Clements Graduates From Amphibious Tractor School
Marine Private first class son of Mrs Forest Brannen, 104 North Bell, graduated from amphibious tractor school at Training Command School Camp Pendleton Oceanside Calif. He is 20, lettered in football at Dothan High, worked at a mail carrier before enlisting Oct 3, 1943. Skipper Back Home. Paymaster Sergeant Olen D Skipper of Enterprise led ten Marines arriving in Atlanta after South Pacific service. Charles W Fenner Wadley was the only one not returning from the South Pacific after 12 months with a guard company in Alaska. Peas asparagus and sweet corn keep sweetness three times longer in a refrigerator than in a warm room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clements
Bornby Gements
Forest Brannén
North Bell Street
Training Command School
Can P Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Pubic Relations Office
Olen D. Skipper
Enterprise
U. S
Atlanta
South Pacific
Charles W. Fenner
Wadley
Alaska
Marriages Reported by Houston County Probate Office
Marriage licenses issued in the past week list couples including Daniel L. Grantham of Savannah Georgia and Sue Martin Quattlebatum of Conway South Carolina Harrell Mercer of Gordon route one and Mary Frances Bedsole of Pansey route one James Gayton Mathis of Marianna Florida and Julia Mae Yates of Ashford route one Max Hiebner of New York New York and Sally Wasserman of Bronx New York Earl Johnson of Rocky Joplin?lice and Louise Irene McIntyre of Webb Alabama Ralph G. Smith of 10 South Gates Street Dothan and Ella Kate Myers of 509 North Alice Street Ralph M Dodds of Indianapolis Indiana and Blanche Harris of Greenville route three William Cammie Halstead of Dothan route three and Alice McCord of Dothan route three Lonnie A. Granger Jr of Cottonwood Illinois and Gwen Burnham of Cottonwood route one Junior Rose of Payne Gap Kentucky and Lela Guinnell Pipkin of 409 North Poster Street Dothan Elmo Bass of Brundidge route one and Elfen Jones of 1022 South Appletree Street Dothan Jesse Perry of Sharps Chapel Tennessee and Johnnie Evelyn Hunter of Columbia route two John Richard Bright of Weirton West Virginia and Willodne Etheridge of Dothan route four Orlando Knight of Graceville route three and Luda Mae Baxley of Slob? Tomb route one
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Houston County
Daniel L. Grantham
Savannah
Sue Martin Quattlebatum
Conway
S. C
Rocky J. Conn
Louise Irene McIntyre
Webb
Ala
Ralph G. Smith
South Gates Street
Dothan
Ella Kate Myers
North Alice Street
Ralph M Dodds
Indianapolis
Ind
Blanche Harris
Greenville
William Cammie Halstead
Alice McCord
Lonnie A. Granger, Jr
Cottonwood
Alg
Orlando Knight
Graceville
Luda Mae Baxley
Slotomb
Richmond Flowers Is Promoted To First Lieutenant
Second lieutenant Bucmmoen Flowers of Dytran has been promoted to First Lieutenant while serving at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. He also commands the medical detachment 21st post and has been stationed there 13 months. Commissioned July 7 1943 he previously served at Fort McClellan and Lawson General Hospital. He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and earned a University of Alabama law degree in 1941. Son of Mr and Mrs J J Flowers of 209 North Gates Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucmmoen Flowers
Dytran
Fort Oglethorpe
Atlanta
Alabamy Polytechnic Insitute
University of Alabama
J. J. Flowers
North Gates Street
Sullivan Completes Hundred Missions in Italy Air War
Corporal William Sullivan of 604% South Oates street is a sholt metal specialist in a B 24 squadron of the 15th Air Force in Italy. The unit marked its 100th combat mission in the Mediterranean campaign. Sullivan repaired flak damaged fuselages during eight months of operations. A Gordon Military College graduate, he joined the service Oct 6 1942 and trained at Chanute Field Salt Lake City and Langley Field before his assignment.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
William ¥. Sullivan
South Oates Street
15Th Air Force Base
Mediterranean
Jodas
W. V. Sullivan
Gordon Military College
Sullivan
Chanute Field
Salt Lake City
Utah
Langley Field
15Th Air Force
Murrow Schwinn Wounded in France in World War II
Sergeant Murrow D. Schwinn of Campbellton Florida was wounded in action in France on August 11 and is now recovering in a hospital in North Africa. He had been wounded twice before while serving in Italy, according to his father M. D. Schwinn of Campbellton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrow
D. Schwinn
Campbelton
Fla
France
M. D. Schwinn
Campbellton
Schwinn
North Africa
Italy
War Department lists Alabama wounded in action
Master sergeant Lewis F. Andrews of Ozark Route Three is wounded in action in the Central Pacific as part of a War Department release naming 1,793 U.S. soldiers wounded. Corporal James H. Mixon, son of Mrs Naomi Mixon of Dothan, graduates from the flexible gunnery course at Yuma Army Air Field and earns silver aerial gunner wings after Radio Operators and Mechanics School at Scott Field. Also reported are birth announcements for several servicemen and families, including Christine, Teresa Alpha, Sharon, Jo Ann, Melissa Carroll, Arthur McCuney, and others born in August at various locations.
