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Millitary orders

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Item’s are ‘child’ level descriptions to ‘parent’ objects, (e.g. one page of a whole book).

  • SO No. 45, Hq 79th Inf Div, 2-18-43. Continued. 7. So much of par 6, SO No. 16, this hq, c.s., detailing O's to Preventive Motor Course, Atlanta, Ga, as amended by par 11, SO No. 39, this hq, c.s., as reads; ' Rptg Date "LT COL SAMUEL H. FISHER, 015835, 904th FA Bn Not earlier than Feb 20 nor later than Feb 21, 1943". is further amended to read; "LT COL SAMUEL H. FISHER, 015835, 904th FA Bn Feb 22, 1943". 8. The following promotions, Hq 79th Inf Div (AG Sec) are announced: TO BE TBCHN 3RD GR (TEMP) Techn 4th Gr Abraham Smith, 321Q5134 TO BE TBCHN 5TH GR (TEMP) Pvt Hi Hi am E. Buchanan, 37435591 '■ Pvt Robert F. Burrowes, 31252772 Auth; AR 615-5, as amended by Sec III, Cir No. 25, WD, 1942, 9. The administrative Gharge of desertion entered against Pvt John R. Cote, 20146879, Btry C, 904th FA Bn, Aug 15, 1942, is. set. aside as having been erroneously made. Auth: Par 21 b (3), AR 615-500. 10. The following.named EM are trfd in gr toEhgr'OCS; Ft Belvoir, Va, for the purpose of attending OCS CI No. 30 and later asgmt to. duty and new perm duty sta. They ¥JP, Ft Belvoir, Va fr Cp Blanding, Fla, rptg to the Comdt, Engr OCS, thereat, on Mar 4, 1943. CpX John A. Wargo, 36505567, Co A, 304th Engr Bn (C) Techn 5th Gr William C. Hayes, 35329069, Hq & Serv Co. 304th Engr Bn (C, Transp 'Corps will furn nee transp. It being imprac for the Govt to furn cooking facilities for rations, the FD will pay in advance monetary alws prescribed in Table H, AR 35-4520 for two (2) men for two-thirds (2/3) day each. Serv records and allied papers will accompany students. Travel by POC is auth UP AR 35-4820 and EM are granted seven (7) days delay enroute. TDN'. FD 31 P 431-02, 03 A 0425-23. Auth: Immed Action ltr, WD AGO, AG 352 (1-8-43) 0B-D-SPET0, Jan 12, 1943, subj; "Quotas for Engineer Officer Candidate School, Class No. 30", and AR 625-5. 11.'' Leave of absence'is, granted.MA.J WARREN. L. SKINNER, 0367530, VC, Hq 79th Inf Div, for three (3) days, effec on or about Feb 26, 1943. Auth: AR 605-115. 12, The following named EM WP Atlanta, Ga, fr Cp Blanding, Fla, rptg to the Comdt, Lawson Gen Hosp, thereat, on Mar 10, 1943, for the purpose of attending courses of Instruction indicated. Upon completion of this TD, they will return to their proper sta. DENTAL COURSE (12 Weeks) Pvt Bernard (NMI) Levine, 32628658, Co D, 304th Med Bn Pvt William E. Graf, 37205327, Co D, 304th Med Bn EM named above are promoted to Techn 5th Gr (Temp), effec Mar 7, 1943, UP WD Memo No. W350-5-43, Jan 7, 1S43. - 2 -
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

  • These military orders of February 18, 1943 from the headquarters of the 79th Infantry Division state that Robert Venoy Reed is to attend a surgical course. Venoy Reed entered the United States Army October, 1942 during World War II. He became a medic and landed in Normandy, France at the Omaha beachhead on June 16th, 1944 ten days after D-Day. Captured by German forces, Reed was a prisoner of war from January 19, 1945 to April 29, 1945. He returned to Jackson County, North Carolina and married Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hope (1920-2016) June 2, 1946.
  • World War II