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Florida Department of Mil.itary Affairs SpsGial A:rGhi\?ss PubliGatiott Numbsr /51 . 116TH/149TH FIELD ARTILLERY WORLD WAR I I State ArseI\al St. Fral\Gis BarraGhs Augustitie, Florida I 

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31 ST IDFADTRY DIUISIOD ARTIL LERY DESCRIPTION BADGE: Approved July 14, 1937. Between the extremities of a scarlet four bastioned fort the crests of the Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana National Guard Proper. 

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sumTER L. LOWRY, JR. BRIGADIER GENERAL Commanding General, 56th Field Artillery Bri gade from October 4, 1934, until its reorganiza tion on February 26, 1942. Commanding General 31st Infantry Division Artillery from February 26, 1942, until January 1, 1945. Graduated Virginia Military Institute 1914; awarded Cincinnatus Medal for Military efficiency during cadet ship 1914. Organized and appointed captain, 2nd Florida In• fantry, Florida National Guard 1914. Served on Mexican Border as Captain Company H. 124th Infantry, Florida National Guard 1916-1917. t~r~~d~~/ffl;/nm.;::f;e"rtrKJ. ~i tii~m9. Division. Organized and appointed Colonel 116th Field Artillen-, Florida National Guard 1921; appointed Brigadier Gen eral 56th Field Artillery Brigade, 31st Infantry Di• vision, U. S. National Guard 1934. Served as Military Commander during great Florida Hurricanes, Lake Okeechokee 1926-1928. Commanded 56th Field Artillery Brigade, 31st In• fantry Division Third Army Maneuvers, ~Iississippl. 1938; commanded 56th Field Artlllery Brigade, 31:? Infantry Division, Third Army Maneuvers, LoUisiana, 1940. Mustered into Federal Service as Brigadier General 56th Field Artillery Brigade, 31st Infantry Division at Camp Blanding, Florida, November 25, 1940; served as Brigadier General In Command of Division Artillery, 31st Infantry Division at Camp Blanding, Camp Bowie, Camp Shelby, Camp Pickett, West Virginia Mountain Training, and Camp Bradford Amphibious Trainh1g, through all maneuvers held in Louisiana, South and North Carolina. Sailed overseas with the Division, January 19H; Commanded Artlllery of Division through New Guinea Campaign, 1944; Commanded Artillery of Division at Morota1 Landing Dutch East India, 1944. Served duty with Headquarters Army Ground Forces, Washington. D. C., January 1945; Assistant Commanding General IRTC, Camp Livingston, La.. March 19~; Returned to Inactive duty October 1, 1945. Attended the following schools: General Officers Re• fresher Cour~e. 1941. Fort Benning, Ga.: Normoyle Motor Co!.lrse, 1942, San Antonio, Tex.; Tank Des troyer School, 1942, Camp Hood, Tex.; Amphibious Command and Staff Course, 1943, Camp Bradford. Va. Holds the following awards and campaign badges: Mexican Border Medal, 1916; Victory Medal (World War I) with Bronze Star, 1918; American Defense Rib bon, 1941; American Theatre Ribton, 1944; Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with Bronze Star. 1944; Bronze Service Arrowhead, 1944; Victory Medal (World War JI), 1945; Bronze Star Medal, 1944; Distinguishec Service Medal, 1945. To: The Officers and Men of .the 31st Infa~try Division ~illery: The greatest honor that has come to me during my lifetime has been the privilege of command ing the Artillery of the 31st Infantry Division. The record of this Artillery Unit during the entire war was the equal of any in the Army of the United States. The high t.echnical ability of its officers . and men, together with the splendid morale and e,prit, made it possible to perform any task given it from the training camp to the battle field. The chief objective of every man in the Division Artillery was to be able to deliver effective fire in support of the Infantry units of the Division. To be there with the goods when the going was tough for the Infantry. To make the Infantry know that their artillery was with them and behind them always. To be truly a part of the Infantry Artillery team. This you did! , I am personally proud of the fact that I was a member of the 31st Infantry Division for 25 years, serving with it through two World Wars. I am sure that there was no better Division in any theatre during the war. I am proud of the leadership and performance of its officers and men, from top to bottom. I wish to extend my best wishes to every man and officer, and I hope as the years go by that I may continue to have your friendship and good will as you shall have mine. 120 "-~ SUMTER L. LOWRY. Brigadier General, USA Former Commanding General 31st Division Artillery 

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THOmAS F. HICKEY BR!GADIER GENERAL Commanding General 31st Infantry Division Artillery from January 13, 1945, to September 25, 1945. Brigadier General Thomas F. Hickey, who commanded the 31st Division Artillery from January 13, 1945, to September 25, 1945, was born in Massachusetts on April 1, 1898. He en listed as a private in the Regular Army on July 25, 1916 . In November 1917, he was commis sioned a second lieutenant in the Cavalry Re serve Corps and was immediately ordered to France. He served as a platoon commander in the 341st and 7th Machine Gun Battalions while overseas and participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He remained on duty in Germany as a member of the Army of Occupation until February 1922. General Hickey was commissioned as a sec ond lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular Army on July 1, 1922. and transferred to Field Artil lery on June of 1922. He went overseas again in 19H as Commanding General, X Corps Ar tillery , and was Chief of Staff, X Corps, during the Leyte campaign , joining the 31st Division Artillery in January 1945. General Hickey was awarded the French Or der of Palms and the Purple Heart in World War I. the Bronze Star while with the X Corps and the Silver Star and Air Medal while with the 31st Division. .~ ~1i \ ~ -S, . -==.• ~ ""----'"""'"" a . } !' .. . . ..,., To My Comrades of the 31st Division: Aitape, Moratai , and Mindanao will always be reminders of a job well done; of friends that we have made; of comrades who could not return with us; and, of difficulties and hardships that we surmounted. As we lay aside our military equipment and return to civilian pursuits. zach of us has the responsibility to assure that the objectives we fought for become a reality and that those who follow us will not have to do the job over again. 

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JOSEPH C. HUTCHISOD Brigadier General, U.S.A. Enlisted on 5 Sept. 1917, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery, on 1 June 1918, as signed 333rd Field Artiller y. Discl1arged 17 Feb . 1919. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, Flor ida National Guard, 12 April 1921, assigned 124th Infantry , promoted to Captain in 1926, i\Iajor 2 Feb . 1929, Lieutenant Colonel 2 June 1933, Colonel 27 Aug. 1940 , Brigadier General, commanding 62nd Infantry Brigade , 18 Nov . 19-10 . Ass is t a nt to Division Commander, 31st Infantry Div is ion, 21 Feb. 1942; went on termi nal leave 2 Jan . 1946 and was released from Federal Service on 18 April 1946 . To Officers and Men of the 31st Infantry Division: The Dixie Division made an enviable record in World War II and estab lished itself as one of the finest combat divisions in the history of the United States Army. I am proud to have served with such a fine group of fighting men. It is my sincere wish that each member of the division will have little diffi culty in readjusting himself to civil life and that many years of happiness and prosperity will be the reward of 11 job well done. . May each of us now fight as diligently for a lasting peace as we did in prosecuting the war . My sincere good wishes to each of you. JOSEPH C. HUTCHISON Brigadier General, U . S . A . 

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* ALEXANDER G . PAXTON Colonel Commandlnc 114th Field Artillery from May 20, 1933 until reorganization. Assigned as Chief of Staff 31st Infantry Division February 26, 1942 . Later promoted to Brigadi e r General and Commanding General 33rd Infantry Division . : . . ' \ ? f _'.;f i :~ )) )1 ' HOMER W. HESIERLY Colonel * -. PERCY S. McCLUNG Colonel Commandlnt: 116th Field Artlllery from October 23. 193-1 until reor,:anlzatlon February 26, 194Z. Executive Officer 31st Infantry Division Artillery from February 26, 194? Commanding 111th Field Artlllery from January 11, until December 31, 1941. until December 1944. 122 

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HISTORY OF THE 31 ST DIUISIOO ARTILLERY Although the history of the 31st Infantry Division Artil lery as such, begins with the triangulation of the Division on February 26, 1942 at Camp Bowie Texas, a large and important part of its activities took place as the 56th Field Artillery Brigade from which it was derived. The Brigade was first established as a unit in September 1917 when the th, 117th and 118th Field Artillery regi ments were mobilized as part of the 31st (Dixie) Division at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. By the latter part of September 1918 it was in France as a part of the 31st Division, how ever, since the Division was broken up to be used as re placements soon after its . arrival, the brigade did not act as a unit but its personnel was assigned to various organizations of the AEF. Following the Armistice, the brigade was returned to the United States and demobilized. During 1924-25 the 56th Field Artillery Brigade was reorganized as a part of the Federally recognized National Guard, with the 116th Field Artillery Regiment in Florida, and the 117th Field Artillery Regiment in Alabama. The third regiment the 114th Field Artillery was organized in Mis sissippi as a part of the brigade during 1933. On November 25, 1940 the component units of the brigade under the command of Brigadier General Sumter L. Low ry Jr. were inducted into Federal Service at their home stations and by December 19, 1940 had arrived at Camp Blanding Florida named in honor of Major General Albert H. Blanding, former commander of the 31st Division for a year of intensive training. On August 21,-1941 the period of Training and Service was extended for eighteen months and with the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war against Japan December 8, 1941, and against Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941, the period of service was extended for the duration of the war and six months. Training at Camp Blanding Florida with its many limi tations, its Dixon-Mason line, SNAFU, Simulated weapons sibley stoves, three day passes and short leaves notwith standing proved very beneficial to the Artillery. It was soon welded into an efficient fighting force capable of working with and furnishing support to the infantry of the division . July through September 1941 found the brigade parti cipating with the division in the Third Army versus Second Army maneuvers in Louisiana. Many valuable lessons were learned and troops became accustomed to living in the field. One interesting phase of these maneuvers was the Artillery's engagement with the Second Army's Armored Division in the "Battle of Good Hope Church." Returning to Camp Blanding in October it left again in November to participate in maneuvers against the First Army in North Carolina and returned to Camp in December. A rather dramatic sequence took place on December 8, 1941. The 56th Field Artillery Brigade left for Tampa, Flor ida in accordance with previous plans for a ceremony to dedicate the Tampa armory, which was to be named Fort Homer Hesterly, in honor of Colonel Homer W. Hesterly commander of the 116th Field Artillery Regiment . The Jap attack or:i Pearl Harbor alerted one and all to the fact that they knew not what the next few days would hold for the division, which was by now a well trained outfit . The Brigade arrived in Tampa in the morning and the scheduled parade was held early in the afternoon . It was quite a sombre crowd that watched the long column wind its way through the Tampa streets, in a misting rain just as the EXTRA papers hit the streets telling of the U. S. Declaration of war on Japan. It is believed that this was the first wartime parade of World War II to be held in 123 the U. S. That night four batteries of 116th Field Artillery Regiment were alerted as parts of Battalion Combat Teams for coastal defense. In February 1942 the division made its first of many permanent changes of station and the entire brigade again moved overland by truck to Camp Bowie, located near Brownwood, Texas. In 1933, the brigade had changed from horse drawn artillery to truck-drawn artillery. It was one of the first units of the army to make this change and much thought and effort had been devoted by all units to development of the new tactics and technique which evolved from motorization. Many long road marches were performed by all regiments both prior to and after induc tion and .a high state of perfection had been reached in the training of drivers, careful planning of each movement and the continuous supervison of convoys while on the march. During the years 1933-1941 this brigade marched 3,152,130 vehicle miles in convoy without a single serious accidenl Almost immediately upon arrival at Camp Bowie, and pursuant to instructions contained in General Order No. 11, Headquarters VIII Army Corps, dated February 25, 1942, the division was reorganized as a triangular infantry divi sion, with the following changes in the Artillery: Old Designation Hq. & Hq . Btry. 56th F . A. Brig. Headquarters 116th F. A. Headquarters Btry. 116th F. A. Band, 116th F. A. 1st Bn. 116th F. A. 2nd :En . 116th F. A. Med. Det. 116th F. A. Headquarters 117th F . A. Headquarters Btry. 117th F. A. Band 117th F. A. 1st Bn . 117th F. A. 2nd Bn. 117th F. A. Med. Det. 117th F. A. Hq. & Hq. Btry. & Band 114th F. A. 1st Bn. 114th F. A. 2nd Bn. 114th F. A. Med. Det. 114th F. A. New Designation Hq. & Hq. Btry. 31st Inf. Div. Arty . Disbanded Headquarters & Serv. Co . 175th Engrs. Band, 31st Inf . Div. Arty. 116th F. A. Bn . (less AA&AT Plat.) 149th F. A . Bn. (less AA&AT Plat.) Med. Det . 116th F. A. Bn . Disbanded Pioneer Co. 631st Tank Dest. Bn . Band, Ft. Bragg N. C. Rec . Center 117th F. A. Bn . (less AA&AT Plat.) 2nd Bn. 137th F. A. (155mm How. Trk.-D) Med . Det . 117th F. A. Bn. Hq. & Hq. Btry. & Band 137th F. A. (155mm How . Trk.-D) 114th F. A . Bn. (less AA&T Plat.) 1st Bn. 137th F. A. (155mm How . Trk-D) Med. Det . 114th F. A. Bn. This reorganization reduced the amount of artillery in the Division from three regiments of two battalions each, to four separate battalions. The reduction in artillery was in line with the reduction in the number of infantry regiments but the functions and tactical employment of the Artillery was not appreciably affected. Brigadier Gen eral Sumter L. Lowry, Jr., remained in command of the Division Artillery. Offkers and enlisted personnel gener ally were retained in their units, and either remained with the division or were transferred out with the redes

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One of the first pictures of the 116th Field A:twry at Can:.p Blanding . 'Ihe effects of a downpour that greeted troops on arrival. ignated units. This was the first large loss of original members of the old National Guard other than many en listed men who had . qualified for officer candidate school paratroopers-and training as pilots in the Air Corps. Many fine men and excellent soldiers were lost to the Artillery. In March 1942 Division Artillery Headquarters and the four artillery battalions were assigned to the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to act as school troops and prepare for its first Army Ground Force Artillery firing test. This period of training was probably the most bene ficial in the matter of putting a technical polish on a basically fine organization in which the artillery ever par ticipated. All of the battalions completed the eight weeks period with an excellent record, prepared for any type of firing which they might be called upon to do. A comInterior of a typical tent housing five men ~nd a tent stove. 124 mendation from division commander to the division artil lery commander is quoted in part: "During the recent AGF tests held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the 31st Division Artillery received a rating of 85.35%. This percentage is the highest award received by the artil , lery of any divisions of the VIII Corps." "I am fully aware of the tremendous amount of work you and your command did to accomplish this record . I am also aware of the difficulties encountered by reason of bad weather, shortage of officers and non-commissioned officers and lack of previous opportunity to fire your weapons. It is apparent that these obstacles were only a challenge to your command and I am all the more proud of your achievement because of them." The 31st Infantry Division Artillery probably participated in more tests than any similar unit in the United States Army and a complete record of scores obtained is listed here: Location Test No. 114th 116th 117th 149th AV. and Year I 71.8 81.4 81.1 85.0 79.8 II 82 . 3 82.3 82 . 6 93 . 8 85 . 2 Ft. Sill III 81.4 92.9 96.7 93.3 91.1 April-May AV. 78 . 5 85.4 86.8 90.7 85.3 1942 I 87.8 74.1 90 . 4 77.6 82.5 Camp II 71.8 81.1 91.6 83.5 82.0 Shelby III 96.5 92.9 96.3 90.1 93.9 April-May AV . 83.9 78.1 91.3 80.6 83.5 1943 Location Test No. 114th 116th 117th 149th AV. and Year I 70.1 81.3 60.9 74 . 8 71.8 Camp II 68.8 74 . 8 67 . 2 84 . 8 74.0 Butner III 89 . 4 95 . 3 91.1 95.7 92.9 December AV. 74 . 6 83.2 70.0 82.5 77.6 1943 I 78.7 79.1 78.7 75 . 0 77.7 II . 88 . 8 73 . 4 75.8 71.7 77.4 Oro Bay III 92.3 85.2 89.6 89.1 June AV. 84.6 79 . 2 80 . 7 73.9 80.5 1944 Upon completion of the tour of duty at Fort Sill, the Division Artillery returned to Camp Bowie in April 1942 where it learned to sing "Deep in the Heart of Texas," danced to "Put your little Foot," and training continued. Here the Battalions conducted the first artillery firing over the heads of the infantry who began to learn the sound of shells overhead and bursting nearby . The artiller y men also were reassured in their ability to place the round s where the infantry wanted them . In July 1942 the Division Artillery again participated in the Louisiana Army Maneuvers. Upon completion of which another large group of the original members of the Na tional Guard were cadred out of the battalions as fillers for units going oversea s . The loss of these experienced men together . with the continual loss of men qualifying for Officers Candidate school required the starting over again from scratch and the training of practically entirel y new organizations throughout the whole of the Division Artillery. R~placements were selectees and volunteers from every part of the United States. A nucleus of the old Nat ional Guard members both enlisted man and officers re mained, however, and a 13 weeks basic training period was begun in September 1942 after arrival at Camp Shelby located near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The benefit of the excellent technical qualifications, many hours of study and the state of training and exper ience attained by the National Guard is attested by the following compilation: Selected and trained as National Guard Officers prior to Nov. 25, 1940. 

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Brought into service 221 officers 011 November 25, 1940 as follows: l Brigadier General 2 Colonels 9 Lt. Colonels 14 Majors 55 Captains 51 First Lieu.tenants 88 Second Lieu.tenants Rank attained by these same 221 officers Ju.ne 25, 1945: 2 Brigadier Generals 9 Colonels 43 Lt. Colonels 72 Majors 93 Captains First Lieu.t. (None) Second Lieut. (None) A record of the number of enlisted men who qualified for and attained commissioned rank through Officers Can didate schools is not available, but the number is large and many of them attained high rank. After completion of the Bas i c Training Program came another period of training for a second AGF Firing Test of the Division Artillery and its Battalions. These tests were again passed with a record equal to any artillery in . the army. Combined infantry-artillery firing tests followed; then Division maneuvers in southern Mississippi. July 1943 found the Artillery in Louisiana participating once more in ArmJ maneuvers there. Near the end of these maneuvers it became apparent that the division was "hot" for shipment overseas and after a short period of uncer tainty as to which direction it would go it was hurriedly shipped from Cypress, Louisiana , and closed in Camp Picket at Blackstone, Virginia in September 1943. Now began a period of the most intensive and beneficial training the Artillery had yet encountered-Mountain training near Elkins, West Virginia-Preparattion for a third AGF Artillery Firing Test at Camp A. P. Hill near Bowling Green, Virginia-Completion of the tests at Camp Butner, North Carolina-Amphibious Training at Camp Bradford near Norfolk, Virginia , culminating in actual amphibious landings form Chesapeake Bay in the Solo mons Island Area. The artill e ry oi the Division was now ready for any assignment and by the end of February 1944 all e lements had staged at Camp Patrick near Norfolk, Virginia, had shipped out cf Hampton Road s . and were on their wa y through the Panama Canal to Oro Bay, New Guinea (Buna-Gona Area) in the Southwe s t Pacific . Although the country was strange. the heat was intense in the da y time, malaria and s crub typhus prevalent, and the "fuzzy-wuzzy" natives inter e sting : the men immediately settled down to the construction an d improvement of their camp near DOBODURA. An acclimuting training program was instituted and many baseball diamonds were con structed although there was little time available for base ball. It was here the artillery received the tractor equipment and bulldozers which were to prove so valuable and reli able in future operations. More amphibious training was conducted and emphasis was placed on learning how to live and fight in the jungle. Preparations were soon underway for another series of AGF artillery firing tests , which were completed in the same excellent manner as before . Morale was excellent and everyone was anxious to prepare in everyway possible for the combat in which they knew they would soon participate. On June 28, 1944 the first of th e Artillery Battalions left to praticipate in combat, when the 149th Field Artillery Battalion as part of the 124th Regimental Combat Team was ordered to the AITAPE area . The remainder of the artillery began their combat experience when the Division moved to the W AKDE-SARMI area in August. Upon com pletion of this operation and that at AITAPE, the division consolidated for the MOROTAI, and later the ?vlINDANAO operations. Activities of the Artillery in these operations are best described in the narratives of the severnl battalions . , . , ,_---. ; ~;i . 7~i~ -.:~ -Top: Harbor at Oro Bay Center: Headquarters area on Morotai. Above: Natives at cere monial. Note headdresses, birds of paradise. Right: Native belle~ 

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Top: Artillery liaison plane L-4 dropping supplies to Infantry Above: Liaison plane air strip, Oro Bay Left: Artillery liaison planes on landing strip at Oro Bay. Right: Artillery cub plane hauls casualties to the rear at Kibawe 126 In January 1945 Brigadier General Sumter L. Lowry, Jr., and Colonel Horner W. Hesterly, Executive Officer, completed a long and meritorious period of service with the artillery and returned to the . United States. Brigadier General Thomas F. Hickey joined the division and assumed command of the Division Artillery on January 13, 1945. He directed the operations of the artillery for the remain ing period of time on MOROTAI and throughout the MIN DANAO campaign. At the completion of hostilities, he was assigned to Washington and returned to the United States . en September 25, 1945. The words of the Division Artillery Air Section in the MINDANAO campaign as in all other campaigns was particularly outstanding. k summary of the operations is set forth: MINDANAO OPERATION April 22, 1945 June 30, 1945 Fire m1ss1ons . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Flights Guiding Bomb Strikes...... 60 Flights Supply Drops to Infantry. . 487 Flights Patrol and reconnaissance 140 Flights Carrier.................... 102 Flights Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Flights Evacuating Casualties . . . . 73 Flights 449 missions 40 Tris Tons 73 Casualties. I Headquarters and headquarters Battery departed from AGUSAN (Bugo), MINDANAO aboard the transport USS GENERAL OMAR BUNDY on December 2, arrived in San Francisco on December 19, and was inactivated at Camp Stoneman, California on December 21, 1945. All battalions of the Division Artillery performed their missions in a superior manner both in training the many replacements who passed through their ranks and in actual combat. They were always ready to support the infantry with fire power whenever needed .and assisted them in maintaining communications, reinforcing their supply lines bqth by tractor and air drops from cub planes and in evacuating their wounded. Liaison officers and forward observer parties accompanied the infantry at all times, shared their many hardships and were always on the spot when artillery fire was needed in supporting the infantry advance or breaking up the enemy's attack. When func tioning as part of Regimental or Battalion Combat Teams the Artillery was truly a part of the team and no finer compliment can be paid to each battalion than the state ment of the respective Infantry Regimental commanders that his supporting artillery battalion was the best in the division; or the division commanders statement that the Division is proud of its artillery. Historical records concern themselves primarily with the record of the movement and operations of units and their commanders, and little is found concerning the day by day activities of the individual soldier who makes these operations possible. It was he who endured the many hardships of living in the jungle in the heat and in the rain, continually moved day after day, manned the guns day and night, sometimes with enemy shells landing near by, dug the fox holes, built the pill boxes and chopped down fields of fire for his weapons, drove the tractors over impassable roads hub deep in mud or chocked with dust. kept the equipment in repair, and if .the things he needed were not available, improvised somehow and made things go. His unfailing loyalty, courage, ingenuity and aggressive ness were an inspiration to all and to him is due the credit for the fine performance of the Artillery in living up to the motto "It can be done." 

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116TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTA LI OD BLAZONRY COAT OF ARMS: approved April H, 1925; ammended April 20, 1925. Shield: Gules, a fess Azure flmbriated Argent In Chief a disc partlper pale of the first (gules) and of the second (azure) flmbriated of the third (argent) and charged with two conventionalized D's back! to back of the like (argent) (a simulation of the shoulder sleeve Insignia of the 31st D1vislen) and In base a fleur-de-lis also of the last (argent). Crest: That for regiments of Florida National guard . Wreath: Argent and gules. Motto: Veatlgla. Nu11a Retrora eum (There ls no golnr back). JOEL C, GARRARD lllajor Commanded Battalion from Au gust 10, 1945 to Inactivation De cember 20, 1945, FRANK C. PAUL Lieutenant Colonel Commanded Battalion from February 26, 1942 unUl August 9, 1945. 133 DESCRIPTION The shield is red for artil lery, the blue Fess indicate the Federal Service in 1898. The charge in the chief of the shield is a modified form of the shoulder sleeve in signia of the 31st Division, the two-colored parting in dicating service in 31st Di vision on two sides of the world. Tl:)e fleur-de-lis indi cates the service in France. Streamers authorized. World War without inscrip tion. GEORGE N. SPAIN Lieutenant Colonel Commanded 1st Battalion 116th Field ArtJllery at Induction. 

