News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Pvt Eunice Wiley of Sikeston sworn into the WAC in St Louis on June 21 and headed for Fort Des Moines Iowa for clerical training. Sgt Robert L Powers 23 of Piedmont reported dead in the South Pacific. James Stearnes Navy pharmacist mate first class assigned to a mine sweeper off the West Coast. Sgt Floyd A Matthews of Campbell Ky auctioned bonds totaling 170000 dollars at a Madisonville OK event. Sgt Ed Uthoff Commerce son transferred to the West Coast, sending home. Pvt William P Smart finishing Marine boat training in San Diego on furlough with family. Robert Leigsminger V-12 program visiting home before Great Lakes training. Lt William F Blaylock promoted to first lieutenant at Drew Field. Pfc Charles Arbaugh Sikeston in England fabric section of Air Service Command Depot. Capt John W Bowman Marines Saipan and BE F Schorle Jr. also on duty there. Lieut Wanda Saville Dunaway Army nurse in North Africa describes retreat ceremony and camp life. Staff Sergeant William Barber Sikeston area promoted in Panama Canal Zone. Lacut Emmett Dohogne Cape Girardeau reported as prisoner of war in Germany after missing in action following a raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Eunice Wiley
Tobe Wiley
Sikeston
WAC
St. Louis
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Wiley
Morehouse
Palace Cafe
Wanda Saville Dunaway
North Africa
John Saville
Lieut Dunaway
Fellowship Dinner Highlights Local Veterans Returnees
A fellowship dinner at Blodgett Methodist basement honored Charles Rister S of Farragut Idaho and Lester Graham T. C. who returned from North Africa. T. C. Graham shared foreign soil experiences. Edwards son William H. Edwards gains corporal rank at Boca Raton Army Air Base. Gene Gulley returns from furlough to San Francisco. Boahannon family letters describe D-Day experiences and hospital stays in England and Camp Carson duties for Gerald D. Bohannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Charles Rister
Farragut
Idaho
Lester Graham T. C
North Africa
T. C. Graham
Gene Gulley
San Francisco
Calif
Canaloa
Malden Man Named High School Head
Bremen Van Bibber, Malden high school principal for three years, is named principal of Sikeston high school awaiting Malden Board of Education release. He will move August 1 with wife Helen Irene Van Bibber teaching in Sikeston. They have one daughter. Lieutenant Barney Blankenship, nephew of Canalou residents, says he piloted the ship that landed troops on D-Day in northern France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen van Bibber
Malden
Sikeston High School
Helen Irene van Bibber
Sikeston
van Bibber
Barney Blankensaip
Hazel Thornburg
Canalou
France
Blankenship
Cole Blankenship
O'Danic
Young Young Jr Majors in U S Army Air Forces
Major Harry Young Jr son of Mr and Mrs Harry Young of Sikeston has been promoted to Major in the United States Army Air Forces. He is stationed at Blackland Army Air Field Waco Texas where trainees learn basic flying in twin engine planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Young Jr
Harry Young
Sikeston
United States Army Air Forces
Young
Blackland Army Air Field
Waco
Texas
Charleston Flyer Is Missing In Action
Second Lieutenant Charles English Davis twenty two son of Mr and Mrs R C Davis of Charleston was reported missing in action over France on June seventeenth. He is a navigator in the Army Air Forces and has two brothers also in service Lieut Robert Davis with the Air Forces at Memphis and Captain William Davis a physician with a paratrooper unit in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles English Davis
R. C. Davis
Charleston
Army Air Forces
France
Armed Service
Robert Davis
Air Forces
Memphis
Tenn
Wm. Davis
Missouri Soldier Decorated by King for Normandy Service
Sedalia born Col. Arthur G. Salisbury one of the first American flyers to enter Normandy receives the British Distinguished Flying Cross from King George. He also is cited for the Legion of Merit Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and a Presidential Unit Citation, plus the Soviet Order of the Red Star. At 27 he commands a Thunderbolt wing, involved in campaigns in North Africa Sicily Italy and the invasion of France, among the theater’s youngest generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Salisbury
