Brown Convalesces After Saipan Shell Injury
First Class Edward Warren Brown of Darlington Florida recuperates at a Oakland California naval hospital after a shell hit during demolitions work on Saipan. His parents Mr and Mrs James W Brown are noted. Private Russell J Seiferth Jr earned paratrooper wings at Fort Benning after four weeks of jump training. Sergeant Emmett Jordan of Ashford returns to the U S after 26 months service in Australia and New Guinea. Vaccination discovery noted as Jenner’s English physician achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Saipan
Edward
Warren Brown
Derlington
Fla
Naral
Oakland
Califois
James W. Brown
Darlington
Russell J. Seiferth, Jr
Frances Seiferth
East Savanneh Street
Parachute School
Fort Benning
U. S. Army
Emmett Jordan
Ashford
United States
Australia
New Guinea
St. Jordan
C. C. Jordan
Technical Sergeant Hugh D Stephen Promoted With Red Raiders
Public Relations Office announces that Staff Sergeant Hugh D Stephen of Stephenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H D Stephen, has been promoted to technical sergeant while serving with the Red Raiders heavy bomber outfit in the Southwest Pacific. He joined in January 194 and has flown as engineer earning the Air Medal and Asiatic Pacific ribbon with bronze star for over 25 missions against Japanese targets including Hollandia Wewak Biak Noeri floor Manokwari Halmehera Ceram and the Celebes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh D. Stephen
H D
Stephenson
South St. Andrews
Red Ruaiders
Fith Aly Fores
Southwest Pacific
Biephenson
Red Raiders
Harlingen
Texas
Keesler Field
Miss
Napier Field
Hollandia
Wewak
Biak
Noeri Floor
Manokwari
Halmehera
Ceram
Celebes
Wilkes
Robert M. Wilkes
C. R. Wilkes
Slocomb Route Two
Fourteenth U. S. Air Force
China
Army
Skipper Returns From 16 Months in CBI Theater
First Lieutenant Lawrence E. Skipper 33 son of Mr and Mrs IW D Skipper 17 South East Street recently returned from 16 months service to the Ching Burma India theater now in process through the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No Two in Miami Beach where his next assignment will be recommended He was a navigator and Assistant Operations Officer in the CBI theater and participated in 42 missions He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1938 to 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence E. Skipper
IW. D. Skipper
South East Street
Ching-Burma India
Army Air Forces
No. Two
Miami Beach
Skipper
CBI
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Meadows Returns From Nazi Prison
Lieut. Niram J. Meadows of Opp who joined the Army in 1941 and later served in Oklahoma and Florida camps before overseas duty was interned in a German war prisoners camp in Poland after capture in Tunisia in 1943. He arrived in the United States aboard the Gripsholm, his wife and daughter in Mobile, sister in Arcadia Florida, aunt in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niram J. Meadows
Opp
W. B. Jeffries
North Lena Street
United States
Gripsholm
Belen
W. T. Meadows
Joe Meadows
Rommel
Tunisia
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Breslau
Oklahoma
Florida
Mobile
John’ C Renfroe
Arcadiz
Fla
William E. Richter Receives Presidential Unit Citation
Technical Sergeant William E Richter, with the 12th Air Force overseas, has been authorized to wear the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon. His unit was cited for outstanding performance of duty in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. He trained at Napier Field and served 16 months overseas, stationed on Corsica until September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ¥. Richter
Una Iris King
H. B. King
East
Collins Street
12Th Air Force
Plattsmouth
Nebraska
Sgt. Richter
Mediterranean
Richter
Napier Field
Isle of
Corsica
Ward Recovering Wounded Lt Ward in Paris Hospital
Second Lieutenant James A. Ward Jr of Dothan is reported wounded in France on September 13 and now recovering in a Paris hospital. Overseas since March 1944, he has flesh wounds to the left cheek and left arm, with a Purple Heart and oak leaf cluster, and is a member of the 7th Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Ward, Jr
Dothan
France
War Department
Paris
Sybil Roberts Ward
West Main
Ward
Lee with 232nd Master Sergeant Luther M. Lee
Luther M. Lee son of Mr and Mrs L M Lee of Samson serves in the 232nd Medical Composite Battalion a peninsula base unit that supplied Fifth Army in Italy since Salerno D Day landings. A Samson High School graduate class of 1940 he has 45 years in the Army and months overseas in North Africa and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Aafrica
Italy
Births List from Mobile and Nearby Towns
A series of birth notices listing newborns named Lionel Powers Jr Sandra Ann Raymond Stearns MacNeil Shelby Lee Thomas Charles Clayton MacArthur Alyce Adrea David Lee Lucas Allen Thomas Jr Sandra Jo Johnny Mack with parents from Mobile Dyersburg Ashford Midland City Slocomb Slocomb and Slocomb areas. Dates range September 23 to October 7 with parental names and service statuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere Powers McLeod
Mobile
