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MacReady, Douglas G
- Pfc Douglas G MacReady, son of Mr & Mrs D G MacReady and husband
of Ila Bell Dancer. Entered the Armyh in 1944. Trained at Ft Sam
Houston and Camp Plauche, New Orleans. Served in the Philippine
Islands where he is now on duty. |
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Mahaffey, Trenice - Cpl Trenice
Mahaffey, son of Mrs W A Miller of Longview, attended Longview HS.
Entered service in Sept 1942. Trained for Marines at San Diego.
Served 15 months in Southwest Pacific. Has Good Conduct Medal and
Sharpshooting Medal. Now on duty at El Centro, Cal. |
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Main, George D - Cpl George D Main,
son of Mr & Mrs D N Main. Entered Army Intelligence Air Corps
in 1942. Trained at Camp Luna, NM, Chanute Field, Ill., Air Force
Intelligence School, Salt Lake City, Utah, Lowery Field, Colo. Killed
in air crash near Bahama Islands in routine flight. Has Citation
of Honor. |
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Main, Leon A - S/Sgt Leon A Main,
son of Mr & Mrs D N Main and husband of Alice B Reed Main, entered
Armored Forces Dem. Reg. in 1941. Served in Inf. in England, France,
Belgium and Germany. Has Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart and Cluster,
Leadership Badge, Defense Ribbon, ETO Ribbon and three Battle Stars. |
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Major, Marion E - Cpl Marion E
Major, brother of Mrs Jewel Leach. Entered Army Mar 11, 1942. Trained
at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Now on duty at Ft Devers, Mass. |
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Majors, Wyett B - S 5/c Wyett B
Majors, son of Mrs W B Majors Sr, wife, Jessie Partin. Entered the
Navy Seabees June 1943. Trained at Williamsburg, Va, Camp Davisville,
RI and Camp Parks, Cal. Served 19 months in South Pacific and now
on duty at Guam. |
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Manahan, Flora E - 1st Lt Flora
E Manahan, daughter of Mrs E W Zuber. Graduated Pine Tree HS. Entered
service April 1945, Army Air Corps, as Flight Nurse at Midland,
Texas. Received training at Ft Sam Houston. |
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Manahan, Maxine L - Maxine L Manahan,
daughter of Mrs E W Zuber, attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Army Nurses
Corps in 1943, trained at Highland Sanitarium. Now on duty at Memphis,
Tenn. |
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Maness, Clyde T - Cpl Clyde T Maness,
son of Mrs Effie Maness and M M Maness; graduated Kilgore HS; entered
Kilgore Jr College and A & M College; entered Army May 3, 1942.
Trained Camp Davis, Cal.; served Minene Bay, Good Eniugh Island,
Finischaffen Beak Island, New Guinea. Now on duty in Luzon. |
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Maness, Wyatt W - Pfc Wyatt W Maness,
son of Mrs K H Mannes, and husband of Evely Smith Maness, entered
the Marines in 1944; trained at Marine Corps Base, San Diego, Cal.
Served in Hawaii and Japan where he is still on duty. |
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Mann, Charles H - CCM Charles H
Mann, son of Mr & Mrs W A Mann, husband of Beulah Grisham, entered
Navy Seabees June 1943; trained at Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va.
Served 11 months in New Guinea. Now on duty at Luzon in the Philippines. |
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Mann, Horace J - S 2/c Horace J
Mann, son of Mr & Mrs H J Mann, and husband of Ethel Burnette
Mann, entered Navy in 1944, trained Farragut, Idaho. Served in the
South Pacific. Now stationed on Yerve Buena Island. |
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Mann, Walter L - Pfc Walter L Mann,
son of Mrs Jewel Gibson, attended Longview HS and Texas University.
Entered Air Corps in 1943; trained at Ellington Field, Texas and
Scott Field, Ill. Served in Alaska where he is still on duty. |
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Markham, Edward P - Cpl Edward
P Markham, son of Mr & Mrs E P Markham, attended Gladewater
HS. Entered the Marines in 1942; trained at San Diego and Camp Elliott,
Cal. Served in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, New Hebrides, Tarawa
and New Caledonia. Now on duty at Okinawa. |
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Markham, Morris - Sgt Morris Markham,
son of Mr & Mrs E P Markham, entered Marine Corps in 1942; trained
at San Diego and Camp Elliott, Cal. Served in New Zealand, Australia,
Hawaii, New Hebrides, Tarawa, New Caledonia, Saipan, Tinian and
the Ryukyus. |
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Marlowe, Cleo R - S/Sgt Cleo R
Marlowe, son of Mr S G Marlowe of Gladewater. Entered Air Corps
1941; received wings at Kingsman, Ariz.; served in 7 missions with
the 8th Air Force out of England. Wears the Air Medal for Meritorious
Achievement in combat, Unit Citation, AT & ETO Ribbons, and
Good Conduct Medal. |
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Marston, Rubye T - WAVE Rubye T
Marton, daughter of Mr & Mrs Fred Thompson, attended Sabine
HS. Entered the Hospital Corps of the WAVES in 1945. Trained in
New York where she is still on duty with the Hosp. Corps. (NOTE:
Last name spelled 2 ways) |
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Martin, Ernest A - S 2/c Ernest
A Martin Jr, son of Mr & Mrs E A Martin, attended Longview HS
and Kilgore College. Entered Navy in 1945, trained at San Diego,
Cal. Now on duty at Camp Elliot after just completing "boot"
training. |
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Martin, John E - AMM 1/c John E
Martin, son of Mr & Mrs G E Martin, graduated Pine Tree HS.
Entered Navy in 1941. Trained at San Deigo. Survivor of USS Lexington,
Coral Sea, Solomons, New Georgia, New Hebrides, Philippines, Hawaiians,
and New Caledonia. Now on duty at Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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Martin, William L - ARM 1/c William
L Martin, son of Mr & Mrs G E Martin, attended Pine Tree HS.
Entered the Navy in 1941. Trained at Norfolk, Va. Served with the
Ninth and 12th Air Forces over Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and many
other places in the Pacific. Has Air Medal with two Gold Stars. |
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Mason, Emmitte D - Lt Emmitte D
Mason, son of Mr & Mrs L J Mason and husband of Mayme Jayne
Thomson Mason. Entered the Air Corps in 1943. Served in England.
Has DFC, Air Medal with three Clusters, and ETO with four Battle
Stars. Now on duty at Midland, Texas. |
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Massengil, Roy E - Capt Roy E Massengil,
husband of Cornelia Holmes Massengill, entered the Corps of Eng.
Reserved 1943. Served all over Europe. Awarded four Bronze Battle
Stars for Normandy, Battle of North France, Rhineland and Central
Europe. Now Liasion Off. to Seventh Army in Germany. |
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Massey, Curtiss Lee - S 1/c Curtiss
L Massey, grandson of Mr & Mrs W C Hunter. Attended Sabine HS.
Entered Navy June 1944. Trained at Farragut, Idaho. Served at Guam
and now on duty there. |
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Masteit, Daniel M - Cpl Daniel
M Masteit, son of Mr & Mrs N Masteit. Attended Sabine HS. Entered
Army Air Corps Feb. 1943. Now on duty at Chatham Field, Ga. |
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Masteit, James N - Cpl James N
Masteit, son of Mr & Mrs N Masteit. Attended Lebanon, Tenn schools.
Entered Army Air Corps Jan 1942. Served in England, France, Belgium,
and now on duty in Germany. |
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Masteit, Thomas A - Sgt Thomas
Masteie, son of Mr & Mrs N Masteit. Graduated from Sabine HS.
Entered Air Corps in Dec. 1941. Trained at Sheppard Field and now
on duty at Chanute Field, Ill. |
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Matlock, James Neville - SM 2/c
James Neville Matlock, son of Mr & Mrs J W Matlock. Graduate
of Gaston HS and attended Kilgore College. Entered Navy in Dec.
1942. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Served in South Pacific and now
on duty at Okinawa. |
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Matney, Fred L - Pfc Fred L Matney,
grandson of Mr & Mrs J R Aycock; attended Longview HS. Entered
Army in 1940. Has served in England, France, Belgium, Holland, and
Germany. Now has an Honorable Discharge. Received the Purple Heart,
Combat Inf. Badge, Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, ETO Ribbon with
three Stars, and the Am. Def. Ribbon. |
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Mattern, Clarence - S/Sgt Clarence
Mattern, husband of Dorothy Faircloth Mattern, entered the Army
Coast Art. in 1940. Trained at Ft Monroe, Va. Served with the Ninth
Army in Germany. Now on duty at Ft Knox, Va. |
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Matthews, Merrill (NMI) - Capt
Merrill (NMI) Matthews, son of Mrs Iva Matthews, attended Longview
HS and the Univ. of Texas. Entered the Air Corps in 1942, trained
at Sheppard Field, Texas. Served in England, Scotland, France, and
Germany. He is now on duty at Sioux Falls, SD. |
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Mattox, Clyde C - Sgt Clyde C Mattox,
son of Mr & Mrs A D Mattox, attended Gladewater HS. Entered
the Army in 1940. Trained at Camp Bowie, Texas. Has served in North
Africa and Sicily. Has overseas Ribbons and several Medals. Now
on duty at Oakland, Cal. |
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Mattox, D W - Pfc D W Mattox, son
of Mr & Mrs A D Mattox, and husband of Louise Brannon Mattox,
attended Judson Grove HS. Entered Army in 1944. Trained in Cal.,
Wash., Texas. Served in Germany and other European countries. Has
ETO Ribbons and Medals. |
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Mattox, William P - Pfc William
F Mattox, son of Mr & Mrs A D Mattox, graduated at Judson HS.
Entered Marines in 1944; trained at San Diego, Cal. Has served in
Okinawa. Has several Medals. Now on duty with the Motor Transport.
(NOTE: Shows 2 different middle initials.) |
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Maxedon, Richard C - AMM 1/c Richard
C Maxedon, son of Mr & Mrs Fred E Maxedon, husband of Virginia
Skaja. Graduate of Kilgore HS. Entered Navy June 1942; trained at
San Diego, Cal. Served on Hawaii and Solomons and Okinawa. Holds
two Unit Citations. On duty at Okinawa. |
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Maxey, Clinton R - Pfc Clinton
R Maxey, son of Mr & Mrs J A Maxey and husband of Myrtle L Gentry
Maxey, attended Sam Houston State Teachers College. Entered Army
in 1944. Trained at Ft Custer, Mich., Camp Roberson, Camp Swift.
Served in Germany and France. |
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Maxwell, Alvin L - T/5 Alvin L
Maxwell, son of Mr & Mrs W L Maxwell, attended Leverett's Chapel
HS. Entered Army in 1943. Trained Camp Polk, La. Served in Hawaii,
Leyte, Okinawa. Now on duty in Japan. |
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Maxwell, Benson E - Pfc Benson
E Maxwell, son of Mr & Mrs W L Maxwell, graduated Leverett's
Chapel HS. Entered Army Jun 1942; trained Camp Rucker, Ala. Served
in Hawaii, Leyte, Angiva Island. Now on duty on Leyte. |
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Maxwell, Elmer W - S 1/c Elmer
W Maxwell, son of W L Maxwell, husband of Nina Bingham. Graduate
of Leverett's Chapel HS. Entered Coast Guard August 1942. Trained
at La Porte, Texas. Now on duty at Castle Hill, RI. |
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Maxwell, James Q - Pfc James Q
Maxwell, son of Mr & Mrs W C Maxwell and husband of Thelma Lucille
Jordan Maxwell of Gladewater, entered Army Inf. in 1944. Trained
at Camp Robinson, Ark. Served in four European countries. Awarded
Bayonet, Rifle, Machine Gun Medal and Purple Heart. Died of wounds
August 1944. |
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Mayes, Floyd W - SM 3/c Floyd W
Mayes, son of Mr & Mrs F H Mayes. Husband of Esther Anderson.
Attended Kilgore HS. Entered Navy in Dec. 1941. Trained at San Diego,
Cal. Served in Solomons, New Zealand, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Has Pres.
Citation, AP, ATO with six Stars. Now on duty at Norfolk, Va. |
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Mays, Durward W - M 3/c Durward
W Mays, brother of Wayne Mays and husband of Connie Mays, entered
Navy in 1942. Trained in Indiana and California. Now on duty at
San Bruno, Cal. |
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Mays, Jimmie L - S/Sgt Jimmie L
Mays entered Army 23rd Inf. in 1942. Trained at Camp McCoy, Wisc.
and San Diego, Cal. Served 24 months in Normandy, Belgium Bulge
and River Oav. Has four Battle Stars, Inf. Badge and Pres. Citation.
Now on duty at Ft Wayne, Ind. |
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Mays, Odis D - S/Sgt Odis D Mays,
son of Mrs J L Mays and husband of Katherine Harvey. Attended Ashdown,
Ark HS. Entered Army June 1941. Trained at Ft Sam Houston, Texas.
Served in France, Italy, Germany, Australia. Has Good Conduct Medal,
Bronze Star and three Battle Stars. |
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McAda, Matt D - S/Sgt Matt Dean
McAada, son of Mr & Mrs Matt H McAada, entered Air Corps in
1942. Served in England with Eighth Air Force. Has Air Medal with
three Clusters, ETO Ribbon with three Battle stars, Pres. Citation,
DFC, Good Conduct Medal and Purple Heart. (NOTE:
Last name spelled 2 ways) |
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McAlister, Carl E - Pfc Carl E
McAlister, son of Mrs Callie Veasey, attended Longview HS. Entered
Air Corps in 1945. Trained at Sheppard Field, Texas where he is
now on duty. |
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McAlister, Ralph H - Pfc Ralph
H McAlister, son of Mrs Callie Veasey, entered Army in 1942. Trained
at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in New Caledonia and the Solomons.
