Sergeant Marwell Me ten and Johnnie Godwin KIA in Pacific War
A wartime notice reports Sergeant Marwell Me ten of Mr and Mrs Slocamh receiving the Air Medal for 70 hours flown in the Southwest Pacific. It also confirms Sergeant Johnnie Godwin, Sees Ge, killed in action on November 27, with family in Columbus and Webb, including wife Mae Godwin and mother Lite Skinner, noted in the War Department release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marwell E. Meten
J. A
Sf Slocamh
Wperanan
Laronaz
XT Corps
Ucder
P. Hell
Ge Southwest Pacific
Ares McLeod
Leyte
Johnnie Godwin
Hall
Godwin
Mae Godwin
Lite
Skinner
Columbus
Mattie Lee Powers
Webb
Sgt Cammie Watson 21 From Board Two Killed In Action
War Department reports Staff Sergeant Carmie F. Watson son of Mr and Mrs R W Watton 115 Bellsweet Fater- Prize killed in action near Lae Ton February 1942 He served overseas since May 26 1942 and fought in Guadalcanal New Georgia Bougainville before Luzon Surviving relatives listed including siblings and grandparents Bronze Star awarded to Private Marvin W Martin for heroic action in Italy Rescue attempt under heavy fire with 135th Infantry Regiment 34th Red Bull Division Twenty one draftees cleared for preinduction physicals including Dr Edwin Byrd Marvin Franklin Lee Dot Hadden Lester James Hall and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmie F. Watson
R. W. Watton
Wis
Laeton
War Department
Waters
Fiji
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Bougainville
Luzon
William Watson
Enterprise
Robert Lee Watson
AG. & Army
South Pacific
George King
Alice Stewart
St and. Trews
Fla
Lury Watson
Bellwood
Ala
Marvin W. Martin
North Rawls Street
135Th Infantry
Red Bull
Fifth Army
Italy
Mai
Martin
Selective Service Ceilen
Edwin Byrd
Clark
Marvin Franklin Lee
Plast City
Dot Hadden
Columbus
Lester James Halland
James Edward Clemmons
James Exum
Henry Evans Sconyers
Mitchell Wallace Hicks
James Charles Robinson
James Oliver Wilford
Burlee Holland
Auburn Clarton Cameron
Edgar
Sailor Arrigned Roane Jack Sellers Navy Family Ties
Roane Jack Sellers, first class sailor in the U S Navy, son of Maxham E Sellers of Dothan Alabama, is stationed at the Naval Receiving Station Chickasaw Alabama and assigned to Ferry Crew Number Five public relations office announced. Before enlistment he worked in Columbus Georgia on February 28 1944 he had three brothers in service Howard G Sellers Gaston B Sellers in the Navy and Robert D Sellers in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Sellers
U.S. Navy
Maxham E. Sellers
Dothan
U.S. Naval Receiving Station
Chickasaw
Ala
Columbus
Howard G. Sellers
Gaston B. Sellers
U. S. Navy
Robert D. Sellers
U. S. Army
Mechanic Kinzer Commended for Flying Fortress Ground Crew Role
Master Sergeant Jack B Kinzer of Ozark heads the ground crew for the B 17 Flying Fortress Little Rebel in England. A prior Farm Security Administration county supervisor, he joined the AAF in 1942 and has set a flawless bomber mission record with the 4th Bombardment Group. Kinzer is a 1939 Alabama Polytechnic Institute agriculture graduate, son of S B Kinzer of Tuscumbia, and one of four brothers and sisters in military service in various branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack B. Kinzer
Wilma Kinzer
Ozark
Eighth Air Force
England
Kinzer
Farm Security Administration
AAF
4Th Bombardment Group
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
S. B. Kinzer
Tuscumbia
Hugh Kinzer
Walter Kinzer
Field Artillery
Signal Corps
Hazel
Italy
Lt. Adam M. Lewis Jr Wounded in Manila Battle
Special dispatch from Marianna reports 2nd Lt. Adam M. Lewis Jr. wounded February 14 during the Manila assault. Deputy U.S. Marshal before enlisting, he sustained gunfire injuries to the left thigh arm and face and intestinal damage from a grenade near a fortified building. He writes of a six day recovery and mentions his son’s eighth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Adam Lewis
Adam M. Lewis, Jr
Manila
Lewis
United States
37Th Infantry Division
Adam 3Rd
Rosalind Hays ‘Lewis
Adam McNealy Lewis
U.S
Air Force service in India announced for Corporal Branton
Corporal Howard Branton husband of Mrs Mildred Branton of Dothan is serving with the Air Force in India relatives disclosed yesterday Branton previously served two years in the Army Air Corps at Napier Field before going overseas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAF
India
Howard Branton
Mildred Branton
Dothan
Air Force
Branton
Army Air Corps
Napier Field
Marriage Licenses Issued in Houston County Probate
The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week in Houston County probate court: Noah L. Newberry of Acdora Route One and Dore Gere Ast Ford Route One. Frederick Farner of Chester Pe and Virginia Enevie Coppinger of Moultrie Ga Bibb Calvin Lawrence Debhar Route Four and Anca Hodrinsky of New York New York. Geston Rudolph Johnson Ashford Route One and Ale Tre Thompson Calur Arthur Edwin Balla and Perry Lowcomb Route One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Noah L. Newberry
Acdora
Dore
Gere
Ford
Frederick Farner
Chester Pe
Virginia Enevie Coppinger
Moultri
Bibb Calvin Lawrence
Debhar
Anca Hodrinsky
New York
N.Y
Geston Rudolph Johnson
Ashford
Ale Tre Thompson
Calur Arthur Edwin Balla
Perry Lowcomb
Soldier Promoted At Tinker Field Oklahoma
Private Gus Mixon, stationed at Tinker Field Oklahoma, has been promoted to the next rank in the army. The ceremony and new duties were announced by unit command and reflected steady advancement within the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Mixon
Tinker Field, Oklahoma
Uncertain OCR fragment notes service and education details
Fragmentary notice records private man and wife at 41 Greenwind Avenue and a Benson R. Caton, 38, of Busy Street, completing an intensive basic engineering course. The text is garbled and partially unreadable, but indicates service status and educational progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwind Avenue
Benson R. Caton
W. D Cannon
Busy Street
Sergeant transfer announced for MecSpadden family
Sergeants MecSpadden and Stanioned transfers announced. MecSpadden to Boece School at Seatue Washington, wife to live with Baikcorm family in Napier. son of Mr and Mrs R R MecSpadden of Cleveland named.
