Military: Ovey Trahan, Kenneth Watts, Louis Temple, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 30, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Trahan to Head State Guard Unit in Winn

Col. J. P. Cole, state guard executive officer, Baton Rouge, announced the
appointment this week of Ovey Trahan to command a company of the state guard
to be organized in Winnfield.  Mr. Trahan was commissioned a captain, and
Kenneth Watts and Louis Temple were commissioned lieutenants to assist him.

Men from 18 to 60 are eligible to join the unit, Captain Trahan announced. 
The purpose of the organization is to have a trained group in case of a local
or state emergency.  Men interested are asked to give their names to any one
of the officers.

The State Guard Of Louisiana is composed of 10 battalions, and Winnfield has
been assigned to Company B, Ninth Battalion.  Officers of the Guard are
required to be veterans of the First World War.