Tillis had completed eight years of grammar school, lived in
Sanford and worked as a stockman when he first enlisted in
Company D, 124th Infantry Regiment 23 April 1934. He was
Inducted into federal service 25 November 1940. He was later
assigned to the 30TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION. He
was a Private 1st Class at the time of his death.

His next of kin included Roy Tillis, father, Sanford, Florida.

KILLED IN ACTION; 10 March 1944 Parano, Italy.

30th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division


(The 3rd Division had been one of the assault divisions at Anzio
and remained to assist in the months of bloody
offensive-defensive activity that occurred within the beadhhead
in the months that followed. While the lines didn't move much,
there was constant artillery fire, strong patrol and
counter-patrol action and periodic struggles over strategic bits
of real estate, all of it costly in lives. Tills died in that day
by day battle).





TURNER, Emil


COMPANY I, 124TH INFANTRY
(Manatee County)

Born: 15 January 1916 Parrish, Florida.

Turner was a high school graduate working as a farmer earning $12
per week in Palmetto when he enlisted in Company I, 124th
Infantry Regiment 3 October 1940. He was inducted into federal
service 25 November 1940. He was later assigned to the 155TH
INFANTRY REGIMENT, 31ST INFANTRY DIVISION. He was a Corporal at
the time of his death.

His next of kin included Mrs. F.C. Turner, mother, Parrish,
Florida.

KILLED IN ACTION; 16 November 1944 Mapia, New Guinea.

155th Infantry Regiment 31st Infantry Division


(On the 15th of November 1944, elements of the 31st Division, now
part of the newly created 8th Army, assaulted Mapia Island
against light resistance. But the small Japanese garrison did
fight the overwhelming American forces as Turner's death
attests).