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Transfe
Sergea
Napier Feel
Hus
Seatue
Washington
G. W. Baikcorm
R. R. MecSpadden
Cleveland
Teor
Private Rafe H Menon Promoted in Army Records
Private Rafe H Menon is promoted within the Army reserve list as clerks and peers in the district. The notice references Mrs Blesene Mo Melton of Columbia and marks the promotion under section 3B of the Fir Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prvate Rafe H Menon Twesfy
Hurland
Blesene Mo Melton
Columbia
Tas
Irs
Clars
Fir Army
Soldier Fromotec HJ Burkhalt Promoted in Alame Post
A soldier from Fromotec HJ Burkhalt has been promoted to corporal in the Alame area. The official notice announced the advancement after service with the unit, noting duties at the Catia office Bose and current assignment in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkhalt
Catia Office Bose
Alame
Ois
Pacific War Chronicle Incomplete OCR Names Several Figures
Fragmentary text reports on military units and personnel including Lt Gertrude F. Duprer of the Arms Nurse Corps linked to Dothen and Foster Generet Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, with references to service entries and examples of wartime assignments.
Nurse Vetta English Assigned to Finney General Hospital
Second Lieutenant Vetta English of Dothan and Westville Florida has been assigned 19 duty at Finney General Hospital Thomasville Georgia. She is sister of Floyd English of Westville and entered service at Camp Rucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetta English
Army Nurse Corps of
Dothan
Westville
Fla
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
Floyd English
Camp Rucker
Mooring Overseas and Wounded in Action Report
Sergeant Robert H Mouring, husband of Mary H Mouring of 1008 East Washington, serves in a modification hanger at an Air Service Command depot in England. His crew earned praise for a 1944 record of sending over 7,500 front line aircraft into action. Mouring joined the U S Government at Napier Field in October 1942 and has been overseas 17 months after attending Houston County High School in Columbia. Pfc John R Register, son of Mr and Mrs J F Register of Dothan Route Three, was wounded in action in Germany on February 10, with War Department notifying his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Mouring
Mary H. Mouring
East
Washington Street
Air Service Command
England
Morris Berman
U. S
Napier Field
Houston County High School
Columbia
John R. Register
J. F. Register
Dothan
Germany
War Department
Overseas Pfc James W Hardy Stationed in France
Overseas Pfc James W Hardy husband of Mrs Eudean Hardy of Dothan is now stationed overseas in France. He attended Rehobeth High School and joined the Army in December 1942. He was previously at Norfolk Virginia and Camp Shelby Mississippi and holds the good conduct medal and blue ribbon for exemplary behavior and gunnery. Technical Sergeant James M Ball brother of Roberta Hall of Webb Route One has been admitted to the RAF Regional and Convalescent Hospital Miami Beach Fla for treatment and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hardy
Eudean Hardy
Dothan
France
Rehobeth High School
Army
Norfolk
Camp Shelby
Miss
Army Hospital
Jamesm. Ball
Roberta Hall
Webb Route One
RAF
Miami Beach
Fla
Han
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Pollow
Vance Ais Vateo Nol
Ashford, Ala
Sgt
Cammie Watson
Roane
Max’s Grill
Susdey
Dothan Milling Company
Bntgomery
Dothan Jewelry Company
Pears Cd
Jothan Jewelry Company
Aay
Asfol W Iy
WAGF
Pepper Boytling Company
Alabama
LT. Lewis
Maemwiage Licenses
BS Buswess
Pacific
Carlos Roberts
Sun
Mrz
Bilal Aout
GTS Bronte Stake
Onvus Randary
8Fth
Gertrude F. Duprer
Arms Nurse Corps
Dothen
Foster Generet Hospital
Jeckson
Mist
Depree
Colump
Camp Hycker
North Carolina
Wilmington
N.C
Headland Peanut Co
Headland, Alabama
Nuese
Lenas
Aqooy
Wien
Homie Sanitation Guide
Wallace
Sneehone
Faamel
America
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