Allied Pacific Team Leader in World War II Campaigns
West Point graduate of 1903 and chief engineering officer in the Pacific. Rose to allied commander in chief, Southwest Pacific, with battles including Coral Sea Midway Leyte and Luzon. Served under Hoover and MacArthur, led campaigns across Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan Peleliu Iwo Jima and Buna. Retired 1937 recalled 1941, Philippine field marshal status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Pacific
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
General Staff Corps
Hoover
Coral Sea
Midway
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Tarawa
Kwajalein
MacArthur
Admiralty Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Pelelieu
Philippine Sea
Iwo Jima
Split Recruiting Duties Shaped for North Carolina Districts
The Charlotte army recruiting district will split into two state districts around May 15. Capt M A Turner will lead the new N C recruiting district with Durham Asheville and Charlotte as sub stations staffed by two officers and several enlisted personnel and WACs. Station chiefs will be Lt Louis McCormick in Durham Lt Margaret Pegram in Asheville and Lt Roger E Sapp in Charlotte. The Durham Charlotte Asheville area posts will close in Whitson Greensboro Wilmington Winston Salem and in Greenville Spartanburg and Florence Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Charlotte
Carolinas
M. A. Turner
Turner
N. C
Asheville
Louis McCormick
Margaret Pegram
Roger E. Sapp
Whtson
Greensboro
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Greenville
Spartanburg
Florence
Awards presented for valor by Portsmouth yard commander
Rear Admiral ThomasWithers awarded to officers and enlisted personnel for conspicuous and valuable service against the enemy in the Pacific. A commendation ribbon went to Jack C. Allison of Sylva North Carolina.
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Portsmouth
N. H1
Thomas Withers
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Pacific
Jack C. Allison
Mommie, Usn
Sylva
N. C
Guernsey Breeders Form In Rockingham County
Dairymen in Rockingham County organize the Guernsey Breeders Association to improve milk production. Charles Turner is chairman and John Conyington secretary. members include Turner Coleman Jeff T. Collie J. J. Webster and Dick Smith. The group aims to bring better bulls to the county, arrange cattle sales, sponsor 4 H and FFA shows, and discuss mutual dairy problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Rockingham County
Guernsey Breeders Association
Charles Turner
John Conyington
Turner Coleman
Jeff T. Collie
J. J. Webster
Dick Smith
FFA
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Allied Pacific
Nimitz
U.S.N
Fredericksburg, Tex
U. S. Naval Academy
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Battle Fleet
U. S. Fleet
University of California
Navy Bureau of Navigation
Adm. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
Philippines
Buna
Gona
Salamaua
Bismarck
Hollandia
Leyte
Luzon
Manila
The
Little Rock Barracks, Ark
Akahe
PFC
Robert & Moore
Sgt
Mose Maynard
Jerome J. Voster
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Germany
Robert E. Moore
Freeport
S. 1
Georgetown
Appletor
Wisc
James Amato
N. Tonawanda
N Y
John Anderson
Hudson
N. Y
Michael Brechko
Binghamton
Fred Auchey
Hanover
Lee Bemiss
Northeast Pennsylvania
Samuel Befano
Bloomfield, N. J
Truman
Harry S. Truman
White House
International
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
United Nations Security Conference
Commission On the
General Assembly
Parley
San Francisco
International Soundphoto
J. 8S
Dorton
North Carolina
Morrison
Hoffman
Council of State
State Board of Education
Hyde
Pamlico
Department of Conservation and Development
Church League
Lexington
BR. M. Hauss
Shelby
Allied Church League
Preston S. Vann
Mecklenburg Baptist Association
Charles C. Smith
Durham Association
Vann
Smith
Sunday School Board of
Southern Baptist Convention
Nashville
Tenn
Marvin Wade, Jr
Dunn
No W
Navy
Dunn War Price and Rationing Board
Rockingham
Chapel Hill
Rockingham High School
Aycock
BR. O. Averett
Ann Kelly
Alva Pryce
Rocky Mount
Michael Quinlivan
Brian Scott
Morganton
OPA
Italy
Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheel
Caserta
Austria
Signal Corps
W. B. McEwen
Koonce
People’s Ticket
Ladies and Gentlemen
People’s
Republican Party
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
L. F. Ferree
Republican Executive Committee
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