Normandy
England
United States Air Forces
Marshal Stalin
Col. Salisbury
North Africa
Cicily
Italy
France
Naval commission for former Sikeston man
W. C. Bowman Jr., son of Judge W. C. Bowman, has been commissioned a lieutenant (j g) in the United States Naval Reserve. Bowman has lived in Montgomery, Alabama for years and has been in the Navy since last December at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He expects a transfer to new duty, though details are not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Bowman Jr
W. C., Bowman
United States Naval Reserve
Ineut
Bowman
Montgomery
Ala
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Two Missouri Soldiers Die in Army Action
Two Southeast Missouri men are listed among soldiers killed in action by the War Department. Staff Sergeant Vernon C. Wilson, son of Mrs. Rose L. Wilson of Route 1 Essex, was killed in the Mediterranean area. Private Stanley Carey, son of Mrs. Mattie Tangle of Steele, was killed in the Southeast Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri
War Department
Washington
Vernon C. Wilson
Rose L. Wilson
Route 1
Essex
Mediterranean
Stanley Carey
Mattie Tangle
Steele
Southeast
Pacific
Eight Southeast Missouri soldiers wounded in Europe
War Department lists eight district men wounded in action. Names include Sgt. Mack N. Corbitt of Wyatt, Pvt. Paul B. Emery of Hayti, Pfc. Robert Hibbits of Farmington, Cpl. Wallace Hunt of Bell City, Pvt. Woodrow W. McVay of New Madrid, Pfc. Fredolin J. Mottler of Ste. Genevieve, Cpl. James A. Agnhcraft of Doniphan, and Pfc. Eirza J. Crites of Wappapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri
War Department
Mack N. Corbitt
Wyatt
Paul B. Emery
Hayti
Robert Hibbits
Farmington
Wallace Hunt
Bell City
Woodrow W. McVay
New Madrid
Fredolin J. Mottler
Ste. Genevieve
James A. Agsnhcraft
Doniphan
Eirza J. Crites
Wappapello
Remembering Jerry Worley Jr. Navy flyer from Klamath Falls
Betty Baker of Klamath Falls Oregon writes a memorial poem for Clyde Worley Jr. known as Jerry of Morehouse. Son of Mrs Lavinia Worley, killed in an airplane crash weeks earlier while stationed with Navy Air Corps at Klamath Falls. The poem recalls his cheerful nature his silver wings and a hopeful toast to a happy landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Baker
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Clyde Worley Jr
Morehouse
Lavinia Worley
Young Worley
Jerry
Navy Air Corps
Lieutenant Charles A. Cook Wounded in Action
Lieut. Charles A. Cook, son of Mrs. O. T. Elder of Sikeston, is hospitalized in England with eye injuries from a raid over Germany on June 20. A Flying Fortress gunner, he sustained shrapnel damage that shattered plane glass and wounded his eyes. a nurse reports one eye bandage removed and sight intact, other eye still covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Cook
O. T. Elder
Sikeston
England
Germany
Lieut
Cook
Sergeant Abb Freeman Wounded in Invasion
Sergeant Abb Freeman of Sikes ton was wounded five days after D Day during the invasion of France. The telegram to his sister says the injury is not serious and further details will follow. Freeman, about 29, had served three years in the Infantry and overseas since January. He reunited with his brother George W Freeman during the initial days of the invasion, unaware they were together in France. Two other Freeman brothers also served, James in North Africa and Autrey in England with the Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abb Freeman
Sikeston
France
Miss Pearle Freeman
Freeman
George W. Freeman
George
Abb
Sergeant Freeman
Scott County Milling Company
James Freeman
North Africa
Autrey Freeman
England
Serious Injury Hits Navy Man in San Diego
