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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
5
Fragmented report describes 36th Texan Division actions amid European combat and a hazardous rescue operation near Burma. Mentions Lieut Saxon aiding Capt Davis and the recovery of wounded, plus multiple names and ties to military units and centers.
A seaside ceremony in California joined an Opp Sailor and a local bride as they wed after a tense pursuit and last minute preparations. In other Navy news, Curt Rudolph Green of Panama City received an honorable discharge after service across the Atlantic. Sergeant William F. Joiner earned the Purple Heart near Luzon, while Corporal Hughie B. Chumney was promoted to Sergeant at Tinker Field.
Two Wiregrass area men are listed among Navy and Army dead in Europe. Corporal Odom of Ashford and Private Meaning of Elba are named, with McEachern promoted to corporal in the Ninth Air Force. Also noted are George Parker aboard a Fifth Fleet destroyer near Kyushu and S Sgt Tillery from Cottonwood released from a German camp.
Master Sergeant Hugh A Simpson, husband of Mrs. Hugh A Simpson of Ozark route three, has been awarded the Bronze Star. The public relations section, European Theater of Operations, announced his service as a communications chief who participated in the Normandy, Northern France, German and Belgian campaigns.
First Lieutenant Ralph E. Finch, son of Mrs Annie H Finch of 517 East Putnam Marizyana, is listed among American prisoners of war liberated in Germany per War Department notice.
Marine Corporal Ellie Carolyn Hinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Jessie Thormas Hinson of Rubeville is now stationed in Oahu Hawaii A press release from the U S Marine Corps revealed today While at the San Diego base she was recording secretary with a board investigating housing conditions in the San Diego area Hinson formerly led the commercial department at Maryland College for Women in Lutherville Md She taught at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville last summer She earned a B S in education from Ohio University in Athens and attended Birmingham Southern College in Alabama Two brothers Lieut Col Jesse J Hinson in Europe and Captain Angus Hinson a doctor with the Army Air Corps are in service along with two nephews Lieut J C Phillips Jr a navigator and Private R H Phillips in China
First Lieut. John T. Holder of Squadron D married Miss Mary J. Cates of Lindsay Oklahoma on Saturday June 2 at 10 a.m. in Fost Chapel with Chaplain Paul V. Minton officiating. Lt. Russell Maugans served as best man and Miss Lena C. Brown as maid of honor.
First Lieutenant Tom T Fellows of Ashford has been promoted to Captain while stationed with the RAF in Europe. He holds the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters and serves with the Army of Occupation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A T Fellows of Ashford.
Corporal Colly R. Smith, son of Robert A. Smith of Dothan route five, is stationed at a U S staging area in France awaiting shipment back to the United States under the Army Redeployment Program. He entered service in July 1940 at Fort Knox Kentucky and served overseas two years and a half with the Second Armored Division 67th Armored Regiment. He participated in the African Sicilian French Belgian Dutch and German campaigns and holds the tank driver's medal and five battle stars.
Private M. C. Williams of Cottonwood Route 2 received the Expert Infantryman Badge at the Infantry Replacement Training Center Camp Fannin Texas. He serves as a trainee in the 59th Battalion 13th Training Regiment in the IRTC.
A distressing ad touts Maone's Emerald Oil to soothe tired burning feet. After a hot bath, fifteen minutes of application reportedly relieves pain and soreness, urging readers to buy at Dothan Drug Company. The crude copy emphasizes the product as a cure for persistent foot pain.
Four registrants from Houston County Selective Service Board Three Jett today for induction at Fort McCellan. Officials named Weeley C Wellborn Darrell Johnson Herold Senford Murphy and William Ralph Boyett as inductees.
Two AB wounded SSgt Sammie 3 at Andrews Air Force Base as neighbors report the incident. The injured service members were treated on site with no immediate fatalities announced.
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