Military News Items from Local Newspapers
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, February 10, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Sgt. Sanford T. Arrington, 23, son of Charlie T. Arrington, Star Route,
Red
House, Va., recently was graduated from the Army's Transportation
School at
Fort Eustis, Va. Sgt. Arrington completed the school's truckmaster
course. A veteran of more than five years Army duty, he is regularly
assigned to the
82nd Airborne Infantry Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, March 17, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Army Cpl. Harvey J. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown, Route 1, Saxe,
recently participated in an Army winter maneuver in southern Germany with the
5th Infantry Division.
Cold weather fighting and survival were emphasized in the exercise, part of the
division's year-round training program. Cpl. Brown, a construction specialist
with Headquarters Company of the 11th Regiment entered the Army in June 1953.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA,
Thursday, August 9, 1894.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
John T. Brown's war claim is a good story, says the Washington Post.
The committee has just reported to the House favorably a bill to pay Mr. Brown
$2,000, and the circumstances under which this obligation was incurred are set
forth in the report. In the wide range which war claims have taken there
is nothing quite like this. In November, 1863, according to the
committee's narrative, Miss Mary Love, of Kingston, Tenn., was entrusted with
an important dispatch from Gen. Grant to Gen. Burnside at Knoxville,
Tenn. She carried the dispatch to Louisville, Tenn., accompanied part of
the way by Thomas F. Carter as escort and guide. Miss Love delivered
the dispatch to John T. Brown, who was then a boy only about 13 years of age,
and he carried the dispatch from there to Knoxville, through the enemy's lines,
a distance of about thirteen miles, and delivered it to Gen. Burnside, whose
army was being besieged in Knoxville by the rebels. Gen. Burnside said
that the dispatch was a very valuable one to the public service. That was
shown by the fact that in January, 1873, Congress passed an act granting to
Miss Mary Love $2,000 for her service. The undertaking was a perilous one
and its accomplishment a creditable act, and "for it he deserves the
thanks of all the lovers of their country," the committee says. The
evidence shows that he had to get out of Louisville through the enemy's pickets
and into Knoxville through their lines. Miss Love states that he was the
only person at Louisville that could be found to undertake to carry the dispatch
through.
It is said that one soldier, Charles Frances, lost his life in an attempt to
carry a copy of the dispatch through by another route.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch,
Thursday, April 14, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Army PFC William E. Dix, son of Mrs. Bertha Dix, Route 3, Keysville, Va., is a
member of the 349th Infantry Regiment in Austria. Private First Class Dix, a rifleman in the regiment's Company C, arrived
overseas in January of this year. Dix entered the Army in July 1954 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson,
S.C.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, December 1, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Pvt. Charles Franklin Gholson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Gholson of Red Oak,
entered service on October 5, 1955. He was 19 years old on November 10,
and is taking his basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. His young friends
requested his parents to run his address in the Gazette, which is given below:
Pvt. Charles F. Gholson
US 52389811
Btry "B" 515 A.F.N. F. A. BN.
Fort Jackson, S.C.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch,
Thursday, March 17, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Army Pvt. Aubrey E. Hamlett, Jr., whose parents live in Madisonville, recently
was graduated from the Military Police Training Center at Camp Gordon Ga. Pvt.
Hamlett, who attended the school after completing basic training at Camp
Gordon, was taught unarmed defense, traffic control and other law enforcement
duties. He entered the Army in October 1954.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, July 21, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Pvt. Lynn Lenhart, whose wife, Reba, lives in Red Oak, Va., is a member of the
3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Ga. After three years in the Far East, the 3rd, nicknamed the "Rock of the
Marne" division, is undergoing infantry training at the fort.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, August 25, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Major William R. Lipscomb, Installations Engineering Officer at the 1631st Air
Base Group, Prestwick, Scotland, since August, 1951, rotates this week to the
U.S. He will assume duties as Staff Officer at the Installation
Engineering School, U.S.A.F. Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio.
A commercial pilot in civilian life, Major Lipscomb entered the service in
August, 1942 when he received a direct commission as an Ensign in the Navy. After
completing a four month flight course at Corpus Christie Naval Air Station,
Texas, Ensign Lipscomb was assigned as a flight instructor at Anacosta N.A.S.,
Washington, D.C., where in October, 1943 he was transferred to the Bureau of Aeronautics,
Washington, where he was promoted to Lieutenant Jr. Grade. In July,
1943 he was transferred to the Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, where he
served as Aviation Advisor to the Physical Training Board until September,
1944. At that time he was assigned to the VR-11 Naval Air Transport
Squadron, Honolulu, as a C-54 pilot, and one month after his arrival, he was
promoted to Senior Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Lipscomb was discharged in 1943 and kept his reserve
commission
until October, 1949 when he resigned from the Navy to accept a direct
commission as Captain in the Air Force. He was called to active
duty in
January, 1951 and assigned as Deputy Installations Officer at Westover
AFB,
Mass. until August, 1951 when he was transferred to Prestwick as
Installation Engineer. He was promoted to Major in January 1955.
Major Lipscomb is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Lipscomb of Saxe.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, March 31, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Pvt. Floyd A. Napier, 18, husband of Merle Napier of Saxe, has been assigned to
B Battery, 81st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion for basic training. He will
spend the next eight weeks here learning the fundamentals of being a
soldier. This includes classroom lectures in such subjects as Military
Courtesy and First Aid, and Combat field problems involving the use of the M-1
rifle, which he will learn to fire on various ranges.
After eight weeks of training with the 101st Airborne Division the trainee is
given about 14 days leave. He may return here for eight more weeks of
infantry training, or he may be assigned to one of the many Army schools.
Basic training is required of each new man coming into the Army. Fort
Jackson is one of the Army's largest training installations. Primarily an
infantry training post, the fort offers schooling in specialties associated
with an infantry division, as well as in combat tactics.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, May 19, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Pvt. Leslie E. Nash, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nash of Pamplin, is now taking
basic training under the 101st ABN Division at Fort Jackson, S.C.
Pvt. Nash graduated from Randolph-Henry High School in the class of 1952
and has been employed at Pacific Mill until he entered the Army on March 16,
1955.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, August 25, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Lee Roy Owen, Sr., U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tollie L. Owen of Charlotte
Court House graduated from Recruit Training after completing nine weeks of
basic training at the United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.
Before graduation, a recruit must complete intensified study courses in naval
customs and traditions, steamship, gunnery, fire-fighting, citizenship, ship
and aircraft identification, and ship's nomenclature, with practical
application of all training phases where possible. Upon completion of a fourteen day recruit leave Lee will report to USS
R.E. Kraus, Philadephia, Pa., for duty.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, August 9, 1928.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. John Royster, who has been in the navy for the past four years, returned to
his ship on Sunday last after a ten days visit to home people here.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch,
Thursday, May 26, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Colonel and Mrs. Roy E. Weinzettel, of Keysville, will leave soon for duty in
Wiesbaden, Germany. Since May 1951, Colonel Weinzettel has been Deputy
for Intelligence for Headquarters Central Air Defense Force at Kansas City, MO.
This will be the Colonel's second tour of duty in Europe, having
previously
served in that theatre during World War II as Wing Intelligence Officer
for the
50th Troop Carrier Wing. In this capacity he participated in
major
campaigns in Normandy, Northern and Southern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes, and
Central European sectors. Colonel Weinzettel also served as Assistant
Chief of Staff for Intelligence
with the 13th Air Force in the Philippine Islands form 1948 to 1950.
While serving in the European Theatre, the Colonel was awarded the
Bronze Star
for obtaining information invaluable to the intelligence of his
headquarters
and higher headquarters. He has also been awarded the
Commendation
Ribbon, European Theatre Ribbon with six battle stars, American Theatre
Ribbon,
Occupation Ribbon and the Victory Medal.
Colonel Weinzettel entered the United State Air Force in August 1942
with the
rank of Captain as the result of a direct presidential commission. In
1943 Colonel Weinzettel attended the United States Army Air Force
Intelligence School at Harrisburg, Pa., and later the Royal Air Force
Intelligence School in London. In May 1951 he was assigned as Deputy
for Intelligence, Headquarters Central
Air Defense Force, originally located in Kansas City, but now located
at
Grandview Air Force Base, in Grandview, MO.
The Colonel is married to the former Miss Margaret Hanmer of Keysville,
Va. Mrs. Weinzettel, before her marriage, was a Naval Officer, serving as an
Administrative Chief with a branch of the Navy Department which produced Navy
Training Films during World War II. The Weinzettels, during their stay
resided at 6601 West 73rd Street, Overland Park, Kansas.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 27, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Herbert T. Wilmouth, Jr., seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Wilmouth of
Route 1, Drakes Branch, Va., is on a round the world cruise aboard the attack
aircraft carrier USS Midway. The Midway, largest of the Navy's attack carriers, is loaded with several
squadrons of jet fighter planes. He is en-route to the Far East to join the Seventh Fleet for extended
operations in the Japan-Korea-Formosa area.
Ports of call will include Capetown, South Africa, Columbo, Ceylon, Singapore,
Malaya, Manilla, Philippine Islands, Yokosuka, Japan, and Pearl Harbor, T.H.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, July 16, 1970.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Sergeant George W. Wilson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wilson,
Meherrin, Virginia returned to the states on July 5, 1970, after having served
in combat with the "No Slack" battalion of the 101st Airborne
Division from July 5, 1969, to July 1, 1970, in the Republic of Vietnam. On the
9th day of February 1970, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal by the
Secretary of the Army for "Exceptionally Meritorious Achievement in the
Republic of Vietnam during the period of August 1, 1969, to December 31,
1969."
He was awarded by the President of the United States of America on the
15th day
of May 1970, the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Achievement in
Ground
Operations against Hostile Forces in the Republic of Vietnam during the
period
of August 1, 1969, to May 31, 1970. The Republic of Vietnam also
presented him with several awards for his service in Vietnam. After a
thirty day leave, Sergeant Wilson will return to Ft. Riley, Kansas
where he will receive his M.O.S. for the rest of his two year term with
the
Armed Services.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, September 22, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
After consulting all possible Charlotte County casualties records of World Wars
I and II, the County War Memorial Committee presents the following lists of
Charlotte County dead. The preparation of this roster has taken
considerable time and effort to secure a correct and complete record. The
approved plan is to place these names on a bronze tablet, to be fixed
permanently to the walls of the entrance hall of the Courthouse, as a permanent
War Memorial to Charlotte County's sons who gave their lives in the two World
Wars.
Relatives, friends, or acquaintances of the men listed below are asked to notify
at once John D. Guthrie, Charlotte Court House, of the Committee, as to any
additions, or corrections, as to completeness, spelling of names, or other
necessary changes.
County War Memorial Committee: W. L. Hamersley, G. O. Pettus, Millard
Rice, Board of Supervisors and John D. Guthrie, R. E. DeMott, David Hanmer,
American Legion.
World
War I
Harry
A. Andrews
Thomas R. Armes
Courtney B. Bailey
Henry C. Beasley
Clifford B. Brightwell
Anderson B. Carey
Frank B. Collins
Clarence W. Currin
Arthur R. Denton
Harry C. Dunnavant
Walter A. Harvey
Melvin Hicks
Martin W. Johnson
Rufus R. Jones
Thomas P. Moore
Thos. Watt Newcomb
Walter V. Newcomb
Willie Ramsey
Marshall Scott
Arthur Terry
Wyatt C. Thomas
Prentiss G. Thompson
Baxter Watson
Edward Wingo
World
War II
Joe
C. Adams
Vincent R. Adams
Fred J. Arrington
Ernest E. Austin
Robert L. Baldwin
Edward E. Berghoff
Richard H. Boliek
Ivan C. Bryant
Charles Filmore Burton
Floyd M. Cahall
Henry W. Childress
Adolphus T. Clements
Claud M. Clements
Allen T. Collier
Clarence L. Cooper
George E. Daniel
Elmore W. Davis
Stanhope C. Deaner
George B. Dobbins
Paul A. Duffer
Charles T. Dunaway
Franklin F. Dunnavant
William W. Dunnavant
Robert Fallen
McKenzie L. Farmer
Charles G. Ferrell
John S. Forester
Thomas E. Garnett
Henry M. Giles
Francis W. Glover
Joseph D. Griles
James E. Hailey
Robert A. Hanmer
Luther T. High (or Allen T)
James E. Holley
George C. Holloway
Allen L. Hudson
James E. Hurt
Howard H. Lee
Jeff Lee, Jr.
James D. Lee
Ronnie or Roncie Lee ?
Jeff Lewis
Lewis O. Lilly Jr.
Henry B. Mason
Herbert H. Mason ?
Robert Garland Milton ?
Dewey W. Mitchell
Ellis M. Moore, Jr
Alton G. Morton
Osborne C. Murray
Abraham L. Napier
Reginald W. Newcomb
John Paronish
Harry A. Parsons, Jr.
Deward M. Paulett
Henry W. Priddy
Willie M. Reid
Winfred Rush
Robert L. Shepperson
Martin R. Smith
John C. Sprinkle
Claude Taylor
George E. Thompson
Reuben H. Trammell
Willie H. Tune
Cullen A. Wallace
Curtis B. Ward
Herbert B. Ward, Jr.
