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Aaron, Clifford L - Pfc Clifford L Aaron,
son of Mr & Mrs C C Aaron, husband of the former Miss Linda Foush,
attended Kilgore HS. Entered Air Corps August 1943; trained at Major
Field, Texas. Has served in ETO. Holds four Battle Stars, now on duty
in Germany. |
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Abney, Jack W - S 1/c Jack W Abney, son of Mr &
Mrs Roy Abney, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy 1939; trained in
San Diego, Calif. Has served in Hawaii, Philippines, Java, India,
Africa, S America; participated in two major battles; now on duty
at Phil. Navy Yard. Has 3 Battle Stars. |
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Abney, Wilbur K - Lt Wilbur K Abney, son of Mr &
Mrs Roy Abney and husband of Tenna Lou Turley Abney. Entered Air Corps
1943; commissioned at Williams Field, Ariz. Now on duty at Columbus,
Ohio. |
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Acker, Fred D - S/Sgt Fred D Acker, son of Mrs H
A Acker, husband of Mrs Ardelle Barlow Acker, attended Longview HS.
Entered Army 1944; trained at Camp Wolters, Texas and now on duty
there. |
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Acker, Gerald E - Sgt Gerald E Acker, son of Mrs
H A Acker, husband of Miss Katherine Norris, graduate of Longview
HS. Entered army Air Corps, Feb 15, 1944; trained at Sheppard Field,
Texas and now on duty at Tyndall Field, Fla. |
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Acker, Ralph E - Sgt Ralph E Acker, son of Mrs H
A Acker, husband of Frances Vaughn Acker, attended Longview HS. Entered
Marines 1941. Served at Samoa, Marianas, Marshalls and Guam; now on
duty at Camp LeJeune, NC. Holds 3 Battle Stars, Presidential Citation
and a Letter of Commendation. |
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Ackley, Adolphus W - Lt (jg) Adolphus W Ackley Jr,
son of Mr & Mrs A W Ackley, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy
March 1937; trained at New London, Conn. Has served 18 months on a
submarine. Now on duty at "Japan's Back Door." Holds Unit
Citations. |
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Ackley, Marion A - Cpl Marion A Ackley, son of Mr
& Mrs A W Ackley, Greggton. Entered Scout Artillery of the Army
1942; trained at Camp Gruber, Okla., has served in Africa, Italy,
France, Germany and Australia. Now on duty at Ft Sill, Okla. Has 6
Battle Stars and Good Conduct Medal. |
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Ackley, Rolland H - Chief Petty Officer Rolland H
Ackley, son of Mr & Mrs A W Ackley, Greggton. Entered Seabees
in 1942; trained at Davis Field, RI. Has served in the Stirling and
Treasure Islands and New Caledonia. Now on duty in the Ryukyus Islands. |
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Acree, Jack W - F 1/c Jack W Acree, husband of Alice
Smith, attended Vivian, La. HS. Entered Navy 1944; trained San Diego,
Calif. Now on duty Inyokern, Calif. |
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Adair, John I - S 1/c John I Adair, son of Mrs Audrey
Morris, entered USNR 1944; trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served
for 16 months in the Pacific, Marshalls, and Philippines, Iwo Jima,
Okinawa. Holds 5 Battle Stars, Pacific Campaign Ribbon with the fleet
in the Pacific. |
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Adams, Carl H - Pfc Carl H Adams, son of Mr &
Mrs F S Adams, husband of Josephine Edgecomb Adams. Entered Army 1940;
trained at Brownwood and finished training at M.P. in Vancouver, Wash.
Has served as M.P. in Vancouver, Wash. and Treasure Island. Now has
an honorable discharge. |
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Adams, Henry - Pfc Henry Adams, son of Mr S E Adams,
entered Army 1941. Has served in Normandy, Northern France and Germany.
Has Combat Inf. Badge. Assigned March 1945 as M.P. Now in Paris, France
on duty as M.P. |
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Adams, J G - Sgt J G Adams, son of Mr & Mrs B
F Adams; attended Gladewater HS. Entered army 1942; trained at Camp
Barkeley, Texas, Camp Grant, Calif. and Ft Dix, NJ. Has served in
England and France. Holds Purple Heart, ETO Ribbons, and Com. Inf.
