May 1, 1943: Archie Wright is participating in Desert Maneuvers with the 28th Infantry Regiment, Anti-tank Company in California. George Bookwalter receives a promotion from Major to Lt. Colonel while based in Philadelphia, PA. Paul McCormick receives promotion to PFC while training at Lowry Field, Colorado. Sarah Moomaw is serving as a WAAC officer in the Personnel Section of the Army Air Corps - Washington D.C.
May 1, 1944: Robert Hamman (pictured right in the attached photo) recently graduated from Officers Training School at Fort Knox, Kentucky and receives a commission as 2nd LT in the Artillery. Dale Boyer begins his service in the Pacific Theater as an Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Crewman. Herman Dinkler's troopship departs the U.S. bound for Liverpool, England. Hoyt Graham returns to Wright Field from Pratt-Whitney Engine School. Joe Ater is participating in Primary Flight Training in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tom Eycke is based at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea and begins salvaging crucial supplies from captured Japanese supply dumps, which he is later awarded a Bronze Star for Valor.
May 1, 1945: Bob Dawson is reassigned to the 5th Air Force, 18th Fighter Group, 44th Fighter Squadron, as Squadron Commander, flying P-51's in the Pacific Theater. Frank Ater's parents learn that Frank has moved from Holland to a new station somewhere in Germany. Howard Fay is located somewhere in the South Pacific. John Roseboom writes home from the Philippines mentioning he ran into "Tick" Bryant from Clarksburg Ohio at a watering hole and that they were stationed 200 yards apart! Robert K Dawson is attached to the 69th Infantry Division in Germany and writes to his parents about the division's link up with the Russians and the ghastly holocaust. Russ Furniss' parents receive word that he is located somewhere in the Philippines.
May 1, 1944: Robert Hamman (pictured right in the attached photo) recently graduated from Officers Training School at Fort Knox, Kentucky and receives a commission as 2nd LT in the Artillery. Dale Boyer begins his service in the Pacific Theater as an Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Crewman. Herman Dinkler's troopship departs the U.S. bound for Liverpool, England. Hoyt Graham returns to Wright Field from Pratt-Whitney Engine School. Joe Ater is participating in Primary Flight Training in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tom Eycke is based at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea and begins salvaging crucial supplies from captured Japanese supply dumps, which he is later awarded a Bronze Star for Valor.
May 1, 1945: Bob Dawson is reassigned to the 5th Air Force, 18th Fighter Group, 44th Fighter Squadron, as Squadron Commander, flying P-51's in the Pacific Theater. Frank Ater's parents learn that Frank has moved from Holland to a new station somewhere in Germany. Howard Fay is located somewhere in the South Pacific. John Roseboom writes home from the Philippines mentioning he ran into "Tick" Bryant from Clarksburg Ohio at a watering hole and that they were stationed 200 yards apart! Robert K Dawson is attached to the 69th Infantry Division in Germany and writes to his parents about the division's link up with the Russians and the ghastly holocaust. Russ Furniss' parents receive word that he is located somewhere in the Philippines.
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