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Completes Course
BELMONT Oct 28 --- Pvt Ernest Hubbard Jr., who has just completed 10 weeks' training in the Communications school at Fort
Benning, Ga. will be sent to Camp Blanding Fla. as a member of the 508th Parachute Regiment in which he will be a radio instructor/
Pvt Hubbard arrived here Saturday to spend a 10-day furlough with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Hubbard of Park street.
[The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, 29 Oct 1942, Thu, Page 12] |
To 508th Parachute Regiment, Camp Blanding, Fla. From Cincinnati, Avery
Howard, Alley B. Lyon; from Norwood, Leslie H. Roberts; from Covington,
John W. Bauer, Harold V. Westbrook.[The
Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, 12 Nov 1942, Thu, Page 12]
[Jumpmaster note: All of these six men were assigned
to Company I and only Westbrook made the cut. The other five were
transferred to the 78th Infantry Division at Camp Butner, NC. The 78th ID was
at that time designated as a replacement pool division so these men were
probably re-assigned elsewhere thereafter] |
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Parachutist
Wesley F. Lobner, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lobner, 533 Messer street,
is now a member of Uncle Sam's parachute infantry. After enlisting
in Wausau, Lobner went to Milwaukee and was then assigned to Co.
F, 508th Parachute Infantry, Camp Blanding, FL, his present address.
[The
Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, Wisconsin) · Mon, Nov 16, 1942 ·
Page 2]
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 Bainer
With Parachute Unit
Richard C. Bainer of Portsmouth has been sent from the
induction center at Ft. Thomas to the 508th parachute infantry regiment,
Camp Blanding, Fla.
[Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) Nov 17, 1942, Page 3] [PDF] |
 Sent
to Parachute Regiment
Private Wenton D., Hutchinson of Wheelersburg has been assigned
to the 508th parachute regiment at Camp Blanding, Fla., after completion
of his basic training at Ft Thomas, Ky.
[Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio), Thu, Oct 22, 1942, Page 5]
But ... on 19 Nov 1943 Pvt Hutchinson was
transferred to the 78th Infantry Division at Camp Butner, NC. [PDF] |
 Richard
B. McAndrew is passing a fourteen-day leave at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward McAndrew. He has recently enlisted in the Army
and has been assigned to the 508th Parachute Troop, Infantry.
[Times Herald (Olean, New York) Nov 24, 1942, Page
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