Lionel Powers, Jr
Sergeant
John Sam Roney
Dyersburg
Tenn
Sandra Ann
Paul Fonser
Susan
Fsteans MacNeil
Raymond Stearns Mac. Reil
Shelby Thomas
Shelby Lee Thomas, Jr
Charles C. McArthur
Ashford
Charles Clayton MacArthur
Lowell M. Dennis
Alyce Adrea
B. L. Lucas
West Adams — Street
David Lee Lucas
Seaman
Allen T. Davis
Allen Thomas, Jr
Wuburm Williams
Midland City
Sandra Jo
George HM. Helo
Slocomb
Johnny Mack
Deaths in the Dothan area and beyond
Obituary notices list W. W. Folsom 74 of Dothan route one Er E W McIlroy 72 of 1112 Reeves Street Dothan Mrs Levi Kirkland 62 of Pansey route one Irby B Cook 52 of Chipley Mrs John Kinard 67 of Cutber t Louis Lou Gassett 19 of Arlton route three William Ruth Hudson 81 of Ozark route Mrs Ella Mae Hollis 54 of Arion Mrs Henry B Mendheim 42 of Smyrna community Mrs Charles Sparrow of Birmingham Miss Ada Whaley of Enterprise and others in brief death notices from multiple Alabama communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Folsom
Dothan
E. W. Mc&lroy
Reeves Street
Levi Kirkland
Pansey
Irby B. Cook
Chipley
John Kinard
Cuthbert
Louis Lou Gassett
Ariton
William Ruth Hudson
Ozark
Ella Mae Hollis
Arion
Henry B. Mendhiem
Smyrna
Charles Sparrow
Sbirmingham
Ada Whaley
Enterprise
Kinard Awarded Bronze Star For Meritorious Service In Italy
Private first class Roy F. Kinard son of George E. Kinard of Headland route two was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat with the 5th Infantry Division on the Fifth Army front in Italy. Also noted are updates on A B Dickson at Newport Rhode Island Training Station awaiting next assignment after 19 months in the Navy and Robert M Wilkes promotional move to Technical Sergeant with the Fourteenth U S Air Force in interior China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinard
Roy F. Kinard
George E. Kinard
Headland Route Two
B5th
Custer
Italy
Dickson
Newport
A B. Dickson
Mrz
M.D. Dickson
Navy
South Pacific
Newport, Rhode Island
Missing in action soldier from Bonifay in Yugoslavia
Corporal John C. Wark Evans of Bonifay Florida, son of Mr and Mrs J T Evans Jr, has been reported missing in action over Yugoslavia since September 21. Evans, a puns er, has been listed as lip service since last November by military officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Wark Evans
Mra
J. T. Evans, Jr
Bonifay
Fis
Yugoslavia
Newton Promoted Corporal to Sergeant in War Service
Corporal Julian M Newton son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Newton of Webb has been promoted to sergeant. He serves as waist gunner on a B 24 Liberator with the 15th AAF in Italy. His veteran group has flown over 110 missions against German and Axis targets including Regensburg Wiener Neustadt Steyr Plaesti c oil fields and Hermann Goering tank works. A Houston County High School graduate he worked as a stock checker for Scovill Manufacturing before entering the Army May 13 1943. He trained at the Alabama School of Trades and earned his gunner wings at Laredo Gunnery School Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian M. Newton
Robert C. Newton
Webb
15Th Aaf
Italy
Newton
Liberator
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Rumania
France
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Wiener-Neustadt
Steyr
Plaéstic
Hermann Goerring
Houston County
Scovill Manufacturing Co
Army
Alabama School of Trades
Andrews Returns From 18 Months In British West Indies
Foy Andrews, Pharmacist Mate Second Class and son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Andrews, has returned from 18 months in the base hospital in the British West Indies. After 30 days leave at home, he will report to Lido Beach Long Island for further assignment. He has two brothers in service in the South Pacific Avell Andrews and Mitchell Andrews. Stephenson Honored By Public Air Force In England Corporal Robert E Stephenson of Dothan route one was cited for distinguished and outstanding performance of duty from May 12 to July 18, by Major General William E Kepner, 2nd Bombardment Division Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Foy Andrews
T. M. Andrews
British West Indies
Lido Beach
Long Island
South Pacific
Avell. Andrews
W. T
Mitchell Andrews
MISS RISH IN ITALY WAC CODE CLERK AMID 90 SERVING
Private Anne M. Rish daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert F Rish of Abbeville is among 90 former school teachers serving in Italy with the Women’s Army Corps. She works as a code clerk handling top secret documents. Her brother Sergeant George F. Rish also serves overseas. Farramore Graduates Binejacket Wallace Paramore of Dothan earns eligibility for petty officer third class as signalman after naval training at Urbana Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rish
Italy
Anne M. Rish
Robert F. Rish
Abbeville
Women's Army Corps
Allied Force Headquarters
Wnes
Army
Wac
George F. Rish
Farramoore
Binejacket Wallace
Myers Convalescing After Purple Heart Wound
Sergeant Earl G. Myers son of J D Myers Newton route was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in France while serving in a tank destroyer unit. His sister Miss Dorothy Myers reported today. He is convalescing in a hospital in England.
