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lE»AGte ifOtJllMEN THE ECHO June, 1^ Visits From Our Many Employees In Service Truman J. Henderson, AMM 3c, lias been stationed for eight months in DeLand, Fla. On com pletion of boot training at New port, R. I., he spent five months OR general detail, Philadelphia, Pa. The following 20 months were spent at Coco Sola, Panama, as Aviation Repairman. A former Pulp Mill employee, he volun teered June 30, ’42 for military service. While on leave, he came in for a visit, then returned to DeLand. Expectefd Home Jis Aboard Destroyer Lt. Chas. W. Glazener, USNR, commanding officer of a PC boat, has returned home on leave from 22 nionths in the Pacific. Former ly a Chem. Lab. ehiployee, he en tered service in April, ’42. He graduated from Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame, Ind. Lt. Glazener had eight months’ duty in the Atlantic and two months’ school in Miami, Fla., prior to sea duty in the Pacific. He wears three campaign ribbons: the Amer ican Theatre, Philippines and the Asiatic-Pacific with one star for the New Guinea campaign. Lt. Glazener’s wife, Thelma, is chemist here. GPL. PAUL E. MERRILL of the Infantry who has been with the 9tb Army in Germany since March, 1945 is expected home soon. CpI. Merrill trained in Las Vegas, Nev. prior to ov erseas duty. As blender helper at Ecusta he entered service in „ . March, 1943. Cpl. Merrill ex- S-Sgt. Conley McKinnish is now pects Pacific duty following a training with the B-29 engineers at furlough at home. He is with a Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. Sgt. heavy weapons company. McKinnish came back to the States in October. He was stationed for six months in England as an en- Overseas Long Time gineer on a B-24 he completed 30 bombing missions. Sgt. McKinnish holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, a Unit Citation and the ribbon for the ETO. For merly a backtender in the Ma chine Room, he visited June 22 and reported to Lowry Field, Colo. 1st Lt. Bollin M. MiUner, of the Quartermaster Corps, former Ac counting department employee, is on a 45-day furlough on return from 27 months overseas. Lt. Mill- ner trained at Camp Lee, Va., and Tallahasse, Fla. He wears the Eu ropean, North African and Middle Eastern Theatre ribbons with three stars for the Tunisian, Naples- Foggia and Rome-Arno campaigns. Lt. Millner entered service in February, ’42, received his com mission in November, ’42, and went overseas in January, ’43. His father, Pryor Millner, Jr., and brother. Bill Millner, are employ ees of the Accounting department. June 6 brought two soldiers, a sailor and a marine to visit us. Pfc. John Hill and Pvt. Ray Is rael returned from the European Theatre of War in March and April, respectively. Pfc. Hill, of the Ninth Army .spent 8 months overseas—in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Ger many. He wears a Presidential Ci tation, Purple Heart, Infantry man’s Combat Medal, Good Con duct Metal, Veteran of Foreign Wars and the ETO ribbon with two stars for major engagements. Pfc. Hill is now at Welch Con valescent Hospital at Daytona Beach, Fla. S-SGT. WALTER M. “PETE” DOCKENS is expected home soon on leave from the Pacific theatre, after two and a half years there. At presejit he is in the Philippines. Sgt. Dockens is in a machine^ gun outfit of the 32nd. Infantry division. Former ly a Gumming operator, he en tered the service in August, 1942. Two sisters. Myrtle and Lu- cile Dockeins, work in Cham pagne. James Sheppard, S 2-c, came back on “boot” leave from Bain- bridge, Md. Prior to entering the Navy, March, ’45, he worked in the Inspection department. Sea man Sheppard reported to Bain- bridge, Md., for reassignment. GUNNER’S MATE LEE ASHE is now aboard a destroy er in the Pacific theatre of war. GM Ashe was an employee of the Landscape Crew prior to en tering the Navy in September 1943. His father, Charlie Ashe, a champion bond buyer, is em ployed in the Refining Room. Returns From Italy CAPTAIN CHARLES COOK, pilot of a P-51 Mustang, of the 15th Air force, has returned to the^ States. Capt. Cook complet ed 51 missions o V e, r Germany and occupied Europe. Once Capt. Cook bail ed out and floated for two hours in the Adriatic Siea; It h e “Queen’is Navee” came to the rescue, and reitumed him to his squadron in Italy. As Qual ity Supervisor, he volunteered for service in