Badge. Now has discharge. |
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Adams, James N - Lt James N Adams, son of Dr &
Mrs Charles C Adams, husband of Lorraine Griffith Adams, has one daughter,
Darlina. Entered Naval Med. corps in 1942; serving on the destroyer
SS King patrolling the Aleutians Islands. Further training in Philadelphia.
Now on duty at USN Hosp. in Ft. Worth. |
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Adams, Paul H - Pfc Paul H Adams, son of Mr &
Mrs Charles Adams, and husband of Nellie Coffey Adams, entered Army
1944; served in France, Canada, N Africa and Germany where he was
taken POW and remained one from Jan to Mar 1945. Holds Purple Heart,
Good Conduct Medal, Combat Inf. Badge, and ETO Ribbon. |
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Adams, Ronald F - Cpl Ronald F Adams, son of Mr &
Mrs J F Adams, and husband of Audine McCarty Adams, entered Army Paratroops
1942; served in N Africa, Sicily, Italy, N Ireland, England, France,
Belgium, and Holland. Was lost in action in Belgium Jan 7, 1945. Awarded
2 Purple Hearts, OLC, Pres. Citation, ER Badge, and Silver Star. |
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Adams, Seaborn - Sgt Seaborn Adams, son of Mr &
Mrs F S Adams, and husband of Eliz. Allen Adams, entered the Patrol
Eng. Div. of the Army 1944; trained at Camp Claiborne, La. Has served
in India, China and Burma. Battle Star for driving over the "Hump".
Now in Ledo, India. |
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Agnew, David L - Pfc David L Agnew, son of WAC Sgt
G I Agnew, entered Army Inf 1944; trained at Ft Meade, Little Rock,
Ark. Has served in England, Scotland, Belgium, France, and Germany.
Holds Inf. Combat Badge and one Star and Good Conduct Medal. Now on
duty at Camp Livingston, La. |
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Agnew, Tom C - Cpl Tom C Agnew, son of WAC Sgt G
I Agnew, entered Air Corps 1942; trained at Mineral Wells, Texas and
Monroe, La. Has served in England and France where he is still on
duty. |
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Agnew, Gertrude I - Sgt Gertrude I Agnew, daughter
of Mr & Mrs W R Osborne. Entered WACS May 1942, trained at Des
Moines, Iowa. Now on duty at Orlando, Fla. |
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Aiken, Charles A - Sgt Charles A Aiken, son of Mr
& Mrs Gordon Aiken, graduate from Kilgore HS. Entered Marine Corps
1942. Served in Pacific, participated in 5 Major Operations, now on
duty on Iwo Jima. |
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Aills, James M - S/Sgt James M Aills, son of Mrs
W W Cline, attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Air Corps 1942; was commissioned
at Tyndall Field, Fla. Has served in Germany, Italy, and France. Holds
Purple Heart with Cluster, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO
Ribbons with 3 Battle Stars, and Pres. Citation with Cluster. |
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Alexander, Howard E - Cpl Howard E Alexander, son
of Mr & Mrs T E Alexander, attended Kilgore HS. Entered Marines
Dec 1943; trained at San Diego, Oceanside, Calif. Served at Saipan,
Tinian and Iwo Jima; now on duty in the Pacific. Has Pres. Citation
and PTO with three Stars. |
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Alfred, George Curtis - S 1/c George Curtis Alfred,
son of Mr & Mrs D Alfred, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy 1944;
trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served in the South Pacific, Leyte,
Luzon, Mindanou, and Borneo. Now on duty at Coronado, Calif. Has 4
Battle Stars and all service ribbons. |
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Allen, Carol - Pfc Carol Allen, son of Mr & Mrs
