Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....FAIRCLOTH, WILLIAM T. 1942 WWII U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 23, 2011, 10:26 am LT W.T. FAIRCOTH WITH AIR SERVICE OVERSEAS AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND IN ENGLAND,AUGUST 11. SECOND LIEUTENTANT WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOTH, THE SON OF NORMAN S. FAIRCLOTH OF ROUTE NO.4, CORDELE,GA., RECENTLY COMPLETED AN ORIENTATION COURSE DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN TRAINING IN THE STATES AND COMBAT SOLDIERING AGAINEST THE ENEMY IN FRANCE. AT THIS AIR SERVICE COMMAND STATION LT. FAIRCLOTH ATTENDED A SERIES OF LECTURESGIVEB BY BATTLEWISE VETERANS WHICH INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONS ON CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSEAND PERTINENT TIPS ON STAYING HEALTHY IN A COMBAT THEATRE. HIS NEXT STATION WILL BE ONE FROM WHICK AMERICA.S PLANES COVER OUR LIBERATION OF OCCUPIED EUROPE. BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY AIR FORCES, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CRANE LEADERMAN BY THE DELTA SHIP YARD IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/fairclot1132mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb