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BEN A. BROOKS, JR. Flight Eng. Ben A. Brooks, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brooks Sr. of Blooming Grove, Graduate of Blooming Grove High School. Husband of the former Martha Linda Knuckles of Hillsboro. Volunteered in the U.S. Naval Air Corps March 1942, training at San Diego, Calif., Great Lakes Naval center, Chicago, Ill. Pensacola Naval Air Station. Attached to the Atlantic PBYM Patrol Group patrolling the Caribbean and Azores Islands, all areas over the Atlantic Ocean Notes:
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BEN A. BROOKS, SR. Pfc. Ben A. Brooks, Sr., husband of Mrs Bernice Barham Brooks of Blooming Grove. Inducted into the U.S. Army 4th Co. B Combat Reg. Engineers on June 6, 1942. Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas, and straitened at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Camp Needles, Calif. Fort Pierce, Fla. Was "Mustered out" with honorable discharge Both of his sons, Billie and Ben Jr. are serving in the military services at the same time. Notes:
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BILLIE DARWIN BROOKS Sgt. Billie Darwin Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Brooks, Sr. Graduate of Blooming Grove High School. Entered service 1942, training at Camp Barkley, Texas, Leesville, Louisiana, Desert Center, Calif., and Fort Dix, N.J. with 90th Motorized Infantry Div. Served in England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria as Message Center Chief. Also served in Bavaria with Army of Occupation. |
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W. W. (TED) BROOKS W. W. (Ted) Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brooks of Blooming Grove. Attended Blooming Grove High School. Joined the U.S. Army and received an honorable discharge. Notes:
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BROWN Pfc Paul Brown, son of Navarro County Supt. George Henry and wife Lula Brown, attended both the Blooming Grove and Corsicana schools. Joined the U.S. Army soon after Pearl Harbor, and was captured by the Japanese. Placed in bottom of a Japanese ship to be carried to the enemy prison camp. American planes spotted the Japanese ship, shelled it repeatedly - ship sank. Paul and other American soldiers downed. KILLED IN ACTION |
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WILLIAM E. BROWN Fireman 1/C William E. Brown, son of William H. and Gladys Ballew Brown of Richland. Married the former Ethel Clare of Richland. Served in South Pacific on Minesweeper USS Heed. Served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 through 1944, serving in Guam, Saipan and Okinawa. Notes:
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BOYD C BRYANT Cpl. Boyd C. Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bryant of Ennis. Husband of the former Lovene Lynch of Blooming Grove. Attended Mertins High School. Entered service February 1943, training with the Anti-Air Craft at Camp David, N.C. Served 3 years in Fiji, New Guinea, and the Philippines with the 5th and 7th Air Force Divisions. Discharged February 1946. Note:
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HERMAN JAMES BRYANT T/Sgt. Herman James Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bryant of Frost, Husband of Ethel Bryant. Attended Frost Schools and graduated from Plainview, Texas High School. Entered service in 1941, training with the Air Force as Supply Officer. A member of the 312th Fighter Control Sqdn., he served in England, Holland and Germany. Discharged in 1946 after spending several months at Brooks Gen. Hospital, San Antonio due to a back injury. Notes:
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NORMAN BRYANT Sgt. Norman J. Bryant, son of Norman and Julia Bryant, Kerens. Attended Round Prairie Col. School. Entered Air Corps, 1942, training at Camp Wolters, Texas. He served in N. Africa, E.T.O., and France. Notes:
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RAYMOND KYLE BRYANT Pvt. Raymond Kyle Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bryant of Frost, attended Frost Schools. Entered the service in 1941, training on the West Coast with a unit advancing and installing the communications systems. His first overseas assignment was Mindano, Philippine Islands, and then to New Guinea. Discharged in 1944. |
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ENOS E. BUCKNER Enos E. Buckner, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Buckner. Entered service in 1944, training with the Army at Camp Wolters, Camp Fannin, and Ft. Ord., Calif. Went overseas in November 1944, serving in the Philippines and Okinawa. Wounded on Okinawa in May 1945. Was with the 307 Inf. 77th Division. Notes:
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THOMAS W. BUCKNER Thomas W. Buckner, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Buckner. Entered service in March 1942, training with the Army Air Corps Maintenance Crew. Served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Notes:
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JOHNNY LOIS BURGETT C.M. Johnny Lois Burgett, son of the late Mrs. Maude Burgett Carber. Attended Montfort School and entered the U.S. Navy in 1923. His ship was attacked and sunk at Pearl Harbor. Served in the South Pacific and was killed in action when his second ship USS Barton was sunk in Guadalcanal in 1942. Received the Purple Heart posthumously. Served 19 years in the U.S. Navy. KILLED IN ACTION Notes:
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LONNIE L BURGETT Pvt. Lonnie L. Burgett, son of the late Mrs. Maude Burgett Carver. Attended Montfort School. Husband of the former Ruby Gorman. Entered the U.S. Army Air Force in April 1943, training at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls. Transferred to Madison, Wisconsin. Became a skilled marksman and pistol expert. Received a medical discharge in October 1943. Notes:
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F. BURDEN Sgt. A. F. Burden, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ballard Burden. Married the former Margaret Jennings of Kerens. Gradate of Athens High School Entered service in December 1943, training at Camp Fannin. Served with the 541st Parachute Unit, 11th Airborne Pacific Theater. Notes:
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BOBBY LEE BUTLER P.O. 3rd Class Bobby Lee Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh L. Butler of Corsicana. Graduate of Corsicana High School. Entered the U.S. Navy i June 1943. Served at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Base at Norfolk Virginia, Williamsburg, Birginia, and in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Was in charge of the ship services aboard ship. Notes:
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JOHN RAYMOND CAMPBELL C.P.O. John Raymond Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Campbell of Frost. Husband of the former Betty Williams. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1942. Served in the Pacific area, at Attu, Kiska, Kawaslin, Siapan, Tawara, Antiowik, Guam. Made the Navy his career. Notes:
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OLLIE RAY CAMPBELL Ollie Ray Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Campbell of Frost. Joined the U.S. Navy in 1944, training in California. Served on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific as S.S. MCL 3C. Did duty on the USS Mindaro. Honorably discharged in 1946. Notes:
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BOBBIE L. CARNEY Pfc. Bobie L. Carney, son of Mrs. Cumier Carney of Kerens. Attended Navarro County Training School. Entered the Army in 1943, training at Indiantown Gap, Penn., and Boston, Mass. Served at Marseille, France. Has 2 Battle Stars. Notes:
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CURTIS H. CARMICHAEL M/Sgt. Curtis H. Carmichael, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carmichael, Sr. of Dallas. Husband of the former Louise Hodge Burkhead of Chatfield. Enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1942, training at Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. Served with the 5th Combat Squadron in the South Pacific, Southern Philippines, Luzon, Western Pacific, and Rynkyus. Received Victory Medal, 3 overseas service bars, American Theater Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and 3 service stripes. Notes:
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