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H!STORY OF. 116TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALIOD The 116th Field Artillery was originally organized at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, during World War I as part of the 31st Division. It arrived in France in October, 1918, saw no combat service, and was mustered from Federal Service on January 16, 1919. Florida was granted authority by the War Department to provide a battalion of field artillery as part of the Na tional Guard after World War I and on December 5, 1921 three firing batteries, "A", "B" and "C" formed the basis of the 1st Battalion 116th Field Artillery. Completion of the 1st Battalion was effected with the establishment of Headquarters Battery and Combat Train on February 15, 1922. All of the 1st Battalion was located in Tampa with Major Sumter L. Lowry, Jr., in command. Expansion to a full regiment was begun by the found ing of the Second Battalion. Firing Batteries "P", "E" and "F" were located at Lakeland, Plant City and Arcadia, with Headquarters Battery and Combat Train in Bartow. On August 23, 1923 the 2nd Battalion was Federally recog nized as a unit. The regiment received official recognition on January 20, 1924. Service Battery with band section was placed at Winter Haven and later at Arcadia. Battery "F" was transferred to Winter Haven. The Medical De tachment was organized in Tampa October 6, 1922. Regi mental Headquarters Battery was placed in Ft. Myers but in 1937 was moved to St. Petersburg. On the date of Federal recognition, Major Lowry was promoted to Colonel and regimental commander. Effective July 16, 1933 the regiment was converted from horse-drawn artillery to truck-drawn artillery. The horses . were disposed of and trucks were issued in their : place. On October 4, 1934 Colonel Sumter L. Lowry, Jr., was promoted to Brigadier General and Commanding General, 56th Field Artillery Brigade, of which the 116th Field Artillery was a part. Lieut. Colonel Homer W. Heste . rly was advanced to Colonel in command of the regiment on October 23, 1934. I The year 1937 brought to the regiment superior rating, national recognition ,and the highest efficiency standing of any National Guard Regiment in the United, States . Dur ing 1938, Major General George Van Horn Moseley, then commander of the Fourth Corps Area, twice publicly stated that the 116th Field Artillery was "the finest regiment in the world." INDUCTION On November 25, 1940 the regiment was inducted into Federal Service and remained in training at each unit's home station until the latter part of December 1940. It Trucks passing on Franklin Street leaving on its long anticipated trip to Camp Blanding. then moved to Camp Blanding, Florida, to begin intensive training as a part of the Army of the United States. The 'unit retained its home station at Camp Blanding through out 1941 and participated as a regiment in the Army ma neuvers both in Louisiana and in North Carolina. In Febru ary 1942 it moved with the Division to Camp Bowie, near Brownwood, Texas. With the reorganization of the 31st Division as a tri angular division on February 26, 1942 the regiment was broken up into two separate battalions. The 1st Battalion was redesignated as the 116th Field Artillery Battalion tinder command of Lieutenant Colonel Frank C. Paul and remained as an organic part of the 31st Infantry Di vision Artillery. Headquarters 116th Field Artillery was disbanded and Colonel Homer W . Hesterly was assigned as Executive Officer of the Division Artillery. Headquarters Battery was redesignated Hq. and Serv. Co., 175th Engi neers (Gen Serv) and moved to a new station. The band was redesignated Band, 31st Infantry Division Artillery. The 2nd Battalion was redesignated as the 149th Field Artillery Battalion and remained as an organic part of the division artillery. The 116th Field Artillery Battalion inherited the Shield, Crest, Motto and Colors of the regi ment. Training as covered under the Section devoted to 31st Infantry Division Artillery was continued throughout 1942 and 1943, and February 1944 found the battalion at Camp Pickett, Virginia, fully qualified for overseas move ment. OVERSEAS l\lOVEMEXT On February 23, the 116th Field Artillery Battalion moved to Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Staging was com pleted and on March 1, 1944 the battalion embarked aboard the Army Transport ACONCAGUA from Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. The ship passed through the Panama Canal on March 8, docked at Balboa for repairs, and de parted on March 13. It was necessary to return to Balboa for further repairs and the voyage was resumed March 14 . On April 10, 1944 the battalion arrived at ORO BAY, BRITISH NEW GUINEA. Camp was established with the remainder of the division in the vicinity of DOBODURA, where acclimation and jungle training occupied the time until preparations were begun for movement into a com bat area. J\IAFFIN BAY The battalion departed from ORO BAY on August 8, 1944 aboard the Transport SS MAUI, and after stopping in FINSCHAFEN several days for repairs, arrived at Inside one of the trucks enroute to Blanding 

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MAFFIN BAY, DUTCH NEW GUINEA on August 15. Positions were occupied within the Division perimeter es tablished for ihe protection of MAFFIN BAY and the large Air Force installations on WAKDE ISLAND just off shore. At 1000 hours on August . 17 the battalion fired its first concentration in actual combat. Master Sergeant Bradley T. Shaw, Sergeant Major, gave the command to fire the first round. The first combat mission-direct support of a combat patrol from the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry-was assigned to the battalion on August 22 . This patrol was to cross WOSKE River, proceed northwest up the coast of MAFFIN BAY, cross SAWAR Creek and destroy all enemy supplies and installations between SAW AR Creek and :METIMEDAN Creek. l,iaison Sections 1 and 3 and A and C Battery forward observer parties accompanied the patrol On August 28 the same mission was assigned to the 3rd Battalion 155th Infantry. Liaison Section 3, forward observer parties from the three firing batteries and communication sections from Headquarters Battery ac companied the patrol . The enemy, because of the similar nature of the mission and actions, were better prepared. Anti-personnel mines and booby traps were numerous. All open areas on the route, particularly in and around SAW AR Airdrome had machine guns sighted on them. Enemy mortar concentrations fell on the trail and snipers had occupied strategic positions in trees and on the ground. A 20 minute artillery preparation was fired on SAW AR Creek to proceed the attack. After considerable fighting in which many casualties were inflicted on the enemy the patrol returned. Among the many Japs killed two snipers were killed by members of the artillery par ties during the return. On the evening of August 28 one round of enemy artillery fire landed within 75 yards of the cp but no casualties resulted. On September 1 the artillery of the 33rd Infantry Di vision took over the fires of the battalion and preparations were started for the next operation. l\IOROTAI ISLAND On September 9 the battalion was loaded on LCM's and taken aboard the Landing Ship Dock-USS CARTER HALL-for the amphibious assault on MOROTAI Island. The first objective of the assault force was to sieze the southwest tip of MOROTAI Island including the PITOE Airdrome (started by Japs but later abandoned) and to establish protection around an area sufficient to build supply and air installations. The 116th Field Artillery Battalion was in direct support of the 155th Infantry for the assault. The morning of D-Day September 15 found the CAR TER HALL in HALAMEHERA SEA standing approxi mately 10,000 yards off shore while a naval bombard ment was delivered on the landing beaches. At H+ 30 the first wave of the battalion in six LCM's containing Battery A, Communications and Fire Direction Sections of Head quarters Battery, 1st Platoon Company A, 98th Chemical Battalion attached and the Battalion Commander and part of his staff, landed on the south (right) edge of Red Beach. It was only two hours before extreme low tide and the landing beaeh was found to be obstructed by a coral and mud reef approximately 300 feet wide. Much diffi culty was encountered in getting personnel and equipment ashore . Vehicles were soon stalled in the mud. With the assistance of an LVT which had come in with the first waves of the infantry, the four howitzers were extracted, towed to position and were read to fire by 0945. The sec ond wave containing B Battery experienced the same A newspaper clipping from a Tampa, Fla., newspaper. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1941 116TH ARTILLERY STOPS TANKS IN LOUISIANA. 'WAR' Holds Highly-Rated F 9rce in Tracks WITH THE 116TH ON LOUISI ANA MANEUVERS, Sept. 20.-(Spe cial.)-The 116th field artillery had a Roman hollday Thursday and Friday when they pinned the highly pub llcl%ed re::ond army ' s mechanized di• Vision to the rround •o miles norttr w~t of Alexan:lrla, La. Colonel Homer W, Hesterly, Tampa, com mander or the 116th, announced to day .• Early Thurtday morning 116th re connaissance partles discovered that tanks and armored cars had circled the position of friendly Infantry and were lorming to strike the 116lh on lt.s right flank. Th'J' Couldn't Break Throu1h Immediately, 75 mllllmeter runs were z,::oved lo block the advance o! the armored division. The 116th gun emplacements not only surprised the enemy tanks and armored cars. but denied them an opportunity or de ployingand inaneuverlnr tota break through. They were compelled to make frontal attacks for which th.e 116th ,.;as already set to mtet. Throughout Thursday and unU\ conclusion of the problem Friday afternoon, the Florida artillerymen had the mechanized enemy covered, and partially . lmmoblllzed, whlle friendly ln!aqtry prevented the sec ond army infantry from spreading through the forest. . The preliminary score for the 116th Is: 55 light tanks "destroyed," 10 ar mored cars •c;a.12t11red or destroyed." and 31 or the 116th s 75-mllllmeter guns "destroyed." It will be aeveral . weeks before a complete digest oC the eniragement Is available. Red Beach, Morotai. ,...~ ' ' ~--. . ... . .. __ fyJf.'t:C;,t;;;;ii,: ;o iJii,1l: 1 i ( 1 . . w ~ :?~ . ;;-."':;.: ,: . I 

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difficulty in landing but by the time the third wave ar rived a channel of solid ground had been found and two of the sections came ashore with ease. No enemy opposition was encountered during the land int-P.ractically the entire day was spent in extricating the bogged down equipment. By nightfall all equipment except three tractors were ashore; a landing strip for the liaison planes had been constructed and planes had flown from it to fire direct support missions and make long range reconnaissance of areas under enemy control; and the battalion was in position on PITOE Airdrome pre pared to accept missions from the infantry and also able to fire seaward in case of counterinvasion. On D+l, September 16 the first enemy opposition from the air appeared. A single plane dropped one bomb in the bay. These nuisance raids continued daily for some time. The infantry experienced practically no opposition and rapidly advanced to secure all objectives. On September 18 the battalion moved to new positions in a banana grove several miles inland from the beach where it remained during its entire stay on MOROTAI. On September 29, C Battery moved into advanced position to support the 3rd Battalion of the 155th Infantry in a reconnaissance in force up the PILOWO RIVER to destroy an estimated enemy force of 150 Japs and 150 armed Chinese coolies in their service. The liaison plane assisted greatly in this operation and 830 rounds were expended in supporting the infantry. 2472 rounds were expended by the Battalion up to October 4. From this time on the infantry continued to man the defensive perimeter which had been established to pro tect the large air force installations which had been con structed by our forces and the battalion remained in di rect support of the perimeter and of patrol actions by the infantry. Forward observer parties and Liaison planes acompanied all patrols and gave artillery support when needed. Jap bombing, raids continued to be almost a nightly occurrence up until January 1, 1945 and bombs dropped near the battalion area on several occasions. On the night of November 24 one bomb dropped in C Battery area. Four men were wounded by bomb fragments; one peep was set on fire, other vehicles and trailers were dam aged, kitchen units were damaged and six tents were blown down. Although a large fire was started by burning gasoline, it was quickly extinguished with dynamite and bulldozers. In May 1945 it was learned that the Division would participate in the MINDANAO Campaign and all activities were directed toward preparation for this operation. MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS The 31st Infantry Division reinforced was to move in two echelons to the previously secured PARANG area prepared for offensive action. The first echelon to arrive in the objective area on R+5. R-Day was April 17, 1945. The 116th Field Artillery was attached to the 155th In fantry. Enemy forces were estimated at 35,000-40,000 of which approximately 30,000 had been identified. Of those identi fied 19,000 were with combat or base defense units and 11,000 with service units. The major combat units identi fied were the 100th Division and parts of the 30th Division. Existing elements of the 30th Division were believed to be in the KABACAN-OMINAY-DIGOS area. On April 17, 1945 equipment and vehicles of HeadquarLeft, reading from top to bottom: General MacArthur ob serves operations of battalion in Morotai landing. T/3 air craft mechanic and artillery liaison plane. Artillery tractor coming ashore on Red Beach. T/5 John Romano and T/5 John Flannery, signal operators. 

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ters , A, B and Service Batteries were loaded aboard LST 630. Battery C loaded aboard LST 569 with the 1st Bat talion 155th Infantry. Personnel was loaded on the 18th and the convoy departed on the 19th. The weather was good and the convoy arrived in POL LOCK HARBOR, PARANG, MINDANAO on Ap.ril 22 without incident. Unloading was completed by 2359 and the battalion occupied an assembly area a short distance from the beach. The 155th Infantry was assigned the mission of protec-t ing the installations at PARANG and the battalion re mained in this area for six days. Leaving this are3 it moved to KABACAN on April 29 and then to vicinity of KAKAR on May 2. On May 3 it reverted to Division Artillery control. In the meantime the 1!;5th Infantry had proceeded north up the SAYRE Highway following the 124th Infant y to the vicinity of KIBA WE near the junction of the SAYRE Highway and the TALOMA trail and were prepared to take over the mission of continuing the advance north. The enemy had destroyed all bridges. Two deep gorges and one large . river together with innumerable small stream crossings prevented movement of any vehicular traffic and the artillery was forced to remain at KAKAR until the Engineers could bridge the main obstacles and repair the smaller structures. At 0630 on May 11 the battalion began moving to re join the infantry, approximately 40 miles to the north. The road was barely passable and progress was slow. Trucks and trailers continually bogged down in the mud and required pulling or winching . Time after time it b~ came necessary to uncouple the artillery tractors and assist vehicles of other units of the division through the bad stretches. The night of the 11th was spent barely moving by short bounds. The road was continually re paired, \"ehicles were towed or winched with the tractors and the battalion finally occupied positions in the vicinity of KITAOTAO on April 12. Battery A was attached to the 3rd Battalion 167th Infantry to support its mission of blocking the TALOMA trail and occupied positions near the Infantry CP. The remainder of the battalion took up its mission of reinforcing the fires of the 149tl\ FA Bat talion. On the morning of May 13 the 155th Infantry relieved the 124th Infantry in spearheading the advance north. The battalion less A batter, was placed in direct support and m:>ved forward to the Yicinity of l\IARAMAG Air strip Number 1. While closing into the new position a small group of Jap infantry attacked with rifle fire and hand grenades. The attack was broken up and two of the enem y killed. Battalion casualties were one officer wound ed by rifle fire and two enlisted men wounded by grenade fragments. The infantry continued to advance without opposition and the battalion (-) moved to new positions vicinity MARAl\IAG airstrip Number 2 on the afternoon of May 14 and to the vicinity of PANADTARAN on the 15th. A Battery was relieved of its mission on the TALOMA trail and rejoined the battalion. All bridges along the route of advance were reported destroyed by .air observers. However, on May 17 the road was opened and the battalion displaced to vicinity of V ALEN"CIA. Roads again became impassable due to de stroyed bridges and intermittent heavy rains and forward Right, reading from top to bottom: The landing on Red Beach, :uorotai. A stalled "buffalo" on Sabatai River. Artlllery "buffalo" carrying sup1>lies on the Sabatai River. 116th chapel on l\lorotai. The Xmas mural. 

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movement was prevented until the morning of the 19th. The new area was in the vicinity of MAILAG just south of the MANUPALI River. The bridge across this wide ••-river had been destroyed and forward movement was again interrupted until a . bridge was completed on the afternoon of the 15th. The battalion less Battery B moved into positions between MALAYBALAY and LINABO crossroads. At approximately 1510 while the occupation of position was still in progress, heavy enemy artillery fire was received in the area and continued until 1640. During this time and with the aid of air .observation, counter battery fire was delivered by A battery with -unobserved results. The enemy ceased firing however and alternate positions were occupied. Six casualties and several battle fatigue cases were evacuated to the rear as a result of the ~nemy fire. On May 21 the battalion moved across country to po. sitions just south of MALAYBALAY Airstrip. While there the juncture between elements of the 40th Division and the 31st Division was effected. On May 27 the battalion less C battery moved to MA NAGOK to support the 1st Battalion 124th Infantry aper. ating to the east. Battery C oved to MAILAG to support the 155th Infantry operating east of the PULANGI River. On the evening of May 29 the battalion area at Managok received a heavy barrage of enemy artillery and mortar fire from the mountains directly in front to the east. On the evening of June 1 it was repeated. Considerable damage was inflicted during the two shellings. Many had narrow escapes and three officers and 10 men were wounded. Miraculously none were killed. The following day, June 2, the battalion joined C Bat tery near MAILAG : Crossing the PULANGI River was ac complished by towing necessary wheeled vehicles across with tractors. By June 19 all of the battalion had returned to the vicinity of MALAYBALAY and were busily engaged in the construction of a camp. On June.20 Battery A left for BUGO to join the 1st Battalion 155th Infantry on an opera tion up the AGUSAN RIVER valley. Arriving at BUGO after a very difficult trip over muddy roads it embarked on LCM's on June 24 and arrived at BUTUAN the follow ing morning . On June 26 the LCM's proceeded up the AGUSAN River, spent the night at TALACOGON and unloaded at SAGUNTO on June 28. The battery con tinued to support the infantry in extensive patrol ac tivities in this area until September and then rejoined the battalion. During the MINDANAO campaign a total of 3521 rounds were expended. Four Officers and 21 enlisted men were wounded. Late in July the battalion moved to the vicinity of DEL MOmE airstrip to act as school troops for "X Corps Combined Arms School" being organized there and re mained at this location for the duration of its stay on MINDANAO. Major Joel C. Garrard took command of the battalion on August 11 when Lieutenant Colonel Paul retuined to the States on points. On November 30 the battalion left MINDANAO aboard the transport BARNETT arriving in San Francisco on December 18. Troops remained aboard ship until Decem ber 19 when they moved to Camp Stoneman, California to await transportation to their respective separation centers. The Battalion was inactivated as of December 20, 1945. From top to bottom: 116th Camp area (lower right) at Dobodura. Artillery cat driver at Sagunto. "Howitzer," mascot, served entire period overseas and returned for in activation with troops in December. PFC Philip L. Silver, Sgt. John D. Rickerson, 2nd Lt. Norwood F. Boop opening 10 in one rations on Sagunto. 

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1 4 9 TH F I E L D W. EUGENE JONES Lieutenant Colonel Commanded Battalion from February 26, 1942 to November 30, 1944. S-3 , Division Artillery, untU February 1945 . GEORGE E. BAYA IJeutenant Colonel Commanded 2nd Battalion 116th Field Artillery from Induction to February 25 , 1942. U7 ART.ILLERY MILTON E. HULL Lieutenant Colonel Commanded Battalion from December 21, 1944 untU In activation of Battalion December 21 , 1945. JOSEPH J. HILL Lieutenant Colonel Commanded Battalion from December 1, 1944 to December 20, 1944. . 

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HISTORY QF 149TH FIELD ARTILLERY eATTALIOn The 149th Field Artillery Battalion stems from two sources and has reason to be proud of both. It was or ganized and Federally recognized originally as the 2nd Battalion of the 116th Field Artillery on August 23, 1923. When inducted into Federal service on November 25, 1940 under command of Lieutenant Colonel George E. Baya it had Batteries at the following home stations in Florida .. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Bartow; Bat tery D, Lakeland; Battery E, Plant City; and Battery F at Winter Haven. Batteries remained in training at their home stations until December 19th when the 31st Di vision took up its station at Camp Blanding, Florida. The battalion participated as part of the 116th Field Artillery regiment until the Division was reorganized as a triangular division at Camp Bowie, Texas. On February 26, 1942 the battalion was honored with the name of the 149th Field Artillery which had served with honor and distinction in France in World War I. Redesignated as the 149th Field Artillery Battalion un der command of Lieutenant Colonel W. Eugene Jones it remained as an organic part of the Division. . Training continued as outlined in the section devoted to 31st Infantry Division Artillery throughout 1942 and 1943. MOVEl\lENT OVERSEAS At 0630, January 29, 1944 the battalion departed from Camp Pickett, Virginia and arrived in Camp Patrick Henry in the afternoon. On February 9 after 10 days of final preparation for overseas movement it moved by train to the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. On the morning of departure the ground was heavily covered with snow, slush and mud, and a cold rain was falling intermittently. At Norfolk the troops debarked from the train .and trans ferred to the Ferry MOHAWK for the crossing of Nor folk Bay. As each man boarded the S S CAPE HEN LOPEN; he removed and turned in his overcoat. The HENLOPEN sailed on the morning of February 10, 1944 in convoy with other ships of the Division and ar rived at CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone February 16. Troops debarked for exercise on the pier. Arrangements were made to have ice cream delivered to the pier, which proved to be the last for many months to come. The passage through the Canal by daylight on the 17th was thoroughly enjoyed by all aboard. At 1600 on Febru ary 18 the Canal was left behind and the lrong trip across the Pacific was begun. No land was sighted during the entire trip and March 15 the HENLOPEN reached MILNE BAY where she anchored to await orders. Anchor was . weighed at 1600 on March 16 and next dropped at ORO BAY, BRITISH, NEW GUINEA at 0740, March 17, 1944. Unloading of troops and cargo was begun immediately and camp was established in the vicinity of DOBODURA. Acclimation to the tropics was started. Many hours of instruction in living in the jungle, malaria control, jungle diseases and relations with the natives were given. Trips were made to the Battlefield ~nd Cemetery at BUNA and at GON:A, and construction and improvement of the camp was continued. AITAPE On June 23, 1945 the battalion was alerted for move ment to a combat area as a part of the 124th Regimental Combat Team. About half of the battalion with all of the equipment loaded aboard the Liberty Ships S S GOODHUE and S S BARNES on June 29. The ships were greatly overcrowded. carrying approximately 1200 troops 1.ol8 in-addition to deck loaded vehicles. Sleeping, feeding and sanitary facilities were quite a problem, but the men en dured the hardships cheerfully and the ships dropped anchor at AITAPE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA on the night of July 4, 1945. The remainder of the Battalion loaded on LCI's at CAPE SUDEST, ORO BAY on July 3 and ar rived at AITAPE on July 6. Elements of the Japanese 18th Army composed of the 20th, 41st and 51st Divisions had been threatening the AITAPE area for some time. The bulk of the US 32nd Infantry Division reinforced by the 112 Cavalry were holding at the DRINIUMOR RIVER about 12 miles east of the main installations, while service troops were maning the inner perimeter. From captured documents and state ments of prisoners it was anticipated the Japs would attack with a large force between July 1-10, but at the time of arrival of the combat team this attack had not developed. Originally it was planned the 124th Infantry with the 149th FA attached would make an amphibious landing using LCT's and LCM's for transport, at NYAPARAKE on the coast to seize and expand a beachhead east of the DRINIUMOR RIVER and make contact with a force from the 32nd Division which was to push across the river to the east. This landing was to take place on July 13 and was to be supported with naval and air forces .. However on the night of July 10 the Japs attacked with consider able :force at the DRINIUMOR RIVER and succeeded in penetrating the center of the line. This break through caused a complete change of plans. On the morning of the 12th the 124th Infantry was ordered to forward as sembly area just short of ANAMO to attack on the 13th and restore the river line. . The 149th FA attached to the, 32nd Infantry Division Artii,ery and in direct support of the 124th Infantry be gan its movement at noon of the 12th and by 1600 all except A Battery had arrived in position on a narrow sand split about 100 yards wide just west of the mouth of AKANAI CREEK. Light vehicles were able to cross the bridge over the NIGIA river and proceed east on the beach to the position area but the howitzers and tractors had to be ferried by LCT. Large bodies of Japs were known to be just south of the position area with no infantry in between. With only three hours of daylight remaining, feverish haste was made in digging in the howitzers, constructing pill boxes and fox holes and preparing the battalion's first perimeter in contact with the enemy. The first round of artillery fired in actual combat by the battalion and also by any artillery unit of the 31st Division was fired at 0752 on July 13, 1944, by the Second Section of B Battery. The lanyard was pulled by Sergeant David Ballard,' the oldest enlisted man, from point of serv ice in B Battery. Prior to the jump-off of the 124th Infantry the battalion fired a 20 minute preparation of approximately 500 rounds. Approximately 1300 rounds were expended during the day. Continuous support in front of the infantry was highly instrumental in their rapid advance and the DRINIUMOR RIVER line was restored late in the after noon of the 13th. Forward observer parties and Liaison officer parties accompanied the infantry at all time and adjusted fire in conjunction with air observers. 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the battalion position. One wireman was wounded by shrapnel. Protective barrages were fired, close to the in fantry, for their protection in case of night attack and this became standard procedure for the next four weeks. On Friday, July 14 the battalion received a citation for the Operation of July 13, 1944. It was from the Command ing General of the PERSECUTION COVERING FORCE and is quoted here: "Congratulate your entire force upon their success of July 13. The enemy still requires complete liquidation. Your demonstrated resolute spirit and determination give me greatest confidence in your ability." The Commanding General of the Force Artillery also added the following: "By your accuracy, skill and courage you have proved your mettle, and I am proud to have the privilege of con veying to your officers and men the Force Commander's message". For the next period extending from July 15-30, days and nights were very similar. The infantry continued to im prove their lines along the DRINIUMOR until large bunk ers were finally constructed . The 149th displaced about 500 yards west along the beach when high tides threatened to wash away the sand spit and the position area and perimeter was continually improved . The threat of Jap infiltration into the artillery position was always present and infiltration into the infantry positions was the rule rather than the exception. The period was characterized by continuous and aggressive patrolling by all elements. Frequent calls came in for artillery support both day and night. On one occasion the Japs attacked the river line in a column of fours, but were halted with considerable loss by timely artillery fire . Many remunerative targets were fired by all forward observers and Liaison Officers. C Battery Forward Observer, on one occasion located a group of Japs dug-in to the rear of his infantry and ad justed and fired a heavy concentration on them, which resulted in the neutralization and subsequent capture of a Jap 70mm gun. Artillery observers of the battalion were particularly active in patrolling with the infantry. Captured documents indicated that elements of the Japanese 237th and 239th Infantry Regiments were in the area east of the DRINIUMOR RIVER in the vicinity of NIUMEN CREEK. On July 31 the 124th Infantry rein forced with the 2nd Battalion 169th Infantry and with the 149th FA in direct support began an operation which upon completion was described by General 1\1:cArthur as "a feat unparalleled in the history of jungle warfare." The route of advance was east to NIUMEN CREEK, south along the creek to its headwaters and thence southwest and west back to the DRINIUMOR in the vicinity of AFUA: mission to envelop the enemy, cut off his supply lines and close him in a pincer between this force and those holding at the river . Forward observer and liaison officer parties from the battalion were attached to all in fantry battalions . Such a movement meant being cut off from all supplies other than by air drop, no communi cation other than relay through artillery nets, no evacua tion for days, plus the usual hardships of sleepless nights, cold wet clothing and the ceaseless resistance of the jungle; all of .this not to mention the constant resistance of the Jap, who apparently was in his natural habitat in the jungle. On August 1 the 149th moved to new positions on the 100 yard wide beach in the vicinity of CHAKILA about 1000 yards west of the mouth of the DRINIUMOR. Every available man was required in clearing away the thick jungle on the south for fields of fire for machine guns and small arms and to lower the mask for firing to the south. Very little artillery support was required for the in149 Gun crew in action at Ait:ipe fantry's advance to NIUMEN Creek, but on Aiigust 2 the battalion fired heavy concentrations on enemy positions as a "softening-up" for the attack south the next day .. The night of August 2-3 proved to be the most event ful in the history of the battalion's mission at AITAPE . Just after midniglit a small force of Japs infiltratea into the battaliop position area from the jungle on the south under cover of intermittent rain and the noise of firing by the battalion. They divided into about four groups of two or three each and headed for each of the batteries. One group managed to crawl into A Battery area and set off two demolition charges in the battery ammunition dump. A number of men were sleeping in the vicinity, two enlisted men were killed instantly and several others wounded. One officer was wounded when they tossed a hand grenade on their way out of the area. Very fortu nately the demolitions did not detonate the ammunition although some of it was blown many yards. At about 0300 another attempt was made to enter tile area and one Jap was killed within a few yards of a B Battery howitzer which he was endeavoring to reach to set off another demolition charge. Another Jap was thought to be wounded as blood and several demolition charges were found nearby the next morning. At 0500 another Jap was seen escaping from the area. A small patrol was sent out south the next morning. This patrol saw two Japs, killed one of them and the other escaped. Two packs were found which contained rice, personal equipment and demo lition charges. In the afternoon an infantry patrol killed another Jap and located other equipment. The infantry continued to push south against stiff and fanatical resistance .at times, while the battalion fur nished accurate and effective artillery support whenever needed . Defensive fires and harrassing missions were fired during the night. The battalion's two "Cub" observation 

