Navy man Lewis serves on USS Irwin through Pacific war
Lt. (jg) Robert E. Lewis of Kings Mountain North Carolina and other Navy personnel aboard the destroyer USS Irwin assisted in the final Pacific war phase before returning to the U.S. In the occupation period, Irwin moved to Buckner Bay and was slated to join forces at Wakayama Japan, serving as a courier between Wakayama and Okinawa. The ship participated in late war actions at Iwo Jima Okinawa and strikes against the Japanese homeland.
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Robert E. Lewis
West Gold St
Kings Mountain
Irwin
Pacific
Irwin Ulities
Oki
Hos ‘Ail
Buckner Bay
Wakayama
Japa
Okinawa
Iwo Jims
Ainst
Draft Board Classification List Shows 147 Dischargees
The Kings Mountain Selective Service Board released classifications from meetings on November 13 and October 30. The list includes men recently discharged from the armed forces and those classified as 1C. Notices from Cleveland County North Carolina references appear, with names and statuses noted. A separate legal notice in Cleveland County Superior Court announces an absolute divorce case, Margaret Connor vs James Connor, requiring the defendant to appear within twenty days after final publication. The notice is dated November 16, 1945.
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Kings Mountain Selective Service Board
North Carolina
Cleveland County
Margaret Connor
James Connor
Shelby
de ‘Mar
Local Military Enlistments Listed With Ranks and Disciplines
A fragmentary list presents individuals with military classifications such as 1C Enl 1C Disc and 1A 4P, including Herman H. Baker James B. Hale Harold W. Earp Wood B. Rawles jr Thomas B. Eubanks Cameron Miller E Hughes Muglon Stroup HiM J. Patterson Robert Dye jr William E. Sanders James L. Hallender Cornelius Avery Hermon Sprouse Arthur L. Anderson Manuel R. L. Parris James E. Crook Joseph C. Payne Broadus E. Smith Jonas A. Bell Ow reflecting varied status codes and branches, typical of draft or enlistment records.
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Theodore Byers
Charles Logan
Claren E. Blanton
George F. Ware
James T. Logan
Leroy J. McGill
Wessley Ross
William C. Weir
Tommie H. Payne
W. Early
Wm T. Ledbetter
Walter Peterson
Lester B. Bridges
Theodore J. Leigh
Frank R Price
Robert L. Pearson
William W. Little
John R. Randall
David E. Cash
Leander B. Jel
Din Alonzo
Goforth
Laster L. Ettore
Jack
Kennedy
Joseph W. Crawford
Hillard Borders
William C. Leigh
Alvin W. Crawley
Vance B. Stroup
Bell
Horace Fulton
Joe E. Howell
Tulius W. Rogers
Arvel
Laughter
Nelson R. Putnam
John P. Styers
Albert J. Henson
Ise
Ralph W. Welch
Ben B. Short
Elmer E. Goforth
Charles E. Strickland
Hugh N. Carpenter
J. B. Gantt
Lal Ellis
Samuel I. Boyd
Julius B. Paysour
Kelly Goforth
Darvin W. Farris
Harry F. Philbeck
C Lee R. Miller
Larence P. Flowers
Berlin M. Stroupe
Clyde A. Pruette
Marvin W. Upchurch
Ind
John H. Dye Howard
Herman H. Baker
James B. Hale
Harold W. Earp
Wood B. Rawles Jr
Thomas B. Eubanks
Cameron
Miller E. Hughes
Ina
Muglon Y. Stroup
Him J. Patterson
Robert Dye, Jr
William E. Sanders
James
Freezer Locker Plant Eyes Geparagus Freezing Plan
The New Bern freezer locker plant considers freezing Geparagus next year. A proposal suggests 30 families each plant 12 acre plots to support the operation.
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New Bern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cosmosney Freights
Eigen Topo Tar Pysy
LEWIS
Mike J. Palmer
First National Bank
Mothers of
Kings Mountain Laundry
E. A. Harrill
Paul Mauney
Kings Mountain Herald
The
Herald
Herald Publishing House
Draft Board
Shar
Hesarg
Weg
B.A. Houser, Jr
James M. Davie
Edward J. Goforth
Homer J. Horton
James New
Paul W. Reinbarat
Brown
Odell L. Wright
R. A. Jolley
Manathus Ooms
John P. Gold
George C. Martin
Dine
Robert Kiser
Ployd D. Bridges
Leonard P. Beattie
Forrest W. Wright
Murray C.’Pruette
James H. Carpenter
Samuel Hamrick
William E. L. Turner
Broadus P. Herndon
Timmons Jr
Clyde H. Dunn
Wm. D. Pressley
Ray W. Cline
Earl Bowers
Theo. E. Thornburg
Smith
Whetstine
Elvin Brown
W. Walker
I W. White
William
Stanley de Dire
Charles F. Gladden
Tnd
Ben. F. Goforth
Dewey M. Murray
Lee R. Bailey
Ralph H. Esker
John C. Crowder
James J. Mauney
A. Blanton
Andy B. Fallace
Illiam E. Weiss
James G.bertt
Hubert C. Falls
M. J.D. Montgomery
Booker T. Leake
Fred J. Wright Jr
Sammi L. Jackson
Arnold M. Esker
Lest
Faker
Walter de W. Wess
James A. West
Curtis A. Hinson
James M. Davis
Miles A. Gantt
Tather Jamerson
Buford B. Leondt
James E. Amos
Laban E. Cloninger
Harold V. Bridges
Thurman E. Tignor
Shue
Fiat
Archdale Farms
Rexall Store
Ane
City of
Pinnacle Feeds
Ware & Sons
Kings Mountain, N
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