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on a ticket.mColonel MaxivellOf Denton CalledTo Overseas DutyCol P. W. Maxwell, 50-year-old Army Reserve officer who first cam# t© Denton In 1939 to command a Civilian Conservation Corpscamp in this area, leaves Saturday for active duty overseas.Maxwell will report for duty at Port Lawton, Seattle, Wash., Sept. 11. He plans to leave from Port Worth Saturday afternoon.A veteran army officer who saw active duty in both World War I and XI. Maxwell has headed infantry Organized Reserve units in Dallas since the last war.Ahif 1ms1Maxwell's family—his wife and two daughters—will remain at the Maxwell home at 607 Pearl until they can Join him overseas. Two other daughters, Mrs. L. L. Watson, Jr. and Mrs. H. J. MacCorkle, are married and live in Post Worth. The two younger girls, Sally, 19, and Mary, 17, are students at North Texas State College.“Our family lived in Germany for two years while Col. Maxwell was stationed over there,” Mrs. Maxwell explained this morning. “When officers’ families are allowed to go to the East, maybe In another year, we will probably join him again, if it is possible,” she added.Maxwell has been in the Army almost 19 years. He was an infantry lieutenant In World War Iand serCed in Prance. During thelast war he spent most of his time in the European theater. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge.Col. Maxwell was planning to retire in another year and a half, his wife said, but “I’m afraid this new tour of duty might change his plans.”s*M
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1950
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