The Kings Mountain Herald
November 21, 2007
| LIFESTYLES
Local DAR chapter honors World War Il veterans
The Colonel Frederick
Hambright Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution hosted a luncheon at
Central United Methodist
Church Sat., Nov. 10. Twenty-
three members were present to
honor seven World War II veter-
ans with certificates of apprecia-
tion and summaries of their serv-
ice to their country.
Betty Masters, Regent, called
the meeting to order. Robin
Meyer led the Ritual, Becky
Scism led the Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag, and
Loretta Cozart led the
American’s Creed.
Margaret McGinnis and Libby
Putnam led the group in singing
“The National Anthem.” Rev.
Tony Dowdy presented the
blessing and the group enjoyed a
Thanksgiving meal prepared by
the men of the church.
Norma Fuchs dressed in colo-
nial dress and presented a pro-
gram about her ancestors and the
hardships they faced.
She also presented the infor-
mation she gathered from each
veteran and the DAR certificates
of appreciation were presented
by Regent Betty Masters to John
Dilling, R. Howard Bryant,
David Dilling (for Charles
Carpenter), Wilson Griffin, Luby
Pully, Loretta Cozart (for
Howard Bryant) and Libby
Alexander (for her father, James
Alexander).
James Alexander enlisted in
the Army Air Force in February
1943 and took his basic training
in Miami, FL. He was sent to the
School of Aviation for airplane
and engine mechanics.
He was sent to Washington,
DC in the first Staff Squadron.
He later went to Egland Field, FL
and from there he was assigned
to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and
sent to Alaska with the Cold
Weather Test Attachment where
he tested airplanes for the effects
of bitter cold temperatures. They
spent winters there and in the
summer were sent back to
Watertown, SD for a rest period
and then to Alaska where
Alexander spent the winters of
1944, 1945 and 1946. He was dis-
charged at Fort Bragg in March
1946.
Alexander
Asiatic-Pacific
the
WWII
received
medal,
medal, Good Conduct medal
and a Sharp Shooters medal.
R. Howard Bryant enlisted in
the Army on October 7, 1942 and
was inducted June 22, 1943 at
Spartanburg, SC. He served as a
Corporal in the Anti-tank
Company 66th Infantry.
a BA
His overseas duty was at
Rhineland, Central Europe. He
left the U.S. on January 26, 1945
and arrived in Europe on
February 7, 1945. He left Europe
on March 26, 1946 and arrived
back in the U.S. on April 3, 1946.
He was discharged at the
Separation Center at Fort Bragg
on April 9, 1946.
He received the American
Theater Service Medal, EAME
Service Medal with two Bronze
Stars, the Good Conduct medal
and a World War Victory Medal.
Charles T. Carpenter Jr. served
as a First Lieutenant in the
Infantry. He served from
September 23, 1942 until April
22,1946. On June 6, 1944 he land-
ed H hour plus 20 on Omaha
Beach, Normandy, with Cannon
Company, 16th Ir, First ID Big
Red One. He was awarded the
Silver Star decoration June 6,
1944.
He joined BRO in Tunisia. CN
CO awarded him the
Presidential Unit Citation at
Gela, Sicily on July 10, 1943. The
16th KR made the farthest
advance to Caumont in
Normandy. He was awarded the
Qak Leaf Cluster to SS in action
at Annette-Sur-Marne, Isle de
France on August 29, 1944. He
was in the Central Europe
Campaign, where the CN CO
105 Howitzer fired the first shell
into Germany on September 10,
1944.
BRO held the = Monchau
Shoulder in Ardennes and
reached the Rhine River on
March 9, 1944 at Bonn, Germany.
They crossed the Rhine at
Remagen Bridge and closed the
Ruhr Pocket at Kippstadt,
Germany, in the Rhineland cam-
paign. At the close of the Central
Europe Campaign, the 16th IR
entered Czechoslovakia at
Chebb on May 8, 1945.
Carpenters other medals were
the EAME with seven Battle
Stars and Bronze Arrowhead,
Victory Medal, ETO Ribbon and
the Bronze Star.
