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Men in Service Honor Roll from High Point Area
Cpl. Robert L. Walker serves as message center chief in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division after enlisting in 1946 and earning multiple medals. Pvt. Billy R. Gann finishes Air Force basic indoctrination at Lackland AFB. Six locals complete Fort Jackson basic training with the infantry. Pfc. Marvin L. Sizemore earns paratrooper wings and a promotion after Fort Benning training and assignment to Fort Campbell. Pvt. James H. Trivette completes Air Force basic indoctrination and becomes MATS statistical officer in Washington. Two more High Point soldiers nearing Lackland completion: Billy D. Adams and Thomas A. Wheat. Cpl. Eugene Mingo heads to Newfoundland with the Air Force AACS. Airman Ted C. Moore completes boot camp at San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Robert L. Walker
Charles Walker
Pearson Street
Korea
25Th Infantry Division
Cpl. Walker
Army
High Point
Ida Boulware
Furlough Street
Paul Roy Hampton
Otis E. Hampton
Ridgecrest Drive
Marvin L. Sizemore
Margaret Sizemore
Carrick Avenue
Fort Benning
Sizemore
Air Force
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Washington, D. C
Kivett
Marvin J. Kivett
Sherrod Street
Margaret Hedgecock
Saidi ‘Hedgecock
Chestnut Street
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Billy D. Adams
W. Adams
Park Street
Thomas A. Wheat
L. Wheat
West Burton Street
Newfoundland
Eugene Mingo
Mary Mingo
Reed Street
Airways and Air Communication Service
AACS
Ted C. Moore
J. Frank Moore
Wesley Place
U.S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn