Memorial Services For Pfc Thomas H Cooke Held
Memorial services for Pfc. Thomas H. Cooke Jr and five other members of the 105th Medical Battalion were held on Wednesday June 20. Cooke was wounded in the European theatre and died July 24 1944. His parents Mr and Mrs Thomas H Cooke 915 Jack Street received Purple Heart and a certificate from Secretary of War Henry L Stimson. The service included Scripture readings memorial prayers and a roster of the 165th Medical Battalion dead from U S Army actions in Europe. Private First Class Cooke served 32 months overseas with the 42nd Winged Victory Division in New Zealand and fought in Guadalcanal Northern Solomons New Guinea and Luzon.
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105Th Medical Battalion
Young Cooke
Henry L. Stimson
Richard A. Resser
165Th
Taos
Philippines
43Rd “Winged Victory
New Zealand
42Rd
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New Guinea
Luzon
Roanoke Rapids Sergeant Earns Bronze Star in Combat
Staff Sergeant Mie L. Jones of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina in the 31st Infantry Division received the Bronze Star Medal for heroism along the Sayre Highway last May 10. He crawled under heavy fire to carry ammunition to a pinned machine gun and aided in moving wounded to the battalion aid station.
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Dixie Division
Minmao
Mie L. Jones
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Sayre Highway
Willie
Jones
Margie B. Jones
Franklin Street
Weldon News Personal Travels And Odd Marine Note
Mrs Hugh Mosley returns from New York while C G Tilghman family visits Virginia Beach. N S Barnes visits Waverly Va. Roscoe Hamell stays in Norfolk and Virginia Beach. J T Benn and Dan Benn in Portsmouth. C R Emry back from Oregon. Frances Oaks home from Georgia and Florida. Rod Watts George and Whit Joyner back from Suffolk. Mary Rabil hospitalized in Roanoke Rapids. Ernie notes Marines cannot ride a horse though calvarymen cannot row a boat.
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Hugh Mosley
New York
C. G. Tilghman
Virginia Beach
N. S. Barnes
Waverly
Roscoe Hamell
Norfolk
J. T. Benn
Dan Benn
Portsmouth
C. R. Emry
Oregon
Frances Oaks
Georgia
Florida
Rod Watts
George
Whit Joyner
Suffolk
Mary Rabil
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Marines greet pilot with USO show upon island landing
Lieutenant John W. James of Vallejo California, a First Marine Air Wing fighter pilot, made a water landing in his Corsair and was greeted ashore by four smiling girls. The escort turned out to be members of Hellzapoppin Review a USO camp show staged for troops.
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Philippines
John W. James
Vallejo
Cal
Marine Air Wing
Hellzapoppin Review
USO
Walter F. Mackie
Marine Corps
Report of Associated Charities June 1945 Activities
Summary of monthly case work by Associated Charities funded by Community Chest. Notes include counts of applications accepted new cases old cases reopened and cases to be closed plus supplementary Halifax County aid and details on food and shoes aid. One sickness case involves an elderly man over sixty five unable to work since January 1944 with family support through August 1944.
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Associated Charities
Community Chest
Halifax County
Family seeks medicine aid as Social Security sustains them
A family relies on a $30 monthly Social Security check and neighbors sewing for income. Associated Charities provided food briefly and later medicine assistance when the husband’s illness worsened. The wife’s health and lost sewing work left them unable to afford costly medicines.
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Associated Charities
Mrs Vera Wilkinson Attends War Loan Rally in Washington
Mrs Vera Wilkinson returns from an extended visit to Washington and Greenbelt Maryland with her daughter Macallen and sisters Mrs J D Collins and Mrs Owen Tutor. In Washington she attended the Seventh War Loan Bond rally at the Coast Guard Dock featuring U 505 the captured German submarine. Guests toured the sub and learned its maintenance and operation. Admission consisted of War Bond purchases.
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Vera Wilkinson
Washington
D. C
Greenbelt
Macallen
J. D. Collins
Owen
Wilkinson
Coast Guard
Seaboard Elevates Morton to Superintendent Operations
Charles I. Morton has been promoted to Superintendent Station Operations for the Seaboard Air Line Railway. C. H. Sauls announces the move with Morton headquartered in Jacksonville Florida. A Wilmington North Carolina native, Morton has 30 years in rail transport, 25 with Seaboard, and will oversee system wide agency operations as part of service improvements.
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Charles I. Morton
Seaboard Air Line Railway
C. H. Sauls
Morton
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilmington
N. C
Seaboard
Usaboard
North Florida
Combat Badge Is Awarded Horne
Private First Class Hugh J. Horne Jr of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina earned the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in combat against the Japanese on Luzon Island as a member of the 43rd Infantry Winged Metory Division.
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43Rd Infantry
Luzon
P. IL
Hugh J. Horne, Jr
Hugh J. Horne
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
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Pfc
Thomas H. Cooke
Thom
H. Cooke, Jr
Jack
Weldon News
Ernie
Calvarymen
Report OF
Paris
Yank
Eiffel Tower
Coke
America
Coca-Cola Company
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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