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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1944
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a William H. Waters and other names, plus scattered phrases about a church chapter and a long service, but the content is incomplete and unclear. No clear event, date, location, or identifiable roles are established from the readable portions.
Buff Sergeant James F E Strickland of Ozark earned the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during an aerial mission over Verona Italy on February 16 1960. He served as a tail gunner on a B C twenty four rest unit and remained at his station despite severe wounds. He was later hospitalized for treatment after returning to base. Strickland is the son of Mr Jesse J Strickland of Lingham Avenue Orgik.
Sergeant Willem Q McLendon of Dothan was among two Alabama aerial gunners in the first large daylight bombing raid on Berlin. Sergeant Hamm of Montevallo also served as right water gunner in the Eighth Air Force formation, part of a massed strike over Nazidom.
Staff Sergeant Alfago Maddox of Webb is reported missing in action on March 4 during a bombing raid on Berlin. He arrived in England the previous month and served as a tall gunner on a Flying Fortress mission amid 73 bombers. Maddox, 20, is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Maddox, with brothers in service and relatives in Dothan and Beattie. Private Alvin J Pender, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Bender, recently arrived in England after enlisting in August last year and currently assigned to Air Cadet Administration.
Sergeant Clyde Bates Wright of Dothan has been promoted to Technical Sergeant by the public relations office at Camp Guardian Libert Ale. He attended Slocomb high school and previously worked as a general office worker for the War Department U S Engineers before entering the Army.
Nate Faulk managing editor of the Eagle since 1646 was sworn in Wednesday at the Birmingham Induction Station for Navy service. He becomes the 13th Eagle employee to join the armed forces. Faulk joined The Eagle in 1981 after eight years as a reporter and has been with the paper nearly continuously except for a year and a half.
Houston County men who passed pre induction physicals at Fort McPherson Ga departed Wednesday for Birmingham to be assigned to duty with the Navy. The enlistees include Robert Lather Jr Floy Blinsett Talhadger Williams Nathaniel Collier Faulk Henry Floyd Leon Olive and Sam McKinnon.
The Houston County Probate office issued marriage licenses in the past week. Couples include Charles Ripley Apps with Catton Wood, Johnnie Irene Muller with Walter W. Newberry Jr, and Dorothy Kitchings Dalton. Others are Nelson Armstrong Troy route two with Lucille Garner Farmer North Carolina, Edward Murray Singleterry Dorton with Clydie Katrine Ready Cowarth, Ethmer Wadel Dozier Noma Fin with Evelyn Taytor Ashfort, Perry Coleman DjiJ Tayter with Sara Nell Paley Donalsonville Georgia, Licas Calera Alabama with Frances Harvard Moody 202 North Herring Street Dothan, and James Ellis Hicka Dothan route five with Ruby Lola Moss Whiddon Street Dothan.
Private James D. Brown aged twenty of Pansey route one died in a car wreck near Hornites California on Sunday night March nineteen. Services were held Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Rev L C Brannon of Ashford presiding. Survived by parents D B and Mrs Brown, a brother Reuben and sister Martha Ann, plus several uncles and aunts. Ward Wilson Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Pitta of 513 Sesth Pettus ghest were informed that their son Private First Class James A. Pitta died of wounds in action while on duty for the United States Marine Corps. A telegram from Lieutenant General Vandergilt confirmed he died in the line of duty after being wounded in battle, with earlier word that he was wounded and in a hospital at Pearl Harbor where he was reportedly recovering. Pvt. Pitts had served 18 months.
Marine Lieutenant Harry Anderson, who has seen heavy combat in the Marshalls, arrived in Dothan for a brief 20 day visit and will return to military duties when furlough ends.
Fragmentary list cites multiple residents with ages and towns including Abbeville Cottonwood Dothan Headland and Phoenix City plus names such as Mrs Assia Hewerta Mrs Earl Grace Mrs Qile McDonial W.C Barnes Mrs J M Nichols and William D Pitchford.
The War Department announced two Wiregrass soldiers wounded in the Mediterrases area. First Lieutenant Robert N. Brady of Enterprise and Technician Fifth Grade Murrey H. Berryhill of Anton were named. Brady’s wife Mrs Myra A. Brady of Enterprise and Berryhill’s wife Mrs Marline J. Berryhill of Ariton were listed as next of kin.
Ten Houston County men train at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes. They study seamanship military drill and naval procedures while awaiting aptitude tests to decide assignment to service schools or immediate active duty. After completing recruit training they will have a nine day home leave. Names include Frank Hunter, Cletus Rollins, James Ethridge, Queen Sars Goodson, Ralph McNeal, John Owens Jackson, Willie J. Martin, William Hollis Knowles, and Wallace Anderson Greene with addresses in Columbia and Dothan areas.
Midland City soldier Technician Fourth Grade Dalmond Roberson earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Italy in December 1943. While serving as a tractor mechanic he directed movement of a 155 mm gun under heavy fire, finishing the mission in minimal time. He was notified of the award January 19 and mailed to his parents.
A series of birth notices from Dothan and Enterprise lists a son for Bascom Givens and a daughter for the Ruley couple, another daughter for Cr tin M Sheppard, and a son for Victor Sellen with names Larry Rudolph Martha Carolyn and Leslie Hamilton. A daughter to Sgt and Mrs William M Capps is named Cynthia. Staff Sergeant L C Smith of Milledgeville Ga receives the Purple Heart for wounds in Italy, announced by relatives. he has served over four years and was on foreign duty for a year.
A Geneva native, Staff Sergeant Elon H. Pate, is reported as one of eight Alabama soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany. The word comes from Kin van Wied, who cites a sister as the source.
The Navy Recruiting Office announced the enlistment of four Wiregrass men including Cecil Wambles of Elba Hervey R L Fuller of Enterprise Mark Dorroiety of Mariford and Junie Lee Waters Jr of Dothan route two, for Navy training.
A wartime column urges readers to trust military leaders and curb public demand for confidential war details. It defends press freedom while warning against back seat driving and partisan politics, arguing democracy depends on unity, faith, and sacrifice during and after the war.
Frederick Ming Watson, eighty two, a native and prominent Marianna businessman, was given last rites and funeral arrangements at his home with Rev. L W Chalker of the First Methodist officiating as the community mourns a noted local figure.
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