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planes flew daily from dawn to after dusk; conducting fire missions; locating and guiding the infantry; dropping urgently needed blood plasma, radio batteries, shoes and other small supplies; maintaining radio contact; arid guiding C-47 cargo planes to dropping grounds with ra tions and other critically needed supplies. By August 8 all of the infantry battalions were moving west toward -AFUA to complete the closure and a heavy toll had been taken of the Japs as they were pinched between the two forces. Many Jap prisoners expressed awe at the amount and accuracy of the artillery fire they constantly re ceived, and one Jap officer was said ,to have asked to see the automatic artillery. On August 10 all of the 124th Infantry had returned to the west side of the DRINIUMOR and artillery tractors were sent to AFUA to bring out their heavy equipment. The 152nd FA of the 43rd Infantry Division relieved the 149th and the battalion moved to a bivouac at TADJI PLANTATION for rest and preparation for the next opera tion. Casualties of the battalion for the AITAPE campaign were two enlisted men killed in action and 12 enlisted men and three officers wounded. Three of the enlisted men died of their wounds. Close to 10,000 rounds of artillery were fired during the campaign. Many commendations were received but the highest praise and the. one the bat talion appreciated most, were statements of the doughboys who said "the artillery had given them every possible measure of support and as far as they were concerned the 149th FA was the finest artillery in the U. S. Army." Below: Native women and children, Morotai Bottom: The 149th camp area, l\lorotai l\IOROTAI ISLAND On September 3, 1944, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and B Battery, loaded on LST No. 470; A Bat tery on LST No .. 459; C Battery on LST No. 474 for a dry run of the coming assault on MOROTAI ISLAND. The trial landing was held next day and troops returned to 'bivouac. On September 9 troops reloaded and the convoy sailed for MOROTAI. On D-Day, September 15, the battalion landed on White Beach in direct support of the 124th Infantry, whose mis sion was to seize initial beach head and then advance to seize D-Day objectives. At 1045 the Battalion Commander with the battalion reconnaissance party debarked from LST No. 470 in an L.V.T. The landing of the remainder of the battalion was delayed when it was found due to coral reefs at the selected point LST's could not get close enough to shore. A second attempt further south on the peninsular was successful and the battalion started de barking at 1130. By 1500 the Battalion was in position on the west side of the peninsular and a defensive perimeter was under construction. Opposition was negligible and the infantry reached its objective at 1500. A protective bar rage was fired in front of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions as soon as they began digging in for the night. No artillery support was required by the infantry and after one intervening change of position the battalion occupied its final position September 19 in a cocoanut grove on the beach in the vicinity of GOTALALAMO VILLAGE. On September 30 the remainder of Service Battery which had been the rear echelon at AITAPE, rejoined the bat Wion. Construction and improvement of the camp, maintenance of equipment, furnishing labor details fer the operation of the base and fatigue duties, occupied most of the long stay on the Island. The infantry occupied a defensive perim eter protecting the large air force installations and the battalion remained in direct support. of the 124th Infan try. Some protective barrages were fired but no supporting fires were r.equired. l\IAPIA ISLANDS OPERATION On November 10, 1944 the 149th FA furnished one firing Battery with attached elements to form the artillery por tion of the 2nd Battalion 167th Infantry Combat Team. The mission of the Combat Team was to capture or destroy all enemy forces occupying the MAPI ISLAND GROUP, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, lying half way between BIAK and MORATAI. D-Day was November 15, 1944. Battery A, together with Liaison Party No. 1 frcm Head quarters Battery and an ammunition Section from Service Battery received the assignment. The major portion of the personnel and equipment was loaded aboard LSM 148 and LSM 158 en November 12. Each howitzer and all gun section equipment was loaded on a DUKW and these in turn were loaded on the LSM's. The convoy sailed from MOROTAI on November 13 and arrived without incident off PEGUN ISLAND before dawn on the 15th. H-hour was set at 0630. Following naval gunfire by Destroyers and a rocket barrage by LCI Gun boats, the Combat Team landed without opposition at PEGUN Village near the southern tip of the island. The artillery howitzers were brought ashore on the DUKWS, unloaded and placed in position near the village by 0820. As the infantry met no resistance on PEGUN ISLAND (the 13 Japs found there had committed suicide prior to contact) the Battery displaced the DUKW to its extreme northern tip. Concentrations were fired on the nearby BRAS Island during the night and infantry elements landed on the southern tip of the island on the morning 

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of the 16th foilowing an artillery preparation from 0745 to 0835 . Only slight resistance was encountered. On the morning of the 17th, a series of concentrations were fired in front of the infantry advancing by bounds up the east side of BRAS Island, and the forward observer later called for fire on the northern tip of the island prior to the final assault there. Intermittent fires were also placed on FANILDO Island throughout the day. Approximately 2400 rounds had been fired up to this point. At 0645, November 18, fire was requested on approxi mately 100 Japs dug in on the west coast of BRAS Island. The battery fired on this target until 0740. Fire was lifted and the infantry took this last enemy position without further resistance; all of the Japs were killed or com mitted suicide. At 1245 on the 18th a preparation was delivered on F ANILDO Island prior to landing of infantry elements. The small island was searched but no enemy was found . As this was the last remaining island of the MAPIA GROUP the battery loaded on LSM 148 and LSM 314 on the 20th and arrived again at MOROTAI on November 22, 1944. There were no serious casualties among the artillery personnel 2985 rounds were fired by the Battery in the operation. On November 30 Lieutenant Colonel W. Eugene Jones was assigned S-3 of the Division Artillery Staff and Major Joseph J. Hill took command of the battalion. On December 20 Major Hill was transferred to the 114th FA and Major Milton E. Hull took command. He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and remained in command until inac tivation of the Battalion. Late in February 1945 an extended period of refresher training was undertaken with special emphasis on physical conditioning and a review of open warfare methods in preparation for operations in the Philippines . . MINDANAO The Division Field Order for the MINDANAO (V-5) Op eration attached the 149th FA to the 124th Regimental Combat Team. Loading of equipment and vehicles began April 17-18 1945 ; Battery B and Liaison Section No . 2 on LST 649; and the remainder of the battalion on LST 589. The convoy left MOROTAI ISLAND on April 19. After an une v entful trip the battalion unloaded and closed in to an assembly area near the beach at PARANG, MINDANAO, on April 22. The following day it moved to the north bank of the MINDANAO RIVER , vicinity of COTABATO . The 24th Infantry Division had previously secured the PARANG-COTABATO area and was now proceeding east on Highway 1 toward KABACAN .and DAVAO . The 124th Regimental Combat Team was ordered to proceed by road and river to KABACAN and thence north on the SAYRE Highway (No. 3) to KIBAWE. The battalion's wheeled vehicles moved by road (High ways 5 and 1), while the tractors and howitzers moved up the MINDANAO and PULANGI Rivers aboard LCM's . Leading elements reached the ferry crossing on the PU LANGI north of KABACAN on April 27. The 2nd Battalion 124th Infantry followed by B Battery 149th began a night march up the highway to secure two large bridges spanning deep ravines about 25,000 yards to the north. At approximately 0200 on the 28th small arms tracer fire was observed several thousand yards to the north and the Battery occupied firing positions . The infantry had encountered an estimated battalion of Japs dug in astride the highway and needed artillery support . Radio contact was established with the Artillery Liaison Officer accompanying the infantry and protective concen trations were adjusted in the dark by sound in front and 151 on both sides of the force. Several enemy attacks were launched but all were stopped by artillery and infantry fire. The Japs withdrew just before dawn. After an artillery preparation at day break the infantry passed through the enemy position without !urther resistance. The 3rd Battalion 124th Infantry passed through the 2nd Battalion on the 28th and B Battery later joined by C Bat tery fired intermittently during the day supporting its ad vance. Although the infantry advanced rapidly they were unable to secure the two bridges before they were de stroyed. On April 29 the battalion moved forward to po sitions approximately 12 miles north of KABACAN and continued support of the 3rd Battalion through the 30th. Principal targets, observed and adjusted by Liaison plane pilot observers were Jap emplacements and small groups in the vicinity of the many small bridges along the high way. Forward elements of the infantry were now out of ar tillery range and crossing the gorge previously spanned by one of the destroyed bridges required a major engineering operation. Forward displacement was impossible. Company A, 106th Engineers had succeeded in constructing a cable Below: Overlooking the camp area, Morotai Bottom: The 149th picture show 

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Camp area on Morotai crossing over the chasm but it would handle only -ton vehicles and was used to cross light infantry vehicles. Liaison and forward observer party vehicles were put across with infantry vehicles. On May 1 the 149th FA battalion succeeded in construct ing a cable crossing capable of handling 105mm Howitzers and %-ton vehicles, and by 1800 had put four Howitzers, one ~~-ton truck, 11 -ton trucks and nine -ton trailers across. During the night the 4.2 Chemical Mortar Company was put across. At 0600 in the morning the cablebroke, dropping one -ton truck into the gorge. It was soon re constructed and until May 3 was the only means of get ting many critically needed supplies and vehicles forward to the rapidly advancing infantry, in addition to evacuat ing casualties to the rear. A total of 172 vehicles were put across by the battalion. Other destroyed bridges including a large one across the MULITA River prevented the artillery from going for ward . The Engineers worked night and day but it was May 9 before sufficient construction had been completed and the battalion was allowed to move. Despite the efforts of the engineers the road was in terrible condition. The bat talion ' s heavy loads required almost continuous use of winches. By-passes had been cleared around the many burned and blown up small bridges but additional pioneer ing had to be done practically all the way. Finally at mid night May 11 the Battalion occupied positions in the vicin ity of KITAOTAO. At 0730, May 12 (the 8th day of the battle of COLGAN WOODS) the battalion resumed direct support of the 124th Infantry. A total of 721 rounds were placed on Jap posi tions in the woods, dive bombers dropped an additional 50 tons of bombs and the infantry launched a final attack, taking the woods without further opposition . The 155th Infantry now passed through the 124th to continue the advance north and the 149th FA went into general support. Only light and scattered resistance was encountered. By May 22 MALAYBALAY had been secured and the battalion, l~ss Battery A, occupied positions near 152 the town. Battery A was in position at the LINABO cross roads supporting the 1st Battalion 124th Infantry in its advance on the town of MAGLAMIN, and later moved to MANIGOK . On May 23 the battalion was placed in qirect support of the 3rd Battalion 124th Infantry for its advance east from MALAYBALAY to SILAE. May 27 displacement to the east was necessary in order to bring SILAE within artillery range . A I trail skirted the foothills of the mountains and lead through a pass into SILAE valley but even tractors had great difficulty in traversing the route. Heavy rains hampered the advance but after several days _ of almost superhuman effort the howitzers of B Battery were ad vanced far enough to keep within supporting range of the infantry. Ammunition had to be carried by hand and food was dropped by planes . By utilizing the bed of a mountain stream which traversed the valley B Battery was advanced far enough forward on June 1 to bring SILAE within range. The battery continued to fire in support of the in fantry until it reached SILAE and was withdrawn on June 21. Five days of ceaseless work were required to get the equipment back out but only one ammunition trailer was abandoned. By May 22 all elements had been relieved of their tactical mission and the battalion began the con struction of a Camp area with the remainder of the Division Artillery several miles south of MALABA Y. On September 25 a new camp was established in the vicinity of DEL MONTE airstrip in the old Del Monte Pineapple plantation area where the return to the United States was anxiously awaited. During the MINDANAO Campaign 4398 rounds were expended. There were no casualties. The battalion left MINDANAO on the Transport U.S. S. GENERAL OMAR BUNDY, arriving at the Golden Gate on December 19. San Francisco was overflowing with re turning troops and personnel remained aboard ship until December 23 after which they were transported to Camp Stoneman, California, to await transportation to their re spective separation centers . The battalion was inactivated as of midnight December 21. 

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AWARDS RECEIUED . BY fflEfflBERS OF THE DIUISIOD ID WORLD WAR. II . DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS Presidential Order, January 2, 1918. Confirmed by Congress, July 9, 1918. President was authorized to present, but not in name of Congress, this decora tion to any person serving in the Army after April 6, 1917, who shall distin guish "himself or herself by extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy." CLARENCE A. MARTIN, Maj. Gen., USA Columbia, S. C. GEORGE D. WILLIAMS, Lt. Col., Int., Birmingham, Ala . THOMAS A. COLGAN, (P) Capt. (Chap• J.aln) CHC Ch i cago, m. RALPH J. BJORKLAND, (P) 1st Lt., Inf., Bramard, Mil\n. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL By Presidential Order January 2, 1918, confirmed by Congress July 9, 1918, the President was authorized to present, but not in the : name of Congress, this medal to any person serving in the Army after April 6, : 1917, who distinguishes himself or herself by "exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility." JOHN C. PERSONS, Maj. Gen., USA Birmingham, Ala. SUMTER L. LOWRY, JR., Brig. Gen .. USA Tampa, Fla. LEGION OF MERIT Legion of Merit created by Congress July 20, 1942. Degrees of Chief Com mander, Officer, and Legionnaire: for award to personnel of armed forces of friendly foreign nations, and personnel of armed forces of .United States and of the Philippines. CLARENCE A. MARTIN, Maj . Gen., USA Columbia, s. C. LEROY S . GRAHAM, Col., Inf Alpine, Tex . WALTER J. HANNA, Col., Inf Birming. ham. Ala, EDWARD M. STARR, Col . , Inf Washing• ton, D. C. ~?~~~~.1ii!.-OWLER, Lt . Col., Inf Bir• JOSEPH J . HILL, Lt. Col., Bartow, Fla. MARK W . LANCE, Lt. Col., GSC Talia• hasse. Fla. LEON L. MATHEWS, Lt. Col. , Inf .• Bir mingham. Ala. VIRGIL S. ATKINS; Lt . Col., Inf., Clarks dale, Miss. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (British) CLARENCE A. MARTIN, Maj . Gen., USA Columbia, S. C. ttank shown Is that held on date of original award. 177 

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SILVER STAR MEDAL In 1932 the Army Silver Citation Star was placed on a bronze pendant and a ribbon of its own was designed , instead of being placed on a campaign medal ribbon. Silver Star Medal, by Act of Congress December 15, 1942, is awarded for "each citation . of any person for gallantry in action while serving in any capacity with the Army .. . not warranting the award of a medal of honor or distinguished service cross . " Silver Star Medal was made Navy decoration August 7, 1942, by Act of Congress. .. CLARENCE A. MARTIN. MaJ . Gen . USA Columbia, S . C. THOMAS F. HICKEY, B r ig, Gen . , USA Washington, D. C . ./ Josg~ ianf~~~SON , Brig. Gen . LEROY S. GRAHAM, Col . , Inf Alpine, Tex WALTER J . HANNA, Col. , Inf Birming ham , Ala. EDWARD M . STARR, Col ., Inf Washing ton, D. c. WILBUR E . KOONCE, Lt. Col. , Inf Jack .Eon. Miss. MANUEL A. BERGENS . Maj., MC New Springfield, N . Y. *STEPHEN S. BROWN, MaJ .. FA Clarks ville , Pa. THOMAS M . DEAS, Maj . , MC New Or lean s . La. RICHARD D. WELCH, Maj ., Inf Laurel, Miss. OTHO T . WINSTEAD, MaJ .. Inf Lynch burg , Va . NORMAN S . BEEBE, C a pt., MC CoUa,c, JU. (P) GEORGE L. CELLES, Jr., Capt .. !nf Washington. Miss . . FREDERICH M . FOWKES , Capt .. FA Chi• cago , Ill . WILLIAM H . FREELAND. Capt., FA Nor man . Okla . ALLEN G . GIFFORD , Capt .. MC Schaght• icoke, N. Y. AUBREY C . GRIFFIN Capt .. Inf Jackson, Miss . STANLEY GROSSMAN, Capt., Inf Forest Hill. L. I . , N. Y. HARCLD L. HANSEN. Capt. , Inf Pitts burg, Kans . CHARLES A. KNOBLAUCH, Capt . , In.f Bay City, Mich . HOWELL S . KOPP , Capt ., FA Pensacola , Fla. J . 'b-k~NDALL _ Capt .• Inf Duncan, WILLIAM A . LOCY, Capt., Inf Longvie w , Tex. JAMES H. MASSINGILL, Jr.. Capt., Inf Tuscaloosa, Ala . WILLIAM V . O'CONNOR, Capt., (Chap• . lain) CHC Seymo r, Conn. MARION D . ODELL, Capt., Inf Atlantic Beach, Fla. AIDAN R. POTTER , Capt ., (Chaplain) CHC St . Louis , Mo. JAMES E . ROBSON, Capt .. Inf South Bend , Wash. EDWIN. L. SAUCY, Capt. , Inf Napa, Callf . JESSE L . WALKER, Capt., MC Cuthbert, Ga. WILLIAM G . BLACK , 1st Lt., Inf Green ville, Ill . GA.UDEN W . BOHME. 1st Lt., Inf Indian apolis, Ind. (P) Indicates Posthumous award. PAUL 0. BURGESS, 1st Lt .. Inf Esslngton, Pa . WILSON GORDON , 1st Lt.. Inf Floralll, Ala . . JAMES B . HOLLOWAY , Jr . 1st Lt . , FA Houston , Tex . (P)HARRY JACOBS, 1st Lt., Inf Branford , Conn. FRANCIS JETER, 1st Lt., FA Dallas, Tex. (P)JOHN G . KA.STANAS, 1st Lt ., Inf EDWARD N: KRAUSE 1st Lt., FA Berlin, Wis . JERROLD R . MILLS, 1st Lt .. FA Water ville, Kans. JOHN 0. NEIKffiK, 1st Lt., FA New York, N . Y . VINCENT C. OLSON, 1st Lt .. Inf Boyce ville, Wis . RAYMOND C . OWENS, 1st Lt . , FA Louis v ille, Ky. ALBERT F. PARKER , 1st Lt .. FA Hatties burg. Mis s . ROBERT T . PIGG. Jr .. 1st Lt .. FA GrJ:n wood. Miss . JOSEPH T . SHERIN, 1st Lt. , Inf Belle ros e, N. Y. HARLIN L. WAGNER 1st Lt .. Inf West Desola. Mo . ALFRED A. WIENER , 1st Lt .. FA Los Angeles, Calif . FRANK J . zmBUS , 1st Lt .. FA Trenton. Tex. WILLIAM E. ASHLEY, 2nd Lt . , Inf Gads den. Ala. LINDSEY M. BISHOP 2nd Lt ., FA Atlanta. Ga . (P)SCOTT R . BLANTON. 2nd Lt .. Inf Alburquerque . N . Mex . RICHARD F. DUNLAP , 2nd Lt . Roanoke, Va . GEORGE R . MACNAMARA . Jr .. 2nd Lt .. lnf Orlando, Fla. CARL N . STROHSCHEIN, 2nd Lt .. MAC Gibsland, La . WALLACE P . TAYLOR, 2nd Lt .. Inl Aberdeen, M i ss . LESTER B. WHITAKER. 2nd Lt., Red• wood. Miss . JESSE C. BROWN, 1st Sgt., Jnf Odessa . Mo. BLAISE D . MALAGARIE . 1st Sgt . . Cav .. Broussard. La. (P) WOODROW L . CRUMBLEY, Tech. Sgt . , Inf, Laurel, Miss . . WILLIAM 0 . GRAY. Tech. Sgt .. Inf , Col lin s ville, Ala . PAUL C. HOOD, Tech . Sgt .. Inf , Collins• ville. Ala . (P) WILLIAM S. LEDBETTER , Tech . S g t , Inf. Benton, Miss. ELTON P . LIZANA, Tech. Sgt . , Inf , GuU port, Miss . JACK METCALF, Tech. Sgt . , Inf. San Antonio, Tex . *Indicates Bronze Oak leaf cluster to original award . 178 (P) CLIFFORD C. VANARTSDALEN , Tech Sgt .. Inf, Mt . Olive, Miss. GEORGE J . WOLUSKY, Tech . Sgt., Inf ." South Boston, Mass. FRED A. BA.KER , S . Sgt ., Inf , Brookhaven , Miss. ANTHONY W. BORGOMATO, S . Sgt., Inf. Boston, Mass . (P)HUGH L. COLLINS, S . Sgt., Inf, Ope• Ilka, Ala. ROBERT P . CROWDER, Jr ., S . Sgt., Inf. Savannah, Ga. TOM DOBBS, S . Sgt.. Inf, Grant. Ala . CLIFTON DODSON, S. Sgt .. MD. Plain Dealing , La . JAMES H. EDWARDS, S. Sgt., MD, Hol landale, Miss. (P)ROBERT L . EVANS, S. Sgt., MD, San ford. Fla . CLIFFORD A . GONYEA. S. Sgt., Cav, Springfield, Mass. . (P)HOWARD D . GOOU.SBY, S . Sgt., L'l!. Larkenvllle . A l a . LUCIAN E. HELTON , S . Sgt., Inf , Iuka , Miss. HAROLD H. HINTERLITER. S . Sgt .. Inf . Long Island . N . Y . CURTIS W. JOHNSON , S . Sgt . , Inf , Sec tion, Ala. WILLIAM P . KING , s . Sgt., Inf , Gunters ville . Al a. TURNER D . LEGGETT, S. Sgt., Relnzie . Ml!S , (P)JACK E . MARTIN, S. Sgt ., Inf, Lib• erty, Ala . THEODORE D . MARTIN, S . Sgt ., Ini . . Wnllk!IL N. Y . (P)FRANK McLEMORE, S. Sgt ., Inf, Sul ligent, Ala . WILLIAM L. PATRICK , S. Sgt .. Inf . Orlando. Fla . COY W . SCOTT, S. Sgt .. Inf, Ponce De Leon , Fla. THOMAS H. SEALE. S. S g t.. Inf. Tus caloosa , Ala . ROY J. SLIKER. S . Sgt .. Inf . Branchville . N . J . ODIS H. TAYLOR. S . Sgt . , Inf, Oxford , M i ss. WALTER C . WADE , S . Sgt . , Inf. Oxford . Ala . WALTER L . WALLACE, S. Sgt .. Inf. Cro~sville . Ala . (P)JAMES B. WOODALL, S. Sgt . , Inf , Summit , Mlss. ARTHUR J. BARRY , T/3, MD, Gardener. N. Y. (P)RAY T . ATKINSON , Sgt ., In f , Can ton, Ohio COLUMBUS H . BOWERS. Sgt .. Inf. Hart• well, Ga. CLARENCE CONOLLEY, Sgt., Inf, Oxford. Ala. ROBERT H. LA.VIGNE, Sgt., Inf, Clare• mont, N. H . 

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CLARENCE W. CURB, Sgt., Cav, Greens• boro, Al.a. (P)ELBERT L. HEMPHILL, Sgt., Inf, Jack1on, Miss. (P)ROBERT E. mMLER. Sgt .• Inf. Derry. Pa. STANLEY S. LABENSKEY, Sgt., Cav, Lathrob, Pa. WEL"BURNE E. LUNDEEN, Sgt., Int. Huron, S. D. SO:::ARL SPARKS, Sgt., Inf, Malta, Ohio HERBERT A. THURSTON, Sgt., MD, San• ford. Fla. . ALBERT H. MAYS. T/4, MD, Hempstead, N. Y. (P)MATHEW McMAHON, Jr . , T/4. MD. AI bany, N. Y. DELANO G. NEAL, T/4, FA, Hamlet. N. C. (P)LEONARD L. HAWKINS, Cpl., . MD. Cleveland. Miss. WARNER H. HYDER. Cpl .. Inf, McNlnn• ville. Ore. EDWARD J. PARKER, Cpl., Inf, Jervis. N. Y. HENRY E. SPIERING, Cpl . , FA. Dan• ville. Ill. •ALLISON R . YATES, Cpl., MD, Cary ville. Fla. SAMUEL R. BRANSTOM, T/5, FA, Bay, Ohio HOMER A. HENSON, T/5. MD, Brass• town, N. c .. (P)ALFRED B. HILL, Jr., T/5, MD, Water valley, Miss. JEWEL C. KELLEY, T/5, Cav, Baton Rouge, Ala. (P)ELLIS D. KILGOIE, T/5. MD, Colusa , Calif. JOSEPH A. LEWIS, T/5, MD, Whitmore, s. c. ROBERT W. LICSAUER. T/5, Cav, Phlla• delphla, Pa. (P)HOMER E. MILLS, T/5. MD, Kan napolis , N. C. JOHN H. SEITZ, .T/5, MD, Lynbrook. N. Y. JAMES E . SMITH, T/5, Cav. Bessemer, Ala. FREDERICK Y. ADAIR. Pfc., Inf, New Albany. Miss. (P)PETE J. BACA, Pfc., Inf, Decoto, Calif. PHILIP A. BELL. Pfc., Inf. Magee, Miss. TONY F, BERRA, Pfc. Inf, Butler , Pa. FREAS W. BRITTINGHAM, Pfc., MD, In• dependence, Mo. (P)CHARLES G. BRYANT, Pfc., Jnf, St. Paul. Minn. (P)JOE CATES, Pfc . , Inf, Lodi, Tex. CLIFFORD A. CLEMENTE. Pfc .. Inf, New Haven. Conn. JOSE M. De La GRUS, Pfc .. Inf, Cuerdo, Tex. (P)JOHN B. DENNISON, MD, Staunton, Va. WILLIAM T. DONALDSON , Pfc, Inf, Bellman. N. J. . GEORGE W. DUNKIN, Pfc .. lnf, Windy. ville, Mo. (P)GERALD B. EARHART, Pfc. Inf; De troit. Mich. (P)ALFRED G. EINSPAHR . Inf, Ains worth, Nebr. ERNEST L. FRAZIER. Pfc., MD, Pattonsburg, Mo. CARL W. JUCHS, Pfc .. MP, Dayton, Ky. HAROLD W. GLORE, Pfc., w . Hurrlcant'. Utah HERSHEL S. GUNTER, Pfc. Inf, Bremen, Ala. STEPHEN HALEY, Pfc . FA, Yonkers, N . Y. JAMES G . HAWKINS, Pfc. lnf . Persia, Tenn. JAMES A . HOGGLE, Pfc . Inf, Tuscaloosa. Ala. ROBERT N. JUMP, Pfc., Inf, Binghamton, N . Y. CHARLES H. KEEFAUVER, Pfc., Inf, Flatt, ID. CHARLES H. KENNON, Pfc .. Inf, Waco, Tex. HARRY A . LANDENBERG, Jr .• Pfc . Inf. Lancaster, Pa. ROBERT L. LITTLE, Jr. Pfc., Inf, Rising Fawn, Ga. JOHN W. LUKE, Pfc., FA, Franklin, La. OTIS MORRIS, Pfc .. Inf, Tylertown, Miss. MIKE A. NAGY, Pfc., Inf. Springfield, Pa. SOLDIER'S MEDAL WILLIAM M. PRATHER, Pfc., MD, Dumas. Miss. ALBERT F. PROVENZANO, Pfc., Inf, New York, N. Y. (P)EUGENE E. RHODES, Pfc.. Ir.f , Barron, Wis. RAYMOND L. ROACH, Pfc,. MD, Noxa peter, Miss, (P)ESTON ROSA, Pfc . , MD. Cottonport, La. (P)ROBERT SCHMID, Pfc., MD. Chicago, m. JOHN G. STUPAR. Pfc . , Inf. Etna, Pa. •(P)HUGH B. SUMMERFIELD, Pfc .• MD, Erwin, W. Va . (P)JOHN S. TAYLOR, Pfc., MD. Brook ville, Pa. (P)TOM M. TAYLOR, Pfc., Inf. Oklll homa City, Okla. (P)DA.NIEL T. THOMAS, Pfc .. In!, Leba• non. Va. WILLIAM N . THOMAS, Pfc ., Inf, Cum berland, Md. YEE TOY, Pfc., Inf, Bronx. N . \:. LELAND J. TUCKER, Pfc., Inf, Green Cove Springs, Fla. (P)DONALD E. WALKER, Pfc.. Inf, Springfield, Ohio (P)LEO C . WALLACE. Pfc., Inf, Autauga vllle, Ala. EUNA J. WEBSTER, Pfc., Inf, Sttgler, Okla . , ROLAND G. WRIGHT, Pfc., Inf. Roanoke, Va . (P)O. B. YATES. Pfc .• Inf, southport. Fla. JOHN J ; YORKE. Pfc .• Inf. Washington, . Pa. ERNEST E . COWHERD, Pvt .. Inf. Purdy, Mo. OREM W. FOREHAND, Pvt., lnf, Three Rivers, Tex. (P) DERRICK W. GOODWIN, Pvt., Inf, San Pedro, Calif. (P)DREXEL E. HOWARD. Pvt .. Inf. Mar kal, Ky. NIEL J. KARTEZ, Pvt., Inf, Bronx, N. Y . WARREN 0 . PARHAM. Pvt., Inf, Aber deen, Miss . (P)JAMES 0. ROBERTSON, Inf, Aber deen. Miss. By Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, thisdecoration is awarded to any person with the Army, National Guard, or Organized Reserves who distinguishes him self or herself by "heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy." DONALD P. MORRIS, Major, MC. Hatties• burg, Miss. JULIUS L . GRUENEBAUM , Capt,. MC, Oakland, Calif. CHARLES T. READ, Capt., MC, Lookout Mt. Tenn . BERTRAM 1':. "PROFKIN, Capt., MC, Pat erson, N. J. EDWIN C. STENEHJEIN, 1st Lt., Inf, Port Orchard, Wash. FRED S . WILSON, 1st Lt. Inf, Los An• geles, Calif. . HUGH L . BRYANT, 1st Sgt., Inf, Vicks burg, Miss. ~AMES W. KELLEY, 1st Sgt .• FA, Lake Wales, Fla. JAMES A. LANG, 1st Sgt., Inf, Jackson, Miss. WILLIAM C. BURNETT, T. Sgt . , Inf. Eastman, Ga. GEORGE H. CHORLEY. T. Sgt., Inf, Sledge, Miss . WALTER F. SCHNELLER, T . Sgt ., .QMC, New Orleans. La. LEAR L. YARBOROUGH, T. Sgt., Inf, Merigold, Miss . EMIL F. ADAM, S. Sgt .• Inf. Omaha, Neb. CLARRON B. Ashley, S . Sgt., Inf, Mat thews, Mo. LOYD F. BAKER, S. Sat .. Inf, University City, Mo. ROCCO J. BONELLI, S. Sgt., Inf, Lodi, N. J. DENms M. CROWDEN, s. Sgt., Inf. Tus caloosa, Ala. 179 ELMER J. DAY, S. Sgt., Int,' Greenvllle, Fla . NORMAN D. PORTER, S . Sgt . . FA. Du rant, Miss. WALLACE J. REYNOLDS, S. Sgt .. FA. Newton, Ala. EULIS S. SMITH, S. Sgt., Inf, Aberdeen . Miss. JACK G . SURMALL, S. Sgt., Inf, Ellis• ville, Miss. WALLACE E . BROWN, Sgt., FA , Castel• berry, Ala. LOUIS A. DAHLEN. Sgt., Inf. Abardeen. Miss. WILLIAM L . DA VIS, Sgt., Inf, Houston. MisS. CLINTON G. FULLER. Sgt., Cav, Old Hickory, Tenn. 

