Seaman Huntress To End Sub Training
This recap of a patriotic
family, the status of four sons in the Huntress family are see serving
in 2 branches of the military while stationed in the U.S. as well as
England and New Guinea.
Pvt Warren Huntress (see
last paragraph), completed two years of civil service in Pearl Harbor
and is now at Camp Blanding, FL for paratroop training.
[The Portsmouth Herald,
Portsmouth, NH, Friday, November 17, 1944, Page 10] |
Family
Update
Warren received the top
billing in this article ...
Pvt Warren
Huntress, USA, has been spending a 15-day furlough at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Harlon Huntress. Private Huntress recently
completed his paratroop training at Fort Benning, Ga.
[The Portsmouth Herald,
Portsmouth, NH, Tuesday, March 6, 1945, Page 2] |
(courtesy of Alice & Franklyn Vosburg)Grave marker of
Warren E. Huntress
in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Eliot (York county), Maine.
Warren enlisted in the
Army at Portland, ME on 10 July 1944. He completed parachutist
training in March 1945 and by that time the 508th was already off the
line for R&R in Camp Sissonne, France. Warren would have arrived
in time for Honor Guard duty in Frankfurt. |