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VOLUME 67 NUMBER 7 ALLEN, PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION (USPS 543600) 50 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 The Story of the Daredevils Ellingsworth Helps Record WWII Memories Most local folks are

many of his fellow Daredevils, and become close friends with Allen s Newest Graduate! one in particular, Mr. Harold Bradley of Texas. The following is Mr.

The men of the 740th Tank Battalion, most of us boys at the time, who fought the good fight in World War II, were there. We are qualified to speak But, you know, most of them don t. Speak that is.

1 VOLUME 67 NUMBER 7 ALLEN, PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION (USPS ) 50 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 The Story of the Daredevils Ellingsworth Helps Record WWII Memories Most local folks are familiar with stories of the heroes of the famed 740th Tank Battalion Daredevils, the most decorated tank battalion of World War II, which included several local boys: Meredith Robinson, A. J. Vinson, Carl Vinson and others. Carl s grandson, Jonathan Ellingsworth, has grown up with a deep and sincere appreciation for these Veterans, has attended several of the 740th annual reunions with his grandfather and visited with many of his fellow Daredevils, and become close friends with Allen s Newest Graduate! one in particular, Mr. Harold Bradley of Texas. The following is Mr. Bradley s personal account of those Daredevil days. Everyone knows that war is hell, but a person cannot possibly know how hellish war really is until he or she has been there. The men of the 740th Tank Battalion, most of us boys at the time, who fought the good fight in World War II, were there. We are qualified to speak But, you know, most of them don t. Speak that is. About war, until we get together, then how the words flow. We can t seem to get enough of each other s stories. At least that s the way it is now when the tankers who are still alive and kicking get together, which a lot of us do each year when the 740th tank Battalion Association meets, usually around the Labor Day Holiday. Of course, there are fewer and fewer every year, something like it was during the war after each clash with the Germans. Always a few who didn t make it back. What kind of people were these young men of the 740th in World War II? Many will never know if they do not tell their stories where their families can remember the brave men that fought to preserve the freedom we enjoy today. This is my story! continued Page 3 James Thomas left Allen Public Schools at the age of 17 in He was sent to boot camp in Lousiana where the recruiters discovered he was not 18. He was asked to sign a waiver to enlist because of being under the legal age to join the Army and so, Mr. Thomas joked, saying that he had to change his date of birth to serve his country. Mr. Thomas served from 1949 to 1952 during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged as a corporal in the Army. Mr. Thomas petitioned to receive a Veteran s Diploma from the Oklahoma State Department and asked to receive his diploma from Allen Public Schools and Superintendent Harman and the Allen Board of Education were honored to present him with this diploma during the Veterans Day Program at the school auditorium Monday, November 11, Jonathan Ellingsworth proudly shares Harold Bradley s World War II experiences with our readers. The two have met at numerous Daredevil Reunions and have become very close. Good Luck Mustangs vs Laverne Tigers Friday - 7:30 - Laverne if you cant make the trip radio information is found in this week s football story inside. Veterans were honored Monday at the Calvin School program. Pictured are, front, Gene Fent, Jim Keefer and Royce Montgomery; back, coy Edwards, Denny Wilbanks and Robert Craven.

THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 2 Country C omments by Bill Robinson, Publisher members of deceased Raiders, watched as the three each called out here as a historian read the names of all

Robert Hite, 93, couldn t travel to Ohio because of health problems, but his son Wallace Hite said his father, wearing a Raiders blazer and other traditional garb from their reunions, had made his

A B-25 bomber flyover helped cap an afternoon memorial tribute in which a wreath was placed at the Doolittle Raider monument outside the museum.

Being around so many heroes is an experience I will never forget. I had attended several World War II reunions with Dad before his death and I am so thankful I had that opportunity.

.. The cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. Is America today, what she has become, worthy of men such as these?

2 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 2 Country C omments by Bill Robinson, Publisher members of deceased Raiders, watched as the three each called out here as a historian read the names of all 80 of the original airmen. The fourth surviving Raider, Lt. Col. Robert Hite, 93, couldn t travel to Ohio because of health problems, but his son Wallace Hite said his father, wearing a Raiders blazer and other traditional garb from their reunions, had made his own salute to the fallen with a silver goblet of wine at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier in the week. Hite is the last survivor of eight Raiders who were captured by Japanese soldiers. A B-25 bomber flyover helped cap an afternoon memorial tribute in which a wreath was placed at the Doolittle Raider monument outside the museum. Museum officials estimated some 10,000 continued Page 4 Monday I had the privilege of attending Veterans Day ceremonies at several area schools. Being around so many heroes is an experience I will never forget. I had attended several World War II reunions with Dad before his death and I am so thankful I had that opportunity. There are many heroes that I know personally and then there are many that I do not. There was one reunion held this year that I would have loved to witness but have obtained a picture and story about... The cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. Is America today, what she has become, worthy of men such as these? On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered publicly for the last time. They once were among the most universally admired and revered men in the United States. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942, when they carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military operations in this nation s history. The mere mention of their unit s name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful Americans. Now only four survive. After Japan s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States reeling and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort around. Even though there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the United States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised. Sixteen B-25s were modified so that they could take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried -- sending such big, heavy bombers from a carrier. The 16 five-men crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not be able to return to the carrier. They would have to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a safe landing. But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take off from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on. They were told that because of this they would not have enough fuel to make it to safety. And those men went anyway. They bombed Tokyo, and then flew as far as they could. Four planes crash-landed, 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three were executed. Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to Russia. But the Doolittle Raiders had sent a message from the United States to its enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no matter what it takes, we will win. Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a motion picture based on the raid; Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting the story with supreme pride. Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different city each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect and gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider. Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away, his goblet is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends bear solemn witness. Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac. The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle was born. There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving Raiders, they would open the bottle, drink from it, and toast their comrades who preceded them in death. As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin passed away at age 96. What a man he was. After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died. When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat missions. He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp. The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts... there was a passage in the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface, had nothing to do with the war, but that emblematizes the depth of his sense of duty and devotion: When his wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home, he visited her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his wife and at the end of the day brought home her clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes. Then he walked them up to her room the next morning. He did that for three years until her death in So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole (Doolittle s co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor and David Thatcher. All are in their 90s. They have decided that there are too few of them for the public reunions to continue. The events in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full circle; Florida s nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in secrecy for the Tokyo mission. Do the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their sacrifice? They don t talk about that, at least not around other people. The men decided that after this final public reunion to get together once more and open the bottle of brandy. The years are flowing by too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are only two of them. This past Saturday, November 10 th, three of the four surviving Raiders met again, this time at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, and filled the four remaining upturned goblets and raise them in a toast to those who are gone. May they rest in peace, Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 98, said before he and fellow Raiders - Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, 93, and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 92 - sipped the 1896 cognac from their specially engraved silver goblets. Hundreds who had been invited to the ceremony, including family LT. COL. JAMES DOOLITTLE AND HIS CREW BEFORE THEIR ATTACK ON JAPAN. THE FOUR SURVIVORS OF THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS: LT. COL. RICHARD COLE, AGE 98; LT. COL. EDWARD SAYLOR, AGE 93; STAFF SGT. DAVID THATCHER, AGE 92; LT. COL. ROBERT HITE, AGE 93. All Veterans receive 5.00 Free Play when you show your Veterans or Military ID, see promotions desk for details. 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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 3 Stories of the WWII Daredevils History tells us that in Sep- opening was still available and tember 1939 began World War he would have his wife call me II

Overton, went to the broomin 1941 I was still in high corn field, and I stayed at school at Elmore City, Oklaho- home.

I was only 17 years old, was expecting a call from Mrs. a farm boy, knowing our coun- Paul to see if I had a job in try was alpauls Valley. ready close She told me to joining that she didn t the war.

mainly It was Mrs. Great BritPaul, and she ain, France told me if I and Ruscould get to Mr. Harold Bradley sia.

December 7, the date into Pauls Valley that evening. which will live in infamy, So I put some things together brought us into World War II.

I was fortunate not have a place to stay but to stay in school, and graduated a young man about the same in May of 1942.

I stayed there long I would have before I over a month until I went to would be called to serve my stay with Roy and Baby Mulcountry. lins.

I had no idea that had to be cut, it was a cash how long I would be workcrop for my Father and Mother ing at Wacker s, but I didn t to help clothe us for winter.

Late in the harvest time, the Garvin County Free Fair, I Bill Paul, a senior when I was a met a couple, George Machtolff freshman, was working at G. F. and Earleen Cobble.

3 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 3 Stories of the WWII Daredevils History tells us that in Sep- opening was still available and tember 1939 began World War he would have his wife call me II The bloodiest, most terrify- if I had the job. ing war in all history. It was a Monday morning came war that before long would sear around, Dad and my brother, the Globe. Overton, went to the broomin 1941 I was still in high corn field, and I stayed at school at Elmore City, Oklaho- home. Mother asked me if I ma when the Japanese attacked was sick or was I going to the Pearl Harbor on December 7, corn field, and I told her that I I was only 17 years old, was expecting a call from Mrs. a farm boy, knowing our coun- Paul to see if I had a job in try was alpauls Valley. ready close She told me to joining that she didn t the war. We think that she had only would call committed me. I told to sendmother if she ing war didn t I would supplies only lose on loan to About the Allied 10 AM, the Forces, phone rang. mainly It was Mrs. Great BritPaul, and she ain, France told me if I and Ruscould get to Mr. Harold Bradley sia. WithElmore City, in days, which was Japan s about four allies, Germany and Italy, and half miles NW of Pauls declared war on the United Valley, I could ride with her States. December 7, the date into Pauls Valley that evening. which will live in infamy, So I put some things together brought us into World War II. and I walked to town, and Many young men in our I went to work for George school started enlisting in the F. Wackers Warehouse the Army, Navy, Marines and next day. At that time I did Army Air Corp. I was fortunate not have a place to stay but to stay in school, and graduated a young man about the same in May of In July of that age as I who worked at the year I turned 18 and registered Warehouse invited me to stay for the draft, not knowing how with his parents. I stayed there long I would have before I over a month until I went to would be called to serve my stay with Roy and Baby Mulcountry. lins. They had three boys and It was harvesting time on the twin daughters but they made farm. Broomcorn was the crop room for me. I had no idea that had to be cut, it was a cash how long I would be workcrop for my Father and Mother ing at Wacker s, but I didn t to help clothe us for winter. I let that worry me, I wasn t joined the other farmers and cutting any more broomcorn. started cutting for 15 cents per In September while attending hour. Late in the harvest time, the Garvin County Free Fair, I Bill Paul, a senior when I was a met a couple, George Machtolff freshman, was working at G. F. and Earleen Cobble. Earleen Wacker s Warehouse in Pauls had a sister who was riding the Valley. Bill was married to swings and she saw me talking one of my teachers, Carmoleta to Earleen and wanted to know Vaughn Paul. My neighbor had who I was, and Earleen told a car and one Saturday night her she thought I worked at we decided to go into Pauls Wacker s Warehouse. A couple Valley to see a movie and I ran of days went by and I was on a into Paul and he asked me if I break at a Drug Store, where I would like to come to work at met Kathleen Cobble. Wacker Warehouse in Pauls One Saturday night just bevalley. I told him that sure fore Halloween, Kathleen and I would beat cutting broomcorn. went to the show and I walked Paul told me that he would find her home for the first time. She out Monday morning if the lived about a half mile from the theater and I lived over a mile from the theater. I got lost the first time I walked her home the project was not used by us, Ardennes, the Ruhr Pocket, and I must have walked two the training was of great value and both of our penetrations miles before I got on the right in our combat operations in the Continued Page 6 street and found my way back to town, but before long I knew my way around because we started going steady. Cars were hard to come by back then and most of the time we had to walk just about everywhere we went, but one day Lip Lick n Good Kathleen asked me if I would like to go to church with her and her mother and sister and h r your churc I told her I would love to. After Let us cate e parties! d larg that Sunday we attended church outings an every Sunday from that time until I got a call from Uncle Sam telling me I need you and Monday - Thursday 11-8 Friday - Saturday 11-9 Closed on Sunday what was a young man to do? 129 N. Milt Phillips, Seminole, OK Just when Kathleen and I were getting to know each other, I was inducted into the United States Army at Oklahoma City, on February 19, There were a lot of young men that got out of the draft and they were declared 4-F, and there were those that used this as a way to get out of serving our country. Not me We can check in your deer. or my brothers, Overton and 8 to 5 Monday - Friday Billy Joe. Our dad might have after hours call Flossie at gotten one of us and maybe two (580) by using us as farm exemption, but he never would do that. Overton and I were in World War II and Billy Joe was in the Korean conflict. Stock up for your hunting trips or This is the story of our tank football game days with... battalion and the things that Our homemade Jerky happened to it in the war against Germany. 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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 4 Threads of Life by Cleo Emerson LeVally Recently the Chickasaw Public Library had a class where people could meet together and get information and help in

The story of my life is my story, but in some ways it is not my story at all because it becomes the story of all the lives that are intertwine in own lives and the lives of our relatives.

