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COMPANY A PROMOTIONS

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.

  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