The Men & Women In WW II From Gregg County

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	Jackson, Earl - Cpl Earl Jackson, husband of Wilma Oney Jackson. Entered Army in 1942, trained at Ft Benning, Ga. Now has an Honorable Discharge.
	Jackson, Ruffus - Sgt Ruffus Jackson, son of Mrs Bettie Jackson, attended HS in Red River Co. Entered Army in 1943, trained at Camp Roberts, Cal. and L I. Served in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, where now on duty. Holds ETO Ribbon, Good Conduct, Sharpshooter Medal and two Battle Stars.
	Jaggers, James T - Sgt James T Jaggers, son of Mr & Mrs J S Jaggers. Entered Army in 1942, trained at Ft Sill, Okla., Mare Island, Camp Haan, Cal. and Camp Howze, Texas. Served in England and France. Holds Combat Ribbons, ETO Ribbons with two Stars, ATO Ribbons, Good Conduct Ribbons and Div. Citation with Ribbons.
	Jerden, Jimmy D - Pfc Jimmy D Jerden, son of Mr & Mrs E N Jerden, husband of Laura House, attended school in Mineola HS. Entered Army Sept 1942, trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Served in England, France and now on duty in Berlin.
	Jeter, Jack - Lt (jg) Jack Jeter, son of Mr & Mrs O M Jeter, graduate Kilgore HS and Kilgore College. Entered Navy Air Corps 1942, trained at Pensacola, Fla. Served as instructor at Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Fla. Now taking special training at Kingsville and waiting assignment for overseas.
	Jeter, John T - Ensign John T Jeter, son of Mr & Mrs O M Jeter, husband of Margarite Donnerly, graduate Kilgore HS and Kilgore College. Entered Navy Oct 1942, trained at Pensacola, Fla. Was assigned as Eng. Officer and Test Pilot at Ellyson Field, Fla. Still on duty there.
	Johnson, Charles R - Charles R Johnson, aerographer M 1/c, son of Mr & Mrs C D Johnson. Entered Navy in 1942, trained at San Diego, Cal. and at Naval Aerographer School, Lakehurst, NJ. Spent one year in Newfoundland, 10 months in England. Holda A & ETO Ribbons and Good Conduct Medal. Now on duty at Atlanta, Ga.
	Johnson, Harry F - Sgt Harry F Johnson, son of Mrs Orline Johnson, attended Longview HS. Entered Army QM Corps in 1942. Trained at Cheyenne, Wyo and California. Served in Philippines and Okinawa. Holds Good Conduct Medal. Now on duty in Philippines.
	Johnson, Herschel L - M/Sgt Herschel L Johnson, son of Mr & Mrs Orline Johnson, attended Longview HS. Entered Air Corps in 1941. Trained at San Antonio. Served in England. Art Ed. and Field Paper. Now discharged.
	Johnson, Jack G - S/Sgt Jack G Johnson, son of S A Johnson of Longview and Mrs Gladys Johnson of Dallas. Entered Air Corps in 1940. Served in Greenland, Iceland, Ireland and England. Has Purple Heart. Killed at gun Position on his fourth raid over Germany October 14, 1943.
	Johnson, James W - T/Sgt James W Johnson, grandson of Mr & Mrs S J Keen. Graduate of Kilgore HS. Entered Army Air Corps in August 1944. Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Now on duty at Madison, Wisc.
	Johnson, Malvin G - Sgt Malvin G Johnson, son of Mr & Mrs Earl Johnson and husband of Bernell Bruner Johnson, entered the Air Corps. Trained at Keesler Field, Miss, Robbins Field, Gal., and Gieger Field, Wash. Served in India where he is now on duty at Karachi. Holds Good conduct and Sharpshooter Medals.
	Johnson, Paul - Pfc Paul Johnson, son of Mr & Mrs John W Johnson, entered Army in 1943. Trained at Ft Leonard Wood, Mo. Served in Africa, Italy, France and Germany. Now on duty in France.