Families attach a great deal of importance to carrying on the family name but as I do research I find many times the name of the female ancestors are lost and as I think of them, the life they led

held for Evelyn Foster Evelyn (Mecca) Foster passed away on November 7, 2013 in Holdenville, Oklahoma.

She worked at Seamprufe in Holdenville until her retirement after 27 years of service. She was married to G. L. Georgie Foster. The couple had three sons, Jerry, Larry and Clifford.

4 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 4 Threads of Life by Cleo Emerson LeVally Recently the Chickasaw Public Library had a class where people could meet together and get information and help in writing their life s story. I have done research on all the lives of my family and the lives of my children s ancestors and written some of their stories. The amount of material I have is astounding. The story of my life is my story, but in some ways it is not my story at all because it becomes the story of all the lives that are intertwine in own lives and the lives of our relatives. The stories become real to us and begin to take on characteristics that we recognize in our own lives. Historians seem to make a great deal of the male progeny and how we descended from them. Families attach a great deal of importance to carrying on the family name but as I do research I find many times the name of the female ancestors are lost and as I think of them, the life they led and the contribution to the lives of these men whose names we are careful to record, I realize they are more important than the male members of the family, because mothers shape the lives Service held for Evelyn Foster Evelyn (Mecca) Foster passed away on November 7, 2013 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was born on June 29, 1927 in the community of Non, Oklahoma to Pete and Florence (Duke) Mecca. She attended Non Public Schools. She worked at Seamprufe in Holdenville until her retirement after 27 years of service. She was married to G. L. Georgie Foster. The couple had three sons, Jerry, Larry and Clifford. Evelyn was active in her church, the Pentecostal Holiness Church of Holdenville, and was a member of the Women s Auxiliary group. She worked at the Queen Bee Restaurant in Holdenville prior to her employment at Seamprufe. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, gardening, cooking, canning but most of all fishing. There was not a chance she would miss to go fishing. Her family and friends enjoyed many delicious meals she prepared for them with love. Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, husband Georgie, and sons Jerry and Clifford. Survivors include her son, Larry Foster of Holdenville; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Mark Foster and wife Nita, Teresa Foster and children Matthew and Porter, Larry Foster Jr. and wife Samantha and daughter Harlea Michelle Foster, Kelly Foster, Brian Foster and wife Cara and children Tori and Alec, Michael Foster and wife Karen and daughter Kaity, and Dava Hines and husband Scott and daughter Clara; daughter-in-law Renee Foster of Holdenville; sister-in-law Delia Hawkins of Bakersville, California; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Funeral service was held 10:30 am on Monday, November 11 th, at the Hudson-Phillips Chapel in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Rev. Rick Madron officiated. Pallbearers were Ryan Wilbanks, Shelby Burchette, Darrell Burchette, Joe Ellis, Joshua Caudill, and Michael Hamilton. Honorary bearer will be Don Kimrey and Jerry Greer. Interment followed at Non Cemetery in Non, Oklahoma. Services were under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home in Holdenville, Oklahoma. My Story from Page 2 people turned out for Veterans Day weekend events honoring the 1942 mission credited with rallying American morale and throwing the Japanese off balance. Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning said America was at a low point, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other Axis successes, before these 80 men who showed the nation that we were nowhere near defeat. He noted that all volunteered for a mission with high risks throughout, from the launch of B-25 bombers from a carrier at sea, the attack on Tokyo, and lack of fuel to reach safe bases. The Raiders have said they didn t realize at the time that their mission would be considered an important event in turning the war s tide. It inflicted little major damage physically, but changed Japanese strategy while firing up Americans. It was what you do... over time, we ve been told what effect our raid had on the war and the morale of the people, Saylor said in an interview. The Brussett, Montana, native who now lives in Puyallup, Washington, said he was one of the lucky ones. There were a whole bunch of guys in World War II; a lot of people didn t come back, he said. Thatcher, of Missoula, Montana, said the raid just seemed like one of many bombing missions during the war. The most harrowing part for him was the crash landing of his plane, depicted in the movie Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. Cole, of Comfort, Texas, was Doolittle s co-pilot that day. Three crew members died as Raiders bailed out or crash-landed their planes in China, but most were helped to safety by Chinese villagers and soldiers. Cole, Saylor and Thatcher were greeted Saturday by flag-waving well-wishers ranging from small children to fellow war veterans. Twelve-year-old Joseph John Castellano s grandparents brought him from their Dayton home. of children. Maybe that is how the words, Mother Earth came in to being. The birth process is through the female or mother and thus all life comes into existence. We go through life thinking that we are only average people and that no one would be interested in what we think or do, or even what we have been, but each of our actions of the past and present are what and who we are. They make up the threads of our life and what we are is in our mind and heart. That is the soul of our being. We are such private human beings that we neither do nor always want to reveal or express what we are thinking but what we are, we have made ourselves. We are what we will in the final analysis present to God. To God only, we will be revealed in all our being. In that vein, if only we had daily records of the lives of those who have gone before us, would some great revelations be known to us today. Some of the stories that we tell do not reveal who we really are. There are some thoughts of our lives that can be revealed to no person. However, it is very important to reveal somethings in order to leave a heritage for your children and their children and for those who come after. We need to make some contribution of our lives to the world. It may be literature, a beautiful quilt, a painting or a work of art or, a reflection on life. God gave each one of us a unique talent and it is up to us to find it and make a contribution to the world for the good of mankind. I have spent many hours and visited many places researching the background of family members. Each time I work with family records, I wish that I had asked more questions of my parents and relatives. Would my own story change any? The Allen 4H and The Material Girls Quilting Club have teamed up to make the Woodland Hills Nursing Home Christmas Party a success this year! We are inviting anyone that would like to join us! There are donation boxes at The Allen Food Center, The Allen Public Library, Dave s Diner, and Prairie Notions Fabric Shop. Items that are of need for the residents are: Body Wash, Lotion, Deodorant, After Shave, Brushes/Combs, Nail Sets, Nail Polish, Shampoo/Conditioner, Make up, Cards, No Slip Socks, Pencils, Paper Pads, Candy, Sugar Free Candies, Puzzles A special big Thank You from the Allen 4H kids and parents to the Material Girls for teaching us to make the pillow cases for the Nursing home goodies to be delivered in! We had an awesome time with you! 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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 5 One Pharmacist s View The old run-down building sits there in the center of Veterans Day in Allen with stunning clarity his ex- speaker Will Maxwell

Will held empty, abandoned and in poor the Company was sent to Texas emplacement that s already and worked as a teller at The the kids spellbound with his repair.

Farmer s State Bank before she eye-witness accounts and his housed the busiest drug store Eventually they would all wind Captain Butler was a leader. retired and passed away.

A downtown providing a center up on an Island called Sicily That s why he was where he yes, he is the same Captain highlight was the presentation of gathering, a place to enjoy a the toe of Italy.

buy some cosmetics or have your prescrip- Supt. Harman and high school with clearing the island of its over the top, and after a few Ada and Calvin. I m glad his Principal Ward to Mr.