Now on duty in the Hawaiian Islands. |
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McBratney, Theo X - T/5 Theo X
McBratney, husband of Mrs Gladys Morris McBratney, entered Army
Med. Corps in 1942. Trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Stationed at
Harmon Hospital for 2 and a half years. Now Honorably Discharged. |
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McCarty, Oliver W - SF 3/c Oliver
W McCarty, son of Mr & Mrs W P McCarty, attended White Oak HS.
Entered Navy in 1943; trained at Norfolk, Va. Served in the South
Pacific. Now on duty at Saipan. |
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McCauley, Frank A - Sgt Frank A
McCauley, son of Mrs J L Autrey of Gladewater, entered the Army
in 1942; trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Served in the European
Theater. Holds Bronze Star, Medal Honor, Oak Leaf Clusters. Now
in Germany. |
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McChesney, J D - S/Sgt J D McChesney,
son of Mr & Mrs H S McChesney and husband of Grace Russel McChesney;
entered Army Eng. in 1943; trained at Bend, Ore., Brea, Cal., and
Camp Claiborne, La. Now on duty at Okinawa. Has expert rifleman's
and Good Conduct Medals. Attended Longview HS and Kilgore College. |
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McClendon, Guy M - S/Sgt Guy M
McClendon, son of Mr & Mrs Leslie McClendon and husband of Mamie
Ruth Harbour McClendon; attended Longview HS. Entered the Tank Bn.
of the Army in 1943. Served in Germany, Czechoslovakia and France.
Holds one Battle Star, ETO Ribbons and Good Conduct Medal. |
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McClure, Robert A - Pfc Robert
A McClure, son of Mr & Mrs R A McClure; attended Longview HS
and Kilgore College. Entered Air Corps in 1945. Trained at Sheppard
Field, Texas. Now on duty at Ft Devens, Mass. |
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McCormick, Charles H - Pfc Charles
H McCormick, son of Mr & Mrs C H McCormick, husband of _orean
Forshee. Entered Army August 1943; trained at Camp Fannin, Texas.
Served in France, England. Killed in action July 7, 1944. (NOTE:
First letter of wife's first name is missing.) |
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McCray, Otis T - L-122 - Pfc Otis
T McCray, son of Mrs Mary McCray and wife of Margaret Thibodeaux
McCray, entered Army QM in June 1943; trained at Bend, Ore. Served
in England, France and Belgium, where he is still on duty. |
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McCullin, James W - Cpl James W
McCullin, son of Mr & Mrs L S McCullin, entered Naval Air Corps
attached to the Marines in 1942. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Has
served in Guadalcanal, Guam, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Marshall
Islands. Holds five Battle Stars, Pres. Citation and AP Ribbons. |
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McDaniel, Richard L - S 2/c Richard
L McDaniel, son of Mr * Mrs V L McDaniel of Longview; attended Longview
HS and Kilgore College. Entered Merchant Marines in 1945. Trained
at UHMSTS Sheepshead Bay, NY for engine room work. Now on duty at
Sheepshead Bay. |
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McDaniel, Theodore - M 1/c Theodore
McDaniel, son of Mrs J A McDaniel, husband of Pauline Chorice. Entered
Navy Sept 6, 1942. Trained at Great Lakes, Ill. Served Marshalls,
Carolines, Hawaii, and North Atlantic. Now on duty in Pacific. Serving
aboard Destroyer. |
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McDonald, Kelly F - Cpl Kelly F
McDonald, son of Mr & Mrs C G McDonald and husband of Dilys
Delores Davis McDonald of Swanson, England. Graduated from Gladewater
HS. Entered Air Corps in 1942. Trained at Buckley Field, Colo. Served
in Scotland and England. Has Pres. Citation, Good Conduct Ribbon
and ETO Ribbons with six Bronze Stars. |
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McFarland, Daniel B - S/Sgt Daniel
B McFarland, son of Mr & Mrs D B McFarland, entered Air Corps
in 1944. Trained at Sheppard Field, Texas, Truax Field, Wis., and
March Field, Cal. Served in Hawaii, New Guinea, Philippines, Gilberts,
Luzon and Ryukyus Island, where he is now on duty. Has Silver Star. |
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McFarland, James C - 2nd Lt James
C McFarland, husband of Esther Brown. Graduated from Tulsa, Okla.
HS. Entered Army Oct 1942. Trained at Camp Claiborne, La. Served
ETO. Has Meritious Award, two Campaign Stars, Field Commission.
Now on duty at Marseille, France. |
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McFarland, Sam R - T/Sgt Sam R
McFarland, son of Mr & Mrs Sam McFarland, attended Longview
HS. Entered Air Corps in 1941. Trained at March Field, Cal. Served
in England and France. Now on duty in Germany. |
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McGee, Deward K - SF 2/c Deward
K McGee, son of Mr & Mrs R L McGee, graduated from White Oak
HS and attended NTSTC, Denton. Entered Seabees in 1943. Trained
at Norfolk, Va. and Gulfport, Miss. Served in Hawaii and Philippines. |
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McGee, Joe C - Pfc Joe C McGee,
son of Mr & Mrs R L McGee, attended White Oak HS and Tulsa Univ.,
Okla. Entered Air Corps in 1945. Trained at Sheppard Field, Texas.
Now discharged. |
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McGee, Robert B - Capt Robert B
McGee, son of Mr & Mrs R L McGee, attended White Oak HS and
Kilgore College. Entered Air Corps in 1942. Trained at Ft Stockton,
Texas and commissioned at Luke Field, Ariz. Served in England and
France. Has Silver Star, DFC and 15 Air Medals. |
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McGlathery, James H - MM 3/c James
H McGlathery, son of Mr & Mrs Nathan McGlathery, attended White
Oak HS. Entered Navy in 1944. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Served
on Marianas and Guam where he is now on duty. |
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McGrady, Robert D - S 2/c Robert
D McGrady, son of Mrs Dollie McGrady. Attended Gladewater HS. Entered
the Navy as Radioman in 1944. Trained at USNTC, San Diego, Cal.
Now on duty in the South Pacific. |
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McHaney, Claud - Cpl Claud McHaney,
son of Mrs Mary McHaney. Attended Elders School. Entered Army Feb
1940. Trained at Camp Bowie, Texas. Served at ETO. Now on duty in
Egypt. |
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McJilton, Brawnie R - Cpl Brownie
R McJilton, son of Mrs Ella McJilton, husband of Virginia Warren;
attended Kilgore HS; entered Army Oct 16, 1944; trained at Camp
Wolters, Texas. Served on Luzon and Philippines. Now on duty on
Luzon. NOTE: His son has sent in this correction:
First name is Brownie, rank is Sgt., and it should read now on duty
in Japan instead of Luzon. |
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McKee, Pat - Sgt T/4 Pat McKee,
husband of Lula B Pitts McKee, entered Army in 1942; trained at
Camp Howze, Texas, and served as a cook at Miami, Fla. Now discharged. |
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McKelvey, Lawson S - S/Sgt Lawson
S McKelvey, son of Mr & Mrs S N McKelvey, entered Air Corps
in 1942; served in Hawaii and now on duty at Oahu. Holds Good Conduct
Medal and Medal of Efficency, Honor Fidelity. |
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McKinney, Derral D - Pfc Derral
D McKinney, son of Mr & Mrs S A McKinney, husband of Mary Jo
Clemont. Entered Army Jan. 8, 1945. Trained at Camp Hood, Texas.