	Johnson Robert C Jr - MM 2/c Robert C Johnson Jr, son of Mrs R C Johnson Sr, husband of Nito Gilland. Graduate of Kilgore HS. Entered Navy Seabees in September 1942. Trained at Camp Edicott, RI. Served in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Am. Samoa, New Georgia, Green Island. Holds ATO, APT, three Stars and now on duty in Okinawa.
	Johnson, Romeo A - M/Sgt Romeo A Johnson, son of Mr & Mrs R A Johnson Sr, and husband of Hazel Montgomery Johnson. Attended Texas U. Entered Army in 1942. Served in New Zealand, Australia, India, Iran, Africa. Twenty two months in Iran Med. Corps. Holds Good Conduct Medal and Mid East Ribbon. Discharged in 1944.
	Johnson, Sanford A - Capt Sanford A Johnson, son of Mr S A Johnson of Longview and Mrs Gladys Johnson of Dallas. Entered Tank Destroyer Battalion in 1941. Trained at Camp Bowie and Camp Hood. Served in England, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Holds five Battle stars and Honorable Discharge.
	Johnson, Tillman L - Pvt Tillman L Johnson, son of Mrs Maud Johnson and husband of Virginia Ray Taylor Johnson, attended Judson HS and A & M. Entered Army Eng. in 1945. Trained at Camp Lee, Va. where now on duty.
	Johnson Willie Louis - S 1/c Willie Louis Johnson, son of Mrs Orline Johnson, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy in 1943, trained at San Diego, Cal. Served on Transport Duty in the Philippines and at Okinawa. Now on duty on the High Seas.
	Johnston, Billy A - Sgt Billy A Johnston, son of Mr & Mrs O B Johnston. Entered Inf. in 1944, trained at Camp Fannin, Texas. Served in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. Holds EAME Ribbon with three Battle Stars, Inf. Com. Badge, Purple Heart and Good Conduct Medal.
	Johnston, Bruce - Cpl Bruce Johnston, son of Mr & Mrs O B Johnston. Entered Marines in 1942, trained at San Diego, Camp Pendleton, and Camp Elliot, Cal. Served in New Zealand, Guadalcanal, Guam, Emiru, Marshalls and Okinawa. Holds AP Ribbon with three Battle Stars, Navy Unit Citation and Purple Heart.
	Johnston, Harry C - Cpl Harry C Johnston, son of Mr & Mrs O B Johnston, entered Air Corps in 1942, trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas and Hamilton Field, Cal. Has a Med. Discharge, received Aug 17, 1943.
	Johnston, Henry L - RM 3/c Henry L Johnston Jr, son of Mr & Mrs H L Johnston. Entered Navy in 1944, trained at San Diego, Cal., A & M College, Texas and Miami, Fla. Served in Hawaii, Saipan, Marshalls and Eniwetok. Now on duty in the Pacific.
	Johnston, James C - RM 2/c James C Johnston, son of Mr & Mrs W C Johnston, attended Judson Grove and East Mountain Schools. Entered Naval Reserve in 1944, trained at San Diego, Cal. He served at USS Ranger.
	Johnston, Richard - S/Sgt Richard Johnston, son of Mr & Mrs O B Johnston. Entered Air Corps in 1943, trained at Laredo and Biggs Field, Texas. Served in Italy and Yugoslavia, where he was reported missing for 40 days. Has Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Pres. Citation, EAME Ribbon with eight Battle Stars and Good Conduct Medal and an Honorable Discharge.
	Joiner, Clarence J - Clarence J Joiner, son of Mrs J L Harkins. Entered Air Corps in 1942, trained at Colorado Springs, Colo. and Jacksonville, Fla. Served in France, Belgium and Germany, where now on duty.
	Joiner, John B - Cpl John B Joiner, son of Mrs J L Harkins and husband of Bennie Ashley Joiner. Entered Army in 1943, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served overseas in 1943. Now on duty in Guadalcanal.
