HOME NEWS, Vol. IV, WWII, All parishes, LA Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Sherry (Westbrook) Sanford, Apr. 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ HOME NEWS, Vol. IV, Baton Rouge, La., July 1945, No. 3 HONORABLY DISCHARGED (Including officers on reserve list) (PS) Discharged under Point System. Arthur A. Comeau,Jr. (Opelousas) (PS). Walter Clemons (Baker). Walter Garney (Port Hudson) (PS). James Edward Rawls (Melville) (PS). James K. Harrison (PS). John H. Houghton (Independence), Distinguished Flying Cross. Ted Fay Dunham. John Houston Serrett, Victoria Dr. (wounded in PTO). Thomas W. Dutton (LSU '14 and Varsity star). Sidney R. Nesom Wilson (WAC). James M. Bridges, Air Medal, 8 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, 2852 Canonicus T. (MTO) (PS). John McKowen, Sr., M.D. (served overseas in War I) and son, John McKowen,Jr., Air Medal, 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Unit Citation (MTO) (128 points). Thomas Stewartr (1401 St. Joseph St.) (PS). Blake L. Workman (Opelousas) (PS). Robert Jones (PS). Proteus J. Gray (Hammond) (PS). Emmett E. Hamilton (Prairieville), Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguised Flying Cross, Purple Heart (ETO) (PS). Charles Stone "Chuck" Riley, Air Medal, 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Unit Citation, flight commander group leader (103 points). Fred J. Le Ray (Port Allen, SO Co.) (PTO). John Davis Raborn,Jr. Claude Francis Waggenspack (Darrow) (ETO). Talmage E. Crumholt,Jr. (Baker), Air Medal (ETO) (PS). Joseph O. Heath (Gonzales) (PS). Florien E. Lessard (PS). T/5 Carlos Martin Lupo (Opelousas), wounded in ETO. George Babin (Morganza) (PTO). Lloyd J. Bellemin (Grand Coteau), wounded in ETO. W. Clegg Cole (MC) (PTO). McCoy E. Creel. John L. Gaudet (Plaquemine) (ETO). Alexander K. McGrew (Catholic Hi grad, LSU '38). Douglas J. Monroe (PTO). Adrian H. Behrens (Baker Hi grad), was at Guadacanal and Tulagi. Edward K. Hirsch, M.D. William L. Bruce (BR Hi grad), first from this locality under point system (PTO). Sidney Dale Porter (PTO). Adolphus William Montegudo (Zachary). John Parker Daniel. Charles R. Champagne (Plaquemine). Norma Bowers Edwards (MC). W.L. Bruce William H. Dickerson (du Pont). W.A. Dupuy (W. Baton Rouge). Allen G. Edwards (MC) (Baker, SO Co.), wounded in Pacific. Elizabeth Bradford Kane (ANC). Jennings B. Mathews (Baker). Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (LSU '36). Norman Bowers Edwards (WAVE). Ellie E. Barber (Kentwood). Marjorie Jane Alford (WAVE). Ryan J. Billiodeaux (Cottonport) (Wo, ETO). George B. Barstow (ETO). Malcolm Puckett (PTO). S. M. Kadair (Catholic Hi grad, Stone & Webster), studying photography in New York. D.P. Boggans (Jackson) (PS). Dan C. Taylor (Hammond) (PS). Newton H. Kershaw (Catholic Hi grad), Air Medal, 12 Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross (ETO) (PS). Leslie Tezeno (Ville Platte) (PS). Isaac Hampton, 523 N. 23rd St. (PS). Arnold Mitchell Wallace (Acy, du Pont), Air Medal, (PS). Shelton W. Perry (Grosse Tete), Bronze Star, Purple Heart (PS). Ernest G. Wyble (Lebeau) (PS). Richard Smith, Jr. (Chamberlin), Silver Star (PTO). Douglas J. Monroe (PTO). Charles R. Young (Morganza) (ETO). Pvt. Richard L. Lucas, 544 3rd St. Le Roy C. Johnson (BR Hi grad), Distinguished Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (ETO) (PS). Clarence Antoine,Jr. 261 Jeff Davis St. (PS). Charles L. Ball, 1222 Progress St. (PS). Abbie Revier (Opelousas) (PS). Lawrence