Served on Luzon and now on duty there. |
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McKinney, Henry N Jr - Pfc Henry
N McKinney Jr, son of Mr & Mrs Henry McKinney. Attended Hallsville
HS. Entered Army in 1945. Trained at Camp Roberts, Cal and still
on duty there. |
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McKnight, Billy B - SM 2/c Billy
B McKnight, son of Mr & Mrs T E McKnight, attended Kilgore HS;
entered Navy in 1943. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Served in South
Pacific. Now on duty in South Pacific. |
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McLendon, Robert L - Capt Robert
L McLendon, son of Mr & Mrs I S McLendon and husband of Ivol
Smith McLendon, entered Army in 1940 after having served with the
National Guard since 1930. Trained at Officers TS at Ft Benning,
Ga. Holds Pre-Pearl Harbor and Expert Inf. Medals. Now on duty on
Luzon. |
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McMeans, F W - PHM 1/c F W McMeans,
son of Mr & Mrs R P McMeans, entered Naval Hospital Corps in
1942; trained at San Diego, Cal. and New River, NC. Has served 23
months with the Marines in the Pacific. In two Major Battles. Has
a Letter of Com. Now at Bethesda, Ma. |
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McMeans, Weldon O - S/Sgt Weldon
O McMeans, son of Mr & Mrs R P McMeans, attended Longview HS.
Entered Air Corps in 1943; went overseas Dec. 1944; landing in New
Caledonia. Served as Crew Chief in New Guinea. Has been in two Major
Battles. Has AP Campaign Medal. |
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McMullen, Charles H - T/Sgt Charles
H McMullen, son of Mr & Mrs C H McMullen, attended Pine Tree
HS and Kilgore College. Entered Air Corps in 1941. Served at Guadalcanal,
New Guinea, the Philippines and Australia. Holds Air Medal and four
Oak Leaf Clusters and Pres. Citation. Now on duty at Bryan Field,
Texas. |
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McNeel, Artice B - MM 2/c Artice
B McNeel, son of Mr & Mrs C Y McNeel, graduate from Spring Hill
HS. Entered Naval Air Corps in 1943. Trained at Corpus Christi,
Texas and Norman, Okla. Now on duty at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. |
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McNeel, James I - S 1/c James I
McNeel, son of Mr & Mrs C Y McNeel, graduate from Richland,
Texas HS. Entered Naval Air Corps in 1944; trained at San Diego,
Cal. Has served in the New Hebrides, at Guadalcanal and Guam. Now
on duty at San Diego, Cal. |
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McNeese, James W - M/Sgt James
w McNeese, son of Mr & Mrs J L McNeese, graduate of Kilgore
HS. Entered Army Air Corps in Dec 1942; now on duty in Panama. |
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McNeese, Johnnie L - Pfc Johnnie
L McNeese, son of Mr & Mrs J L McNeese, husband of Violet Lipcomb,
attended Kilgore HS. Entered Army Jan 1942, trained at Pine Camp,
NY. Served in England, Belgium, Germany and France. Discharged July,
1945. |
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McNeese, Luther W - Pfc Luther
W McNeese, son of Mr & Mrs J L McNeese, attended Kilgore HS.
Entered Army Air Corps in Dec. 1942; trained at Denver, Colo. Served
in India, now on duty there. Wounded Sept 1943, in India. |
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McWhirter, Arthur Melvin - S/Sgt
Arthur Melvin McWhirter, son of Hugh M McWhirter and husband of
Emily Wood McWhirter, Longview, attended Longview HS. Entered Army
Air Corps in Sept 1942; trained at Amarillo, Texas and Seattle,
Wash. Has served as an Air Corps Engineer. Received a Medical Discharge. |
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McWhirter, Robert E - Midshipman
Robert E McWhirter, son of Mr & Mrs G A McWhirter, attended
Kilgore HS and College and Texas Univ. Entered USNR in 1944; trained
at Notre Dame OTS. Died May 29, 1944 at Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
following operation March 9, 1944. |
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Meadows, Benjamin E - Pfc Benjamin
E Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs B E Meadows, attended Sabine HS.
Entered Marine Corps in December 1941. Trained in San Diego, Cal.
Served in South Pacific, where now on duty. |
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Meadows, Carlton D - Sgt Carlton
D Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs Earl Meadows and husband of Wanda
Geese Meadows, attended East Mt HS. Entered Air Corps in 1942, trained
at various camps in US. Has served in Scotland, England, Ireland,
France, Iceland and the Azores. Holds Good Conduct Medal and ETO
Ribbons. |
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Meadows, Charles F - Pfc Charles
F Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs C V Meadows and husband of Willia
Mae Ford Meadows, attended Gladewater HS. Entered the Second Marines
in 1944. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Has served in the South Pacific
Islands. Now on duty in the South Pacific. |
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Meadows, Earl - Ensign Earl Meadows,
son of Mr & Mrs Earl K Meadows, attended East Mt HS. Entered
Navy in 1941, trained at San Diego, Cal. Has served over the Pacific
in nine Major Battles. Now on duty at Harvard Univ., Boston, Mass. |
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Meadows, Jacob O - S 2/c Jacob
O Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs C A Meadows and husband of Zenda
Whitfield Meadows, entered Navy in 1945. Trained at San Diego, Cal
Attended Motion Pictures Operators School. Now on duty at Shoemaker,
Cal. |
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Meadows, James T - S/Sgt James
T Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs C A Meadows, entered Army in 1941.
Served in England, France, Belgium and Germany, where still on duty.
Has Good Conduct Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal, Com. Inf. Badge
and two Bronze Stars. |
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Meadows, John D - Lt John D Meadows,
son of Mr & Mrs C A Meadows, entered Air Corps in 1943; trained
at Tulsa, Okla, San Antonio, Texas and commissioned at Pampa, Texas.
Has served in Burma flying the "Hump" into China. Now
on duty with the ATC in Burma. Holds overseas Ribbons and other
Honors. |
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Meadows, Milburn - Pfc Milburn
Meadows, son of Mr & Mrs W L Meadows, attended school in Smith
Co. Entered the Army in 1942. Trained at Ft Warren, Wyo. Now has
Honorable Discharge account of age. |
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Medley, Charles - Sgt Charles S
Medley, son of Mr & Mrs J Medley of Dallas and husband of Elva
Freeman Medley, entered Army in 1942; trained for Chem. Warfare,
Buard and Security at Camp Silbert, Ala., Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Has served in England, North Africa and Canada. Now on duty in Maryland. |
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Medley, Joe L - MM 3/c Joe L Medley,
son of Cam and Jim Medley, and husband of Syble Buchanan Medley;
entered the Navy in 1943, trained at Farragut, Idaho. Has served
in the South Pacific on the USS Jason and is still on duty.