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Lewis F. Andrews
Ozark Route Three
Central Pacific
War Department
Mixon
James H. Mixon
Naomi Mixon
Dothan
Yuma Army Air Field
Dothan High School
Scott Field
Lery
James Penn Williams
Dothar
Christine
Frivate
Edgar B. Seddon
Teresa Alpha
Sergeant
Stanley N. Wilson
Andrews Street
Washington, D. C
Melissa Carroll
Robert W. Cowden
Anne Blaum
Arthur McCtuney
Ruggs Returns and Dupree Promoted in Navy News
Sergeant Clarence Rogers son of Mrs Ella Smith has returned to the States after seven years in the Caribbean and is stationed at AAF Redistribution Station No. Two in Miami Beach. Eldridge Dupree Jr gunner's mate second class has been named a battalion commander at the U S Navy Pre Flight School Athens Ga after two years at sea and Naval Flight Preparatory School at Natchitoches Ea remain in source wording.
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Ruggs
Clarence Rogers
Ella Smith
Headland Avenue
States
Caribbean
AAF
Miami Beach
Fla
Dupree
Eldridge Dupree
USN
FE. Dupree
Ashford
U. S Navy
Athens
Natchitoches
CAA
Deaths and military notes from the region
Deaths list includes Josiah Morgan Dean of Hartford Ellie Maddox Dora Lunsford Thelma Louise Cook Charles Preston Guilford Lizzie McDaniel Rev R J Coxwell H E Ethridge W G Hardy J Luke Adams residents of Ozark Ashford Pensacola Columbia and other locales Two complete paratrooper courses Privates Cobb and Sellers completed Parachute School Fort Benning Ga awarded wings and boots Kirkland awarded Good Conduct Medal for Pfc Collie F Kirkland stationed at Camp Brown Texas.
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Josiah Morgan Dean
Hartford
Ellie Maddox
Dothan
Dora Lunsford
Ariton
Thelma Louise Cook
Ozark
Charles Preston Guilford
Lizzie McDaniel
R. J. Coxwell
Pensacola
H. E. Ethridge
Ashford
W. G. Hardy
Columbia
J. Luke Adams
S. St. Andrews Street
James F. Cobb
Duban
Daniel Mi Sellers
Bonifay
Mla
Fort Berning
U.S Army
Sellers
David M Sellers
Kirkland
Pte
Collie F
Camp Brown Texas
Mre PL
Dotialsonille
Ratcliffe Promoted First Lieutenant to Captain
War Department announces Elma resident Fred Hamilton Ratcliffe promoted to captain in the Quartermaster Corps. Walter Edwin Cuthbertson AMM-1 of 105 South Alice street returned from 28 months service, plans 30-day leave with parents before reporting to Jacksonville Naval Base. Fire cause undetermined. motor was not running when discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratcliffe
Fred Hamilton Raticliffe
Elma
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Cuthbertson
Walter Edwin Cuthbertson
AMM-1
South
Alice Street
T. C. Cuthbertson
Jacksonville Naval Base
Fle
Munda
New Georgia
Hawkins Promoted to First Lieutenant in India
Second Lieutenant Damon Hawkins, son of Mrs Supe Hawkins of Cuthan, promoted to First Lieutenant. He serves in the Transportation Corps and is stationed in India.
