First Lt Walter S Page Jr from Mount Airy in Mindanao
The War Department reports First Lt Walter S Page Jr of Mount Airy is with combat forces on Mindanao Philippines. He leads units clearing Japs from the island, has 104 points, and served in Guadalcanal Munda New Georgia Bougainville and New Hebrides. His wife Eva Johnson of Mount Airy awaits discharge under the point system.
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Walter S. Page, Jr
Mindanao
Philippines
The
War Department
Mount Airy
Philippine Islands
Eva Johnson
Claude Johnson
Sergeant Calloway Leads New Oakland Assignment
Tech Sergeant David Calloway is among 21 enlisted men arriving from the Pacific war zone and now stationed at Oakland boosting postwar duties and manpower.
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Tech
David Calloway
Pacific War Zone
Oakland
Lt. Graham Parks Promoted Amid Italy Air Missions
First Lt. Graham H. Parks, a B-17 pilot in Italy, was promoted after completing 26 missions. He wears the air medal with two oak leaf clusters and three battle stars for the Rome Arno Po Valley and Germany campaigns. He joined the service earlier in the war.
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Graham H. Parks
Italy
Rome-Arno
Po Valley
Germany
Pilot Mountain lad volunteers for service in Italy career
His present outfit on Feb 6 and first mission Feb 17 mark Lt Parks's ongoing role ferrying troops and supplies for British ground forces in Italy. He is a son of Mr and Mrs George Parks of Pilot Mountain and is married to Katherine Martin who lives with her parents in Mount Airy.
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Italy
Lt. Parks
George Parks
Pilot Mountain
Katherine Martin
Luther Martin
Mount Airy
Walter I Key Completes Training At Naval Base
Walter Irving Key, 25, yeoman second class, reported to the Minecraft training center of the Atlantic Fleet at Little Creek Virginia after arriving from the receiving station Long Island New York. He entered the Navy in October 1943, had basic training at Camp Peary Williamsburg Virginia, and is married to Dorothy Reeves of Pilot Mountain with parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Key of Mount Airy.
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Walter Irving Key
Little Creek
Key
Long Island
N. Y
Navy
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Dorothy Reeves
Pilot Mountain
Robert W. Key
Mount Airy
Marine Sergeant Nichols Returns to States on Furlough
Marine Technical Sergeant William A. Nichols 21 of Mount Airy has returned to a California base for furlough and reassignment. Based with a Marine Air Wing service squadron in the New Hebrides and Palau Islands, he underwent bombing and training while serving in the Palau area.
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William A. Nichols
Mount Airy
Unian
Marine Air Wing Service
New Hebrides
Palau Islands
California
Palaus
Mount Airy Marine Remembered for Service in World War II
Son of Mr and Mrs C H Nichols of 131 Price Street Mount Airy was a 1942 Longap High School graduate who played basketball there. He enlisted in 1943 and served as a Leatherneck reaching his present rank in November 1944 after working for the Texas Company.
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C. H. Nichols
Price St
Mount Airy
Longap High School
Leatherneck
The
Texas Company
Pfc Frazier Money Stationed in Germany
Pfc Frazier Money now in Germany after 30 months in service and 19 months overseas. A former star baseball pitcher known as "Lord" Money in Mount Airy, he earned three battle stars and a unit citation with a ground crew in the air corps.
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Pfc
Prazier Money
Air Corps
Germany
Mount Airy
Lord” Money
Notice of administration for James Roscoe Thore estate
Myra Thore administratrix of the James Roscoe Thore estate notifies all claimants to present their claims verified at Low Gap North Carolina Route 1 by May 12 1946 or be barred. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated May 9 1945.
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James Roscoe Thore
Low Gap
N. C
Sgt Lonnie Francis Wounded on Rhine Arrives in Alabama
Sgt Lonnie Francis of Mount Airy arrived at an army hospital in Tuscaloosa Alabama after eight months overseas service. He was wounded in the Battle of the Rhine and evacuated to the United States for special treatment. He is the son of Mrs Leona Francis.
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Lonnie
Francis
Moun Airy
Tuscaloosa
Ala
States
Leona Francis
Brothers Meet On Leyte In Pacific War News
Pvt. Leonard Boles and Seaman Tommy Boles, brothers serving in the Pacific war zone, met on Leyte, Philippine Islands. Leonard writes to his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Boles of Mount Airy about the unexpected reunion during the Leyte campaign.
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Leonard Boles
Tommy Boles
Leyte
Philippine Islands
R. F. Boles
Mount Airy
Pvt
Reunion After Long Separation in Combat
A speaker shares joy at meeting a comrade after two and a half years. They spent four days together, endured the same combat, and express faith to return home to beloved parents.
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Tommy
Dr R A Moore Named On Hospital Board
Dr R A Moore of Winston Salem who has run clinics for crippled children sponsored by Kiwanis was named by Governor Cherry as a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonia for a six year term.
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R. A. Moore
Winston- Salem
Kiwanis Club
Cherry
North Carolina
War talk on German underground and American crops
We discussed the war progress after chores with Chad Davis noting that even with Germany's defeat the German underground remains a concern. We spoke about weapons and how American crops from U.S. fields strengthen our overseas position in a way no underground can shake.
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Chad Davis
Germany
Hoskins
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Pacific Zone
Graham Parks
Bray’s
Esso Service
E. D. Bray
South Main
Rockford St
Mount Airy, N. C
Walter I. Key
Naval Base
Frazier
Money
Lonnie Francis
Rhine
Steve
Stoker
C. E. Cox
Mt. Airy Coal Yard
R. H. Creasy & CO
N. Main
R. D. George
Trevelen A. Simmons
Moir S. Martin
A. B. Carter
J. H. Johnson
Jesse B. Jones
American Legion
M. H. Sparger
Sec
Treas
T. C. Barber
W. M. Lewis
G. C. Levill
Dr. Moir
S. Martin Wade C. Moody
T. H. Worrell
Workmen’s Federal Savings & Loan Asso
G. L. Home Loans
Hennis Motor Company
Moore Ave
Joe Marsh
America
Chad
United States Brewers Foundation
Edgar H. Bain
Raleigh
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