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Some Return Early - October 1945

Wayne Scheduled To
Sail For U.S.A.

   Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cyril Wayne, Pottsville, formerly of Dooleyville, received a telegram from their son yesterday, Pfc John C. Wayne, stating that his Regiment, the 508th Parachute infantry was scheduled to sail from Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday, October 10th, bound for the United States.
   Pvt Wayne has been in the service two years and overseas 20 months.
[Mount Carmel Item (Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania) · Fri, Oct 11, 1946 · Page 6]
Eual Whiteman
Has Discharge

   Pfc Eual H. Whiteman, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whiteman, 1515 South Stewart avenue, received his military discharge October 2 at Camp Lockett, Calif.
   Whiteman served 18 months in France, England, Belgium, Holland and Germany and was awarded three battle stars, a combat badge, the Presidential Unit citation ribbon and Purple Heart.
   His father has the Purple Heart he received in World War I.
   Pfc Whiteman left Sedalia in 1940 with the National Guards and joined the 82nd airborne division in March, 1944. 

[Jumpmaster note: Camp Lockett was located in Campo, CA, east of San Diego]

508 Re-ups Return Via Boston - November 1945

ex-POWs were not the only ones to be treated to an early return to the home shores.  Thirty men who re-enlisted arrived in Boston, MA aboard the USAT Wakefield which is listed first in this article.    Unfortunately the names of the 508th men are not listed.

Also mentioned are four other troop carriers arriving in the port of Boston.  Three of them departed from Marseilles, France and the other from Liverno, Italy; all converging at Boston. Whether the early return was strictly a re-enlistment bonus is unknown.

International News Service

AT BOSTON --- [USAT] Wakefield, from [Le] Havre, 7119 troops including 30 re-enlistees of 508th Parachute Regiment.

[The Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, Thursday, Nov 22, 1945, Page 29]

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