5 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 5 One Pharmacist s View The old run-down building sits there in the center of Veterans Day in Allen with stunning clarity his ex- speaker Will Maxwell shared town empty. And it looks periences in Iraq. Will held empty, abandoned and in poor the Company was sent to Texas emplacement that s already and worked as a teller at The the kids spellbound with his repair. Not a hint that it once for advanced combat training. shooting at me? Farmer s State Bank before she eye-witness accounts and his housed the busiest drug store Eventually they would all wind Captain Butler was a leader. retired and passed away. And declarations of patriotism. A downtown providing a center up on an Island called Sicily That s why he was where he yes, he is the same Captain highlight was the presentation of gathering, a place to enjoy a the toe of Italy. A famous general named Patton was charged picked his men and they went on the highway signs between was and he made his plans, Otho Butler whose name is of a high school diploma by banana split, or buy some cosmetics or have your prescrip- Supt. Harman and high school with clearing the island of its over the top, and after a few Ada and Calvin. I m glad his Principal Ward to Mr. Calvin tion filled. It was a brightly lit occupiers the Germans and minutes General Patton had name is there as I don t want Thomas. Thomas fought in place that was a centerpiece that s what he did. But it came been notified that the hill had the people of this area to ever Korea entering service before he could earn his diploma. of Allen and a place to gather. with a cost a horrible cost. been cleared off but it had forget him and the men of Allen who marched off to war a Central Drug Store was a landmark ran by a popular pharma- On July 25, 1943, on a hillside near Palermo, Sicily, Otho Butler, Pharmacist and long time ago. been a hard fight. Captain Congratulation, Calvin, and thanks for your service to your cist named Otho Butler. Otho General Patton s advance was part time soldier now lay dead The Allen band under the country. was a civic leader whose wife slowed by some German machine-gun-nests. Patton orten hillside in Sicily. For his Cody played several pieces at on the side of a now forgot- capable direction of Spencer Thanks to my readers for was the church pianist down at writing. I enjoy hearing from the First Baptist Church. Otho dered the guns taken out and heroism, Butler was awarded Monday s Veteran s Day salute you and enjoy reading the stories many of you send. Have was also a citizen soldier. the order went down the line the Silver Star. It was well to our veterans. Sometimes Commanding officer of and landed in the lap of one deserved. these programs are boring to a good week and if you enjoy Company G, of the 180 th Infantry Regiment, 45 th Division Captain named Butler and his As far as I know, Otho and kids but not this time. After your freedom, thank a veteran. Company G a unit made up his widow, Lola Dell Butler, Rio Jones led our Pledge of And be sure and go to church (Thunderbird) U. S. Army, mostly of Allen area soldiers. had a daughter, Bonita. Lola Allegiance and the band had this Sunday. Captain Butler probably didn t They were pinned down and Dell sold the store to Bill and finished its medley of music Wayne Bullard, DPh plan on actually going to war I imagine the Allen guys had Liberty Orick and they continued to operate it for many years honoring the services, guest waynebullard@sbcglobal.net nor did the other Allen men already given moments such of Company G. But they did. as this some thought How under the name The Central Called up to active duty before do I leave a secure place, stand Store. Lola Dell continued to the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, up and charge a machine gun help out with her piano duties Light from God s Word Mark Legg, Allen church of Christ We have seen the pictures and heard the stories of the terrible destruction and loss of life from the typhoon that hit the Philippine Islands. It tears at my heart, seeing people and property ravaged by such storms of nature. It makes me ask, How can God be a god of love and permit us to suffer so greatly? How can this be an expression of God s love? Could it be that God is trying to communicate a message to us? He has spoken to us through His word in the Bible, but have we listened and obeyed? No! All of us, like Eve and Adam have listened to the voice of disobedience. We are like the Child who fails to obey his parents when they tell him to not take drugs because they will enslave and destroy him. When the child disobeys his parents, he should not be shocked or blame his parents because he becomes an addict, steals to support his habit and/ or loses his mind or ends up in jail. Likewise, it is our disobedience to God that has separated us and our world from God s care and protection. He warned us that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), but we have not listened. So, how can we blame God when we suffer such tragedies and death? It is not God s perfect will that we suffer such things, but since we chose to disobey Him, perhaps He is now trying to show us the terribleness of the things that can happen when we do not trust and obey Him. He has also told us that there is a place where things much worse will happen to us. It is prepared for the Devil and his angels (Matthew 25:) and He is trying to keep us from going there, but if we choose to disobey Him and listen to the Devil, we will go to that place with the Devil whom we have followed in disobedience. Maybe God wants us to know that if we do not like suffering in such storms on earth, we really won t like the suffering to which we will be exposed in hell. If God has gotten our attention by such storms, perhaps we need to change our ways and begin trusting and obeying Him. You don t want to die while living in disobedience and unforgiven of your sins. 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6 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 6 Stories of the WWII Daredevils of the Siegfried Line. Our ability to hit anything we shot at, coupled with our previous extremely aggressive training, made a combination that accounted for the destruction of fantastic quantities of German equipment, the killing of well over 5,000 of the enemy, and the capture of over 62,000, with an extremely small loss of ourselves. Never having trained in the so called conventional tank tactics, we contrived our own tactics as we went along. Our standard operating policy was that each tank platoon did what it thought was best at the time. It was instilled in everyone the idea that it was his job to outsmart the enemy. If we couldn t hit him from the rear, or from all sides at the same time, we hit him so hard and so fast from the front that captured German reports often referred to the operation of one platoon as that of a battalion, and we were frequently credited with being a brigade. When Jerry knew we were going to attack and knew the direction from which we were approaching, we hit him before he thought we possibly could. The more confused and obscure the enemy situation was, the harder we attacked and the deeper were our penetrations, our belief being that if we didn t know what was going on it was doubly certain that the enemy didn t. Being surrounded meant only that we had more target area to fire at, and we were not hampered by indecision, or proximity of other troops. Throughout the war we hauled all of our own ammunition, fuel, and supplies, evacuated most of our wounded,operated our own hospital which we leap-frogged forward, procured our own clothing when it was available, and placed practically no burden on Divisions we supported except that of publishing citation orders for gallantry in action. This fiercely independent attitude was one of the great contributing factors to our success in battle. We thought that there was no situation that we could not meet. We felt that no enemy could stand up to us and live. Very few did. The 740th Tank Battalion (M) was born at Fort Knox, Kentucky on the 1st of March Its parents were the 7th Armored Division and 9th Armored Group, and its Godfather was General Scott. The Officers and non-commissioned officers who formed the cadre of this outfit arrived at Fort Knox on the 27th of February 1943 from Camp Polk, Louisiana. Its battalion commander, Major Harry C Anderson of the 9th Armored Group, Camp Campbell, Kentucky. The battalion was quartered in the wooden buildings located between 1st and 2nd Avenues and between 21st and 24thStreets, Fort Knox. While the cadre was setting up housekeeping, cleaning up the old dilapidated buildings and policing up the cigarette butts, other things were happening. At the same time that we were being processed at Fort Sill, a group of young men from Texas were going through the same thing at Camp Wolters, Texas. When this group of men from Oklahoma and Texas were being processed, the Transportation officers at men. After talking to the officers, Col. Rubel called a meeting of the battalion and told us what he thought the trouble was, how we could cure it, and that he had been ordered by General Pierce to produce the best Battalion in this special training group in record time. He had a couple of days to decide whether he wanted to take the battalion and had received a promise from the General that he would stay with it, and would not be relieved as soon as it got on its feet. This had happened at Camp Campbell where another battalion, which appeared to be going on the rocks, lost its battalion commander and he had been sent out on the same mission to stand it on its feet. He wanted to stay with that battalion but they said nothing doing he had to come back as Executive to the Group. During the time that he commanded the other battalion he had tried out several different ideas for training and had come upon one that not only held the interest of the men but had produced good results. He was determined to try it out on the 740th. It was not exactly conventional training and he knew he would have trouble answering questions if it failed. He outlined this system to the officers and NCOs of the 740th and it sounded to them like a good idea. Over that much of a hurdle safely, he said Let s go and every man in the battalion jumped into it. The Staff worked day and night to keep ahead of the training, and within a week heads were high and chests were thrown out. The Battalion had not only regained its pride, but it walked with the air of a vindicated man. Together, we reviewed the basic principles of driving, and firing, and learned how to live together. We spent about three days cleaning up vehicles and getting them in shape to run. The tanker became inseparable from his tank. He drove it everywhere he went. He drove it day and night, with and without lights, and over the roughest terrain. After this special training, we passed the battalion crew test with an average score of percent, the highest record in the entire Armored Force at that time. During our stay in the desert the battalion had taken on a feeling of fierce pride in itself. We had hung up new records in target practice for the rest of the Armored Force to try to beat, but more important than that we developed confidence in our selves. We proved to ourselves that we could do anything we made up our minds to do and could hit anything that we shot at and we had confidence in our ability to meet any situation, the way we carried ourselves, not only in parades but when we walked down the street. After our first combat we found that our training in the desert had been along the right lines. We knew that no man could stand up to us and live. As our time was drawing to a close and the talk was that our next move would be to Europe, but first of all we had been in the desert for six months. The most important thing about the desert trainboth camps were making plans to ship us all out of Oklahoma and Texas for a place that we would soon call home, and that was Fort Knox, KY. There we were met by a group of officers and non-commissioned officers who formed the cadre of this outfit and had arrived at Fort Knox earlier. We soon learned that we would be placed in the 740th Tank Battalion. We arrived on the 7th of March We wondered what the world was coming to. On the 15th of March basic training got underway, and we soon learned the terrible penalties for unbuttoned shirts and un-shined shoes. We also learned to love the Fort Knox weather. However, those who thought the weather was bad at that time soon found that we had seen nothing yet, when, on the 3rd of May, we started driving instruction. Two companies at a time bivouacked in Area 19. During the period of this driving instruction weather reports read, Cold, rain, with some snow. The pyramidal tents that we lived in looked like mounds of mud. For the tanks we were learning to drive, driving instructions went something like this: Start the engine at 7:30 AM; warm the tank up; start driving at 8:00 AM; get stuck in the mud at 8:15 AM, spend the rest of the day pulling the tank out, spend most of the night washing the mud off. Repeat the process the next day. During this driving period most men found out what we wanted to do, and all were placed on Table of Organization jobs. On the 12th of May, 1943, the Battalion was relieved from the standard tank battalion and assigned to Special Troops, Armored Force, and was assigned to the 8th Tank Group. Here again we went into basic training where we made ourselves familiar with all the jobs in the battalion nomenclature and functioning of weapons and the various echelons of maintenance, which was concluded on the 14th of June. Then the battalion entered upon its unit-training program. This training started with a 4-day period spent in the field where the basic elements of maneuvering were outlined. We had daily instructions in the field by companies. Small problems in minor tactics were finally worked out. On the 5th of July the battalion underwent simulated gas attack from the air. From the 12th of July to the 7th of August 1943 the battalion began to find out how hard it was to hit the bulls-eye with a government weapon. Tank crews fired the 75 mm gun, sub-caliber machine gun, as well as the 30 caliber coaxial machine gun. Everyone fired sub-machine guns and pistols. No one was surprised when nearly every man qualified with his weapon. Although the battalion was sublimely unconscious of the fact, great things were cooking in Washington, and on the 7th of August Manna from Heaven was dropped on the battalion in the form of furloughs. Fifty percent of the Battalion could be gone at one time and the furlough period was to be completed with everyone back on the job by the 30th of August. There were handshaking and admonitions to have a great time and don t forget to come back as we left for our homes. Kathleen and I kept in touch with each other with our letters from the time I left in February until I came home on a furlough. That was the longest train ride I ever took while I was in the Army, it seems like the train stopped at every cow track coming from Fort Knox to Oklahoma, but I finally made it and even though the 14-day furlough was short, I bought an engagement ring and asked Kathleen to marry me and she said yes and that was the beginning of something special. One Saturday mother and dad came to Pauls Valley to do some shopping and they knew that I had met Kathleen before I entered the Army but they had not met her. She was working at Willis Variety Store, so Dad decided that he would go and meet her and he walked in and Kathleen didn t know him from anyone else. He struck up a conversation with her as if he had known her all his life, and while they were talking he just happened to mention that he was my dad and it took Kathleen by surprise, but she was really glad to meet him and from then on they were good buddies. While I was on leave and our folks learned that we were engaged, mother and dad had a family get-together on the farm so all of the neighbors and relatives could get to know Kathleen, so we had one big feast before I had to return to Fort Knox. After all of the men returned from their furloughs, the Battalion found out that furloughs for everyone had a catch. The catch was that, unknown to the members of the 740th Tank Battalion, they had been selected to participate in one of the Army s most closely guarded secrets. This had been planned by the high command, that as soon as the unit training was concluded, the Battalion would be moved out to Area X and be confined there. We all knew that some kind of a secret project was being carried on out there. From then on the project was called a Special Training Group. We knew that other armored units had come to Fort Knox for this training but no one could find out. Like most anything, rumors and speculation was flying and that was only confusing, and those that knew would not tell. The guessing came to an abrupt end for the members of our battalion, when on the 7th of September 1943 we moved lock, stock and barrel to Area X. There, in a hushhush meeting, the battalion learned that our name had been changed to read 740th Tank Battalion (Medium) Special. At this time all members of the battalion held up their right hand, took the oath of secrecy, signed a book, and then heard the details of the project. Instructors outlined the plans in mind and stressed the need for secrecy. Demonstrations of the use of this special equipment were attended, and technical classes were soon started. No one was allowed to leave Area X for any reason for fear that somehow this closelyguarded secret might leak out. This ironclad security came as a shock to many because they had their wives in Louisville, or at least nearby. This meant that they could not see them. A PX was set up where beer was doled out, and an open-air theater was built. The interest and speculation in classes, everyone agreed that it held great promise and might revolutionize warfare wherever tanks could be used. We worked around the clock in training, and were anxious to try it out. The school at Fort Knox was technical, but a camp was being built in the Arizona Desert where the technical principles involved could be tried out in a practical manner. In September a place was selected, which was a valley about 10 miles wide and 30 miles long, entirely surrounded by high mountains. This place turned out to be Butler Valley, located about 20 miles east of Bouse, Arizona. The camp was finally built and our battalion boarded the train on the 12th of October and left Fort Knox, KY on a train ride that took two days. We arrived at Bouse at about midnight and trucks from the camp were waiting at the railroad station to transport us to our new home. For most of the men, this desert wasn t one of God s special places, but it was going to be where we must live and train in the secret project as long as our high command wanted it for us. Lieutenant Colonel George Kenneth Rubel was given command of the 740th special Tank Battalion. Colonel Rubel had commanded a tank battalion in the North Africa campaign and his battalion took a beating and when he came to the 740th, he told us about the loss and he promised that would never happen again, so he started us on a training program that put us at the top of all tank battalions that had taken the kind of training that we were going through. He adopted a motto that we would do everything first and do it better than anyone else. While we were in the desert training site, we had an APO number for all our out going mail and all of it was censored and we were not allowed to let our families know what was going on. Even after we finally got a chance for a weekend pass we had to go in group of three to make sure that no one would speak to anyone about what was going on out in the desert. About half of each company would be allowed to go into Phoenix for a weekend and then the next week the rest of the company would have the weekend. This worked out real well and as far as I know, no one ever got out of line because if they did that would mean no more weekends off and that would also mean someone got into trouble. Training was resumed about the 5th of November. The morale of the men was very low and Col. Rubel wanted to start a new kind of training in hopes that he could build up the morale of the troops. Col. Rubel knew the approximate training level the Battalion had reached and also most of its past history. He knew why the state of unrest and low morale in the battalion existed. He told the General what he thought part of the trouble was and what he thought the cure would be. General agreed and the next day details were cut from over 300 men down to around 105

