News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Reports list Cpl Lester Hobbs missing in action in Europe since April 28 and note the deaths of Cpl John Klake and Pvt Walter Burgfield in the European theatre. Includes updates on soldiers' training, postings, and family messages from Cape Girardeau to DeSoto and Sikeston, with multiple Army Air Forces and Infantry assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Lester Hobbs
A. Hobbs
War Department
Hobbs
Cpl. Hobbs
John T. Klake
Walter Burgfield
Jackson
Cpl Hobbs
Cape Girardeau
Leslia Kay
First Message From Navy Son Reaches Parents After Gap
Mr and Mrs Joe M Allen received a note from their son John T Allen EB M lfc last Friday saying all is well and safe This is his first message in more than two months He has served nearly five years with the U S Navy on submarine duty in the South Pacific war area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Allen
John T. Allen
EB. M. Lfc
U. S. Navy
South Pacific War
Post Office Employees Now At Virginia Camp
Post Office workers Willard Mount and Herman Poe from Sikeston reached Camp Lee Virginia last Saturday night and joined the Army Post Office. Lieutenant Colonel S B Hardwick Jr of Bertrand Sikeston was named to the Army Air Forces executive board in Washington DC and visited his mother in Memphis on Mother's Day. William N Roberts left for Jefferson Barracks for induction into the Army as Mrs Roberts and sons stayed with relatives. Jimmy Law now at Battle Creek Michigan after two weeks of induction. Private W H Tanner, son of Rivers Tanner, transferred to O Rielly General Hospital Springfield Missouri after Camp Barkeley service. Mrs Claude Henly visited the west coast with her husband Lt Henley Jr after overseas mission. Private C D Matthews 3d to Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City for further training. Mr and Mrs Joe Cramer of Poplar Bluff learn their son James J Cramer, missing on a mission over Germany March 28, is a prisoner of war.
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Willard Mount
Herman Poe
Sikeston
Camp Lee
Virginia
Army Post Office
Camp
Col. Hardwick
S. B. Hardwick Jr
S. B. Hardwick
Bertrand and Sikeston
Army Air Forces
Washington, DC
Hardwick
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Memphis
Bertrand
W. H Tanner
William Tanner
Rivers Tanner
Arizona
O’rielly General Hospital
Springfield
Tanner
Charleston
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Joe Cramer
Poplar Bluff
Saent James J. Cramer
Germany
War Department
International Red Cross
Seabee writes thanks for home town paper from Hawaii
Jack J. Lair, Chief Carpenter's Mate with the Seabees in Hawaii, thanks The Herald for keeping the hometown paper coming. He notes service members afar lack news about friends and neighbors and expresses belief their duty may soon move them closer to Tojo. Lair previously ran Lair Furniture Store with his father.
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Herald
Jack J. Lair
Hawaii
Seabees
New York
Chicago
Lair
Tojo
N Edward Fuchs Promoted In Rank At New Orleans Center
Narcisse Edward Fuchs USNR promoted to senior lieutenant by the New Orleans Naval Armed Guard Center where he is attached. Former local automobile dealer, he returned after an 8% month duty as commanding officer of the Navy gun crew on a merchant vessel. No contact with the enemy reported. He is the son of the late N E Fuchs and a St Louis University 1933 graduate. Mrs Fuchs has been in New Orleans to be near him.
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New Orleans
Phi Sigma Eta
House OKs vets seeing-eye dog bill sent to White House
The House completed action Tuesday on a bill authorizing the Veterans Administration to furnish seeing-eye dogs for blind veterans and sent the measure to the White House.
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House
Veterans’ Administration
White House
Memorial service held for Kewanee soldier Pvt. Joe A. Chadd
Memorial services were held at the Baptist church in Kewanee for Pvt. Joe Alvie Chadd who died in the Mediterranean. A chaplain's letter described overseas rites. Survived by widow Flossie B. Chadd, son Joe Alvie Jr., and parents Virgil and Mrs. Chadd. Chadd among three district casualties alongside Boatwright and Conyers in World War II operations.
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Baptist Church
Kewanee
Joe Alvie Chadd
Mediterranean
Finis E. Jones
Carl Gunn
Flossie B. Chadd
Joe Alvie Jr
Virgil Chadd
Chadd
Wm. R. Boatwright
Wardell and Corp
Charles M. Conyers
Fred Conyers
Diehlstadt
Southwest Pacific
Malden Chaplain Seeks Invasion Prayer At D-Day
Chaplain Arthur A. Kendall of the Malden Army Air Field urges all personnel and nearby residents to pray earnestly for the Allied invasion of Europe. He announced special prayer services at the field on D-day and asked prayers for a successful invasion, swift victory, preservation of liberty, and sparing as many young lives as possible.
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Arthur A. Kendall
Malden Army Air Field
Europe
Malden Field
Kendall
Morehouse Troop Wins First at Sikes ton Camporee
Morehouse Boy Scouts topped seven troops at the Sikeston District camporee held near Benton. Morehouse totaled 1,937 points across Campcraft, Scoutcraft and Adventure Trail to take first, with Sikeston Troop 44 second at 1,885 and Matthews Troop No. 142 third at 1,875. All participating troops scored above 1,700 for blue ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Benton
Matthews
Morehouse
Son of Matthews couple arrives safely in New Guinea
Mr and Mrs W C Moore of Matthews report their son Cpl W C Moore Jr of the Ordnance Tire Repair Company has arrived in New Guinea. Cpl Moore writes that it rains most days there and urges those worried about life back home to send them abroad.
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W. C. Moore
Matthews
Cpl
W. C. Moore Jr
Ordnance Tire Repair Company
Army
New Guinea
Cpl. Moore
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Ernest L. Seabaugh
Centenary Methodist
Lou. Johnston
DeSoto
Memorial Park Cemetery
Louis K. Juden
State Guard
Lieut Seabaugh
Ephrata
Wash
Army Air Forces Base
Dick Swaim
Camp McCain
Miss
al Swaim
Pfc
Swaim
Te 94Th Infantry Division
The
Armed Forces
Turner
James B Turner
Army Air Corps
England
Edward Seymour
U. S. Infantry
J. M Sitzes
Lieut
J M. Sitzes Jr
John Smith
Army Air School
Greenville
J. S. Smith
William H Edwards
W C Edwards
Army Air Forces Technical Command
Chanute Field, Ill
Jewell Anderson
Army Tank Corps
Camp Polk
Walter Anderson
Eugene Struwe
Fred Struwe
Hunter Field
Savannah
Struwe
Vicksburg
Tenn
Tommy Marshall
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Marshall
Tris Marshall
Jefferson Barracks
Virginia Camp
Wm. N. Roberts
Jimmy Law
Dan McCoy Seed Company
Battle Creek, Mich
Law
Mrs Law
Claude Henly
West Coast
Lieut. Henley Jr
Matthews 3d
Oklahoma City
Okla
Will Rogers Field
Sikeston Seabee
N. Edward Fuchs
Buckner
Mary Barron
Barbizon
Phoenix Hosiery
Arrow
Palm Beach
McGregor
Cooper’s
Jockey
Bradley
Catalina
Dobbs
Hopkins
Hart-Schaffner & Marx
Buck
Front Street
Botney
Sikeston, Missouri
Cwspaper Rachive
Malden
Galileo
Morehouse Boy Scouts
George W. Hilpert
H. E. Niswonger
G. R. Scott
Hess Porter
Fred Laminack
Bill Haters
Bob Deneke
Missouri Discount Corporation
Keith Building
Bank of Sikeston
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