War News From Fronts and Training Camps
A roundup of Texas servicemen in Europe and the Pacific, detailing Beeson and Evans family updates, promotions and awards for Sgt. Daniel Evans and Lt. Douglas Hardy, shipboard and air corps assignments for numerous Lubbock, Levelland, Slaton, and nearby soldiers, and notes on training and reunions in camps across the United States and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Europe
Daniel R. Evens
Daniel H. Evans
Lubbock
Tex
Ilhofen
Germany
Evans
Aomy
Cpl
William E. Evans
England
Chidie Bratcher
Slaton
Floyd Bratcher
Sgt
Merold Bratcher
Philippines
Luzon
Sgt. Bratcher
Mabley
San Antonio
Douglas M. Hardy
AAF Personnel Distribution Command
Hardy
Fifth Air Force
Charles E. McDowell
Southwest Pacific Area
McDowell
Norma A. McDowell
1917
Thirtieth
13Th Aaf
Neil J. Graham
C. S. Graham
Graham
Woleai Island
Balikpapan
Borneo
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
AAF
R. C. Davis, Jr
Usnr
Hale Center
Wake Island
Pacific
Lingayen
Iwo Jima
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Barbara Coote
New York
Davis City
Marvin Specter
Ave. O
Coast Guard
Specter Specter
Lubbock High School
Military personnel updates from Dakar and Washington
Yer reports Lynn Rowan earning two overseas service bars and serving as chief electrician at Mallard Field Dakar while aiding 20 000 veterans monthly. Also noted are Pfc James B Trim training as aviation engineer at Geiger Field and Atkinson siblings in Anton Texas with Naval aviation roles and Texas Tech ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Speer
Bryan Speer
Idalou
National Park Lawn
Hot Springs
Ark
John P. Wheeler
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Pfc
Speer
Geo. R. Bean, II
Robt. H. Bean
Lubbock
Midshipmen’s School
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
U. S. Navy Reserve
Ensign Bean
Bean Southwestern University
Georgetown
Princeton University
Northwestern
Lubbock High School
Navy
St. Simon, Ga
Naval Air Base
Dayton C. McWhorter
Combi
Italy
France
J. A. McWhorter
Wolfforth
Weinert
McWhorter
Germany
Fort Bliss
OCS
Medical Administrative Department
Carlisle
North Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Capt. McWhorter
Texas Tech
Oklahoma A. & M
Ninth Air Force Service Command
James Lee Cox
Elmer W. Cox
San Angelo
Jessie J. Cox
2214
Seventeenth
Ninth Aaf Service Command
Cox
Middle Eastern
Africa
314Th Troop Carrier Group
Billy Jack Roberts
H. H. Roberts
Ave. C
Evelyn Gray
Pacific
Seaman Roberts
Okinawa
Roberts
Iwo Jima
San Diego
West Coast
ATC
Dakar
French West Africa
Pfe
Lynn Rowan
M. P. Peleroy
Betty Louise Rowan
Mallard Field
Rowan U. S
Geiger Field
Washington
James B. Trim
Williams F. Trim
Air Forces
Pat Atkinson
Anton
University of Iowa
Norman
Oklo
A. L. Atkinson
Aniton
Texas Atkinson A & M
Anton High School
Atmar Atkinson
USNR
Clinton, Okio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bessie L. Beeson
Hii H. Beeson
USMCR
Beeson
Aleutians
Marine
Marine Corps
Charlie E. Beeson
Parris Island
S. C
Avery Timmons
Togland
Donnal Timmons
A. M. Tim‘mons
Level‘land
London
Donnal
Blackpool
Abby
St. Paul's Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
John, Dupre
Leveland
