Reunion Stories From Small World Navy and Army Families
In Attica and Cohoes, service members from the Sea Bees and Army reconnect after long separations. Seaman Bob La Barge and his brother in law Private John Smith meet on a Pacific island after learning of each other’s location. Sergeant John Hussey and Sailor Bill Hussey Jr. reunite aboard a North African port ship.
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Bob LA Barge
Jackson Avenue
Cohoes
Seabees
Pfc
John Smith
Adams Avenue
Army
California
Pacific
Bob
Williams Press, Inc
Albany
John
Freihofer Baking Co
Sergt
John Hussey
Bill Hussey, Jr
Northarta
Attica
Casey
William H Hussey
Central Station
Bill
Hussey
Veterans Share News From McCook to Missile Field
War correspondence and family notes recount a broken arm in a McCook Neb crash, sightings of bombers, and welcomes from a 6000 population. Several service members send greetings, report training updates, promotions, and new assignments across the Army Air Forces, Navy, and WAVES with local connections to Watervliet, Troy, Center Brunswick, and Cohoes.
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Army Air Force Base
McCook
Neb
Service Families Grow as War Pulls at Home Front
Numerous local men and women are in military service or training. Sergi- Roland DG AL of LaSalle and brother-in-arms, Jeanne at 28 Columbia Street, serves in the Air Corps at Greenville NC studying navigation. Pete Daniels, a sergeant in a Tennessee camp, and his wife Anna reside on Cohoes Road. three Daniels brothers are in service. Catherine White of Waterford joins her husband in uniform and begins WAVE training at Hunter College. husband Pvt. Fred Whith trains at Camp Lee. Private Bob Hayner completes basic at Fort Knox. Naval cadet John Tranter finishes Navy Pre-Flight at Chapel Hill and proceeds to Olathe. Ed Gorski returns to Camp McCain after furlough. George De Long, Camp Carson, earns sergeant rank in Medical Corps.
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Sergi Bob Ponder
Army Air Corps
Galveston
Tex
E Z
Second Avenue
Herbie Held
Seymour Johnson Field
N.C
Herbie
Irving Held
Sixth Avenue
Fred Bittig
Signal
Camp Forest
Tenn
Tennessee
Irene Green
Averill Park
Walter Bittig
ED Brennan
120
Twelfth Street
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Maxey
Jimmy Carter
105Th
Hawaii
Camp Butner
N. C
Dohin Gingeresky
Coast Artillery
Berkeley
Cal
Betty
Adirondack
Louise Boehm
201
Fourth Street
Sarah Boehm
Alexander Boehm
WAVES
Hunter College
Bronx
Louise
CCHS
Behr-Manning’s
Chanute Field, I
Frank Radigan
W. J. Radigan
RE. D. 2
Watervliet
Aircraft Sheet Metal School
Sergi- Roland
LaSalle
Jeanne
Columbia Street
Air Corps
Greenville
Vincent Daniels
Essex Avenue
Pete Daniels
Pete
Anna
Cohoes Road
Anthony Daniels
Camp Forrest
Yerm
Engineers
Tech. Corp
Pat Dantels
John Dantels
Fort Sill
Oklo
Catherine White
Arthur Brown
South Street
Waterford
Catherine
Pvt
Fred Whith
Quartermaster Training Center
Camp Lee
Cahoes High
Mont
Gomery Ward
Bob Hayner
Arthur Hayner
Eagle Mills
Fort Knox
Troy High
John Tranter
W. Tranter
Grant Avenue
Navy
Chapel Hill
Olathe
Kan
John’s Troy
ED Gorski
Camp McCain
Miss
Helen Schmidt
George DE Long
Camp Carson
Col
George
Medical Corps
Salem Resident Taken To Troy Hospital For Treatment
Mrs. Edward J. Blanchfield was taken to Troy Hospital Sunday for medical care. Chaplain S. Lloyd Liebert, enrolled at Harvard University for Army chaplain training, spent the weekend at his home there.