G. Houston (New Roads) (PS). Leonard B. Waller (ETO) (PS). Willie Anderson (Centreville) (PS). George Andrew Allain (Plaquemine) (PTO) (PS). Floyd A. Gravois (White Castle) (PS). William Frank Tennant, 359 S. 11th St. (PTO) (PS). Joseph C. Foret (Melville) (PS). Daniel J. Bouy (Port Allen) (ETO) (PS). Willie Rogers, Scotlandville (PS). William H. Harrison (Capitol Stores), Distinguished Unit Citation, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart ( was at Bastogne) (111 points). George L. Moscovis (Opelousas Hi grad), Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Croix de Guerre avec Palme, Purple Heart, fell 1,000 feet with an unopened parachute to live and work here at du Pont. Felix Robertson Spiller, was in ETO. Joyce R. Landry (Istround Hi grad) (MC). Louis J. Bajon (White Castle) (medical). Leo Jackson Muse (LSU staff). W.W. Craft, from the ETO (118 points). Rene Thomas Kleinpeter, was in ETO. T.S. Badders (du Pont), was in PTO. Norman L. Carpenter (Baker, SO Co.), Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, from the ETO (120 points). Harry D. Peterson (Jackson), was in PTO (PS). Clinton L. Hanna (Pride, SO Co.), in PTO. Beatrice Broussard (Breaux Bridge), WAC. Thomas A. Jackson (State-Times), in ETO. Marion R. Aubin (medical). John A. White,Jr., Air Medal, 8 Oak Leaf Clusters, in ETO. Those how have seen service in overseas theatres, according to our records, are indicated: (ETO) European, including Mediterranean. (MTO) Medterranean. (PTO) Pacific. (CIB) China-India-Burma (VT) Other theatres, or unknown AT SAN DIEGO HA 1/c Anthony Spragio (Plaquemine). Pfc., MC, John W. Brown. A/S John A. Kleinpeter. S/S William Bennett Nettles. A/S John Joseph Coever. AEM 2/c Sanford Philip Lemoine. Sgt., MC, Benjamine Joseph Rybiski (PTO), (Wo). S 2/c Henry Zachary. M 2/c Isadore D. Contine,Jr. (Catholic Hi grad), veteran of actions in the Mariannas, Saipan and the Philippines. S 2/c Edwin Barbay. Pfc., MC, Hubert W. Collins. A S Robert L. Cook (Denham Springs). A/S George A. Robertson,Jr. A/S Donald Dean Ashmore. A/S Andy Albrecht (BR Hi '44 valedictorian). A/S Jules T. Edwards and brother, A/S Arthur W. Edwards. A/S Joseph E. Bennett. A/S William H. Hathorn. F 2/c Harold P. Agels (Springfield). A/S J.L. Johnston,Jr. (St. Francisville). A/S Joseph Landry Foster. A/S Roland Anthony Gravois (Port Allen). A/S Robert Gwin. A/S Edward Eugene Morgan (Greenwell Springs). A/S Joseph William Barnes,Jr. A/S Stanley Silton Graham. S 2/c Louis R. Crumholt (Baker). A/S James Ray Nichols. A/S Earl Edward Rodriguez. Cpl., MC, James F. Sanchez (Gulf States). A/S Jimmie Smith. A/S Weldon Joseph Tullier. A/S Harry Barbay,Jr. (Plaquemine). ______ Sgt., MC, Russell R. Gautreaux (Garyville), hospitalized at Naval Home, Philadelphia, after 3 years' duty in the PTO. Sgt. Clarence J. Clark (Hamburg), Camp Maxey, Tex. (ETO). T/S Roy A. Cuny (Catholic Hi grad), Alamogordo, New Mex. (ETO). SKD 3/c Walter W. Bynum,Jr., Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif. (PTO). Lt. USNR James Wright Frierson, Cincinnati (PTO). PhM 1/c John Harvey "Jack" Jackson, Gulfport, Miss. (PTO). Cpl., MC, William Harry Strickland, Melbourne, Fla. (PTO). Capt. Philip G. Poulet (Opelousas) Stuttgart, Ark. (PTO). Maj. Rollo C. Lawrence (LSU '39) Distinguished Flying Cross, Tonepah, Nev. (ETO). S/S David De G. Wilson, Convalescent Hospital, Camp Butner, N.Car. (ETO). SF 1/c Owen P. Cooper (du Pont) Port Hueneme, Calif. (PTO). PhM 2/c Harold Lloyd Smith (Livingston) Portsmouth, Va. (PTO). SK 3/c Wilbur Joseph Austen (Geismar), New Orleans (ETO). S/S Warren White Hollingsworth (Jackson), Stuttgart, Ark. (PTO). S/S Samuel J. Cashio (Maringouin) Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Citation, Lake Charles, La. (ETO). T/5 Glendon Robert Messer (Baker, SO Co.), Camp Robinson, Ark. (PTO). Sgt. Carlos T. Spedale, Drew Field, Fla. (Canal Zone). Cpl. Steve Chabina (Hammond) (Wo in ETO), Camp Atterbury, Ind. 1st Lt. David Ford Lavigne (Port Allen)Fort Ord, Calif. (Canal Zone). Maj. George B. Holden, office chief of Engineers, Washington (ETO). T/S Warren Lass (Gonzales) who served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Egypt, Burma, and India, is at Moore Field, Tex. T/S Earl Joseph Donaud (White Castle) Distinguished Unit Citation, Air Medal, 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Selman Field, La. Cpl. James Floyd Kent (Blanks), Reno, Nev. (PTO). Lt. Garret Hickey Walsh (Greenwell Springs), patient, hospital, Keesler Field, Miss. (ETO). BM 1/c James K. Boudreaux (Brusly), Goat Island, San Francisco (PTO). S/S Harry Roy LeBlanc, Air Medal, 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Santa Ana, Calif. (ETO). Cpl. Clayton Ragan Mahaffey (Port Allen), Marianna, Fla. Pvt. Robert J. Rivet (Plaquemine), Camp Gruber, Okla. S/S Alvin James Schroeder, Morrison Field, Fla. (ETO). PhM 1/c Vincent J. Lamendola, Camp Bradford, Va. (ETO). EM 3/c Jesse Deloyd Anglin (Istrouma Hi grad), St. Simons Island, Ga. (ETO). T/5 Douglas M. Beauchamp (Clinton)Camp Chaffee, Ark., (PTO). PhM 2/c Hilton V. Carter,Jr., Shoemaker, Calif. BM 2/c CG Robert E. Decker (LSU '40, SO Co.), New Orleans. Lt. Eugene Roy Leigh,Jr. (Grosse Tete) Alamogordo, N. Mex. MoMM 2/c, CG Claude J. Bello (Port Allen), Bucksport, S. Car. Capt. Sam Edwin Fairchild, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Columbus, Ga. (ETO). Lt. Com. Richard A. Mornhinveg, Navy Yard, New York. Capt. James L. Oakes (LSU '39), Camp Forrest, Tenn. Lt. Floyd Joseph Roberts (White Castle), Ft. McClellan, Ala. Pvt. Wayne Robert Varnado (Kentwood) POW Camp, Luxora, Ark. Sgt. Everett F. Banker, (W. Baton Rouge), Selman Field, La. (ETO). Pvt. Harry Bauer (Baker), Westhampton Beach, L.I., N.Y. Lt. (j.g.) Gene Blanchard, Jacksonville, Fla. S/S Cyril A. Caffarel,Jr. (Port Allen Hi grad), Keesler Field, Miss. (ETO). RT 3/c CG Harold K. Cotton, Groton, Conn. Ens. Elbert E. Moore,Jr., Harvard, Cambridge, Mass. Pvt. William L. Watson, POW Camp, Camp Myles Standish, Mass. Lt. John Francis Boyle,Jr., Lincoln, Neb. MoMM 3/c CG Boyd R. Blount (Walker), Ft. Pierce, Fla. F/O John A. Cothell (BR Hi grad, duPont), Randolph Field, Tex. A/S Carl J. Caffarel, Midsm. School, New York City. Pfc. Alcee J. Daigle (SO Co.), Ft. Dix, N.J. (Vt.). Cpl. Conrad D. Dauthier (Port Allen), Ft. Knox Ky. Pvt. Gerald G. Dupuy (Brusly), Yuma, Ariz. Pvt. Marvin M. Efferson, Tulsa, Okla. Pfc. Ames R. Harris, Ft. Lewis, Wash. Pvt. Malcolm R. Holmes (LSU '39, Gulf States), Sacramento, Cal. Cpl. Donald J. Jacobson, Camp LeJeune, N. Car. S 1/c Charles H. Voss,Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex. MoMM 1/c William G. White, Camp Bradford, Va. Capt. William Emmet Wilkinson,Jr. (Jackson), Brooke Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. M Border Crawford CMM BE Instructor, Gulfport, Miss. (ETO). S 1/c Herman McAndrews, Pensacola, Fla. Lt. (j.g.) Albert Loudon McGuire, hospitalized, New Orleans (ETO). Sgt. William Odom Roberts, Robbins Field, Ga. Lt. David