News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Capt John Watts and family hosted in Chaffee while his next post will be Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Major James Baker writes from Belgium about a Army Medical Corps visit and a wish for galoshes to fight mud. Various service members from Sikeston Morley and area are mentioned with transfers, wings, battlegrounds and reunions during Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watts
New Mexico
J. M. Sitzes
James Baker
Medical Corps
Army
Belgium
Birth of Second Son for McGibeny Family in Waco Texas
Friends reveal Major and Mrs. Arthur McGibeny of Waco welcomed a second son named Micheal born November 21. Major McGibeny, then a sergeant, served as first adjutant of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics. C. D. Butler, in India with the U S Army, notes scarce writing paper. beer is plentiful for the troops. Major Tanner C. Dye, visiting during Christmas, plans to return to Camp Maxey near Paris Texas with his wife and Bob Dye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micheal
Arthur McGibeny
Waco
Texas
Sikeston
C. D. Butler
United States Army
India
C. H. Butler
Tanner C. Dye
Honolulu hosts Sikeston men at Fox breakfast gathering
Dr and Mrs Fox of Honolulu entertained Sikeston servicemen with a Christmas breakfast and swimming party, hosting J J Lair Edward Leech Carl Werneck Lynn Swaim Meredith Sellards Judson Boardman Herbert Kindred Kenneth Cauthorne and others. Also noted are service members’ transfers visits and a Southeast Missouri artillery battalion in Europe firing thousands of rounds and earning multiple decorations. De Soto era mine remnants found in Western North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fox
Sikeston
Mrs. Fox
J. J. Lair
Edward Leech
Carl Werneck
Lynn Swaim
Meredith Sellards
Judson Boardman
Herbert Kindred
Kenneth Cauthorne
Chas
J. McMullin
Honolulu
Hassel W Laster
Commerce
Missouri
630Th Field Artillery
Sixth Army Group
France
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
First Army
Germany
Belfort Gap
French Expeditionary Corps
Pierce Nephew Killed In Action In October Over Seas
Miss Rebecca Pierce learned her nephew Pvt. Vernon G. Pierce, missing since October 16, was killed in action overseas while serving with the armed forces. Cpl. John H. Sells of Matthews serves as a supply man at an Eighth Air Force unit in England, aiding in distributing essentials to fighter bases. Sells, a Matthews High School and State College Cape Girardeau graduate, joined in May 1942 after teaching in New Madrid county schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Pierce
Pvt
Vernon G. Pierce
A. F. Pierce
Doniphan
Pierce
Cpl. Sells
John H. Sells
Matthews
Eighth Air Force Service Command
England
Cpl
Sells
Armed Forces
Jefferson Barracks
Aeronautical Mechanics
Chanute Field
Matthews High School
State College
Cape Girardeau
New Madrid
War service notices and travels of local families
Local wartime items report Herbert Teachout stationed at Keesler Field near Biloxi Miss Army Air Force and Mrs Arnold Roth learning of son John Roth slightly wounded in action December 8 in France Gen Patton's army likely. Also Sgt Arthur B Ramsey back for medical treatment in Italy and expects full recovery. Purple Heart recipient. Electa Shankle Yeoman 2/C Spar visits family during Christmas then returns to Baltimore. Leonard Colley SK 1C Navy visits family in White Plains NY. Pvt R M Smith overseas in South Pacific asks Herald. Glenn E Williams trainee pilot at Decatur AL visits home before continuing flight training at Gunter Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Teachout
J. E. Moore Jr
The
Army Air Force
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Arnold Roth
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
War Department
John Roth
Young Roth
Patton
France
Col. Roth
Roth
Arthur B. Ramsey
States
Italy
Sgt. Ramsey
C. L. Malone
Leonard Colley
U.S. Navy
White Plains
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
V. P. Boisaubin
Missouri State Highway Patrol
C. D. Cline
Camp Claiborne
Luther B. Hutcheson
135Th Infantry Regiment
Red Bull” Division
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
John F. Ferrell
J. W. Ferrell
Army Air Forces
Pampa Air School
Pampa
Lieut. Ferrell
Gerald Bohannon
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mrs W. L. Bohannon
East Prairie
Billy Sikes
W. H. Sikes
San Francisco
Calif
Radio School of
the Navy
Young Sikes
Ross Hunter
Walter Hunter
Army Air Corps
Charles A. Cook
Catherine Frances
Kansas City, Mo
O.T. Elder
Raymond D. Roberson
Morehouse
Americal Infantry Division
Southwest Pacific
Morehouse High School
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
James E. Matthews
Sunflower Ordnance
de Soto
Merlin Taylor
Warren E. Taylor
Hondo
C. M. Taylor
Betty Jane
Bill Anderson
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Charley Anderson
Morley
Clarence EB. Felker Jr
Norfolk, Va
Felker
Mary Margaret
C. E. Felker
Garwood Sharp
Virginia
the Cotton Club
MCA Presents
Joy Cayler
Carl
Deacon” Moore and His Orchestra
Cotton Club
Sikest
Floyd A. Matthews
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Mrs
Glenn Matthews
Bill Bess
Pecos
Bess
Wayne Bess
Albert Keith Bess
Lee Bowman
Yuma
Arizona
Bowman
Lincoln
Nebr
Jack Wolsey
Camp Maxey
Fort Benning
William Wolsey
Oran
Louie Hirschowitz
U. S. Army
Washington
Roy Miller
Charleston
Elwood Thompson
Dodge City
Thompson
Myrtle Orr
William R. Donnell
Naval Air Corps
Elizabeth City
N. J
Georgie Donnell
Laster
North Carolina
Electa Shankle
Yeoman 2/C ‘Spar
Baltimore
Edna Shankle
Stella Jean
R. M. Smith
Gladys Price
Pvt. Smith
South Pacific
Herald
Glenn E. Williams
Southern Airways
Decatur
Ala
Eli Williams
Williams
Gunter Field
Firestone
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Building
Center Street
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