Our Men and Women in Service Roll Call
Local families report sons and daughters in the armed forces overseas and stateside. Numerous service members including Pvt. Charles E. Kidd at England and Sgt. Harold M. Bowers returning to Camp Campbell Ky are listed along with others at Camp Haan Fort Knox Bainbridge Camp Swift and Camp McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Kidd
Park Street
Charles E. Kidd
England
Pvt
Kidd
Camp Haan
Ornia
Air Force records a record July for 8th Air Force in Europe
U S Eighth Air Force headquarters in England reports a record July with 25 operations in 10 days and six raids in seven days. Fortresses hit five targets in one day, 25 in ten days, with Norway raid on Henroya and raids on France Holland Belgium. Over 200 enemy planes destroyed, about 100 Fortresses lost, and advancing medium bomber ops under new air support command. The Sth Air Force began dropping propaganda leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Henroya
France
Holland
Belgium
RAF
Hamburg
Sth
Private Ottis Crotts Visits Crotts On Emery Street
Pvt. Ottis Crotts of Company F, 27th Battalion, M P T I C Fort Custer is on furlough visiting Mrs. Mary Wu Crotts on Emery Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottis Crotts
27Th Battalion
Fort Custer, Mich
Rlough
Mary Wu Crotts
Emery Street
Willowbrook Man Home Before Merchant Marine Service Induction
Bobby Marshall of Willowbrook Street is back home for a few days before returning to Wilmington to begin his induction into the Merchant Marine Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Marshall
Willowbrook Street
Wilmington
Merchant Marine Service
Wilson brothers enter military service with Coast Guard and Navy
J. Gurney Wilson departs for St. Augustine Florida to join the United States Coast Guard Reserves after enlisting two weeks ago. His brother Knox Wilson Jr. has served in the Navy for two years and earned both third class petty officer and second class seaman ratings within sixteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Louis J. Smith
C. F. Ridge
Willow Street
United States Marine Corps
Brooks G. Callahan
Unitedtates Army
Camp Breckinridge, Ky
Cpl Callahan
G. S. Callahan
Bridges St
Grace Callahan
Cpl. Callahan
Camp Breckinridge
Joseph Grayson Branson
Bertha Branson
Hill
Trinity
Bainbridge
Seaman Branson
Sgt
Mack Lindsay
United States Army
England
Camp Livington
J. Gurney Wilson
J. Knox Wilson
St. Augustine
Fla
United States Coast Guard
Knox Wilson, Jr
Navy
Xmas Overseas Mail Period Is Established
Local mail supervisor B G Leonard announced a Christmas overseas mailing period from September 15 to November 1 for naval personnel and from September 15 to October 15 for others. Packages up to five pounds may be mailed without a signed request during the period, with strict packaging and censorship rules and explicit prohibitions on perishables intoxicants and flammable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Leonard
Leonard
Blood donors urged to provide 80000 pints weekly
Washington July 31 James F. Byrnes director of war mobilization said 80000 pints of blood must be donated each week to sustain armed forces supplies. He called blood donation democracy in action and noted plasma saves lives by countering shock at a new Red Cross blood donor center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Red Cross
Landis Morris
Morris
Africa
Olar
8. C
Mrs Smith in Florida and Navy husband in Miami
Mrs Jack Smith formerly Sara Belle Taylor travels to Miami with her husband an electricians mate first class in the U S Navy now in school there. He recently returned from the southwest Pacific war zone where he took part in major battles. The Rangoon Burma airport is claimed to be the largest in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Florida
Jack Smith
Sara Belle Taylor
Miami
Fla
United States Navy
Southwest Pacific War Zone
U S Airmen Bomb Hong Kong Harbor In WWII Raid
Liberator and Mitchell bombers of the 14th U S Air Force hit Hong Kong harbor wharves and ships on Wednesday and Thursday. A large freighter took a direct hit as targets on the Kowloon side suffered heavy damage. The report notes air battles with enemy fighters and no American losses, while Chinese forces reported heavy Japanese casualties near Hangchow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U. S. Air Force
