Twenty-one employees of the Indian Service gave their lives for the cause of freedom and justice, some of them in action against the enemy, some in training, some by accident, and some by illness. There will be more names to add to the list when the reckoning is completed.
Many Indians reported as prisoners of war have now been released and have come home again. Lt. Frank Paisano, Jr., a prisoner of the Germans, has returned to Laguna Pueblo. During his absence he was awarded the Air Medal, which his wife accepted in his name. Omar Schoenborn, Chippewa, once reported dead, was one of 83 men who escaped death when the prison ship carrying them to Japan was sunk off Leyte. He managed to swim ashore and to hide from the Japanese until the arrival of the American forces. Gilmore C. Daniels, Osage, who joined the Royal Canadian Air … Read more
BAGGETT, Paul Reginald, Seaman 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. C. E. Walters, 991 Kyle St., Memphis. BLAYDES, Wilbur Kassel, Jr., Pharmacist’s Mate 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Edna Earl Blaydes, 1498 S. Lauderdale St., Memphis. BOONE, Baldwin, Gunners, Mate 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Otah Boone, c/o Mrs. White, Woodlawn Pike, Knoxville. COLLINS, William Irven, Chief Carpenter’s Mate, USNR. Brother, Mr. Robert Raymond Collins, 1005 N. 1st St., Nashville. DERRINGTON, John Porter, Watertender 2c, USN. Wife, Mrs. Marilyn Derrington, Rt. 6, Paris. EDWARDS, George Dudley, Pharmacist’s Mate 2c, USN. Father, Mr. Ira Lannie Edwards, Rt. 2, McEwen. GALLAHER, Robert Neal, Pharmacist’s Mate 1c, … Read more
BUCKLER, Demaree, Boatswain, USN. Wife, Mrs. Margaret Buckler, 28 Carolina Ave., Navy Yard, Charleston. DYER, William Harold, Radioman 2c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dyer, Box 206, Piedmont. GREEN, Jame Holt, Lieutenant, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Green, 62 S. Battery, Charleston. JOHNSON, Edward Irvin, Storekeeper 3c, USN. Father, Mr. Irvin Johnson, Post Office, Navy Yard. PETERS, Raymond Charles, Chief Watertender, USN. Wife, Mrs. Florine Peters, Mount Pleasant. USSERY, Frank, Platoon Sgt., USMC. Father, Mr. Benjamin F. Ussery, 366 Hampton St., Rock Hill. WALKER, George Murray, Cpl., USMC. Sister, Mrs. Frances Guiant, c/o Mrs. Ed V. … Read more
ADAMS, John Porter, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC. Mother, Mrs. John R. Adams, New Bloomfield. AMBRO, Eugene Allan, Pharmacist’s Mqte 2c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ambro, 3029 Libert St., Erie. ATKISS, Donald Davis, Ensign, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Atkiss, 116 W. Pleasant Ave., Philadelphia. AUGUSTYN, Anthony Andrew, Cpl., USMC. Brother, Mr. Walter S. Augustyn, 55 Scott St., Plains. Wilkes-Barre. BRYAN, Arthur Melven, Lieutenant Commander, Supply Corps, USN. Wife, Mrs. Alvina Mary Bryan, 327 Kent Rd., Cynwyd, Philadelphia. COMPTON, Luther Carl, Pharmacist’s Mate 2c, USN. Wife, Mrs. Isabel rancis Compton, 2417 W. 76th St., Philadelphia. CONNELL, James Aloysius, … Read more
BAILEY, Vincent Leonard, Storekeeper 1c, USN. Sister, Mrs. Evelyn Buchanan, 1002 7th Street, West, Cullman. DRYER, William Howard, Lt. (jg) USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dryer, Daphne. GASKIN, Earl Herschel, Cpl., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bethel C. Gaskin, Rt. 1, Boaz. HEATON, Jesse Clyde, Sgt., USMC. Father, Mr. General L. Heaton, Fyffe. HOGAN, Emmett O’Neal, Pharmicist, USN. Wife, Mrs. Mary V. Hogan, Speigner. LAMBERT, Gordon Kenneth, Lt. (Medical Corps), USN. Wife, Mrs. Mary Kelly Lambert, 17 McPhillips Avenue, Mobile. MC MULLEN, Doster Lee, Chief Yeoman, USN. Brother, Mr. tom C. McMullen, 9 Lancaster Street, Spring Hill. SMITH, Charles … Read more