Jessie E Allen, husband of Mrs Mable Quintall Allen. Entered 42nd
Eng. Med. Det. 1941; trained at Camp Barkley, Texas. Has served in
Alaska for 2 1/2 years and in the Aleutians. Has Good Conduct Medal,
Battle Stars and ATO Ribbon. |
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Allen, Clyde V - Pvt Clyde V Allen, husband of Carmen
Arnold Allen. Entered Army Eng. Corps 1942; trained at Camp Caliborne,
La. Has served in England, France, Germany, Belgium, where now on
duty. Holds ETO Ribbon with 5 Battle Stars. |
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Allen Horace V - Cpl Horace V Allen, son of Mr &
Mrs Roy P Allen, entered Army Med. Air Corps 1941; trained at Camp
Bowie, Texas. Has served in N Africa. Holds Good Conduct Ribbon, 2
Battle Stars. Wounded in Libyan Desert in 1942. Has discharge. |
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Allen, Jessie E - Sgt Jessie Allen, husband of Mrs
Bessie Maurtizen Allen. Entered Inf. 1942; spent 14 months overseas
in WWI, and served overseas 17 months in New Guinea, the Netherlands,
E.I., Philippines. Now has honorable discharge, 5 Battle stars, Good
Conduct Medal and Com. Inf. Badge; was cook for 31st Div. |
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Allen, J G - J G Allen, son of Mrs J S Willis, Jr,
graduated Kilgore HS. Entered Navy 1943; trained at Corpus Christi,
Texas. Now on duty at Texas University. |
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Allen, Morris E - Pfc Morris E Allen, son of Mr &
Mrs Roy P Allen, attended Longview HS. Entered army F.A. in 1943;
trained at Camp Gordon, Ga. Has served in France and Germany. Holds
Sharpshooter Medal, ETO Ribbon, two Battle Stars, Good Conduct Ribbons.
No on duty in Germany. |
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Allen, Paul - G.M. 3/c Paul Allen, son of Mrs Ella
Allen, and husband of the former Miss Mary D Wilson, graduated from
Janeis HS and Wilson, Okla. Entered Navy 1944; trained San Diego,
Calif., where now on duty. |
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Allen, Tommy O - T/Sgt Tommy O Allen, son of Mrs
F Thornton and husband of Sarah Rayfield Price Allen; attended school
in Holdenville, Okla. Entered Army Inf. 1942; trained at Camp Robinson,
Ark. Has served in England, France, Germany, Holland and Czechoslovakia.
Holds Purple Heart, and now on duty with the 3rd Army in Germany. |
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Allen, William E - Pfc William E Allen, son of Mr
& Mrs J J Allen, and husband of Mary Alyce Thomas Allen, entered
the Air Force 1942; trained at Ellington Field, Texas, Buckley Field,
Hunter Field. Went overseas Dec 16, 1943; serving in Hawaii, where
he is still stationed. |
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Allen, Woodrow W - Pfc Woodrow W Allen, son of Mr
& Mrs Ray Allen and husband of Mildred Blalock Allen, entered
Marines 1942; trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served in 4 Major Battles.
Holds Purple Heart and Pres. Citation. Now on duty in the South Pacific. |
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Allison, Johnie S - Pvt Johnie S Allison, son of
Mrs Ruth Allison of Paris, Texas; entered Army 1942; trained at Camp
Barkeley, Texas. Has served in England, France, Normandy and Germany.
Holds 5 Battle stars, 1 Bronze Star, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf
Clusters and Inf. Com. Badge. Now in hospital in Paris, France. |
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Amos, Hugh C Jr - PhM 3/c Huch C Amos, Jr, son of
Mr & Mrs Hugh C Amos, Sr; attended Lon Morris College, Jacksonville,
Texas; entered Naval Med. Corps 1942; trained at San Diego, Calif.
Has served in Australia, Samoa, Guadalcanal, Wake, Midway and Hawaii.