(NOTE: this and the one below appear to be the same.) |
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Medley, Joel Lavon - MM 3/c Joel
Lavon Medley, son of Mr & Mrs J L Medley and husband of Syble
Buchanan Medley, attended Gladewater HS. Entered Navy in 1943. Trained
at Farragut, Idaho. Has served in the South Pacific where he is
now on duty. (NOTE: This and the one above
appear to be the same.) |
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Medlin, Raymond H - Sgt Raymond
H Medlin, son of Mr & Mrs Andrew Medlin and husband of Loretta
Williams Medlin; entered Army in 1942; trained in Tenn. and Kansas.
Served in Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium
and Germany. Holds Pres Citation, Purple Heart and Com. Inf. Pin. |
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Meissner, Theo L - AMML 2/c Theo
L Meissner, son of Mr & Mrs Theo Meissner, entered Navy in 1942;
trained at Great Lakes Ill. and Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill., and Jacksonville,
Fla. Served in the Solomons, New Hebrides and Philippines, where
he is now on duty at Manila. Holds three Battle Stars. |
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Meissner, Wayne A - Lt Wayne A
Meissner, son of Mr & Mrs M A Meissner, entered Air Corps in
1942. Trained at Yuma Army Air Field. Killed in line of duty at
Mather Field, Cal. on Dec. 12, 1943. |
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Melton, Bruce C Jr - Cpl Bruce
C Melton Jr, son of Mr & Mrs B C Melton, attended Saline HS.
Entered Army Air Corps Dec. 1943; trained at Sheppard Field, Texas.
Served on Saipan 12 months, now on duty there. |
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Melton, John B - Cpl John B Melton,
son of Mr & Mrs J E Melton. Entered Fourth Marines in 1942,
trained at San Diego, Cal., Lansing, Mich. and New Rivers, NC. Has
served at Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Now on duty in the Hawaiian
Islands. Holds Pres. Unit Citation. |
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Melton, Robert L - S 1/c Robert
L Melton, son of Mr & Mrs R L Melton. Entered Navy in June 1942,
trained at San Diego, Cal. Served in Hawaii, where now on duty. |
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Menees, H B - Sgt H B Menees, son
of Mr & Mrs R L Menees, husband of Evelyn Stpehens Menees. Entered
Anti-Aircraft Div. of the Art. in 1943. Trained at Camp Hulen, Texas,
Ft Jackson, SC, Tenn., Maneuvers and London, Eng. Has served in
5 Major Battles, holds Battle Stars and Pres. Citation. Now in Bremen,
Germany. |
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Menees, Robert E - Pfc Robert E
Menees, son of Mr & Mrs R L Menees of Longview. Entered service
in 1945, trained at Camp Roberts, Cal. Husband of the former Margaret
Hamlin. Now taking further training at Ft Riley, Kan. |
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Mercer, Clifton D - Sgt Clifton
D Mercer, son of Mr & Mrs C G Mercer. Entered Army in 1942,
trained as Gun Commander with the 753rd Anti-Aircraft Div. Has served
in Panama. Has Good Conduct Medal. Received Honorable Discharge
Dec. 1944. |
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Mercer, George W - 1st Sgt George
W Mercer, son of Mrs Bryan Mercer, attended Kilgore HS. Entered
Army AAA in 1942, trained at Camp Callan, Cal. Has served in the
Marshalls, Marianas and Hawaii. Holds three Battle stars, Good Conduct
and AD Ribbons. Now on duty in Hawaii. |
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Mercer, Talmadge S - Pfc Talmadge
S Mercer, son of Mrs Annie Mercer, husband of Laverne Hill, attended
Kilgore HS. Entered Marine Corps Feb 1945. Trained at Parris Island,
SC. Now enroute to the Pacific. |
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Meredith, Judy Crabtree - Mrs Judy
Crabtree Meridith, daughter of Mrs Daisy Crabtree, Longview. Entered
the Red Cross Welfare Service, 1944, trained at Washington, DC and
at Gainesville, Texas. Served as Captain in the Longview Women's
Defense Corps from 1941 to 1944. |
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Merritt, Loyd E - Cpl Loyd E Merritt
attended Judson Grove HS. Entered Army in 1942, trained at various
camps in the US. Has served in the South Pacific, now on duty in
the Ascension Islands. |
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Metts, James M - ARM 3/c James
M Metts, son of Mr & Mrs J M Metts, entered Naval Air Corps
in 1943; trained at Corpus Christi, Texas, Memphis, Tenn., and Hollywood,
Fla. Served in England on submarine patrol duty. Been in 38 missions.
Holds Air Medal with three Battle Stars. Now enroute to Pacific. |
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Middleton, Glen S - Sgt Glen S
Middleton, son of Mr & Mrs T E Middleton, graduate of Kilgore
HS and attended Kilgore College. Entered Army Air Corp April 9,
1943; trained at Sheppard Field. Served in France, Germany, Africa,
Norway and Brazil. Now on duty in the S. Pacific. |
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Milam, Otis Glenn - Cpl Otis Glenn
Milam Jr, son of Mr & Mrs O G Milam, graduate of Kilgore HS,
Kilgore College, and La. State Univ. Entered Army Dec 1942; trained
Camp Krohler, Cal. Served in France, held the Purple Heart. Killed
in action in France. Buried in Military Cemetery, Epinal, France. |
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Millard, Edward N - S 1/c Edward
N Millard, husband of Maude Levy Millard, entered Navy Seabees in
1942; trained Camp Allen, Va. Has served at Guadalcanal. Has AA
Pac. Ribbon and one Bronze Star for participating in the consolidation
of the Southern Solomons. Honorably Discharged. |
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Millard, Wayne G - Cpl Wayne G
Millard, son of Mr & Mrs W G Millard, attended Longview HS.
Entered QM Gas Supply of the Army in 1941. Trained at Ft Bliss,
Camp Barkeley, Camp Grant, Ill, Camp Forrest, Tenn., Camp Cook,
Cal., and Ft Jackson, SC. Served in England and France. Has one
Bronze Star. Wounded in France. |
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Miller Charles - AM 2/c Charles
Miller, husband of Margaret Martin Miller, entered the Navy in 1942;
trained at Grand Prairie Training Station. Has served in Honolulu
where he is still on duty. |
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Miller, Clarance F - Sgt Clarence
F Miller, son of Mr & Mrs Clarence Miller and husband of Sgt.
Bea Watson Miller, USMC, entered Marines in 1942; trained at San
Diego, Cal. Served at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, New Zealand,
Tinian. Holds four Battle stars and two Pres. Citations. Now on
duty at Quantica, Va. |
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Miller, Clinton P - S 2/c James
C Miller, son of Mr & Mrs J C Miller, entered Seabees in 1945.
Trained at Camp Parks, San Francisco, Cal. Served in Seattle, Wash,
Point Barrow, Alaska. |
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Miller, Flettis Jr - AMM 3/c Flettis
J Miller Jr, son of Mr & Mrs F J Miller, is a graduate of White
Oak HS. Entered Naval Air Corps in 1942; trained at Great Lakes,
Ill. Now on duty in the Hawaiian Islands, where he is taking his
flight training. |
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Miller, Howard D - Cadet Howard
D Miller, son of Mr & Mrs W M Miller, attended White Oak HS.
Entered Air Corps in 1942; trained at Kansas City, Mo. Has served
in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. Has ETO Ribbon with five Bronze
Stars,. Now on duty at Nebraska. |
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Miller, James C - S 2/c James C
Miller, son of Mr & Mrs J C Miller and husband of Willie Mae
Massendiane Miller, entered Naval Air Corps in 1945; trained at
Waldron Field, Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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Miller, John C - 1st Sgt john C
Miller, husband of Mrs John C Miller, attended school at Ranger,
Texas. Entered Army in 1942. Has served in Normandy, France, Belgium,
Germany and Czechoslovakia; now on his way back to the States. Participated
in five major battles, was wounded in Normany, and received the
Bronze Star. |
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Miller, Joseph N - WT 3/c Joseph
N Miller, son of Mrs Inez Miller and husband of Virginia Chamberlain
Miller, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy in 1944. Has served in
Cuba, Panama Canal Zone, Hawaii, the Carolines, Philippines, Okinawa
and Tokyo Bay with Halsey's fleet. Holds ATO and AP Ribbons and
Plank Owner Cert. |
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Miller, Melvin B - S/Sgt Melvin
B Miller, son of Mr & Mrs W M Miller and husband of Peggy Ellis
Miller; attended White Oak HS. Entered the Air Corps in 1942; and
trained to become a gunner on B-24. Served in the S. Pacific and
reported missing in action in the Pelieu Island on August 25, 1944.
Awarded Air Medal with three OLC and Pres. Citation. |
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Miller, Roy A - S 2/c Roy A Miller,
son of Leo F Miller. Entered Navy in 1945; trained at USNTC at San
Diego. Now on duty aboard the USS Stern. |
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Miller, Thurman L - 3/c PO Thurman
L Miller, son of Mr & Mrs Clay M Miller, attended Gladewater
HS. Entered the Navy in 1944; trained at USNTC San Diego. Has served
in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hawaii, and S Pacific. Holds
two Battle Stars and overseas pins. |
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Milner, Lawrence M - Lt Lawrence
M Milner, son of Mr & Mrs L M Milner, husband of Rebecca Tucker
Milner, attended Longview HS. Entered Air Corps in 1943. Has served
in Hawaii, New Guinea, Netherlands, E.I., Indo-China, Guadalcanal
and the Philippines. |
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Milner, Woodrow W - T/Sgt Woodrow
W Milner, son of Mr & Mrs G A Milner. Entered Air Corps in 1941;
trained at Randolph Field, Mather Field, Calif and Sedalia Air Base,
Mo. Served in New Guinea and the Philippines. Now on duty at Manila. |
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Minor, J Leon - Pfc J Leon Minor,
son of Mr & Mrs Ralph E Minor, husband of Freda Coleman Minor,
Longview. Entered Signal Corps in 1943; trained at Camp Wolters
and McCloskey Gen. Hospital. Has served in Germany, Holland and
Belgium, now on duty in Germany. |
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Minor, Ralph E Jr - S/Sgt Ralph
E Minor, son of Mr & Mrs Ralph E Minor, husband of Maxine Neill
Minor, Longview. Entered 8th Air Force in 1942; trained at Los Angeles,
Calif. and Sheppard Field, Texas. Has served in England 22 months.
Holds Good Conduct Medal. Now unassigned. |
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Minor, Raymond E - Pvt Raymond
E Minor, son of Mr & Mrs Ralph E Minor, Longview; attended Longview
HS. Entered Army in March 1945; trained at Camp Maxey and Camp Wolters.
Now on duty at Camp Wolters. |
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Mitchell, Elvis G - Pfc Elvis G
Mitchell, son of G C and Mrs Ada Mitchell; entered Air Corps in
1942, trained at Gulfport, Miss and Mather Field, Cal. Went overseas
June 1945. Now on duty in the Philippines. |
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Mitchell, John F - Pfc John F Mitchell,
son of Mrs W H Mitchell; attended Gladewater HS. Entered Inf. in
1944. Trained at Camp Hood, Texas and Camp Gruber, Okla. Has served
in Germany and France. Has Combat Inf. Badge, ETO Ribbons and Battle
Stars. Now on duty at Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. |
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Mitchell, Mary L - K-315 - Cadet
Nurse Mary L Mitchell, daughter of Mr & Mrs J L Mitchell, graduate
Kilgore HS; entered Nurse Corps 1944; trained at Seton Hospital,
Austin, Texas. Now on duty at Austin, Texas. |
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Mitchell, Rodney L - Capt Rodney
G Mitchell, son of Mrs W A Mitchell, and husband of Mary Frances
Jones Mitchell; attended Baylor Dental College. Entered the Air
Corps as a dental officer in 1942; trained at Ft Bliss, Texas, Camp
Davis, NC and Long Bech, Cal. Has served in India and is now on
duty there with the ATC. Has Bronze Battle Star. |
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Mitchell, Welton - Sgt Welton Mitchell,
son of Mrs J H Hughes, husband of Edity Cox, graduated Gilmer HS;
entered the Army Jan. 1944. Trained Camp Hood, Texas. Served Manila.
Now on duty in Manila |
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Mitchell, William T - SF 3/c William
T Mitchell, son of Mr & Mrs W B Mitchell, attended Gladewater
HS. Entered Navy Seabees in Oct. 1942; trained at Davisville, RI.
Has served at Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Admiralties and Hawaii. Now
on duty at Saipan. Holds Unit Citation. |
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Modisette, John C - Pfc John C
Modisette, son of Mr & Mrs K V Modisette of Longview, entered
Air Corps in 1945. Trained Sheppard Field, Texas and Lowry Field,
Colo. where still on duty. |
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Money, Homer E - Pfc Homer E Money,
son of Mr & Mrs A J Money and husband of Juanita Smead Money,
attended Gladewater HS. Entered Air Corps in 1943; trained at Wichita
Falls, Lubbock, Amarillo and San Antonio, Texas, and in South Carolina.
Now on duty at San Antonio, Texas. |
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Moody, Ben P - M/Sgt Ben P Moody,
husband of Daphine Thompson Moody, attended Kilgore HS and Junior
College. Entered 112th Army Cavalry in 1940. Trained at Ft Bliss,
Texas. Served in the South Pacific. Now on duty at Ft Sam Houston
in Hospital. Holds AP Ribbons. |
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Moore, Aubrey G - Pfc Aubrey G
Moore, son of Mrs Lillie M Moore, and husband of Martha Lou Hooper
Moore, entered Air Corps in 1942; trained at Strother Field, Kan.
for MP training. Now on MP duty at Sioux Falls, Iowa. |
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Moore, George E - T/Sgt George
E Moore, son of Mr & Mrs G E Moore and husband of Ivolenne Matney
Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered the QM Div. of the Air Corps
in 1939. Trained at Kelly Field. Holds Good Conduct Medal and Expert
Rifleman Medal. Now on duty at Big Springs. |
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Moore, Hulen L - PO 2/c Hulen L
Moore, son of Mr & Mrs G B Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered
Seabees in 1943; trained at RI and Miss. Has served in New Guinea
and the Philippines, and is still on duty there. |
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Moore, James H - Pfc James H Moore,
son of Mr & Mrs E H Moore; attended Longview HS. Entered Army
in 1943; trained at Ft Sill. Has served in Italy, France and Germany.
Holds Good Conduct Medal, four Battle Stars. |
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Moore, James R - S 2/c James R
Moore, son of Mr & Mrs J R Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered
Navy in 1944; trained at San Diego, Calif. Served in South Pacific.
Now on duty on the Pacific. |
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Moore, Jesse M - T/4 Jesse M Moore,
son of H G Moore and husband of Frances Strain Moore; entered Army
in 1942; trained at Aberdeen, Md, Camp Campbell, Ky. Has Good Conduct
Medal, Expert Driver's Medal, Expert Rivle and Machine Gun Medal.
Now has Medical Discharge. |
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Moore, John T - Pvt John T Moore,
Son of Mr & Mrs G E Moore and husband of Mildred Baker Moore;
attended Longview HS. Entered Med Div of Air Corps in 1942; trained
in Texas. Holds Good Conduct Med. On duty in Clovis, NM. |
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Moore, John W - T/5 John W Moore,
son of H G Moore, entered Army (Rainbow Div.) in 1943; trained at
Camp Gruber, Okla. Has served in France, Germany and Austria where
he is still on duty at Salsburg. Holds Good Conduct Medal. |
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Moore, Leamon E - Pfc Leamon E
Moore, son of Mrs Ruthe Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Marines
in 1944. Trained at Paris Island, SC, Camp LeJeune, NC and Oceanside,
Cal. Served at Guam and Okinawa. Now on duty in China. Has Purple
Heart and other decorations. |
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Moore, Leming D - Cpl Lemind D
Moore, son of Mrs Dian Moore, attended Kilgore HS. Entered service
in 1941; Inf. 36th Div. Trained Camp Bowie, Blanding and Edwards.
Combat in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, South France and Germany.
Holds Purple Heart and Pres. Citation. Honorably Discharged. wounded
Oct 12, 1944 in France. |
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Moore, Robert M - S/Sgt Robert
M Moore, son of Mr & Mrs G E Moore, and husband of Juanita Holt
Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Inf. in 1942; trained only
five weeks before going to England. Served in Africa, Sicily, Germany
and France. Has Silver Star, Purple Heart, Inf. Badge and Good Conduct
Medal. |
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Moore, Roy G - Pfc Roy G Moore,
son of Mr & Mrs G B Moore; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Air
Corps in 1943; trained at Camp Hulen and Livingston, Ala. Has served
in England, France, Belgium and Germany, where he is still on duty.
In 2 major Battles. ETO Ribbon and 1 Citation. |
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Moore, William H -S 1/c William
H Moore, son of Mr & Mrs G E Moore, attended Pine Tree HS. Entered
Navy in 1943; trained at San Diego. Has served in Hawaii 19 months
and still on duty there. |
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Moore, Wood B - S/Sgt Wood B Moore,
son of Marvin B Moore, attended Tyler HS. Entered Army in 1942;
trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served at Ft Richardson, Anchorage,
Alaska. Now on duty at Ft Sam Houston. |
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Moran, A R - Pfc A R Moran, son
of Mr & Mrs L V Moran, and husband of Betty Jane Ballinger Moran,
entered Inf. in 1940. Has served in England, Ireland, Scotland,
Africa, Sicily, Italy and India. Holds Pres,. Citation, Purple Heart,
Combat Infantry Badge and Discharge. |
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Morehead, David H - Cpl David H
Morehead, son of Mrs Minnie Morehead, attended Kilgore HS. Entered
Marine Corps July 1942; trained San Diego, Cal. Served in New Zealand,
Gilberts and Guadalcanal. Holds Pres. Citation and three Stars.
Now on duty at Camp LeJeune, NC. |
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Morehead, George A - S/Sgt George
A Morehead, son of Mrs Minnie Morehead, graduated Kilgore HS. Entered
Air Corps Oct 5, 1942; trained Sheppard Field, Texas; served in
England. Holds Air Medal, Purple Heart. Killed in action February
24, 1944. |
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Morgan, Arvin D - S 2/c Arvin D
Morgan, son of Mr & Mrs E C Morgan, attended Union Grove HS
and SMU in Dallas. Entered Merchant Marines in 1944. Trained at
St Petersburg, Fla. Has served in South America. Holds Atlantic
War Zone bar. Now on duty in New Orleans, La. |
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Morgan, Byron K - Pfc Byron K Morgan,
son of D K Morgan, graduate of Kilgore HS, attended Kilgore College.
Entered Marine Corps July 1945; trained Parris Island, SC and now
on duty there. |
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Morgan, Charles E - S/Sgt Charles
E Morgan, son of Mr & Mrs E C Morgan, husband of Oree Tompkins
Morgan, attended Union Grove HS. Entered Army in 1940; trained at
Brownwood, Texas; served in North Africa and Southern Italy. Awarded
Inf. Combat Badge, Pres. Citation, and two Battle Stars. Now on
duty at Little Rock, Ark. |
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Morgan, Weldon B - F 2/c Weldon
B Morgan, son of C H Morgan; husband of Imogene Bailey; graduated
Clyde HS; entered Navy, March 1944; trained San Diego, Cal. Discharged
Feb 1943. |
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Morris, Darman G - A/C Dorman G
Morris, son of Mr & Mrs J E Morris; attended Kilgore HS. Entered
Army Air Corps, 1944. Trained at Albuquerque, NM. Now on duty at
Denver. |
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Morris, Harold W - Cpl Harold W
Morris, son of Mrs Rose Horan; entered Marine Corps Sept. 1941;
trained at San Diego, Calif. Served at Tarawa, Corregidor, Midway,
Marshall Islands. Holds the PTO with four Stars, Pres. Citation;
now on duty at Hawthorne, Nev. |
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Morris, J C - GM 3/c J C Morris,
son of Mr & Mrs J B Morris; graduate of Kilgore HS; entered
Navy in Nov 1942; trained Great Lakes, Ill. Served in Guam, Iwo
Jima, Okinawa, Marshall Islands. Holds PTO with nine Battle Stars,
Good Conduct Medal. On duty at Seattle, Wash. |
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Morris, James E - S/Sgt James E
Morris, son of Mrs Rose Horan; entered Army Oct. 1940; trained at
Ft Sam Houston. Now on duty in Italy. Served there 20 months. Holds
Merit Service Unit Plaque, ETO with three Stars. |
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Morris, Jimmy E - S/Sgt Jimmy E
Morris, son of Mr & Mrs J E Morris, graduate of Kilgore HS;
entered Army Air Corps June 4, 1941; trained at Kelley Field. Served
in India, Africa, China, Burma; holds four Bronze Stars. Now on
duty in India. |
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Morris, John F - Lt John F Morris,
son of Mrs J F (Birdie L) Morris, attended Pine Tree HS, Kilgore
College and Texas U. Entered Air Corps in 1943; received wings at
Williams Field, Ariz. Now on duty at Lincoln Army Air Field, Nev.
after serving as an instructor at Ajo, Ariz. and Foster Field, Texas. |
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Morris, John R - S 2/c John R Morris,
son of Mrs Birdie Morris; wife Martha Ann Walker; attended Pine
Tree HS. Entered Navy in 1945; trained at San Diego, Cal and Gulfport.
