The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 07, 1945, Image 7
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Sidney Mills. Jr, of 802 Market
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processed preparatory
shlpp^ to the Pacific.
Ilolui
n Barrett, t*. a prWate first
«»h a military police unit in
,„d who wears three battie
’ 1, now at Miami Beach, haring
‘ flown there from orerseas. He
“.t onre be sent to Camp Bland-
«a4nd from there to a separa-
^ernear^den.
ia? Clarence M* Brabham, son of
rtd Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr, of
i, has been honorably dls-
from the Army Air force and
jrned t ohis home. His motlim:
’^fbnner Virginia Nettles of
fitr. ^
rine staff sergeant William D.
of the Marine Recmitlng and
Mftlon office In Columbia, is to bo
famden on Friday, Sept. 14 in the
It of enlisting 17 year old boys
Pfc. Arthur W. Rabon. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben A. Rabon of Logoff, is
now stationed in Czechoslovakia with
the 94th division. He was inducted
into service August 7, 1944 and went
overseas In February of this year. His
wife, the Tormer Miss Sarah Branham
of Ridgeway, now makes her home
with her parents.
HERBERT
SARA
JOHN
BOYKiN BROTHERS AND SIStl^R—Pfc. Herbert F. Boyltln went
Into service March 31, 1942, and was wounded In Belgium last De
cember. He is now stationed at Camp Buckner. N. C. Ens. Sara
M. Boykin Is stationed at the Naval hMpital at Mare Island. Calif.
Cpl. John Raymond Boykin entered service April. 1942, and traln^
at Camp Crowder, Mo. He has been serving in the Signal corps
In India since March. These are the sons and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. Boykin of Blaney.
Second Lt. John W. Pittman of Ker
shaw. 398th Infantry, 100th division,
have been awarded bron/O'^nd silver
_ . , stars respectively. The 100th divls-
^rrkf ^in the Marine corps re-1 Ion of iBe 7th army had a total of 82
a W L O Wa VT m W a. -B aS-
ind the regular corps. Sgt.fswards given to North and South
will make his headquarters at Carolina men for their action during
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Captain Clarke
Presented With
Bronze Star Medal
Commandinc General Praise*
Camden Marine! for Fine
Work At Iwo Jima
post
office.
Lt. Allan P. Oonnd, 414 Lau*
Vtreet. a member of the .397th
gtry of the 100th division, and
MW LODQE NO. 29, A. F. M.
»
Regular Communication
First Tuesday of .BtA
Month. At S P. M. Ylslton
Welcome
L. H. JONES. W. M.
onTLAW. Secretary
HNAL DISCHARGE
« hereby given that one
ktb fro mthis date, on September
JM5, Margaret G. Pettns will make
if Probate Court of Kershaw
her final return m Admlnls-
of the estate of W. C, Pettns,
, and on tbe same date she
I apply to the said Court for a final
e u said Administratrix.
N. C. ARNETT.
Judge of Probate.
ifn, 8. C., Aug. 16, 1946.
tbe division’s campaigns In France,
Alsace and Germany prior to V-E day.
Pvt. Jack Clybum and Pvt. Tommy
Clybum met in Czechoslovakia where
Jack Irf stationed, recently. It is* the
first time they have been together
In two years.
John S. Halsall of this city, was
commissioned a second lieutenant re
cently upon successful completion of
the OCS at the Infantry school at
Port Benning. He was inducted Into
the army on May 11, 1942. He held
the rank of sergeant before being
commissioned.
Cpl. Julius F. Williams, 910 Mhrket
street, is now under the army de
ployment program and on his way
home. During his long period of
overseas service he was a driver and
mechanic with the 3127 QM service
command and has three battel stars
and a good conduct medal. Before
entering the service he was a nailing
machine operator at the Powe Veneer
23 plant.
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Captain Maurice Henry (Mike)
Clarke, son of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice
Clarke^ Rectory Square, ha.^ been
decorated with iTie Bronze^ Star medal,
according to announcement from the
War department. The presentation of
the award was made by Lt. General
Smith on an Island In the Pacific
last July. The. citation accompanying
tbe medal reads as follows;
For meritorious service In connec
tion with operations >gsln8t the
enemy while serving as the command
ing officer of a bomb disposal com
pany attached to a Marine Amphibi
ouB corps landing force during the
seizue of Iwo Jtma, Volcano fslands.
from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1946. Cap
tain Clarke demonstrated outstanding
qualities of leadeiship, foresight and
professional skill in organizing, train.
Ing and equipping his unit for partici
pating in its initial assignment at
Iwo Jima. At the target he landed
on February 20 and directed the re
moval of enemy mines from the
beaches and important supply and
evacuation approaches. Resourcefully
and with great initiative he overcame
difficult problems of material short
ages to successfully accomplish enemy
bomb disposal missions.
Grady F. Welch,
Camden Youth,
Is Making Good
Smashing precendent, the South
Carolina State Education Department
has given a Norfolk shore patrolman
high school certificate in recogni
tion of bis experience and self study,
though the sailor has had only one
year of formal secondary training.
Now that hp has his high school
diploma, Grady F. Welch, specialist
“S” third class, of Camden.' intends
to continue his education under pro
visions afforded him by the G. I. Bill
of Rights. Welch and his wife and
6-year-old son, Donald, live at 150-B
Ellers strMt, Norfolk. Mrs. Welch
is the former Alfreida Palmer of Co
lumbia.
Capt J. B. Godwin
Awarded Bronze
Star For Heroism
Recently promoted to the rank of
Captain, James B. Goodwin. 6il8 I.,afay-
ette Ave., Camden, has just been
awsrtied the Bronze Star Medal by
the 40th Infantry division.
Commanding officer of a rifle com
pany, Godwin earned the award in
front line combat in the mountains
of northern Negros, P. 1. He nss^umed
command of the company during a
very critical period of Its operation in
ndd-Aprll.
Given the mission of driving a
strong Jap force from'strait gic Mill
4055; he faced a desperate enemy,
well dug in, and on commanding
ground. The captain arcompllshtHl
the assignment in one day and his
troops accounted for 174 .lap-nnese
killed.
In addition to the coveted Bronze
Star, Godwin holds the Combat In
fantryman Badge, the Bronze .-^rrow
head for assault landing on LoMp,
Pauay and Negros, P. 1. and three
combat stars.
Captain Godwin is a nephew ot
Mrs. W. P. Russell.
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.SUMTER, S. C.
vised tbe removal of enemy mines
and demolitions from the southern
and central sirflelds under harassing
mortar and sniper fire, thereby en
abling englheer forces to begin run
way rehabilitation at an earlier date.
His calm command, ability, diligence
and high personal valor contributed
to the success of our forces and his
actions throughout were in keeping
wl^h the highest traditions of tbe
United States Naval service
Dr. and Mrs. Clarke are the proud
possessors of a fine signal corps pic
ture showing the presentation cere
mony. They also have a picture that
was taken when (Captain Clarke re
oeived an award for his company unit
for the highest per cent of participa
tion in tbe 7th war bond drive of tbs
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