Captain Bowman Describe Saipan Battles and Island Life
A letter from Captain John W. Bowman dated July 7 and received by his parents recounts Saipan fighting and “no piping up” actions. He notes Japanese reluctance to surrender, Chamorro people glad to see Marines, mass at least two priests and several nuns held by Japs, and that Saipan will become a B 29 base. He also mentions terrible flies, heavy rains, and cautious optimism about returning home. Organized resistance on Saipan has ended though snipers remain in caves.
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John W. Bowman
Lee Bowman
Island
Saipan
Bowman
L & Marine
Tokyo
Ins
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Recaps letters and notices from families about service members in the U S Navy Army Air Forces Waves and other branches. Names include S S Marshall Martha Stokely Ray Shuffit Jack Woolsey Maxilene Baugher Stanley Colley Harold Boardman Charles Fapzinger Lieut Fapzinger and many others. Reports cover overseas service training transfers and home visits with brief family updates and medal or commendation mentions.
Funeral in France for Teddy Roosevelt Jr and son
Prt Otis Couch on furlough visits his wife in Jackson Miss. Roosevelt Jr and Capt Quenti Roosevelt lead a twilight ceremony on French soil. Generals and officers from the 1st and 4th Divisions march in. Roosevelt dies of a heart ailment. About 2000 doughboys buried with him. Sgt James Walls of Ft Benning visits his parents during furlough.
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Prt
Otis Couch
Army Iia
New Mexico
Jackson
Midh
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Quenti Roosevelt
Teddy
Rosesell
James Walls
Ft Benning Geoo
O M Walls
Morehouse
Homecoming of Sikeston Soldier After 27 Months Abroad
Pfc Andrew Burns, son of Mr and Mrs E R Burns near Sikeston, returns from 27 months in the Aleutians. After a 15 day furlough, he will report to Giger Field, Washington. Inducted November 10, 1941, he trained at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Lawton before serving in the Aleutians where he witnessed air raids and the transformation of the island into a permanent Army post. He recalls ducking from planes and sparse entertainment, with notable visits from Erroll Flynn and Martha O Driskell.
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Pfc
Andrew Burns
E R Burns
Sikeston
Aleutian Islands
Giger Field
Washington
Burns
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Lawton
Wash
Aleutians
Erroll Flynn
Martha O’driskell
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Saipari
Dean Marshall
Tommy) Marshall
Air Forces
England
Marshall
Martha Stokely
The
Waves
J W Stokely
Pensacola
Fla
Ray . Shuffit
Quartermaster Corps of
Armed Forces
Bert Shuffit
France
Pvt J W Shuffit
Field Artillery
New Guinea
Cpl
Jack Woolsey
Texas
Wm Woolsey
Oran
Maxilene Baugher
New York City
Burbank
Cali
Ed Gravielt
Paul Cope
United States Navy
Darragut
Daho
Bloyd McClenan
J W McClellan
Pic Stanley Colley
8Th Army Air Force
Gertrude Colley
Harold Boardman
Raymond Boardman
Colley
Charles Fapzinger
Mathis
Lieut Fapzmeyer
Italy
Lieut Fapzinger
al Jentown
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Tria
Fapzings
Oani
Tom Matis
Wits
Ralph
Pre Farues Johnson
Army Air Corps
Frags
Time, Tohnson
Estot
Uomn
New Guinee
Hirim Willams
Ordnance Department
Fis
Bh Willams
Hany Daugherty
Daugherty Stores
Morley
US Navy
Lawrence
Kansas
Daugherty
Loretta
al Morley
Pvl
Allan Swarm
al Swami
Lieut Swaim
Rome
SOS
Doc” Williams
Malden
Army M
Doc
Swaim
Robert A Dempster
Great Lakes Naval Trainning Station
Iuanvis
Visileg
G A Dempster
Cleatus Finley
Norman Finley
Near
Matthews
War Department
Finley
Oren Nix
Army Air Forces
Liberal
Army Air Base
Brady
Pvt
Clarence . Funke
Ireelard
Leo Pletcher
Leto Pletcher
Cape Girardeau
Pletcher
Marine Corps
Central High School
Cecil Pletcher
Evelyn Id Jeannelia
Nen Bolerjack
Inlaw O
Clem Hasins
Cpl Bolerjack
Arthur Couch
Sune
Lay
Glenn FE Wiliams
el. Williams
Maxwell Field al
Dandruff
White’s
Stark Bros. Nursery
Neosho Nurseries
Wade Tucker Matthews
Leonard Crase
Milton Crase
St Loui
Naval Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Young Crase
Herald
M. Ka. Cade
Joseph Prosneck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Commianu
Roznecki
Doris Stinnett
Mis J Ce Stinnett
Rozneck
Lieut Rozneck
Albert Miller
Warrick W Muller
New Gernea
Pfe Albert Miller Jr
Hawaiii
Pfe Ogle Miller
Pepsecola
Long Island City
Pepsicola Agency
Monroe Randol
Missouri
Pater
Cubs
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