Turner High School - Turnerite Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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THOMPSON, Daniel B. Pvt. Daniel B. Thompson entered Army on Dec. 11, 1942. Training for Military Police at Leaven- worth, Kansas. Sent to Luzon April 23, 1945, later to Tokyo. Awarded Asiatic-Pacific and Liberation of Philippine Is. Ribbons, and One Battle Star. He is now on his way home. THURNAN, Roy Leonard Cpl. Roy Leonard entered Marine Corps Feb. 23, 1943. Training atSsn Diego, Calif. Spent 2 5 years in South Pacific. Awarded 4 Battle Stars. Dil- charged january 3, 1946. THURMAN, Homer Allen Sgt. Homer Allen Thurman entered Army in 1942. Basic training at Sheppard Field. Further training at Rosewell, N. M. Oklahomag and Westover Fld, Mass. Reported killed near Ercher, France, May 25, 1944. after he had been overseas about six weeks. TIDERMAN, Darby Ensign Darby Tiderman entered U. S. Naval Re- serve on June 6, 1943. Training at Duke Univ., Durham, N. C., and Columbia Univ., N.Y. Served at Norfolk, Va., San Francisco, Calif. and Pearl Harbor. Now on a mine sweeper in Japanese water. TYNER' Cecil A. E.T.M.3Ac Cecil A. Tyner entered U-S.N.R. on Feb. 15, 1944. Basic training at Great Lakes. Fur- ther training at pre-radio school at Wright jr. College in Chicago, Houston, Texas, and Chicago. Went overseas May 2, 1945. Now serving aboard Cruiser, U.S.S. Birmingham. VAN BRUNT. Grant Sgt. Grant Van Brunt entered Army jan. 11, 1943. Basic training at Atlantic City, N. J. Fur- ther trainingnat Drew Field, Tampa, Fla. Served 9 months in h Hawaii 4 months in Sai an On u. . P : 8 months in Iwo Jima. Awarded Battle Stars for Sai- pan and Iwo Jima, and Good Conduct Medal. Dis- charged Dec. 31, 1945. VAN BRUNT. Thurman G. Pfc. Thurman G. Van Brunt entered Army Dec., 14, 1944. Basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. Served in the ETO. Awarded Good Conduct Medal and Purple Heart. Discharged at Springfield, Mo., on Dec. 11. 1945- WALKER' Edwin E. F. 1fc Edwin E. Walker entered Navy Aug. 31, 1944. Basic training at Farralut, Idaho. Further training at Shoemaker, Calif. Now serving in the Pacific Theater. WARREN, Mrs. Lillian Zimmer lst Lt. Mrs. Lillian Zimmer Warren entered Army Nurse Corps on June 29, 1943, at 0'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Mo. Served in ETO for 21 months. Discharged Feb. 7, 1946. wAy, Floyd E. T15 Floyd E. Way entered Army on Feb. 17. 1941. Basic training at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Served over- seas 3 years and 3 months. Served in England and Ireland. Active duty in N. Africe and Italy. Dia- charged Sept. 10, 1945. 27 FHM W wwf F m . Qmgf SAE v6E3 ing, .ape K1fQ J' 11:31 Tjjizm . .553 QNEQ r' .REQ in

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gl 4 an-'4' HW 6.2 'Q ll? as . STEVENSONf X971 M- Pfc. Karl M. Stevenson entered Marine Corps Jan., 1943. Training at San Diego, Calif. Served overseas on Guadalcanal, Samoa, Marshall Is., and Fijis. Killed inan automobile accident in Corona, Calif., on Sept. 25, 1943. Lt. jg Cora Stevenson entered Navy as anurae on Apri , 1943. Served two years in Naval hos- pitals in Oakland, Calif., Corona, Calif., and Farragut, Idaho. Served on U.S.S. Sanctuary, Hos- pital Ship, picking up patients and prisoners of war at Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Guam, and Nagasaki. STEVENSON. Cora 513 f 4 5 H Q nk fig 3 fi iw 'sri SMITH, Norman A. 3rd Eng. Norman A. Smith entered Maritime Ser vice june 3, 1942. Served in Atlantic Theater Now on his way to Odessa, Russia. SIMMONS, Luther Pfc. Luther Simmons entered Army May 17, 1944 Basic training at Camp training at Fort Leonard gium, Luxembourg, France ing Rhine River. Awarded' tle Stars, Good Conduct, Discharged Nov. 10, 1945 SILER, Ernest C. Robinson, Ark. Furthe Wood, Mo. Served in Bel Germany. Wounded cross Purple Heart, Three Bat BTO and Victory Ribbons TfSgt. Ernest C. Siler entered Army in