7 ing, we were there on a secret special project where all our mail was censored in order that they could keep it a secret and we never were able to use this special project. What a waste of government money, but that is the way the Army was and we did not question the way they handled the Government s business. Today the way things are handled there is no secret to what is going on. Our newspapers, radios and television reporters are given information that they report everyday and our enemies can see what we have to fight with and they know just about where and when we will use it, even before our fighting men know where they are going. For instance, the U.S. sent troops to a starving Nation to try and save that Nation from starvation. The TV cameras and reporters were already waiting for the troops to land and it ended up hurting the U.S. more than it helped. As a former newspaperman I understand that the Media wants to get their reports out there but I believe there must be some restraints in order to protect our Freedom. Although we had never been issued special equipment, we felt that we would be able to use it. During the end of our stay at Camp Bouse we did use it. A General from the War Department paid us an unexpected visit. The other battalions that had trained with this special equipment had left camp or were in the process of leaving. Those that were left didn t want to risk trying to put on a demonstration, so our Commander jumped at the chance. Well we got one day and a night to become familiar with the equipment. The following day we put on a show for the General that no one else would do and again the 740th proved that we could do anything we set out to do and do it well. Before we could close Camp Bouse, the Battalion received word that every man would be given a 14-day furlough. This was a time Kathleen and I had been looking forward to so we could make plans for our wedding. On a weekend pass into Phoenix, Arizona, which was about 125 miles from Camp Bouse, I called Kathleen to give her the good news about my leave. It was around midnight in Pauls Valley and a cold night in Oklahoma, and it was like summertime in Arizona. Kathleen told me she just about froze talking to me but she soon warmed up when I told her I was getting a 14-day leave and for her to start planning for our wedding. I could not tell her when I would get my leave, so she started the next day making plans. She had to change them three times before I could give her the date I would be home. In March 1944 our dreams and plans came true. On March 29, 1944 we were married in the First Christian Church in Pauls Valley with Rev. Charles H. Nininger officiating. My sister, Ileana Bradley Cagle stood up for Kathleen and Raymond Johnson stood up for me. We had a very short honeymoon as we traveled by bus to Chickasha, OK. Not knowing where my next assignment would be, my leave came to an end much THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 7 Stories of the WWII Daredevils too quick and I had to report back to Camp Bouse, leaving Kathleen not knowing when or where we would be together again. But our faith was strong enough to see us through. After all the leaves were finished, our battalion would stay at Camp Bouse, police the area and salvage as much of the camp as possible and then off to Fort Knox, KY, where we would draw clothing and equipment in preparation for the coming excursion to Europe. When we got the word that we would be making a stop at Fort Knox, I got word to Kathleen that we would be at Fort Knox and all the rest of the married men in the battalion did the same thing. As we closed our camp at Bouse, Arizona, we bade good-bye to our jackrabbits, rattlesnakes and all those desert cactus, if any were left standing or survived our time there. When we learned to drive the medium tanks in the mud in Kentucky, to driving them to perfection in the dusty Arizona Desert, we were proud that we knew how to use a tank as our protector from the Germans. We boarded the train on April 24, 1944 and headed for Fort Knox, KY. By this time our wives knew about when we would be in Fort Knox and they had their plans made to be at Louisville, KY a day or two after we arrived at Fort Knox. I made plans to be at the train depot to meet Kathleen and also some of the other married women that were coming in from Oklahoma with Kathleen, and I was there to let them know where they were to meet their husbands and where they would be staying. It was a good thing that Kathleen came in on the train when she did, because I didn t have a red cent in my pocket to buy a bus ticket back to where we would be staying while we were at Fort Knox. I had rented a one-room place in a little town called West Point, KY located about 200 yards from the Ohio River. It wasn t the best in the world, but that was all we could pay for, you see 78 wouldn t go too far even back then. This little old lady had fixed this utility room with a bed in it, and that was what we called our home while we lived in West Point. It didn t have a bathroom so we had to do what I had done when I grew up on the farm, a number 2 wash tub to bathe in and we had to use an outdoor toilet but that didn t make any difference to us because we were together. No matter what we had, we were happy even if it wasn t what we would have liked, we made the best of what we had. When we left the desert we only expected to be in Fort Knox not more than two weeks, but shortly after we arrived at Fort Knox we were informed that our shipment date had been postponed and that instead of leaving within 10 days for Port, we would have a longer stay than anyone would have guessed. In the meantime we had to have some extra money to live on while we were living there, so Kathleen got a chance to go to work on base at Fort Knox. She was assigned to work in the quarters where the nurses lived and help fix their breakfast and lunch each day. There was one nurse that had the rank of a colonel and some of the other nurses told Kathleen that she was a tough person to satisfy in how she wanted her food cooked. Kathleen went to her and asked her how she would like her meals fixed. She would make them the way she wanted, and bless your heart, Kathleen did it the way she wanted and she made a friend with the Colonel until the day Kathleen had to leave to go back to Oklahoma. With Kathleen working on the base, that helped us out with our meals. We were able to ride a bus that ran between where we lived and the base free of charge and we would eat our breakfast and lunch on base, and then for our evening meal we would just have an ice cream Sunday; we loved to eat butterscotch Sundays and they were only 10 cents each. After the Allies pushed Mussolini, Hitler s puppet, to surrender, there were a lot of prisoners of war from Italy and a lot of them ended up at Fort Knox. At first they didn t cause any trouble but the longer they stayed there, they started to believe that they could do what they wanted to and get by with it. One day they started to brag about how many tanks they knocked out while fighting in North Africa and how many men they killed and when they started doing that sort of things we had to bite our tongues to keep from starting another war. We had troubles of our own. Although far from Utah Beach, three of our young men were killed and 19 wounded when contrary to all regulations, one man brought a dud from the firing range. While we were taking instructions on the firing range we would take a truck and go out and mark our targets that we had fired on, and this was when a member of Company C picked up this 37MM high explosive projectile and he carried it back across the rough road with several men, including me, on the same truck and it was a thousand wonders that it hadn t exploded enroute back to the instruction site, but we made it safe. But that didn t last very long when he started pecking it in the dirt and rocks where we were taking instructions and all of a sudden the darn thing exploded, killing Sgt. Richard Fomby Wimberly a close friend of mine from Pauls Valley. His wife was the former Lucille Coffman and one of the women that came to Fort Knox with Kathleen. The young man that had the dud had both legs and both arms blown off and his insides filled with small pieces of lead that was broken into pieces. He lived long enough to get to the hospital before he died, also another man died in that same accident. I was among the 19 that had to be transported to the hospital for treatment. I was sitting within arm length behind him. I had my mess kit buttoned to my Army Uniform and the explosion blew it in all directions from me. And I was wounded on the thumb. The wounded was taken to the same hospital that Kathleen was working. By the time the wounded began to arrive at the hospital word had been received about the explosion at Company C, and Kathleen was wondering if I was among the wounded. She was on her way to the emergency room when a Lieutenant stopped her. She told him that her husband might be one of the wounded and after a short time, the nurse that Kathleen was taking care of came by and told the Lieutenant to step aside and let Kathleen see if her husband was one of the wounded. Sure enough I was. I received a tetanus shot, which this Colonel Nurse gave it to me in between my ribs and boy did it hurt. She told me it would take effect quicker. They dressed my thumb and released me to go back to the company. How ironic was that day at Fort Knox. It was the day that the Allies made the invasion of Normandy, June 6, As we soon learned, the reason that we stayed this long at Fort Knox was due to the planning for the invasion of Normandy and they needed all the available shipping to make the landing, so we got to stay in Fort Knox a little longer. This was good news for all of the married men in the battalion and their wives, this gave us more time together. We all knew that the time was coming that we would be called on soon to take part in the fighting in Europe. It was July, 1944 when we received word the time had come when we had to start making plans for Kathleen and other Oklahoma wives to return to Oklahoma before we had to pull out and head for Port of Embarkation. J. D. Keen s wife lived in Oklahoma City and they had an old car, so they invited Kathleen and two other women to make the trip back to Oklahoma. The nurses where Kathleen worked tried to get Kathleen to stay and continue to work for them, but Kathleen had not been away from home without me so she chose to go home and work and wait for the time that I would come home. As the time came for us to leave Fort Knox, we were restricted to our quarters and the night before we left, some of the men slipped out to say good bye to their wives. As for myself I chose to stay in my quarters and avoid any punishment by not obeying the orders. On the 19th of July we boarded the train for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. While we were getting settled on the train, our wives had gathered at the station to wave good bye. We had some great times while at Fort Knox, the best one was planned for me, when Kathleen planned a birthday party for me and things didn t work out the way she had planned. I didn t make it because I had to stand guard on a soldier that was absent without leave after he had been given a weekend pass. It all worked out in the long run, because he was credited with saving my tank and about 20 men during an ambush by the Germans you see he was my radio operator and I had an extra 30-caliber machine gun mounted on top of our tank for him to use and it came in handy that day and we only lost one man and a tank. Kathleen told the story that as they headed back to Oklahoma, the old car they were riding in had a lot of trouble when they were traveling up the mountain highway coming out of Kentucky. She said more than once the car would quit before they got to the top and Dorothy Keen would let it roll back down the road and then they would try again. Finally they made it back to Oklahoma. Kathleen found work back in Pauls Valley and she lived with her mother and father and saved our money so if and when I returned home we would have a start as a civilian. We boarded the USS General Mitchell on the 24th of July and then on the 26th, 5,000 additional troops came aboard and we moved out. A few miles out of New York Harbor we joined a convoy of 15 troop ships and 16 fast tankers and one destroyer and eight destroyer escorts. Then we pushed out to sea on our way to England. Over the next 16 months I will attempt to trace my footsteps that I played in the War and what a war it was. By this time my brother Overton was already in the Armed Forces. He went into the paratroopers. He joined the 101st Airborne Division. So this left mother and dad short to work the farm. On the morning of Aug. 4, 1944, we were running in the Irish Sea and if it hadn t been for the thick fog, we would have been able to see Ireland on our right and Scotland on the left. As we came near a port in England, we dropped anchor in the river just before Liverpool on the night of August 5th. Arrangements had been made for us when we docked at 11:00 AM the next day with plenty of trucks to take us to our camp in England. After we had loaded our trucks with equipment and the men, we were in a truck convoy headed for Glynderwyn, Wales. We arrived at our new camp at Rosebush where we were attached to the 9th Armored Group. There wasn t much training that we could do while we were at this camp, due to the hills, rocks and the nature of the terrain. So we got permission to move to Castle Martin, a British tank training center that was located right on the Sea. At this time we had a chance to visit several nearby towns. During this time I found out that my brother was also in England and we were able to get together for a day, and that was the last time we saw each other until after the war. While we were training, rumors came down that we might never use our Special Project and that we might be converted back to a Standard Tank Battalion in the very near future. Well the rumors came true and we were converted back to what we were best in, that we hit what we were shooting at. On October 29, 1944, our Battalion was loaded on LST s, crossed the English Channel on 30th of October and boy was it a rough crossing. We arrived at Utah Beach but could not land because the Sea was running so high so we had to wait until the next morning, November 1. Utah Beach liked a lot to be desired in the way of comfort, cleanliness and facilities. We left Utah Beach on the morning of Nov. 2 without any orders, and by the time we got near Paris, France we received our orders. We would be assigned to the First United States Army and indicating our destination as Aubel, Belgium. We trav- Continued Page 8