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Taiku
Kowloon
U.S
China
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Private Carroll Visits Family During Fifteen Day Furlough
Pvt. Paul E. Carroll arrived Tuesday from Fort Myers Florida to spend a fifteen day furlough with his wife Mrs. Eula Carroll at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carroll 411 Smith street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Grover Bowers
Center
W. H. Bowers
Long Street
Fort Jackson
S. C
Robert W. Bundy
W. G. Bundy
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Pvt
Bundy
Infantry
Ernest W. Noah, Jr
England
Camp Haan
Calif
EF. W. Noah
Hazel Noah
South Main Street
Pfc
Fred G. Noah
Africa
Richard W. Noah
Southwest Pacific
Ernest B. Freeman
FE. B. Freeman
Gilbert Street
Freeman
United States Army
Camp Pinedale
Paul E. Carroll
Fort Myers
Fla
Eula Carroll
J. H. Carroll
Smith Street
Crowley Runs Three Posts With Quiet Efficiency
Leo T. Crowley, 53, former banker and Standard Gas and Electric chairman, holds FDIC chair, OFW director, and alien property custodian. He volunteers no salary beyond 10 000 a year from EDIC, returning it to FDIC, and avoids social life to focus on organization and subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Standard Gas and Electric Company
OFW
Crowley
Tural Credit Extension
National Farm Credit Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Northwest
St. Paul
FDIC
United States
Will-to-Win Noted Among American Troops Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson reports a sober determined will-to-win among U.S. troops after a three week tour to Iceland Britain and North Africa. He cites talks with Lt General Jacob Devers and General Dwight D Eisenhower and praises well trained well equipped soldiers with successful Sicily and Tunisia operations as context for his assessment. Details of the trip to be released at a later press conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Iceland
Great Britain
North Africa
Britain
Jacob Devers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Tunisia
Germany
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otis C. Johnson
J. F. Johnson
Street
Rucket
Ala
Cpl. Johnson
Camp Edwards
Seaman Doyle
Jack Cornelison
N. G.lison
Thomasville
United States Navaling Station
Sampson
N. Y
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Company
Newport News
Harold M. Bowers
Camp Campbell
Tenn
Geneva Bowers
Bowers
Fort Knox, Ky
Johnnie W. Strickland
Camila Strickland
Fast High Street
Strickland
Camp Livingston
Camp Swift
Texas
Robert KE. Southard, Jr
R. FE. Southard
Monthieu Ave
Virginia Harbinson Southard
West Bay Street
Cpl. South
Johny R. Thomas
Annie R. Thomas
Edding Street
Campucker
Thomas
Camp Edards
Mass
Guy L. Spencer
United States Amy
EF. W. Spencer
Franklin Street
Spencer
Army
Earl Hodgin
J. A. Hodgin
Jamestown
Anacostia Sta., Washington, D. C
United States Naval Reserve
Bainbridge, Md
Ollie W. Hutchins
18Th Ymd Squadron
Blythe Field
P. D. Hutchins
D. Hutchins
Nolan A. Mullis
Virgi
Virgie
Fort Brags
Cornelia Harbinson Mullis
Vauteville
Howard G. Bowen
M. J. Bowen
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Alfred F. Taylor
Frank M. Taylor
Connor Street
Nellie Taylor
Newell G. Black
W. L. Black
Ward Street
Camp Davis
Louise Harbinson Black
Pfe
James A. Mabry
Etta Mabry
Spartanburg
S.C
Danville, Ill
Beadie Harbinson Mabry
Jones Street
Fort Bragg
Glenn C. Hodgin
Camp Endicotte, R
Gladys Hodgin
Camp Perry
Margaret Cameron
George R. Ridge
Westwood
Cpl. Cameron
WAC
Chanute Field
Ill
Marvin Byrum Manley
Atlanta Ordnance Depot
Atlanta
M. S. Manley
Thissell Street
Manley
Camp Lee
Ray R. Winslow
Tom Winslow
Camp Pendleton
Ocean Side
Parris Island
New River
Evelyn Blain Winslow
Route Two
George K. Harbinson
C. FE. Harbinson
Camp Wolters
Ray Hutchins, Jr
Maxine Leach
Montheu Ave
Gilbert S. Callahan
G. 8. Callahan
Bridges Street
Airforce
Marshall
Coast Guard
Rangoon
Burma
Jack) Blackwelder
L. W. Blackwelder
Steele Street
Camp Bowie
Tex
Fort Knox
Leo Crowley
Jane Eads
Leo T. Crowley
Crawlaw
General Paper and Supply Company
Madison
Wis
Madison Bank
State Banking Review Board
Agricul
VOGUE
Rothmoor
U. & Patent Office
Efird's Department Store
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