Mount Airy Boys Enter Destroyer Training
Charles F Smith Jr and Raymond Wilmer Riddle both of Mount Airy have arrived at the Naval Training Station Norfolk Va to train for duties aboard a new destroyer. Smith is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles F Smith Sr and completed instruction at Fort Pierce Fla. Riddle joined the Navy in January 1945 and is the son of C P Riddle with his brother Hann also serving in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Smith, Jr
Raymond Wilmer Riddle
Mount Airy
Naval Training Station
Norfolk, Va
Smith
Charles F. Smith
Fort Pierce
Fla
Riddle
C. P. Riddle
Cpl. Roland L. Jackson Serves In Philippines Campaign
Cpl. Roland L. Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Elmer R Jackson of Westfield participated in the recent capture of Bataan in the Philippines. He went there from New Guinea and serves as a truck driver with the anti aircraft artillery search light battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Roland L. Jackson
Elmer R. Jackson
Westfield
Bataan
Philippines
New Guinea
Jesse J. Hill Trains For War Against Japs
Jesse J. Hill an 18 year old seaman second class from Mount Airy is at the amphibious training base Little Creek Virginia training for duty aboard an LSM landing ship medium designed for Pacific duty. The vessel has seen action against Japan since the Philippines campaign began last October. Hill had been doing farm work prior to his induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse J. Hill
Mount Airy
Little Creek
Hill
Pacific
Philippines
Patriotic Service: John M. Gwyn Aboard Destroyer Ringgold
John Martin Gwyn, 20, signal man third class, serves aboard the destroyer Ringgold in the Pacific. The Ringgold was among the first two ships to enter a lagoon before Tarawa and recently participated in the Leyte invasion. Gwyn is the son of Mrs. Emma B. Gwyn of Mount Airy route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin Gwyn
Ringgold
Pacific
Tarawa
Leyte
Gwyn
Emma B. Gwyn
Mount Airy
Cpl. Jack Short Completes Communications Course
Cpl Jack Short graduates from an advanced communications course at Boca Raton Army Air Field Florida He is the son of Mr and Mrs E R Short Mount Airy and a Mount Airy High School graduate His brother Edward also serves in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Jack Short
Boca Raton Army Air Field
Florida
Cpl. Short
E. R. Short
Mount Airy
Mount Airy High School
Edward
Phillip D. Layne Promoted to Seaman First Class in Navy
Phillip D. Layne of Dobson has been advanced to seaman first class while serving with a naval construction unit in the Pacific. His parents, Mr and Mrs F E Layne, reside on Dobson route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip D. Layne
Dobson
Pacific
F. E. Layne
Route 2
Randolph Stover Promoted in Navy Aboard Destroyer
Randolph Stover 23 of Mount Airy is advanced to chief torpedoman's mate on a destroyer after enlisting in January 1940. He aids in torpedo and depth charge maintenance. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Stover. brother W. D. Stover, 19, is a seaman first class in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Kytle Stover
Mount Airy
Navy
Stover
W. K. Stover
W. D. Stover
South Pacific
Mount Airy High School
PFC Carl Norman Recalls Europe Tour in World War II
PFC Carl Norman, son of Mrs. Joe Norman of Mount Airy, writes from Germany to his sister about combat patrols, raids, and sub encounters in North Africa and Europe. He details landing in Oran and Algiers, raids near Corsica, the invasion of Southern France, front-line moves through Dijon Toul Nancy and into Germany, crossing the Rhine at Worms, seeing many cities, and doing police duty after the war with ongoing training and points toward possible homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Carl Norman
Joe Norman
Mount Airy
Germany
C. L. Smith
Europe
Ethel Willard
Norman
O. K
Ethel
New York
North
Oran
Algiers
Corsica
Ajocco Corta
Bastia
France
Marcelle
Talon
Nice
Dijon
Toul
Nancy
Third Army
Sarbrocken
Rhine
Worms
Saarbrucken
Karsihiltern
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Heidelberg
Stuttgart
Nurenburg
Ulm Aug
Joe F Griffin Returns From Overseas in Army Move
Joe F Griffin returns from the Pacific war zone after 29 months overseas where he served as a mess sergeant. He is now at Camp Butner awaiting two weeks before reporting to a new assignment in the United States. He is the son of Mrs Rosie Griffin of East Elm Street Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Griffin
Camp Butner
States
Rosie Griffin
East Elm St
Mount Airy
Arlos Bobbitt Receives Purple Heart in WWII service
Pfc. Arlos R. Bobbitt is awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in Germany on February 22, 1945. He entered service February 9, 1944 and went overseas July 1944. He has sent German souvenirs to his wife, including an officer cap, helmet, razor, and bracelet. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bobbitt of Lambsburg, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlos R. Bobbitt
Germany
Pfc
Bobbitt
A. J. Bobbitt
Lambsburg
Former Sgt Scott Banner Visits Relatives Here
Mrs Will Roller of Kingsport Tennessee hosts her sister Mrs Alice Hale Masten at the old 8S M Hale home on North Main street While Mrs Master visits another sister Mrs Q K Nimocks in Fayetteville her guest Sgt Scott Banner and Mrs Banner formerly of Texas arrive The veteran served 32 months in the Pacific with the Fifth Air Force earning five campaign stars and received an honorable discharge at Fort Bragg after release under the new point system Sgt Banner a Mount Airy native is son of E C Banner of this city and was with Tennessee Eastman Co before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Roller
Kingsport
Tenn
Banner
Fifth Air Force
Fort Worth
Texas
Fort Bragg
Sgt
Mount Airy
E. C. Banner
Tennessee Eastman Co
Army
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Hann
Ethel Hill
Roland Jackson
Hi Pacific
Randolph Stover
E Arlos Bobbitt
Sgt. Scott Banner
Ume
SSS Lee
Surry Produce Co
W. W. Thomas Grocery
North Main Street
Moody Funeral Home
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Haynes Coal & Oil CO
Gaberdines
River Cools and
Belk’s Dept. Store
Mountairy
N. C
Surry County
Pilot Mountain, N. C
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