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Young Wilson County men join military service abroad
New recruits include Bill David Jr of Winding Gulf who joined the Navy Air Corps in Washington DC. Fred Joseph Hodge, 26, from Sophia, enlisted January 22 and heads to Camp Wallace Texas with a coast artillery unit after training at Fort Hayes. Gordon A. Bragg, formerly a chemistry teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Shady Spring, is promoted to corporal with the 366th School Squadron at Lowry Field Colorado. Obra Feazell of Beckley and Richard Lee Tucker of Helen were ordered to Pearl Harbor after December 7, with Feazell transferring from Norfolk shipyard to Pacific duty and Tucker serving as machinist’s mate in air and automobile engines.
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Bill David, Jr
W. R. David
Winding Gulf
Washington, D. C
Navy Air Corps
Gordon A. Bragg
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson High School
Corporal Bragg
366Th
Lowry Field
Denver
Colorado
Pearl Harbor
Obra Feazell
Estella Feazell
Beckley
Richard Lee Tucker
B. N. Tucker
Helen