8 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 8 Stories of the WWII Daredevils eled through several towns in Belgium on our way to the village of Neufchateau; we had a pretty good idea of the problems that confronted the wartime soldier in World War II. Up to the time of our arrival in Belgium, our conception of war had been entirely theoretical. We had expected to fight but it was a far away proposition. Now we were on the fringe of war and it was hard to tell whether our spirits were high or low. Our Battalion arrived at Aubel, Belgium on November 6 and set up camp for the night in an apple orchard, near Neufchateau. Just as we were getting settled in a German V-1 flying bomb, trailing orange flames, roared a few hundred feet over our heads. Awe struck, we watched in horror as the motor cut out, and a nerve-wracking wait began for the pilotless craft to dive for the ground. Fortunately, the explosion came some minutes later, well past the encampment. During a jittery night, we counted at least 50 more of the monsters as they roared overhead. The best guess was that the rockets were headed for Leige or Antwerp and that our bivouac was directly in the fly path. Devilish things we never knew when one of them would go wrong, turn, and dive right into our midst. It was something that we never really got used to. And that was our welcome to the war in Europe. We pulled up stakes from the miserable conditions of the countryside and moved to billets in Neufchateau itself and in the neighboring village of Montroux. We were about halfway between Liege, Belgium and Maastrich, Holland a mile or so east of the Meuse River and just north of the Ardennes. The Ardennes a somewhat mountainous and heavy forested area that was shortly to become the site of the fiercest battle of the war and our baptism of fire. Written orders came shortly, relieving our battalion from our general assignment of the European Theater of Operations and assigning the 740th to Lt. Gen Omar Bradley s 12th Army Group, specifically to Lt. Gen Courtney Hodges First U.S. Army. We were placed in Army reserve and our first combat was expected sometime after the first of the year. Not being involved in the fighting set George Rubel s teeth on edge. Finally, on December 14, he decided to pay the 99th a visit to find out first hand what was going on. Enroute, he got side tracked and ended up back in camp, suddenly, things began to pop. Instructions awaited the Commander to report to the First U.S. Army Headquarters at Spa, Belgium immediately, if not sooner. Enemy patrols and activity in general were escalating. But First U.S. Army Intelligence was not overly concerned, just taking precautions. Could it be a spoiling attack? The Germans were certainly in no shape to launch a major offensive, least of all through the Ardennes. They had taken quite a beating during the fall Campaign. And the Allies were hoping for a winter slowdown, so that supplies could catch up. The Fall Campaign had been costly to our troops as well. As November turned into December, the winter snow and sleet descended on the action at the front. The First and Ninth U.S. Armies, fighting side by side, had lost 57,000 killed or wounded and another 70,000 to battle fatigue and exposure to the wretched weather. Five hundred fifty tanks were lost in the First Army alone. Still, with the British, Canadian Armies, the U.S. First Army and the U.S. Ninth, all in all, the Allied High Command was feeling pretty good about the situation. All was quiet on the Western Front. Then all hell broke loose! Although Hitler found himself with astounding loses in both men and equipment and backed up to his own border on all sides, he still had some ten million troops in uniform. The draft was soon extended to 16 to 60-year-olds. In total secrecy, the German Fuhrer had amassed his powerful forces for the breakthrough. Two Panzer Armies of 24 divisions were poised and ready to strike out of the mist and fog of the Schnee Eifel, a heavily-forested and protected area adjoining the Ardennes, with additional army on each flank, to take up the slack. At 5:30 AM, December 16, 1944, a dark Saturday morning broke bitterly cold in the Ardennes. A six-inch blanket of white snow covered the forest floor. All up and down our 60-mile Ghost Front, from the quaint little community of Monschau on the German side of the Belgian border in the north to the antiquated Luxembourg town of Echternach in the south, the Ardennes came alive. At first, whistles in the distance alerted the American outpost that something unusual was happening. But suddenly, after the alert, pinpoints of fire flickered from afar, and the German artillery opened up and came whistling in at the main points of attack. In the distance, the sky lit up like the fourth of July from the explosions of the German big guns, and the breakthrough of our lines was in motion. My battalion was in reserve north of where the break came. We knew that our time had come, but we didn t have any tanks to fight with. We had nine tanks that we were using to train with. We were ordered to deliver them to the 745th Tank Battalion; that left our battalion with 2,105 assault guns, 3-M5A1 light tanks, and with that kind of equipment we couldn t fight our way out of the mud if we had too. The breakthrough of the German Sixth SS Panzer Army Kampfgruppe Peiper, was created to spearhead the attack. Joachim Peiper was personally chosen by Hitler to lead the Sixth SS Panzer army s main attack. We learned that Peiper had significant combat experience in Russia and a reputation for both ruthlessness and heroism in battle. Breaking out on the second day of the Blitz, Peiper overran one small town after another, by passing strong points and heading hell-bent for the Meuse River. His tanks and troops took no prisoners, shooting even civilians who got in the way. We were told as the column clawed its way toward Malmedy, Peiper s troops ran headlong into a passing convoy of American field artillery observers at a little road junction at Baugnez. The atrocity that followed came to be known as the Malmedy Massacre. After he shot-up the convoy, he took over the vehicles that were not destroyed, then disarmed some 130 survivors and crowded them together in a nearby field. In short order, shots rang out and a number of Americans fell. No more than 46 were able to scramble to safety. The chilling news of the German rampage through the Ardennes began to echo through the rear echelons the next day. We were still billeted in the homes and with the people of Neufchateau and Mortroux in the vicinity of the Meuse and getting along famously! The Belgian citizens very much appreciated their newly won freedom and the safety provided by the presence of our troops, and the GIs recognized the heartache and suffering our new found friends had been through and valued the warmth and acceptance of the citizenry. But life for my Tank Battalion was about to change, drastically. On December 18, orders flashed through from the First U.S. Army Headquarters which turned our citizen-soldiers world upside down. We were to field a reinforced company immediately. We were ordered to move to the ordnance vehicle depot at Sprimont, Belgium, equip ourselves with whatever combat vehicles were available; and advance to Aywaille. There on the Ambleve River, just a few miles southwest of Spa, we were to take up defensive positions and slow the deadly German thrust. Company C of which I was a member, commanded by Capt. James D. Berry. As we prepared to move out and climbed into GI trucks, we couldn t help but wonder at the turn of events. We left body-and-soul afraid. Where was the armor with which we had trained? Where were those prized Sherman Tanks that fit us like a glove that we knew like the back of our hand? The 75mm Cannons that could tear out the side of a building, hiding the enemy? The 30 caliber machine guns that would chop to splinters any place a sniper could secret himself? The 50s that could ravage all but the thickest German steel? This kind of equipment was nowhere to be found. We were tankers! This was no way to go into battle. Life and death against an enemy force so powerful that it was spreading panic up and down the front and literally crushing everything that stood tall enough to get in its way. How could we be expected to fight the enemy without tanks. We arrived at the Ordnance depot to grab what armor we could find. In the meantime, Col. Rubel took off with his liaison officer for Aywaille on the Ambleve to report in, then scout out the area to be defended. He quickly learned that an armored task force was coming our way and was in fact no more than a dozen miles away and we still did not have any fighting machines. The Ordnance Depot at Sprimont was sheer bedlam as we worked desperately to make something to fight in from leftover tanks we found there. There were perhaps 25 tanks of different types in the depot. But only three were in any shape to fight. Fortunately these three were M4 Sherman s Medium tanks in which we had trained. Unfortunately, even these were without essential equipment. What was left in the pile ranged from M5 and M24 light tanks to the old M7 and the open-topped M10 assault gun motor carriage and even an M36 tank destroyer with the high-velocity 90mm gun (which strangely enough, turned out to be a blessing in disguise). They all had parts destroyed or missing. We worked throughout the night taking parts from one vehicle and putting it on another. It was demoralizing, backbreaking, heart wrenching work and for a while it looked like there was no light at the end of the tunnel. By the next morning we had put together anything that looked like a tank company and Capt. Berry shouted, All right let s move em out! and our untested young tankers headed for Remouchamps and thence the destiny in the Ambleve Valley. Our ragtag column of tanks clattered up to the command post. We were briefed and ordered into the attack, and the ground steadied under our feet. We had been assigned to the 119th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division on December 19 and they needed help now before the infantry was completely overrun. The Third Platoon (my platoon), Commanded by Lt. Charles B. Powers was to spearhead the attack, with the first and second platoons to follow. The Commander of the 119th was notified that our battalion was coming in to help. We were equipped with anything that looked like a tank company. As we rolled past the Regimental Command Post where the staff was grinning out loud but shouting encouragement, Capt. Berry was heard to say, They re bastard tanks, but we re shooting fools. A chilling rain-drenched fog and long lines of battlescarred troops working their way wearily to the rear slowed our column of tanks to a crawl as we moved toward the front. All up and down the line we were told we were crazy to go up there. It was a slaughter, a bloodbath, and the German tanks still come. Even as we rolled forward another American tank company was falling back, withdrawing from the fight. We re low on ammo and fuel. One tanker shouted. Its holy hell up there, guys, called out another. Good Luck. The first tank we encountered was abandoned in the field. Meanwhile my platoon, led by Lt. Powers led our platoon around the stalled tank. When our column reached the front, the 119th began to filter into the forest abreast of our tanks. Dusk came early in the winter in the Ardennes, and the gloom and fog of late afternoon played tricks with our eyes. Just short of Stoumont Station, Powers and his loader were standing with their heads out of their turret hatches when a German tank was spotted. Jack Ashby, Lt. Power s gunner, fired a round that hit and ricocheted downward a lucky strike considering the Panzer s thick armor and the German tank exploded and burst into flames. Minutes later, Powers spotted another tank, again Ashby got off the first shot, this time the shot ricocheted up and spun away. Then Ashby s gun jammed. Powers signed his No. 2 tank Command by Staff Sergeant Charlie W. Loopey to move up. Loopey and his crew were in an M36 tank destroyer with the big 90 MM gun. As the German tank was moving forward trying to get into position to shoot, Loopey told his gunner to fire, the first round hit in the gun shield that kept him from getting down on Loopey s tank destroyer. They threw several more rounds and blew up the tank. With all of the trouble that Powers crew had, they finally got everything cleared up and he resumed the lead, only to face a third Panzer Tank on the opposite side of the road. Ashby s first shot miraculously blasted the muzzle brake of the German s cannon; and he kept firing as the tank tried to back away, finally setting it on fire. Our Tank Battalion was right smack dab in the middle of the war. Together with the 119th Infantry s First Battalion, we continued the attack into the darkness and blunted the main thrust of Hitler s First SS Panzer Division s Kampfgruppe Peiper, gaining back over 1,000 yards of bitterly contested front given up earlier that day. We held the line that night at Stoumont Station, most of us sleeping as best we could in our tanks. With our beat-up tanks we stopped the best Hitler had, and from our stand point we felt like we had prevented the Germans from retaking Belgium. We soon learned that our rag-tag tank company was no match for the firepower of the German tanks so we had to out smart them and when we did, we were able to knock out our share of the German Tanks. From our first battle in combat and after we won this one, we never backed away from a fight the rest of the War. One of the first captured German Mark VI Tiger Royal Tank at Spa, Belgium. It was quite a monster of a fighting machine. This machine we knew we couldn t knock out by firing straight on, so I used a lot of smoke screen shells and so we could out-flank the monster and then hit it from the side and rear. Life Magazine was on the spot taking pictures and reporting on the battle of the Bulge. One such picture appeared on the newsreel in the movie house back in the States. One of my cousins saw it and she thought it was me standing on the tank and she was so sure that it was me that she had them repeat it to make sure and sure enough it was someone else. The battle for the town of Spa and Stoumont, Belgium, was one of the fiercest battles that we had encountered so far in the breakthrough in Belgium. On December 21st our attack had bogged down and we lost three tanks that day and the casualties were running high Continued Page 11

THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 9 Allen Masons host vision screening at Allen School The Allen Masonic Lodge sponsored a vision screening for elementary students Monday, November 11 th.

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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 10 Mustangs open play-offs with defending state champs Allen travels to Laverne to face Tiger team on 24-game winning streak By Herman Brown Allen

Coach Kenny Deaton s AHS football squad wrapped up the District B-2 campaign last Friday with a punishing 50-8 setback at Fox.

