Chaplain Hill Receives Commendation for Service Abroad
Chaplain Woodrow W. Hill of 418 South Hamilton Street High Point N C received commendation from his commanding officer for tireless work providing a base chapel for the 1559th AAF base unit in the southwest Pacific wing of the Air Transport Command. He was promoted to captain in October 1943 and wears the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon and the Philippines ribbon with battle star. His family includes parents Mr. and Mrs S S E Hill and brother Major S T Hill serving with General Patton's Third Army in Germany. Mrs. Margaret P Hill is from Kirkland Washington. He previously pastored the Village church in Louisville Kentucky.
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W. W. Hill
Philippines
Woodrow W. Hill
USA
Hamilton Street
High Point
N. C
1559Th Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Air Transport Command
Leyte Landing Legend Credited With Downing Two Bombers
Mondoro Luzon and Okinawa are cited as the theater for a naval action in which his ship destroyed two Japanese bombers during the Leyte operation. The account honors his crew and their role in air defense during the landings.
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Mondoro
Luzon
Okinawa
Leyte
Local World War II Servicemen News From High Point and Nearby
Day toned reports note Pvt Hal D Smyre arriving at Welch convalescent hospital Daytona Beach for reconditioning after 15 months in Europe where he earned the Purple Heart unit citation and a Bronze Star He is the son of Mr and Mrs E D Smyre and formerly worked for the Aircraft Corp in Baltimore Also Second Lt Clarence Edward Kemp of High Point has been commissioned in the Marine Corps after graduating from officers candidate school He attended Duke University and belonged to Phi Beta Phi fraternity A 23 year old Marine officer with three brothers in the army Private Bowden of High Point received an Army Air Forces metal worker technician badge for proficiency at Hamilton Field Calif The liberated nephew of Mrs Campbell Street at Reidsville escaped from a German concentration camp near Berlin and is noted as a pilot who forced down over Germany
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Hal D. Smyre
Hedrick Street
High Point
N. C
Welch Convalescent Hospital
Army
E. D. Smyre
Camp Blanding
Baltimore
Ie 1
The
Aircraft Corp
Itimore
Quantico
Clarence Edward Kemp
Marine Corps
Etta D. Kemp
Campbell Street
Kemp
Duke University
Pia Phi Fraternity
Bowden
Hamilton Field
Calif
Army Air Forces
Bate
Hal H. Bowden
Smith Street
Air Transport Command
West Coast
Byne
J. Rane Reidsville
Berlin
Stallings
Germany
Pvt. Morrison
1419TH
Italy
Wiliam F. Morrison
Essie Morrison
Hamilton Street
HighPoint
James E. Johnston
Pfe. Morrison
Scotland
Europe
Earl S. Hoag
U.S.O
United States
Slane
AIR Transport Command Base
India
Willis H. Slane
W. H. Slane
Westwood Avenue
Doris ‘Stroupe Slane
Hillcrest Drive
William H. Tunner
India-China
Aird Transport Command
ATC
Georgia Air Service
Bennettsville
S. C
Riverside Military Academy
Parks Air College
India China
China
ICD
Himalaya Mountains
Thorburn Liberated and Gatwood Honored With Campaign Ribbon
Mrs Evelyn Thorburn has been liberated from Blewee prison camp as her husband S Sgt Douglas Thorburn returns home. Lt (j g) Robin F Gatwood former supervisor of instrumental in city schools is authorized to wear the Philippine Liberation Campaign ribbon with two bronze stars for Pacific landing operations including Leyte and Ormock.
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Thorburn
Mra
Evelyn Thorburn
Red Cross
Douglas Thorburn
Blewee
Robin Gatwood
Robin F. Gatwood
Pacific
Leyte
Ormock
Unclear health warning on backache and leg pains
Fragmentary text warns backache and leg pains may signal danger from toxins. It mentions nature’s way of removing waste and urges action, referencing kidney tubes, rheumatic pain, and eye beads. It ends with a product mention for relief.
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Nature
Dean
Hilosophical Amateur Ponders Space Beyond Its End
AP News features a quirky science note about space curving back on itself. The piece jokes that if space ends, it loops to the starting point, exploring a universe that may paradoxically circle back.
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AP News
Corporal Barker Promoted. Overseas Service Highlights
David L. Barker Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. P C Barker of 503 Steel Street, serves with the 689th Engineer Base Equipment Company in Manila I as an electrician. He has 12 months overseas in New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, and the Philippines, and earns the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with bronze star. A High Point High School graduate, he studied architectural engineering at North Carolina State College before joining the army. Pvt James B Pardue of Route 1 honors discharge from the armed service through the Army Air Forces hospital at Don Ce Sar Place under Colonel Richard commanding officer.
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689Th Engineer Base Equipment Company
Manila
David L. Barker, Jr
P. C. Barker
Steel Street
Cpl. Barker
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Phines
High Point High School
North Carolina State College
Meritorious Service Plaque Awarded to IX Air Force Unit
Sergeant William R. Frazier, of the Ninth Air Force Service Team headquarters in France, receives a meritorious service unit plaque for superb servicing of a P-51 Mustang group. Lt. Slane is promoted to first lieutenant in India, with ATC duties and the ICD flying supplies over the Himalayan hump.
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Ninth Air Force Service Command
France
William R. Frazier
Ninth Air Force Service Team
Myron R. Wood
IX Air Force Service Command
England
United States
Frazier
W. J. Frazier
Montlieu Avenue
High Point
N. C
Two Tar Heels Attend Hodges Interview in New York
Two North Carolina soldiers joined five enlisted men of Gen Courtney Hodges army for an interview after his arrival on an army transport plane from Paris to Atlanta. Pfc Joe P Vaughan of Greenville South Carolina said he had served overseas 30 months and had 85 points toward discharge. T4 Maurice S Owen of Brevard North Carolina said he had been overseas 18 months and his wife Mildred lives in Gibson Georgia.
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New York
Carolina
Courtney Hodges
Terday
Army Transport Command
Paris
Atlanta
Maurice
S. Owen
Brevard
N. C
Kermit Hail
Mildred
Gibson
Pfc
Joe P. Vaughan
Greenville
S. C
Ex Camp Davis Man Gen Clay's Aide
Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Milburn former commandant of the anti aircraft artillery school at Camp Davis N C has been named chief staff of the US group contre council for Germany announced yesterday by Lt Gen Lucius Clay deputy military governor in Germany for Gen Eisenhower Milburns home is in Fayetteville Ark
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Paris
Bryan L. Milburn
Camp Davis
N. C
U. S
Contre Council For
Germany
Lucius Clay
Eisenhower
Milburn
Fayetteville
Ark
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