Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1945 Page: 10 of 12
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Coleman County Chronicle, Coleman, Texd3, Thursday, May 3, 1945.
NEWS OF OU!
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
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S/Sgt Dobbins Arrives iF/O Albert McCulloch
At Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Fla.—S/Sgt Leslie
t> Dobbins, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Dobbins of Coleman, has ar-
rived at Army *Air Forces Redistri-
bution Station No. 2 In Miami Beach
tor reassignment processing after
completing a tour of duty outside
the continental United States.
Medical examinations and classi-
fication interviews at this post, pio-
neer of several redistribution sta-
ttoae operated by the AAF Person-
nel Distribution Command tor AAF
returnee officers and enlisted men,
will determine his new assignment
He will remain at the redistribution
station about two weeks, much of
which will be devoted to rest and
recreation.
Sergeant Dobbins flew 33 combat
missions as radio operator and gun-
ner in the European theater of
operations, for which he was award-
ed the Distinguished Flying Cross
and the Air Medal with three oak
lead clusters. He is the son of
Mrs Dora Dobbins of Santa Anna.
,‘xaa. His wife, Ona, lives in Cole-
Ivis C. Mam mack
-ills Many Japs
With the 24th Infantry (Victory!
Division in the Philippines—The
mortormen got them when they
stood still and the machinegunners
when they ran.
That was the fate of hundreds of
Japanese on Corregidor when Cor-
poral Aivls C. Cammark of Coleman.
Texas, and his buddies in Company
"M" of this Victory Division * fight-
ing 34th Infantry Regiment went
into action
The mortormen killed many Nips
In blasting them from the network
Carries Air Borne
Troops Across Rhine
435th Troop Carrier Group, Eu-
ropean Theater of Operations—
F/O. Albert T. McCulloch, son of
Mr and Mrs. John McCulloch, of
Throckmorton, formerly of Cole-
man, was on the hundreds of glider
pilots who carried elements of the
17th Airborne Division across the
historic Rhine in the recent airborne
ivault into Germany. A member
of the famous 435th Troop Carrier
Group, Flight Officer McCulloch
landed his airborne troops Just be-
yond the fortress town and after
aiding the troops consolidate their
positions, made his way back to the
Rhine where he was evacuated to
his home base.
By participating in this mission,
Flight Officer McCulloch took part
In the largest airborne assault mis-
sion ever attempted. Hundreds of
Troop Carrier planes, most of them
towing two gliders, delivered more
troops to their landing zones than
In any one previous mission.
His unit, the 435th Group, has
spearheaded every D-Day since Nor-
mandy Commanded by Col Frank
J. MacNees. of St. Paul, Minn . It is
part of MaJ. Oen Paul L. Williams'
U. 8. Troop Carrier Forces, air com-
ponent of the First Allied Airborne
Army.
of caves and tunnels on barren,
sun baked Malinta Hill Waiting
machine gunners mowed them down
by the dozen as they fled toward
other positions.
The company killed more than 50
Japs with carbines In beating off
two attack so. close that machine
guns could not be used
, jS^ov Oratoo Burat.SHtnRiLLS passion
was sttc«AwcAL"'fiMKemN<s*
[Cui RSUADEO TO STOUT LAV*
“he tcp on Edison,
NOT BLACKSTOMB, **
CCVtmUiD^IHVCNTlNatU
AS RADIO
—— ^(erPAiR/vot in Pew,
Indiana.
Worked after hours(often au.''1
NIGHT).,. CANE UP WITH NANNlTIC
COMPASS UNAFFECTED BY ITESL.
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4 V\^ADE THEN TOR AUTOS UNTIL
WAR ... WHEN OVO TANKS GOT LOS
iu Worth Africa . Washington
CALLED UPON HIM...
Now his plant in Peru
MAKES THOUSANDS OF
MAGNETIC COMFASSM jm
TANKS. TOR steel uy-
HAS POSTWAR PLANgt
S/Sgt Gregg, Veteran
Of Asiatic CSimwign
Now In California j
Santa Ana Caiif—8/Sgt John
Gregg. 25, son of Mr and Mrs. Jo-
seph Gregg of Sfinta Anna is cur-
rently assigned to the AAF Redis-
tribution Station No. 4 at Santa
Ana Army Air Base
Sgt Gregg who has 713 hours of
Radio Operating In a C-47, enter-
lst Army Ack-Ack
Gets 1,000 Planes
With First Army--Antl-alrcraft
units of the First Army have shot
down more than 1,000 enemy air-
craft since D-Day. The 1,000th
German plane, an ME109, was shot
down their first at 0027 June 7. at
Bn., Jan. 14, in the vicinity of Lain-
j mersdorf, Germany. Since bringing
; down their first, at $*27, June 7, at
ed the service Feb 7. 1941 and went ] Cur‘^. 13 First Army
overseas in Oct 2. 1942 He has
been awarded the Distinguished Fly-
ing Cross and the Air Medal with 3
oak leaf clusters and 2 oak leal clus-
ters to live DFC far his participation
in the operations with the 5th Air
Force in the Asiatic Campaign.