10 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 10 Mustangs open play-offs with defending state champs Allen travels to Laverne to face Tiger team on 24-game winning streak By Herman Brown Allen correspondent The good news for the Allen Mustangs is that the Fox Foxes are in the rear-view mirror. The bad news is the Laverne Tigers are up next. Coach Kenny Deaton s AHS football squad wrapped up the District B-2 campaign last Friday with a punishing 50-8 setback at Fox. With the loss, Allen slips into the fourthplace spot in the district playoff pairings. The reward is trip to Laverne to play the defending Class B state champions on their home field. How good is Laverne? The Tigers bring a 24-game win streak into the first-round showdown. Coach Tim Allen s seniors have a combined record of 45-4 during their prep career at Laverne. The Tigers were a perfect 14-0 in They returned in 2013 and posted 10 more wins to the growing streak. Here is a list of victims beaten this season by the Tigers: 09/06 - Shattuck, /13 - Canton, /20 - Covington-Douglas, /27 - Ringwood, /04 - Medford, /11 - Waukomis, /17 - Garber, /25 Merritt, /01 Seiling, /08 - Pond Creek-Hunter, 40-6 That is what is facing the Allen Mustangs this weekend in Laverne. It s a classic David vs. Goliath showdown on the football field. On the bright side, David scored an upset victory in the Bible story. Mustang fans will be praying for a similar outcome. Nobody gives us a chance, said Coach Deaton. For that reason, we do not have any pressure on us. We need to go play and do our best. If they beat us, we can live with that. But I told our kids that eventually someone has got to beat them. How do we know it s not this weekend? That is why you go play the game. Even with the difficult challenge this week, Coach Deaton is all smiles. We ll be one of only 16 teams in Class B still playing football, he said. I don t want the kids to forget that. We earned the right to be in the playoffs. These (Allen) kids are being rewarded for what they have already accomplished during the season. I could not be more proud of them. Let s go play this game and see what happens. For those who are unable to make the trip to Laverne, the football game will be streamed live on the Internet from Woodward radio station K100.1 FM. See information at the end of the article to learn how you can listen live to the playoff game. As for last week s game, Coach Deaton was not pleased with the performance. Allen struggled in the ground attack in the 50-8 loss. The Mustangs ran the football 32 times and gained only 4 net yards. The only real production came in the passing game where Justin Deaton completed 11 (of 24) throws for 113 yards and one touchdown. We could not get anything going, the Allen coach said. That was very frustrating. Fox countered with 234 yards rushing and 3 scores on 40 carries. The Foxes added 180 yards in the aerial game with a near-perfect 15-of-18 showing for 180 yards and 3 touchdowns. The other FHS touchdown came in specialteams action on a kickoff return. Fox exploded for a 22-0 lead with three touchdowns in the first quarter. The Foxes passed for a 30-yard score, ran in a 54-yard TD, and passed for a 35-yard scoring toss. They added conversion runs on two of the TDs to secure that 22-0 cushion. Allen finally answered late in the first quarter. Colton Browning caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Justin Deaton. Dalton James followed with a successful conversion run to make it Fox blew open the game with three more touchdowns in the second period. A 69- yard kick-off return opened the scoring spree. A 44-yard running play garnered the second tally. The third TD came on an 18-yard pass play. The Foxes connected on 2 of 3 PAT kicks to help built the advantage to 42-8 at intermission. After half-time, Fox added a safety and a touchdown to finish off the scoring. The Foxes recorded the 2-point safety when AHS running back Dalton James was tackled in end zone. The defensive play extended the lead to Fox put up one more TD when Taylor Townsend raced 15 yards for the score later in the third stanza. When the PAT kick failed, Fox settled for the 50-8 lead, which would be the final score. Fox ended up with 18 first downs and 414 yards of offense. Meanwhile, the visitors were limited to season lows in first downs (6) and total offense with 117 yards. Dalton James was the workhorse on offense with 25 carries for 35 yards. However, the rest of the rushing total lost 31 yards on 7 carries which pulled the total down to only 4 yards of rushing. Justin Deaton spread out his 11 completions to four different Mustangs. Dakota Nickell had 5 receptions for 52 yards. Colten Browning added 2 receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown. Thirkiel Wedlow followed with 1 reception for 17 yards. Dalton James rounded out the list with 3 receptions for -1 yards. Allen had two bright spots in special-teams play - both on kick-off returns. Gunner Holder had a return for 25 yards. Colten Browning added a return of 16 yards. On defense, Cody Lively was the leading tackler with 10 stops. Just missing out on double digits were Gunner Holder and Dalton James with 9 tackles each. Colten Browning was active in tackles with 8. Dakota Nickell was next on the team with 7. Coach Deaton is hoping to put last week s game behind the Mustangs. We need to forget about the Fox game, he said. It will be critical to come out this week and play our best football of the season. If we do anything less than that we could be in big trouble in a hurry. --- Fox 50, Allen 8 Allen (8) Fox (50) Fox Frank Davidson, 30 pass (pass failed) 6-0 Fox Taylor Townsend, 54 run (Seth Argo run) 14-0 Fox Seth Argo, 35 pass (Seth Argo run) 22-0 Allen Colton Browning, 35 pass from Justin Deaton (Dalton James run) 22-8 Fox - Trayvon Davidson, 69 kick-off return (Seth Argo kick) 29-8 Fox Frank Davidson, 44 run (kick failed) 35-8 Fox Kamricks Buycks, 18 pass (Taylor Townsend kick) 42-8 Fox safety, Dalton James tackled in end zone, 44-8 Fox Taylor Townsend, 15 run (kick failed) TEAM STATS Situation Allen Fox First Downs 6 18 Rushing Yards Passing; C-A-I Passing Yards Total Offense Fumbles - Lost Penalties - Yards Time of Possession Punts Average 3/25.3 1/ INDIVIDUAL STATS Allen rushing Justin Deaton, 4 carries for -12 yards Dalton James, 25 carries for 35 yards Team carries, 3 carries for -19 yards Team totals: 32 carries for 4 yards --- Allen passing Justin Deaton, for 113 yards, 1 TD --- Allen receiving Dakota Nickell, 5 receptions for 52 yards Colten Browning, 2 receptions for 45 yards, TD Dalton James, 3 receptions for -1 yards Thirkiel Wedlow, 1 reception for 17 yards Team totals: 11 receptions for 11 yards --- SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY Kick-off Returns Gunner Holder, 2 for 25 yards (long: 25) Colten Browning 2 for 20 yards (long: 16) --- DEFENSE Player and total tackles Cody Lively, 10 Gunner Holder, 9 Dalton James, 9 Colten Browning, 8 Dakota Nickell, 7 Ty Brown, 3 Thirkiel Wedlow, 3 Auston Hamilton, 3 Tommy Peay, 2 Justin Deaton, Dakota Nickell wrestles the ball carrier to the ground TO LISTEN TO THE ALLEN-LAVERNE football game streaming live on the Internet Friday evening, please visit the KWFX radio website in Woodward. Click on the listen online tab at the top of the web page. The football game s pre-game show will come on the streaming broadcast shortly after 7 p.m. on KWFX radio at com Senior Cody Lively man-handles an offensive lineman during a recent contest.

THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 11 Stories of the WWII Daredevils on both sides, we lost two more tanks and the Infantry Battalion had lost nearly 200 men.

On the night of December 22nd Jerry sent over a good many transport planes and we feared that they were dropping paratroopers, but it turned out they were dropping ammunition, fuel and rations for

One of the best fighting Infantry Divisions we were attached to was the 82nd Airborne, they worked well with us and our relations continued wherever we were fighting together.

We lost six tanks, ten men were wounded, but no one killed. On December 27th we had accomplished our mission.

11 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 11 Stories of the WWII Daredevils on both sides, we lost two more tanks and the Infantry Battalion had lost nearly 200 men. We had been trying to call in air strikes, but the same old story was given - poor visibility - so the strike was cancelled. On the night of December 22nd Jerry sent over a good many transport planes and we feared that they were dropping paratroopers, but it turned out they were dropping ammunition, fuel and rations for Colonel Von Peiper s German task force, to whom we had given a beating. Some of the fuel and ammo fell in our laps so the German task Force came up a little short. One of the best fighting Infantry Divisions we were attached to was the 82nd Airborne, they worked well with us and our relations continued wherever we were fighting together. During our fighting for Spa, Stoumont and La Gleize, Belgium, we counted over 175 vehicles that had been knocked out during the Battle for the town. We lost six tanks, ten men were wounded, but no one killed. On December 27th we had accomplished our mission. We destroyed Task Force Von Peiper, and by doing this we stopped the threat of a German Penetration to Liege and the encirclement of Spa. During this fighting, Company C was awarded the Presidential Citation for a job well done. Boy, was it getting cold in Belgium. It was still snowing and the temperatures hovered between zero and 10 below, and the snow was about a foot deep and our tanks were having trouble staying on the roadway. Steel tracks on the tanks just couldn t cut the mustard, so we set out to fit all our tanks with rubber tracks. Our maintenance officer had trouble finding the tracks, but somehow he came up with enough to outfit our Battalion. But to find Grousers was a little harder to get, so we set out looking for knocked out tank destroyers, they had thought more about the future. By the first of January we were equipped with Rubber tracks and grousers and we were ready for our next assignment. On January 3rd my Company received 12 new Tanks and we had trouble getting these new tanks back to our staging area. The reason was the cold weather, and the snow just kept falling and each tank was equipped with steel tracks and it took two days to get the tanks to us. Our next mission jumped off with A and B companies attached to the 325th glider Infantry Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division. Company C remained in reserve. Boy, was it noisy on January 4th as the 504th Parachute Infantry had a mission to take the high ground southeast of the village of Mont de Fosse. By doing this it would permit the 82nd Division to dominate all crossings of the Salm river in the vicinity of Grand Halleux. It took until midnight, but they did it. The quality of the enemy forces opposing us was rapidly deteriorating. The German SS troops were busy pulling out by Von Rundstedt, and less important people were being put in and by this time the German air attacks had practically stopped. Our next mission came on January 7th south of the town of Arbrefontaine. My company was given the job of supporting the 508th Parachute Infantry when my Platoon joined the Third Battalion of the 508th during the attack. My tank crew destroyed an A.T. Gun (antitank gun) after a severe fight. The objective, Their du Mont, was taken, and we set up defensive positions. The next operation for us was on a line extending from the town of Malmedy, south to St. Vith, and we were to drive to the northeast, pierce the Siegfried Line, and hold the position until relieved. Word came down that the Germans were beginning a counter attack north along the line on the road that was leading from Herresback. With our tanks and the continued force of the 82nd, we caught the German column by surprise, we opened fire with all guns and within a few minutes, we killed 65 Germans and captured 201, and no Americans were scratched in this battle. We were still fighting the weather as well as the Germans, with snow and sleet about three to four feet deep. We ran into some small German fighting units, but the fight in the German soldiers was almost gone and they had orders to use all of their ammo and then give up if they didn t get killed in the process. We moved through the small towns in Belgium and we got our orders that we were to drive to the Siegfried Line before the spring thaw. On January 31st the temperature rose several degrees. This meant double trouble for our tanks. It would mean that we were again road-bound if we could get out of that forest to a point where there were available roads. By nightfall the snow had stopped and all of a sudden the snow had changed to knee deep slush. By the time we were getting used to moving our tanks on the frozen snow, we had to learn to drive our tanks in the mud. This was the way that we learned to drive those Sherman tanks back in Kentucky. Once the thaw had set in, from our map study of the defense of Udenbreth and Neuhof, there appeared to be one road leading from the main highway near the railroad to the gate through the Siegfried Line. Had the ground remained frozen we could have fanned out on a front of about 3000 yards, but now we had to attack in a column down the road and we knew that the losses were going to be heavy, both vehicles and men. The Battle of the Ardennes was declared by Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces which commenced on the 16th of December 1944 and ended, for the purpose of the record, on the 28th of January It was officially declared a campaign and the participants were entitled to a Bronze Battle star. While I was doing battle with the 740th Tank Battalion in Belgium, my brother, Overton, was also fighting the Germans in and around Bastone with the 101st Airborne Division. Lady Luck ran out on him while his patrol was moving into position, and he was hit by a German sniper under his left shoulder while he was falling to get into position to fire his rifle and he had to have medical attention. The action was in the area where Bastone was encircled. That is where a German General wanted the 101st to surrender, but General Anthony McAuliffe, at the Bastone Garrison, responded to his request by simply NUTS and they stayed and fought until help came and the German attack was repulsed and all of the injured were evacuated and my brother was sent back to the States. On February 1st my Company was committed with the Third Battalion of the 325th Glider Infantry of the 82nd Airborne. My platoon led the attack and we moved in to Udenbreth, we shot up the town for 30 minutes, and during the battle a good combat friend of mine, Corporal Jack Ashley, was killed when a German 88-mm round struck his tank. In that attack, our battalion was badly battered and we hoped that we would have a few days to reorganize and draw more tanks. We were told to spend the 6th of February on maintenance and that night and until noon the next day, no sleep, and regardless of how tired we were we always serviced our tanks before we went to bed. The reason for this was, if the tanks ran and our guns would fire we felt like that was our protection and maybe they could save our lives. Our Battalion maintenance platoon rounded up several fairly good tanks while this last battle was going on, we were trying to scrape enough crews to replace the ones that we lost. While we were getting a break from the fighting, a messenger ran into our headquarters and delivered a message that our Tank Battalion had been transferred to the VII Corp and attached to the Eight Infantry division. Immediately and we were to move to the vicinity of Gressenich. This was to be a secret move and all markings on our tanks were to be removed and covered up and we were not to reveal our Battalion s name to anyone. Once more any thought of rest flew out the window, and we were saying good bye to the 82nd airborne Division in hopes that we might fight with each other again. Gen- continued Page 14 This World War II era tank is just one of many set throughout Belgium as reminders of the valiant Americans who fought for their freedom. It brought back many memories for Mr. Bradley. Our WWII vets remain heroes to the Belgium citizens with many monuments and sites dedicated to their sacrifices. Above, a young Belgium boy gets autographs from the Daredevils. Pictured left is Dick Clark, shown right is Harold Bradley. Maria Bosch, who was a young girl in Belgium in 1944 when the battalion stayed in the area, shared a moment with Dick Clark (left) and Harold Bradley. During a trip back to Belgium the men of the Daredevil unit met with the mayor of Aubin- Neufchatuea. Pictured left to right, veterans Dick Clark, Larkin Dilbeck (seated), the Mayor, and Harold Bradley.

THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 12 Calvin FFA members for 2013-14 are pictured above. Seated are T.

Standing are Principal Tricia Marlow, Patricia Spray, Brooke Schumacher, Rebecca Kiogima, Blake Fulton and

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They went into the locker room trailing 16-9.

Calvin held Caney to only five points in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime tied at 30.

Robert Attkisson led Calvin in scoring with 12 points, followed by Blake Fulton with 10.

Rounding out the scoring was Michael Lacey with 4. Friday night the Bulldogs fell to Vanoss 65-34.

In the third quarter Calvin made a comeback and cut the lead to 44-22.

Robert Attkisson led Calvin with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Lacey and Blake Fulton each had 5.

Justin Holman rounded out the scoring with a free throw.

night. In their past two games Calvin fell to Caney 52-29 and lost to Vanoss Friday night 70-40.

12 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 12 Calvin FFA members for are pictured above. Seated are T.J. Fugitt, Sarah Jennings and Emily Carter. Standing are Principal Tricia Marlow, Patricia Spray, Brooke Schumacher, Rebecca Kiogima, Blake Fulton and Kaden Turpin. Calvin Bulldog Basketball Update Calvin dropped a heartbreaker to Caney in overtime. The game was ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER A.M. ATWOOD, OK 3 Homes Lots Antique Furniture Elwin & Erma Thompson tied at 9 after the first quarter. In the second period Calvin was ice cold and did not score a point. They went into the locker room trailing In the third period the Bulldogs roared back and cut the lead to Calvin held Caney to only five points in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime tied at 30. The overtime period was all Caney as they outscored the locals 8-2. Robert Attkisson led Calvin in scoring with 12 points, followed by Blake Fulton with 10. Teddie Yonker scored six points and also hauled down a game high 10 rebounds. Rounding out the scoring was Michael Lacey with 4. Friday night the Bulldogs fell to Vanoss They couldn t get their offense going in the first period. Vanoss increased their lead to 33-6 at half. In the third quarter Calvin made a comeback and cut the lead to The fourth period was all Vanoss as they rolled up 21 more points to the Bulldogs 12. Robert Attkisson led Calvin with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Lacey and Blake Fulton each had 5. Teddie Yonker and Kaden Turpin added three apiece as did Wesley Bain. Justin Holman rounded out the scoring with a free throw. LADY BULLDOGS The Calvin Lady Bulldogs will be looking for their first win at their homecoming game Friday night. In their past two games Calvin fell to Caney and lost to Vanoss Friday night Lindsay Carter led Calvin in scoring with 11 in the Caney game followed by Emily Carter with eight. McKenzie Blaylock added six. Rounding out the scoring was Sara Jennings and Amber Harden with 2 apiece. Ashley Gillean led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring against Vanoss pouring in 14 points. Emily Carter added 12. Other scoring for Calvin were Lindsay Carter 6 and Sarah Jennings 4 and Brooke Shumacher and Amber with two points each. Friday night Calvin will face Wanette in their homecoming games. Homecoming will begin at 6:00 p.m. ATM Machine Lottery Station 24 Hour Gas Pumps Drive-thru window Hot Deli Counter Allen Quick Pic Hwy 1 Allen (580) The Lady Bulldogs will be looking for a win this Friday as they host Wanette. Homecoming will be held pregame at 6:00 p.m.

Second Suspect Surrenders in Cattle Theft Case Suspected cattle thief Larry Gene (Snag) Smith, Jr. (48) surrendered to the Pontotoc County Sherriff s office in Ada Tuesday, November 12 th.

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Smith and an accomplice, David Wallace of Atwood, are charged with the theft of 99 head of cattle belonging to Jet McCoy. The theft was discovered the first week of October in Allen.

pursue charges. Smith s attorney said he turned himself in because he was tired of running. He didn t do it sooner because he had to put some things in order before he was incarcerated.

13 Second Suspect Surrenders in Cattle Theft Case Suspected cattle thief Larry Gene (Snag) Smith, Jr. (48) surrendered to the Pontotoc County Sherriff s office in Ada Tuesday, November 12 th. Smith appeared with his lawyer to turn himself in at the Pontotoc County Justice Center around noon. He then appeared before Judge Steven Kessinger by video and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. He is being held on 500,000 bond. Smith is due Is Your Broker Giving You the Cold Shoulder? At Edward Jones, the level of service you receive depends on your personal needs and preferences, not on the size of your investment portfolio. If you d like to experience exceptional personal service, consider Edward Jones. We offer solutions for all your financial needs. Get to know us. Call today to schedule a free portfolio review. Peggy L Allen Financial Advisor. 112 North Broadway Holdenville, OK Member SIPC back in court on December 19 th. Smith and an accomplice, David Wallace of Atwood, are charged with the theft of 99 head of cattle belonging to Jet McCoy. The theft was discovered the first week of October in Allen. Special Agents with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry began searching for Smith on October 31 st and agents have worked with the Pontotoc County District Attorney s Office to pursue charges. Smith s attorney said he turned himself in because he was tired of running. He didn t do it sooner because he had to put some things in order before he was incarcerated. Smith also said he no place to go. Jerry Flowers, chief agent of the law enforcement division for ODAFF, said, Nobody would have anything to do with him because harboring a fugitive in this state (carries) Atwood FBC November has officially arrived now that the season s first Arctic front has swooped in. It may have something to do with Santa looking at his calendar and suddenly realizing that Thanksgiving and Christmas is right around the corner. Oh well, a bowl of good hot soup on a cold, rainy day is not a blessing to dismiss lightly. Neither is snuggling into a favorite chair later on that evening with an afghan and a good book. Joyce Searcy sang Wilt Thou Be Made Whole? as the special music selection this Sunday. She was pinchhitting for James Hammonds, but you would have thought she had been practicing all week. Rev. Karch s message was from the 17 th chapter of I Samuel and was titled How Can We Find Victories in Life? Most of us have been familiar with the story of David and Goliath since we were children. It is probably on everyone s list of favorite Bible Stories, and it has taught us much about facing challenges. In today s sermon we see that when David arrived on the scene he saw that the battle was between God and the Philistines, not just a contest between Goliath and some unlucky soldier in Israel s Army. David s response to the situation provides a blueprint that shows us how to serve God and live life victoriously. First, have no fear. David stepped up to do what needed done. Second, have confidence. David had faith. God had helped him protect his sheep from a lion and a bear, he reasoned. God would help him in this situation, too. Believe firmly that you can do what you need to do. Don t entertain thoughts of defeat at all. Third, be prepared. David had a plan, a sling shot, and 5 stones. You can prepare for the challenges you meet each day by praying for God s guidance and reading your Bible. In the story Goliath laughs at David and launches into a long speech designed to completely undermine him. David responds with courage, confidence, and poise. He simply looks Goliath in the eye and states that God will be delivering him into his hands that very day. End of statement. [No brag, just fact.] Fourth, know that God is on your side. If you are trying to do God s will, He is on your side, and who can stand against both you and God? Back to the story, though. David whirls the stone that flies straight to Goliath s forehead. Goliath falls, and David cuts off the giant s head. His victory is complete. This restores the Israeli soldiers confidence, and they destroy Goliath s brothers and defeat the rest of the Philistine Army. Several thousand years later, David s victory plan and the words in Philippians 4:13 still help us win victories over the challenges we face. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Without Christ everything is hard. With Christ we can win victory after victory as we serve God by defeating whichever giant we re facing today. a stiff penalty, and that s what we ve been telling folks. If anyone harbored him, they were going to wind up getting in trouble right along with him, and it just wasn t worth that. According to the report filed in October by Jet McCoy, who is the caretaker of the cattle owned by Randy Heflin, 99 of the 179 steers, weighing between 500 and 700 pounds and pastured on leased land near Allen, had gone missing. Agents invested the theft and discovered at least 43 of the steers were sold through the Atoka Livestock Auction. ODAFF Agent Ricky Rushing wrote in his affidavit that David Wallace had previously worked for the owner of the land but was fired in September. Under Miranda, Smith confessed that he did steal steers from Heflin/McCoy Ranch and was accompanied by Wallace, Rushing wrote. Smith explained how it was Wallace s idea since Wallace had worked on the ranch and had a key to the gate. About two or three months ago, Wallace called Smith asking him to haul some calves for him. 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14 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 14 Stories of the WWII Daredevils eral Gavin, Commander of and hoped to repel any counterattack Jerry might dream up. post was located. Ormeshiem Heart from this action. Emsheim, where our command again. I received the Purple with my tank and Lt. Tompkins tank loaded with Infantry the 82nd, presented a letter of appreciation for our splendid We arrived in the town just and Ommersheim is where my We were told that there was troops on the back of our tanks, performance while we were in time to come under heavy company had settled in for the only one bridge still operational across the Rhine River. we headed for a little town of attached to his division during the attack to pinch off the broke on the morning of March A part of B Company crossed As I told you earlier in my enemy artillery fire. As dawn time being. Zeetze and we took the village without resistance. We moved Ardennes, salient, destroying 3rd, we were ready to attack the Siegfried Line and this Army life, we were a Special about 500 yards further and the 62nd Volka Grenadier Division. Following that, we had the last strong point before enabled us to bring fire on one time while in training and the town of Frechen that was advanced our front line and Tank Battalion. We used it only met very heavy resistance. Lt. Tompkins tanks were knocked advanced into Germany to the the drive to Cologne. Things two larger pillboxes. Enemy that was a demonstration for out. One of his crew was killed, east, penetrating the Siegfried were generally brighter all up artillery and mortar fire was a General while we were at the rest of the crew scrambled Line and seizing the key defenses at Undenbreth. see the tower of the Cathedral area. We used a lot of Smoke never got to use it our selves, and down the line. We could extremely heavy through this Bouse, Arizona, well we still for cover. The battle lasted about one hour and half. After On February 8th we moved to in Cologne, and we knew that Screen to protect our tanks because the terrain had to be Lt. Tompkins tank knocked Schlich, Germany, a small village about a mile from Duren, reached. We had rough going company was able to move to effective and the battle fields our objective was just about as we made our advance. My level and smooth for it to be out, I pulled my tank around his and ordered my crew to Germany. It would be indeed all across the Rhine Valley and Ommersheim. over there was no place to use start firing everything we had difficult to anyone to describe we wanted to get the job done On the 20th of March we it. I believe it was used one to protect the rest of us. the area around Duren. Nearly and close up along the Rhine made an attack of the higher time by another tank Battalion That day we were in a wooded area and I was concerned every building in most of the River as soon as possible, ground. By this time two holes on the Rhine River to protect town had either been smashed and we hoped that once this had been cut through the Siegfried Line the day before, one up with mines. the bridge from getting blown- about using my 75 that some flat by bombs or was shot up happened we would get a few of the shells would explode by Artillery. The surrounding days rest. of these holes north of Ensheim In our push to the Rhine our and injure some of the other fields had been churned by Somehow or other the 9th on the Ensheim-St. Ingbert Battalion was the tank battalion due to spearhead across men on the ground. A few days artillery and mortar fire and of March seemed like Sunday. road. The other was north of before this, my radio operator there was hardly a square foot There had been no rest for anyone since we had jumped off sheim---ober-wurzbach road. the needed rest and we were Omnersheim on the Ommer- the Bridge, but we finally got had asked if I could get him a of ground that had not been 30-caliber machine gun and hit. The usual dead horses and from Duren on February 23rd. This would allow us to go pulled back and let some one have it mounted on top of the cows dotted the countryside. We had been going day and through in two columns and else do the crossing. The battle tank. We did and boy it came Many of them had been killed night and we were all bordering on exhaustion, but the rest high ground possible. and in many ways it was a would make the capture of the for the Rhur Pocket was over in handy. The other machine by artillery or mortar fire, some guns jammed and it was up had stepped on mines, most of and time to try to get our tanks Over at Ommersheim, where steeplechase. From our standpoint it was a hundred miles of to him to keep the Germans the horses remained hitched to in shape for another run at the my company had been operating, the Infantry took their spearheading and a grueling, pinned down so we could get the wagon or other machines Germans all came to a quick everyone back safe and sound, they were pulling when hit. stop when we received orders objectives without receiving a exhausting battle. We had lost and he did. As it turned out, They were bloated and smelled that we were being temporarily shot for some reason - no one as many tanks here as we lost we only lost one man and no to the high heavens. attached to the Seventh United had remained to do any shooting - the enemy had gone. Com- After we crossed the Rhine in the battle of the Ardennes. other was wounded. This was While we waited for our next States Army for operations the same soldier that cost me a assignment, we were near a in the vicinity of Morhange, pany C and its tanks returned to River the fighting began to birthday party while we were railway station so we decided France, no later than the 15th Ommersheim and were alerted taper off and most of us could still at Fort Knox, KY. For our that we would cut some railroad of March. for possible move. feel like the war was nearing action, he and I were awarded tracks in about two foot pieces This job that we were to do On the morning of the 28th of the end, but there were a few the Silver Star, the third highest and spot weld to our tanks for for the Seventh Army involved March we received orders from hot pockets that popped up Medal the Military presents for extra protection in hopes that breaching the Siegfried Line the 12th Army Group, ordering us to return at once to the to keep our guard up and be now and then, and we still had heroism. People call us heroes, the German AT guns wouldn t for the second time. The only well at that time I guess we penetrate our armor. thing that we knew for sure First United States Army and ready to defend the areas that were, but when things happen The crossing of the Roer River was postponed for 24 hours was that we were to be there were at the time attempting to On April 18th the 13th Infan- about temporary assignment the 8th Infantry Division who we had captured. that fast you do what you can do to survive and save as many due to heavy rains that flooded no later than the 15th of March. capture the town of Siegen on try Regiment in which we were of your buddies as possible. the entire Rhineland and also After a meeting at First Army the southern edge of the Ruhr attached to had been ordered After all this fighting and because the Germans were Headquarters it was decided Pocket. We were not too eager to assume the responsibility moving from one end of the still in control of the large dam that our tanks would be loaded to go back - fighting was not for the Province of Dusselforf, Germany and our main combat zone to the other, German prisoners started giving and they could open the flood on flat cars at Aachen, Germany and the crew member March the 31st we loaded our job here at Dusselforf was to so rough down here. Well, on gates, flood the river and wash up and began to march forward out any bridge that we could would ride in the boxcars tanks on the flatcars again and establish law and order and to us, and the roads became so make, and if we got anyone which would be placed ahead headed back North, and April gather up prisoners of war as jammed packed we couldn t across the river we would be of the flatcars and all the other 1st we were due to unload our well as enemy weapons and get our vehicles down the road. cut off from the rest of the Division without a paddle. While over land. The overall distance our destination was changed April my company moved to wheeled vehicles would march tanks at Aachen, Germany but ammo. Then on the 19th of Pvt. T. J. Woodress, the soldier who was my radio operator waiting, we got surprised again from where we were to our new and we unloaded at Odendrof. where the POWs continued the city of Cologne, Germany and loader of the 75-MM gun on the evening of the 11th that location was about 350 miles. that saved our lives on May the attack had been postponed Our Battalion arrived at By this time we were near the to give up and also many displaced persons. There were 58 1, went out one day and came indefinitely. On this day we Morhange, France on the 15th Rhine River before we got orders that we were being moved displaced camps in the area, back with a company of German soldiers and they all still had some replacements sent up of March. We were attached to to us, but these men were not the 70th Infantry Division, and to Southern France. We had which held from 10,000 down had their weapons, so he had combat ready troops and our plans were made for us to support the Division s proposed the Ruhr River and during this of April we received orders that been going day and night from to 500 or so. Then on the 25th them come to attention and only hope was that we could open their lines and he took teach them something about attack through the Siegfried time we had received several we would be moving from our a sack and had them put their combat. The training of the Line to capture Saarbruken. replacement troops, and my present location and we would weapons in the sack. Then he new troops would have to wait But before any fighting could tank was no exception. I had be assigned to the second British Army for operations. This sent them on their way to a for now, and all of them would start, we were detached from received a gunner on the tank POW camp. have to learn on the job so to the 70th and attached to the with no experience. involved about 350 miles. So on May 8th the day that speak, so the men were assigned to the tanks that needed up at Auersmacher, Germany, the Germans and they were on Bohlenn, Germany, our Bat- 68th Division who was set One day we were chasing After the overland march to we had been looking forward to ever since we arrived here to make a full crew. some 20 miles south of our the run all through the Rhine talion was again attached to our had come to an end. During On the 23rd of February the present location, but about 40 Valley, and as we approached favorite fighting machine, the our battles through Belgium, attack started to cross the Roer miles away by the road. a small Village a horse drawn 82nd Airborne Division. The France and Germany we had a River, and it sounded like the On the second day after we vehicle came up from a side way things started out was the large number of vehicles, guns world had suddenly begun to arrived at our new assignment, road and he turned away from 82nd was to forge a crossing of and equipment destroyed or explode. It stopped about one we moved to Aursmacher us. I told my gunner to fire his the Elbe River at Bleckede and captured. We destroyed a total hour later and during the 24th and we found out that our job 30-caliber machine gun at him. another one five miles south to of 69 tanks, 178 other enemy most of the elements of the attacking force had crossed the the Siegfried Line defenses 75-mm gun and the 30-caliber bridgehead, this permitted us was to drive a hole through What you don t know is the Barskamp. Having secured the weapons, 550 miscellaneous vehicles, 246 airplanes and 77 river and the town was cleared through which the 6th Armored gun switches set side by side to attack toward Schwerin and miscellaneous items, such as by nightfall and we left the Division could pass through and operated by the gunners veer to the left and go to the Pillboxes, machine gun nests, town of Duren behind. It was and exploit a breakthrough. left foot, and the inexperienced Baltic sea at Wismar. Things river barges. Machine gun positions on the Siegfried Lines said that before the war the The Siegfried Line at this point gunner stepped on the wrong were moving real fast and it town of Duren had 14 residents consisted of large dragons teeth switch. He got a direct hit and looked more and more that were not counted. of Duren who were worth a in front of which anti-tank he blew that horse and man sky we could see a light at the end While we were overseas million dollars each, but you ditches had been dug, roads high and in the process I was of the tunnel and the war was and doing battle against the could not tell by the look of the going through the line had been wounded, nothing too serious, about to come to an end. Germans, our tank Battalion city - not one building escaped blasted forming huge craters, but had to have medical attention. I pulled my tank over to to a close, we had moved a As the month of April came was what many considered a the fire power of our troops. and standing guard over these separate tank Battalion. We One exception, the large Cathedral, was left standing. of enormous concrete bunkers to wait for the medical team. fought under three armies, the road passages were several pair the side of the road and got out total of 760 miles and had were never attached to any division very long at any one The attack across the Roer with walls five to six feet thick, While waiting, five German First and Ninth U.S. Armies time, when the call came out River was costly to Company some equipped with 75 MM SS troops came out of a bunker with their hands over their May 1st we started our final and the 2nd British Army. On that a division needed armored C; we lost three tanks, three high velocity Anti-Tank guns. support we were ready to go. men were killed, and eight Our job was to pulverize these head and surrendered. They assault against the Germans All in all during the time in other men were wounded. The and some 30 or 40 other pill had all the fighting they wanted and in most cases resistances Europe, our Tank Battalion Company moved into the town boxes that formed the defense and I was sure glad they did. I were with a little artillery fire was attached to 24 different divisions, Armies, Army Groups of Modrath and on March 2nd of the Siegfried Line. Jerry received my medical attention and a little small arms was also we set up defensive position, had perfect observation on and we were back on the road met. On that same afternoon and Corps while fighting for