Fort Benning
Dupre
Ninth Army
William “Tex
Bill” Simpson
Holnd
Roer River Crossing
Belgium Bulge
Rhine Cross-Fig
Ruhr Pocket
Eac
Ehrenbreitstein
Rhine Valley
U. S. Army of Occupation
Comany E
Normandy
E Company
Ard
Sonor
Pfe. Dolphus F. Eady
Miami Beach
Fla
Charles V. Jordan
United Fees
Arters
CBI
Dorothy
Levelland
el Paso
W. H. En
Haining
Diego
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
RAF Training Command
Henry G. Trotter
William B. Trotter
Joseph R. P. Cauthen
R. A. Cauthen
Camp Parks
Calif
Ralph V. Robinson
Route 3
Navy Seabees
Robinson
Stephenville High School
F. L
Jack) Watson
Randolph Field
Dortha Watson
W. H. Gillit
Overton Addition
Cpl. Watson
Watson Lubbock High School
Glover Construction Company
Marvin L. Tapp
Walnut
RAF Personnel Distribution Command
Philippine Islands
Frank J. Redwine
Geneva
Richard Don
J. M. Redwine
417Th
Sky Lancers
Redwine
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Serg. Redwine
Lubbock News Agency
Army
Cpl. J. M. Redwine, Jr
Camp Rucker
Ala
T. J. Lee
James M. Lee
Carrie Opal Lee
Army Air Forces
376Th Bombardment Group
Grand Island
Neb
Middle East
376Th
Asiatic
Egypt
Rommel
Africa Korps
Ploesti
Liberandos
15Th Air Force
Lee
H. A
Buck) Gregory
D. D. Gregory
Gregory
Tokyo
Brunswick, Me
Jo Goins
Clarence Goins
Muleshoe
Camp Lejune
N. C
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Cpl. Goins
Dallas
Muleshoe High School
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton
E. T. Williams
Ave. D
Herbert Williams
Camp Fannin
Herbert
McCloskey General Hospital
Lorene
Clarence Williams
Camp Hood
Florence
Arthur Williams
Air Corps
Lubbock Army Airfield
Garden City
Kas
Vernella
Also
Herman J. Steinhoff
Turner Field
Albany
Steinhoff
Ninth Aaf
67Th Field Hospital
Ray UL. Randolph
L. J. Randolph
Belgium
Holland
Randolph
Evelyn Bond
Atlanta
Randolph Army
Camp Beauregarde
Camp Livingston
New Hebrides
Southwest Pacific
Cleo C. Montgomery
Cook
G. M. Montgomery
Amherst
Farragut
Idaho
Cook and Baker
Treasure Island
Montgomery
Oscar Montgomery
Eugene Ralph Kight
North Atlantic
Air Transport Command
Newfoundland
H. H. Kight
Kight
Douglas Aircraft
Long Beach
Fredrick
Okla
William G. Florence
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Regular Army
W. P. Florence
Frances B. Florence
James E
James Edwin Carpenter
John Randall Carpenter
U. S. Maritime Service
Hawaii
J. B. Carpenter
Route 38
James Edwin
Randall
Burl H. Kiser
Ruby Street
Kizer
Mid- Central Fish Company
Navy Seaces
Milburn L. Thacker
Dean Hamilton
Shallowater
Air Technical Service Command
Thacker
Allen A. McArthur
C. A. McArthur
Arthur
313Th
McArthur
F/O McArthur
Lindsey Theaters
Eighth Air Force
Clarence E. Davis
Blanche Gibbs Davis
65Th
Davis
Canvas Army
San Francisco
Willis O. Landers
312Th Bombardment Group
L. Jean Landers
Elim
Bryan Landers
Landers
Air Force
Leyte
Clark Field
Corregidor
Formosa
Fourteenth Air Force
China
Frank C. Liddell
Lynne C Liddell
Ave. N
23Rd “Flying Tigers
East China
Fourteenth Aaf
Liddell
Gray Plumbing Co
Clarence
Joseph M. Gamble
M. D. Gamble
Route 1
Tag Keichen
Cribben & Sexton Company
Universal Gas Ranges
Freedom
West Texas Gas Company
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