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JACK KLAVER, Sgt., Cav, Brooklyn, N. Y. USHO A. KALLIO, T/4, Cav, Angor:i, Minn. VIRGU. K . McCORMICK, Cpl., In!, Louisa, Ky. ROBERT A. MERCER, Cpl., In!, Len1a, Ohio R, L. MITCHELL, Cpl., In!, Calhoun City, Miss. ARNOLD T. PENNEY, Cpl., Cav, Detroit, Mich, THOMAS S. SEARCY, Cpl., FA, Green ville, Ala. ENZO G. BALDINO, T/5, FA, Brooklyn, N. Y. MELVIN BINDER, T/5, FA, Keen, N. H. DONALD A . BOXLEITER, T/5, FA, Du buque, Iowa TRUMAN W. ROUSE, T/5, In!, Dennis, Miss. ROBERT C. TODD, T/5, Inf, Federalsburg, Md. THOMAS WAGNER. T/5, Cav, Bronx, N. Y. DAVID L. BARGER, Pfc., Inf, Phila delphia, Pa. FRANK BENEDETTI, Pfc., FA, Lincoln Parks, Mich. BURT R. BRASHIER, Pfc., In!, Mans field, La. PHn.IP P. CALLAS, Pfc., Inf. New York City, N. Y. -ROLAND M. CHESTER, Pfc., MD, Quincy, Fla. EARL E. CORRELL, Pfc., Inf, Bl.nnlng ham, Ala. LEONARDO DEROSA, Pfc., Inf, Tampa, Fla. .• SAMUEL P. DIPIETRANTONIO, Pfe., In!, Ardmore, Pa. CHARLES F. DISMUKES, Pfc. Inf, Oko lona, Miss. WALTER DUNKER, Pfc., CE, Brooklyn, N, Y. THOMAS F. FETCHKO, Pfc., In!, Jersey City, N, J. GEORGE W. FREY, Pfc., MD, Fallon. Nev. GEORGE W, GIDEON, .Pfc. MP, Patts boro, Tex. GEORGE H. HAMM, Pfc., FA, Hudson, N. Y. DUANE J. JAMES, Pfc., In!, Ewing, Neb. WILLIAM E. JOHNSTON, Pfc., Inf, Clear field, Pa. JAMES H. JORDAN, Pfc., FA, Detroit, Mich. FRANCIS T. KLEPACK, Pfc., In!, Johns town, Pa. CLIFFORD R. MATTEWSON, Pfc. Cav, Glendale, L. I., N. Y. GRANT L. McCOOL, Pfc,, Inf, Mobile, Ala. MARTIN MYER , Pfc . , Inf, Phtlade1phla, Pa. AIR MEDAL LADIS MOVOTNY, Pfc. Inf, Lancaster, Tex. wn.LIAM C. PALMER, Pfc .. QMC, Wells ville, Ohio MOAH W . PAYNE, Pie.. In!, London, W. Va. CHARLIE L. PERRYMAN, Pfc., MP, Flor ence. Ala. MARTIN M. RABHAN, Pfc., In!, Savan• nah, Ga. ARTHUR J. RICHARDSON, Pfc., Inf, Senatobia, :Miss. EDWARD 0. ROBERTS, Pfc. Inf. Leep er, Miss. PAUL K. SEmERT, Pfc., FA. Pittsburg, Pa. ARCHIE L. SHIELDNIGHT, Pfc. Inf, Co.weta, Okla. FRANCIS R . SIMPSON, Pfc .. FA. Jack• sonvllle. Fla . DENVER G. SIMS, Pfc., Inf, Laurel, Ml.sS. GEORGE WARD, Pfc., Inf, Carson, Mills. ALAN L. WEBB, Pfc. Inf. Tranler, Pa. CLIFFORD WHITEHEAD, Pfc., CE, Columbia, Tenn. JAMES M. BURNEY. Pvt. In!. Tampa, Fla. HAROLD w . DRAPER, Pvt .. Inf, Sherld:in, Ark. LESTER M. LEAR. Pvt., Inf, Easton, Pa. HARRY LUKOVITCH. Pvt., FA, London, . Eng. PAUL R. NOE, Pvt .. Inf, Clarksdale. Mi3". Executive Order, May 11, 1942. Recipients, members of the armed forces must have distinguished themselves, after September 8, 1939, by meritorious achievement in flight. Air Medal is awarded where t)'ie service does not war rant a Distinguished Flying Cross. CLARENCE A. MARTIN, Maj . Gen .. USA, Columbia, S . C. THOMAS F. HICKEY, Brig. Gen., USA, Washington. D . C. JOSEPH C. HUTCIDSON, Brig. Gen., USA, Sanford. Fla, WALTER J. HANNA, Col., Inf. Blrmln,: ham, Ala . HAL. HARDENBURGH, Col., GSC. Eutaw, Ala. JAMES A . LAKE, Col., FA, Greenville. Miss. EDWARD M. STARR. Col., In!, Washing ton, D . C. VIRGU. S . ADKINS, Lt. Col., In!, Clarks• dale, Miss. LESLIE L. EVANS, Lt . Col., In!, Canton, Miss. JOSEPH J. HILL, Lt . Col., FA, Bartow, Fla. MU.TON E. HULL, Lt. Col .. FA, Plant City. Fla . JOHN T. KIZER, Lt. Col., QMC, Sena• tobla , Miss. MARK W. LANCE. Lt. Col.,. GSC, Talla hassee. Fla. CHARLES P. LYKES, Lt. Col., GSC, Houston, Tex. LEON L. MATHEWS, Lt . Col., In!, Birm ingham, Ala. HARRY M. MURRAY,. Lt. Col. , OD, Alex andria. La. FRANK C. PAUL, Lt. Col . , FA, Tampa, Fla. EDWARD P. PEACOCK, Lt. Col.. GSC. Clarksdale, Miss. GEORGE N. SAGIN, Lt. Col., FA. Tampa, Fla . CECU. E. WALTER, Lt. Col., CE, New York, N, Y. •••STEPHEN S . BROWN, Maj. '!;'A, Clarksville, Tex. ELMER J. JACKSON, Maj., Inf, Lincoln, ., Nebr. ; J~.;;,~v~~UGH, Jr . , Maj . , In!, Bla~k. J. R . WOODRUFF, Jr .. Maj . , CE, Boise, Idaho •MARKS W. JENKINS, Capt., FA, Jack son. Miss. ••DONALD F. RESTOOL, Capt., FA, Lansing, Mich. ' FORREST C. BARRIGER, 1st Lt., FA. Boll, Calif. HOWARD W. BOOKOUT, 1st Lt .. In!, Alexandria, Ind. ROBERT F. COLE, 1st Lt., In!, New Heb• ron , Miss. ALBERT H. DODD, 1st Lt .. In!, Lincoln, Nebr. PRESTON C. FORS, 1st Lt., FA, Lansing, Mich. LOUIS HECHT, 1st Lt .. Inf, Boston, Mass . ... JAMES B. HOLLOWAY, Jr . 1st Lt .• FA, Houston, Tex. 180 ••FRANCIS JETER, 1st Lt . , FA, Dallas, Tex. JOHN J . KEMP, 1st Lt., FA. Memphis, Tenn. PAUL A. KREITNER, 1st Lt .. Inf. Denbo, Pa . .... JERROLD R. MILLS, 2nd Lt.. FA, Waterville, Kans. .. ALBERT F. PARKER, 2nd Lt .. FA, Hat tiesburg, Miss. LLOYD E. STREET, 2nd Lt., Inf, Ripley, Miss. SHELDON K. TOWER. 2nd Lt.. CWS, Marengo. Ind. JACK E. GRAVES, M/Sgt., In!, Gadsden, Ala. •••LINDSEY M. BISHOP, S/Sgt., FA, At lanta, Ga. •ALLEN H. CONSER, S/Sgt., FA, Port land, Ore. PETER L. MUSANO, S/Sgt., Inf, West Orange, N. J. CHARLIE R. THORNTON, S/Sgt., Inf. Bridgeport, Ala. HAROLD W. CLEMONS, T/3, FA, Chenoa, Ill . AUBREY W. HARRELL, T/4, In!. Gads den, Ala. ZIGMUND F. DOMBROWSKI, T/5, Inf, Sugar Notch, Pa. 

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BRONZE STAR The Bronze Star is awarded for heroic achievement or meritorious action .JOSEPH C. HUTCIDSON, Brig. Gen., USA. Sanford, Fla. SUMTER L . LOWRY, JR. Brig. Gen. USA, Tampa, Fla . .JOHN C. DUCKWORTH , Col . , GSC, Tusca loosa, Ala. •LEROY S . . GRAHAM, Col., GSC, Alpine, Tex . HOMER W. HESTERLEY, Col . , FA, Tampa, Fla . . VIRGIL s. ADKINS, LL Col., Inf, Clarks• dale, Mis.> . . MARSHALL E . BUSH, Lt . Col . , CE, Green• ville, Miss, OSCAR L . DUPREE, Lt. Col., GSC, Attalla, Ala. •LESLIE L. EVANS, Lt . Col., Inf, Canton, Miss. •JOSEPH W . FORD, Lt. Col ., MC, Gads den, Ala. JOHN L. GOODWYN, Lt. Col .. GSC, Mont• . gomery, Ala. HAL HA.RDENBERG, Lt. Col. , Inf. Eutaw, Ala. FRANK HARDY, Lt. Co~ Inf, Selma, Ala. SIDNEY B. HOOPER, Lt. Col.. Inf, Al• bertsvllle, Ala . :MILTON E . HULL, Lt. Col . FA , Plant City, Fla. JOHN F . JENKINS , Jr.. Lt. Col., MC, Birm i ng h am, Ala. LOUIS M. JIGGITTS, Lt. Col., GSC , Jack• son, Miss. W. EUGENE JONES, Lt . Col ., FA, Bar1nw. Fla . •JAMES A. LAKE, Lt . Col . , FA, G r een vllie, Miss . MARK W. TANCE. Lt . Col .. QMC, Talia hassee, Fla. MARTIN F. MARKWARD, Lt. Col., GSC. Fort Worth , Tex. LEON L. MATHEWS, Lt. Col. , Inf, Bir• rnlngham, Ala. FREDERICK W, MELSHEIMER, Lt. Col .. Inf . Vieksburg. Miss . WILBUR K . MILLER, Lt. Col .. Inf, Or lando , Fla . •FRANK C .. PAUL, Lt . Col ., FA , Tampa, Fla. . JOSEPH L. PETERSON, Lt . Col.. IGO, Gadsden , Ala . HAllOLD E . RAND, Lt . Col., Inf, Sumrall, Miss. HAVARD T. RAWLINSON, Lt . Col., AGD, Dothan, Ala. MAHONE REESE , Jr .. Lt. Col., GSC, Live Oak , Fla . HOW ARD o . ROY, Lt. Col ., GSC , LaFay ette, La . •GEORGE N . SAGIN. Lt. Col . , FA, Tampa, Fla . LOREN D. SKAGGS, Lt. Col. , FD, Sa vannah, Ga . . JOHN P . SWEENEY , Lt. Col .. SIGC, Mo bile, Ala. JOHN E . VAN ESSO, Lt . Col., IGD, Northbrook, m . CECIL E . WALTER , Lt. Col .. CE , New York, N. Y. JAMES E . BARBER . Maj., Inf, Anniston, Ala . JOHN R . BARNES , Maj. , Inf, Memphis, Tenn. JOHN W. BASKIN. Maj., FA, Greenvllle, Miss, •ROY HART BENTON, Mal . SIGC, Mo• bile, Ala. •JAMES N . BROWN, Maj .. Inf , Binning ham. Ala. *RALPH D. BURNS, Maj. Inf, Jackson, Miss . DAVID J, CASTLEMAN, Maj. Inf. Gree11Sboro, Ala. JAMES H. CHALMERS, JR. Maj., MC, Goshen, N. Y . OWEN J, CHEEVERS, Maj .. MC DONALD V. COONEY, Maj., MC, Flush ing, N. Y JAMES R. DUREN, JR., Maj., Inf, Tusca loosa, Ala. JAMES T. FERGUSON, JR., Maj. MC, Lawrence, Kans . ROBERT M. FOWLER , Maj.. Inf, Bir• rnlngham, Ala. BENJAMIN A . HUDSON, Maj . CMP, Montgomery, Ala. .TOEL C. GARRARD, Maj,, FA. Bartow , Fla, MELFORD I. G.A.RRE'IT, Maj .. Inf , Gads den, Ala . EDWARD M. GOODWIN, Maj .. MC, Brook• lyn, N. Y. PETER M. GRAHN, Maj. FA, Tampa, Fla. JAMES A. GRIFFIN. Mal~ Ord, Lake land, Fla. JOSEPH .T. HILL , Maj., FA. Bartow, Fla. ELMER J. JACKSON, Maj., Inf, Hatties• burg, Miss. •JOHN TOM KIZER, Maj., QMC, Sena tobia, Miss. WILBUR E . KOONCE , Maj., Inf, Jackson. Miss. .TULIO R . LACEDONIA, r,faj., In!, ' Key West, Fla. MARION J . Le DOUX , Maj .. MC , New Orleans, La . RICHARD LEFFERS, JR. Maj., FA, Lake land, Fla . EDWARD O . LOGAN , Maj. , Inf , Tusca• loosa. Ala. HENRY I. LOUTTJT, Maj .. CHC , Palm Beach, Fla. •CHARLES P. LYKES, Maj., GSC, Hou s ton, Tex . WILLTAM L. MAIGE, Maj . , FA, Monte cello, Fla. RAYMOND 0. MANASCO , Maj,. Inf, B.rmlngham, Ala. JOHN E. MANDVILLE, Maj., Inf, Mo. bile, Ala . VICTOR L. McDEARMAN, _ Maj . , In!, Aberdeen, Miss. GERALD A. MELSHEIMER, Maj., Inf, Vicksburg, Miss . MARCUS N. OWEN , Maj. FA, Tampa, Fla. *EDWARD P. PEACOCK, JR .. Maj . , GSC, Clarksdale, Miss. EMORY B . PEEBLES, JR ., M a j . CMP, Hattiesburg , Miss. REX D . ROACH, Maj .. FA, Geneva. Ala. WU.LIAM D. ROBY, Maj .. Inf, Tusca loosa, Ala . WRIGHT H . ROSS, Maj., Inf .. Anniston. Ala . CHARLES P . SANDIDGE, Maj., Inf, Can ton, Miss. JOHN G . ..,. .. HAFFER, Maj., FA. Vicks burg, Ml.ls. 111 SEWELL G . SKELTON , Maj. Inf. Clare• . more, Okla. PA~ E: SMITH, Maj., MC , Palestine, DAVID T. TABER, Maj., Inf , Gadsden, Ala . . .TAMES H . VAUGHN. Jr .. Maj .. Inf, Black atone, Va. ~on~T,:.ATKIN, JR . Maj .. CE, RUSS T. WHITE , Maj. AGD, Dothan, Ala . . J . R . WOODRUFF, Maj . , CE, Boise , Idaho *AB~TT B. WALTON, Maj., Inf, Sayre, JO~ex~ . ADAMS . Capt ., Inf, Abilene, PHILIP E . ADAMS, Capt~ FA, Alexander City, Ala, Wll.LIAM P. ANDREWS, Capt . , Inf, Syracuse, N . Y A~~i,~C~ALD , Capt., FA, St. JOHN V. ASEVEDO, JR.. Ca,;,t ., Inf, Gustine, Calif. WINJrg~ C. BAIRD, Capt~ MC, Flint, ROBERT M •. BALLARD, Capt., Inf, N~ches. Tex . NATHAN BANDER, Capt . , M~ , Ellen ville , N. Y. CLAIR B. BARNETT, Capt . , . MC, Cuba C i ty, Wis . . J . B . BEA.RD, Capt .. Inf, Oklahoma City , Okla. •EDw ARD A: BECKER , Capt .. Inf, Fr~t proof, Fla , JAME.S R . BOWERS, Capt., Inf , Fort Srhith, Ark. GEORGE B. BRODIE, Capt ., CWS , Chi• cago, Ill. ~::y E. BROWN, ~pt .. DC, Buna, MARTIN CARABALLO. :JR . Capt., FA , Tampa, Fla . CHARLES M. CA.REY, Capt .. Inf, Nash• ville . Tenn. WALLACE E. CARLSON, Capt., FA, Vicksburg , Miss. NICHOLAS J . CHIARA, Capt., MC, Brook l y n, N . Y. JOSEPH A . CHIOTA. Capt., MC, Bridge port , Conn. AUGUSTINE A . CIOTOLA, Capt .. MC, Hazelton, Pa. FRANK E . COGHLAN , Capt. Inf, Hous ton. Tex. . . KENNETH ' L , COOK, Capt .. Inf, Riverton , Wyo . JOHN H. CRICHTON, Capt . , Inf, Minden , La. JACK R . CRITTENDEN, Capt ., Inf, Sacra• mentq , Calif . CHARLES M . CROUCH, Capt . , CHC, Pasadena , Calif. ITAI , 0 W . DANIELS , Capt . , MC , Council Bluffs, Iowa . . JOHN N. De FOORE , Capt., Inf, Sidon, Miss. ALBIBT T . D! GlANDOMENlCO, Capt ., MC. Meriden. Conn . RUPERT Z. DISKM UKES, Capt . , Inf, Gadsden, Ala. CHARLES W. DOUGLASS, Capt . , MC, Wenatchee. Wash. 

