NEWS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM
Southeast Missouri service members are listed with training, promotions, and assignments from Camp Barkley Texas to Camp Butner and Norfolk. Names include W H Tanner W P Boisaubin Frank Aldridge Robert Marshall Virgil Thomason H W Woods Joe Goldstein H W Minner Mac C Minner Edward Seymour Tommy Roberts Lonnie W Graham Ben Bowman Vance Engram Frank Engram Sgt Vance Engram and Frank Engram expect overseas duty. Messages from Denver Matlock and James E Newman express longing for home and The Sikeston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Engram
Frank Engram
Bert Engram
Sikeston
Vance
California
Frank
Fort Worth
Texas
Alva Vaughn
Palmyra
USA
Pfc
Denver Matlock
Missouri
England
The
Herald
Army Classification Discussed by Fort Leavenworth Colonel
Lieut Col C L Malone of Sikeston explains Army Classification in Military Review published at Fort Leavenworth. The article notes classification aims to place inductees at best suited jobs. Also in Fort Leavenworth News Col Malone presents good conduct medals to 16 service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
C. L. Malone
Sikeston
Military Review
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Malone
Sikeston Native Joins New Aviation Cadet Class
Charles Proffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Proffer of Sikeston, arrived to join a new aviation cadet class at the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics. He is a 1943 Sikeston High School graduate who enlisted in the Army Air Corps just before graduation and trained in St Louis and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Proffer
Sikeston
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Charles
Sikeston High School
Army Air Corps
St. Louis
San Antonio
Texas
Captain Di Salvo Promoted in Army Air Forces
Lt Joseph Di Salvo WAC recruiting officer visiting Sikes ton was promoted Tuesday to captain in the Army Air Forces. He served in the European theater with 250 hours of combat flying and is a flying officer. Pfc Orville Lumsden left today for Gulfport Field Miss to resume instructor duties in airplane mechanics after furlough visiting his mother Mrs Dessie Lumsden. S/Sgt David Lumsden of the Army Air Corps in Waco Texas visited his mother during the past week and will return to Waco after convalescence leave. Glenn Williams son of Eli Williams, transferred as Navy Air Corps to Keasler Field Miss, is stationed at Keasler Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina J. Minner
Joseph D Minner
Pacific
Sgt Minner
Aviation Engineers
Air Corps
Pvt
Mac C. Minner
North Carolina
Fort Belvoir
Survey
U. S. Army
Minner
Combat Engineers
Ben Bowman
Freeman Field
Seymour
Ind
Army Air Corps
Bowman
L. R. Bowman
Z. Heisserer
Oran
Joseph di Salvo
Wac
Sikeston
Army Air Forces
di Salvo
Orville Lumsden
Gulfport Field
Miss
Pfc
Lumsden
Dessie Lumsden
Mississippi
David Lumsden
Waco
Texas
Waco Field
Glenn & Williams
Eli Wiliams
Navy Air Corng
Cal
Galforhia
Keasler Field
Nation’s war casualties top 162 thousand with 37 thousand dead
Washington reports total U. S. battle casualties at 162,282 through February 23, including 37,853 dead and 47,318 wounded. Navy figures add 40,821 casualties, with 9,910 wounded. Missing total 35,565. Army losses skew heaviest in North Africa theatre through January 31, and European theater shows 13,797 casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Sea Services
Mediterranean
England
Marine Rifle Creed Reprints From Soldier Letter
Canaloa marines on western waters include the commanding officer's creed for the rifle. It declares the weapon as a life, a brother, and a fellow defender of country. The oath binds the shooter to mastery, cleanliness, and readiness as a shared life with the rifle. Also noted are local social items: Mrs Dick Hengst of Cape Girardeau and her Navy husband visiting Dessie Lumsden’s home for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Newman
Canaloa
America
Dick Hengst
Cape Girardeau
Navy
Dessie Lumsden
Future of CAP Readies Peace Time Civil Air Patrol
The Civil Air Patrol League forms to train youths 15 to 18 and promote air activity while aviation circles foresee a post-war private flyer body. Gen H. H. Arnold backs the CAP League as a likely national representative. Plans also hint at the Lockheed Constellation postwar airliner preview on a coast to coast maiden trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol League
CAP League
H. H. Arnold
Jet propelled planes and postwar air power debate
The article contrasts US domestic airlines building new transport planes with overseas monopolies, noting six prewar oceanic designs and predicting future competition. It questions jet propulsion commercial viability, citing a British official and Captain Ezra Kotcher saying jets are for training purposes, delaying battle uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Oceanic
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Tanner
Wm. §. Tanner
Rivers Tanner
Camp Barkley
Tanner
W. P. Boisaubin
Dallas
Air Transport Command
Wade L. Shankle
Camp Butner
N. C
Major Shankle
Dexter
Frank E Aldridge
E. P. Aldridge
Great Bend
Corporal Aldridge
Jefferson Barracks
Lincoln Army Air Base
Lincoln
Nebraska
Robert T
Tommy) Marshall
Dean Marshall
Army Air Base
Sioux City
Iowa
Marshall
State College
Virgil R. Thomason
Morehouse
Norfolk
United States Navy
Thomason
David Blanton
H. W. Woods
San Diego
Calif
Pvt. Woods
Joe Goldstein
Camp Polk, la
Goldstein
William Mariam
Pvt. Goldstein
Field Artillery
Edward Seymour
Camp Gruber
Maida Fern
Tommy Roberts
Hunter Field
Savannah
Mrs
T. A. Roberts
P. A. Graham
Lonnie W. Graham
New Guinea
Infantry
James E Newman
Canala
Do Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Sikeston Herald
W. W. Triplet Grinder
Little Glutton
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Mo
Nwspapern Ab Hiye
Lyle Malone
Marine Rifle
Dame’s Seed & Feed Store
Zoomah
Expert Service
Chip
Bailey & Bailey Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Public Accountant
Public Accountants
E. J. Mienstedt
Front Street
Howard A. Dunaway
Mc Coy-Tanner Building
Optometry
W. S. Sidwell
O. D
Mc Coy-Tanner
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
North Kingshighway
Welsh Funeral Home
Distinctive Service
Malone Theatre
J.R. Marshall
Marshall’s Cafe
J. R. Marshall
Sikeston, Missouri
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