powell
Enterprise Route One
Sara M. Powel
Dateville
Curren
N. C
Henry C. Jordan
Fox C. Jordan
Weat Crawford Street
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Okla
University of Alabama
Techucer
Harold Todd
A. T., Todd
Frauer Rect
Army Air Forces
Obey
Office Baer 45
Marshall
Hawiian Islands
Gergeant Todd
Dothan High School
Tampa Shipbulding Company
RAF
Eather Giles
Stephen Laurens Todd
Plant City
Aubrey H. Maddox
A E. Maddox
Davis - Monthan Field
Tucon
Anz
Smith Pi Tv
Hubert D. Leith
Gorden
Elmer W May
Slocomb
Air Transport Command
Casablanca
Arica
ATC Caribbean
Miera
THE
BAY Line
Ly Doinan
Cottondale
Fla. Ly
Jacksonville
Tampa
Sgt. Benton
Bhawan
Eve
Ozark Credit Group
Niagara Rapids
Red Hot, Jr
Niagara Falls
Straits
Tsushima
Honshu
North China
Indies
Boots
TS Lords
Hilda
MR Geyer
Alvin
C. E. Blakey
Optometr
N. Foster, Dothan
Sopstt
Heinz
Nese
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