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CORNELIUS J. DRISCOLL, Capt., MC, Revere . Mass. HENRY T. ELLENDER, Capt., DC, Thibodaux, La. . *WALTER F. ELLIOTT, Capt . , Inf, Pasa• dena , Calli . . ROBERT C. FAIRCHILD, Capt .. Inf, Kan• sas City, Mo. CLARENCE E, FLICKS, Capt., Inf, Lin coln, Nebr. BOBBIE B. FORD, Capt., Inf, Jackson, Mlos, DOYLE E. FOSTER, Capt., Inf, Little Rock, Ark. MARTIN M. FRIEDMAN, Capt., Inf, Cleveland Heights, Ohio JESSE L . GOODMAN, Capt., Inf, Clem• son, S . C. DAVID K. GUSTAFSON, Capt., Inf, Thief River Falls, Minn. LAWRENCE W. HALL, Capt .. Inf, IVA. s. c. HENRY-L. HAVENS, Capt., FA. Lexing• ton, Miss. THOMAS W. HEREFORD, Capt .. FA, Gur• ley , Ala . ROBERT R. HICKS, Capt . , FA, Tampa, Fla . ELTON R. HOGAN, Capt . , Inf. Cary, . N. C . JAMES M. HUMPHRIES. JR., Capt., CE, Memphis , Tenn. *FABIAN U . HUSLEY, Capt., QMC, Bi!oxi, Miss. CHARLES R. IKERMAN. Capt. , CE. De catur, Ala. LONNIE M . JACKSON, JR., Capt., Inf, Gary, Ind. HAROLD A. JACOBSEN, Capt., Inf, Wal• worth , Wis. ALAN H. JOHNSON, Capt., FA, Santa Barbara, Calif . LLOYD O. JOHNSON, Capt., MAC, Al• hambra, Ca!U . PAUL A. KAELSON, JR.. Capt., Inf, Wichita , Kans . MALCOLM K . KELLEY. Capt . , FA, Rep• ton, Ala. ROBERT C. KEY, Capt., Inf, Selma. Ala. ARTHUR S. KIDWELL, Capt., SNC, Balti more , Md . J. W. KUYKENDALL. Capt., Inf, Duncan, Okla . OWEN B. LAMBERSON, Capt .. Inf .. Pas cagoula , Miss . *GUSTUS LUCKETT, Capt., Inf, Canton, Miss. HENRY R . LUSCHER,' JR . , Capt ., Inf, Mo• bile, Ala. WILLIAM R. LYTLE, Capt., MC, Cali fornia. Mo . ALBERT P. MADGETT, Capt .. IGD, Hast• lug~ . .r-eor. RAYMOND J . MARLOWE, Capt., FA, St. Paul, Minn. GEORGE E . MEADORS, Capt., GSC, Jack• son, Miss. WILLIAM H . MICHELSON, Capt . , FA, Decatur, Ala . JOSEPH J . MILHISLER, Capt., Inf, Rew City, Pa . . CHARLES E. McBRIDE , Capt., Inf, Nor many, Mo. PAUL M. MOREL, Capt., MAC, Clifton, Ill. DANIEL NEEDHAM, JR., Capt ., FA, West Newton , MaS3. SAMUEL D. NETTLES, Capt . , FA, Peter man , Ala. JONES OSBORN, . Capt., Inf , Welton. Ariz . SIDNEY C. PANKER, Capt., MC, Brook lyn, N. Y. PAUL B. PHILLIPS. Capt.. Inf , Peru, Ind. ALLAN R. POHTO, Capt ., DC, Colum bus, Ohio PAUL L. POLK, Capt . , Inf, Vicksburg, Miss. ARDAN R . POTTER, Capt., CHC, St. Louis, Mo. EDWARD Y. POSTMA, Capt .. MC, Wau pun, Wis. ARTHUR E. QUINLAN, Capt., DC, Flem ing , Ky. CLARENCE E. RAMBO, Capt., CE, Inde• pendence, Mo. PIERCE A. REEDER, Capt:, Inf, Leola, Ark . LEO D. RICHEY, Capt., MC, Terre Haute, Ind. ROBERT ROBINSON, Capt., MC, Rox• bury, Mass. FREDERICK M. ROGERS, Capt., CHC, Woodward, Okla. RICHARD L . ROSENTHAL, Capt., MC, Branford, Conn. ' EDWIN L. SAUCY, Capt .. Inf, Napa, Ca!U , JOSEPH E . SCHEUERMAN, Capt., FA, Trenton, N . J. SAMUEL 0. SHEAR, Capt., AGO, Pitts• burg, Pa . MARK S. SKELTON, Capt .. FA. Scotts• boro . Ala. JAMES W. SMITH, Capt., Inf, Tyler, Tex. JAMES T. SPECHT, Capt., FA, Tampa, Fla. FRANK G. SPRINGSTEAD. Capt., Inf, New York, N. Y. JAMES L. STOUGH, Capt., FA. Dothan, Ala. WILFORD G. SUESSEN, Capt., Inf. East Alton. JU. RAYMOND J . VANDERCOOK. Capt., FA, Royal Oaks. Mich . DONALD A. VISSCHER. Capt .. CHC, Car• meL N. Y . RICHARD L. WAGNER. Capt., FA, On• tario, Canada J.ru'\ll:S A. WALKER, JR., Capt .. Inf , In• dianapolts, Ind. MAYLAND J . WARBLE, Capt .. FA, Burr Oak. Mich. JAMES R . WARD, Capt., MC, Hutting. ton, Ind. . *BENJAMIN F. WELLES, JR., Capt., FA , Cucadia, Fla . JOHN L. WHITAKER, Capt., MC , Paola, Kans . LEONARD C . WHITE, Capt .• Inf. Dallas, Tex. •ISADORE D. WIENER, Capt., MC, Tut• v..•iler . ?.Uss . FRANK A. WILKINSON , Capt., FD. Birmingham. Ala. JOHN L. WILSON, Capt .• Inf , G ' rand Rapids. Mich . REX W. WILSON, Capt . , MC. Peru. Kans . RICHARD A . WISE. Capt., Inf , Nashville, Tenn. ROBERT P . WORDEN, Capt .. MC, Au• burn. N . Y . WALTER H . ADLER. 1st Lt., Inf , Cleve• land Heights. Ohio Inf . .Lau• ARTHUR A . ALTO, 1st Lt.. -.v kegan. 111. CLYDE E. AUTERY. 1st Lt ., FA. Dixons Mills, Ala . MARION E. AVRETT. !st Lt ., MAC, Sam• son. Ala. LEWIS BERTUZZI, 1st Lt., Inf, Oneonta . N. Y. FREDERICK J. BOECKER, 1st Lt., Inf, Minster. Ohio HOWARD W. BOOKOUT, 1st Lt., Inf, Alexandria, Ind . DONALD B . BOWEN, 1st Lt., Inf, San Angelo , Tex. WILLIE J . BOWMAN, 1st Lt .. Inf, Atoka, Okla. .JULES V. BRADLE, 1st Lt., Inf, Bronx, N. Y . GEORGE E. BUSH. 1st Lt.. SIGC, South Nyack, N . Y. . LEROY W. CAULDER, 1st Lt .. Inf . Cam den, S. C . PETER A. CHAJKA, 1st Lt ., Inf. Cleve land. Ohio ROBERT P . CLARK , 1st Lt., Inf. Brattle boro, Vt. FRED E. COTE , 1st Lt., Inf, Port Huron , Mich. WILLIAM C . CRAWFORD, 1st Lt., Inf, Ironton. Ohio O. T. DALTON, JR., 1st Lt .. Inf, Charles ton, Miss. EARL L. DeSELLE, 1st Lt., CE, Alex andria. La. *RUSSELL A. DUKE, 1st Lt., SIG C, Gadsden . Ala . JOSEPH H. DUNLAP, JR ., 1st Lt .. FA, Manchester, N. H. 182 PRESTON C. FORS . 1st Lt ., FA, Lansing, Mich. ROBERT E. FOSTER, 1st Lt .. Inf. Can• andaigua, N. Y. RUSSELL L. FRANKLL'I', 1st Lt .. Inf, Muskogee, Okla. JOHN E . FULLER. 1st Lt., Inf, Falconer, N. Y. ALEX C . FURTWAUGLER, 1st Lt .. Inf, Evanston. Ill . EDWARD GRAEF, 1st Lt., Inf, Colum bus, Ohio ARLINGTON G . GRAY, 1st Lt., FA, South Brewer , Me . OSCAR T. HAMMETT, 1st Lt . , Inf, Fay. ette, Miss. STANL:E\Y S. HOR.BAR. 1st Lt . , Inf, Brooklyn, N. Y. JOHN C. HILL. 1st Lt .. QMC. Hope , Ark . ROBERT F. HOLBROOK, 1st Lt.. Inf, Allston, Mass . PHILIP W. HUMMEL, 1st Lt., Inf, Jeffer sen, Ohio ROBERT L . JONES, 1st Lt .. MAC, Rockford , lll. *GARLAND W . KINSLEY. 1st Lt . , FA, New Orleans. La. PAUL A. KREITJl,'ER, 1st Lt., Inf, Denbo, Pa. DONALD W. KREMBS, !st Lt., Inf. Ta• coma, Wash. JAMES R . KUHN . .YR., 1st Lt., FA, Joliet, rn. JAMES A. LAMON, 1st Lt., MC, Indian• ola, Miss. WILLIAM E . LEAVITT, Isl Lt., FA. Madi• son, N. J. *PHILIP E. LONG, 1st Lt., Cav, Welling ton, Mo . GEORGE W. MADDOX, 1st Lt., FA , D,s Moines. Iowa CLARENCE R. MARTIN, 1st Lt., l\IC, Houston . Tex . NED N. MATARAZZI. 1st Lt .. Inf, Fron• tenac. Kans. ROBERT S. McCLINTOCK, 1st Lt., FA, Ruston, La . OWEN McGOUGH . JR., Isl Lt .. Ord, Los Angeles, Calif. RAYMOND N . l\!cKENNA , .1st Lt .. Inf, Wheeling, W. Va. JOHN L . McLAUGHLIN, 1st Lt .. Inf. Bell• fonta i ne, Ohio ROBERT E. Mc.~iCAN, 1st Lt.. Inf .. Marion, Ky . WILLIAM J. McWILLIAMS. 1st Lt., Ord, Pittsburg. Kans . CLINTON V . MESSEROLE. JR.. 1st Lt., FA. New Rochelle. N. Y. DONALD A. MOE. 1st Lt., Inf, Evansvllle, Ind . GEORGE P . MONCRIEF, 1st Lt .. Inf. San Angelo, Cali! . HAROLD B. MORRISON, 1st Lt., Inf, Dennis, Kans. ROBERT D. MURRAY. 1st Lt .. Inf, Lubac, Me. HENRY J . NEEDHAM. Isl Lt .. Inf . Long Island, N . Y. ALBERT H . PINGEL, 1st Lt.. SIG C, Foley, Fla. WOODROW L . RICHISTER. 1st Lt.. Inf, Bronx, N. Y. JACK ROBERTS. 1st Lt., FA. Louis• ville, Ky . DA VlD R. ROCHE, 1st Lt.. Inf. Phila delphia, Pa. ARTHUR C. RODENBERG, 1 s t Lt., Inf. Springfield, Ill. RONALD S. SANDBACH, 1st Lt., Inf. Harrington Park , N. J. WILLIAM C . SAUSVILLE, 1st Lt., Inf, Jersey City, N . J. HAROLD F. SCHOLTES, 1st Lt.. FD, Richfield Park. N. J . ROBERT E. SEYMORE, 1st Lt .. Inf, Gulf port. Miss . *DOYNE M. SMITH. 1st Lt .. Inf, Galena , Mo. THOMAS J. SMITH, 1st Lt., Inf , Phila• delphia. Pa. JOHN R . SMYTH, 1st Lt . , Inf . LaPorte, Pa . JOHN S . SPELLMAN , 1st Lt., CE, Or lando, Fla. WILLARD A . STARBIRD , 1st Lt . , QMC, Sangerville, Me. 

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OLIVER J . STEPHENSON, 1st Lt., MAC; Coffee Springs, Ala. CLARENCE W. TROUT, 1st Lt., CE, Red Lion, Pa. GEORGE C. VERLINDE, ht . Lt., FA, De troit , Mich. CHARLES J. WE'ITA; 1st Lt., CE, Steel ton, Pa. ALFRED A. WIENER, 1st Lt., FA, Los Angeles, CaliL MANFORD C. WILi.BOURN, 1st Lt., Ord, Topeka, Kans. •ALFRED WOHL, 1st Lt., Inf, Long Island, N. Y. JAMES R. YOUNG, 1st Lt . , Inf, Bluefield, W. Va. RICHARD H . BARNES, 2nd Lt . , SIG C, Moblle, Ala. LOUIS N . BERKOWITZ, 2nd Lt. FA, St. Louis, Mo. R. E. BISHOP, 2nd Lt .. Inf, Horton, Ala. JOE H. BOYKIN, 2nd, Lt . Inf, Crawford, M : ss. HARLAN E. CARPENTER, 2nd Lt., Inf, Athens, Ohio GORDON R. CLAPSHAW, 2nd Lt. Inf, Minneapolis , Minn. . FRANCIS J. DAUNT, 2nd Lt .. Inf, Macon, Ga. WILLIAM M. EAGER. 2nd Lt., Inf, Jack son. Mi!s. ARTHUR H. FREDERIKSON, 2nd Lt., Inf, black River Fa.ls, Wis. DAVID I. GARltETT, :JR., 2nd Lt., Inf, Monroe, La. STANLEY GONTARZ. 2nd Lt. FA. B,ooklyn, N, Y. CLIFFORD A. GONYEA, 2nd Lt.. Cav, si:rtngfield, M;s : . CHARLES V . ICKES, 2nd Lt., Inf, Altoona, Pa . HOMER C. LOKKER, 2nd Lt.. l:lf, Hol land, Mich. MICHAEL F . METZER, 2nd Lt., Inf, Coun cilgrove, Kans. JOSE.PH C. PETLICKI, 2nd Lt., Inf, Brcoklyn, N . Y. PEARLIE W . PRATHER. 2nd Lt . , Inf, Meadv;ne. Miss . GLE.NN C . CIMP-ON , 2nd Lt., MC Tut wiler, MJsi. LLOYD E. STREET, 2nd Lt., Inf , Rlp:cy, Miss. MAX V. WAINWRIGHT 2nd Lt., MAC Hattiesb1"rg, Miss. LESTER B. WHIT AKER, 2nd Lt . , Inf, Redwood Miss. KENNETH M. BUNN, C. W. 0., Jackson• v.lle, Fla , CLARK H . DOWLING , W. 0., Watertown, N.Y. EDMOND L. FRANKLIN, C. W. 0. , Bir mingham. Ala. MAUhIC..:E F. HARRIS, w . o., Watertown. N. Y. WILBERT A. HEPNER, C. W. O .. Elyria, Ohio DU'IHRIE H. HOOD, W. 0. (JG), Benton Miss. •RICHARD G. LUDLOW, C. W. 0., Montgomery, Ala. . •JAMES L. SLOSS, Jr., C. W. 0. Webster G10\oes, Mo. BERLIN M. STINESPRING, W. 0., Hunt ing.on, W. Va. EUGENE C, VANN, C. W. O . , Montgom• ery, Ala. . VICTOR H. WEISSENEGGER, C. W. 0., New Or.eans, La. ROBERT B. WHEELER, W. O., Washing ton. D. C. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, C. W. 0., Santa Monica, Call! . BENNETTE P. WOLFE, w. o .. (JG). New Orleans. La . EDGAR E. BEATTY, 1/Sgt., Inf , Northport, Ala . GREGORY L. BYRNE., 1/Sgt., Inf, Mobile, Ala. ELMER CARLEY, 1/Sgt., Inf, Brownwood, Tex , CLYDE CORBITT, 1/Sgt., FA, Tampa, Fla. MILTON D . FISHER, 1/Sgt., Inf, North port, Ala. JAMES W. HALE, 1/Sgt., Inf, Talladega, Ala. . JAMES w . KELLEY, I/Set .. FA, Lake Wales, Fla . . JAMES A. METRIN, I/Sgt., FA. Tampa, Fla. HENRY C . POOLE, I/Sit. CE, Vicksbure. Miss. JOSEPH C. SCHNEIDER, I/Sgt., Inf, Mil• waukce, Wis. SIDNE:Y T. SMITH, 1/Sgt., Inf, Jackson.Miss.. . MOUNGER F. ADAMS, M/Sgt., Inf, Lum berton, Miss. HERMAN F. BAERWALD, M/Set .. Inf, New York. N. Y. CLIFTON H . BELK, M/Sgt., Inf, Bessemer. Ala. . , WILLIAM A. BITTNER, Jr. M/Sgt., Inf, Tuscaloosa, Ala. HARRY BRITTON, M/Sgt., QMC, Demop olis, Ala. SAM BROWN, M/Set .. Inf , Birmingham,. Ala. . .JAMES F. CHAFFIN, M/Sgt., Inf, Gads• den, Ala. JOHN .J. CHESTER, M/Srt . , Sie. c .. Balti more, Md .• Josg~ A. DELL, M/Sgt., Inf, Fostoria, JOHN T. FAPCHILD, Jr., M/Sgt., FA, Meridian, Miss. RUBEN H. GOUFREY, M/Sgt . , Inf, Au butn, Ala. J. LESSER GOLDMAN, M/:!:et .. Inf, St. Louts, Mo. JACK E. GRAVES, M/Sgt., Inf, Gadsden, Ala. THOMAS R. GRISBY, .Jr., M/Sgt., Inf. Nashville, Tenn. HENJJin;: r~ILTON, M/gt . , Sig. C .. RILEY M. HOWELL, M/Sgt., Inf, Midland City, Ala, GEOKGE C. L. JENSEN, M/:::et .. 1nf, .Norfolk, Va. ALBERT R. KARNES, M/:!:g:., Inf, Sa• v;.nna, IJ. . SIMON LEE, M/Sgt., Inf, Carriere, Miss. WALTER D. LONG, M/Sgt., FA, Fernan dina, !la. ROBERT T. LYLE M/Sgt., Inf. H~lnes City, F . a. CLARK W. McCLAIN, M/Sgt . , Inf, Bir m:neham, Ala. WINl ' RED C. MILLS, M/Sgt., Inf, Desha, Ark . ROY R. OBERHAMER, M/Sgt. , Inf. St. Paul. Minn. EARL H . P"TERSON, M/Sgl., Inf, Minne• apolis, Minn. WlLLlAM .t. .:iANDERS, M/Sgt., FD, Fay < tie, Ala . ROBERT C . SCHAEFER, M/Sgt., Sig . c.; Queens, N . Y . HARRY C. SPEYERER, M/Sgt . , Inf , Vicks bure . M : ss . ISAAC STEWART, M/Sgt., CE . New Or leans. La. JAMES B. ABERNATHY , T/Sgt .. Inf, Tus caloosa. A:a. ALBERT W. ANDERSON, .Jr., T/Sgt., Inf, StJke, Fia. WRIGHT K. EREWIES, T/:!:gt., Inf, Cul• lenda:e, Ark. WILLIAM N. BURTON, T/Sgt., Inf, Ben• tonia, Miss . HAROLD W. CLEMONS, T/Sgt .. FA, Che• noa, m. CHARLES V. CROSBY, T/Sgt., Inf, Ham• ilton, Miss. RUJ US D . CRUMBLY, T/Sgt.. Inf> Brookesvllle, Fla. .JOHN P . DESMOND, T/Sgt., Inf, Long . Island, N. Y, OLIVER N. EVANS, T/Sgt., Inf, Palestine, Tex . JOHN A. GRIFFITH, T/Sgt., QMC, Demop olis, Ala. WILLIAM C. HAMILTON, T/Sgt., Inf, Ofahoma, Mhs . THOMAS L. JEFFREY T/Sgt., CAC, De port, Tex. NICHOLAS JORICH, T/Sgt., Inf, Steelton, Pa. , 183 ERNEST G . KALLAND, T/Sgt., Inf, Minn• eapolls, Minn. STEVE F. KILLIAN, T/:!:gt., QMC, Shickshinny, Pa. . CLAUDE F. KING, T/Sgt., MD, Carriere, Mis3, .. LOUIS RUESS, T/Sgt., Inf, Birmingham, Ala. WILLIAM F. LUNCEFORD, T/Sgt., Inf, Mobile, Ala. WILFRED C . MATTINGLY, T/Sgt., MD, Sydney, Australia L. B. McCLENDON, T/Sgt. Inf , Albertville. Ala. . JOHN T. MEDLOCK, T/Sgt., Inf, St. Aueustlne, Fla. . . MURRAY D. MEEK T/Sgt., Inf, Courtland, Miss . . FRE~f MOAK.. T/Sgt., Inf, McComb, ROY B. MORGAN, T/Sgt., Inf, Campbell, Tex. WILLIAM 0. NETTLES, T/Sgt., Inf, Pen• sacola, Fla. . EDWARD R. O'QUINN, T/Sgt., Inf, Tyler• town, M.ss. FRED OWEN, T/Sgt., Inf, Anniston. Ala GIP~CN J . PEARSON, T/Sgt., Inf, Little Reck. Ark. (P) 0 JOHN E. Pll.GREEN, T/Sgt., Inf. Selma, A.a. RO-ERT K. ROBERTSON , T/Sgt., QMC, Los Angele,, Calif. .JOHN F. ROHAL, T/Sgt., Inf, Bethlehem, Pa .. MILitfN F. ROHLF, 1 T/Sgt., Inf. Berwyn, WILLIAM J . RUSSELL , T/S:gt., Inf, New Cr1eans, La. . FO'.:,TER M. SIZEMORE, T/Sgt., FD, Sul ligent, Ala. :;Y AUSTIN W. SMITH T/!:et., Inf, Dallas, Tex . VERNON B. !:MITH, .Jr., T/Sgt . , Inf, Con cord, N. C. SOCOLA W . SPECHT, T/!:i:t.. Sic. C ., 1'ew Crleans, La. HARLAN A . STRAHAN, T/::gt., Inf , Hia wa.tha, Kans. THOMAS J. TOBIN, .Jr . , T/Sgt., Inf, New C..rlc.ans~ La. GEChGE P. WATSON, 'P/.Egt., Inf, Tus• c:a,cosa, Ala. GEORGE F. WILLIAMS, T/Sgt., Inf, . Tal h.dega, Ala . PERRY T . WILLIAMS, T/Sgt., Inf, Aberdeen, Mlu . . HOWARD P. ADAI.1:S, S/Sgt., Inf, Los Angeles, Ca.1!. . OLIVER JI.DAMS, S/Sgt., FA., Sulphur Springs, fla. LUTHER S . AVERETT, S/Sgt., Inf, Greensboro, Ala. W ATEON BARNES, S/Sgt., MD, Pensa cola, Fla. WILLIAM C. Bezcham , S/Sgt., Inf, Heed River, Ore. FOY C. BLACK, S/Sgt., Inf, Thomasville, N.C. FLOYD H . Bowman, S/Sgt . , FA, Jackson• v1lle, Fia . . ALTON R . ...:ROWN, SJ.Sgt., FA, .Jackson ville, Fla . (P)'tHOMAS F. BROWN, S/Sgl., Inf , Gun Town, Miss. CHARLES B . BUNCH, S/Sgt . , Inf, Union Grove, Ala. JULIO C. BUSTAMENTE, S/Sgt., Inf, Brooklyn, N. Y. JULIAS A. CAMPBELL, S/Set .. FA, Sell ner, Fla. JOHN R. CAMERON, S/Sgt., Inf, Pica• yune, Mus . ERNEST W. CHEATHAM, S/Sgt., Inf, Talladega , Ala . .JAMES F . CLARK, S/Set . , Inf, Arab, Ala. MIKE B. CLEMENTI, S/Sgt., MD. Tampa, Fla . CHARLES W. CLIFTON, S/Sgt Inf, Cor inth, Miss. FRED M. COLWELL, S/Sct .. FA. Morion, Miss. .TOR R. COMERFORD, S/Sgt .. FA, Lake Wales, Fla. WINSLOW D . COWAN, S/Sgt., Inf, Pa• ducah, Ky . 

