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Service
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Coleman
County
Second
World War 1941 - 1945
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TABOR, ERVIN GEORGE
Ervin George Tabor, son of Mrs. J. L. Tabor, entered Army March 13,
1945; trained at Camp Hood; left for Pacific Aug. 21, 1945; now stationed
with 52nd Signal Battalion with the army of occupation in Korea; holds
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TALLEY, CECIL E.
Cecil F. Talley, son of F. F. Talley; was inducted into Army Oct. 2,
1943; trained at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Robinson, Ark.; given Meritorious
Unit Award and American Theater Campaign Ribbon; held rank of private,
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TAYLOR, JOHN ROBERT
John Robert Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor; entered Army
Oct. 16, 1942; left for ETO March 23, 1944; participated in invasion of
Normandy and Battle of the Bulge; awarded three Bronze Stars; served with
90th Infantry Division; discharged June 29, 1945. |
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TAYLOR, JOHN W.
John W. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor of Santa Anna; entered
Army Jan. 31, 1942; trained at Fort Sill, Okla., Camp Chaffee, Ark., Camp
Hood, Camp Bowie and Fort Ord, Calif.; holds rank of staff sergeant. |
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TEEL, WILLIAM L., JR.
William L. Teel, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Teel, Sr.; entered
Army Air Forces in 1939; left for ETO November, 1943; participated in air
offensive over Europe; served 19 months overseas, 16 of which he was held
German prisoner; awarded Purple heart; ranked as technical sergeant. |
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TEMPLETON, HOYT PAUL
Hoyt Paul Templeton, son of Mrs. Minnie Templeton; entered Army Air
- Forces Sept. 22, 1942; left for ETO Oct. 27, 1943; fought in Rhineland,
Ardennes, Central Europe, Northern France and Normandy; served 19 months
overseas; discharged Sept. 13, 1945; ranked as staff sergeant.
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TERRELL, ROBERT N.
Robert N. Terrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Terrell, entered Army
May 15, 1942; trained at Fort Knox, Ky.; left for ETO Feb. 6, 1945; fought
at Munich; served six months overseas with 20th Armored Division; discharged
from service Dec. 19, 1945; held rank of technician, fourth grade.
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TERRY, RUEL CARLTON
Ruel Carlton Terry, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Terry, entered Navy April,
1942; served as Navy flight instructor at New Orleans, La., and Corpus
Christi; awarded Presidential Certificate of Satisfactory Service; held
rank of lieutenant; discharged from Naval Air Force Feb. 16, 1946.
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THOMPSON, CALVIN J.
Calvin J. Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Thompson, entered Army
Air Forces Oct. 1, 1942; trained at Kearns, Utah; left for Aleutian Islands
June 13, 1943; served 28 months overseas; discharged from service Nov.
4, 1945; held rank of corporal.
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THOMPSON, JAMES MARK
James Mark Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thompson, entered Army
Sept. 8, 1944; trained at Camp Claiborne, La., and Fort Belvoir, Va.; left
for Pacific in June, 1945; served with First Cavalry; now stationed in
Japan; ranks as staff sergeant.
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THOMPSON, JOHN THOMAS
John Thomas Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thompson, entered Army
May 8, 1943; left for ETO in May, 1944; fought in France, Rhineland and
Central Europe; served 14 months overseas with 94th Medical Gas Treatment
unit; discharged Nov. 17, 1945; ranked as corporal.
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TODD, HARRISON L.
Harrison L. Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Todd, entered Navy in 1945;
received initial training at San Diego, California; sailed for Pacific
area July 1, 1945; served 12 months overseas; discharged in July 1946;
ranked as gunner’s mate, third class.
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TODD, JACK G.
Jack G. Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Todd; entered Army July 5, 1944;
left f or ETO Dec. 22, 1944; fought in Rhineland; served 18 months overseas
with 110th Infantry, 28th Division; awarded one battle star; discharged
July 2, 1946; held rank of private, first class.
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TOMLINSON, JIMMIE C.
Jimmie C. Tomlinson, son of Mrs. Rosa Lee Tomlinson, entered Army Dec.
28, 1944; left for Pacific area Sept. 3, 1945; served 11 months overseas
as flight engineer aboard C-47 Aircraft; was discharged Aug. 5, 1946; held
rank of private.
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TOMLINSON, JODIE GRADY
Jodie Grady Tomlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tomlinson, entered
Army Oct. 11, 1944; left for ETO April 14, 1945; fought in Southern France;
served 10 months overseas with 106th Infantry Division; discharged Feb.
6, 1946; held rank of private, first class.
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TRAYLOR JOHN E.
John F. Traylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Traylor, entered Army
Feb. 22, 1943; left for ETO in March, 1944; fought in Northern France;
served 10 ½ months overseas; awarded Purple Heart; served with 748th
Tank Battalion; discharged March 4, 1946, as corporal.
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TUNE, EARL GAY
Earl Gay Tune, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Tune, was inducted into
the Navy Oct. 7, 1942; sailed overseas and spent 13 months in the Pacific;
held rank of petty officer third class; was killed by hit-and-run driver
at Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 1, 1943.
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TUNE, SANFORD B.
Sanford B. Tune, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Tune, entered Army Aug.
30, 1942; left for Pacific March 30, 1943; fought at New Guinea and Luzon;
served 25 months overseas attached to Sixth Army Headquarters, Surgeon’s
Office; discharged July 17, 1945; ranked as staff sergeant.
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TURNER, ALLEN E.
Allen E. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie O. Turner, entered Army
April 9, 1942; trained at Fort Bliss; served with Medical Corps at Thomas
M. England General Hospital, Atlantic City, New Jersey; discharged Feb.
22, 1946; held rank of sergeant.
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TURNER, BILLY G.
Billy G. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie O. Turner, entered Army
Aug. 26, 1941; left for ETO Aug. 26, 1943; fought in Western Europe; flew
72 combat missions as pilot of B-26; awarded Air Medal with 13 oak leaf
clusters; discharged Nov. 16, 1945, as first lieutenant.
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TURNER, CARL WARREN
Carl Warren Turner, son of Ernest Turner, entered Army Nov. 5, 1942;
trained at Goodfellow Field, and Gulfport, Miss.; left for ETO on Dec.
24, 1943; participated in Italian campaign; served 10 months overseas;
awarded Silver Star and Bronze Star; discharged as sergeant.
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TURNER, MALLIE G.
Mallie G. Turner, son of H. G. Turner, entered the Navy Oct. 5, 1942;
trained at Camp Allen, Va., and Camp Parks, Calif.; left for overseas April
27, 1943; fought at Iwo Jima and served in ETO; served 19 months overseas;
discharged Dec. 11, 1945; was boatswain’s mate, second class.
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TURNER, OLLEN
Ollen Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie G. Turner, entered Army in
March, 1940; left for ETO in May, 1943; fought in Western Europe; awarded
Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier’s Medal, Air Medal with four clusters
and Croix de Guerre; served as lieutenant colonel with Eighth Air Force;
now in Germany.
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