Meritorious Service Award To Franklin County Depot Repair Squad
An Air Depot Group of the Fifteenth Air Force Service Command in Italy earned a Meritorious Service unit plaque for efficient engineering shop support and housing construction efforts amid combat operations. Staff Sergeant Eral S. McQueen of Preston and Zella McCombs of Preston were named for recognition. a Naval Training School Yeoman-W recruit from Cedar Falls, Iowa, with Women’s Reserve, was selected for specialized yeoman studies after aptitude tests and civilian experience.
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Fifteenth Air Force Service Command
Italy
Zella McCombs
Archie E. McCombs
Preston
Naval Training School
Yeoman-W
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Womens Reserve
Navy recruits complete basic and specialized training at Great Lakes
The Service Schools report shows Wave graduates like Dean A Bambrough from Preston Idaho completing an intensive Basic Engineering course at Great Lakes. Other students, including L P Christensen of Farragut Idaho, graduated as seaman first class for Radioman training at the U S Naval Training Center.
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Great Lakes
Illinois
Dean A. Bambrough
A. L. Bambough
State St
Preston
Idaho
Farragut
L. P. Christensen
North Second East
U. S. Naval Training Center
Webster Receives Air Medal In Italy
Staff Sergeant Merlin L. Webster, 23, of Preston Idaho, receives the Air Medal from Lt. Col. Jack L. Randolph for meritorious achievement with a 15th AAF B-24 unit in Italy. Webster, son of Mr and Mrs Denton Webster, joined the USAAF in 1942 and arrived in Italy in 1944. The article also notes Navy enlistments by local youths and a Marine wound recovery update from Hawaii.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
Merlin L. Webster
Jack L. Randolph
Fort Worth
Tex
Denton Webster
First South
Preston
Harlington
War Department
Mediterranean
Wallace promoted to captain in Belgium unit
George Wallace Collins of the Co 77 Bomb Disposal Squad in Belgium has been promoted to captain. A Aberdeen Maryland Bomb Disposal School graduate and former instructor, he enlisted in 1942 and has received his second overseas promotion. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George D Collins of Preston.
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Belgium
George Wallace Collins
Aberdeen
Maryland
Wallace
George D. Collins
Preston
Cleveland Couples Weding Ceremony and Local Notes
Miss Lois Honeycut and Alfred Walton wed in Cleveland at the Adams home with Bishop Adams officiating. High Councilmen Clarence Seamons and Dean Panter visited Cleveland for Sacrament services on January 28 and spoke at the event. Engineer Don Ransom, son of Milo Ransom, arrived home on a 48 day leave from duty on a destroyer in the Atlantic. Rex N Anderson, son of Fred H Anderson, reports a furlough in Cleveland before heading to an embarkation camp on the West Coast. Private Eugene Willmore and Bob McGregor were visitors in Cleveland Sunday afternoon.
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Lois Honeycut
Ogden
Alfred Walton
Preston
Ceveland
J W Adams
Bishop Adams
High
Clarence Seamons
Dean Panter
Cleveland
Don Ransom
Milo Ransom
Engineer Ransom
Atlantic Ocean
Pvt
Rex N Anderson
Fred H Anderson
Rex
Texas
Eugene Willmore
Bob McGregor
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Eral S. McQueen
45 North Second East
Brodms
Beldine Cleasner
Campbell
Farina
Pillsburys
Parsnips
Oranges
Sunkist
Anymere
Brant
Merlin W. Webster
LEP
Webster
Ras Ival Ovard Bodily
Herbert N. Bodily
Willard Voss Cole
John A. Cole
Navy
Boise
Naval Reserve
San Diego
George Heath
Hawaii
Marianas Islands
Paul Wynn
Doc
Nada Packer
Veressa W Packer
Franklin High School
Waves
U.S .Navy
Bronx
City
N. Y
Naval
Washington
United States Employmen Service
War Manpower Commission
West Center St
Pocatello, Idaho
V. Price & CO
Ed. V. Price & Co
Tanner
Chevrolet
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