Now has an Honorable Discharge. |
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Anderson, Alton O - GM 2/c Alton O Anderson, son
of Rev and Mrs Deckert Anderson; attended White Oak HS. Entered Navy
1940; trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served at Pearl Harbor, in
the Aleutians, and Pacific. Holds Expert Gunner's Medal. Now on duty
in Japan. |
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Anderson, Glen D - Pfc Glen D Anderson, son of Mr
& Mrs C B Anderson; entered Army 1944; trained at Camp Fannin,
Texas. Has served in Germany, France, and England. Wounded in Germany
1944. Now on duty at Mayo Hosp., Ill. |
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Anderson, Homer L - S/Sgt Homer L Anderson, son of
Rev and Mrs Deckert Anderson, entered Army 1942; trained at Camp Swift,
Texas. Killed in action while commanding the first platoon of men
who went ashore in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944. |
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Anderson, Marvin - S/Sgt Marvin Anderson, son of
Mrs Alma Anderson, husband of the former Miss Ginnie Ve Williams,
attended Steven F Austin, Dallas, Texas. Entered Army March 4, 1943;
trained at Ft Lewis, Wash; now on duty at Ft Sam Houston, Texas. Holds
Purple Heart, Silver Star and Good Conduct Medal; wounded in Australia,
1945. |
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Anderson, W D - BM 2/c W D Anderson, son of Mrs Pearl
Meggs, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy 1943; trained at San Diego,
Calif. Has served for 30 months in the South Pacific, New Zealand,
Philippines, Fiji Island and Bougainville. Has Pres. Citation; now
on the USS Camanga. |
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Andrews, Glenn A - Pfc Glenn A Andrews, son of Mr
& Mrs E I Andrews, attended White Oak HS, NTAC, and NTSTC. Entered
Marines 1943; trained at San Diego and Camp Lejuene, NC. Has served
at Okinawa with the 6 Marine Div. Has Purple Heart. |
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Anthes, Norman H - Cpl Norman H Anthes, son of Mr
& Mrs F H Anthes, attended Leverett's Chapel HS and Kilgore College.
Entered Army F.A. 1942. Trained at Camp Rucker, Ala, Camp Stoneman,
Calif. Has served in Pacific with the 81st "Wildcats" on
28 Islands. Holds Good Conduct and other Medals and Battle Stars. |
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Armstrong, Connie C Jr - Sgt Connie C Armstrong Jr,
son of Mr & Mrs C C Armstrong. Entered Marines 1943; trained at
Camp Pendleton, Calif. and San Diego. Has served in Marshalls, Saipan,
Tinian and Iwo Jima. Holds Expert Rifleman's Med. and 1 Silver Star. |
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Arnold, Carroll E - GM 2/c Carroll E Arnold, son
of Mr & Mrs J E Arnold, entered Navy 1943; trained at Farraguts
Idaho and San Diego, Calif. Served in the Philippines, Solomons, Marianas,
Fijis, East Indies, Hawaii, Carolinas, and Admiralties. On USS Presley
in the Pacific now. |
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Arnold, Gordon W - FO Gordon W Arnold, husband of
Helen Johnson Arnold, entered Air Corps 1942; trained at Selman Field,
Monroe, La. and Lake Charles, La. Served in the Biak Island, and Philippines.
Killed in action at Zuon, Jan. 13, 1945. Awarded Purple Heart and
Air Medal with 2 Clusters. |
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Arnold, Milford H - 1 Sgt Milford H Arnold, son of
Mr & Mrs J E Arnold and husband of Edith Nichols Arnold; entered
Army 1941. Trained Camp Bowie, Texas. Has served in Germany, where
he is now on duty. |
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Arnold, Robert M - 1 Sgt Robert M Arnold, son of
Mr & Mrs J E Arnold and husband of Aline Bell Arnold, entered
Marines 1942; trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served in the Solomons,
at Pelieu, and Saipan. Holds the Purple Heart. Now on duty at Saipan. |
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Arnwine, Bennie C - S 1/c Bennie C Arnwine, son of
Mr & Mrs Clint Arnwine, attended East Mt. HS. Entered Navy 1945;
trained at Great Lakes, Chicago, Ill, and Gulfport, Miss. Now on duty
at Ward Is., Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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Ash, Charles W - Sgt Charles w Ash, son of Mrs J
W Ash and husband of Ora Belle Dunman Ash; attended Longview HS and
BMI. Entered Air Corps 1942; trained at Keesler Field, Miss. Has served
in England and France. Now on duty in France. |
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Ashford, Fred Jr - 1st Lt Fred Ashford Jr, son of
Mr & Mrs Fred Ashford, and husband of Leah Eubank, attended Longview
HS and Texas A&M. Entered the Com. Eng. 1943; served in the battles
of Liberation of Leyte, the Philippines, and the Conquest of Okinawa.