October 1940. Basic training at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Stationed in Calif. until Oct., 1941. Transferred to Air Corps. Awarded Good Conduct Medal, Ameri- can Defense Ribbon, and ETO Ribbon with Sig Battle Stars. Discharged Sept., 1945 SILER. George A- Pfc. George A. Siler entered Merchant Marines Aug. 12, 1943. Training at Sheepshead Bay, where served until May 21, 1945. Entered Army. Basic training at Camp Walters, Texas. Now serving in Europe. SILER, Herbert L. Pvt. Herbert L. Siler entered Army june 29, 1945. Basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. Fur- ther training at Clerical School at Camp Plauche, La, Assigned as clerk in Reception Headquarters at Fort Bliss, Texas. SLICHTER, J0hn L- TfSgt. John L. Slichter entered Army jan. 5, 1942. Served thirty-eight months in England in Eagle Squadron. Discharged on Oct, 23, 1945. STEELE, Charles A, Sgt. Charles A. Steele entered Army Feb. 15, 1943. Basic training at A.A.F.B.T.U. Atlantic City N. J. Further training at Hommer Fld., Fresno, Calif., Radio Operator School in Omaha, and Camp Crowder, Mo. Served overseas in ETO, A- warded Good Conduct Medal, Pres. Unit Citation, Victory Ribbon, American Theater of Operations Ribbon, ETO Ribbon, and Two Battle Stars. TREVOR, Charles Leslie Cpl. Charles Leslie Trevor entered Army March, 1944. Basic training at Camp Barkley, Texas and Fitxsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colo. Went overseas Oct., 1944, andserved witha medical unit in France until Oct., 1945, at which time he was sent to Frankfurt, Germany 26

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'U' ,Q-or' vow' ugh wwfwo Q l ann i WAY, Carl William 2nd Cook Carl William Way entered Navy on Jan. 1944. Basic training at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. Served in Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. WAY, Walter W., Jr. Pvt. Walter W. Way, jr. entered Army on Nov. 9, 1942. Basic training at Camp Robinson, Ark. Fur- ther training at Mechanics School at Beltonveille ld. Went overseas on June 10, 1943. Served in N. Africa, Italy, Manila, and Japan. Discharged on Nov- 20. 1945. WEBB. Charles Eugene C,E.N. Charles Eugene Webb entered Navy on Dec. 9, 1941. Basic training at Great Lakes, Ill.5erved on U.S.S. Hermitage 45 months in crossing both the Atlantic and Pacific. Awarded Good Conduct Medal. Discharged Nov. 15, 1945. WENDT' Carl S. SfSgt. Carl S. Wendt entered the Army May 9, 1941. Basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Served in Hawaii, Okinawa. Awarded Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific, American Campaign, Pre- Pearl Harbor. Discharged Dec. 19, 1945. WENDT, Harold M. Tf4 Harold M. Wendt entered the Army Nov. 17, 1942. Basic training at Ft. Warren, Wyo. Served in Australia, New Guinea, Manila. Awarded Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific, American Defense, American Victory. Discharged jan., 1945. WELLS' Fred G. Mo. M. M. 1fc Fred G. Wells entered the Navy Aug. 14. 1943. Basic training at Farragut, Idaho. Has served 26 months in Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was awarded a Unit Citation and Two Bronze Stars. yggar, Achilles V. Pfc. Achilles V. Wheat entered Army in October, 1943. Basic training at Keesler Field, Miss. Dis- charged in October, 1945 WH ELER, Gordon Ray S.F. 2fc Gordon Ray Wheeler entered Navy on April 10, 1943. Basic training at Camp Waldron, Farragut, Idaho. Served in the Aleutians and South Pacific Theater. Served 5 months in China. Dia- charged on Feb. 15, 1946 WILES, Bailey B. S 2fc Bailey B. Wiles entered Navy on Jan. 29, 1945. Basic training at San Diego, California. Assigned to Destroyer Escort in October, 1945. Sent to Long Beach, California. WILES, james P. Pfc. James P. Wiles entered Army on july 10, 1943. Basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas. Served 18 months in South Pacific Theater and in New Guinea and the Philippines. 28