Ronald E. Whetstone
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, October 20, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Cadet C.B. Robertson, III, a student at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute,
has been selected for an Advanced Course ROTC Contract with the Army
ROTC
Unit. This contract will lead to a commission as a second
lieutenant
in the United States Army Reserve. During his advanced ROTC
training,
Cadet Robertson will attend a six weeks Summer Training Camp which
consists of
intensified training in the application of principles learned in ROTC
classes. Cadet Robertson graduated from Randolph-Henry High School, and
is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Robertson, Jr., of Chase City, Va.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, April 29, 1954.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Herbert Taft Wilmouth, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Taft Wilmouth of Drakes
Branch was enlisted in the Navy recently and is taking basic training at
Bainbridge, Md., it was announced by the Lynchburg Navy Recruiter.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Charlotte Court House,
Thursday, April 23, 1874.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Source: Charlotte Gazette, Charlotte Court House,
Thursday, April 23, 1874.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Col. D.R. Hundley, of the North Alabama Reporter, was a prisoner of war on
Johnson's Island from the 23d of June, 1864, until the surrender. During
his confinement he kept a "Journal of Prison life." But on the
2d day of January 1865, he attempted an escape. The attempt failed.
His captors searched him, and confiscated his "Journal." From
that time he heard nothing of it until about the 17th of January last, when he
received a letter from a gentleman in New York, a stranger by the name of Alex.
B. Jones, of 438 Broadway, who stated that he had seen and read it, and could
purchase it if Col. H. desired its return. Col. Hundley replied that
he was too poor to purchase that which was his of right without purchase, but
hoped that it would be returned nonetheless. He heard nothing more from
Mr. Jones, but in a few days his journal was sent to his address through the
U.S. mail. He now proposes to publish it under the title of "Prison
Echoes of the great Rebellion." He says that it will make a volume
of 300 pages; and judging from the ability of the author, we take the liberty
of adding that it will be a very interesting and valuable addition to Southern
"war literature."
Source: Charlotte Gazette, Charlotte Court House, VA,
Thursday, May 23, 1907.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
A question was raised some time ago as to the number of soldiers who served in
the war, who were married before or during the war, and who both husband and
wife are now living. The following list was prepared by Mr. M.W.
Dickerson, and, while he does not profess it to be complete, it embraces all
that are now known to be living in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Roach, Reeses
Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Dickerson, Reeses
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Reames, Aspenwall
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lindsey, Keysville
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Crenshaw, Dr. Branch
Mr. and Mrs. Tal. Lester, Reeses
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Millner, Co. Ho.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Ramsey, Tola
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Morton, Tola
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Daniel, Dr. Branch
Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Pollard, Madisonville
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 20, 1966.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
John Terry Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Adams of Charlotte Court House; has
enlisted in the U.S. Army according to MSGT, Harold C. Diler, Local Army
Recruiter from South Hill.
Private Adams left Bellwood on January 14 for Fort Benning, Ga., where he will
receive eight weeks of basic training. After basic he will be assigned to
the Administrative field that includes clerical work using typing, stenography
and records skills in legal, postal, medical, personnel, and transportation
activities and also attend one of the Army Service Schools.
Adams is a 1964 graduate of Randolph-Henry High School and was employed at the
A&P Company in Lynchburg before entering the Army.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 20, 1966.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
A/3c Robert P. Tuck, son of Mrs. Jessie Tuck of Lorne, and the late Mr.
Tuck is now serving a 4 year tour with the U.S.A.F. and is stationed at
Keesler AFB, Mississippi. Robert took his basic at Lackland AFB, San
Antonio, Texas, after enlisting on November 4, 1965. The Tuck family were
formerly residents of Keysville and Robert graduated from Randolph-Henry in
1963.
Cpl. Reuben Dunn and Pvt. Ray Dunn, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Dunn, of Randolph, met somewhere on the 10th of February. It was their first meeting since April 1944. Reuben has been overseas since September 1944 and has a son that he has never seen. Ray has been overseas since February of this year. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have fives sons in the service. The other three are Seaman First Class Samuel Dunn, stationed somewhere in Italy, Seaman First Class Benjamin Dunn, stationed at Gulfport, Mississippi and Pvt. John Dunn stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Benjamin is the father of five children and John the father of three.
Robert G.
Seamster Promoted To PFC
Pfc
Robert G. Seamster, son of Mrs. Lizzie Seamster of Phenix and the late John
Seamster, has been promoted to Private First Class in Germany.
A
graduate of Randolph-Henry High School, he entered the Army in April 1963, and
completed his basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga. He then took a Field
Communication Crewman Course at Fort Jackson, S.C.
His address
is: Pfc Robert G. Seamster US 52571979 Hq. & Hq. Btry. 42nd Gp. APO 757,
New York, N.Y.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
July 27, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
July 27, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Mrs. Lindsay Receives
Radio Message From Son
Mrs. L.A. Lindsay has received forty letters from nearly
every State in the union telling her of hearing the message over short wave
from Berlin from her son James Edward Lindsay, who is a prisoner of war in
Germany.
Private Lindsay was first reported missing in action
February 18. On April 18th Mrs. Lindsay received a card signed by Private
Lindsay saying he was in a German prison. This is the only news that she has
had from him until the letters telling her of the short wave message. The
message was as follows: "Dear Mom: I am all right, hope you are fine.
Please do not worry; write me soon. All my love. Private James
Edward Lindsay."
Among the messages was a telegram from Washington notifying
her that an unofficial message over short wave from Berlin has been
intercepted, then gave the above message.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 22, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
R.G. Hutcheson, Jr., who at 22, is attending pre-chaplain
navy V-12-S school, at Yale Divinity School New Haven Conn., is a graduate of
Emory and Henry College, and entered Yale in February, 1943; he has been with
the navy since February of this year and will complete his present course next
winter.
Fletcher C. Hutcheson, 25, entered the army in March, 1943,
after attending Hampden-Sydney. He was first at Camp Hood, Texas, later
at University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, where he was in the ASTP until that
army training was cancelled. He is now at Camp Maxey, Texas, the cannon
company of the infantry, regiment.
Eighteen year old Jesse R. Hutcheson is with the Navy V-12
at Hampden-Sydney, having entered the navy on March 1 of this year.
These young men are nephews, of the late Chas. M. Hutcheson
and Judge Robt. F. Hutcheson, of Charlotte Court House, and of Mrs. Fletcher
Campbell, of El Paso, Texas, who is now visiting here.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 29, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Lee was inducted into the army on May 3, 1943. He received
his basic training at Camp Croft S.C. From there he went to Ft. Meade,
Md. and then overseas in October, 1943.
Lee servede in Africa and Italy. He volunteered for the Ranger
battalion in December, 1943 and sserved until March, 1944 on the Anzio
beachead. He was transferred to special service where he had been serving
since then.
Lee had many relatives and friends throughout the county.
He was 20 years old. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Creston
Tharpe, Mrs. Harvey Featherstone and Shirley Hudson of near Saxe, and five
brothers,
Charlie of near Saxe, James, U.S. army, Joe, U.S. Navy, Howard and
Ray Hudson of near Saxe.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 29, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Lawrence C. Musgrove, jr., of Phenix, was sworn in as an
enlisted reservist June 26. He went to the Randolph Henry high school and
was active as a member of the football clubs and was president of the Military
club.
Young Musgrove, being between the ages of 17 years and 9
months falls within the age group for whom college training has been made
available under the army specializzed training reserve program.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 29, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Awarded Purple Heart
His parents have been officially notified that he is
severley wounded and that on May 31 he was showing normal improvement.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 8, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
MELVIN T. NAPIER
Melvin T. Napier is
somewhere in the Admiralty Islands and he sends in the following.
OUR VOWS
It was on December
seventh
Nineteen and forty-one.
The Japs bombed Pearl
harbor
And the bloody war begun
They took us by surprise
Unexpected to us all.
And they caused a lot of
damage
When the bombs began to
fall
We are paying back the
bombings
They gave us in
forty-one
And it's sure we'll
continue until
We wipe them off the map
We come a long ways from
home
To fight those dirty
Japs
And we won't be
satisfied until we
wipe them off the map
It may take a long time
But we will see it
through
And when it is all over
we can
Start our life anew.
And as I close these
lines
I can truthfully say old
Tojo will
be sorry of that
December day.
So keep us with
ammunition
Airplanes and guns and
we
will keep on fighting
until this war is won.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 8, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
OSCAR AND WILLIAM REINHARDT IN SERVICE
Oscar Reinhardt, of
Lutherville, Md., oldest son of P.O. Reinhardt of Keysville, has two sons in
the armed service, Richard and William Reinhardt. Richard is serving
overseas in the Marshall Islands. Richard is in Blanding, Florida.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 8, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Charlotte Men In Service
JESSIE F. REINHARDT
Pfc. Jessie F. Reinhardt
of Charlotte County, entered the U.S. Army in May 1941. He sailed for
overseas April 24, 1944. He is now in North Africa. Jessie is the
youngest son of P.O. Rinehardt of Keysville.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 8, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
1st Lt David Watkins Meets Cousin In Italy
Nearly two years ago two
cousins shook hands and said good-bye in Roanoke as each bade the other
"to stay in touch with me." They did and recently these
cousins, representing the artillery and the air forces held a reunion at an
Italian air base halfway around the world. These cousins are First Lieutenant
David C. Watkins, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Watkins, of Charlotte Court
House, and Second Lieutenant T. Doubleau Rutherfoord, 28, son of Mr. Julian
Rutherfoord, of Roanoke.
Lieutenant Watkins'
outfit specializes in dropping shells from heavy guns on Nazis in the Cassino
area and at the Anzio beachhead. Lieutenant Rutherfoord is a member of a group
delivering similar packages from heavy bombers-B-24's of the 15th Air Force.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes
Branch, VA., Thursday, September 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
In a letter to H.B.
Chermside from Lt. J.R. Gibson, known to his many friends as "Roy", Roy
writes from a hospital in England, under date of September 8th:
"I found England
very interesting and quite different from anything at home. Conditions
don't measure up and living standards are much lower, but that is only to be
expected after five years of war. I was deeply impressed, though, with the way
the people are bearing up. Besides touring England I decided to pay a call on
Germany. That was a mistake. They didn't receive me very
graciously. As a result I find myself back here in a hospital. I
was hit in the legs and had one smashed up a bit, but I'm doing just fine.
I should be out of the hospital within three or four months.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, September 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Private Wayne Metcalf
and Private First Class Fred Flynn, both of Cullen, have been in the European
Theatre of Operations for two years and met in France recently for the first
time since they hit the beach on D-Day.
Metcalf is a driver for
a division headquarters unit while Flynn is a gunner in a mortar section of a line
company. Both men have been through more than a score of tough battles
and participated in the capture of Saint Lo. The division's latest drive
punches through a 21-mile gap in German lines, and carried over the
Tessay-Brehal highway. This was the assault that cut off the remnants of
six German divisions caught on the coast north of Coustances.
The Cullen men were
trained for more than 18 months on the rugged moorlands of England, and their
famous blue and gray division is the oldest, in point of overseas service, in
the European Theatre of Operations.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, September 14, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Private
Patrick Edward McCluster is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. McCluster and
grandson of Mrs. and Mrs. J.W. Price of near Drakes Branch. He was
inducted into service in April, 1944, received his basic training at Camp
Blanding, Fla. He had been on a furlough to visit his grandparents, and
left August 21st for Camp Meade, Md. for further training.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, September 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Among
the Virginia war casualties we note the following:
Private
Samuel G. Waddell, son of W.E. Waddell, of Drakes Branch, wounded in Europe,
and Private George C. Holloway, son of Mrs. Annie D. Holloway, of Drakes
Branch, wounded in the Pacific area.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, September 7, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Army Nurse Walls Praises Blood Plasma
The
following extracts from a recent letter from Lieutenant N. Elizabeth Walls,
army nurse with the American Invasion Armies in Normandy, will be of interest
to her many friends in Charlotte County, where she served for many years,
before volunteering for active duty.
Normandy,
August 3, 1944
Dear
Miss Barringer:
I
am trying to take advantage of this break we're having now by answering letters
that are long overdue, getting my bedroll straight, and getting out to see a
little of Normandy.
During
this week period I was on the Shock Ward. Each nurse, I am sure, thought
her ward was the busiest, but I know mine was. In one tent I kept the new
or pre-operative shock patients and in the other which adjoins I kept the
post-operative patients. I wish I knew exactly how much plasma and
wholeblood was given in my ward --gallons and gallons. Each patient in
the hospital got sulfadiazine and penicillin while up to 72 hours after
operation. Besides these, I gave a lot of morphine, tetanus, toxoid,
tetanus antitoxin, and gas gangrene antioxin. There's always a lot to do
but I saw results in the treatment of shock in a very short while.
The
five of us girls who lived together on manouveres are still in the asme tent
and still get along nicely together. I've seen about four towns, rather
what were towns. I have been impressed so far that everything here is
very dirty and full of odors--I suppose that's war. After the trips I have had
away from here I feel satisfied to stay right in this area now.
I'll
enclose a Stars and Stripes which is printed here for us. I certainly
appreciate your sending me the Gazette. I'm alwoys on the lookout for
something to send back but can't find a thing--England or here. It's
messtime now so I'll have to ready as I didn't go to breakfast. Love to
all
ELIZABETH
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, September 7, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Three
months after hearing that her son, Reginald, was a German prisoner of war, Mrs.
