Corporal Floyd Smith Receives Overseas Duty Assignment
Corporal Floyd Smith serves with the port battalion in New Guinea. He joined the service June 5, 1943 and shipped overseas December 1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Smith of Youngstown Ohio, formerly of Rossiter, husband of Freida Wetzel Smith of Glen Campbell R D 1. Former employee of Summit Coal Mining Co. of Glen Campbell. Brother Pfe Burton Smith also in service in England.
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Floyd Smith
Port Battallion
New Guinea
Thurman Smith
Youngstown
Ohio
Rossiter
Freida Wetzel Smith
Glen Campbell
R. D
Summit Coal Mining Company
Corporal Smith
Pfe
Burton Smith
England
Marine private first class Taylor graduates from Tank School
PFC Dale Lewis Taylor USMC son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Taylor 621 Water Street Indiana Pa has graduated from the Tank School at Training Center Camp Elliott San Diego Calif Marines graduating are trained as operators assistants gunners tank commanders and mechanics They are assigned to tank battalions or replacement units Born November 10 1925 in Smicksburg Pa he graduated Punxsutawney High School in 1943 worked as machinist at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton before enlisting October 22 1943 Seattle Promoted to PFC February 5 1944 Zeitler Lt Veren A Zeitler Air Corps reported for duty at Keesler Field Biloxi Miss son of Mr and Mrs Harry A Zeitler 700 Wayne Ave Indiana Pa from Selman Field La A Norwegian scientist reports glacier movement foretelling weather and breath and food affected by glass exposed to violet rays Deeri treated glass restored
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Dale Lewis Taylor
USMC
Thomas Taylor
Waterstreet
Indiana
Training Center
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Calif
Taylor
Smicksburg
Punxsutawney High School
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington
Marine Corps
Seattle
Zeitler
Mississippi
Veren A. Zeitler
Air Corps
Army Air Forces Training Command
Keesler Field
Bilouxi
Miss
Harry A. Zeitler
Wayne Avenue
Selman Field
Japs Capture U S Airfield in China Amid Saipan Drive
Japanese troops seized Hengyang's U S airfield as they push a two-front advance across China, threatening the Han Son Canton railway and prompting Chinese forces under Chungking to report burning streets. Allied jets bombed Hengyang and Saipan as MacArthur's airmen hit targets from Timor to Bougainville amid heavy Pacific fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Kreuger
Associated Press
Hengyang
U. S
China
Saipan
Pacific
Chungking
Claire Chennault
Hengyeng
Hanson-Canton
Japan
Chennault
Hongyang
Saipan Island
U. S. Navals
Kuriles
Marianas
Carolines
Guam
Reta
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Tinian
Truk
Adm
Nimitz
Western Pacific
Garapan
Nafutan
Wewak
New Quinea
Aitape
Hansa Bay
MacArthur
Indies
Solomons
Timor
Selaroe
Babo
Manokwari
Sorong
Yap
Woleal
Rabaul
Bougainville
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Burma
Service Men Notes From Homer City Area
Army and Air Service Command reports from Homer City area soldiers. Alex Molnar, husband of Ann Molnar of 215 Elm St, Homer City, serves in a meteorology unit. entered March 24, 1944, trained at Camp Bowie Texas. Stephen M Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Miller, assigned to an England repair depot. Sgt Frank S Perman overseas in England after training at Air Service Command depots. Before service, Miller worked for R F P Coal Co Lucerne Mines and Perman was a carpenter helper for C S Kunkle Lumber Co. Read The Gazette Classified Ads.
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U. S. Army
Army
Camp Bowie
Texas
Betty Ann
Homer City
Miller
England
Air Service Command
Pvt
Stephen M. Miller
Paul Miller
Air Force
R, & Fp, Coal Co
Lucerne Mines
Lucerne
Pasa
Ofié
Perthan
Special Service
America
C. S. Kunkle Lumber Co
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Segs
Leroy E. Frye
M. M.S
Navy
New York
N. Y
Cuba
Myrtle Frye
Tengcting
Koltuma
Imphal
India
Southeast Asia
Gazette
Palmolive
Octagon
Tesae
OLD Reliable Coffee
Dulaney’s Frozen Foods
For
Armour’s Peanut Butter
Graham
E Swift
Heinz
Jar
Wieners
Morrell
Sport Sox
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