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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
2
Numerous service members and relatives are listed with overseas assignments injuries and promotions. Junior West Philip McLaurin and families in Canalou host furloughs while others in Navy Air Corps Marines and Army report transfers wounds missing and recoveries across Puerto Rico New York France Saipan Italy New Guinea England and France.
Lieut Benson C. Tomlinson and his brother Lieut Jg William L. Tomlinson, sons of Mr and Mrs W L Tomlinson of Fornfelt, serve in the U S Navy. Benson has spent two years in the Hawaiian Islands, while his brother, a medical officer aboard a battleship, has served about a year. Mrs Tomlinson and their daughter are temporarily with the parents in Fornfelt with other family members.
An aviation cadet from the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics was seriously wounded Saturday night at the Green Tavern in Cairo. A cab driver, identity withheld, is charged after a knife attack. military investigators will determine motive. Several cadets say the driver acted first and the cadet was injured.
Corporal G. C. Wilson, incursion veteran of Africa, Sicily and Italy, spoke at the Sikeston Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Dunn Hotel. He is the son of local farmer G. C. Wilson of Brown Spur and has wounds from shrapnel while serving in the First Tank Corps. The next Kiwanis meeting is slated for Friday night at 6:30 at the Dunn hotel. Other notes mention Pervin Crick arriving in Italy, Durward Dover entering Maxwell Field pre flight training, and Pfc Ray Shuffit with a truck company in France with brothers in Italy and New Guinea.
First Lieutenant Barney V. Blankenship, son of Mr and Mrs Co E Blankenship of Canalou, received the Air Medal for gallantry in a Normandy D day combat mission. A pilot on a C 47 paratroop hauling ship, he was among the first Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier pilots to spearhead the invasion, with Brig Gen Paul L Williams presenting the citation.
Lieut R Maxwell, serving with the Army Air Corps, dropped a note from a plane over the Crouthers farm near Sikeston. His mother E M Maxwell traveled to Louisville to meet him, marking his last visit before overseas duty.
The House approved an amendment to the surplus war property disposal bill allowing service members and veterans to purchase surplus jeeps at the same unit price as large buyers once the war ends. Representative Miller of Connecticut pushed the proposal.
Mrs Helen Shy learns her son Pvt Gordon Shy is with the Field Artillery in the Hawaiian Islands. His brothers David Shy PM 2c and Richard Shy HM1c serve Navy in the South Pacific area. Bob Mitchell, Army Air Forces student in training at Washington University, St Louis, visited over the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Clay Mitchell. Herald Want-Ads get results.
Tech Sgt. Thomas H. Boardman of Sikeston received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on heavy bombardment missions over Continental Europe. He also earned an Oak Leaf Cluster. In a letter to his parents he noted the squadron has flown since the eighth mission. Before service he was a bookkeeper for O. K. Auto Supply.
Sgt. Carl Delplane of Sikeston, son of Mr and Mrs Rasho Delplane, arrives on a furlough after 26 months of service with the 97th Bomb Group. He was part of the first daylight raids from England, later serving in Africa Italy and Sicily and earning four battle stars. He met his brother in Africa and will proceed to a Miami hospital for a checkup after his furlough.
Capt. Daniel E. Malone, formerly stationed with the Army at Camp Maxey Texas, is assigned to overseas duty. He is the son of Mrs Ruth Malone and has served in the country for nearly four years. Remarks speculate Hitler may live longer than expected and note charges against him may take months to read.
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