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HULON CRENSHAW. $/Sgt., Inf, Hamp ton, Ga. ROBERT P. CROWDER, Jr .. $/Sgt .. Inf, Savannah. Ga. ALDOR J. DANDURAND, $/Sgt.. CE, Chicopee Falls, Mass. JAMES DENMARK, s,sgt .. FA, Fort Pierce. Fla. CARROL K. DONALDSON, $/Sgt., Inf, Canby, Minn. WIT.LIAM S. EARLY, S/Sgt., Inf, Elr mingham, Ala. (P)HERMAN A. ELTISTE, $/Sgt.. Inf, Auburn. Ala, JOSEPH R. EMFINGER, $/Sgt . , Inf, Meadville, Ml!s. DOYLE C. FINNEGAN, $/Sgt .. Inf, Laurel. Miss. DON S. FOSTER, $/$gt .• MD. FRANKLIN J. FOX. S/Sgt., Inf, St. Paul, Minn. DAVID A. GIPSON, S/Sgt., Inf, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio EONALD A. GREGERSON, $/Sgt., Ord., Iola, Wisc. EDWARD B. GRIFFIN. 5/Sgt., Inf, Eu pora, Miss. RICHARD L. HAiRDAGE, $/Set., FA. Carthage, Miss. LYLE G. HARVEY, 5/Sgt., MD, Gas City, Kans. JAMES V. Hir.ND,;RSON. S/Sgt., FA, Castleberry, Ala. JESSIE O. HENSON. $/Sgt., Inf, Malml, Fla. RHURAL J. HIGGINS, 5/Sgt .. Inf, Wylan. Ala. JOE A. HORTON, $/Sgt . , FA, Magee, Miss. VICTOR E. HUDAK, S/Sgt., Inf, Youngs town, Ohio CECIL V. HUGHES, S/Sgt .• Inf. Birming ham, Ala. ROBERT R. HUNT, S/Sgt . , Inf, Nashvllle. Tenn. CHARLES D. JACKSON, 5/Sgt., CE, St. Joseph, La. WILLIE, L. JONES, $/Sgt., Inf. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. LEWIS KAPLAN, S/Sgt . , Inf, Sunflower, Mi:::s. JUSTIN M. KENNEDY, S/Sgt., Inf, Reids ville, Ga. TERRY I. KERVIN, S/Sgt., FA, Red Level, Ala. BEN.JAMIN G. KMETZ, S/Sgt., Inf, Yon kers, N. Y. JERRY D . KOUSTOUMBARDIS, S/Sgt .. Inf, Dallas, Tex. JOHN R. LANG, S/Sgt., Inf, crystal Springs, Miss. LEONARD T. LARSON, S/Sgt., Inf, Nam pa, Idaho LEE R . LINDSEY, S/Sgt., Inf, Collis, Miss. HENRY T. LORD, S/Sgt., FA., Andalusia, Ala. ERNEST W. MARTIN, S/Sgt., Inf, Gun tersville, Ala. BEE MILLER, S/Sgt., Inf, Bonefay, Fla. JOSEPH W. MILSTED $/Sgt., Inf, Biloxi, Miss. ROYAL MOLINEAUX, 5/Sgt., Inf, West Palm Beach, Fla. CLARENCE H. MOORE, 5/Sgt.. Inf, Bel mont. Mi~s. META A. MOORE, 5/Sgt., MD, .Jackson Springs. N. c. RAYMOND C. NATH, S/Sgt . , FA, Eldridge, Iowa VIRGII, 0 . NELSON, S/Sgt., Inf, H!Ulard, Fla. EARL T. NORTH, S/Sgt., Inf, Algiers, La. JAMES D. PAYNE. S/Sgt., Inf, Greens boro, Ala. MARVIN C. PELTON, S/Sgt., Inf, Waco, Tex. MIKE J. PIETROWSKI, S/Sgt., Inf, Cleve land, Ohio EDWARD PIETR2YK, 5/Sgt., Inf, Chica go, Ill. JOHN .T. PLASHA, $/Sgt., Inf, Kingston, W.Va. RALPH I. PRIOR, S/Sgt., Inf, Council Bluffs, Iowa FRANK .T. RAULERSON, S/Sgt., FA, Tampa. Fla. EUGENE B. READY, 5/Sgt . , Inf. Bates• burg, S. C. WALLACE .T. REYNOLDS, S/Sgt., FA. Newton, Ala. CHESTER R. ROGOWICZ, S/Sgt., Inf, Schenectady, N. Y. AARON ROSENTHAL. S/Sgt.. Inf, Mon• ticello, N. Y. LLOYD W. SARTIN, S/Sgt., Inf, St. Simon Island, Ga. JOHN F. SAYERS $/Sgt.. Inf, Upper Darby, Pa. THOMAS H. SEALE S/Sgt . . Inf, Tusca loosa, Ala. FOSTER C. SKAGGS, 5/Sgt., Inf, Martha, Ky. L. J. SIBBIE, $/Sgt., CE, Crystal Springs, Miss. DONALD E. SPENC~. S/Sgt., CE, .Tack son. Miss. CLIFTON L. STEWART, S/Sgt . , FA, Win• ter Haven, Fla. DARRELL J. STRASBAUGH, S/Sgt .. MD, Fort Myers, Fla. SAMMIE M. SUGGS, S/Sgt. Inf, Aber deen, Miss. LEO W. SWITZER, S/Sgt., CE, Inverness, Miss. NATHAN W. TEW, $/Sgt .. MD, Dothan. Ala. ZELIAN C. TURNER, S/Sgt .. Inf, Cotton• port, La. CARMEN E . WALLER, $/Sgt., FA. De• troit, Mich. J A.."\1ES E. WEBB, S/Sgt . , Inf, Rickman, Tenn. THOMAS E. W:ELLES. 5/Sgt., Inf, Peters burg, Va. JAMES E. WELLS, S/Sgt .. Inf, Laurel. Miss. CHARLES WILLIAMS, S/Sgt., Inf. Oko• Iona, :Miss, MARION F. WRONA, S/Sgt., Inf, New castle, Pa. JAMES E. YON. S/Sgt., MD, Athens, Ga. RALPH E. BAKERINK, T/3, MD, Fontan• elle. Iowa JOHN W. BIERNAT, T/3 . MD , Chicago, Ill. ELMER L. EGERDAHL, T/3. FA, Spirit• wood, N. D. WARD A. FENTON, T/3, FA, Buffalo, N. Y. WILLIAM H. GAUTT, Jr .. T/3, FD, Mag nolia, Ark. MA'{:,.ig:c:v L . ,HANSON, T/3, MD, Ame!fY, GEORGE R. KNEIFEL, T/3, FA, Morton Grove, Ill. ERNEST L. LEBRUN, T/3, FA, W. War wick, R . I. BERTEL A . LUKE, T/3, MD, New Or leans, La. ROEERT E. MARX, T/3, MD, Hollandale, Mi!S. CLARENCE w. McCLAIN. T/3, MD, Sioux City, Iowa SHIGEO MIYASHIRO, T/3, Inf, Pahala, Hawaii CHARLES H. OGLE T/3, MD, Dunellon, Fla. .JOSEPH E. POTERA, T/3, Inf, Plymoth, Pa. RICHARD G. PUSICH, T/3, MD, Fresno, Calif. BAILEY M. SANTA CRUZ, T/3, FD, Gulfport, Miss. LOUIS STERN, T/3, Z..ID, Brooklyn, N. Y. EDWARD T. TOURNEY, T/3, FA, Polland, Ore. JOHN A. WEAVER, T/3, MD, Dozier, Ala. TATSUO R. YAMANE, T/3, In, Tule Lake, Calif. ELMER D. ACKER, Sgt., ::nf., Phlla~el phia. Pa. ROBERT E. ALTMAN, Sgt., FA, Los Angeles, Calif. PEYTON R. ASKEW. Sgt . , MP, Memphis, Tenn. .T. C. BROWN, Sgt., Inf, Pontotoc, Miss. GEORGE C. CARRIGAN, Sgt., Inf, Lan caster, Pa. C. E. CARVER, Sgt .. Inf, Tate, Ga. 184 GLENN M. CHURCH, Sgt., Inf, Kansas Clty,Mo. PAUL V. COLI.INS, Sgt., Inf, Boston, Mass. JOHN R. COTHERN, Sgt., Inf, McComb, Miss. CLAUDE E. DANIEL, .Tr., Sgt., CE, Drew, Miss. FRED B. DILLINGER, Sgt., Inf, Dumas, Miss. TAVENOR W, DRAPER, Sgt., Inf, Proffit. Va. GEORGE R. EUBANKS, Sgt., Inf, Decatur. Ga . FRED FISHER, Sgt., CE. Kerhonkson. N. Y. Wll.LIAM L. FLETCHER, Sgt . , Inf, Ocean Springs. Miss. CLIFFORD L. FRY, Sgt., FA, Pavllllon, Wyo. DEWEY F. GREEN, Sgt., Inf, Key West. Fla. JOHN D. HALE. Sgt. Inf, Isola. Miss. MONROE C. HARRIS, Sgt., Inf, Dennis, Miss. R. L. HAYNES, Sgt .. Inf, Serreca, S. C. CLEVELAND HICKS, Sgt., FA, Andalusia, Ala. (P)JUmOR HILL, Sgt.. Inf, Birmingham, Ala. PAUL H. JARVIS, Sgt., FA, New Orleans, La. GLYNDON L. JONES, Sgt., Cav .• Troy, Ala. .TACK KLAVER, Sgt., Cav., Brooklyn, N. Y. ROBERT C. KORWAN, Sgt., Inf, Rich mond Hills, N. Y. LEWIS KOSS, Sgt., FA, Mattapan, Mass. EDWARD C. LEDOUX, Sgt., Inf, Johns bury. Vt. PAT H. MANN, Sgt .. Cav., .Amory, Miss. FERDINAND MASUTA. Sgt .• Inf, Garden City, N. Y. TALMADGE E. McANNALLY Sgt., Inf. Holcutt, Miss. JOHN T. McKELLER, Sgt.. Inf, West Hempstead, N. Y. HAYWARD D . :r-.ncHELS, Sgt .. FA. Water )oo, Iowa NOBLE A. MILLER, igt., Inf , Chicora, Pa. MASANORI M. MIYAGISHIMA, Sgt., Inf, Ogden, Utah ,DALLAS B. MOODY, -Sgt., CE. La Grange, Ga . SIDNEY S. MOORE, Sgt .. Cav., Alexander City, Ala. HENRY E. MORGAN, Sgt., Inf. McCool, Miss. HERMAN H. MULLER, Sgt., Inf, Hicks ville, N. Y. OTIS W. MULLINS, Sgt., Inf, Arlington. Tex . WALTER :NESBY, Sgt., CE, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN NORMAN, Sgt., FA, Lithia, Fla. STANLEY E. ?-.'UTLER, Sgt .. Inf, 5wandale, W. Va . . PEARY N. ROSE, Sgt . , Inf, Dalesvllle, Miss. ELLIS E. OWENS, Sgt., Inf, Fyffe, Ala. RAYMOND E. SAMUELS, Sgt .• Inf, Sum merlee, W. Va. ALFRED M. SANTOLI, Sgt., Inf, Los Angeles, Calif. AURMON E. SATTAZAHN, Sgt .. Inf, Leb• anon. Pa. JOHN T. SAULS, Sgt . , Inf, Marietta, Ga. RICHARD L. SEUTER, Sgt., Inf, Rienzi, Miss . FRANCIS G. SMITH, Sgt., Inf, St . Louis. Mo. JOHN A . SMITH, Sgt . FA, Dewitt, Ark. KENNEnt R. THOMPSON, Sgt., Inf, Esc:inaba, Mich. LESTER B. VINCENT, Sgt., Inf, Alpine. Ala. ROBERT T. White, Sgt . , Inf. Purchase, N. Y. HOWARD J. APPEL, T/4, MD, Wellington, Calif . JAMES A. BANKS. T/4, Sig c .. Mobile, Ala. THEODORE S. 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RICHARD H. BOTELER, Jr., T/4, MD, Laurel, Miss. DOUGLAS E. BROWNING, T/4, FA, Lau• rlum, Mich. C. L . COLLINS, T/4, MD, Monroe, La. CLARK A. -CONGDON, T/4, FA, Schenec tady; N. Y. GEORGE C. DURHAM. T/4, Inf, Friars Point, Miss. LESTER L. DURST, T/4, Cav, Lincoln , Ill. EUGENE R. EDMOND, T/4, Inf, Foley, Ala . JAMES H. EDWARDS, T/4, MD , Hollandale, Miss. DENVER FROST, T/4, MD, Mom!ngvlew, Ky . mVING GU.BERT, T/4, MD, Brooklyn, N.Y. JOSEPH J. GOGENOLA, T/4 , FA, Jerome, Idaho. LLOYD A. HOGAN. T/4, Inf, Java Vlllare, N.Y . (P) EDWARD D. JACKSON, T/4, Inf, Sardis, Miss. MEAGOR M. JOHNSTON T/4, Inf, Yazoo City, Miss . JOHN R. KAIN, T/4, Inf, Minneapolis, Minn. EDWIN M, LANE, T/4, Inf, St. Paul, Minn. CARL A. LARSON, T/4, Ord. Dept., Sandstone, Minn. RICHARD H . LEE, T/4, Inf, East Point, Ga. ., FRANK E. LEVAN. T/4, MD, Dora, Ala. JOSEPH A. MALONE, T/4, Sig; C., Patter• son, N. J. JOHN E. McLEOD, T/4, FA, Schenectady, N. Y. JOSEPH F. McNAMARA, T/4, Cav., Scran• ton, Pa. GUSTAVE . MIRRA, T/4, MD, Mamaro• neck, N. Y, SAMUEL MOREO, Sgt., Inf, Elmhurst, N. Y. CLITFORD L. MORSE, T/4, FA, Leonard, . N , Dak. . JOHN C. NESTER, T/4, Inf, Shiremans town. Pa. JOSEPH N. NORKUS, T/4, MD, Chicago, Ill , JOHN J, O ' CONNER , T/4 , MD, Kidder, Mo. ALEXANDER B. PRUITT, T/4, Inf, Flor• ence, S . C . JAMES H. Q'GURYNN, T/4, Inf, Grand Bay, Ala. JOHN W. ROBERTS, T/4 , Inf, New Bed• ford, Mass . JOHN L. SALVATORE, T/4, Inf, Highland, N . Y. WAYNE S . SCHRUNK, T/4, FA , Fargo, N.Dak. JACK E. SEIBERT, T/4, MD, Dayton, Ohio THOMAS B. SHARP, T/4, Inf, Gadsden, Ala. HOWARD L . SHERER, T/4, FA, Jasper, Ala. RUESSELL B. TAYLOR, T/4, MD, Fort Ann, N. Y. HENRY C . TICE, Jr., T/4, FA, Tampa, Fla . LANCE B. TOMPKINS, T/4, MD, Russel• ville, Ala . FRANK A. TURNER, T/4, MD, Heflin , Ala . FRANS R. VAN WEEL. T/4, FA, Roslyn, N. Y. EDWIN S. WILSON, T/4, Sig. C., Oakwood, Miss. MAFION H . WRIGHT, T/4, MD, Sanford, Fla, LOUI.; ABDELNOUR, Cpl., FA, Detroit, :Mich . A . G. BLACK, Jr., Cpl . , MD McLa i n , Miss. GALE L. BOYD; Cpl., FA, Yuba City, Calif . ROBERT B . CARROLL, Cpl., FA, Durant, Miss. VERN J . CRANDALL, Jr., Cpl., FA, Mar shall, Mich. HARVEY A. DEAS, Cpl., FA, Opelika, Ala . VERNON L . DUNN, Cpl., FA, Trevlllans, Va . JOHN F. FATKIN, Cpl., MP , Frostburg, Md. CONSTANTINO U. FERNANDEZ, Cpl. . FA, Tampa, Fla. LEON M . FOGLESONG, Cpl. FA, Bronson. Mich. CARL W. FOSTER, Cpl. FA, Sebring, Fla. EDWARD W. GATES, Cpl., FA. Key West, Fla. ERNEST A. HANDWERK, Cpl . , MD, Em• maus. Pa . NORMAL L. HARMAN, Cpl. Inf, McSherrystown , Pa. •FERNANDO W . HERSMAN, Jr. Cpl. , MD , Cincinnati, Ohio STANLEY R. HUTCHINSON, Cpl. FA, Bainbridge, N . Y. MAYNARD L. KLINGSIECK, Cpl, MD, Hope, Kans. EVERETT C. KNOBLOCH, Cpl. MD, Flushing; N . Y. JAMES F. LISA, Cpl. FA, Carona, N. Y. THOMAS W. LOliTON, Jr., Cpl. FA, Jacksonville. Fla. ARDELL McNEAL. Cpl. Inf, Blue Moun tain, Ala. CLAY A . ORSSURN, Cpl . FA, Lake Wales, Fla . HAROLD R. PERRY, Cpl. FA, Jefferson, S . Dak. JAMES F. RICHARDSON, Cpl. Inf, Ac kerman, Miss . MARVIN G. ROBERTSON, Cpl., FA. Tus caloosa , Ala . GEORGE J. SUDDES, Cpl., Inf, Sprlng !ield, Ill. BENJAMIN W, TICE , Cpl . , FA, Tampa, Fla, FRED TUDESCO, Cpl . , FA, Sparkhill. N.Y. DAVIDS . UNDERWOOD , Cpl., FA, Trinity, N. C. ELMER J. URBANYI, Cpl., MD, Toledo, Ohio. ALOM.t.O M . VILLAREAL, Cpl., Inf, San Antonio. Tex . WALTER E . WALDMAN, Cpl . , Inf, Colum. bus, Nebr. FRANCIS A. YARBROUGH, Cpl. , Inf, Rusk, Tex. ERNEST L . ABNEY, T/5, MD, San Fran cisco, Calif. WILUAM 0. BALLENTINE, T/5, FA , Nashville, Tenn. ANDREW H. BASKIN, T/5, CE, Noxapter, Miss. ERNEST L. BENNETT, T/5, MD, Porter• dale, Ga. RICHARD E •. BILLS, T/5, FA, Boston, Pa. MELVIN c . BOREN, T/S, FA, Dorsey, Miss. HERBERT E. BOYD, T/5, CE, Boyle, Miss. SAMUEL R . BRANSCOM, T/5, FA, Ray, Ohio HAROLD A . BREJCHA, T/S, MD: Gaylord, Kans. •PAUL B. BROOME, T/5, MD, Rattles: burg, Miss. GILE.ERT L. CAMPBELL, T/5, MD, Gre nada, Miss. LEONARD T. CENTEK, T/5, MD, Almena. Kans . MYRON H . CLEMONS , T/5, FA, Lake Wales, Fla. COLLISTER H. CORKISH, T/5, MD, Con cord, N. H. . DOMINIC COTRONEO, T/5, Inf, Brooklyn, N . Y. CHARLES T. DAVIS, T/5. MD, Mlruni, Fla. HOWARD W. DOYLE, Jr., T/5, MD, An• gola, N. Y. ROBERT C . FARMER, T/5, FA, Oxford, Mich. FRANK W . FARRELL, T/5, Inf, Springwood. Va . ARTHUR L . FLEMING, T/5, FA, Spartan burg, S . C, GERALD L. FRIED, T/5, MD, Glenn Allen, Miss, STEPHEN G, FROMEL, T/5, FA, Yonker, N.Y. CHARLES R. GRIFFIN , T/5, Inf, Upper Marlboro, Md , 185 HENRY HARRER, T/5, MD, Baltimore, Md. ALFRED B. HILL, Jr., T/5, MD, Water Valley, Miss. MELVIN T. HODGE , T/5 , MD , Livingston Manor, N. Y. ANTHONY J, HOGGART, T/5, Cav., Vicks, burg, Miss , . •ORVILLE R. KING, T/5, MD, Knoxville, Tenn. . WAL.Ji:R J. KNIGHT. T/5, MD, Opelika. JAMES D. LATSIS, T/5, Inf, Medvale. Wash. JAMES W. LAWLER, T/5 , MD, Cudahy, Wisc. DONALD LeQUmE, T/5, Inf, New Haven, Conn . LONNIE L. LOGAN, T/5, CE,. Greenwood, Miss, JOSEPH A . MALKOSKI, T/5 , Inf, Kulpmont, Pa. DANIEL J, McCARTHY, T/5, . Sig. C . . Watertown , Mass. DONALD W . McCUISH. T/5, MD, Glouces ter, Mass. BURDETTE A. McNAUGHTON, T/5, MD, Sioux City, Iowa , STEWART J. McWn.LIAMS, T/5, MD. East Le1oy , Mich . ALBERT E. MITCHELL, T/5, FA, Winona, M~s . 0 GUY MOODY T/5, FA, Dozier, Ala . LOUIS J . MORAMARCO, T/5, MD, Lonr Island, N. Y. FRANCIS K. MORDEN, T/5, Rockwood, Mich. HOWARD L. MORSE, T/5 , MD, Excelsior , ~prlngs, Mo. MILTON M. MORTON, T/5 , Inf, Christiana, Tenn . . . HENRY J. OTTO, T/5, CE, Valley Stream, N. Y, ROBERT A. RUSSELL, Jr. T/5, CE, Custer City, Pa. GREELY B . SAULS, T/5, MD , Woodbury, 1.enn. L. K. SIMPSON, T/5, Inf, Waxahachie, Tex. ELMER E. SMITH, T/5, In!, Rus,elvil:e, Ala, JOHN M. SMITH, T/5, FA, Broo'k!yn, N. Y. GLENN . G. STOUT, T/5, MD, Butler, Tenn . JOSEPH VALAZA.K, T/5, Cav., Hellwood, Pa. WILBERT G. VEIT, T/5, MD, Ardmore , Pa . , . CECIL WEEMS, T/5, FA, Lexington, Miss . . MICHAEL H. WEIR, T/5 , MD , Baltimore, Md . I CHARLES D. WHITFIELD, T/5, FA, Moul. tr,e, Ga. WILLIAM H. WILKINS . T/5 . MD, Bronson, Mich. FREDERICK C . WILLIAMS, T/5 , FA, Grandville, N. Y. ERNEST A. WILSON, T/5, MD , B:anstown , Mo. . ~Jl3}: E . WRIGHT, T/5, Cav . , Alma, RICHARD D. WUENSCHEL, T/5, FA, Erie, Pa. HARRY L. ADAMS , Pfc ., Inf . Finley, Pa. RAN"ON L. A.DAMS, Pfc., Inf., Green• wocd, Miss . ARTHUR W. ANDERSON, Pfc., Inf., Chi• cago, DI (P)HAROLD K . ANTHONY, Pfc . , Inf , . Husn.nc. L . I .. N. Y. CHARLES J. BAKOS, Pfc., Inf , , Winthrop, Miss. WALTER S. BARDAY , Pk. Inf, South Portland, Me . J~llf,.~• BARNES, Pfc .. FA, Cottage Hill, LAWRENCE R. BAYLOR, Pfc. , Inf; Apollo, Pa, J01fil_ W. BEAL. Pfc., CE, East St. Louis , JESSE L . BENTLEY, Pfc., Inf, Horton, Ala, . GRAHAM BINGHAM, Pfc., Inf, Gorham, Ala. 

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WILLIE E. BLAYLOCK. Pfc .• Inf, Batesville, Miss. BENJAMIN H . BODINE, Pfc . , Inf, Kelso, Wah. HENRY T. BORN, Pfc . , CE, Chicago, m . GEORGE E. BOTTS, Pfc,. Inf, Valley, Tenn .. WILBUR O. BOUKNIGHT, Pfc., Inf, New berry, S. C. LLOYD J. BRAVE, Pfc., CE, Rapid City, S. D. MELVIN R . BREWER, Pfc .. Inf, Dunn, N. C. CHARLES P. BRICKER, Pfc . , Inf , Glas gow, Pa. FREAS B . BRITTINGHAM, Pfc., MD, Independence, Mo . J . C . BROOKS, Pfc., Inf, Gastonia, N. C. JOHN J. BROSKY . Pfc., Inf. Bronx, N . Y . CARL A. BROWN, Pfc., MD, Memphts. Tenn . TEOY P. BROWN, Pfc., Roche s ter, Tex. GRANT J. BULTMAN, Pfc .• MD, New Orleans , La. GEORGE H. BURGESS, Pfc. , Inf, Georges Creek, Ky . LLOYD L . CAIN, Pfc., Inf, Quinton, Okla . JAMES S. CAMPBELL , Pfc., Inf , Manitou. Ky. . FORREST L . CARPENTER, Pfc . , Inf, A land, Ala . FRED A . CARTER , Pfc., MD, Knoxville, Tenn. JAMES B . CARTER, Pfc .. MD, Gladys , Ky. LUDIE J. CARTER, Pfc. , Inf, Grand Saline, Tex . WALLACE R . CARTER, Pfc., Inf, Lone Oak. Tex. REYNALDO S . CASAREZ . Pfc .• FA, Kene dy, Tex. ARNOLD A. CE:MBALEST, Pfc., MD, Lawrence, N. Y. MARIO CERO N E. Pfc., MD. Elmhurst. L . I . , N . Y. GEORGE N. CHEATWOOD, Pfc. , Inf, Fru i thurst, Ala. JAMES E. CHESTNUT, Pfc., MD, Bloom ington, Ind . LAWRENCE R . CHIAPUZIO , Pfc . . Inf, Hurle y , Wisc . WILLIAM K. CHILDRESS , Pfc . . Inf , Den• ver , Colo. THOMA.S W. CHOATE. Pfc . . Inf , Jacks v ille , Tex. FRED A . CHRISTIAN , Pfc ., Inf , Roder• fie l d, W. Va . MELVIN W. CLARK , Pfc . . I n f, Iuka , Miss . EDWARD E . COBB , Pfc . , Inf, Huntsville, Ala. (P)JOHN J . CO N DON. P f c . , Inf. Yonkers, N. Y. ARTHUR L . COOK, Pfc .• Inf, La Porte, Ind . ROSEL M . COTTEN, P f c., MD , Bakers• vill e, Cali!. WILLIAM E. COURCIER. Pfc .. Inf, Grls wcld , Iowa CHARLES J. CUCCIA . Pfc .• MD, Madison, Wisc . JOHN K. CULVER, Pfc., Ord. Dept., M i ddleton, N. Y . JERRY DAMORA. Pfc . , FA , Kearney, N . Y . JOHN C. DARCY, Pfc., MD, Boston. Ma s s . (P)JOHN DELLAROBBA. Pfc Inf , Cliff Sid e Park, N . J. HARRY H . DE N GEL, Pfc . , Inf, Lansdowne . Pa . J. D . DODD , Pie . , Inf , Redding , Calif . LEROY J . DOUGLAS. Pfc . . MD , New Orlean s , La . DONAL J. DUSSEAU , Pie., Inf , Monroe. M ic h . . MINOR D . DUVAL . Pfc . FA. San Ber nard i no. Calif . MELVIN J . EIDE. Pfc., MD , Bo is e , Idaho JOHN F. ELLIS, Pfc., Inf, Mahano y City, Pa. DEEMER L. FICKES, Pfc . , Inf . Newville, Pa. CHARLES H . FISHER Pfc . , MD . Cohoes , La . WAYNE B . FISHER, Pfc., Inf , Meadow Grove, Nebr. HOYT J . FLEMING. Pfc ., FA , Lake Al!red, Fla. KERMIT FOLES, Pfc., MD, Prentis. Miss. OREM W . FOREHAND , Pfc., Inf, Three Rivers. Tex. ALEX FORRAY, Jr . , Pfc . , MP, South Bend, Ind . CHARLES A . FOSTER, Pfc ,. Inf, Bovey, Wisc. ., _ ROGER W. FOX, Pfc., MD, Alpharetta, Ga. MEREL C. FREIMAN, Pfc., Inf , Madtson, Wisc . EDWARD A. FRENCH , Pfc., Inf, Port Huron, Mich . JAMES W . FRENCH, Pfc . , Inf, Blytheville, Ark. DONALD V. FUFE , Pfc ., MD, Somerville . Mass. MAXWELL P . T . GEHRIG, Pfc., MD. Brooklyn , N. Y. . JOSEPH GONSALVES , Pfc., MD . Oakland . Calif. WALDO R . HALL , Pfc . , Inf, Letonla, Oh i o GEORGE W . HALLOCK. Pfc., Inf, Oak• ville, Conn . WALTER B. HAM, Pfc,. MD, Lansing, N . C. J. STANFORD HAYS, Pfc., Inf , La Porte, Ind. JESSE C . HIERS, Pfc . . Inf, Ehrhardt, S. C. BART L . HILL, Pfc., Inf, Arlee , Ala . PAUL J. HODS, Pfc . , Inf, John s town . Pa . DAVID H . HOLEMAN , Jr .. Pfc. , Inf, Blackhawk, Miss . LEWY', E . HOWARD, Pfc., Cav . Atlanta. Al a. WOODROW HUMPHREY, Pfc., FA, Jack sonville . N. C . RAMSEY S. HURT, Pfc., Inf. Ripley, Miss. (P)MARVIN L . HUYCK, Pfc .. FA , Detroit, M i ch. EDWARD C. JANSSEN, Pfc., Inf , St . Paul. Minn . (P)BEN JARRELL. Pfc . . Inf, Dana . K y . EDMUND J. JOWORSKI. Pfc., Inf, Phlla• delphi a , Pa . JOSEPH A. JENCIK. Pfc., Inf. McKees Rock , Pa. BYRON JOHNSON. Pfc . , Inf, Leom i nster, Ma :s. SEWELL F . JOHNSON, Pfc., MD. Gibson S t ation, V a. JOHN F . JONES, Pfc . . Inf, Hi g hland, N. Y. TILMAN E. JONES , Pfc ., MP , Mounta i n View. Mo. ROBERT N . JUMP, Pfc .. Inf, Bimghamton , N. Y. LEWIS B . KELLEY Pfc., MD, Tipto n, Okla. ROBERT J. KOEPPEN, Pfc., Inf, Gowanda. N.Y. JOHN J. KOZEMKO, Pfc . . Inf, Wilkes Barre, Pa . HENRY GEO R GE T. KRANOCK, Pfc., Inf, O le an, N . Y . HENRY 0 . KUGLER. Jr . . Pfc .. Inf , Cross Timbers. Mo . JAMES H . LAVECCHIA , Pfc. , Inf , Lynd hurst, N . J. DAN G . LEBAKOS, Pfc ., Inf, San Anserno, Calif. . JOHN LEE . Pfc . . Inf . North Braddock, Pa . BARNEY LESTER , Pfc.. Inf , Majestic, Ky . GEORGE L. LEWIS , Pfc., MD. Brooklyn, N.Y. ' (P)ERNEST M . LITTLE, Pfc . , Inf, Hughes, Ark . WILLIAM C . LOGAN, Pfc ., MD , Drew. M i ss. VICTOR G. LOLLAR, Pfc., Inf, North Port. Ala . (PJWILLIAM M. LONGMAN, Inf, Baldwin, N. Y. DELBERT R . LOWERY, Pfc. , Cav . , McFall, Mo. 186 FLOYD C. LOWERY, Pfc., Inf, Brunswick. Md . JACK W . MAGEE, Pfc., Inf, Pasad e na . Tex. ANTHONY J. MAJKUT, Pfc . , Inf , Webster. Mass. MAX MAKA.REWICK, Pfc . , FA, Willis, Mich . LOTUS L . MANN, Pfc . , CE , Ponca C i ty, Okla. HARVEY G. MASON , Pfc ., FA , Poccasset . Okla. DOMINIC A. MAURO:SE. Pfc., Inf, Ri v er• side, N. J. THOMAS J. McLAUGHLIN, Pfc .. MD . Sel : evllle, N. J. JOHN J. McQUAID. Pfc .. Inf. Bridgeport. Pa . EUGENE A. METZINGER, Pfc., Inf, St. Joseph, Mo . PAUL J. MILLER, Pfc., Inf, Dayton , Ohio JESSE P. MILSAP Pfc . Inf, Fayettevllle. Ark. WARNER MILTON, Pfc., Inf, Memphis . Tenn. JOHN H . MffiAGLIA, Jr .. Pfc . , Inf, Pitts• iie ! d. Ma!S. EARL E. MOEN, Pfc. , Inf , Wr i ght , Minn . WILLIAM H . MOORE, Jr., MP, Burghlll, Oh i o JOSEPH M. MORAN . Pfc . , MD, Scranton . Pa . HARVEY, MYERS, Pfc., Inf . New Albany , Miss. BENJAMIN NECKIN , Pfc., MD, New York Ci:y, N. Y. CECIL T. NELSON . Pfc . . Inf . Ensl e ) , Ala . JAl\fES F . Nl'GE?-."T . Jr., Pfc ., Inf , Long Is ! and , N. Y. EUGENE NUEL. Pfc . Inf, Trenton , N . J . EMIL OLASIN, Pfc., Inf, Lodi, N. J . JO~EPH J. O'REILL Y , Pfc .• Inf . Clifton He i ghts. La. DONALD L . 03TRANDER Pfc., Inf, Uleta . Fla . ARTIS L . OWENS, Pfc.. Inf, Purvis . l\Iiss. Wil.LIAM A. PAGE, Pfc.. MD. New Philad e !phia, Pa . BE N SON V. PARISI , Pfc., FA, Brooklyn. N . Y . R. D. PEACOCK. Pfc. . MD. West\ ille . Fla . BURL S . PERKINS , Pfc.. MD , Shouns , Tenn . JOSEPH N. PETERS. Pfc'.. Inf : Sarasota. F l a . CARL C . PETERSO:-i. Pfc . . Inf. ::lli n eapoli s, M i nn . CHARLES G . PICKERING . Pfc. , FA . Val ley Stream. N. Y. ELTO N B . PICKETT . Pfc . , Cav .. Smlthdale. Miss. WALTER J . PITT l\ IA X , Pfc .. Inf , Autauga vi:le. Ala . VI N CENT POMA . Pfc . . Inf. Sagenaw. Mich . THOMAS REGORRAH, Pfc.. Inf, Detroit , Mich . CLUDE D. RICE . Pfc. , Inf. Winchester . Ky. CHARLIE T. RIVERS, Pfc., Inf, Decatur. Ala . JAMES T . ROACH, P f c., Inf, Bradley . Miss . WILLIAM S. ROBERTSON, Pfc ., Inf . Bcothwynn, Pa. CARL A. ROWMPAGEL, Pfc ., MD , La Porte, Ind. ROBERT RUIZ, Pfc .. FA, 'Nursary , Tex . FELIX A. SARMIE:'i'TO , Pfc .. Inf, Sonora . Mex. RICHARD R. SARRAULT, Pfc . . Inf, She• bo y gan . M i c:h . ARTHUR G. SCHATZ. Pfc., MD. Newark . N . J , THOMAS J. SCHffiALLI . Pfc., Inf , Lyn brook , N. Y . SARGENT T . SCHIVER, Pfc . , Inf . M o ultrie. Ga . ROBERT SCHMID, Pfc .. MD . Chicago, Ill. CHARLES H . SCOT!' , Pfc .• Inf . Spu r , Tex . REID 0. SCOTT, Pfc .. Inf, Imper i al, Pa . I I 

