Alphabetical
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Austin, Russell R.
Blauvelt, Daryl
Buchanan, Welcome H.
Bump, William H., Jr.
Easton, Alfred E., Sr.
Fuller, Dean E.
Fuller, Ken
Fuller, Leon W.
Fuller, Victor P..
Gross, Robert
Knight, Lawrence W.
McDonald, James H.
Smith, Deforest, A. Jr.
Smith, Ray H.
Springer, Bea (Buchanan)
Springer, Glenn
Thielges, Dale L.
Weeks, Ellen (Thielges)
Weeks, Carl A.
Wisel, Edward F.
Wisel, Edwin F.
Wisel, Grant G.
(Veterans
Index)
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S|Sgt. Daryl Blauvelt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Blauvelt of Shinglehouse, was inducted in the
U.S.Army on May 15, 1941, being one of the first Pearl Harbor Draftees.
He received his basic training at ?? Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., and
further training at Fort Bragg, NC, and Auburndale, Mass.
At Camp Phillips, KS, he was advanced to Staff Sgt. He went on
maneuvers at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and is now seeing action overseas.
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Pvt.
Robert Gross,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gross of Shinglehouse, was inducted into the
U.S.Army on April 6, 1943.
He received training at Camp Robinson, AR, later leaving for overseas
duty in the Quartermasters Corps in the Fifth Army. He was in the North
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Deforest A. Smith Jr., and Ray H.
Smith,
both First Lieutenants, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Deforest A. Smith,
Sr.of Shinglehouse.
1st Lt.
Deforest A. Smith, Jr. enlisted in the U.S.Army during the
summer of 1942, and received his basic training at Fort Bragg, NC. He
was transferred to Fort Sill, Okla., where he entered the Battery
Officer course.
Lt. Smith who has been in Italy with the Fifth Army since March, 1944,
was fortunate enough to visit a number of the places of Historical and
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1st Lt.
Ray H. Smith was commissioned at Fort Sill, OK, on Sept. 16,
1943, and received a battlefield promotion to First Lieutenant on Oct.
17, 1944, in France.
Reconnaissance officer of an armored artillery battery of the Third
Army, he was awarded the silver star in France on November 14, 1944. |
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Wisel
Brothers in Three Theaters --Italy, Burma and France
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Edward F. Wisel
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Grant G. Wisel
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Edwin F. Wisel
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Grant Wisel
and twins Edward and Edwin, all sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Wisel of
Shinglehouse
Cpls. Edwin and
Edward Wisel, twin brothers, were both inducted on Dec. 4, 1942, but
were separated at the New Cumberland Induction Center. At
first one was at Camp Van Adorn and the other at Keesler Field, Miss.
Later they were both at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo., but not at the
same time.
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Cpl. Edward Wisel received
his basic training in Field Artillery at Camp Van Dorn, MS. He received
further training at Camp Maxey, Texas, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and
Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming.
He was sent overseas in October, 1944, and is now
in Burma.
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Sgt. Grant Wisel, older brother of the
twins, was inducted into the US Army on Jan. 4, 1943. He received his
basic training in the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Lee, VA, where he
later became instructor.
He received further training in Atlanta, GA, Moore
General Hospital in Swannanoa, NC, Fort Lewis, WA, and Camp How??, TX.
Going overseas the first ??April, 1945, he is in Germany. |
Cpl. Edwin Wisel received his basic training at
Keesler Field, MS. He received further training at Fort Francis E.
Warren, WY. and at DeRidder Army Air Base, LA.
He was changed from the n??ical corps and trained
as a turret gunner at Topeka, KS, turret gunner at Tyndall Field, FL,
Casper, WY, and Topeka, KS.
With his crew he went overseas in March, 1945.
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Fuller
Brothers are serving Uncle Sam -
Sons of Fred and Alta (Healy) Fuller of Eleven Mile Valley
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Dean E. Fuller
(from Al Easton, Jr.)
