Col Albert Lisenby Receives Commendation for Service
Col Albert Lisenby, son of Mr and Mrs Lisenby of Dothan, received a commendation ribbon for outstanding accomplishments as a judge advocate with the 17th Airborne Division in Germany. He had previously earned the Bronze Star Medal, served overseas 18 months, and returned to the States in April. He is a Auburn Polytechnic Institute and Georgetown Law School graduate, and is married to Lucille Sharp of Dothan.
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Acing
Hag
Albert “Lisenby
Dothan
Joe
Oitstanding
Airborne ‘Division
Germany
Lisenby
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Georgetown University Law School
Philadelphia
Lucille Sharp
Amputee Veterans May Get Applications For Cars Here Soon
Amputee veterans in the Southeast can obtain forms from the Dothan VA office within two or three weeks for a $30 million program to provide cars or conveyances at government expense. About 1,800 World War II veterans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee qualify for compensation for loss of use of one or both legs at or above the ankle. Local veterans are asked to wait for forms at the N Faster street office rather than contacting VA directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Dothan
Veterans Administration
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wiregrass
N. Faster Street
Pretty Baby Girl Abandoned In Jasper Basement
A baby girl about three to four weeks old was found abandoned on a bench in the basement of the Jasper courthouse. Authorities seek the mother who left the child with a note saying she was forced to work for a living. The infant is in People's Hospital as welfare workers arrange care.
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Jasper
Ala
People’s Hospital
Monroe Williams
A. Baldwin
Florence Plyer
Welfare Department
Airport plan dates moved up two months in Alabama
State Aeronautics Director ASA Rountree Jr. announced that master airport development plan completion dates have been advanced by two months. Alabama CAA officials are now notified of new deadlines: the national plan due December 2 and the state planes due November 12.
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Montgomery
Asa Rountree, Jr
Rountree
Alabama
CAA
Selective Service Directors Of State Rewarded For Work
War Department awards two Alabama based Selective Service officers for wartime service in Alabama. Col James T. Johnson Jr receives the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership from 1940 to 1945 as chief of classification and state director. Col Charles W. Mills is awarded the Legion of Merit for meritorious service in the same period as mobilization officer and chief of the manpower division.
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Washington
War Department
Alabama
James T. Johnson, Jr
Charles W. Mills
Legion’ of Merit
Lye
Johnson
Selective Service
Col. Mills
Menpower
Lems
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Albert
Red Ryder
Gourielli
Your Walgreen Agency
N. Foster
the Dothan
Fedesal Reserve
Vam
Byrd
Griffin
Indiana Flour Company of
The
Methodist Church, Exchange Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pan-Am
Byrd’s Service Center
Otis Byrd
Gillis Griffin
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