He was discharged from Fort
Bragg. ==
John Dilling enlisted in the Air
Force January 1, 1943 and took
his basic training at Fort Jackson,
and from there went to Keesler
Field, Mississippi. From there he
was sent to sheet metal school in
:Los Angeles, CA for three
months. His next duty was at
Wright Field, Dayton, OH. While
there he made experimental
parts for planes.
He spent two years there and
was assigned to a squadron in
the Pacific, but could not go
because he had too many points.
He was sent to Shreveport, LA to
Marchdale Field for guard duty.
From there he went to Morrison
Field, West Palm Beach, FL, and
was discharged at Jacksonville,
FL. ;
He received the Good Conduct
Medal.
Wilson Griffin enlisted in the
Navy Reserve in May 1942 at
Camp Croft and did his basic
training at Perryville, MD.
He finished high school and
one year of college in North
Carolina.
He left college to enlist in
active duty. He was assigned to
the Surgical Ward at the Naval
Hospital in Norfolk, VA, in
charge of property and supplies.
From there he was sent to
Damneck as a Hospital
Pharmacy Mate and prepared for
active duty.
He was sent to Marseilles,
France and had independent
duty at Port De Beau, France,
where he was a Second Class
Petty Officer and his duties, were
to give shots and medicine.
From there he went back to
Marseilles for reassignment to
Algeria, and then to Oran in the
Navy Hospital Medical Corps to
care for returning prisoners.
He was then sent to Palermo,
Sicily where he had to make sure
the right medicine was available
for President Franklin Roosevelt
at the Yalta Conference
He returned home aboard the
cruiser Memphis with temporary
duties to escort injured prisoners
home and was home for
Christmas 1945. He was dis-
charged in April 1946.
Griffin received the European
Theater of Operations Medal, the
Good Conduct Medal and the
Invasion of Southern France
medal.
Grady Howard enlisted in the
Marine Corps in 1942 and was
inducted for active duty in July
1943. He did his basic training at
Parris Island.
After basic he was sent to
Camp Lejeune and reassigned to
Quantico, VA for Officers
Training School. He was sent
back to Camp Lejeune in an
overseas draft. He was sent to
San Diego, CA and then to
Saipan and Mariana Islands. He
was there when the Atomic
Bomb was dropped.
In early 1946 he returned to the
U.S. where he remained in the
reserves. He served a total of
seven years active duty.
He received the Asiatic-Pacific
Medal, Good Conduct Medal,
and a Star for the Battle of
The Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter of the DAR honored
several WWII veterans at a recent luncheon at Central United
Methodist Church. Each veteran was presented a certificate of
appreciation for service to the country. Front row, left to right, John
Dilling, R. Howard Bryant, David Dilling (accepting for Charles
Carpenter), Wilson Griffin and Luby Pully. Second row, Loretta
Cozart (accepting for Grady Howard), Norma Fuchs (Vice Regent),
Betty Masters (Regent) and Libby Putnam (accepting for her
father, James Alexander).
Saipan.
Luby Clyde Pulley Jr. was
accepted as an alternate to West
Point but did not get to go
because the first choice accepted.
He enlisted on July 1, 1938 for
one year at Fort McPherson in
the 22nd Infantry CO F WPPS,
classified same as a cadet at West
Point and was treated the same.
At the end of the year he went
to college and joined the
National Guard in 1940 and was
called to active duty at Fort
Jackson for basic training in
Battery B of the 113th Field
Artillery Battalion.
In 1942 he was commissioned
a 2nd Lt. Field Artillery and sent
to Fort Sill for training. He was
reassigned to 937th Field
Artillery Battalion which was
part of the 142nd Regiment.
He served in the European
Theater and was sent to Africa,
then to Italy for the Southern
France invasion. From there he
was sent to the French Riviera,
then to the Rhine River, and later
to Worms, Germany. From there
he served with the 7th Army
Artillery through Germany.
He returned to the U.S. in
September 1945 and chose to
make the military his career. He
retired on October 30, 1959 at
Fort Bragg as a Major in the Field
Artillery, 18th Airborne Corps.
During World War II, he
earned the Bronze Star, European
Theater of Operations, Good
Conduct Medal, seven Combat
Stars, and the Bronze
Arrowhead.
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