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Service
Book
Coleman
County
Second
World War 1941 - 1945
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NAYLOR, LEWIS L.
Lewis L. Naylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Naylor, was inducted into
Army Air Corps Oct. 7, 1942; trained at Kelly Field. Stinson Field and
Duncan Field; served with 49th Supply Squadron; discharged Sept. 9, 1943;
held rank of staff sergeant.
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NEEDHAM, EARLIE B.
Earlie B. Needham, son of Mrs. Andrew J. Needham, entered service Sept.
15, 1942; trained in Georgia, Florida and Arkansas; attached to US Public
Health Service; served with Malaria Fever Control Unit; ranks as captain;
stationed at El Paso as an International Sanitary Engineer.
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NELSON, GRADY LEE, JR.
Grady Lee Nelson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Nelson, was inducted
into the Navy in 1941; trained at San Diego, Calif.; left for Pacific in
July, 1941; served aboard USS Grant, USS Arizona and USS Strong; all his
ships were sunk while he was aboard; is now in China as gunner first class.
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NEWSOM, WILLIAM TAYLOR
William Taylor Newsom, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Robey, was inducted
into the Navy Oct. 20, 1942; trained at Tulane Medical School, New Orleans,
La.; now located at Veterans’ Hospital at Alexandria, La.; ranks as lieutenant
(jg).
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NIXON, CARL A.
Carl A. Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nixon, was inducted into Navy
July 5, 1944; trained at San Diego, Calif.; left for Pacific Dec. 29, 1944;
fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa; served 16 months overseas with 58th Task
Force; discharged June 1, 1946; ranked as fireman first class.
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NIXON, HAROLD DEAN
Harold Dean Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nixon, entered Navy Dec.
22, 1944; trained at Great Lakes, Ill.; left for Pacific March 28, 1945;
served 15 months overseas; awarded Presidential Citation with one battle
star; served on USS Lexington attached to Third Fleet; discharged July
8, 1946.
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NIXON, JOE T.
Joe T. Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nixon, was inducted into Army
Air Corps Feb. 4, 1944; left for ETO Nov. 13, 1944; participated in five
major battles; served seven months overseas; awarded Air Medal with two
oak leaf clusters; discharged in November, 1945, as staff sergeant.
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NORRIS, GIRVIN W.
Girvin W. Norris, son of L. G. Norris, was inducted into the Army in
July, 1942; trained at New Orleans, La., Boca Raton, Fla., and Chanute
Field, Ill.; left for Far Eastern Theater in May, 1945; served ten months
overseas; awarded three battle stars; held rank of sergeant.
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NORRIS, HOWARD W.
Howard W. Norris, son of H. O. Norris of Santa Anna, entered the Army
in March, 1943; trained at Camp Swift; left for ETO on Sept. 12, 1944;
served 21 months overseas; was awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart; held
the rank of captain.
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