Three Wiregrass Soldiers Wounded in Action
The War Department announced that three Wiregrass soldiers were wounded in action in Europe. Technician fourth grade James Batchelor of Arcadia Route 2, Staff Sergeant John L Baxfey of Slocomb Route 1, and Private Grady L Carr of Pinckard are the injured service members.
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War Department
James ¥. Batchelor
Doxie Jones Batchelor
Aritan
John L. Baxfey
Mae Jane Barxley
Slocomb
Grady L. Carr
Nancy J. Cary
Pinckard
Sgt Weed Awarded Third Oak Leaf Cluster
Technical Sergeant Luther F. Weed, son of Mrs. James W Weed, received the third oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial combat. An aerial engineer on a Liberator Heavy bomber from an Eighth Air Force station in England, he completed 24 bombing missions over Germany and occupied territories. He entered the Army November 22, 1942, and has been overseas since May 4, 1944, after studying at Ariton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther F. Weed
James W Weed
Ozark
England
Germany
Army
Ariton High School
Shellie Blount Wounded in France Near Cherbourg
Private Shellie F. Blount, 23, of Slocomb, a medical soldier with a unit near Cherbourg, was wounded by a stray bullet while evacuating casualties six days after D-Day. He finished a fourteen hour stretch, was hit in the right thigh near St Lo, and evacuated within an hour to a hospital. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James Early Blount and was a farmer before enlisting.
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U. S
England
Normandy Battle Field
Shellie F. Blount
Slocomb
Blount
France
Cherbourg
St. Lo
James Early Blount
Cochran Wounded in France During WWII Action
Private first class A J Cochran son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Cochran of Webb was slightly wounded in action August 6 in France. The War Department message says he is recovering in a hospital in England and his parents received the update this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Cochran
Arthur Cochran
Webb
France
War Department
England
Crowson Wounded in Action in European Theater
Private Joseph F. Crowson husband of Mrs Beatrice H Crowson of Geneva route one has been wounded in action while serving in the European area according to a War Department announcement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Crowson
Beatrice H. Crowson
Geneva
War Department
Military notices and promotions reported in war era brief
Mack Kelly Wounded in action in the Pacific informs Mr and Mrs Floyd Kelly of N St Andrews St as their son Mack Kelly served in the U S Army. Grigler promoted to Captain at Aloe Army Air Field Victoria Texas where he trains officers after Alabama and Texas A&M football and baseball stints. McCall enlists at U S Maritime Service Training Station St Petersburg Florida. Rex L Lee assigned as bombardier cadet at Midland Army Air Field with future wings and second lieutenant rank. Corporal Edward F Dian returns to the States after 23 months in the Southwest Pacific and is now assigned to a local post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Kelly
N. St. Andrews Street
Mack Kelly
U. S. Army
Grigler
Philip H Grigler
Ellis
Aloe
Dian
States
Edward FE. Dian
Dothan
Southwest Pacific
Williams in Training
Private first class Thomas Ward Williams, son of Mrs. 8. Williams, 30 South Appletree Street, has begun training in the bomber mechanic school at Keesler Field, Mississippi, the public relations office announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ward Williams
FL Williams
South Appletree Street
Keesler Field
Misr
Word From Prisoner In Japan Sparks Family Hope
A letter from Alabama boy Rex E. Wilson, EM3 in the U. S. Navy, held at Zentsuji prison camp in Japan after Guam fell on December 14 1942, was shown by his cousin Mrs W Y Sullivan. The note dated December 7 1943 reached his mother Mrs L O Wilson of Yaotley Alabama.
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Alabama
Iso
Guam
W. Y. Sullivan
Rex E. Wilson
U. S Navy
L. O. Wilson
Yaotley
Ala
Aim
Sullivan
Wilson
Zentsugi
Japan
Navy
David Walsor
Pearl Harbor
unclear military memo fragment of a dedication ceremony
Fragmentary note references a dedication of a gold star for a fallen person, a Corporal LoujerR, and promotions within an Army unit. Mentions Dr. y tor, Fors, Sos Church, and Harings instructor. Details are garbled with many misspellings and missing context.
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al Sery
Sos
E. S. McCustic
Brende
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