Men in Uniform Arrive at Augusta Hospital for Further Treatment
Pvt Otis M Deatherage of Route 2 Mount Airy arrives at Oliver General Hospital Augusta Ga from overseas for medical care. Friends are asked not to telephone due to busy lines. Mail is welcomed and handled quickly. He spent 26 months in Europe. Sgt Craughn will be shipped out as soon as he arrives after a fur lough he will return for reassignment or release from the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis M. Deatherage
Mount Airy
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Europe
Miami
Sgt. Craughn
Uncle Sam
Brothers Named New Return from War Duty in Europe
Pfc. Glenn New, 21, killed in action on February 24, 1945, in Germany. Pfc. Daniel New, 25, serving in Germany since July, is son of the late Jim New and Mrs. Lelar Simmons of Mount Airy Route 1. The chaplain wrote that Glenn’s body was recovered, buried with military honors in a Belgian American cemetery, and the service conducted by a Protestant chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn New
Daniel New
Jim New
Lelar Simmons
Route 1
Mount Airy
Germany
Belgium
Pfc
Pfc Curtis Moncus Aids Defense Against Japanese Assault
Pfc Curtis K Moncus of Mount Airy and the 1511th Infantry helped repel a Japanese assault in the Luzon mountains. They threw grenades and fired automatics to hold a six night battle, with Japs temporarily driven back before retreating to caves later sealed. Moncus is son of G L Moncus and husband of Ardena Moncus.
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Luzon
Curtis K. Moncus
Mount Airy
1511St
Pic. Moncus
G. L. Moncus
Ardena Moncus
Ernest Randleman Promoted to Seaman First Class
Ernest Augustus Randleman Jr., 18, of Mount Airy, son of Mr and Mrs E A Randleman, has been advanced to seaman first class at Camp Bradford Virginia. He is assigned to the communication department and trained for LST duty. He entered the Navy in December 1943 after studying at Duke University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Augustus Randleman, Jr
E. A. Randleman
Mount Airy
Camp Bradford
Randleman
Navy
Duke University
Archie Draughn Returns From Europe In Major Air Move
Mount Airy veteran Sergeant Archie L. Draughn arrived by plane at Miami Army Air Field as one of the first participants in the largest aerial troop movement in history. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Draughn of Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Archie L. Draughn
Walter Draughn
Air Transport Command
Miami Army Air Field
Sgt Steve Hodges Serves B 29s on Guam Depot
Staff Sergeant Steve Hodges of Mount Airy is serving at the Guam forward area depot and air field where B 29 Superfortresses are overhauled and which supplies hundreds of thousands of technical items for combat airplanes in the Western Pacific.
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Steve Hodges
Mount Airy
Guam
Pacific
Vincent H Lambert Honored for Corregidor Firefight Heroism
Corporal Vincent H. Lambert of Mount Airy and the 174th Bomb Disposal Squad aided the Corregidor assault in Luzon. The unit cleared mines and booby traps after landing behind paratroopers, risking TNT explosions and surviving a major incendiary blast. Lambert, a 1942 recruit with prior service in New Guinea, is up for a Presidential Citation.
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Sixth Army
Luzon
Vicent
H. Lambert
W. F. Lambert
Mount Airy
Walter Krueger
Corregidor
174Th
59Th Coast Artillery
Lambert
Harry L
Air Transport Command
Fred
Infantry
Army
Ft. Bragg
Dutch New Guinea
Franklin High School
The
Pine State Knitting Co
Letters From a Paratrooper Describes Battle Experience
A World War II letter from Pfc Arch Harris, medical corpsman and parachutist, recounts training in England, a jump into Holland, hospital stay in England, and later combat with the 82nd Airborne in France and Belgium. He describes gunfire, wounds to his head and shoulder, and longing to return home to Mount Airy.
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Pfc
Archie Harris
Floyd Harris
Route 1
82Nd
Normandy
England
Holland
France
Belgium
Germany
Mount Airy
New Home Dedicated for Privett Family in Blytheville
In Blytheville Arkansas Private Jake Privett was killed in Luxembourg last January. The Nabors grocery store owner started a fund to build a new home for the Privett family. The Blytheville Courier mobilized donations totaling $9,000 plus $2,000 in labor from neighbors. The 10 room residence includes a yard, chicken coop, garden, and space for croquet. Mrs Privett and eight children receive the deed from attorney Max B Reid after contributions from soldiers and the community.
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Blytheville
Ark
Jake Privett
Privett
Luxembourg
Jodie Nabors
Linda
Nabor
Grocerman
Blytheville Courier
China
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Otis
Augusta, Ga
Curtis Moncus
Ernest Randleman
Archie Draughn
Sgt
Vincent H. Lambert
New York
Broadway
Liverpool
Eng
U. S
Outfit
PPC
Archte L. Harris
Reddy
Duke Power Company
Steve
Stoker
C. E. Cox
Mt. Airy Coal Yard
Coop’. Tires
Mount Airs, N. C
WWE
Maamirw
Sears Order
Sears
Der
Office
S. Main Street
N. C
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