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Ken Fuller
(from Al Easton, Jr.)
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Sgt. Leon W. Fuller
(from Al Easton, Jr.)
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PFC Victor P. Fuller
(from Al Easton, Jr.)
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Dean Fuller served in the U. S. Air Force.
Although this picture is not part of the Lockwood collection, it is
placed with his brothers in the Shinglehouse collection, even though no
clipping information is available to accompany it. |
Ken Fuller seved in the U. S. Navy.
Although this picture is not part of the Lockwood collection, it is
placed with his brothers in the Shinglehouse collection, even though no
clipping information is available to accompany it. |
Sgt. Leon Fuller was inducted into the
Air Corps on Oct. 29, 1941 and received his basic training at Keesler
Field, MS. Promoted to Sgt. in 1942, he was transferred to Camp
Kearnes, Utah, in April 1944.
This photo was taken in 1944 when Leon was 23 years old. |
PFC Victor Fuller was inducted into the US Army on Jan. 26, 1942, and
received his basic training at Fort Bragg, NC, in the Field Artillery.
He received further training at Fredericksburg, MD, Fort Sill, OK,
where he became PFC, and Camp Chaffee, Ark. He was sent to England in
August 1944. |
End of the Lockwood
Collection

Other veterans
who called Potter County home
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Alfred E. Easton, Sr.
TECH 4 CONSTAB REGT
(from Al Easton, Jr.)
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Dale L. Thielges
US Army
(from Barb Hyde)
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Carl A. Weeks
LT, US Army, Quartermaster
Carl and Ellen met
and married at Ft. Eustis, VA and were sent overseas within a week. It
would be 3 years before they saw each other again. Carl served in the
Quartermaster Corps in the Pacific Theater.
(From
Barb Hyde)
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Ellen (Thielges) Weeks
LT, 33rd General Hospital
The
33rd was Gen. Patton's field hospital. It followed Patton's campaign
across North Africa, to Sicily, Anzio Beach, Salerno, Monte Casino and
Rome.
(from
Barb Hyde)
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William Henry Bump,
Jr.
Served in the U. S. Army from
May 1943 to December 1945. William was with the 45th Infantry Division
(from Barbara Bump Solomon)
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William Henry Bump, Jr.
Received the WW II
Campaign Medal with 4 Bronze Stars, WW II Victory Medal,
European-Africa Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, and a Sharpshooter
Medal.
(From Barbara Bump Solomon)
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Lawrence W. Knight
Roulette, PA
(from Dick Knight)
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Welcome H. Buchanan
Volunteered and left a young
family to serve his country. He was a PFC in the 86th Mountain
Infantry, U. S. Army and served in Italy.
Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
(From Jim Buchanan)
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Beatrice (Buchanan)
Springer
Bea was in the Civil Service
and worked at the National
Munitions Company that was located outside of Eldred.
Cpl Springer did come home safely. Bea and Glenn Springer were married
on August 20, 1945 after he was discharged.
(from Glenda Springer Sippel)
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Albert Glenn Springer
Cpl. Glenn Springer, who has spent most of his life
in Ulysses, was calling on friends here last week. Cpl. Springer has
been in the armed forces for over three years and was wounded near
Aschen, Germany, while serving with the Ninth Army, Second Armored
Division, known as "Hell on Wheels". He has recently been released from
a military hospital in Mississippi and, following his furlough, will
report at Asheville, NC. Cpl. Springer modestly
wears the Combat Infantryman's badge, the Purple Heart, and a campaign
ribbon bearing five Battle Stars for combat in five major campaigns -
Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. His service stripes indicate
three years service and two years overseas. Glenn has many friends who
are proud of his service record and who hope for his complete recovery.
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Glenda Springer Sippel) |
Russell Ray Austin
Pvt. Russell Austin enlisted on Nov. 27, 1942, and served for
three years in the US Army. He and Iva Matteson had been married only
four months when he enlisted.
(from
Dana Austinl) |
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