G.O. Pettus of Keysville, received the first letter from Reginald, written from
the Prisoner of War Camp in Germany, assuring her that he is uninjured and
well.
In
his letter Lieutenant Pettus, among other things, said:
"We
are getting food from the American Red Cross in addition to our German rations.
I now realize that the Red Cross is really doing some good work, so don't
hesitate to contribute well."
This
part of the letter received by Mrs. Pettus has been printed in the hope that it
will assure the members of the Charlotte County Chapter of the American Red
Cross, a very great percentage of the population of the county, that they are
really in there doing something to help. Every day some new mention of
the work of the Red Cross is forthcoming from all parts of the world. It
is especially satisfying to the people of a community to feel that they are
actually helping to send food and make life a bit easier for one of the
county's own men.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, September 7, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Registration For Red Cross Blood Donors
Now Open
As
was announced last month, there will be a group of Charlotte County volunteers
going to Richmond on Wednesday, September 13 to give blood at the Medical
College of Virginia Hospital for use by the Red Cross in making Plasma.
In
this war, plasma has brought life and hope to wounded men that would have had
little hope or change for life without this gift of blood from men and women at
home through the Red Cross. What has been done with blood plasma in this
war has caused Generals to make the comment that no single advance in medical
treatment has been so important and it has caused men to cry when they relate
that plasma saved their lives.
Blood
can be given by volunteers between the ages of 18 and 59 if these volunteers
are in good health. Mr. Emmett Daniel will register volunteers and
furnish these people with transportation to Richmond. The Charlotte
County Chapter is hoping to make as good a showing as it has in the past in
giving its share of life-saving blood to men at the front.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, August 24, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Sgt. Edward E. Jones
Wins Heroism Medal
Sergeant Edward E.
Jones, of Phenix, has been awarded the War Department's recently designed
Bronze Star Medal "for meritorious service in connection with military
operations against an enemy of the United States in Normandy, France, June 9,
1944."
The Bronze Star Medal is
an award of distinction, recently conceived by the War Department as a
befitting honor to be bestowed upon military personnel for the performance of
outstandingly heroic or meritorious achievements during actual combat against
an armed enemy of the United States. Sergeant Jones entered service over
three years ago and has been overseas since January. His division, the
Fourth Infantry, was the first to land on the shores of Normandy.
Sergeant Jones is the
husband of the former Miss Mamie Scott Roberts, of Madisonville, and the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Jones of Phenix.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, August 24, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
LIEUT. WALTER L. PARKER
Lieutenant Walter L.
Parker recently was graduated from advanced navigation school at Ellington
Field, Texas, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces.
He attended Richmond Business College, and the University of Richmond.
He is the son of Mrs. Lillian P. Drummond and brother of Betty Lee
Parker. He attended school at Charlotte Court House.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, October 19, 1944.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
In the war casualty list
we find that Pfc. Thomas C. Tharp, son of Mrs. Mary Tharp, of Saxe, has been
wounded in Europe; and Pfc. James C. Bloxton, son of Mrs. Hallie Bloxton, of
Charlotte Court House, has been wounded in the Central Pacific area.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, April 4, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Lewis Wilson Sublett,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Sublett of Randolph, Virginia who received his
honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy on January 13, 1946, received the
following Commendation on March 26, 1946.
The Commander in Chief,
United States Atlantic Fleet, takes great pleasure in commending LEWIS WILSON
SUBLETT, BOATSWAIN MATE FIRST CLASS, UNITED STATES RESERVE for services as set
forth in the following CITATION:
"For meritorious
achievement as a member of the attack team of the U.S.S. FROST while
participation in action against German U-Boats on 15-16 April 1945.
Sublett displayed
exceptional leadership and skill as Gun Captain of Gun No. 3 during the first
half of the engagement and Hedge Hog Captain during the last half of the
engagement. Alternating between these two assignments, Sublett exposed
himself to the hazards of the sea and drove his men to reload expeditiously the
ahead thrown weapons time and again. The wind and seas were extremely
unfavorable and each time the FROST was in position for the next attack, the
ahead thrown weapons were ready. It is the opinion of the Commanding
Officer that Sublett's duty was outstanding and far above the required
standard, considering the extremely unfavorable and dangerous sea conditions
during the action.
The leadership,
perseverance and skill displayed by Sublett reflect great credit upon himself
and the United States Naval Service."
A copy of this citation
is to be made a part of the official record of Lewis Wilson Sublett and he is
hereby authorized to wear the Commendation Ribbon.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, April 4, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Nine Inducted Into Army
In March
Fred Henderson Forrester
John Marshall Dunnavant,
Jr.
David Everette Arrington
The following colored
Men Inducted in March, 1946:
Matthew Ghee
William Johnson
Olemiel Randolph
Willie Jeffress, Jr.
David Richard Harvey
Van Rudolph Robinson
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, April 11, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Seven Inducted Into Army
In April
The following White Men
Inducted in the Month of April 1946.
Ernest Newcomb, Jr.
William Herman Elliotte
Leland Joseph Hardy
Willard Kenton Fears
William Caroll Dunnavant
David Maxie Nelson
William Douglas Mayhew
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, March 7, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
"Buck" Yancey
Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Edwin E. (Buck) Yancey
of Boydton son of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Yancey of Saxe was recently awarded the
Bronze Star medal.
His citation reads:
"For meritorious service in connection with military operations in
Belgium, Holland and Germany from 23 October 1944 to 8 May 1945.
Throughout his service in combat, Private Yancey performed his duties as
messenger and acting communications sergeant with exemplary devotion and merit.
His personal courage and initiative in the most difficult operations and
under the heaviest enemy fire were at all times an inspiration to his comrades
and by his willing assumption of hazardous tasks above and beyond the call of
duty, he contributed materially to the success of his unit. This
outstanding service reflects the highest credit upon Private Yancey and the
armed forces of the United States. Entered military service from Boydton.
He was in Company L
413th Infantry and the 104th Timber Wolf Division. He received his
discharge in July and has accepted a position with the Post Office Department
in Boydton where his wife and three daughters resided during his absence.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, March 7, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Veterans Released From
Armed Forces During February
Mr. J. Kent Early,
Reemployment Committeman (Committee
Man) of the Local Selective Service Board of Charlotte County, announced
that the following named Veterans have been released by the Armed Forces during
the month of February and wishes to call attention of their former new
employers and also prospective employers, to this fact.
Mr. Early also stated
that any old employer, or prospective new employer of any of the following
released men may contact them through him at the Local Selective Board at Charlotte
Court House, Virginia.
| Adams, Robert David | Jones,
Hazel |
| Baldwin, Carl John |
Letterman, Herbert Glenn |
| Berghoff, Eugene Franklin | Lyle, Matthew, Jr. |
| Berkley, Kenton Grey | Marston,
Martin Paulette |
| Bolden, Lester | Mason,
Exra Tune |
| Boliek, Obed Ervin, Jr. |
Metcalf, Leonard Clyde |
| Britton, Joseph Selvester | Milton, Harvey Franklin |
| Brown, Buddie Junior | Morgan,
Julian Kenneth |
| Brown, Burrell Atkinson |
Morton, Fitzgerald |
| Burnette, Alonza Joseph |
Morton, Henry Cameron |
| Canada, Gordon Henderson |
Newcomb, Alvin Zenas |
| Canada, Harold | Newcomb,
Henry Grady |
| Childress, Edward Clay | Parsons,
William Ryburn |
| Clark, Elbert Lee | Pettus,
William T. |
| Clark, George W. | Poindexter,
James Walter |
| Copal, Raymond Ramsey | Poindexter,
Sam |
| Dailey, Nathaniel Woodrod | Powell, Herman Lee |
| Davis, Chelsea M. | Powell,
Norman G. |
| Davis, Robert Lee | Powell,
Walter William |
| Dennis, Henry Alvin | Price,
Edwin Talmadge |
| Dodd, William Eggleston |
Pugh, Robert Roscoe |
| Dunn, Hubert Ray | Pugh,
Robert Woodrow |
| Dunnavant, Leroy Cole, Jr. | Reed, Harmon Arnold |
| Edmonds, Bealer McDowell |
Reid, James Arthur |
| Elam, John Henry | Robinson,
Luther George |
| Elder, Morris Hamlett | Saunders,
Eddie |
| Gaines, James Edward | Seamster,
Otis A. |
| Garrison, Jessie Thomas |
Shaw, Warren Mitchell |
| Goad, Claudie Washington |
Smith, Clifford William |
| Green, Wilson Westmoreland | Staten, Irvin |
| Gregory, Albert Lee | St
John, Calvin Coolidge |
| Hall, Scott Harris | St
John, Kenneth Harold |
| Hamilton, Herbert Crawley | Sublett, Eugene Irving, Jr. |
| Hamlett, Clifford H. | Terry,
Robert Nelson |
| Hamlett, Leon E. | Tharpe,
William Emmitt |
| Hamlett, Roy Berlon | Thomas,
Haney Brown |
| Harris, John James | Toombs,
Manuel Howard |
| Harris, Mary Ellen | Townsend,
Grayson Oliver |
| Hensley, Burlen Ray | Vaughan,
Frank Reed |
| Hogan, John Davis | Wallace,
Clifton O'Brien |
| Hurt, John R. | Waller,
Drewery Thomas |
| Hurt, Leslie C. | West,
James Edward |
| Jackson, Henry Lee | Wilkerson,
Jacob Thornton |
| Jackson, Ray Albert | William,
George Washington |
| Johnson, Bennie Russell |
Wilson, Winfield |
| Johnson, James Roosevelt |
Wyatte, Billy |
| Jones, Emanuel John | Lee, Thomas Early |
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, March 21, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
J.H. Carwile, chief
petty officer in charge of the Lynchburg Navy Recruiting office was in the
county Monday. Chief Carwile announced that until further notice he will
be in the postoffice (post office) at
Charlotte Court House Monday of each week from 1 o'clock to 3 P.M. He
requests that all young men interested in enlisting in the U.S. Navy come to
see him there.
Source:
The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, April 4, 1946.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
J. Kent Early,
Re-employment Committee Man of the Local Selective Service Board of Charlotte
County, announced that the following named veterans have been released by the
Armed Forces during the month of March, and wished to call attention to their
former employers, and also prospective employers, to this fact.
Mr. Early also stated
that any old employer, or prospective new employer of any of the following
released men may contact them through him at the Local Selective Board at
Charlotte Court House:
| Adams, Rhea Lansing | Lee,
Maxie Henry |
| Andrews, Per K. | Lee,
Robert E. |
| Andrews, Robert A. | Lewis,
Lynwood H. |
| Barrett, Henry A. | Lucas,
Andrew Jackson |
| Beasley, William Thomas |
Mayhew, Percy Leonidus |
| Berkley, Hailey L. | McGuiire,
Roy Dillard |
| Boliek, James Henry | Meadows,
Clarence James |
| Brandon, Lacy Paulette | Minnis,
Thomas Edward |
| Brogden, James Edward | Moore,
Horace Harvey |
| Brooks, Charles Edward | Morris,
Lewis Russell |
| Brown, Emmet | Morrison,
Everett Freeman |
| Carrington, George | Morton,
Joseph Carl |
| Cawthorne, Ferron Alphonso | Morton, Marion Lee |
| Clark, Herbert | Napier,
Floyd Dock |
| Claybrook, Fred Nolan | Newcomb,
Roy Saunders |
| Davis, Alton Otis | Pollard,
Ellis Lee |
| Davis, Otis Glendall | Pollard,
Frank Dodson |
| Davis, Tom | Pollard,
Grayden Allen |
| DeVane, Clarence William Morice | Reid, Henry Herman |
| Dodson, Clem | Rickmond,
Henry L. |
| Dodson, Nathaniel Alexander | Roberts, Harvey |
| Edmonds, Willie Edward | Roberts,
William Clyde |
| Elam, Percy Edward | Robertson,
James Edward |
| Elder, William Aubrey | Royster,
T.Z. |
| Flynn, Edward Daniel | Seamster,
Arthur Lee Chester |
| Garnett, George Wilson | Spencer,
Carroll Wissicheum |
| Garrison, Wilson S. | Spencer,
Isaac |
| Gilliam, Rudolph Clarence | Taylor, Hubert Aaron |
| Graves, James Patrick | Trent,
Walter Edgar |
| Mardy (Hardy) Morris Chapman | Vassar, Kenneth Cameron |
| Holt, Roy Lee | Venable,
Gilbert Paul |
| Hughes, George Edward | W
Wallace, Alexander |
| Jackson, Lewis Walker | Walton,
Fred Joseph |
| Jennings, Charlie Rodgers | Watts, Ernest Clyde, Jr. |
| Johnson, Claude | Weston,
Willie Roy |
| Jones, Burnell Gray | Williams,
Purnish |
| Jones, Hubert | Willis,
Margaret Hanmer |
| Jones, Nolan | Wilmouth,
Samuel Charlie |
| Layne, Charlie Thomas | Wilson,
Talmadge G., Jr. |
| Layne, Lewis Alvan | Woodson, Dennis Edward |
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, February 7, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
J. Kent
Early, reemployment committeeman of the local Selective Service Board of
Charlotte County announced that the following named Veterans have been released
by the armed forces during the month of January and wishes to call attention to
their former employers, and also prospective employers, to this fact.