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Edward J. Blanchfield
Troy Hospital
S. Lloyd Liebert
Harvard University
Albany County Republicans Elect Officers
Kenneth 8. MacAffer was renamed chairman of the Albany County Republican Committee at a committee meeting in Albany. Reelected officers include Misa Ruth M. Miner as vice chair, James L. McEwan as treasurer, Howard P. Miles as secretary, and Borden H. Mills as counsellor. Advisory members include John McBain Samuel Alcher Watervliet Charles A. Norlie Cohoes and William W. Bates Menands. Walter H. Wertime Jr was elected GOP chairman for Cohoes and Andrew Hoblock chairman in Watervliet. Charles Helmar Strom son of Mrs Hanneh Creary of 108 Clinton Street Albany is listed among Navy casualty releases.
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Kenneth 8. MacAffer
Albany County Republican Committee
Albany
Misa Ruth M. Miner
James L. McEwan
Howard P. Miles
Borden H. Mills
John McBain
Samuel ©. Alcher
Watervliet
Charles A. Northey
Cohoes
William
NAVE
Charles Helmar Strom
Hanneh Creary
Clinton, Street
Navy Department
Hoosick Falls Health Clinic And Local Obituary Items
A child health consultation clinic will be held tomorrow from 2 to 4 p m at the Main Street School under Dr George E Smith with Mrs Margaret Coleman assisting. Toxoid and smallpox vaccines will be offered to parents requesting service. Funeral services for George Carroll were conducted at Mahar Funeral Home and Church of the Immaculate Conception with a high Mass of requiem by Rev George C Egan US Army pastor and burial at St Marys Cemetery. Bearers were W C Snyder Fred Davis George Cipperly and William Cipperly. Pvt Austin Crayon of Fort Miles Idaho visited his parents over the weekend. Kathleen Conway daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Conway returned from Greenfield Massachusetts. Mrs A Armstrong of Knollwood dined with her son and daughter-in-law Sunday.
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Gussie Adoff
Jacob St
Earl Stone
Sicily
Stone
Adoff
Pvt
Jacob Adoff
Jake
Duke
Ben Adoff
Quartermaster Corps
England
Main Street
George E. Smith
Margaret Coleman
George Carroll
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George C. Egan
U. S.A
Phyllis White
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Egan
W. C. Snyder
Fred Davis
George Cipperly
William Cipperly
Austin Crayon
Fort Miles
Idel
Harry Crayon
Kathleen Conway
Peter Conway
Greenfield
Mass
A. Armstrong
Knollwood
Occupation List Issued by Washington to Area Businessmen
The Chamber of Commerce sent the new list of non-deferrable activities and occupations to local businessmen last week. The document accompanies a birthday celebration including the critical occupations. William H. Dougherty, son of Mr and Mrs Dougherty, graduated last week from the Army Air Forces airplane mechanics school at Roosevelt Field. Edward J. Curtis of Eagle Bridge, honorably discharged after overseas service, heads to the Veterans Hospital in Bronx for treatment.
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ED Frawley
Marines
Southwest Pacific
Covett's
Watervliet
Earl Coons
Earl A Coons
Sixth Avenue
Keesler Field
Biloxi
March Field
Cal
Dan Ryan
Catherine Ryan
Oakwood Avenue
Pic
Lou Spretty
Mary Spretty
Fast Street
Waterford
Aircraft Mechanic's School
Seymour Johnson Field
N.C
Lou
Waterford Hi
Eddy Valve
Jimmy Foley, Jr
Armed Guard
Jim
James D. Foley
Fifth Avenue, Watervliet
Watervliet Kd
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Dougherty
Wiliam H. Dougherty
Army Air Forces’ Training Command
Roosevelt Field
Edward J. Curtis
Eagle Bridge
Army
Veterans’ Hospital
Bronx
New York City
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