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JOHN T. SCULLY. Pfc ., Inf , Brighton, Ma!S. (P)MARV I N J , SHELDON, Pfc ., Inf , Tem• perance, Mich. LEBULON W. SHEPE, Pfc .. FA , Prentlse, N.C. . EUGENE SIBLEY, Pfc., Inf, Chase, Md. MAYNARD L. SILVA, Pfc., Inf, Lemoore, Cali! . BONNIE , D . SIMS , Pfc ., MD , Greenbrier, Ark. ELDRED I. SIMS, Pfc . , Inf, Irondale, Ala . WAYNE R. SLAGLE, Pfc., MD,. Taylor vn:e, Ill . EARL L. SLATE, Pfc .. Inf, Petersburg, Va . KERMIT G. SMART, Pfc., MD, North Tazwlll, Va . CHESTER M . SMITH , Pfc., Inf, Tr i on_ Ga. RAYMOND V . SMITH, Pfc . , Inf , Carroll ton, M i ss ; ROY W. SNIPES, Pfc., Inf, Kann a polis, N . C. WALTER SOKEL, Pfc . , MD, East Chatan . N . Y . EVERETT H. SOUTHLAND, Pfc .. FA, San Bernardino , Calif. HENRY C . SPRAGGINS , Pfc., Inf, Alpine, Ala . LEO C . STABILE. Pfc . , MD. Brooklyn, N . Y. HELMUTH N . STRACKE , Pfc., FA, Hunt• ington, L . I., N. Y. ORLA N DO I . STILES , Pfc .. Inf , Terre Haute, Ind. RALPH H . STUCKEY, Pfc., Inf. Everett, Pa . EDWARD G . SULLIVAN, Pfc ., Inf, Atlan ta , Ga . . EUGENE 0. SULLIVAN, Pfc . , Inf. Nettle ton, Miss . CHARLES A . SUMMERS . Pfc. , MD , New Market . Md . BERTONE . SUTTON , ' Pfc .. FA, Bellaire, Mich. JOHN SWATKOWSKI, Pfc., Inf, Olyphant, Pa. LEON T. SWEETER, Pfc., FA, Albion, Mich. GEORGIA A. TUCKER, Pfc ., Inf, Steel , Mo. NORMAN B . TAUBERG, Pfc., Inf, Pitts burg, P a . SAMUEL J . TINDEN, Pfc., MD, Locust VaJ:cy, N. Y . EUGENE C . TINSLEY, Pfc. , Inf. , Oly phant , Pa. JOSEPH G . TOMLINSON , Pfc . , Inf. Phila delph i a, Pa. LEROY C. TUOMELA. Pfc ., Inf, Ishpening, Mich. ' NED T. VANLANDINGHAM , Pfc . , MD, Palmetto, Fla . FRED C . VARGAS, . Pfc., Inf, Lamar. Call! . NICHOLAS C . VASILE , Pfc .. Inf , Brook• lyn, N. Y. . ROBERT E . VOSS, Pfc . , MD , St . Louis , Mo . STEVE WAGNER, Pfc .. Inf , Cle v eland, Ohio WILBUR L . WALKER, Pfc . , FA, Princeton. Wisc . BOYD L . WALLING, Pfc ., Inf. Los Angeles, Calif . DELMAR L. \VEBB . Pfc . , MD , Webbvllle , Ky. WILLIAM B. WEDGEWOOD. Pfc .. MD, Welch , W. Va . STANLEY WEGRZYNOWS K I , Pfc ., Inf, Camden, N . J. HUBERT J. WEST, Pfc ., Inf. Albert, Canada HERMAN L. WHIDDEN, Pfc., l\ID, Lake City, Fla. FRANK R . WICE, Pf c ., Inf , Ch i cago , Ill. (P) J. D . WIGGER. Pfc. , Inf. Greensboro, Ala . * CLIFFORD V . WILLIAMS, Pfc .. MD , Tampa , Fl a . ORLAN V. WILSON, Pfc .. Inf, Florence , Ala. RAYMOND D . WILSON. Pfc . CE, Sturg i s. Miss . WILLIAM I. WILSON, Pfc . , Inf, Tou humne, Calif . FRANK E . Witherspoon, Pfc . , Jackson , Tenn. HAROLD YOUNG, Pfc., Inf, Hol!and, Chio IVY YOUNG, Pfc., Inf, Po n totoc, M ; s ,. EDGAR BADGETT, Pvt., Inf. Atalla. Ala . CHARLES T. BAILEY , Pvt., Inf, Birmingham , Ala. EDWIN l . Baird, Pvt.. Inf, Be!lmead, Tex. CARSON F . CHILDERS, Pvt .. Inf , V i cks burg, Miss. JOHN P . COLLINS, Pvt., MD, Liberal. Kans . WALTER E . HANSON, Pvt., Inf, Los Angeles, Calif. JAMES A. HOGGLE, Pvt . , Inf, Tus~a loo s a. Ala . THOMAS W. JACKSON, Pvt., MD, Long hurst . N. C . (P)HENRY D . LOWERY, Pvt ., Inf, Okmul ges, Okla . mvING R. MENDELSON Pvt . . MD. Brooklyn, N . Y . CHARLES L. NIXON, Pv t .. FA , Tampa , Fla. LUDWIG M. SEELIG. Pvt .. Inf, Baltimore , Md. CHARLES M. SHA VER, Pvt .• Inf, Sandy vU:e . W. Va. TOM TURNER. Pvt .• Inf , Whitne y, Tex. DIETRICH E . . VON BOTHMER, Pvt . , Inf , Eisepach, Germany . MILTON lit. WEINER , Pvt. Inf . Brooklyn, N . Y . . "WILLIAM H. WILCOX, Pvt.. Inf. Hot Spr i ngs, S . D . 

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HILLED ,n ACTIOn OR DIED OF wounos ATKINSON, Ray, T /Sgt BAGA, Pete J., Pfc BAILEY, James, Pfc BLANTON, Scott R., 2d Lt BURCH, Eugene H., Pvt BUTLER, Oliver D., S/Sgt CASPERSEN, Edward J ., Pfc CELLES, George L., Jr., Capt COLBATH, Francis W., Pfc CRAY, Calvin W., Pfc CRUMBLEY, Woodrow L., T/Sgt DATTOLO, Sam D., Pfc DA VIS, Stephan H., Pfc DELLAROBBA, John, Pfc DIAZ, Edward C ., Pfc DIAZ, Raymon C., Pvt . DUKE, Bates G., Sgt ELTISTE, Herman A., Jr., S/Sgt FERRERA, Albert, Pfc FLEMING, Edward P., Pfc FRANKS, John D., Jr., Pvt . GAONA, Eugene L., Pfc GILLEN, James A., Sgt GILLEY, Lee R., S/Sgt GODBOLD, Harold, Pfc GOOLSBY, Howard D . , S/Sgt GRISDELL, Ernest L . , Pfc HAGEN, Carl G., Pvt HALES, Ottis L., S/Sgt HEMPHILL, Albert L., Sgt HENDRICKSON, Edward A ., Pfc HIIPAKKA, Swante W., Pfc AITAPE (AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA) HIMLER, Robert F., Sgt HUYCK, Marvin L., Pfc INGRAM, Prentiss C., Sgt JACKSON, Edw . ard D., T/4 JANICK, Stanley J., Pfc JOHNSON, Willard r., Pfc JONES, Wesley B . Pfc KELLY, Erskin L . , Pfc KEMP, Thomas E . , Sgt KILGORE, Ellis D., T,5 LIPSCOMB, Wade R ., Pfc LITTLE, Err.est N., Pvt LOWE, Samuel A., Pfc MATTHEWS , James P ., Cpl J MATTSON, Allison B . , Pfc MEDLIN, Austin J., P!: MILLS, Homer R., T/5 MINY, Earl 0., Jr., Pvt MOORE, Harold D., S/Sgt MULGANNON, Robert E., Pfc MULLINS, Vaultie C., Pfc McFERRIN, Raymond E. , Pfc McLEMORE, Frank, S / Sgt McMAHON, Matthew, Jr ., T / 4 OAKSFORD, Howard M . , Pfc OLSEN, Arne M . , Pfc O'NEAL, Raymon E ., Pvt O'QUAIN, Wilford, Pvt OUIMETTE, Edward J., S/Sgt PEACOCK, Robert, Sgt PEHRSSON, Henry J ., Pfc PHELPS, Maynard W., S/Sgt PRINCE, Jesse G., Pfc QUAIL, Peter D., Pvt RAKESTRAW, L. C., Pfc RHODES, Eugene E., Pfc RICHARDSON, Johnnie M., Pvt RODRIGUEZ, Robert, Pfc ROSA, Eston, Pfc RUOTOLO, George J., Pvt SLAZWEDEL, Vernon A., Pfc SANDLER, George E., Pvt SCOTT, John D., Pvt SEARFY, Harold P., Pfc SERCA, Frank W., Pfc SHELDON, Marvin J., Pfc SNODGRASS, Robert T., Pfc STAND, Frank, Pvt SUHRBIER, Leo K . , Pfc TARTAKOFF, Ira I., Pfc TASMAN, Donald ~-, S/Sgt TAYLOR, Tom M., Pfc TOWNSEND, Leslie D., Pfc URRCSKI, B _ ennie F., Pfc VINANSKY, : John, Pvt WALKER, Donald E ., Pfc• WELLINGTON, Byron K., Pfc WEST, Ray H ., Cpl_ WHITE, William S., Pvt WHITT, Her~ld M . , S/Sgt WILLIAMS Frank S., Pfc WILLIAMSON, Frank S., T /5 WINDGRADSKI, Chester, Pfc WOODALL , James B., S/Sgt ZELDIN, Charles, Pvt WAKDE-SARMI AREA (MAFFIN BAY, DUTCH NEW GUINEA) AMMON, Roy L . , Pfc ASSANTE, Anthony, Pvt BERI, John, Pfc BLACKBURN, Virgil A., Pvt . BRANNON, ~ohn D., Pfc CARROLL, Theodore R., Pfc FORD, Ernest, T/4 FUTCH, Earl B., Pvt HORTON, James, Pfc HOWARD, James E. , Pfc HOWELL, Austin M ., Pfc KEENER, Harold M. , Pfc LE~IS, Chester E., Pfc MINTZ, Ernest E., T / 4 MOSER, Louis G . , Pfc OSBORNE, Edwin P ., Sgt PAPP, Michael J,, Pfc PEASE, Thomas A., Pfc MISSING IN ACTION TRUHEL, Joseph A., Pfc 3 REIDY, George E . , Pfc RILEY, Eugene, Pvt RILEY, Mark, T/Sgt, ROGERS, John W., Jr., Pfc SPROLES, Quinton E., Pfc SWORDS, S. D. , Pfc SZYMANSKI, John R., Pfc TRACY , Burton M., Pvt TRAUTWEIN, William M., Pfc 

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MOROTAI ISLAND CAMPAIGN NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES AINSWORTH, Paul R., Pfc ANDERSON, James V., Pfc ATWATER, Early Y., Pfc BARNETT, James M., Pfc BENNETT, Archibald J., Pfc BLACK, Raymond T., Pfc BLACKLEY, Ben, Pfc BOCCELLI, Joseph J., Pfc BOWEN, Jesse C., Pfc BOX, Lee H . , S/Sgt BREAM, Guy L., Pvt BYRD, Junie, Pfc CARLSON, Lawrence, Sgt CARR, Jimmie H., Pfc CASCIO, Joseph, Pvt DANIELS, James D., Sgt DIEM, Joseph E., Jr., Pfc DILLER, George A., Jr., S/Sgt' . DOMBROWSKI, John F., Jr., Pfc DOUGLAS, Thomas, Pfc EAST, George T., 2nd Lt ECONOMOU, Columbus E., Pfc GOODWIN, Derrick W., Pvt GRAHAM, Jack C., Pfc GRIFFIN, George Y., Pfc HAMPTON, Willie B., Pfc HAKY, Nogi H., Pfc HENDRICKS, Gerald J., Pvt HERRINGTON, Nolan, Pvt HERT, William J., Pfc HOBDY, Floyd D., T/4 INGHRAM, George A., Jr., Pfc INGRAM, Robert H., Sgt KOPP, Howell S . , Capt LOCAP ARRA, Rocco A., Pfc MAGLIEV AZ, August, Pvt MALERIO, Albert G., Pvt MALOEUF, Roland A., Pfc MARSHALL, Jack L., Pfc MATHEWS, Marion, Pfc MENARD, Leo E., Pfc MONTGOMERY, Francis L., Pvt NAIL, Hardy F., Pfc NEAL, Max L., Pfc OLSON, Doran W., Pfc OYLER, William D., Pfc PAUL, Joseph R., Jr., Pfc PERDSKI, Nicholas, Pfc PETLICKI, ,Toseph C .. 2nd Lt PHARES, Ottis C., T/5 PILGREEN, John E., T/Sgt REYNOLDS, Ollie C., Pfc ROBERTSON, James 0., Pvt SARIDAKIS, Tony, Pfc SMITH, Raymond W., Sgt SNYDER, William M., _ Sgt SODERSTROM, Axel J., Pfc STEVENS, Waldo E., Pfc VERCH, Curt J., Pfc WATTLES, Joseph S., Pfc WEBER, Edward C., T/5 MAPIA ISLANDS (NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES) BLAIR, Robert J., Pfc CAPPELLO, Joseph A., Pvt DICKINSON, Charles C., S/Sgt DRISCOLL, Dennis J . , Jr., Pfc DUMAS, Albert, Pfc LANCASTER, Howard C . , Pvt KEY, Robert C., Capt LARUE, Troy C., Capt ADAMS, John T., Sgt ADAi"vlS, Ransom L., Pfc ANDERSON, Chappell, Jr., T/5 ANTHONY, Harold K., Pfc ARNOLD, Ase J., S/Sgt AUGUST, Francis A., Pfc BAKER, John A., ,Tr., Sgt BAKER, Robert L., Pvt BALSI(?ER, Arthur E . , Sgt BARDWELL, Karl H . , 1st Lt BILLINGTON, John, Pfc BJORKLAND, Ralph L., 1st Lt BLACK, Talmage F., Pfc BRAZEL, Oscar H . , Pfc BREDAL, Otto P., Pfc LONG, Claude U., S/Sgt MARTIN, Jack E., S/Sgt McANANY, William P., S/Sgt PANNELL , Roland G . , Pvt PARKER, Jessel, Pfc PEJACK, William, Pfc SANSAPOR, DUTCH NEW GUINEA MENDENHALL, John R., Col ROBY, William D., Maj MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BROWN, Thomas F., S/Sgt BRYANT, Charles G., Pfc BURNS, Robert J., Pfc BUSSEY, Robert E., Pfc CAMERON, Alan P., Pvt CAPAZZELLI, Daniel D., Pfc CARO, Joseph S., Pfc CAROTHERS, Benona B., Pfc CARR, Leon H., Pfc CARRILLO, Octaviano S., Pfc CATES, Joe, Pfc CHARLTON, Duncan K., Pfc CISNEROS, Teresa J., Pfc CLANTON, Leroy, T/Sgt CLARK, Roland M . , Pvt STANLEY, William, Pfc STRATFORD, Seward D. , Pvt TURNER, Emil, Cpl W~ITE, Michael A . , Pfc ZOBLOSKY, Elbert, Pfc WINSLOW , Herbert R., 1st Lt CLARK, Valiant 0., Pvt CLUNAS, Hilton R., Sgt COLGAN, Aquinas T., Capt COLLINS, Hugh L., S/Sgt COLMAN, Lloyd E., Pfc CONDON, John J., Pfc CONNER, William L., Pfc CO:t:rn' A Y, Edward T., Pfc CORRIERA, John D., Pfc COX, Homer L., Pvt CRAIG, Edward H., Pvt CRANE, Robert L., Pfc CRITES, Robert E., Pfc CROSS, Jesse J . , Jr., Pfc CROSSWHITE, Odus Leo, Pfc 

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CULLERS, Howard M., Pfc JANKOWSKI, Chester L., Pfc PRATT, Ernest J., Sgt CURRY, Andy, Pfc . JARRELL, Ben, Pfc RAND, Harold E., Lt Col CURTIS, Lawrence W., Cpl KASTANAS, John G., 1st Lt RAY, George A., Pvt CURTIS, Russell J., Pfc KING, Orville R., Pfc RODGERS, James J., Pfc DEDEAUX, Elgin.L., S/Sgt LATTA, Michael, Jr., Pfc. -ROBY; Charlie F., Pfc DENNISON, John B., Pfc LAWLES, William F., Pfc RYDBERG, Marvin L . , Pfc DORGAS, Peter, Pfc LAWRENCE, Mark F., Pvt SANTORA, Anthony J., Pvt DRAPER, Harold W., Pfc LEATHERMAN, Mehrle E., Pfc SCHMID, Robert, Pfc DUCKETT, Wallace H., Sgt LEDBETTER, D. C., Pfc SCHMIDG~L, Donald J., Pfc EARHART, Gerald B., Pfc LEFKOWITZ, David, Pfc SEEBERG, William P., Pfc EINSPAHR, Alfre~ G., Pfc LEHN, James J., Pfc SEGREST, Walter M., Jr. , Pfc EKSTROM, Arne V., Pfc LEMKE, Gerald A., Pfc SEVERS, Kenneth L., 2nd Lt ELLIOTT, Leonard D., Pfc LEVINSON, Paul B., Cpl SHADER, William J. Jr., Pfc EMMOT, Valley V., Pfc LEZEN, Andrew, Pfc SIEMER, Harold A., Pfc ENGLAND, Verban S., T/5 LINDSEY, Sammie F., Pfc SIMPSON, Joseph P., Pfc ESCHETE, Lucius J., Pfc LINTON, Reginald R., Pfc SMITH, Calvin E., Pfc ' ' EVANS~ Robert L., S/Sgt LOGAN, Elihue F., Pfc SNYDER, Charles E., Pfc FAULKNER, Robert D., Sgt LONGMAN, William M., Pfc SOTEROPOULOS, George, Sgt FITCH, Pearceon M., Pfc LUCAS, Joseph K., Pfc SPEAKMAN, Ernest J., Pfc GARDENER, Richard W., Pfc LUSNIA, Louis F., Pfc STACY, Ern:iile, Pfc GELMAN, Harry, Pvt LYONS, Frank M . , Pfc STEELE, Richard W., Jr . , Pvt GOVER, Walter L., Pfc MAHIEU, Robert L., Pfc STUCKEY, Fred L . , Jr . , Pfc GRABEK, Benjamin V., Sgt MALIN, Wayne J., Pfc SUGGS, Toy E., Sgt GRAY, James R., Pfc MARKOVITCH, Anthony, 1st Lt TAYLOR, Jonn S., Pfc GRIMES, William L., Pfc MAPLES, Artis E., Pfc THOMAS, Daniel T., Pfc GULINO, Angelo, Pfc MARTIN, Lonnie E., Pfc THOMAS, Ralpb L., Pfc GUNDERSON, Clarence M., Pfc MILLER, Roy S., 2nd Lt THOMPSON, Kenneth C., T/Sgt HAAHR, Louis J., 1st Lt HAMPTON, Bays C., Pfc MIX, John E . , Pfc TORRES, Arthur L., Pfc HAND , Luke G., S/Sgt MORGAN, Herbert W., T/Sgt TRUJILLO, Josepli R., Pfc HANKINS, Louis A., Pfc MORROW, Ben E . . Pfc VANARTSDy\LEN, Clifford C., HARDEMAN, Luke, Pfc MUIR, Robert A., Pfc T/Sgt HARR, Harry R., Cpl MURPHY, Joshua E., Jr., Pfc VAN SCOY, Richard E., Pfc HAUCK, Robert A . , Pfc McDOWELL, Chambliss P., Pfc VINSON, John C . , S/Sgt HAWKINS, Leonard L . , Cpl McHENRY, Dennis E . , Sgt WAGAR, Eugene P . , Pfc HAYES, Norman S., Pvt WALLACE, Leo C., Pfc HENRY, Thomas E . , Pfc NAGLE, Maurice A., Pvt HERTZBERG, John F . , Pvt NEIDERER, Edward . P . , Pfc WEEKS, Horace W., Cpl HIGH, Frank L., S/Sgt NOLEN, Alvin M., Pfc WEST, Charles F., Pfc HILL, Alfred B., Jr., T/5 O'DONNELL, Albert E., Cpl WHITAKER, Herbert, Pfc HILL, Junour, Sgt OGLETREE, Sim E., T/5 WIGGER, J. D., Pfc HODGE, James H., Sgt OWENS, William T., Sgt WILBANKS, Grady, Pfc HOLMES, John R., 1st Lt PAGE, Richard J., Sgt WILCOX, William H . , Pvt . HOOD, Oliver W., S/Sgt PALLAZO , Clement J., Pfc WILKINSON, Julius H., S/Sgt HOW ARD, Drexel E., Pvt PEARCE, Leon M., Pfc . WILLIAMS, Claude R., Pfc HUMMER, Fred S . , Pfc PERKINS, Albert H., Sgt WORDEN, Bernard M . , Pfc HUNTER, Verne S., Pfc PERSONS, Hubert W., Pfc YATES, Allison R., Cpl HURST, Daniel F., Jr., Pfc PHILBRICK, Arthur L., Pvt YATES, 0. B., Pfc JACKSON, Delbert, Pfc PHILLIPS, Clay H., Pfc YOUNG, John L., Sgt JACKSON, Raymond E. , Pfc PHILLIPS , Stanley V., Pfc YOUNG, Ralph W., Pvt JACOBS, Harry, 1st Lt POOLE, Warner M., Pfc ZUKER, Michael A., S/Sgt MISSING IN ACTION CAUSEY, Bennie D . , Jr., Pfc 5 

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FLORIDA REGIMENTS --. WORLD WAR II 106th Quartermasters -------------------124th Infantry 116th Field Artll lery 106th Engineers --------------,, ._,,~ . . , .. . . . ~. :: .. . . . •' .. . :.\(~: ~l~ .:-_,_ , . .. .,,~ . 265th Coast Artillery 

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Chapter Sixteen FLORIDA'S NATIONAL AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR By the late 1930s, the world had begun to tear itself apart for the second time this century. In 1937, the Japanese had launched a campaign of conquest and slaughter in northern and central China. They were also casting covetous glances at European colonies in Southeast Asia and, by implication, the American posi tion in the Philippines. Even more importantly for American interests was the initiation of yet another Ger.man war of conquest in Europe. Under its maniacal dictator, Adolph Hitler, by the fall of 1939, Germany had occupied Austria and C~echc;,slovakia and brutally conquered Poland. Europe was at war. Officially, the war began in September of 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The war was of im mense interest to Americans, but they saw absolutely no reason for military concern at that time. This was seen as just another of the periodic internecine wars among the old nations of Europe. While Americans generally favored the Allied cause, it was not enough to entice them into the conflict. Besides, the failure of peace fol lowing the First World War had cured America of its naive optimism concerning the efficacy of armed inter vention in the affairs of other nations. In 1939, America had very strict neutrality laws designed to keep it from becoming inadvertently entangled in any war. However, with wars already raging in both Europe and Asia, there was potential danger to the security of the United States. As a general rule, the United S~ates rarely provided adequate support for a large standing a:my or navy in times of peace. This had been espe cially true during the Depression years of the 1930s. Therefore, in late 1939, President Roosevelt and the Congress worked together to make substantial sums of money available to procure military and naval hard ware-just in case. Enough money was authorized to have some of it trickle down to individual state National Guards to enable them to purchase needed equipment and arms . All of this was done at a rather leisurely, but not quite peacetime, pace. Then came the climactic events of the spring and summer of 1940. The German war machine unleashed a massive and devastating Blitzkrieg, or Lightning War, against Western Europe. Beginning in April and con tinuing through the summer, German armies crushed and occupied in sequence, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France. By July, Great Britain and her em pire stood alone facing a hostile and greedy German empire that controlled all of Europe, with Italy, Hun gary, Romania, and Bulgaria as allies, Spain a favored neutral, and Russia a signatory to a mutual non-aggres sion pact. It was obvious to all, spectators and partici pants alike, Germany wasn't through yet; already its Army, Navy and Air Force were preparing for an inva sion of Great Britain. This was a catastrophic situation which America could ignore only at its own peril. Congress authorized vast increases in military and naval appropriations. In September of 1940, Congress also approved the first ever peacetime Selective Service, or Draft, Act. Presi dent Roosevelt, having declared a National State of Emergency, federalized the National Guards of the sev eral states. The first Guard units were inducted into ac tive service in September and the remainder were activated by March of 1941. Initi_ally, Guard units were 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY mobilized for one year's sen-ice. Later e\'ents caused that term to be extended and. evenruallv. comerced to "duration of the war." :.lost of Florida's :'\ational Guard was officiaih called to national sen-ice on the 25th of :'\ovember. 1940. The last Florida formation. the 265th Coast . ..\nillen-, was federalized on the 6th of January, 1941. . ..\fter Florida s :'\ational Guard had been federal ized. the state was left without any troops to meet do mestic emergencies. \\'ith commendable. and unusual. speed the state legislature authorized the establishment of a Florida Defense Force. a Home Guard. This was to be recruited. trained. and equipped for sen-ice as an armed force co meet state emergencies. The State's . .\d jutant Generai. Brigadier General Vivian Collins. was aooointed its commander and the force was adminis tered from his headquarters office at the State .-\rsenal in St. . .\ugusrine. . ..\lthou[!n. in the besinning, prohibited D\' law from 12.Jth Inja11try . ..\.rea, Camp Blanding, 19.JI. expending money on the new Home Guards of the var ious states. the federal government was able to direct the militar\' to provide surplus weapons and equipment. In Florida. state appropriations allowed for the p~rchase of uniforms and other equipment. staffing the neces sary supplemental administration. and providing lim ited funds to pay Florida Defense Force volunteers for terms of active state duty. ~o pay was a\'aiiabie for drill or training encampments. This was to be ::i true \'Oiun teer citizen militia in its purest form. Cnder the provisions of the Florida Defense . ..\ct of 1941. a tr::iining program was established to enable the Defense Force to adequately "supplement ci\il law en forcement :rnthority in the maintenance of law and order. and to assure internal security to the state." Dur ing most of l!Hl. recruiting and training of the Defense Force \1as satisfactor\'. een though all projected u~jec tives ,rere not met. Ho,1ever. when the Selective Senice 163 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD \\'AR Law was extended. Yolumeers came forward in much larger numbers. America was closer tp war. closer than am-one knew. The initial one-vcar term of federal ser \'i~e for the regular Florida National Guard was e~; tended. indefiniteiy as it turned out. There was an obYious need for a weil established Florida Defense Force for a longer period of time than had been anticipated. .-\nd then there was Pearl Harbor .. -\merica orga nized for total war. So did Florida .. -\ state Defense Council was established. chaired by the governor. through " hich Yarious commiuees and directories pianned and coordinated Florida's war effort .. -\nd it \\as a total effort. The Defense Council was responsible for ,inually every phase of Florida"s economic and so]()6th Engiuccrs a111l 106th .\fniical arm. Cam/1 Blandiug. 19-11. cial life. It controlled everything from rationing to man power registration. public information, agriculture. labor, natural resources. sahage of useable materials, construction, road use. and all public health. fire. and police services. Also, a Ci\ilian Defense and Civilian SerYice Corps were established. Any public service a,ailable came under one or another of these corps. The Civilian Defense Corps was not a military formation. .-\ctually, it was far more close!~ similiar to the Civil Defense organization of the post-war nuclear age. The Defense Corps was concerned primarily with action ser Yice: police. fire, air ,aid warning, and enforcing the biack-out and dim-out regulations along Florida s seaboard. The Florida Defense Force. renamed the Florida 

