Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....McGAHEE, OTIS N 1944 WWII FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION ************************************************ 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 June 22, 2011, 3:40 pm OTIS McGHEE WITH CAVALRY DIVISION IN MANILA WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION IN MANILA IT'S BECAUSE OF ABLE MECHANICS LIKE TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE OTIS N McGAHEEOF CORDELE,GA.,THAT FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION AMBULANCES MAKE THEIR DASH FROM THE FRONT LINES WITH ONLY A CHANCE IN A THOUSAND OF A BREAKDOWN. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OF THE SURPRISE DRIV E BY THE ''FLYING SQUADRON'' OF THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION WHICH CARRIED THE DISCOUNTED TROOPERS 100 MILES IN 66 HOURS TO FREE THE 3,700 INTERNEES AT SANTO UNIVERSITY. THE FAST DRIVES AND HARD ACTION OF THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION ARE AN OLD STORY TO CORPORAL McGAHEE, WHO HAS FOUGHT WITH THE DIVISION IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS,AND ON LEYTE,AS WELL AS LUZON. McGAHEE IS THE SON OF MR. AND MRS.O.R. McGHEE OF CORDELE, AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF MR. B.N. WILLIAMS ,FARMER FROM CRISP COUNTY GA .HE JOINED THE ARMY IN 1942, TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FT BLISS,TEXAS,WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION.McGHAEE HAS BEEN OVERSEAS SINCE 1943. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/mcgahee1376mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb