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First wartime induction batch sails from Warren County
At noon on Tuesday January 20, forty two Warren County men reported for induction at Roanoke for World War II service. Seventy percent staged dinners and dances, with twenty six called to report on the day and six deferred or rejected after physicals. Inductees include Harry Elliot Cook, Charles Walker, Levi Seckford, Jonas Derflinger, among others. Morton I Bloom the only fatal casualty among the living from this first call.
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Warren County
Roanoke
Armed Services
Warren Sentinel
Sentinel
Afton Inn
the Sentinel
Gloria Kibler
Margretta Burke
Gladys Mcfall
Nancy Lee Riley
Nevada Sonner
Janet Willey
Claude A. Stokes Jr
Harry Elliot Cook
Charles E. Walker
Levi Lawson Seckford
Jonas Franklin Derflinger
Albert Franklin Clarke
Harvey Lee Sonner
Dudley Pendleton Power
Ralph Middleton
John Martin Holloway
Preston Wythe
Harrell Marvin Dulaney Powers
Alfred Lee Oliver
Sterling Rolfe Stratton
Jack Smith
Atkins Tilden Green Strickley
Eugene Samuel Rutherford
Morton I. Bloom