Postmaster Urges Early Mailing of Soldiers Gifts to South Pacific
Postmaster L G Shell advised sending overseas Christmas gifts to South Pacific troops as early as September to ensure arrival by holidays. Packages should weigh under five pounds with strong wrapping, legible hand printed addresses, and enclosed sender and recipient details. Only one parcel per week per sender to each address.
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Shell
South Pacific
L. G. Shell
Roanoke Rapids
Freuler Promoted to Technician Fifth Grade on Okinawa
Private First Class Fred O Freuler 24 of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina is promoted to Technician Fifth Grade. He enlisted July 24 1942 served in Amphibian Truck Company overseas 24 months at Guadalcanal Russell Islands Peleliu and Okinawa authorized two Bronze Star devices on Asiatic Pacific Ribbon for Peleliu and Ryukyus campaigns. He looks forward to an early reunion with family and friends.
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Okinawa
Fred O. Freuler
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Lillian 8. Freuler
Russell Islands
Peleliu
Freuler
Palau
Sqn
Ryukyus
Daniel Cagle Promoted to First Lieutenant in Army Airway Unit
Daniel F. Cagle of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina son of Mrs Frank Cagle has been promoted to First Lieutenant. He serves as Statistical Officer with Headquarters 66th Army Airways Communication System Group after entering the Army in October 1943 at Seymour Johnson Field North Carolina.
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Presque Isle
Maine
Daniel F. Cagle
Frank Cagle
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
66Th Army Airways Communication System Group
Army
Seymour Johnson Field
Cagle
Army Communications Cadet School
Yale University
Roanoke Rapids High School
Davidson College
Battleship Confidence and Singing Skepticism Marked by Editorial Note
The writer questions naval strategy and aircraft vulnerability of battleships while critiquing operatic singing. A note contrasts the atomic bomb with past scientific breakthroughs, dismissing quack antidotes and noting vocal tremors under stress.
Coast Guard Seaman Clabrone Page Granted Separation
Page E Page a ship's cook from Roanoke Rapids was released from the Coast Guard Philadelphia Separation Center after 39 months of service including 18 months aboard FS 253 in the Pacific. He returned home to his wife and daughter Shirley Jean with 44 percent points earned, four above the required threshold.
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Clabrone E. Page
Washington Street
Roanoke Rapids
Coast Guard
Vick Recovering In Army Hospital In Okinawa
Sgt. Kelly G. Vick 24 a rifleman with the 77th Infantry Division is recovering in an Army general hospital from a left hand wound suffered while clearing caves in the Shuri area Okinawa He is a veteran of three Pacific campaigns and also fought on Guam and Leyte His wife Clarice lives in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina and his mother Mrs J D Vick in Capron Virginia He wears the Purple Heart Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with three stars Philippine Liberation Ribbon Combat Infantry Badge and Good Conduct Ribbon
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Midpac
Ft. Shafter
T. H
Shuri
Okinawa
Kelly G. Vick
Pacific
Army General Hospital
77Th Infantry Division
Vick
Guam
Leyte
Clarice
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
J. D. Vick
Capron
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Ruhr
Fred Freuler
Daniel Cagle
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Mitscher
USS
Shirs
Tapan
Forie
Page
Coca-Cola Company
Weldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Coca-Cola
Coke
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