T. Simmons, Amarillo, Tex. S 1/c Robert Van Kerkhove, Whiting Field, Fla. Capt. George E. Combouzou,Jr., Camp Howze, Tex. Capt. Franklin L. Fisher, Ft. Sumner, N Mex. Pvt. Louis D. Guerney, Camp Livingston, La. SC 3/c CG Joseph Lionel Lejeune (Cinclare), Baltimore, Md. ARM 2/c Wade M. Lemoine, Cecil Field, Fla. Col. Edward A. Mueller, Ft. Lewis, Wash., (VT). Pvt. Alden H. Ross, Camp Hood, Tex. 1st Lt. Albert Sidney Williamson, POW Camp, Campt Stewart, Ga. Pvt. Eric A. McVadon, Camp Robinson, Ark. Capt. John Voelkel Bauman (Zachary, LSU '32, SOCo) Camp Beale, Calif. Pfc. Victor A. Biello, (Thibodaux) Camp Barston, Calif. Maj. Albert M. Cadwell, Ft. Riley, Kans., (awarded Golden Deeds trophy in '42). Pvt. Fred W. Calhoun, Yuma, Ariz. Cpl. Richard F. Crowson, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Capt. Herman C. Hupperich (LSU '39) Georgetown Field, Tex. Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones, Air Force Hdq., Washington. T/S Ray A. Juban (Denham Springs Hi grad, Fidelity Bk.) Grand Island, Neb. Maj. Ned Pugh King, Keesler Field, Miss. Sgt. William Stanley Kinberger (Plaquemine), Avon Park, Fla. S/S Willie Paul Landry (White Castle), Walla Walla, Wash. F/O Clark Burney McCoy, Lincoln, Neb. Ens. Paul A. McKim, Indian Head, Md. Lt. Clarence Joseph Tircuit, Dalhart, Tex. SK 2/c Roland J. Engerran, Port Hueneme, Calif. Pfc. Leighton B. Ewell (LSU '44), Wendover Field, Utah. Cpl. Ambroise H. Landry (Thibodaux), Ft. Myers, Fla. Sgt. James Howard Rehm, Dale Mabry Field, Fla. St. Norman W. Sheets, Sious Falls, S.D. A/S Julian J. Carazo, V-12, Doane College, Crete, Neb. Pvt. Edgar LeRay Way, Ft. Monmouth, N.J. S 1/c, CG, Eric N. Day, Atlantic City, N.J. S 2/c Owen A. Gauthier, Memphis, Tenn. T/S John T. McVea (Port Hudson), Camp Shelby, Miss. Lt. Stewart Earl Niles (LSU '42), Ft. Knox, Ky. 1st Lt. David Ford Lavigne (Port Allen), Ft. Sill, Okla. Cpl. J. C. Marquart (W. Baton Rouge), Camp Maxey, Tex. S/S Jonas E. Richardson, Miami, Fla. Lt. Col., MC, Louie C. Reinberg (Zachary), Legion of Merit. Pfc. Joseph D. Roux (Port Vincent), Ft. Benning, Ga., (back on duty). MM 2/c, CG, Douglas H. Johnson (duPont), New Orleans, La. S 1/c A.L. Robinson, Miami, Fla. 1st Lt. Bernard Cyril Smith (Pike Burden Co.), Presidential Unit Citation, Air Medal, 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Bryan, Tex. S/S Sidney D. Bowman (SO Co.), Ferrying Div., ATC, Reno, Nev. MoMM 2/c, CG, Albert R. Sommers (Greenwell Springs), New Orleans. S/S Nolan R. Clayton (Gonzales Hi grad), Good Conduct Medal, veteran of North Africa and Salerno, Lemore Field, Calif. Cpl. William Whitaker Falvey (Baker), Avon Park, Fla. Sgt. Percy C. Lorio (West Baton Rouge), Camp Shelby, Miss. Pfc. MC Harry George O'Brien, Camp LeJeune, N.C. Cpl. MC William Saurage, Congaree Field, S. Car. (PTO). Pvt. Russell B. Tucker, Ft. Knox, Ky. Lt. Oliver P. Brannon (Walker) Roswell, N.M. S/S Kenneth L. Fairchild (Lottie, LSU '42), Air Medal, 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, hospitalized at Chanute Field, Ill. (ETO). Pfc. James D. Harrell, 4314 BR Ave., Distinguished Unit Citation, Purple Hear, veteran of Saipan, convalescing at Naval Hospital, New Orleans (PTO). Capt. Donel J. Lynch (LSU '40), hospitalized at Camp Edwards, Mass. (PTO). Capt. James P. Babington (La. Public Service Com.), Baltimore, Md. (VT). BM 1/c Hamilton M. Bodin,Jr., (Reserve), hospitalized at Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif. (PTO). Capt. Hanson A. Baden (Gulf