On duty at San Francisco, USS on Hazelwood Destroyer. |
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Morris, M J - Sgt M J Morris, son
of Mrs Janie C Morris; husband of Louise Frimbrough, graduate of
Dickens City HS. Entered Army Air Corps in Nov. 1941; trained at
Ft Sill. Now on duty at Greenwood, Miss. |
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Morris, Marvin M - Cpl Marvin M
Morris, son of Mr & Mrs J E Morris; graduate of Kilgore HS.
Entered Marine Corps in 1942; trained San Diego. Served in Marshalls,
Fiji, Attau, Truk. Now on duty at Santa Barbara, Calif. |
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Morris, Raymond D - S/Sgt Raymond
D Morris, son of Mrs Janie Morris, husband of Bessie Bobo. Entered
Army Air Corps 1942; trained in Sheppard Field, Randolph, Midland,
Childress, Texas. Now on duty at Childress. |
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Morris, Travis D - Cpl Travis D
Morris, son of Mrs Ted McBratney and husband of Bobbie Frierson,
attended Longview HS. Entered Army in 1940. Served in Bumada Isle,
Sicily, Africa, Italy, Angio, Southern France and Germany. Holds
the Purple Heart and Citation for bravery beyond line of duty. |
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Morris, Troy Lee - S 1/c Troy Lee
Morris, son of Mr & Mrs R W Morris and husband of Mary Elizabeth
Graves Morris, attended Gladewater HS. Entered Navy in 1944; served
on the USS Blatchford in South America, England, France, Italy,
Belgium and the South Pacific. Star for Battle of Manila. |
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Morris, William P - CM 1/c William
P Morris, son of Mr & Mrs J G Morris, husband of Billie Littleton.
Entered Navy Seabee's June 1942; trained Camp Peary, Va. Served
in Kodiak, Alaska, Attu, Pearl Harbor, Guam. Now on duty at Guam. |
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Morrison, Roy W - Pfc Roy W Morrison,
son of Mr & Mrs J L Morrison and husband of Margie Brewere Morrison;
entered Air Corps in 1942. Trained at Major Field, A & M School
at Gulfport, Miss. Has been on duty at Randolph Field, Brooks Field
and Blackland Field. Now awaiting shipping orders. |
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Morrow, Edward E - L-705 - Pfc
Edward E Morrow, son of Mr & Mrs Arch Morros, husband of Fern
Elay Morrow; entered Army in 1942. Trained at Ft Warren, Wyo. Now
on duty Greenwood, SC. |
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Morrow, Frank - Pfc Frank Morrow,
son of Mr & Mrs Arch Morrow, and husband of Betty Jo Hillburn
Morrow, attended Spring Hill HS. Entered Army in 1945; trained Camp
Hood, Texas. Served in South Pacific on Leyte and is still on duty
there. |
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Morrow, James F - CM 3/c James
F Morrow, son of Mr & Mrs J L Morrow; graduated from Judson
HS and NTAC. Entered Seabees in 1943. Trained at Camp Peary, Va.,
Camp Thomas, RI, Cam Endicot, RI, Lido Beach, NY and Port Heuneme,
Cal. Served on Pearl Harbor. Now on duty at Guam. |
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Morse, James Corbit - CEM James
Corbit Morse, son of Mr & Mrs J R Morse, husband of Ann Reid
Morse, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy in 1939; served in the
South Pacific and Aleutians. Trained at Norfolk. Now on duty in
South Pacific. |
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Moseley, John F - S/Sgt John F
Moseley, son of Mrs W H Moseley and husband of Inez Fuller Moseley,
entered the Air Corps in 1941. Trained at Barksdale, La and Academy
of Aeronautics in NY. Has served in Italy, where he is now stationed. |
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Mosley, Connie B - Pfc Connie B
Mosley, son of Mrs Erie Mosley; attended Gladewater HS. Entered
Air Corps in 1943; trained at Amarillo. Served in New Guinea and
Luzon. Still on duty on Luzon. |
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Mosley, Grady A - Cpl Grady A Mosley,
son of Mrs Erie Mosley and husband of Mardelle story Mosley. Attended
Gladewater HS. Entered Army in 1941. Tained at Camp Callan,Calif.
Now has discharge. |
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Moss, James B - M/Sgt James B Moss,
son of Mr & Mrs J B Moss, and husband of Margie Laweless Moss;
entered Air Corps in 1938. Trained at Barksdale, La. and Scott Field,
Ill. Has served in Australia and New Guinea. Holds AP Ribbon, five
Bronze Stars and Pres. Citation with 89th Bomb. Sqdn. |
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Moughon, Thomas H - S 1/c Thomas
H Moughon, son of Mrs Leona Moughon; attended Judson Grove HS. Entered
Navy and trained at San Diego, Calif. Has served on Okinawa, Iwo
Jima, the Philippines and Leyte. Now stationed on the William B
Biddle. |
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Mullenix, Charlie T - Pvt Charlie
T Mullenix, husband of Allie Ray Monday Mullenix; entered Army in
1942; trained at Camp Robinson, Ark, Camp Edwards, Mass, and Camp
Butner, NC. Received Honorable Discharge in Feb. 1943. |
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Murphy, Horace G - S/Sgt Horace
G Murphy Jr, son of Mrs Lila Murphy; husband of Myra Ogden, father
of Jamice Murphy; entered Army Air Corps in Aug. 1942. Trained at
Alamogordo, NM. Based in England; made 21 missions. Held Air Medal,
Purple Heart. Killed in France Dec 31, 1943. |
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Murphy, Troy L - A/S Troy L Murphy,
son of Mr & Mrs J C Loden; entered Navy in 1945; received training
at San Diego, where he is now on duty. |
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Murray, Joseph E - S 1/c Joseph
E Murray, graduated from Longview HS. Entered Coast Guard in 1942.
Trained at Hollywood, Fla. Has served aboard the USS Triton. Murray
was a member of the 1941 Logoes and an outstanding player. |
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Musselwhite, Vernon H - RDM 3/c
Vernon H Musslewhite, son of Mr & Mrs V H Musselwhite; entered
Navy in 1944; trained at San Diego. Has served on Oahu, Leyte, Iwo
Jima, Okinawa and Saipan. Now on duty at the receiving station 826
in the Pacific. |
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Myers, Bert G - Pfc Bert G Myers,
son of Mrs Bertha Chandler and husband of Ann Wood Myers; attended
school in Tulsa. Entered Paratroops in 1943; trained at Camp Fannin
and received wings at Ft Benning, Ga. Served in England, Italy,
Sicily, France, where he is still on duty. |
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Myers, Thomas E - A/3 Thomas E
Myers, son of Mr & Mrs John Myers. Entered Navy in June 1945;
trained at San Diego, Cal., where now on duty. |
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