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

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