States), Greenwood, Miss. (ATO). Lt. Joseph W. Barrett,Jr., patient at Brooke Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. (ETO). Pfc. MC Thomas E. Duck (Addis), Distinguished Unit Citation, patient Naval Hospital, Norman, Okla. (PTO). Sgt. Joseph Purpera (Innis), patient Brooke General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. (VT). Pvt. Jesse C. Ellis,Jr.,(3115 Monroe Ave.), Purple Heart, back on duty at POW Camp, Tunell, Ark. ARM 2/c Charles Joseph LeBlanc (Morganza), Naval Hospital, Seattle, Wash., because of airplane accident (PTO). S/S Gordon L. Hatchell (Denham Springs), patient, McCloskey Hospital, Temple, Tex. (ETO). Pfc. Willie Byrd (Palmetto), Camp Carson (ETO). Maj. Frank C. Church (Ville Platte), Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Unit Citation and Oak Leaf Cluster, British Award of Honor, Stout Field, Ind. (PTO). S/S Vernon Richard (Opelousas), Distinguished Flying Cross, Amarillo, Tex. 1st Lt. Oma Grier Davis,Jr. (La. Nat. Bk.), Air Medal, 10 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Unit Citation, (ETO) Laughlin Field, Tex. S/S Henry H. Henagan,Jr. (BR Hi grad), Miramar, Calif. Lt. Thomas J. Dawson (Gloster, Miss.), Selman Field, La. (MTO). T/5 Allen J. Inman, patient, McCloskey Hospital, Temple, Tex. A/C F. W. Guerin,Jr., (Catholic Hi grad), Iowa City, Ia. Av/S George Edwin Smith (SO Co), San Antonio, Tex. A/C Dwight Linkon Williams (Gonzales), Pensacola, Fla. A/C Charles Frank Weydert (Elm Park, Freyham Hi grad), Pensacola, Fla. A/C Charles Ernest Foy,Jr. (Plaquemine, SO Co), Enid, Okla. A/C Fred Garig Benton, Athens, Ga. A/C Claude C. Fuqua, Iowa City, Ia. Cpl. Joseph Louis Blanchar,Jr. (Plaquemine), McCook, Neb. Pfc. Harry L. Johnson (Port Allen), Camp Howze, Tex. Pvt. James M. Field, Ft. Meade, Md. Cpl. Norris L. LaCour, Camp Howze, Tex. Lt. USNR Charles P. Manship,Jr. (LSU '30), Ft. Scott, San Francisco, Calif. (VT). 1st Lt. Pierre A. Oubre, POW camp, Florence, Ariz. CPhM. Henry Rybiski, Seattle, Wash. SF 2/c Carroll J. Rybiski, Camp Parks, Calif. Lt. USNR Edgar Allen Savage, Purcell, Okla. CEM R.P, Cazes (Port Allen Town Council), Camp Parks, Calif. Lt. USNR Giles Sabin, Pensacola, Fla. 1st Lt. John D. Bazzett, POW Camp, Camp McCain, Miss. S 1/c Alfred Neal Gordon, Gulfport, Miss. Capt. Berlin A. Heck (Port Allen), Washington. Pvt. Bruce A. Magee, Ft. Sill, Okla. Capt. Hilton Benjamine McQuorrie, POW Camp, Lordsburg,, N.M. Pfc. Lucius D. O'Neil (Hammond) Ft. Benning, Ga. S 2/c Maurice Ramierz, Los Angeles. Pvt. William Robins Ratcliff (Jackson), Camp Livingston, La. Lt. USNR Homer R. Robinson, St. Mary's Calif. Capt. Edward Flay Sledge (LSU '38), Camp Robinson, Ark. Pvt. Isadore P. Archer, Camp Crowder, Mo. Pvt. C. J. Cropper, Camp Fannin, Tex. Pfc. Albert J. Folse (White Castle), Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. (PTO). Pvt. George Sanford Hebert (Brusly), Ft. Ord, Calif. MM 2/c Earl Edward Bruce, Shoemaker, Calif. Ens. Jack D. Stephenson, Wright Field, O. Capt. Edwin R. Willis, Springfield, Ill. Cpl. William A. Magruder, Good Conduct Medal, Indiantown, Gap, Pa. Y 1/c Charles L. Gatz (Chamberlin, SOCo) Recruiting Station, Baton Rouge (lucky boy). Lt., USNR Emile J. Hoffman, Baltimore, Md. Pvt. Jack Caruthers Caldwell, Chatham Field, Ga. Cpl. Larney J. Daigle (Port Allen, Telephone Co.), Camp Pinedale, Calif. S 1/c Joseph F. Butterworth,Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex. Cpl. Hillery C. Felder, Houlton, Me. ____________________________ END