Mr. Early
also stated that any old employer, or prospective new employer of any of the
following released men may contact them through him at the Local Selective
Board of Charlotte Court House.
| Adams, Berkley E. | Henry, William | Pulliam, James | |
| Adams, Willie Hugh | Hudson, James Henry | Rasnake, Billy Bloyd | |
| Allen, John Otis | Hudson, Joseph Edward | Reams, Raymond Tune | |
| Allen, Lawrence Fuller | Hughes, George | Rickman, Clyde Davis | |
| Anderson, Herman Leslie | Hughes, James Arthur | Rickman, Elma Thomas | |
| Anderson, Woodrow Wilson | Hughes, James Edward | Rickman, Harvey Davis | |
| Andrews, Charlie Albert | Hughes, William Jamie | Roach, Stanley Jacob | |
| Arrington, Albert Murray | Hunter, Ambrose Baker, Jr. | Robertson, Nathaniel | |
| Arvin, Garland W. | Hurt, James Warren | Robinette, Edward L. | |
| Atkins, Helen J. | Jackson, Carlton Cody | Robinson, Sherman Curry | |
| Baldwin, Hunter Ray | Jeffress, John Baptist | Robinson, Willard Jessie | |
| Biggers, Maury Lee | Jeffress, Stanley Leon | Robinson, William Alfunsa | |
| Bolden, Gilbert | Johnson, Johnnie, Jr. | Rodgers, Johnie R. | |
| Boliek, William Howard | Johnson, Walter Witten | Royster, Dorothy M. | |
| Booker, Willie Scott | Jones, Carson Lee | Russell, George W. | |
| Boulding, Mack N. | Jones, Joseph Edward | Rutledge, John William | |
| Brown, Floyd Lee | Jones, Luther Lewis | Rux, Marcellus Carlyle, Jr. | |
| Brown, Leon Carar | Jones, Willard Buster | Scott, Whitfiles (Whitfield ?) | |
| Brown, Perry Franklin | Keeter, Rogers James | Scott, Plenty Willie | |
| Brown, Phillip Horace | Keller, Clinard Talmage | Seamster, Robert Anderson | |
| Burton, Margarette T. | Klise, George Allie | Setzer, Charles Oliver | |
| Braxton, Frank | Lacks, Herman Fuller | Sloan, Charley Richard | |
| Callahan, Richard Melvin | Lambert, Ernest Harden | Smith, John Thomas, Jr. | |
| Card, James Alexander | LaPrade, Wesley Otto | Spencer, John Frederick | |
| Carey, Willie Jones | Lee, John Wiley | Spencer, John Henry | |
| Carter, Ambrose | Lee, Spencer | Lindsey, James Edward | |
| Carter, Cleveland Greenwood | Locke, Milton Marvin | Sublett, Lewis Wilson | |
| Carter, James | Locke, Thomas Edgar | Tate, Paige A. | |
| Chermside, Herbert Brooke, Jr. | Lockett, Richard | Tatum, Isaac Floyd | |
| Childress, Charles James | Logan, William Webster | Tharp, James Reuben | |
| Childress, James Wilson | Lucy, William LaFayett | Tharpe, Nelson Irvin | |
| Crews, Roy Tune | Malthba (?), Ralph Augustos | Thomas, James E. | |
| Daniel, Henry | Mann, Jack Randolph | Thompson, Floyd Guy | |
| Daniel, John Worsham | Mann, Joe Hudnall, Jr. | Thompson, John Frankin, Jr. | |
| Daniel Jordan | Marable, Charlie Lewis | Thornton, Roosevelt | |
| Davis, Vernon Patterson | Marshall, Winters Fred | Tillery, Ernest Glenn | |
| Duffy, Merlin Weston | Mason, Hilary Royal | Toombe, George S. | |
| Dunn, Reuben | Mason, William Eldridge, Sr. | Trent, Warner Edgar | |
| Edmonds, Flood Junior | McGrath, Harold W. | Trent, Warren Andrew | |
| Elam, Leroy | McGuire, Pendleton Robertson | Tucker, Fulton Davis | |
| Elam, Pleas | Moody, Kindel Wilifred | Tucker, Nolton Lawrence | |
| Elliotte, Cecil Douglas | Morrison, Johnnie Junior | Vassar, Edwin Hugh | |
| Ellyson, Taylor | Morton, John Davis | Vaughan, James O. | |
| Eubanks, William Henry, Jr. | Morton, John Hodges | Waddell, Carroll O. | |
| Fallen, Alva Elliotte | Morton, Phillip Lee | Walker, Clarence Irvin | |
| Fallen, Ernest Boyd | Mosley, Bennie Roy | Walker, Frederick Perkins | |
| Fallen, James Henry | Mosley, Junious S. | Watkins, Douglas Burton | |
| Farrar, Beverly Baptist | Mosley, Luther James | Watkins, Robert Field | |
| Ferrell, Henry E. | Mosley, Ralph Edward | Watkins, Thurman Lee | |
| Foster, Charlie William | Musgrove, Lawrence C. | Weymouth, Henry Scott | |
| Foster, George Macsullivan | Napier, Albert Claude | White, Ethon Emanuel | |
| Gaines, Herbert Arthur | Nash, Joseph | Whitehead, Lenet Ruffen | |
| Garnett, William Thomas | Nelson, Tommy Alton | Wilkinson, Ralph Hamersley | |
| Garrett, Lee Trinkle | Nichols, Henry A. Jr. | Williams, Charlie | |
| Gilliland, Hubert Ernest | Noblin, Isaac Richard, Jr. | Williams, Henry Theodore | |
| Griles, Snider Daniel | Norvell, Joseph Hobson, Jr. | Willis, Cleate Watson | |
| Hall, Beverly Landon | Palmer, William, Jr. | Wilmouth, Arthur McKinley | |
| Hancock, David Olney | Parsons, Bernard L. | Wilmouth, Coleman Lewis | |
| Hardy, Berkley P. | Penick, Tom | Wilson, Emmitt | |
| Hardy, David Ead | Phillips, Francis Titsworth | Wilson, George Washington | |
| Harvey, Joseph Hilton | Pillow, Bernard Erastus | Wilson, James Woodrow | |
| Harvey, William Nathaniel | Poindexter, Jack Robinson | Wilson, Willie Joseph | |
| Hatcher, Charlie Edward | Pollard, Everett | Woodson, Lerty | |
| Hayes, Warren G.H. | Pollard, Jesse Martin | - | |
| Hendren, Austin Davis | Powell, Edward Guill | - | |
| Henry, Charles William | Price, Calvin Tilford | - |
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, February 7, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
The
following colored men were inducted into the Armed Forces January 1946.
David
Lafayette Dupee
Herbert
Larrington Harso
Ernest
Lee Coleman
Alfonzo Spencer
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, February 7, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Major
A.H. Bouldin To General Staff School
Major
Allen H. Bouldin, Drakes Branch, a member of the staff of the Engineers'
section of General Courtney H. Hodges First Army Headquarters at Fort Bragg,
N.C., has been selected to attend the ground course at the army's Command and
General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Major
Bouldin has been with First Army throughout all of its campaigns in Europe as
an officer of the 1110th Engineer Combat Group, and wears the Silver Star, the
Croix de Guerre and European Theater ribbon with battle stars for the campaigns
of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, the Rhineland and Central Germany.
Born in
Stuart, Va., he attended Hampden Sydney College and enlisted in the Regular
Army in 1937. In 1942, as a staff sergeant, he was sent to Officers
Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Va., and won his commission as a second
lieutenant in the Army of the United States.
He served
as a tactical officer at Fort Belvoir for nine months and was then asigned (assigned) to the 20th Armored Division,
from which post he was sent to the 1110th Engineer Combat Group and joined
First Army in England before the D-Day invasion.
He was
promoted to his present rank on July 1, 1944, in Normandy.
Major
Bouldin's wife, the former Catherine Palchun of Albion, Mich., resides with him
at Southern Pines, N.C., near this post. They have two sons Howard and
William. His parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Bouldin, reside in Drakes
Branch, and his brother E.E. Bouldin and brother-in-law, J.R. Fain, now
residents of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 31, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Joseph E.
Jones Returns From Overseas
Joseph E.
Jones, who has honorably discharged from the Army at Fort Meade, Md., January
12, is at his home near Red Oak. He was inducted in the army May 18, 1943
and took his basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala. before going overseas in
November, 1943. He arrived in North African (Africa) November 24, was later sent to Italy, and went into combat
December 28 with the 36th division. On January 30, 1944 he was wounded
and sent back to the States in June. Joseph was a heavy machine gunner
and holds the ETO Ribbon with three stars, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart,
World War II Victory Ribbon, and Combat Infantrymans (Infantryman's) Badge.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 24, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Six White Men Inducted During Month Of January
The
following white men were inducted into the Armed Forces during January, 1946.
Benjamin
Robert Harvey
Oliver
Banks Hamlett
James
William Wilkins
Clyde
Carter Chadwick
Howard
Marshall Hudson
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 10, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Many
Charlotte Veterans Released During December
J. Kent
Early, Re-employment Committeeman of the Local Selective Service Board of
Charlotte County announced that the following named Veterans have been released
by the Armed Forces during the month of December, and wishes to call attention
of their employers, and also prospective employers, to this fact.
Mr. Early
also stated that any oll (old)
employer, of any of the following released men may contact them through him at
the Local Selective Board at Charlotte Court House:
| Adams, Letcher Roscoe | Freeman, John Lee | Osborne, Lonza McCargo |
| Adams, William Howard | Garnett, Lawrence H. | Palmer, Frank Jr. |
| Allen, Charlie Edward | Garnett, Stanley Bryant | Pannell, Junior Will |
| Angel, Paul S. | Gaullin, Edwin O. | Paulette, Willie White |
| Bailey, Albert Ernest | Gee, Walter Waverly | Payne, Robert Lee |
| Bailey, Charles J. | Ghee, Eddie | Perry, Helen M. |
| Barksdale, Stith Dudley | Gilliland, James Baylor | Pettus, Coleman Tucker |
| Barnes, Clifton John | Goldman, Edward | Pugh, Clyde W. |
| Bass, Edward Poindexter | Goldman, Russell | Pugh, Robert Collier |
| Bayne, Samuel Washinton, (Washington) Jr. | Green, Walter | Pugh, Samuel Hampton |
| Bloxton, Francis Edmonds | Harding, James Isaac | Ragsdale, Daniel Eugene |
| Bloxton, Samuel Elliotte | Haskins, Wister Dovoil Rosa | Richardson, Willie R |
| Bouldin, James Curtis | Haskins, Robert Hilary | Riddle, James Roscoe |
| Boulding, French Alexander | Henry, Eddie Taylor | Robertson, Matthew Womack |
| Bradberry, Herman | Hensley, Thomas Emery | Robinson, Carrington Howard |
| Brogden, Marion | Hopkins, Marshall B. | Royster, Harvey Bernard |
| Brogdon, Samuel | Hughes, John Thomas | Russell, Carroll Farnell |
| Brooks, James Jr. | Jefferson, Melvin Walker | Rutledge, Billy |
| Brooks, Richard Hassie | Jennings, James Chandler | Scott, Edward Bruce |
| Brown, John Henry | Johnson, Marion Clifford | Shelton, Stuart J. |
| Burns, Roy Jackson | Jones, Herman Hines | Shepperson, James Edward |
| Burton, Roy Smith | Jones, Jesse James | Shorter, Joseph Woodson |
| Cage, Carl Darrel | Jones, Rufus Randolph | Smith, Alfred |
| Callahan, Charles Henry | Jones, Woodrow Wilson | Smith, Jacob Moses |
| Campbell, John Lawrence | Keeling, Robert Daniel | Sneed, Richard Harrison |
| Carrington, Herbert Clement | Lambert, James Robert | Spraggins, Howard |
| Carter, Claude Cameron | Lambert, Lenard Curtis | Stills, Claude |
| Carter, Ray Alfred | Lee, Murphy Wilbon | Stitt, Willie James |
| Carwile, Henry W. | Lee, Thomas | St John, Rosser, Jr. |
| Cassada, Woodrow Wilson | Lindsey, John Russell | St John, Spencer Whitfield |
| Cawthorne, Winlas Ray | Lindsey, Walter | Stokes, Lewis |
| Cheatham, James Henry, Jr. | Locke, Milton Marvin | Taylor, James Edward |
| Childress, William Whitfield | Madison, John | Tharpe, David Lee |
| Clark, John Edward | Malone, Walter | Thompson, Alvis Watson |
| Clarke, John Burnell | Marston, Raymond Atwell | Topp, Freddie |
| Clowdis, Harold Elam | Mason, William Albert | Tucker, Marshall Atkins |
| Cobb, Edward Thomas | McKinney, Harry E. | Tucker, Samuel Cleophus |
| Cooper, Bruce, Jr. | Mckinnel, John Willard | Vaden, Joseph Hailey |
| Cox, Tallmadge Rush | McSwain, Floyd William | Waddell, Samuel Bragg |
| Crawley, Joseph | Middleton, Homer Francis | Wade, Benjamin Franklin |
| Currin, Roger William | Moody, Ada P. | Wade, Robert Lawrence |
| Daniel, William Emmette, Jr. | Moore, Earl Jackson, Jr. | Walker, Freddie Henry |
| Davis, Albert Moody | Moore, Lewis W. | Walker, William Edward |
| Davis, George Webster | Moore, Loyd Oscar | Waller, Swanson L. |
| Davis, Raymond Francis | Moore, Oscar Forkner, Jr. | Walton, Frank Wesley |
| Dews, Melvin Marshall | Moore, Roy Edward | Walton, James Henry |
| Dickerson, Cameron Benjamin | Morris, Andrew M | Ward, Clarence B. |
| Dobbins, Francis Henry | Morris, Robert Harold | Watkins, Charlie L. |
| Driskill, John Edward | Morris, Warren Newton | Whirley, Raymond |
| Duffer, Dudley Bailey | Morton, Henry Fears | Whitehead, Herbert Kennie |
| Duffer, Frank | Morton, James Lawrence | Whitlow, William Berkley |
| Duffer, Frank Acre | Morton, Miller Eugene | Wilks, Chester Arthur |
| Dunn, John Albert | Mosley, Eddie | Williams, James Russell |
| Dupee, Garrette Alexander | Mosley, George Washington | Wilmouth, Herbert Taft, Sr. |
| Dupee, Robert Washington | Mosley, Willie Saunders | Wilmouth, Warren Washington |
| Eggers, Louis W., Jr. | Napier, Melvin Tucker | Wilson, Floyd Baptist |
| Erby, Albert Thomas, Jr. | Newcomb, Burwell Jackson | Wilson, James Henry |
| Farrar, Carson Elmer | Newcomb, Charlie Maynard | Wilson, Robert Edward |
| Fitz, Robert Harvey | Newcomb, Nathan Woodson | Wilson, William Henry, Jr. |
| Foster, James Alexander | Newcomb, Rufus A. | Wood, Oscar |
| Frady, John Franklin | Newton, Edna Louise | Woodson, Tom Clark |
| Young, Fletcher F. | - | - |
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 3, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Harry E.
McKinney Re-enlisted in Army
During
the holiday season, eighty-five Virginians enlisted in the regular Army,
according to Colonel W.R. Currie, Commanding Officer of the Richmond Recruiting
District.
Drakes
Branch was represented by the enlistment of Harry E. McKinney.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 3, 1946
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
J.W.
McKinney Receives Discharge
John
Willard McKinney who was honorably discharged from the army at Fort Meade, Md.,
on December 9 is at his home near Saxe. Mr. McKinney was inducted in the army
on February 19, 1944 and received his basic training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
and Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky before going overseas in September of 1944.
He arrived on the Western Front on October 9 and joined the 9th division
of the 1st. army and helped to crack the Seigfried Line until taken a prisoner
by the Germans, December 12. He was liberattd (liberated) by the Russians at Potsdam, April 27, 1945 and
joined the American Army May 9 and arrived in the States June 23.
Mr.
McKinney wears the Presidential Unit Citation with the Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze
Star, E.T.O. Ribbon with one battle star, Good Conluct (Conduct) Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon, Infantry
Combat Badge and Expert Rifleman's Badge.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 18, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
War
Prisoner Camp
Arrangements
are now being made whereby it is possible that a German War Prisoner Camp may
be located in Charlotte County, provided a suitable camp can be built to house
them. The Prisoners will come from Camp Pickett and will serve the
counties, or portions of Charlotte, Campbell, and Prince Edward. The
proposed plan is for the prisoners to use the site of a proposed State Convict
Camp which when constructed will probably be in the Keysville neighborhood.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 18, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Memorial
services will be held at 3 p.m. January 28 at Ontario Christian Church for
Private Herbert B. Ward, Jr., who was killed in action, September 29 in France.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 18, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Floyd M.
Holt, husband of Josephene Williams of Richmond and son of Mrs. Alma Holt
Hamersley of Phenix has been missing in Germany since December 16.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 18, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
T-Sgt.
Romney Watkins Recovering From Wound
Mr. and
Mrs. Joel Watkins of Charlotte Court House, received a telephone message from
their son, T-Sgt. William Romney Watkins January 11th. He had just
arrived and is now in a hospital at Camp Edward, Mass., recovering from a wound
received while serving on the Italian front. He expected to be transferred
to a hospital nearer home.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 18, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Charlotte
Women In Service
Annie
Allen, Freedmans Hospital Washington, D.C.; Madge Atkins; Mary A?derson, Court
House, Crippled Childrens Hospital, Richmond; Lt. Della Bassette, Aspen, ANC,
Tuskegee, Ala.; 1st Lt. Margaretta I. Burton, Keysville, Army Nurse, South
Pacific; Lt. (j.g.) W. Grace Collins, Drakes Branch, USNTS, WAVE, Davis Hall,
Room 302, The Bronx, N.Y.; Gladys Chandler, Court House, Red Cross,
McGuire Hospital, Richmond; Pvt Chainey B. Clarke, Court House, WAC Detach. 2,
Station Hospital, Ft. Jacson, S.C.; Shirley Carter, Court House; Christine
Claybrook, Aspen, Va. Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg; June Dixon, Cullen; Ruth M.
Eggleston, Court House, Y-3-c USN, Hamilton Hotel, Washington; Eulalia Green,
Keysville, Memorial Hospital, Danville; Lt. (j.g.) Dorothy V. Hanmer,
Keysville, USCG, Boston; Evelyn Hancock, Pamplin; Elizabeth Hughes, Camp
Atterbury, Ind.; Lt. Ilene LeFevers, Keysville, 11th. Evac. Hospital, APO 758,
Care P.M., N.Y.; Pearl Duval LeFevers, Keysville Medical College, Richmond; Pat
Larrabee, Saxe, Grace Hospital, Richmond; Pfc. Mamie L. Lewis, Cullen, WAC
Detach., Camp Breckinridge, Ky.; Jean Moore, Court House, Lewis-Gale Hospital,
Roanoke; Mary Newcomb, Saxe, Memorial Hospital, Danville; 2nd Lt. Dorothy K.
Owen, Drakes Branch, Nurse Corps, Ft. Devens, Ayers, Maac.; Mary Lee Pearson,
Keysville, Cadet Nurse, Johnston-Willis Hospital, Richmond; Shirley Pugh,
Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg; Pattie V. Smith, "Oakland",
Brookneal, Red Cross, Hdqts, 351 Bobm, Grp., APO 557, Care P.M., N.Y.; Arlette
Smith, St. Charles Hospital, Aurora, ILL.; Virginia Scott, Saxe, Memorial
Hospital, Danville; Betty C. Towler, Cullen, Cadet Nurse, 406 W. Franklin St.,
Richmond; Helen M. Trent, Phenix, WAC Detach. AAF, CAAF, Carlsbad, N.N.; Evelyn
Tucker, Brookneal, Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg; Virginia Viar,
Brookneal, Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg; 1st. Lt. N. Elizabeth Walls,
Court House and Richmond, 34th. Evac. Hospital, APO 403, Care P.M., N.Y.;
Berthat (Bertha) Walker, Lincoln
Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Grace B. Williams, Court House, Memorial
Hospital, Danville.
J.D.G.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
S-Sgt.
John Narrington Fears the son of Mrs. Mabel T. and the late John L. Fears, has
been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge for action in the Battle of Strasbourg.
Sgt.
Fears volunteered in March 1941, received his basic training at Fort Monroe.
Later he was assigned to 103rd C.A. After serving two years as
gunner on troop transports, during which time he was promoted to Corporal, he
was transferred to 397th Infantry and received additional training at Fort
Bragg, N.C. Since September, 1944, he has been serving overseas.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
A message
was received at Keysville last week stating that Washington Priddy, son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Priddy and the late Herbert Priddy had been killed in action
overseas.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Raymond
Hailey son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Hailey of Keysville.
Albert
Wood, Jr., son of Rev. and Mrs. Albert Wood of Keysville.
Martin R.
Smith son of T.L. Smith, Charlotte Court House.
Pfc. John
S. Forrester, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrester of near Keysville.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
December 6, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Veterans
Released From Armed Forces During November
J. Kent
Early, Re-employment Committeeman of the Local Selective Service Board of
Charlotte County announced that the following names (of) Veterans have been released by the Armed Forces during the
month of November, and wishes to call attention of their former new employers,
and also prospective employers, to this fact.
Mr. Early
also stated that any old employer, or prospective new employer, of any of the
following released men may contact them through him at the Local Selective
Board at Charlotte Court House.
| Adams, Carl Earl | Griles, Berkley Thomas | Reamer, Walter Ray |
| Adams, Carlyle Dowell | Hamlett, Delles H. | Reed, Dale Albert |
| Adams, Stuart Thomas | Harris, Ray Moore | Richardson, Willie R. |
| Allen, Rufus R. | Harris, William Henry | Rickman, Raymond |
| Armes, James Edward | Harvey, Edgar J. | Riepe, Joseph Creighton, Jr. |
| Atkins, Roger Carter | Harvey, Willie Henry | Roberts, Aubrey Bernard |
| Bailey, Franklin Thornton | Hatcher, Larney Willie | Roberts, Walter Calvin |
| Black, Leon Jesse | Herndon, Marion G. | Roberts, Zack, E. |
| Bolden, James Lee | Higgins, Wayne | Robey, Robert Andrew |
| Bradner, James Williams, Jr. | Holdern, Arnold T. | Rockwell, James Orval |
| Brandon, Leslie W. | Hughes, Charles Henry | Sheldon, Grover Linwood |
| Braxton, Roy | Hunter, William Allen | Shelton, William Harry |
| Britton, Jessie Lewis | Johnson, Beverly Lee | Shepperson, Charles Henry, Jr. |
| Britton, Marquis Grilus | Johnson, Emmet John | Shepperson, John Daniel |
| Brown, Leroy Robert | Johnson, Nathaniel Bacon | Skinner, Bailey Warren |
| Bruce, James Henry | Jones, Nelson Lee | Smith, Maclin McCarty |
| Bryant, Charles Hugh | Keeling, Eugene Carter | Spencer, Lewis |
| Canada, Samuel Wallace | Keeling, John Roshier | Sprinkle, Warren Harding |
| Carson, Charles Cecil | King, Emory W. | Stitt, Alfonsa Joseph |
| Carson, Howard Lee | King, Wilbert | StJohn, James Henry |
| Carwile, Walter Edward, Jr. | Lail, Toy Lee | Taylor, Allen Gilbert |
| Cassada, Andrew Dewey | Langford, Harvey Edward | Taylor, Herbert Cummings |
| Childress, Franklin Chalmers | Lee, Robert F. | Terry, William Lee |
| Clark, Floyd Shorter | Lewis, Charlie H. | Terry, Woodrow Jackson |
| Clay, James Daniel | Lipscomb, Wallace | Tharpe, Luther Aubrey |
| Cobb, Jack P. | Locke, Luther Owen | Thompson, Edward Jasper |
| Coleman, Harold Price | Malone, James Junior | Thompson, William Harvey |
| Collie, Leslie Lee | Marshall, Richard Walker | Thorpe, Harold Tucker |
| Collins, Massie L. | Marston, Claude Wilks | Townsend, Aubrey Newton |
| Copal, David Edd | Martin, Carl D. | Trent, Clem D., Sr. |
| Copeland, John A. | Martin, Lewis E., Jr. | Trent, Harold Edward |
| Crawley, John Archer, Jr. | Mason, Roy Carrington | Trent, William Thomas |
| Crews, Cabell Lawrence | Maxwell, Chiswell Tucker | Tucker, Otis Ottoway, Jr. |
| Daily, Willie | May, Ralph Ray | Metcalf, Paul D. |
| Daniel, Henry Archer | Moody, Driscol Richard | Vaughan, Chester Hagood |
| Davis, Jacob Colin | Moon, Grover Lee | Viar, John Nelson |
| Dixon, Harry Edward | Moore, Jerry | Waddell, Charlie E. |
| Dodd, Hezekiah B. | Morton, Wade Frank | Wade, Ellis Junious |
| Duffer, Frank | Morton, William Booker | Walker, Thomas Malciah |
| Duffer, John Albert | Mosley, Kester Loyd | Walton, James H. |
| Dunn, Thomas Sidney | Moseley, Leander Essex | Ward, Lucius Spottswood |
| Dunnavant, Howard Girard | Murray, Willie Marion | Watson, Harry |
| DuVal, William Eugene | Nash, Lewis D., Jr. | Welchons, Charles A. |
| Elder, Murphy Howard | Nash, Sampson | Weston, Raymond Edward |
| Elliott, William Glenwood | Neale, James Grey | White, Loyd P. |
| Eubank, Charles L. | Nelson, Stewart B. | Whitlow, James Hurndon |
| Eubank, James F. | Nelson, William Gregory | Whitlow, Malon Lee |
| Farrar, Carroll M. | Newcomb, Henderson Woodson | Whitlow, Stuart |
| Ferguson, Carlton | Newcomb, Henry Vernon | Williams, Clyde W. |
| Finch, William H. | Newcomb, Roy Jackson | Williams, Hubert C. |
| Foster, Chester Cole, Jr. | Nichols, Lacy Willard | Williams, Oscar Taylor |
| Foster, James A. | Oliver, Wiley Alexander | Williams, Willie Nathaniel |
| Fowlkes, John W. | Osborne, Willie, Jr. | Wilmouth, William Henry |
| Gaines, John Carter, Jr. | Pannell, Junior W. | Wilson, Alvin Carl |
| Garber, Kermit Roosevelt | Paulett, John Francis | Wilson, James Alfonso |
| Gayles, Jessie Wilbur | Pearson, John Strother | Wilson, Oliver Wendel |
| Gee, Arthur | Pierce, Joe H. | Pollard, Hubert Edward |
| Gibson, Allen W. | Pollard, Warren Franklin | Womack, Wilson Howard |
| Gilliland, William Carrol | Pugh, Sylvester Ray | Yancey, Edwin Elam |
| Goode, Roosevelt W. | Pugh, Willard Douglas | Ramsey, William B. |
| Gosney, George Harold | Ramsey, Enos Thomas | Griffith, Floyd T. |
| Vassar, Carol Walden | Womack, Henry Bernard |
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 11, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Twelve White Men Inducted December 26
The
following white men were inducted into the Armed Forces, December 26, 1944:
William
Eldridge Mason; John Alfred Dunn; Willie Fullmoore Ryan; William Emmett Tharpe;
Luther Carter Roach; Claude Swanson Tuggle.
The
following colored men were inducted into the Armed Forces, December 18, 1944:
Walter
Thomas Haskins.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 11, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Stm. 1 1-c E.C. Spencer Recently At Home
Stm. 1
1-c Earl C. Spencer whose ship the Gambier Bay (C.V.E., 73) was sunk on October
25 on Leyte during the invasion of the Philippines was home o na (on a) survival furlough visiting his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Spencer of near Abilene.
He will
return some time in January to the Pacific coast to continue his action against
the Japs. This is one of Charlotte County boys and has been in several
battles including the battle of Saipan Island.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 11, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Lieutenant Reginald H. Pettus Receives Medal
Mrs. G.O.
Pettus of Keysville, has been presented
with an Air Medal which was awarded to her son Lt. Reginald H. Pettus, pilot in
Army Air Corps, by the President of the United State. (States.) The medal was presented to Mrs. Pettus on December
27th by Captain Carlton E. Gregory, the citation was as follows: --"For
meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombardment missions over
enemy occupied Continental Europe. The courage, coolness and skill
displayed by this officer upon these occasions reflect great credit upon
himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
Lt.
Pettus went down over enemy territory on May 12, 1944, and is now a prisoner of
war in Germany.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 11, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Harper B.
Chadwick, Jr., S 1-c U.S.N.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Chadwick, of Ontario,
Virginia, has completed a 20 week course of training at the U.S. Naval Training
School (Radio) of Boston, Mass. and was awarded the Entwistle Silver Trophy, at
the graduation exercises on Friday, December 22nd., 1944.
The
trophy, a silver plate, was awarded for the highest marks in all subjects.
98.8 per cent.
He
graduated from Randolph-Henry High School with the class of 1942 and was
inducted in the Navy in May, 1944. At that time he was employed by the
Southern R.R. Co., as clerk-telegrapher at South Boston, Virginia.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Pvt. S.E.
Bloxton In Hospital In France
Mrs.
Clara E. Bloxton of Phenix has been notified that her husband, Private Samuel Elliott
Bloxton of ternity (?). He has
just returned to ? 20th in Germany. He writes that he is in France
in a hospital and that he was shot through the leg and in his back between his
shoulders.
Private
Bloxton has been in the army two years and took his training at Camp Beale,
California and Camp Bowie, Texas and has been overseas since last June.
He has been in Scotland, England, France, Belgium and was with General
Hodges First army in Germany when he was wounded.
He has
two other brothers in service. Private First Class James C. Bloxton, who
has been overseas two years and was wounded on Saipan last July and awarded the
Purple Heart. Corporal Frncis E. Bloxton of the U.S. Army Air Forces is
stationed in Columbus, Ohio.
Private
Bloxton's wife is the former Miss Clara Barbara of Phenix. His mother
Mrs. Hallie Bloxton, resides in Richmond and Petersburg.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 4, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Headquarters
First United States Army APO 230
200.6-Bouldin'
Allen H. (A)
Subject:
Award of Silver Star.
To:
Major Allen H. Bouldin
01101342,
Corps of Engineers,
United
States Army.
Under the
provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, you are awarded a Silver
Star for gallantry in action as set forth in the followings:
CITATION
Major
Allen H. Bouldin, 01101342, 1110th Engineer Combat Group, United States Army.
For gallantry in action against the enemy on 28 July 1944, in France.
Major Bouldin was subjected to a heavy mortar barrage while en route on a
mission of a reconnoitering an enemy held bridge at the end of an exposed causeway
protected by strong outposts. Crossing over the causeway, he proceeded
unhesitatingly through an uncharted enemy minefield to obtain vital information
concerning enemy dispositions around the bridge. The movement of large
numbers of troops through the reconnoitered area was expedited by Major
Bouldin's heroic achievement. Major Bouldin's personal bravery and
disregard for his own safety reflect credit upon himself and the military
service. Entered military service from Virginia.
COURTNEY
H. HODGES
Lieut.
Gen., U.S. Army,
Commanding.
A true
copy:
Kenneth
T. Stevens, D.
1st Lt.,
CE,
Adjutant
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
S-Sgt.
W.H. Stembridge Killed In France
Killed In
Action
S-Sgt.
William H. Stembridge was killed in action on November 26 somewhere in France
after serving 20 months overseas. He was a graduate of Randolph-Henry
High School in the class of '41. Before volunteering for service in June
'42 he was employed in Asheville, N. Carolina.
Sgt.
Stembridge was the 23 year old son of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Stembridge and the late
Willie H. Stembridge of Ontario. Mrs. Stembridge makes her home on
Skipwith, R.F.D.1.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Captain
David Watkins Promoted From 1st Lt.
With The
Seventh Army, France -- Captain David C. Watkins, Charlotte Court House,
Virginia, now serving as battalion intelligence officer with the Seventh Army
in Eastern France was recently promoted to his present rank from that of first
lieutenant.
Commissioned
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, December 17, 1942, Capt. Watkins was promoted to first
lieutenant, December 31, 1943. He has also been awarded the air medal for
having flown thirty-five sorties as a field artillery liaison observer.
Before coming to Southern France with the Seventh Army, Captain Watkins
had participated in the battle for Cassino, and the Anzio Beach head operation.
Prior to
entry in the military service Captain Watkins was employed by Sears Roebuck and
Company in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a graduate of Georgia Tech.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Keysville
Man Wins Award For Conduct
With The
26th Infantry Division -- Private First Class Ethon E. White of Keysville has
been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action
against the enemy. He is the son of Mrs. Rosa I. White of Keysville. He was employed by the
Keysville Drug Store before entering the army.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Ten
Colored Men Inducted December 13
The
following colored men inducted into the Armed Forces: December 13, 1944:
Percy
Edward Elam; Willie Coleman; James Morton, Jr.; Marcellus Levi Carrington;
James Henry Rodgers; Joseph Alfred Vaughters; Walter James Williams; Thomas
Walton Halcomb; Willis Hamlet; and Lacy Preston Clarke.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
John R.
Hedderly Home For Visit
The
Public Relations Office has sent us a bulletin stating that Pfc. John R.
Hedderly, of the Engineer, who has been overseas for thirty-two months in the
Asiatic Pacific would arrive at Camp Bowie Reception Center approximately the
ninth day of December and from there he will go to visit his parents.
Mr. and
Mrs. Hedderly, who though they retain their home here are now in Albany,
Georgia. Pfc. Hedderly arrived here Monday morning, his parents are expected,
Sunday.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 7, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Mr. and
Mrs. T.M. Dunn Seven Sons In Armed Service
Mr. and
Mrs. T.M. Dunn, of near Randolph, have seven sons in service. The eighth
son volunteered for service, but was rejected.
The
oldest son, Pvt. Clyde T. Dunn, is stationed at Fort Riley, Maryland.
The
second son, Pvt. William E. Dunn, is stationed at efrt (Fort) Riley, Kansas.
The third
son, Sgt. Frank E. Dunn, is with the Marines and is now at Washington. He
has been in service fifteen months and was one of the first to land at
Guadalcanal.
The
fourth son, Pvt. Bernard M. Dunn is stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The fifth
son, Roy C. Dunn, is with the Merchant Marines.
The 6th
son, Cpl. Gordon H. Dunn, is a serial engineer serving with the 36th Fighter
Squadron from January 2nd, 1941 to February 18, 1944, doing submarine patrol.
He was thirty-seven months in South America and is now serving with
A.T.C. Long Beach, California. Cpl. Dunn has been in service six years
April 4, 1944. He arrived home November 23 (28) having a twenty-three day
leave.
The
seventh son, Pvt. Thomas S. Dunn, has been overseas eighteen months and is now
in France. He has won several prizes as a rifle expert.
The
eighth son, Clarence H. Dunn, volunteered for service, but was rejected.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 7, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Four
White And One Colored Inducted
The
following white men inducted into the Armed Forces, November 30, 1944:
Stanley
Jacob Roach
Clifton
Elliott Hamlett
Randolph
Grey Collins
Sam
Daniel Eggleston, Jr.
The
following colored man inducted into the Armed Forces, November 22, 1944:
Charles
Edward Brooks.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, December 21, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Sergeant
Nelson Tharpe Wounded In Action
Sgt.
Nelson Tharpe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Tharpe of Saxe was wounded in action
in France November 29th. Sgt. Tharpe has just been promoted from Private
First Class to Sergeant.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, January 4, 1945
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Miss Dorothy Roster Now In Washington
Norfolk--Dorothy
Royster, seaman second class, was in the latest group of WAVES assigned in
Washington as replacements for Navy men sent to duty at sea, the Fifth Naval
District here was advised. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Martin, at
Drakes Branch.
Seaman
Royster reported at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, on November
14, after completing her recruit training at Hunter College, Bronx, New York.
She entered the Navy on July 19.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
DISTINGUISHED
UNIT CITATION
In
recognition of one of the outstanding missions of the war a distinguished
citation has been awarded a B-17 Flying Group of the 15th Air Force.
Two local
boys were in the group ? ? honored. One of the boys was Sergeant David M.
Turner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Turner of Victoria. He attended both
Kenbridge and Victoria High Schools and is a graduate of Hampden Sydney College
with a B.S. Degree. The other is Corporal C. Barnes, son of Eddie Barnes, of
Kenbridge. He is a graduate of Lochleven High School, and at present is
serving as a dental assistant in the group.
This
group was cited for an action on July 18, when 26 fortresses of the group took
part in a mission against an airdrome and installations at Hemmingon, Germany.
Adverse weather scattered the formations enroute to the target so that
one of the fortress groups approaching the objective alone and without fighter
escort.
Shortly
before reaching the airdrome the bombers were attacked by some 200 German
fighter planes. The fighters bored in all the rear of the formation
destroying the last box and wiping out one entire squadron.
Pressing
their attacks relentlessly the fighters knocked down seven more fortresses
while the remaining bombers fought on to the target and dropped their bombs
with devastating effect. During the spectacular battle the group's
gunners accounted for 65 enemy planes, many of them falling to the guns of the
stricken planes, before they plunged to their death. This group also
destroyed or damaged 86 more planes parked on the enemy airdrome. Their own
losses: 14 planes and 143 officers and enlisted men.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
LUNENBURG
MEN IN SERVICE
GOOD
CONDUCT MEDAL
Private
First Class Leland S. brown, of Victoria was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for
exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity.
Private
Brown is with a veteran air force B24 Liberator Bomb Group. His group has
played a vital role on the serial assaults on the enemy and trial and
communications targets in the Balkans, northern Italy and southern Germany. It
also prefaced the Allied landings on the coast of southern France by blasting
German gun implacements and shore installations.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Sgt.
Willie E. McLaughlin Was With Fifth Army
With the
Fifth Army, Italy -- Sgt. Willie E. McLaughlin, Jr., of Victoria, is fighting
in the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion, recently advancing north of Pisa and
along the approaches to the Gothic Line in Italy.
Operating
in this phase is task force artillery, the 894 has been giving indirect
artillery fire, while its reconnaissance personnel have been serving as
artillery forward observers.
Fighting
mainly against German infantry, the 894th had by mid-September destroyed 17
enemy tanks, many self-propelled guns, half-tracks trucks, machine-gun and
mortar nests and enemy personnel. Of 21 German tanks encountered between
the capture of Rome and mid-September, the unit destroyed nine and drove back
the others.
It has
been in action continuously except for a two week rest period, since it first
entered action on the Fifth Army front in Italy last December 17th in the
Mignano sector. Its number of days in combat had reached 330 by
mid-September, and 20 per cent of its personnel had become casualties in the
Italian campaign alone.
The unit
lost two company commanders within the few days following its crossing of the
Arno River September 3. One was captured. The other was killed by a
Teller mine.
The 894th
started advance training August 17, 1942, in England began serving in North
Africa the following January 17 and had been in combat 79 days when the
Tunisian campaign closed, having fought at Kasserine Pass, Tebessa, Sebetla, El
Guettar, Sedjenane and Bizerte.
The 894th
arrived in Italy last October 28, fought in the mountains near Mignane as
artillery and was drawn out of the line January 9th for waterproofing in
preparation for the beachhead operation at Anzio. The tank destroyers
rolled onto the beachhead January 26 and withstood heavy counterattacks in
February, sustaining British troops at Carocetto, providing the functions of
tanks, mobile pillboxes, assault artillery, infantry, anti-tank guns and
reconnaissance troops. Several TD crews knocked out Mark IV and Mark VI
tanks at ranges of no more than 50 yards. One enemy thrust distance of
7000 yards. The 894th maintained heavy gunfire across the beachhead for
four months.
The
outfit fought with the 34th "Red Bull" Division in the action which
cracked the ? Velletriline before Rome.
The tank
destroyers moved rapidly ahead north of Rome, through Civitavecchia, Tarquinia
and Monte Alto.
The moved
into the line at Rirarbella June 28 in support of French elements of Fifth Army
and fought through Siena, Poggibonsi, San Gimignano, Certaldo and up the hills
to Castelfierenno and the Arno River.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
PFC W.W.
SMITHSON
With the
XIV Corps in the Southwest Pacific - Pfc. Wallace Smithson, of Victoria, who is
the son of Mrs. Claire Smithson, also of Victoria, has been awarded a good
conduct medal for his demonstration of exemplary conduct and his faithfulness
in performing his many duties in the Engineer Combat Unit to which he is
assigned.
Pfc.
Smithson has seen service with an engineer combat unit overseas for over one
year and is a veteran of the Munda and Bougainville campaigns. He wears a
battle star on the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon for his participation in the North
Solomons campaign.
Before
entering the service Pfc Smithson was emplayed (employed) as a trainman and is now operating a switchboard in the
army.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
GRADUATES
FROM GUNNERY SCHOOL
Private
Harry M. Hayer, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.S. Hayer, of Route 1, Keysville, has
recently been graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at
Tyndale Field, which is one of the largest schools of its kind in the Army Air
Forces Training Command. He has now received his silver wings to signify that
he is a qualified serial gunner and will soon join his "teammates of the
sky" in carrying attack to the enemy in all parts of the world.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
LOCAL MAN
WITH FAMOUS AIR FORCE
Staff
Sergeant Clarence Arthur, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Arthur, of Victoria,
is located at an Eight Air Force Fighter Station in England. His is the
P-51 Mustang Group and recently celebrated its second anniversary by destroying
24 enemy planes in two days.
The
group's list of famous firsts includes: First Allied fighters to penetrate
Germany from Britain, first Allied single-engine fighters over Berlin;
providing the fighter escort for the first Britain to Russia shuttle raid, and
the first fighter group in the European Theatre of Operations to pass the
400,500 and 600 marks in enemy planes destroyed.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
SIXTH
ARMY GROUP IN FRANCE MERITS HIGH PRAISE
A local
boy, Private First Class Carroll B. Bruce, of Meherrin, has the distinction of belonging to
the 55th Ordnance Group on the Sixth Army Group front in France.
The
Ordnance Groups are always more or less the "unsung" heroes, but
heroes nonetheless. This particular mobile group under Lt. Col. M.S.
David, lives up to its Colonel's declaration: "It doesn't make any
difference what the problem is -- we lick it."
Many of
the men of this group took part in the Salerno and Anzio operations.
Since D.-Day they have been located in southern France. Here they have
had an opportunity to prove their G.I. identity and have done so in abundant
measure. They make or improvise many of the needed things to keep the
jeeps, trucks, etc., in repair. Sometimes they are called upon to work 24
hours a day, but always they "keep'em rolling."
At one
time the Germans had a habit of infiltration through the lines at night.
The boys rigged up trip lines connected with flare guns. When the lines
were tripped the flares went off and the Germans made good targets. It is
noteworthy that every man in this group, both officers and men have given blood
recently for their own blood bank.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 16, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
For
Reassignment
T-5
Howard M. White, 28, of Keysville, has arrived at Army Air Forces
Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after
completing a tour of duty outside the continental United States.
Medical
examinations and classification interviews at this post, one of three
redistribution stations operated by the AAF Personnel Distribution Command for
AAF returnee officers and enlisted men, will determine his new assignment.
He will remain here about two weeks, much of which will be devoted to
rest and recreation.
Corporal
White was a cook in the Southwest Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter S. White of Keysville.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 16, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
T-5
Weatherford Writes From Germany
The
following is a letter received by Mrs. C.N. Pennington from her brother, T-5
Willard Weatherford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
V.S. Weatherford of Keysville, Route 3.
Sunday,
October 15, 1944
Somewhere
in Germany
Dear
Folks: Well, I guess all of you think I am not going to write again.
Well, as you know, I have had a little tough luck, but I am over that
now, I am back with my old outfit.
I haven't
written to any of you since August. Now I do hope that none of you think
hard of me for not writing. I didn't even write to Glynnis or Mama for
over three weeks, so you can very well see that I have been a very busy man.
I have run into some awful experiences, more than you will ever know
about. For about a month before I was wounded we were on the move day and
night, and I just could not get a chance to write to anyone. I was
wounded September the second. I hadn't received any mail since August
27th until yesterday, when I got back here with my company. They sent all
of my mail to the hospital and I didn't stay there long enough to get any mail,
so it is just following me around. I will get it all now soon. I
know that all of you were worried about me when you heard that I was wounded.
Well, just forget about that, as I am O.K. now. I never was hurt
very bad; luck has been with me. I just hope it continues to be with me.
I am somewhere in Germany, that is all that I can say about that.
It is no paradise over here, but I just refuse to let this war worry me,
and I don't want any of you to worry over me. I was in Belgium when I was
wounded. The people over there were sure good to us. They were good
to us in France, too. I have been across France three times. I was
taken back to England after I was wounded. I wish all of you could have
seen the flowers they gave us when we went through Paris and other cities and
towns in France. I never thought I would drive an army vehicle, covered
with flowers. I will never forget the people of France. They were really
nice to us; the French people have plenty of food, but no clothes or money.
They raise plenty to eat. It is some beautiful farming country and
so is Belgium, and as for Germany, well, I'll just wait and tell you about that
when I get back. There is no flowers and cheering for us here.
You write
me right away how tobacco is selling. It seems like a year since I heard
from any of you. I guess you all feel the same way about hearing from me,
but if you knew how rough it was over here you wouldn't blame me for not
writing. Hope I can write more often in the future. My thoughts are
always with all of you back there.
Christine
and Iivaline (?) I sure do miss those
nice long letters of yours, Now, I know all of you have written but I just
haven't received any mail in nearly two months. I should get a lot when I
receive all that was sent to the hospital.
Guess I
had better close for this time. I will sure try to write more often, and
when you don't hear from me you may know that I am up there doing my part,
which I have done many times and am willing to do again. We will win
soon, darn soon, I hope.
Love to
all
Willard
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 23, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Thoms W.
Leigh, Jr. Decorated Recently
First
Lieut. Thomas W. Leigh, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. W.T. Leigh Sr., of 326 North Harrison St., has been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for extraordinary
achievement with the Eighth Air Force in England, according to information
received here.
He also
wears the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon and two Bronze Stars on his
European Theater ribbon representing frequent participation in major battles.
Lieut.
Leigh is a navigator of a Flying Fortress. He won his wings and
commission April 8, 1944, at the AAF Navigation School, San Marcos Army Air
Field, San Marcos, Tex., and went overseas last June 5. Lieut. Leigh has
just returned to this country and was expected to arrive at his home at
Richmond on Wednesday for a 21 day leave.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, November 30, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Carroll
C. Waddell Promoted To Corporal
Headquarters,
13th AAF, Southwest Pacific---Carroll C. Waddell, son of William E. Waddell,
Drakes Branch, Virginia recently was promoted from private first class to
corporal by the "Fightin 13th AAF".
Corporal
Waddell, at an advanced 13th AAF base of operations, is a member of the medical
section of the air force's headquarters. Overseas a year, he has participated
in the Northern Solomons and Bismarck Archipelago campaigns for which he has
been authorized battle awards on his Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. He entered
the army in May, 1943.
A
graduate of Drakes Branch High School,
Corporal Waddell was manager of a branch office of the Southern States
Cooperative of Richmond.
He is a
member of the Richmond Aerie of Eagles.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
November 9, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
SEVEN WHITE, ONE COLORED INDUCTED INTO SERVICE
The
following white men were inducted into the Armed Forces November 2, 1944:
Roy
Albert Jackson
William
James Langford
Herbert
Howard Mason
Woodrow
Wilson Duffey
Warren
Newton Morris
Stanford
Lee Vassar
Gerald
Leon Clay
One
colored wa (was) inducted October 30, 1944:
James
Eldridge Adams.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
November 9, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Robert
Dupee Promoted To Grade Technician
With the
Army Air Force Engineer Command in Corsica. Robert W. Dupee of Drakes
Branch, Va., was recently promoted to the grade of technician fourth grade
in his aviation engineer unit which builds bases for Allied air power in
the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.
Technician
Fourth Grade Dupee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dupee of Drakes Branch, left
his position with Pettus Motor Company, Drakes Branch, to join the service in
1942. He was sent overseas and has seen 17 months of active duty in
Egypt, Libya, Sicily, Italy and Corsica as a grade operator with the aviation
engineers.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, November 16, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
This Is a
Small World Says Miss Elizabeth Walls
France
October
18, 1944
Dear Mr.
Scoggin: France seems to have just about as many Americans as I believe are yet
back home. Recently I ran into a nest of people I either knaw or knew
friends of them. I'll tell you so some.
One day I
saw a patient who had a familiar name and face. He turned out to be a Red
Oak boy, Sergeant. P.L. Weston, who had just gotten a leg injury.
The next day I carried him three copies of my Gazette, I'd just received.
It would have pleased you greatly to have seen how well pleased he was to
get them, even if they were a couple of months old.
Just a
few days later Lt. Col. J.H. McCann, in passing, saw our hospital sign and
dropped in to pay me a little visit. It was swell seeing an ol friend
like Mac. He looked and talked just as he did when we used to know him.
Then just
a couple of days ago I had another surprise. I met your nephew, William
Scoggin. In discussing Virginia he told me he used to work on a small
town newspaper. I asked if he had heard of the Charlotte Gazette, and
just as I did I remembered he might be Scoggin, for I knew one in the group had
that name. Isn't this a small world. We promised to write telling
you of our meeting.
Things
have been rather tough for us, but arn't (aren't)
bad now we're using a French hospital now in a fairly good size town. In
this cold and rainy weather we are appreciating this building, and thankful we
are here rather than in tents in a cow-pasture as we were up until we moved
here.
Please
give my regards to my friends back there and tell them we appreciate the part
they are doing. I might say I've certainly given a lot of blood plasma
and am glad to read in the Gazette how Charlotte citizens are contributing to
this. I've used many, many dressings made by Red Cross workers and would
hate to think of our supply giving out.
Au
Revoir,
ELIZABETH
WALLS
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, November 2, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Editor
Charlotte Gazette: I am enclosing a letter for publication which has been
received by a member of the family of Robert E. Fallen, killed in the line of
duty on March 6, 1944. I hope you will publish this letter in the
interest of those who have lost dear ones in this war. It may be some comfort
to them to know how some people of other countries feel toward our sacrifices
in this war. I think such deeds are one of the noblest to come out of
this struggle.
Yours
truly,
JANIE F.
MANDAS.
The
letter follows:
Salisbury
Rd.
Ipswich,
Queensland,
Australia.
Dear Mrs.
Krantz: I thought you would like to know that someone in far away
Australia, is caring for your "loved" one's grave. Our garden
overlooks the little cemetery and in appreciation for all your boys have done
for us, the token of flowers is the least I can give to express my own personal
gratitude.
If you
would care to write and ask anything please do so--I would consider it a
privilege to be of service to you. Our best wishes.
Very
Sincerely yours,
ROSA
MANSON, (Mrs.)
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, November 2, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Mrs.
Margaret H. Willis Receives Commission
Margaret
Hanmer Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.I. Hanmer, having completed her
training at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., has been commissioned Lieut.
(jg) in the Waves. Lieutenant (jg) Willis has been assigned to the Bureau
of Aeronautics and is stationed at Washington, D.C.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Sgt.
Frank Dudley Is Commended As Engineer Gunner
15th AAF
in Italy--Technical Sergeant Frank H. Dudley of 618 Jefferson Street, Danville,
Virginia, was recently awarded the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement
while participating in sustained operational missions against the enemy."
He is an
engineer-gunner with a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator bomber group which has
participated in some of the most outstanding serial blows of the war against
the Nazis and their Balkan Satellites. His group prefaced the Allied
landings on the southern coast of France by blasting Nazi gun and shore
emplacements.
Sgt.
Dudley has seen action over such targets as the aircraft factories of Swechat
and Munich; the harbor installations of Nice and Toulon; the rail centers of
Budapest, and the Ploesti oil refineries. He is the recipient of the Air
Medal and is authorized to wear the European-African Middle East theater
ribbon.
Prior to
his entrance in the service February 26, 1942, St. Dudley was employed as a
textile worker by the Dan River cotton Mills. He received his technical
training at Sheppard Field, Texas, and his gunnery wings at Tyndall Field,
Florida.
Sgt.
Dudley's wife, Mrs. Louise Dudley, resides at the Danville address and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Dudley, make their home at Wylliesburg, Va.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Two
Colored Inducted Into Armed Forces
The
following colored men were inducted into the armed forces in October, 1944:
Elijah Nathaniel
Roberts
Junius
Davis
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Nine
White Men Inducted Into Armed Forces Oct. 20
The
following white men were inducted into the armed forces October 20, asfollows (as follows):
Roy Lee
Lipscomb
Sherman
Major Green
Harold
Kent Powell
Douglas
Lee Moore, Jr.
