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Visits In Pahokee
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PAHOKEE ---Lt Howard P. Tiffin who is on a 30-dav leave from the European theater
of operations is visiting relatives and friends in Pahokee this week
after having arrived in Miami last week where he visited his parents
Mr. and Mrs. W O Tiffin. Lt Tiffin, a paratrooper in the 508th Parachute
Infantry of the S2nd Air Borne [sic], has been in the service 39
months and overseas 17 months
[The Miami Herald, Miami, FL, 04 Apr 1946, Thu, Page 4]
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 Red Cross To Launch Drive Tuesday
5 Miami Veterans To Hear Gen Gavin
When Maj Gen James M. Gavin commander of the
82nd Airborne division speaks at the American Red Cross kick-off meeting at the Alcazar hotel Tuesday night five Miami veterans of World War II who fought under his leadership will be in his audience.
Now civilians they accepted the invitation
of H H Hyman Red Cross chapter chairman to attend the meeting as representatives of the thousands who’ served in Europe
under Gen Gavin.
The 1947 Red Cross fund campaign in Dade county has set a goal of $301,000. The 82nd veterans
are Norman Arrow, Sam H Bailey Jr., Redmond L Daggett, Clem Mitchell and Roy McGraw.
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Arrow a former master sergeant won the
Distinguished Service Cross and twice won the Silver Star as a
member of the 508th Parachute Infantry regiment. a unit of the 82nd
He was a sergeant-major in the 508th.
Bailey a captain served with the 505th Parachute Infantry regiment another 82nd unit and was attached to General Gavin's headquarters as club and administrative officer.
Daggett a captain was plans and training officer for a battalion
of the 508th. He received the Purple Heart. Mitchell, a corporal, was a rifleman with the 505th He received the Purple Heart in the Battle of the Bulge. McCraw is a former first sergeant In the 508th, winner of the Bronze Star medal and a veteran of campaigns throughout Europe.
All five men made combat jumps into enemy territory.
Also on the program will be Harold Russell*, young movie actor and a former paratrooper, Carol Jane Wolpert, 15-year-old member of the Junior Red Cross.
[The Miami Herald, Miami, FL, 24 Feb 1947, Mon, Page 2] |
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* - Harold John Russell was born in Nova Scotia in 1914. His family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts when his father died in 1919. He was training paratroopers at Camp
Mackall, NC on June 6, 1944 when some TNT he was using exploded in his hands. He lost both hands. After receiving hooks, and training on them, he was chosen to make an Army training film called "Diary Of A Sergeant". William Wyler saw the film and decided to cast him in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Harold Russell played Homer Parish. For this role he received 2 Oscars, a Best Supporting and one for being an inspiration to all returning veterans. He is the only actor to receive 2 Oscars for the same role. After the movie he attended Boston University. He later went on to help establish AMVETS as a viable alternative to the American Legion for veterans, though his dream of an international veterans organization was never realized. He later appeared in Inside Moves (1980) and Dogtown (1997). He lived with his wife on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. He wrote 2 biographies: "Victory In My Hands" (1947) & "The Best Years Of My Life" (1981).
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