Has one Bronze Star. Now on duty in the Philippines. |
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Ashworth, William E - S 1/c William E Ashworth, nephew
of Mr & Mrs J E Morris; attended Kilgore HS; entered Navy July
1942; trained at San Diego, Calif; served aboard the USS Henderson.
Now on duty in Guam. |
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Aslin, Wharton F - Pfc Wharton F Aslin, son of Mr
& Mrs H C Aslin, attended Longview and Judson HS. Entered Army
Med. corps 1943; trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Has served in the
British Isles, France, Belgium, Austria, and Luxembourg. Now on duty
in Germany. Has 4 Battle Stars. |
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Atteberry, Emmett M - Capt Emmett M Atteberry, son
of Mrs S M Atteberry, attended Gladewater HS. Entered Army 1940, trained
at Ft Lewis, Wash and Ft Benning, Ga. Has served at New Caledonia,
Milne Bay, New Guinea, Oro Bay, Maffin Bay, Morotai, Leyte, and Luzon.
Holds Com. Inf. Mad. |
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Atteberry, Kenneth - Kenneth Ateberry, son of Mrs
S M Atteberry, attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Merchant Marines 1944.
Trained at St Petersburg, Fla. Has served in the South Pacific and
now on duty there. |
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Atteberry, Verdell C - S 1/c Verdell C Atteberry,
son of Mrs S M Atteberry, husband of Ve Lois Loving Atteberry, attended
Gladewater HS. Entered Navy 1944; trained at san Diego, Calif. Has
served in the South Pacific; now on duty at San Francisco, Calif. |
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Atterberry, Jacqueline Joyce - Cadet Nurse Jacequeline
Joyce Atterbery, daughter of Mr & Mrs M J Atterbery, attended
White Oak HS. Entered the Cadet Nurses Corps in 1944; received her
training at Charity Hospital, Shreveport, La. and Centenary College.
Now on duty at Charity Hospital. |
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Atterberry, Teddie S - F 1/c Teddie S Atterberry,
son of Mr & Mrs M J Atterberry, attended White Oak HS. Entered
Navy 1944; trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served in the Pacific
Theater, where he is now on duty. |
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Aubrey, A C - F 1/c A C Aubrey, son of Mr & Mrs
J C Aubrey, entered Navy 1943; trained at San Diego, Calif. Had been
at sea 8 months when reported missing April 8, 1945. Now on duty in
the South Pacific. |
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Avery, W O Jr - Cadet W O Avery Jr, son of Mr &
Mrs W O Avery. Entered Naval Air Corps 1943; trained at Corpus Christi,
Texas, Mr Vernon, Ga and Athens, Ga, where he has just completed his
pre-flight training and now awaiting discharge. |
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Averyt, Alton Roger - Cpl Alton Roger Averyt, son
of Mr & Mrs A F Averyt, attended NTSTC, Denton. Entered Army 1941;
trained at Camp Roberts, Camp Sun Luis Obispo, Calif, and Ft Lewis,
Wash. Has served on Kauai and Oahu. |
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Averyt, Jack D - 2 Lt Jack D Averyt, son of Mr &
Mrs A F averyt, husband of Mrs Mary Lynn Tolbert Averyt, attended
Gladewater HS and Kilgore College and NTSTC. Entered Air Corps 1942;
commissioned at Pampa AAF in 1944; now on duty in Liberal, Kansas. |
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Averyt, William E - Cpl William E Averyt, son of
Mr & Mrs A F Averyt, attended Texas A&M. Entered Air Corps
1943; trained at Camp Wolters and Sheppard Field, Texas, Chanute Field,
Ill, Normoyle Field, Texas and Selfridge Field, Mich. Has served in
South America where now on duty at San Salvador, Brazil. |
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Aycock, Minnie E - Pfc Minnie E Aycock, daughter
of Mr & Mrs A J Aycock. Entered Intelligence and War Inf. Div.
of the WAAC in 1943, trained at Ft Devens, Mass, Lubbock Army Air
Field, Lubbock, Texas; discharged Aug 1945. |
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