August, 1941. He trained in Texas, was stationed as instructor at Lake Charles, La., for 9 months, Matagordo Island, Texas a year, and 8 months at Perry, Fla. On June 21, Capt. Cook visited the plant. He wears the following ribbons: the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, the pre-Pearl Har bor ribbon and the ETO ribbon with 5 stars for major engage ments. Pvt. Marvin Allison, U. S. Army, entered service in August, ’44. He has just completed 17 weeks’ basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla. After a furlough of 10 days, he re ported to Camp Rucker, Ala., for advanced infantry training. Pvt. Allison visited his friends in the Finishing department June 21st. Sgt. Charles Russell and S-W Jack Wilber of the 15th Air visited June 16. It was not to see them together, as it’s > ■“habit” with them. Both were« ployed as beatermen in the ing Room prior to entering ® vice Jan. 13, ’43, and they tool' training at Hinds Junior co'leS*' Raymond, Miss. They also had ic training at Greensboro, N- Arii- Sgt. Russell had further trai at Sioux Falls, S. D., Yuma, ‘ and Pueblo, Colo., before ,[ erseas in Oct., ’44. As radio-1'*'’ on a B-24, he was wounded “ Brenner pass in Feb., ’45, hospitalized in Italy for nionths. In May he returned the States and after a furlouS 30 days reports to Tuscaloosa, ^ " to the hospital there. He ed 13 missions over occupi®“ rope and wsars a Presidential tation with two Oak Leaf ters, the Purple Heart, Good duct Medal and the ETC with two stars for major ei- jj ments. His wife, Reba ffW employed in the Cashier’s j S-Sgt. Wilber, aerial engineer gunner on a B-24, went oversea ^ January, ’45. He was station® Italy and participated in 19 ing missions on vital Nazi tars^ After a 30-day leave here, n® ^ pects duty in the Pacific- Wilber wears the Air (-.oii an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Conduct ribbon and the ET^ ^ bon with four stars for jt gagements. He had trainiD* Keesler Field, Miss., L a/ Texas, and Lincoln, Neb. His Violet Wilber, is employ* Champagne. Capt Ralph L. Waldrop, Call Bleach foreman, was in for a visit, en route to nia, where he expects pi- duty. Capt. Waldrop is a jt ical officer, and has had Camp Tyson, Tenn., Camp ^ N. C., and Edgewood ^r® Md. He entered service p vember, ’41, as member serve. The sailor, Howard Hutchins, S 2-c, had just completed boot training at Bainbridge, Md. Sea man Hutchins was employed in the Printing department before entering the Navy in March, ’45. After a leave of nine days, he re ported to Bainbridge, Md., for re assignment. BUI Cauble, SK 3-c, has re turned to the States, following 11 months’ duty as a storekepeer in New Caledonia. He trained at Camp Peary, Va., after leaving Ecusta in April, ’43. Storekeeper Cauble was employed in the Re fining Room. He reported to Ra leigh, N. C. Major Burwell Hall of the USMC has been stationed at Camp Lejeune, N. C. since his return in February, ’44 from 22 months in the Pacific, the Wallis Islands, and Samoan Islands. He was em ployed in the Filter Plant until entering service in February, ’41. Major Hall wears the pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon and one for the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre of War. Major Hall reported to Camp Le jeune, N. C., for re-assignment He expects Pacific duty soon. Pvt. Israel of the Fifth spent 15 months in Ital^ fjj, France. Formerly of the Cai® he entered service in Augus > A rifleman, he participated invasion of Southern Fran^ jje zio and into Italy. He Good Conduct Medal and ^ bon for the ETO with three for major engagements. P^t- fiP trained at Camp Blanding before going overseas in jsy*' ’44. After a furlough of 30 , he reported to Camp Butner> ^ Pvt. Israel’s father, Homer , » is employed in Finishing, of brother, Frank, is an empl°5^ the Gumming department. Samuel Ray Hilemon, first help*r in the Beater was discharged from the Coast Artillery recently a**®. ed Ecusta June 2. He ente^ 0. vice in Oct. ’42, and trained Custer, Mich., Ft. Leonard Mo., Camp Livingston, Ls-' Ft. Bragg, N. C. He hopes turn to Ecusta soon. driv«^oii Pvt. James L. Jones, a medium taftk, visited Ecust»"'|j>i return June 11. Pvt. Jo*’®*, f* completed basic training * j,el* Knox, Ky. He was employ® as a Machine Tender. 0 day furlough, he reported . Meade, Md., for re^assiffW®*
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