	Jones, Albert H - Pvt Albert H Jones, son of Mr & Mrs Geo H Jones. Husband of Helen Sturdivant Jones. Attended Longview HS. Entered Army in 1945. Trained at Camp Wolters and Ft Sam Houston. Now on duty at Camp Wolters
	Jones, Billy B - S 2/c Billy B Jones, son of Mr & Mrs Carl Jones, entered Navy 1943. Trained at Corpus Christi, Texas. Served on Hawaii, where now on duty.
	Jones, Bobby M - Pfc Bobby M Jones, son of Mr & Mrs N J Jones, and husband of Josephine Sparks Jones; attended White Oak HS. Entered Air Corps in 1943. Trained at Santa Ana, Cal., Kansas City, Denver, Amarillo. Now on duty in California.
	Jones, Bryan J - S 1/t Bryan J Jones, son of Mrs Ina Jones and husband of Emma Lena Patrick Jones; attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Navy in 1943. Trained at San Diego, Cal. Served in Hawaii and the Philippines. Now on duty in the South Pacific.
	Jones, Edward R - Pfc Edward R Jones, son of Mr & Mrs Grady Jones. Entered Army in 1943. Trained at Camp Wolters and Camp Maxey. Engaged in 10 major battles in the European Theater. Served in England, France, Belgium, Italy, Czechoslovakia and Germany, where now on duty.
	Jones, Frank A - Sgt Frank A Jones, husband of Johnnie Velma Mings. Attended Sandy Land HS, Ark. Entered Army in 1942. Trained at Camp Wallace. Served in Alaska, Aleutians, France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Now on duty at Reims, France.
	Jones, Fred M - 1st Lt Fred M Jones, husband of Jean Hurd Jones, entered the Army Eng. in 1942. Trained at Camp Claiborne, La. Served in Africa and Italy for 18 months and in France, Egypt and Bermuda. Holds four Battle Stars. Now on duty at Ft Leonard Wood, Mo.
	Jones, Geo H Jr - Sgt Geo H Jones Jr, son of Mr & Mrs Geo H Jones, attended Pine Tree HS. Entered Air Corps in 1942. Trained at Salina, Kan. Served in India, where now on duty. Holds Good Conduct Medal and one Battle Star.
	Jones, Harold - Cpl Harold Jones, son of Mr & Mrs C W Jones and husband of Myrtle Juanita O'Keefe Jones, attended Judson HS. Entered Air Corps in 1942. Trained at Ellington Field, Texas. Served in India, where he is now on duty.
	Jones, Howard - Cpl Howard Jones, son of Mr & Mrs Tom Jones, attended Hallsville HS. Entered Air Corps in 1943. Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo and March Field, Calif. Served in the Philippines and is there on duty. Has Marksmanship and Good Conduct Medals.
	Jones, Joseph H - Joseph H Jones, son of Mrs Ina Jones, husband of Ida Marie Haught Jones, attended Longview HS. Entered Army in 1942, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. Served in the Aleutians and Germany. Now on duty at Tent City, Germany.
	Jones, Leon - Lt Leon Jones, who attended Howard Payne College and Texas U. Entered Navy in 1942, trained at San Diego, Cal., Maryland and Cornell Univ. Has served in both the European and Pacific Theaters of War. Now on duty in the Southwest Pacific.
	Jones, Lynn E - SF 3/c Lynn E Jones, son of Mr & Mrs A A Jones, husband of Gladys Odom Jones. Entered Seabees in 1943, trained at Norfolk, Va. and Camp Endicott, RI. Served in the Aleutians, at Saipan and at Okinawa, where now on duty.
	Jones, Milton K - MM 2/c Milton K Jones, husband of Lucille Ping Jones, attended Longview HS. Entered Navy Seabees in 1942, trained at Camp Endicott, Providence, RI. Served on the Admiralty Island for 11 months.
	Jones, Myrl W - CSF Myrl W Jones, son of Mr & Mrs N J Jones, attended Gladewater HS and BMI. Entered Seabees in 1941, trained at Great Lakes, Ill. Served at Okinawa and New Hebrides.