Charlie
William Duffey
Warren
Franklin Pollard
James
Leland Tharpe
Archie
Ray Griffith
Raymond
James Seamans
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 26, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
T-Sgt.
William C. Lewis Awarded Unit Badge
15th Army
Air Force in Italy--T-Sgt. William C. Lewis, 20, of rfd 1, Keysville, gunner on a B-24 Liberator
Bomber, operating from Italy, has been awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge as
a member of a group which has been cited for "outstanding performance of
duty in armed conflict with the enemy."
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 19, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Corporal
Nash Sees Action
The
following extracts are from a recent letter to his aunt, Mrs. A.C. Nash, of
Charlotte Court House, from Corporal Bernard L. Nash, formerly of Madisonville.
He is the son of Ed Nash and the late Mrs. Birdie Thompson Nash of
Madisonville:
"Dear
Aunt Carrie: I received your letter and was sure glad to hear from you.
I am back in the United States now. I cannot write you everything I
have gone through because of censorship, but will write all I am allowed to:
"I
was inducted into service January 14, 1942. I took nine weeks basic
training at Fort Bragg N.C. In March of 1942, I joined the 601st Tank
Destroyer Battalion at Camp Blanding, Fla. I landed in Scotland in
August, 1942, and took training in England in the fall of 1942. I landed
in Africa in December of 1942, where I saw action through all the African
campaign. I later helped i nstransporting (in transporting) German prisoners from Sicily to Africa. I
then landed at Salerno Beach in September, 1943, and saw action from there to
Casino. In January 1944, I landed on the Anzio Beachhead, where in
February, 1944, I was taken sick with chronic sinitis. I was then sent to
southern Italy and back to the states in July, 1944. I was gunner on a
M-10 Tank Destroyer. I was for a while at Camp Butner, N.C., but am now
at Camp Ashby, near Norfolk.
"I
cannot tell you all the details of the different movements as it is against
censorship rules; I can't even say what port I sailed from. There are a lot of
things I saw and did that I would like to tell you but I might get into trouble
if I did. The government censorship doesn't like for you to tell of the
things you saw over there. Write me again real soon.
Yours,
BERNARD
L. NASH
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Smithville, VA.,
Thursday, October 5, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Pfc. E.B.
Berghoff of C.H. Killed In Europe
Among the
Virginia War casualties listed as killed in action in Europe are Private First
Class Edward B. Berghoff, son of Mrs. Mamie B. Berghoff, of Charlotte Court
House.
The others
must learn the hard way, as Italy has, that no early advantage will enable a
second class nation to beat a great one.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, October 5, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
S-Sgt.
DONALD J. HANSON AND PFC C.A. EVANS WOUNDED
Among the
Virginia War Casualties listed among the wounded in Europe; Pfc. Charles A.
Evans, grandson of Mrs. Fanny Evans, of Ontario; and S-Sgt. Donald J. Hanson,
husband of Mrs. Lillian Hanson of Formosa.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, October 5, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
T-SGT
W.C. LEWIS WINS OAK LEAF CLUSTER
15th Army
Air Force in Italy--T-Sgt. William C. Lewis, 20, of rfd Keysville, gunner on a
B-24 Liberator Bomber, operating from Italy, has been awarded the first Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal, according to an announcement by the 15th Air
Force.
In the
words of the citation, the award was made "for meritorious achievement in
air flight while participating in sustained operational activities against the
enemy."
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, October 5, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
TWO OF
OUR BOYS WOUNDED IN THE EUROPEAN AREA
Among the
Virginia War Casualties listed as wounded in Europe are: Private Robert
Morrison, son of Mrs. Margaret Morrison, of Madisonville, and Private First
Class William H. Walker, husband of Mrs. Frances A. Walker of Cullen.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, August 24, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
PRIVATE
EDWARD M. DANIEL
Private
Edward M. Daniel, 25, son of Mrs. Margaret Daniel Tharp, of Alexandria, is a
native of Charlotte County and attended the Drakes Branch School. He was
inducted into the service October 25, 1943. He took his basic training at
Camp Blanding, Florida; from there, April 1, 1944, he was sent overseas to
France. His mother has received a telegram from the War Department
stating he was seriously wounded in action July 25th, in France. His
mother has since heard from him, stating that he was wounded in both legs, and
feet broken. He wrote his mother not to worry, that he was lucky to be
living.
He has a
brother in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, August 24, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Former
Drakes Branch Boy Twice Wounded
Captain
George W. Clark, Jr., formerly of Drakes Branch, now of South Boston, has been
twice wounded in service. He was a member of the National Guard, company
F., of South Boston, and went in training with them, being promoted until he
became captain. They were sent overseas just before D-Day, and he has been
serving with the 116th Infantry.
On July
13th he was slightly wounded, and received the Purple Heart. He was only
away from his company a week. On July 24th he was again wounded in his
left arm, and is now at an army hospital somewhere in England. Captain
Clark was commanding Company F from South Boston when he was wounded. He
has written his wife and parents that he is getting on all right, and hopes to
be ready for service again soon.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA.,
Thursday, August 24, 1944
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Pfc.
Filmore Burton Killed In Saipan
Mr. and
Mrs. J.K. Burton have received notice from the War Department that their son,
Pfc. Charles Filmore Burton, was killed in action July 8th during Saipan
invasion; one day before the island was officially conquered. Pfc. Burton
was 22 years of age, volunteered for service in Marine Corps February 1943, was
stationed at Quantico from the middle of April until September first, when he
was sent to Camp Pendleton, California, for advanced training, sailing the last
of January, 1944, for the Pacific area. He participated in the conquest
of Namur Island and in the Marshalls. He was a member of the Fourth
Division Fleet Marines under Major General Harry Schmidt, who commended his men
after the twenty six days of attack before taking Saipan as follows: "I am
proud of every officer and man, Army, Navy or Marines of this Division.
The officers and men who have given their lives or been wounded in this
battle will serve as a constant source of inspiration for us in our continued
destruction. Their deeds have truly made this the Fighting Fourth
Division."
Mr. and
Mrs. Burton have another son, J.K. Burton, with the Marine Air Corps, and a
daughter, Lt. Margaretta, who is overseas.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Pfc Carl E. Lacks
Participates In Joint Exercises
Army Pfc Carl E. Lacks, 23, whose wife, Ruby lives on
Route 1, Gladys, participated as a member of the assault forces in Exercise
WEST WIND, a joint Army-Navy-Marine Corps amphibious operation, on the Hawaiian
Island of Moloxai, April 15-24.
More than 4,000 troops
of the 25th Infantry Division were landed on the island's Papohaku Beach from
helicopters and landing ships. After establishing a beachhead, the men
moved inland to conduct jungle warfare and counter-insurgency operations
against 2,000 of the division's men who took the part of gurrillas
(guerrillas)previously established on the island.
Lacks is a cannoneer in Battery B, 7th
Battalion, of the division's 11th Artillery regularly stationed at Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii. He entered the Army in January 1962 and was stationed
at Fort Sill, Okla., before arriving at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in June
1962.
Lacks attended Halifax
County High School.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Lacks, live on Route 1, Drakes Branch.
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Airman Henry E. Trent
Reassigned To Nellis AFB, Nev.
Airman Third Class Henry
E. Trent of Charlotte C.H., is being reassigned to Nellis AFB, Nev.,
following his graduation from the technical training course for United States
Air Force jet air-craft mechanics.
Airman Trent was trained
in the maintenance and inspection of jet fighter planes currently in use by the
Air Force.
Airman Trent, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry J. Trent, of Rt. 2, Charlotte C.H. attended Randolph
Henry High School.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
December 26, 1964
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Pvt. Kenneth Garrett, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L.
Garrett of Drakes Branch, completed a 15-week, radio teletype
operation course at the Army Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga., Dec.
13. During the course, Garrett learned to operate radio-transmitting and
receiving sets, using both voice and international morse code communication, in
combination with teletypewriter equipment. He entered the Army in June of
this year and received basic training at Fort Cordova, Ga.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
December 2, 1965
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Cpl.
Elton W. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Johnson, Phenix,
is scheduled to leave Fort Riley, Kansas early in September for armored gunnery
training at Camp Irvin, California.
Johnson is
a member of the 87th Infantry Regiment's Heavy Mortar Company, which is to
remain at the Mojave Desert post until mid - October, practicing with 90mm tank
guns, mechanized machine guns.
The
21-year-old, soldier enter (entered)
the Army during May, 1953
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
W.S. BARKSDALE, JR. COMPLETES TRAINING
Lieutenant William Sydnor Barksdale, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Barksdale, of Randolph, on February 1,
successfully completed a years training in the Army Flying Schools at Randolph
and Kelly fields, Texas, and received his "wings" in the graduation
exercises which followed plane maneuvers in a full class formation of
observation pursuit, attack and bombardment divisions. Of the 360 who
entered Randolph Field on the primary stage only 140 completed the advanced
training course preparatory to graduation at Kelly Field.
Previous to entrance to the Army Flying
School William attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, receiving the
degree of mechanical engineering in 1937. While there he held offices in,
or was active in the Y.M.C.A., dramatic club, boxing Mid-Virginia Cotillion and
rifle team. As captain of the latter he was awarded several medals for
expert markmanship.
After graduation at Kelly Field on February 1st, he returned
to Randolph Field where the class awaits assignments of the respective
divisions. Although the possibility of the class remaining as instructors has
been mentioned, he expresses the belief that he will be sent in the attack
division to Forksdale Field, Louisiana.
William, a country boy through high school days, is to be
commended for his success. Army "wings" signify the finest
physically and mentally. He is the first country boy to receive them.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
July 8, 1943
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By: Bea Adams King
Pfc. Harvey Langford Gets Good Conduct Medal
A recent special order issued by Captain Russell P.
Hastings, C.M.P. Commanding Officer at the Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas,
dated June 26, 1943, directed that a Good Conduct Medal be awarded to Pfc.
Harvey Langford a former resident of Charlotte County.
"The Good Conduct Medal has been established as a
reward for those enlisted men who have demonstrated fidelity through faithful
and exact performance of duty, efficiency through capacity to produce desired
results, and whose behavior has been such as to deserve emulation."
Pfc. Langford is a member of the Corps of Military Police.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
July 1, 1943
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By: Bea Adams King
Grace Collins Selected For Training In Waves
Miss Grace Collins has received appointment to attend the
U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Smith College, Northampton,
Massachusetts, to receive officer's training in the WAVES. She will leave
for Smith College Friday, July second.
Miss Collins was an honor graduate and received a B.S.
degree from Farmville State Teachers College in June. In May she was
elected to membership in Kappa Delta Pi, National Honor Society in Education.
She also is a member of the Master's Degree of Alpha Phi Sigma, National
Scholastic Fraternity. Miss Collins attended Duke University and
completed a year's work there.
Since her graduation in the diploma class of Farmville State
Teachers College she has taught in the schools of Charlotte County. For
the past three years she has been principal of the Drakes Branch School.
Miss Collins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Collins of
Drakes Branch.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 3, 1943
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By: Bea Adams King
LIEUTENANT EARL C. ELDER RECEIVES WINGS
Second Lieutenant Earl F. Elder, of Cullen, reported
for duty at Columbia Army Air Base, Columbia, S.C., this week and was assigned
to a medium bombardment group as a bombadier-navigator.
Lieutenant Elder won his wings in March after
completing his specialized training at army flying schools, Deming, New Mexico
and the advanced flying school, Carlsbad, New Mexico. In civilian life he
was engaged in farming.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Elder of
Cullen. His wife lives in Columbia, S.C.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
June 3, 1943
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By: Bea Adams King
Four Adams Boys In The Service Of Their Country
Berkley D. Adams, of Red Oak, Charlotte County, has
four sons in the service of their country. Their names follow:
???? D. Adams, age 30. Inducted in the army about
fifteen months go and sent to Camp Eustis, Va., for tarining (training) in the
Coast Artillery for about five months; then stationed in Camp Davis, N.C., for
five months of officers training and promoted to technical sergeant; then went
to Fort Barannacos, Florida, where he served about four months and is now at
Camp Pendleton, Va.; ???? technical sergeant of the 45th ???? Artillery and is
assisting in training in army recruits. He attended V.P.I.
Edward D. Adams, age 23. Attended Hampden-Sydney
College for ???? years and then went to California to attend an aeronautical
technical school for one year. After graduation he was employed by ????
American Aviation, Inc., of ????, Cal. For the past two years he has been
working in the Engineering, drafting and designing department of that concern.
About ???? months ago he was called for action by the army, but on ????
of his employer he was ???? until July 1, 1943.
Gordon S. Adams, age, 21. After ???? years of
military training at ???? Virginia Military Institute was inducted on May 22,
1943. He was inducted into the army at Richmond three weeks ago and
allowed to return to V.M.I. until graduation. He is on furlough now
visiting his father at Red Oak, and awaiting orders to report to the U.S.
Engineers Officers Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Va. Upon receipt of
his orders he will be promoted to corporal in the Engineers.
Rhea L. Adams, age 18. Attended V.P.I. one
session, then volunteered for the U.S. Naval Air Corps. He was sent from
V.P.I. to the Navy Pre-Flight School in Athens, Georgia. He finished
there ???? 10th and is now at Memphis, Tennessee for basic training.