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FLORIDA'S .-\.RMY 116th Fieid ,-1.rtillery urea, Camp Blanding, 1941. State Guard in 1942 to amid confusion wich the Civilian Defense Force, assumed the function and status of the National Guard within the state. It occupied and cared for the state's National Guard armories and engaged in continual training programs to better prepare for state active duty. It certainly wasn't easy. In addition to no pay for drill or training encampments, the State Guard suf fered from an enormous turnover in personnel. statis tically calculated as 100 percent per year. Volunteers were constantly moving to other cities or states to pursue wartime job opportunities and, as happened even more frequently, volunteering or being drafted into . the regular armed forces. The State Guard had to make do with two-hour weekly training sessions. Although there were enough uniforms. helmets, and gas masks to go around. weap ons became a problem when the federal government took back the relacivelv modern rifles it had issued in 1941 and replaced them with shotguns. This was nec essary due to the high materiel losses of the .-\.llied nations during 1941 and 1942. Modern weapons would be issued Florida's State Guardsmen towards the end of the war . In spite of its many problems, the Florida State Guard was able to maintain at all times during the war and for a year afterwards an average strength of just over 2.000 officers and men. equipped for dun . In ex cess of 11.000 individuals served with the Scace Guard during the years 1940--1:6 . They were officiall~called to actiYe state active duty se\"en times during and imme165 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR ~ ~':-' ' . ' . . ... 4 . .. . . . . -'. :_-_ :. / : " ::. -~ . 'ft ,. .. ll ... . ~..._ r .,-.. .. -~1-•'--:J ...... •f"'\.- •' I'": I ll I . , .. . \.~ j ,//,/,, . . " J. l. 106th Qartermasters undergo training in gas warfare, 1941. diately after the war to protect prisoners from mobs and to.alleviate the distress and suifering caused by hurri canes. The Florida State Guard was able to perform its many official and unofficial tasks with efficiency and considerable skill, due primarily to the intense patriot ism and sense of community service displayed by its members and to the quality of its leadership. Perhaps there was no regular National Guard in wartime Flor ida, but there was a Guard; a true citizens' militia, and it responded to real needs, and did it well. But it was the regular federalized Florida National Guard that would face the ultimate rigor of war. During most of 1941, America was a nation at peace, but hardly peaceful. Under the conditions of the declared National Emergency, the Army and Navy began training, equip ping, and expanding to the war strength it was hoped would never be used. This extra year of grace before America was forced into the war was to prove crucial to the success of its ul timate mobilization for total war on a global scale. Flor ida's Guard, as part of the 31st Division, had been federalized in November of 1940. On the 25th of that month, all Florida Guardsmen, with the exception of the 265th Coast Artillery as previously noted, were or dered to report to their armories for physicals and to be formally inducted into the service of the United States . As in the First World War, they took the . federal oath as individuals rather than as members of specific units. Eventually, this would result in the dispersal of Florida's soldiers into many different units as had occurred in the previous World War. In 1940, the 31st, or Dixie Division, was composed of National Guard units from the Deep South states of Florida , Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In De cember of 1940, all the composite units of the Division began converging on the Division's new home, Camp Blanding, a newly established base near the town of Starke in northcentral Florida. Since its land was lower than the water level of a nearby lake, the camp was a huge swampy sponge. Its dreadful and unfinished con dition eventually became the subject of a congressional investigation, but the continually arriving soldiers 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY itl~:; ~: "'"'~ ~ ~,,~~i .. . .. _ _ _.;. . -~ ._ ... . : , ' , . . ,l}i;j[f i4~iff~);\ : ~'.;,. ,.,.,_-The company s treet of the 106th Me d ical Bn ., 31st Division n e ar Borio, Oro Bay , New Guinea . 17 May 1944 needed a home and , led b y the Division's engineers, they put in a drainage system and completed construc tion of the necessary buildings in just a few hectic weeks. The 31st Division of 1940-41 had never worked to gether as a complete unit. In fact , it hadn't functioned as a division since the end of the First World War. Be ginning on the 2nd of Januar y , 1941, with Camp Bland ing at least habitable, serious training began. In early February more than 7,000 recruits, or draftees under the Selective Service System , from the Division's home states arrived to fill out units to w ar strength . From April to July, units of the Division equipped and trained, first at platoon level, then company and on through battalion, regiment, brigade and, finally, as a full di v ision. Now they were ready to join even larger armies. The largest peacetime army maneuvers in Ameri can history were held in Louisiana and Texas during July and August of 1941. The 31st Division established an enviable record for aggressiveness and organiza tional efficiency. There were additional maneuvers, on a smaller scale, in the Carolinas during October and No vember. As the Carolina maneuvers came to an end. and already notified that their one-year term of active duty had been extended , the men of the 31st Division looked forward to a Thanksgiving or Christmas furlough. This was not to be, certainly not for the 50 percent of each unit's men who _ expected holiday . leave. Pearl Harbor 

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FLORIDA GCARD AND ST..\TE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD \\'AR Pl'rimelcr defmse of Company M. 12-lth Infantry Regiment. 31st Division, al Aitape. Dutch New Guinea. 29 July 1944 was attacked on the ith of December. 1941, and within a few days. America was at war with Japan, Germany, Italy. and their various allies. Because of the unfounded but widespread popular fear of German or Japanese imasion of the United States in the early months of the war. detachments of the 31st Division were scattered in coastal defenses from \,Vilmington. North Carolina. to Key West in Florida. By late spring, the Division was ordered to reassemble, minus Florida's 124th Infantry Regiment. The Regi ment's extraordinar)' proficiency, as demonstrated in the maneuvers of 1941. caused the Armv to detail it as a demonstration regiment at Fort Benning in Georgia. In late 1943, the Regiment was disbanded and only through the political efforts of Florida's Congressmen would it be reconstituted and returned to the 31st Di vision as it prepared for the active war in the South Pacific. During the remainder of 1942 and nearly all of 1943, the 31st Division trained and retrained its units as drafts of individual soldiers were pulled from it, sent to other formations, officer candidate school, the Army Air Corps, or other army speciality schools. It was shifted from Florida to Camp Bowie in Texas, then to Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Despite the fact that, at any given time, a large percentage of the men in the Di\'i sion were raw recruits sent to it for training, the Divi sion continually achieved the highest possible efficiency 

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FLORIDA'S ,\R:',IY -l~t:1~f fr . .-,-,r_, /;:-~ i~. .c;r' , J , --~..... .. .. _ .. . ' ;!;) _1,,.. ': •A; ;,,.;#~ , .,,.,J. ~,,.:-, .. ---1--, .. ~;,,:;,..._., .,.,,,,;, --~ :,~-~ x---~~~ri~;;•_~~ ~.. '~f~d~t Sf:f~~'ih, J:;,~ . ./ __ -~ ;v": :' •; ,._ ~t!/.J/ ----.,:..,\.t,.,~...:_~ ~,...-ii,;.,.,.\: . ~..,,, }{d ,.. ~9li . --:• ... . _'f."> . . ~.!f:.. . ..;.\.:_.;:,-..~ .-;.,_ .. '_ .. _.:. -~ -~ ... .. -.~ :.-{.. __ ,~~!' -=~\'-".:;,,,~=='-7 ,...,--~~~":-J.... . -~~..:~=~--~ ;,..--:~t:,;). r'' -i:~ ~-/-.--?~'}~ ~.-:r . ,_ . ~::-~~{ ;, . . -~;,:i(ii2!1'~.Sio!:': ,.....,dtl"'!!>r".. .., ..... ;o;--~. ...~~ ~_;._ _:--~~-:~; ~, -~-:a,. -.r-4\ -1.~~.:::.r:~~-:::"'.~~ .......... ,....__ _ . --r=..: ~,,. j; .. _._ ... _~-~ :i ,:-_._ --...____ -,.__.. ~-.. , ;t :.Y --~,:.;_~ _ , 1 ~~..: . 1 . ,,._ ,,,. .,.;,--~,11.;;a;,J' _ _n~__ , .::....... 1.:-~, r ;;.l:Z~ ~-= , ~-;::: -~ ---~ -~:: ,: J: -~. --~~~;~-~_\;~-~ . '•"''?'' "'-....... _., -~ _,..~~-.,. , .. Heavy machine gun crew set up quickly on the beach near :iitape. Personnel are of Headquarters Company, 12-lth Infantry Regiment, 31st Division. 1 .-lug. 19-1-1 169 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR Map of the Aitape, New Guinea, campaign. and readiness ratings from Army inspectors. On three separate occasions the Division was adjudged fully ready for overseas commitment. The first two occasions resulted in large drafts of trained men being pulled from the Division and being assigned to other forma tions. It wasn't until December, 1943, that the 31st fi nally received orders for overseas movement for commitment to the combat role for which it had trained for so very long. The orders sent units of the Division to ports of em barkation in Virginia and, during January and February of 1944, they boarded ships for what most thought would be the war in Europe. Instead, the ships turned south and then west, heading for the Panama Canal and the Southwest Pacific. It was to become part of General Douglas MacArthur's Army, presently scheduled to fin ish the conquest of New Guinea and to liberate the Phil ippine Islands. By early April, 1944, the 31st Division, now including Florida's 124th Infantry Regiment once more, was established at Oro Bay, British New Guinea, preparing for its imminent commitment to combat against the Japanese. The 31st Division of 1944 was not quite the same as the 31st Division of 1940. Huge drafts of men had been pulled from the Division between 1940 and 1944. In that period, the Division trained 36,000 enlisted sol diers. Its authorized, and rarely achieved strength, was only 13,500. Surprisingly, there were considerable num bers of Florida Guardsmen with the various units of the Division: The 116th Field Artillery, reorganized as the 116th and 149th Field Artillery Battalions, the 106th Quartermasters, 106th Combat Engineers, 106th Med ical; all, in part, composed of former Florida Guard units, were still well stocked with the Florida officers and men of 1940. Even the long-missing and only re cently revived 124th Infantry Regiment had a surpris. . 170 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY .,i , :, :--,. ; ~ .: : r ~'t-, IJ ; . . . ,~ , : . . . . , . '.\ ~ :: : : ~::~'~ ,? ( :~:_-,~<~: :~:: M1:mbers_ of th e Command Post Battalio11 of Headquarters Compan_v, 2d Battalion , 124th Infantry R e giment , 31st Division, near Aitap e, New Guznea, send orders to forward patrol over an SCR-300 . I Aug . 1944 ing number of Florida Guardsmen still serving with the unit. At almost the same time the 31st was moving to the South Pacific, Florida's other, non-divisional National Guard unit, the 265th Coast Artillery, was reaching its war station . The 265th had been federalized injanu?ry of 1941. Initially, it trained in Galveston , Texas. Then it was reorganized as the 277th, 278th and 279th Battal ions of Coastal Artillery. As with other Guard units, man y, perhaps most of its Florida men had been pulled from the regiment's composite units and sent else where . After service in Texas, California, Florida ; and Washington state, the three battalions were sent to Alaska to man the coastal defenses of Kodiak, Amchitka, and Adak Islands in the Aleutians. Ther-e they were dis banded in late 1944 and the men transferred to other formations throughout the Army. The first combat assignment for the 31st Division fell to a Regimental Combat Team centered on the 124th Regiment and elements of the 149th Field Artillery and the 106th Quartermasters , Medics, and Combat Engi neers. All these units contained Florida Guardsmen, and all had contained Florida Guard units in 1940. The . Regimental Combat team was committed to action on the 12th of July in the Aitape region of British New Guinea. For nearly a month the team fought the Japanese in the jungle and swamps of tropical New Guinea. The skill, efficiency, and accomplishments of the 3rd Batta!Iii 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR Parl of lhe 124th bifanlry Regiment, JI st Division, moves up the beach to the front lines. I Aug. 1944 172 

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, ' ' ,'' ' .. ' " . . ~-. FLORIDA'S ARMY S ULU SfA !.A.MSQ._N,,\ " 0 a O MORO GULr 0. 8AS.ILAN 0~ ,,,, 0 WESTERN NEW GUINEA HALMAHERAMINDANAO MIi.ES SDNS.DRAl PALAU IS. fl (\ TALAUA IS. l(ARM<CLONG \j C.R[AT SAN~I fUl.O ANNA 0 Nf•Oll Q ~A.M(.UI( IS. 0. 0 . '!I MOLUCCA I PASSAC.r ()Ja11.v1.o TCF11aTt: ion of the 124th in the battles along the Driniumor River earned it a Distinguished Unit Citation, the first of two awarded battalions of the 124th. While the 124th and attached support units fought the Japanese at Aitape, the remainder of the Division helped establish beachheads and defensive perimeters at Maffin Bay, Netherlands New Guinea and on Wakde Island off the coast. After the 124th had rejoined it, the Division was employed in assaulting, securing, and defending Morotai Island in the Halmahera Group, northwest of New Guinea. As the Japanese had expected the Americans to land on the principal island of Halmahera itself and had disposed their defenses accordingly, much of the Divi'-I 0 MOROTAI C TOil 0 MCLU• . w,u:~oo ._~ AJoc _,s ~• \te WAH,U ~nt ~0 lt.U•U 0 KOfl1'U. c:::::::l 14 ISOOL 0 0 sion's activities on Morotai concerned defeating Japa nese reinforcements sent to the island at night. While the Morotai operation continued, elements of the Divi sion were used to secure American positions in the Mapia and Asia Islands, and at Sansapor on the ex treme tip of Netherlands New Guinea. The greatest, and as it proved, the final combat test forthe Division came in the invasion and months-long battle to liberate Mindanao, the southernmost of the Philippine Islands. The first elements of the 31st Divi sion reached Mindanao in late April, 1945, with the en tire Division actively engaged within the following two weeks. Its mission was to drive the Japanese back into the interior of the island, preventing them from interli3 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR <?EX Douglas MacArthur, his aide COL Lloyd Lehrbas, MG Joh11 G. Persons, CG, of the 31st Division troops which made the landing mspect the beachhead at Morotai island, Halmahera . 15 Sept. 1944 Ii-! 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY I . ...,!,. : , . : ~ . ,, .. i f. ~ , . -~~~>, :!ff" ~ >-.. ~-"""l'J ). 61'-s : ct ,!" . . ~ ;~ --;)i ~-~ g ~ pl:' _ ' .r;~ -"~:;y_S• ~~ . ~ ~p r , ""• , :It: ., .. l~w ' #~~~, 'll s:iP.-?l.~~i!l!i:.i~ Troop s of ihe 31st Division, I st Platoon. 12-lth Regiment, descend sixty f e et do w n life line to mak e crossing to other side of road. after ,Hutian Bridge on Sayre H_'.ghway was wrecked lrJ retreating Japanese, Mundanoa, Philippines. 30 A.pril 19-15 fering with American activities on the coast and in the major cities. The terrain was jungle, interspersed with cleared agricultural areas. The roads were few and narrow and crossed many defensible ri\'ers. The Division's advance was contested by the Japanese every step of the way in land. During the Battle of the Colgan Woods and the Defense of the Pulangi River, the 2nd Battalion of the 124th earned a Distinguished Unit Citation, the seco'nd for the Regiment. And then. suddenly , it was all over. In August of 1945 two atomic bombs brought the collapsing Japanese Empire to its knees. Japan surrendered and the World War II combat career of the 31st Division was over. The Division spent the next few weeks accepting the surren der of all Japanese troops in central Mindanao. The Di~ vision's combat career had been relatively brief. It hadn't been planned that way. Everyone had known the anticipated imasion of the Japanese home islands would have resulted in incredibly bloody battles, with attend ant casualties, as the Japanese defended their sacred na tional soil. Fortunately for all concerned, including Florida's Guardsmen in the 31st Division, it was a battle rendered unnecessary by the two bombs. . Although brief, the record of the Division was a good one. In addition to the Battle Honors or Distin guished Unit Citations awarded the 2nd and 3rd Bat talions of the 124th Regiment, the 106th Combat Engineers and the Medical Detachment of the 124th In fantry each received citations. Several other former Florida Guard formations recei\'ed Meritorious Service Awards. The Division had lost 400 men killed in action or died of wounds, another 1400 had been wounded. but survived. The men of the Division had earned a basketful of medals. With combat duty at an end. the Division packed up and sailed for San Francisco. By Christmas, 1945, it had been deactivated and its men were on their way home. 175 

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FLORIDA GUARD AND STATE GUARD THE SECOND WORLD WAR Map of the Mindanao, Philippine Islands: campaign. 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, CG, U.S. Eighth Army, and his party, inspect dead Japanese found near the perimeter of the 124th Inf., 31st Div., following a dawn attack by the Japanese. This sortie cost the enemy 72 men. Near Maramg Strip # 1, Central Mindanao, Philippines. 15 May 1945 177 

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Chapter Seventeen FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AT WAR AROUND THE WORLD For most of the 20th century, the major point of conten tion between the National Guard and the Regular mili tary establishment has been the problem of unit integrity when under conditions of national mobiliza tion for war. The Guard has argued in favor of keeping units which have trained together in peacetime, to gether in time of war. Spokesmen for the Guard argue a military unit composed of friends and neighbors will perform better and have higher morale than one com posedof strangers. When federal mobilization affects only a few units, or when it is to expand the military only to the limits of its combined Regular, Reserve and National Guard strengths, the problem doesn't arise. Traditionally, when federal mobilization is of a limited nature for a specific, limited purpose, Guard and Reserve units are brought up to authorized strength with new recruits and unit integrity maintained. But what options are available when the nation's military establishment must expand to ten or twenty times its normal combined strength? At the end of 1941, America was involved in a gigan tic world war. It needed to create an army and air corps containing more than ten million men and women. To maintain Guard unit integrity would have resulted in the quick deployment of a few divisions and air groups composed of Regulars and Guardsmen along with a huge mass of untrained and inexperienced men strug gling to learn their deadly trade under wartime conditions. In 1942, the Regular military made a good deci sion. It used the available Regulars and National Guardsmen to form cadres of experienced personnel for all military formations. This meant loss of identity and integrity for many state Guard formations, but it also meant transfer and. often. promotion for Guards men. In the long run. this early decision led to a better army and air corps with which to fight a global war to a successful conclusion. Due to the 1973 fire at the Military Personnel Rec ords Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and a lack of ade quate research staff in federal agencies, it isn't possible to discover what happened to all of Florida's Guards men after Pearl Harbor. Even the Guard's own records are vague; most personnel files only state that the indi vidual served in the war in Europe or the Far East. To learn what happened co Florida's individual Guards men it is necessary to know what units they served with in combat. Fortunately, most of the records pertaining to fatal war casualties are available from the army's Mortuary Affairs and Casualty Support Division. Also, various divisional histories contain casualty and deco rations lists which can be of assistance to the researcher. An examination of those records can give an indication of what happened, where, and with what units the Flor ida Guardsmen of 1940 served. In 1940, as in 1917, the Florida Guard was assigned to the 31st (Dixie) Division. Many Florida Guardsmen, especially those with artillery, quartermaster, and med ical units, remained with the Division and served with it in the New Guinea and Philippine campaigns. Others, especially engineers, helped construct the Akan High way, the road linking the continental American states with the Territory of Alaska. The 265th Coast Artillery, 183 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY . -inny .~ir Curp., B-17's on a missio11 over German_i. (Many Florida Guard11ne11 served in B-17 squad~om during the war.) after service on the east coast. in Te~as. and Washington State. was sent to defend the harbors and bases in the Aieutian Islands. Iviost of the Fioricia men who had been mobiiized with the 265th in 1941 had been transferred out before the regiment, by 1943 designated the 277th, 278th and 279th Battalions of Coast Artillery, moved to the frigid north. At ieast half. probabiy cioser to two thirds, of all Florida Guardsmen served in units not as sociated with the pre-war Florida Guard. A large number of Florida Guardsmen were sent to other National Guard divisions. Probably the largest number of men sent to a single National Guard division wem to the 30th (Old Hickory) Division from Tennessee and l'\onh Carolina. Termed the "Workhorse Division of the Western Front" by the Americans and_ "Eisenhow er's SS" by the Germans. the 30th saw considerable com bat beginning in the hedgerows of Normandy and ending on the Elbe River in central Germany. Small groups of Florida Guardsmen were sent to the 27th, 34th, 35th, 42nd and 45th National Guard Divisions. For most of them their war was in Italy and southern France. A similarly small group of Florida Guardsmen, especially those former enlisted men who received commissions, served with National Army Divisions including the 78th, 79th, 86th, 94th, and 103rd. They, too, fought their war in Europe. An extraordinarily large number of Florida Guardsmen, perhaps even equal in numbers to those 

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FLORIDA GUARDSMEN AT WAR AROUND THE WORLD . ,:t:r :t ! : :] . . ;1 lll il' . .. Anny Air Curps and assorted divisional patches representing some of tk units in which Florida's Guardsmen serv_ed during the Second World War. 185 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY : \:..;;,~ _ _ . . -,,__,~ . . ""~ ' ~•~I 1 ~ ~ . .1 ... ~ -. Amzy Air Corps B-24s on a mission in the Mediterranean Theater. (A number of Florida Guardsmen seroed their wa, in B-24 squadrom.) 

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FLORIDA GUARDSMEN AT WAR AROUND THE WORLD --~ . ~ ,, . ., ..:, .... _ _ . ;:_._ '-'I . ~ ;'.' . ...... . American soldiers in lta(v: (Many Florida Guardsmen serv e d in the 3rd and 34th Divisions during the Italian Campaign . ) sent to the 30th Division, volunteered for service in the airborne infantry and artillery. Most of Florida's air borne volunteers served in the 82nd Airborne Divis . ion. Others fought their war with the 11th, 17th, and 101st Airborne Divisions. Those in the 11th campaigned in the Solomon Islands and in the Philippines, the others in Italy, France, Holland, and Germany. As has been suggested, the Regular Army divisions of World War II were Regular in name only. Large num bers of Florida Guardsmen served their combat tours with the Regulars, most with the 3rd Division (Audie Murphy ' s outfit). Others were assigned to the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th Divisions . All of these Regular divisions fought in the European Theater of Operations. The chance to fight the war in the air appealed to many Florida Guardsmen. During the Second World War, the Air Corps was part of the Army. It was an age when the air war was still considered exciting, even ro mantic. Too, the increased social status, higher pay, and the Air Corps policy ofrapid promotion attracted many volunteers. A few individual Florida Guard formations, especially the 265th Coast Artillery, provided large numbers of volunteers for the Air Corps. The air war may have appeared romantic to some, but it was a deadly business. Some former Florida Guardsmen became pilots and navigators while others became gunners in heavy or medium bombers attack ing enemy positions as far apart as Germany and the lSi 

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FLORIDA'S ARMY Philippine Islands. A number of them were killed in training. Others died helping fight their aircraft to stra tegic bombing targets. In the ground war, Florida Guardsmen died in Sic ily and in the fighting in the rugged mountains of cen tral Italy. Eleven were killed or died of wounds in the Anzio Beachhead, most while serving with the 3rd Di vision. The assault on Normandy a,nd the campaign in the hedgerow country which followed cost the lives of at least 24 former Florida Guardsmen. One was killed trying to clear mines from Omaha Beach on D-Day, while another died during the airborne assault behind those same beaches. Most of the remaining casualties were incurred in the bitter fighting around St. Lo. Soldiers of tM 30th Infantry Division, France, August, 1944. There, the 30th Division was part of an American force fighting the German II Parachute Corps and the Panzer Lehr Division for control of that vital road center and geographical gateway to the rest of France. During the final year of the war, every major battle or campaign in Europe or Asia claimed the life of one or more of the former Florida Guardsmen. They died in the airborne assaults on Belgium, Holland, Germany, in the "Bulge," and in the final battles within Germany it self. More than a dozen were killed helping liberate the Philippine Islands, including one Guardsman serving as a Marine aboard an American battleship. Of the nearly 4,000 Florida Guardsmen mobilized for federal service between November 1940 and January 

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FLORIDA GUARDSMEN AT WAR AROUND THE WORLD " . ..._ St-.. . . "t" .... # _ .. . . ~ : . ' . . . -~:~ : :/ --~ . ".: "'';'; ~; , : '. . .... _, . . ,,. .fii t,J : •. '-:'i' }. ~. .. . . ""'"'-"'' ' ' : ::c :~.Lbl' ' c f?: . Mrn of the 30th Infantry Division, Normand)', France,july, 1944. (A very largr number of Florida Guardsmen were assigned to the 30th Division.) 

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?LORIDA'S AR.MY ,1mencan soldiers with their Gmnan captives, 30th Infantry Division , France, 1944. 1941. 158 were known to have died during the war. A much larger number were wounded but survived. Al though the Florida National Guard received official bat tle honors only for the campaigns of the 31st Division in New Guinea and the Philippines, individual Florida Guardsmen earned unofficial battle honors for their state in every theater of war, every campaign, and vir tually every major battle on land and in the air. It is an impressive record. 

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FLORIDA GUARDSMEN AT WAR AROUND THE WORLD T/11! 30th Dirision crosses into Ct'Tmany, winter. 1945.