Mr and Mrs Joe Allen learn their eldest son John Thomas Allen Electrician Mate First Class Navy was seriously wounded in a San Diego motorcycle crash He suffered a head injury followed by meningitis and remains in grave condition Doris Allen departs St Louis by plane to join him The Navy man has served four years with overseas time and recently returned to the States for training toward petty officer rank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Joe Allen
John Thomas Allen
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Doris Allen
St. Louis
Young Allen
Navy
Mr and Mrs Harper Honored by Friends at Dinner
Mr and Mrs P A McDougal hosted a Tuesday dinner for Mr and Mrs R A Harper before their move to Maryville Tennessee where Mr Harper will serve as superintendent of schools. Twenty two guests attended and gave farewells and gifts. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Dale McMullin of Poplar Bluff and Miss Ethel McGregor of Brandon Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. McDougal
R. A. Harper
Maryville
Tenn
Harper
Legion Juniors Defeat Cape Girardeau Team 10 to 1
Sikeston American Legion Junior baseball team beat the Cape Girardeau Juniors 10 to 1 at Cape Girardeau field on Tuesday July 4. The game ended in the fifth inning to allow bandstand removal for Fairgrounds Park holiday program. Hayden hit one home run for Sikeston and Mc Laughlin homered for Cape. Jackson Legion Juniors visit the local field on Sunday July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
American Legion
Cape Girardeau Legion
Cape Girardeau Field
Fairgrounds Park
Hayden
McLaughlin
Cape
Legion
Jackson
Soldier praises Hawaii scenery in V mail letter
Set A J Boardman, serving with forces in the Hawaii Islands on Oahu, reports receipt of his first Herald since overseas. He says the home paper is doubly appreciated far from home and describes the island’s beauty as mountains rising from the sea into pale blue skies. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Judson Boardman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
A. J. Boardman
Hawaii Islands
Oahu
Herald
Sgt. Boardman
Judson Boardman
WAC Pvt Bernice Husher Transferred to North Africa
Pvt Bernice Husher daughter of Mr and Mrs John Husher previously with a WAC unit in Italy has been transferred to North Africa. The note, received by relatives, confirms her assignment with an Allied medical unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Bernice Husher
John Husher
WAC
Italy
North Africa
Allied Medical
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Robert L. Powers
Wm. T. Powers
Piedmont
South Pacific War
Powers
South Pacific
Army Infantry Signal Corps
James Stearnes
Te Young Man
Malone Drug Store
Floyd A. Matthews
Glenn Matthews
Camp Campbell
Madisonville
Sergeant Matthews
Ed H. Uthoff
Jad Uthoff
eCommerce
The
West Coast
Sgt. Uthoff
William P. Smart
U. S. Marines
Carrie Petiford
Robert Leigsminger
B. GB. Leighninger
Stanberry and Lathrop
Great Lakes
Wm. F Blaylock
Anna Blaylock
Drew Field
Tampa
Florida
University of Cincinnati
Blayrock
Army
Clearwater Beach
Pfc
Charles S. Arbaugh
Harry S. Arbaugh
Air Service Command
Arbaugh
Betty McCann Arbaugh
Sue
S. D. Arbaugh
H. R
Cpl
Ben Knight
Camp McCain
Mrs
Price Knight
Commerce
Lee Bowman
John W. Bowman
U. S
Saipan
BE. F. Schorle Jr
BE. F. Schorle
William Barber
May Barber
Panama Canal Zone
Barber
Lacut
Emmett C. Dohogne
Leo Dohogne
Dohogne
Cape Girardeau
States
William H. Edwards
W. C. Edwards
Army Air Base
Boca Raton
Fla
W. L. Bohannon
Hast Prairie
John H. Bohannon
Bohannon
Gerald D. Bohannon
Camp Carson
Colo
Canalou Pilot
AIR Corps
Missouri
Naval Commission
Charles Allen Cook
Co. D. Matthews 3d
Armed Forces
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma
Perry
Matthews
Dorothy
Charles
MR. and
Mrs. Harper
KLCN
Blytheville, Ark
Armory
Sikeston Wac
Africa
Annual Report
Sikeston Building & Loan Association
Peoples Bank Building
Sikeston, Missouri
Missouri County
Scott I. W. L. Huters
W. O. Carroll
Freda L. Conley
W. L. Huters
W.S Corrigan
Leroy C. Leslie
A . Harrison
William J. Keith
Bank OF Sikeston
Sikeston, MO
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