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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
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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.
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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 artistic renown. |
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
(from
Glenda Springer Sippel)
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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.
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