	Jones, Noel J Jr - Lt Noel J Jones Jr, son of Mr & Mrs Noel J Jones, attended Gladewater HS and Kilgore College. Entered the AAF, TC in 1941, trained at Kansas City, Mo. and Dallas, Texas. Served in Africa, India and the Southwest Pacific. Now on duty at Casablanca.
	Jones, Oscar B - Lt Oscar B Jones, husband of Bettye Simons Jones, finished Wesley College, Greenville, Texas and attended Texas Univ. Law School. Entered Army in 1943, trained at Camp Howze and Ft Benning, Ga. Served on Islands in the Pacific and now on duty on Luzon.
	Jones, Paul A - Pfc Paul A Jones, husband of Bernice Chamberlain Jones. Entered Army in 1944. Served in England, France, Germany and Switzerland. Holds Com. Inf. Badge and Good Conduct Medal. Now on duty with the 66th Div. which is on duty in Southern France.
	Jones, W M - Sgt W M Jones, brother of Mr & Mrs G W Jones, husband of Opal Miller Jones. Entered Army in 1941, trained at Ft Sill, Okla. Now on duty at Camp Joseph Roberts, Ark.
	Jones, Walter F - S 1/c Walter F Jones, son of Mr & Mrs N J Jones, attended Gladewater and White Oak Schools. Entered Navy 1944, trained at San Diego, Cal. Served in the Pacific on the USS Pinola.
	Jordan, A E - 1/Sgt A E Jordan, son of Mr & Mrs J E Jordan and husband of Peggy Noble Jordan, entered the Army in 1936. Trained at Ft Sill, Okal, Ft Sam Houston and Camp McCoy. Served in Ireland, wounded in Normandy on D-Day. Served in five major battles in Europe. Holds Good Conduct Medal and Bronze Star.
	Jordan, B E - BM 2/c B E Jordan, son of Mr & Mrs J E Jordan and husband of Lila Frances Ray Jordan; entered Navy in 1941. Trained at San Diego and at the Amphibious Tr. Base, Oceanside, Cal. Served in two major battles in Pacific and at Pearl Harbor. Holds Purple Heart.
	Jordan, Edwin E - AMM 3/c Edwin E Jordan, son of Mr & Mrs Edwin Jordan. Entered Navy Air Corps Dec. 1942. Trained at San Diego, Norman and Clinton, Okla, Washington. Served on Saipan where he is still on duty.
	Jordan, Elbert B - Cpl Elbert B Jordan, son of Mrs Estelle Jordan, entered Air Force in 1943. Trained at Barksdale Field, La, Duncan Field, Texas, Ellington Field, Texas and Hamilton Field, Cal. Served in England and France, where now on duty.
	Jordan, Jack C - Cpl Jack C Jordan, son of Jess Jordan. Attended Kilgore HS. Entered Army in April 1943. Trained at Camp Polk, La. Served in Hawaii, Leyte, Okinawa. Holds three Battle Stars, PTO. Now on duty on Okinawa.
	Jordan, Marvin Lee - S/Sgt Marvin L Jordan, son of Mrs Estelle Jordan, attended Longview HS, Baylor U. and U of Texas. Entered Inf in 1942. Trained at Camp Haan, Cal. and Ft Lewis, Wash. Served in Hawaii, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea and the Philippines where he is now on duty. Holds Combat Inf. Badge.
	Josey, Harold L - S 2/c Harold L Josey, son of Mr & Mrs H T Joesy. Graduate of Kilgore HS. Entered Navy May 1945. Trained at San Diego, and now on duty in San Francisco.
	Joyner, Charles P Jr - ARM 3/c Charles P Joyner Jr, son of Mr & Mrs C P Joyner, attended Kilgore HS. Entered Navy in 1942. Trained in Calif. and Fla. Killed at sea on December 19, 1942 in plane crash.

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