At Urn redistribution station, qn
operation of the Personnel Distribu-
tion Command, combat returnees of
the AAF receive complete medical
examinations classification Inter-
views and reassignment to domestic
stations of the Army Air Forces.
Former Mozelle Hi
Student Has Narrow
Escape In A-20
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Ellington Field. Texas,—S/Sgt.
Mack Cunningham of Port Worth,
former Mozelle high school student,
survived the crash landing of a
speedy A-20 low level bomber wtth
UURE,
tJO0S/ THE
rn- ‘•HHCANMY..
Sift. Auzzie I). Brown
Is With “Bed Arrow ”
Division On Luzon
With the 32d Infantry Division in
Pangasinan Province, Luzon. P. I.
-Sergeant Auzzie D Brown, son of
Mrs. Lily Brown. Burkett. Texas, is
entering his fourth year of overseas
an unexploded 500-pound bomb in . duty with the veteran 32d "Red Ar-
the bomb bay. but he still "sweats” row" Division,
when he tells the story. Sgt Brown, who holds the Com-
To make the situation worse, the^ Inf>ntr>™n Badge and Dis-
26-year-old Texan, recently assign-
Kecap Tires For Spring Driving
Your tires get older day by day—and there is little
immediate prospect ol new ones on the market.
That's why we advise you to have your tires recapped
by experts right now for full mileage service this
spring and summer
KELLEY UK STORE
ed to this installation of the AAF
Ceneral Flying Training Command
as an airplane and engine mechanic
after completing 57 combat missions
in the South Pacific, had a piece of
flak lodged in his side when his
plane hit the gravel runway with
one wheel down at 130 miles per
hour,
"That undoubtedly was my worst
mission," related the mechanic gun-
ner, son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert
Cunningham of Route 2, Port
Worth.
tingulshed Unit Badge, has partic-
ipated in five operations against the
enemy In the 8WP. and is now In
acUon, with the 32d, on Luzon in
the Philippines.
Entering the Army In January
1942, Sgt Brown left the United
8tates for overseas duty In April of
the same year, with the famed "Red
Arrow" OivLston.
Bobbie Henderson
Arrives In Italy
Pictures were received at this of-
fice this week of Second Lt. Robert
C Futrell and Technical Sergeant
Haskill E Clevenger, both well
known Coleman boys, as they were
being presented with Bronze Star
medals, for meritorious service. Ma-
jor General John E Dahlqulst, com-
manding General of the 36th In-
fantry Division, is also shown mak-
ing the presentation.
Both men are with the, 6th Army
in Germany. The pictures were not
plain enough to have an engraving
made for publicaUon. The Chron-
icle lias published the citations that
accompanied these Medals in a
previous issue.
Major Tom Sealy left Tuesday for
San Antonio, where he will assume
his new assignment as Judge Advo-
cate at Randolph Field He has
been stationed at the Waco Army
Air Field and 'spent a few days here
AA units have shot down 30 or more
enemy planes and the 116 AAA Gun
Bn. holds high score with 80 con-
firmed kills.
Forty of the 116th‘s total came
during the first three days of the
December break through attempt
when the battalion caught fleets of
Ju52s frying to drop paratroopers
behihd American lines.
In addition to serving against the
Luftwaffe, the AA outfits have acted
In direct support of ground forces.
Batteries with 90 mm guns knock-
ed out 19 Panthers and Tigers Roy-
als during the battle of the bulge
and multi-barrelled machine gun
outfits have fired on strong points
German towns and. on one occasion,
destroyed a German train and cap-
tured or killed 1.000 .Germans,
Pfc. William J. Holder, son of Mrs
Pearl Holder of Santa Anna, is now
in Germany and has been overseas
since February. 1944. Recently he
sent his mother the above news
item, which was published In one
of the army newspapers overseas.
He Is a member of the 116th AAA
Gun Battalion.
Cpl. Delbert ( rye
Home From Overseas
Cpl Delbert Crye, has arrived
from the European Theater of Oper-
ations, to (pend a 45 day furlough
with his family. His father, A W.
Crye lives four miles west of town.
Cpl. Crye has been in the service
Sgt. and Mrs Charles Sewell are
here from his post at Panama City,
for a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Sewell, also for a visit
in Valera with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Tabor.
Lt. Glenn Burroughs Is spending
a ten day furlough at Valera wtth
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Burroughs. Lt. Bulroughs Is sta-
tioned in Florida.
Pvt. Longbraxe, nusoana of the
former Eunice Wheeler of Santa
Anna, Is back. In the jam 22
months spent\ In ■jovl'ean
Theater of C* **f,e 'and
Mrs. Longbrc ^ days
the past wee •„ with
her mother, Mrs. v<k
Mrs Roy West of Santa Anna
has received a letter from her
brother, Sgt. Willie McCrary, who
was recently liberated in Germany.
