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COMPANY A PROMOTIONS |
![](../images/blanding/1942_1128_co%20a_co%201_02_1_small.jpg) On November 28, 1942, Company A
issued its first Company Order and promoted 10 men to the grade of Private
First Class (Pfc) . This may have been the first instance of enlisted
men adding a stripe since the regiment had been activated five weeks
earlier. |
CO A, 508TH
PRCHT. INF.
Camp Blanding, Fla.
November 28, 1942 |
Company Order)
Number 1 ) |
1.
Under the provisions of Army regulations 615-5, April
15, 1936. the following named Enlisted Men to be promoted to the grade
of Private First Class. |
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Hart, Floyd G.
Floyd, Charles L.
Eagerton, Haywood
Bell, Everett W.
Matthews, Marion E.
Fontana, Eduardo
Smith, Roy L.
Koons, Charles H.
Cheney, William L.
Richardson, Carleton |
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ARMAN L. MERRIAM
1st Lt. Co A, 508th Prcht Inf.
COMMANDING
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