Alcorn County MsArchives Military Records.....Corinth Newspaper Article Dated Aug. 1, 1949 August 1, 1949
 - Enlistment Co. H, 155th Infantry National Guard of Corinth, MS
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Corinth Newspaper Article Dated Aug. 1, 1949
CORINTHIAN CLIPPINGS FOR AUGUST 1, 1949

COMPANY H OFF TO FT. BENNING FOR TRAINING

Eighty-four Enlisted Men and Officers Entrain Sunday

Eighty-four enlisted men and four officers of Company H, 155th Infantry 
National Guard of Corinth left yesterday morning for Fort Benning, Georgia, for 
a two-week intensive training course.

Officers included Capt. Ben A. Ledbetter, 1st Lieut. H.B. Hedgepeth, 1st Liet. 
Troy T. Clifton, and 2nd Liet. Chester C. Coln of 2nd Battalion headquarters.

Enlisted men were: W.R. Stewart, J.E. Criswell, J.M. Stewart, Lebeth Huggins, 
W.B. Lancaster, R.T. Dalton, L.W. Green, J.B. Gurley, H.B. Marecle, J.G. 
Norman, J.L. Pickett, W.I. Smith, H.M. Stewart, Wesley Bradford, E.T. Butler, 
D.G. Clark.

T.O. Hamm, Jr., M.E. Jobe, L.D. Oaks, J.B. Robertson, A.W. Rogers, G.M. Rorie, 
P.A. Savage, D.E. Wilbanks, J.B. Blackwell, C.L. Brawner, W.C. Bush, H.J. Doty, 
R.T. Elam, C.R. Gibbs, A.G. Greene, J.M. Hardin, N.L. Hardin, Glen Howard, Jr.

B.J. Johnson, K.O. Lancaster, W.L. McCullar, A.V. McDowell, H.L. Phifer, L.B. 
Steward, James Treece, Jr., T.J. Ross, B.G. Wilson, G.C. Allen, H.D. Allen, 
J.B. Austin, C.A. Benjamin, B.F. Bynum, V.L. Briggs, G.E. Burns, O.D. Bradford, 
J.F. Cleary, W.V. Duncan, R.H. Dyson, G.P. Gates, R.E. Goode, K.R. Grisham, 
J.W. Grimes.

J.D. Hivley, K.L. Hutchins, B.H. Irvin, V.R. Johnston, J.W. Lancaster, Jr., 
E.H. Latch, R.P. Latch, W.W. Latch, A.W. Myers, B.E. Morse, W.L. Petters, B.B. 
Phillips, M.L. Roberts, C.J. Smith, G.D. Thompson, L.C. Roden, J.C. Wilburn, 
C.E. Young.

The following officers and men left Sunday morning with the truck complement of 
the company.

Second Lieut. Homer Criswell; enlisted men, W.M. Green, L.R. Surratt, J.T. 
Talley, J.R. Elliott, G.D. Sherard, B.C. Long. The group is expected to arrive 
in Columbus, Georgia Sunday night.

An advance detail consisting of J.E. Andrews and E.N. Logue, left by train last 
Wednesday.

The company personnel will return to Corinth on Sunday, August 14th aboard the 
Seminole.

Major Robert L. Gray, Battalion Commander, is expected to leave the city this 
week for Fort Benning to participate in the training schedule setup for the 
Guardsmen.



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