He Is now in France and stated that
he was getting plenty of good food
once more. He also stated that he
hoped to see hLs family soon.
with his family before going to San slnct March 1942 and has been over-
“We were returning to our base
after raiding Wewak Island, light
fiak had knocked out our hydraulic
and electrical system,
it got me in the side.
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Mock out the circulating, motor air your leo
Allow for tree circulation- for the best food
cold: and enough
rapidly drying
Ice Uj>—To Save
COLEMAN ICE * COLD
"The bomb bay doors were open,
ind we couldn't close them. The
bomb wouldn't release. The flaps
wouldn't come down either. The
pilot tried to lower the landing gear.
One wheel came down and stuck.
The other wouldn't budge
“I was sitting up in the top turret
where I could see It all My clothes
were already ringing wet as I
'sweated' that landing. The plane
hit the gravel runway on one wheel
at about 130 miles per hour.
"The tail dragged first. Then the
wheel hit and broke off. We skid-
ded about 200 yards, slinging gravel
everywhere. The end of one wing
was ripped off before we stopped
and one engine was torn out,
"When the plane stopped, we all
climbed out, unhurt from the land-
ing except for cuts and bruises The
plane was hoisted up, and I un-
screwed the bomb fuse
"AH of us were convinced we had
the worlds best pilot He was a
major -my own commanding offi-
cer "
For his wound on that mLotion.
Sgt Cunningham received the Pur-
ple Heart He also wears the Air
Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster,
the Philippines Liberation Ribbon
with i>ne battle -dar and, the A.-is-
tic Theater Ribbon with four cam-
paign stars
In his 22 months with the Fifth
Air Force, S*t Cunningham spent
21 montiis on New Guinea and one
in Uie Philippine* He raided Man-
ila twice while it was being taken
from the Japs .
Sgt Cunningham enlisted in the
Army in October. 1941 He went
overseas In April. 1943. and return-
ed in March of this year A month
later he was assigned to Ellington
Field
The sergeant attended Mozelle
High School
15th Army Air Forces in Italy.—
Cpl.. Bobbie L Henderson. 19, of
RFD No. 1, Santa Anna, Texas, has
arrived in Italy and has taken up
hLs duties with a 15th Air Force
A piece of heavy bomber group.
Trained as a Ball Turret Gunner
! on a B-24 Liberator bomber, Cpl.
| Henderson is now' a member of a
j group commanded by Col. Thomas
| W. Steed, of ' Etowah, Term. The
i veteran heavy bomber group lias
been hitting strategic enemy tar-
gets in Northern Italy, Austria and
Germany in support of the advanc-
ing Allied armies.
The son of Mr arid Mrs. Payne
Henderson, he entered the service,
Dec. 28. 1943 Prior to coming
overseas. Cpl. Henderson won his
Ounner's wings at an Army Air
Force Flexible Ounnery Training
Field
HLs wife, Rita, resides at the
Santa Anna address.
Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. W B Anderson who
have been living at Frederick, Okla.,
are now living at Denver,, Colo,
where he has been transferred to
one of the air bases there.
Chief Cpeciallst Robert B Ran-
dolph, U. S. N. R , spent last week
nere with his family at 409 Neches
He was enroute to his new assign-
ment at Great Lakes, Illinois.
seas for the past 32 months
He was with a reconnaissance
squadron of the Ninth Air Force in
England During the Belgium
breakthrough he saw plenty of ac-
tion. He wears two battle stars on
his campaign ribbon and holds the
Presidential Citation and Oood Con-
duct Medal. He will report to Fort
Sam Houston on May 24th for re-
assignment.
BUILDING HILL SPURT.
It the war with Germany ends by
summer, building construction work
in 1945 will hit the $4,000,000,000
freShiruj
NEW DESSERT
THRILL
RASPBERRY
SHERBET
MADE WITH MILK
ALSO, PINEAPPLE AND ORANGI
Mrs. Gray Taylor arrived here
Monday from Wilmington. Del., for j mark, WPB predicts,
a visit with his parents, Mr. and '
Mrs Frank Taylor and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mosley. Cpl
Taylor will join her soon as he ex-
pects to get a romugsi at the next
week or two.
Your Dealers
Coulson Drug Store
Mayes Drug Store
Coleman
Pvt Ralph Conley, son of Mr.
and .Mrs. Claud Conley of Santa
Anna Is receiving treatment in a
Camp Hood Hospital for an injury
received while helping unload a gun
rack
CITRUS PRODUCTION.
The United Hta-.es Agriculture De-
partment estimates that the nation’s
orauge production this season will 1
be 102.848,000 boxes as compared to
103.056.000 boxes last season. Grape- j
fruit production was estimated at
48.741.000 boxes as compared to 55,-
979,008 last season.
BRING US YOU
WOOL
We Rive you the best of service
and appreciate your business.
We also have wool bags and
branding paint.
THEO GRIFFIS
Wool Warehouse
Next door to Powcll-Cavanagh Truck At Tractor Co.
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