Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1944 Page: 1 of 12
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Smith, Coleman;
n Previously
Posthumous award o* the1 H
Silver Star, ‘‘for gallantry in I
action during the invasion of ■
Italy,” has been added to the
posthumous award of the Pur-
pie Heart to the late Pvt. Loyd H
.Earl Smith, 24, son of '.Mrs.
[Audrey Smith of Coleman.
| From Italy comes the follow-
Ing news release concerning
Iwt. Smpth:
1 "WITH THE FIFTH ARMY •*'
P’ALY.-Pvt. Loyd E. Smith, H|
son of IVfrs. Audrey Smith of HHl
Coleman, Texas, has been
awarded posthumously the Sil- jaSK SI
ver Star for gallantry in action Coleman,
during the invasion of Italy. His war bom
regiment is part of the 36th Di- betweerl
vision. He has!
"On September 9th his com- 0f the I
mfm j. I
tCuviy
armless
it dries
ho fol-
applied
ily sur-
les had
"Sstically
are no
happy
i t take
it. Only
satisty,
i is no
jp reconi-
ls cvery-
I 2tfX
4- -
THESn.'V K STAR, fl
War Department's hid
ala, given for gallana
tion,}has h en awarda
mouiEy to Pvt. Lll
Smith, son of Mrs
Smith of Coleman. T1
Heart had previous
awarded the young
hero, pne of the me
his compare
pany was attacked by German
infantry, yjvd his platoon was
forced to seek shelter in a dry
creek bed encircled by Ger-
mans Three attempts by the
platoon commander to find a
way out bf the encirclement
feiled. Smith, realizing the se-
riousness of the situation, vol-
unteered to find a way out.
I “In the face of heavy small
[arms fire, and through an area
[infested with tanks, Smith
[made his way for about a mile,
[across the open areas and down
■down drainage ditches partially
Killed with water. He found a
route by which his platoon
could reach the Sele River and
rejoin his company, and led
hji platoon out of the trap. The
objective was then taken.
“Private Smith later died of
woupds.”
Pvt. Smith was a member of
Company B, 142nd Infantry,
Tex*., National '>uard, and had
knnn ninnn I Q'l* ' Hti rOTC
iy, Sgl. OaltCSMH
son, who was in acliSjfl
Lloyd and vho visited ll Cw;
man recently, states Lloyf/fl
killed whea he tried toluMH
llfcci'jL : 4
vey of Coleman. Altej taw
fallen and l.oyd had picltXM
up an wa carrying hiSWttvg
whett the latter was |nlM
Alvejr also is reported l'Jfflfl
been kiiled in action. SiPtoMS
gusori is receiving rwical
treatme \ at McCloskey Gen-
eral Hospital at Temple.;
ruse
sive of 9
lor. .fl-t H
the
and Fe^t.^K
toward ’hW
have quwJK’his
Mr. Nunley i
use the same sal
that was used i
Howell in Se>fcA
‘B® Arnold
To \e Buriel
At Gonldbua
been since 193’.: He received
training at Camps Bowie,
Blanding and Edwards.
He was fataUy injured on
Salerno Beach on Sept. 13, 1943.
His mother received his Purple
___ Heart from the War Depart-
2<jWg[ild- m*nt several weeks ago.
.. Jentoigsl the young hero was born in
held at Coleman on Sept. 6, 1919, and
ne dying had lived here practically all of
the (eek, his pfe. He attended West
ng th ar- Wa.d School in Coleman, later
from Salt working for the National Youth
_£^^dministration, and also work-
g ^iJBjfd on nearby farms and
ofi^^Bmchp'-
Chai
give
ous
to w
man
ber
day.
pi. Watts Back
/ith Unit; Was
lurt at Salerno
the \
thorl
I Cons
j servi
|Serv
Iteai
Cpl. William Vernon W
I, injured in the Bat®
derno, has fully recum
im shrapnel injuries at
joined his old com]
newhare in Italy, according soTHm^aT
word reaching his parents, gram, t il«
*. and Mrs. C. C. Watts of jndustr o
lpa .Route Ono. tion iy hf
He was injured last Sept. 9. j pjograi >f
The young soldier, member rlispens vi
the old Coleman National annuai n(
lard company, writes that he meet f ,■*
.. Si
;\f i
and aunt at Santa Anna
and Mrs. Charlie Vanpelij
With J. E. Stevens Con]
of Coleman in u.iarge, I
mentjwill be made in the fl
busk cemetery. |
recovered although he still
is a slight limp. He was in-
ired in one of his legs.
He is the proud possessor of
ie Purple Heart, which was
resented to him several weeks
;o.
Total of 11,153 bales i
ton had been ginned in Cq
County up to Dec. 13, 194
ures .released today by
Weaver, cotton statician, j
Up to the:.lime date in 19‘
• total was 18,485 bales.
Y
it
aymond Greaves
ecuperating in
irican Hospital
THE WEATHER
Coleman Countians co
have been better pleased
the way the New YfllM|
insofar as the weatlBH
cerned. -j
For total—of
es of rain fall °n.
daj- ol lhe[ new jHffi
vVifeT’
cum
will I
the < J
W. leaart, relatival here*
in- interpreted ft letter ret*!3®
age from him this week W mel ™
not just { ■
i to la the ieuer he declared tHfc't
fhe he [had been transferred V
pea 'North Africa and that although
hfflnttis Improving, he still J
pm “awfulljt weak.” He expressa
last the hops tif getting a chickel
khe dinner a A an early date and il
eno#1 fay #> l,e04
quit .Coning w
lake's It ,-Mcreased
ijS a result® the ra
jpijpiuH and
tem^'totures here n
seveijft1 days as. recoi
locaG volunteer, wi
server ’
Date r,: H
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1944, newspaper, January 6, 1944; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748277/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.