Knowles Assigned to Bombardier School in Texas
Aviation Cadet Samuel HF Knowles reported for bombardier training at Big Spring Bombardier School in Big Spring Texas, announced by Colonel Ralph ye Rockwood. A Newville Alabama High School graduate class of 1643 he captained football and basketball and is the son of Mr and Mrs Hurley Snowles.
Prisoner of War Davis Reported by War Dept
Technical Sergeant Claude H Davis Jr son of C H Davis Sr of 605 Colton Avenue Eufaula is announced as being held as a Prisoner of War by Germany by the War Department.
Flowers Graduates with Second Lieutenant Commission
Francis A. Flowers Jr., 20, son of Mr and Mrs F A Flowers of 203 Park Avenue, has graduated from Ellington Field Texas and earned a second lieutenant commission along with silver navigator wings the Public Relations Office announced today He attended Emory University and was a member of Phi Delta Theta before joining the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flowers
Francis A. Flowers, Jr
F. A. Flowers
Park Avenue
Ellington Field
Texas
Emory University
Phi Delta Theta
Army
Bagnall Receives Infantry Medal for Overseas Service
Private First Class Elteg Bagnall, nephew of C of 300 Denton Street Doth, son of Mrs J. Rall of 407 Poyner Street, is awarded the infantry medal for his service in the war overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
War Xistioner
Denton Street
Bagnall
Elteg Bagnall
Mra. J
Poyner Street
Infantry
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THE
Dothan Eagle
Sgt. Jordan
Edward Jenner
Rainer Studio
KODAK
R. L. Williamson & Associates
Consulting Engineers — Architects Surveyors
Dothan, Ala
Sears
Aunt Eunie
Garrett's Varieties
Houston County Fair
Ala
Meadows
William E. Ritcher
Nassau
West Indies
New York
Coca-Cola Company
Alabama
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cols
Hoople Evans
By Williams
Crisabins
Grandpaw
Trail Riders
Jimmy Rogers
Mary Brian
Noah Berry JR
Fred Astaire
Joan Leslie
Sig Free Te Tarmars
Sede Pe Saar
Zere
Mere Marilons
Wbs
Peanut Growers
Graceville
Malone
Marianna
Greenwood Products Company
Columbia
J. R
Floyd
Cottonwood
W. J. Mitchell
Liverman
Benthall
Roy Redman
Route 1
Box 136
Campbellton
Romano Farm
Old Taylor Road
J. A. Bass
Ellen Monday
Howard's Grove Church
N. P. Stephens
J. H. Bowen
Rfd
Howera's Groves Church
Campbellton Highway
H. T. Watford
Rufus Floyd
Hardy School
SSS Ener
H. E. Mendhein
Iron City
Georgia
Roy Kelley
Hartford
Elijah Farmer
Jim Ditty
Bascom
Wee Eee
Richard Shiver
C. Hyatt
Ingram Plantation
Carlisle
State Line
Oliver
Wilbur Folsom, Jr
Red
Avery Cultivator
J. P. Gillespie
Wwee
C. M. Childs
D. Hodges
Joe M. Hughes
Huey Hall
Glee Ee
Roy Stough
Greenwood Products
Pany
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