Our Boys in the Armed Forces
A community roundup lists service members with recent moves and duties. Pvt. Ora Lee Wasson shifts to a signal battalion at Camp Kohler after coast artillery service. Seaman 2/c Daniel Diette completed boat training at Great Lakes and awaits Gunners Mate school. Many others send letters from bases across the country, noting furloughs, assignments, and reflections on wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Ora Lee ‘Wasson
Pasadena Junior College
California
Camp Kohler
Calif
Wasson
Coastal Artillery
Camp Callan
Compton College
Officers’ Training School
Daniel Diette
Great Lakes
War Bonds Encouraged as Citizens Back the War Effort
Local leaders urge residents to buy war bonds to support national defense. Campaign emphasizes shared sacrifice and fiscal support, urging timely purchases through authorized banks and post offices.
Unclear furlough moves amid family stay and transfers
The text notes a husband on furlough and his wife Ade line Campanile of Dalton staying with her parents. She spent ten months with him in North Carolina and plans to return soon. It also mentions Cpl. Richard Lorenz, a brother of Pfe Lorenz, recently transferred from Camp Wallace Texas to Camp Livingston Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Campanile
Dalton
North Carolina
Pfe. Lorenz
Cpl
Richard Lorenz
Camp Wallace
Texas
Camp Livingston
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Pointer
Thomas F. Kinney
Kinney-Hood Printing CO
Annontan
138Th Street
Riverdale
136Th St
Thos. M. Kinney
Postoffice
Harold Lau
Needles
Lan
Eyee
Arthur Mullen
Larado
Mullen
Wentover
Mass
Donald Lorenzen
Army Air Corps
Salt Lake City
Utah
South America
Lorenzen
Coast Artillery
William Propper
Columbus
Ohio
Henry Propper
Army Air Base
Smyrna
Tenn
Tampa
Fla
Lloyd Jenness
Lincoln
Nebr
Etyrs
Merritt W. Fisher
Naval Training School
Farragut
Ida
Signal Mates School
Navy
Joseph
Rader
Engineers
George W. Kowach
S-2
Glen Wilkinson
Santa Maria
Army Air Force
Alfred Kramer
William Ludwig
Dale Meeder
C.S.M
Thurel Meeder
Miami Beach
Allan Meeder
Philadelphia
Meeder
Puerto Rico
Robert Anders
Camp McCain, Miss
Infantry
William N. Lambert
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Army Air Forces Flying Training Command
Flying Training Command
Walter Dodson
Idaho
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Arthur W. Ketelsen
Turner Field
Claude JM. Berschinski
Fort Riley
Kansas
Pfe
Joseph Schaefer
Nashville
Tennessee
Pfe. Schaefer
Camp Campbell
Camp Elliott
Andres Villarosa
H.A-1/c
Andres
Pendleton
Ted Shapas
Fort Sill
Oklo
William B. Lorenz
Camp Davis
Mother Maxfield
Railroad
Illinois Central
Anthony Basile
Chicago Street
Indiana Avene
Indiana
Dolton
Carl Dieck
Coal and
Park Avenue
Acme Coal CO
Illinois
Commodore
Acme
Malloy Coal Co
Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Interocean
Delton
Central Garage
Pohlers & Stahnee
Props
Washington Ave
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Colten
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