15 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 15 Stories of the WWII Daredevils the freedom we enjoy today. If I had to pick only one group that we fought with, I would have to go with the 82nd Airborne Division. On the 27th of May, the Battalion was sent back to Schwerin, Germany where a memorial service was held for all the tankers who had fallen in battle. During the battles we were in we had 40 soldiers killed in action and many more wounded, some serious enough to them they were sent to the states, while others like myself stayed to fight another day. A few days later we held a formal parade in the ETO where General Moore of the 8th Infantry division presented Distinguished Unit Badges to the members of Company C. I was a Tank Commander of a tank crew and several other men who were attached to C Company when we stopped Von Rundstedt s drive in the Ardennes. I believe that every man deserved a medal for valor for his part in the defeat of Germany. There are innumerable deeds of heroism that were not recognized. Orders were flying around about what units would move and what units would stay where they were. We had hoped to stay at Schwerin, but we knew that we would be moving somewhere else, because according to the occupational zones being drawn up the Russians would be moving into Schwerin for army occupation. Our future was very vague; we didn t know whether we were going to be shipped immediately to the Pacific War or whether we would remain in the ETO as an Army of Occupation force. We soon learned that we were to become an Army of occupation and we were ordered to move to Witzenhausen, which was a nice size City about 30 miles East of Kassel and the border of the U.S. occupation zone. We had an education program as well as athletic and special service programs set up for most of us to take part in, we had a chance to play some baseball and several other games while serving as the occupational forces. When the month of August rolled around, we saw the beginning of the point system for discharge. If we had so many points we could get a trip to the states and be promoted to civilian status. So I was one of those who had enough points to be able to start packing for a trip home. If I remember correctly 12 points were given for each child under 18 years of age, not to exceed three. One point was given for each month of service since Sept One additional point was given for each month service overseas. Then we were given five points for each battle star and for each combat decoration, and when I added them all up I had a total of 85 points. I wrote the folks back home and told them it won t be long now. When V-J Day was announced on the 2nd of September 1945, we again encountered the same anti climatic condition that had confronted us on V-E Day. For some reason, we couldn t get into the spirit of celebration, we just went on about our business, but we did breathe a sigh of relief and a great weight had been lifted from our shoulders. We knew that World War II was over. No soldier likes to fight a war. Soldiers stop wars; they do not start them. Victory in Europe came as an anti-climax to us. There was no hilarious celebration as at home. For one thing, we were too busy gathering up prisoners. Then, too the war had really been over several days as far as we were concerned, and the radio announcement was not news in any sense of the word. We knew there would be an announcement, but we wondered when it would take place. Rather than celebrate, we felt more the way a builder would feel after having completed a house - this job is finished, now let s get to the next one. We did have some cognac and wine which had been donated to us through the courtesy of the German Post Exchange Service, but we drank most of that on the nights of the 2nd and 3rd of May, and had very little left for the official 8th of May. For most part, V-E Day on the banks of Schwerin Sea passed about the same as the others. We tuned in on the BBC to hear Prime Minister Winston Churchill tell England that the war in Germany has ended with their unconditional surrender. Across the lake the Russians put on a good fireworks display by shooting up all their flares, but this had been going on for several days and as we found later, continued for a good many more. Just to the north of us the Seaforth Highlanders got rid of their remaining flares, and not to be outdone, some members of our battalion threw a few handgrenades, for we had no flares to begin with. There was an unexplainable detached feeling in the Battalion about the German surrender. The folks at home and the people in England had heard and read of the victory but we had actually seen the complete disintegration of the enemy before our very eyes. It hadn t come overnight. It had been a gradual process, more and more discernible as time went on. We had not only witnessed this breakdown, but had considered ourselves instrumental in accomplishment of it. If an impartial observer looked at the Germans and the U.S, soldier on the 2nd of May, he might have had quite a bit of trouble in telling who looked worst. About the only difference was that we still had the guns in our hands when the shooting stopped. As a matter of fact, we probably appeared to be more on the verge of collapse from sheer fatigue than the Germans, for we had been driving forward day and night, and they, for the most part, had been sitting at home eating, drinking and sleeping. My darkest moment during my tour of duty in Europe was in the early part of the battle of the Bulge when we had been fighting for seven days. We had never seen any fighting until that time, but it doesn t take long for a man to learn what is meant by the word scare. We were drawn back after the seven days were up, but not to rest, just to get ready to draw some more tanks. After we had drawn our tanks, orders came down for us to attack. Well, we knew a little of what was going on. We were to jump off at 0600 hours the next morning. I was tank commander and it was my first time at it in combat. I didn t know what my reaction would be. The time came and we were on our way. The ground was covered with snow and it had frozen. All our tanks could do was slip and slide all over the road, but nevertheless we had our objective to take before night. As we moved along we picked up our Infantry. We had our plans worked out for the way to attack, but things didn t work out so well. We had a little bad luck - one of our tanks hit a mine and was disabled, so it couldn t go any further. So now we had to go on with our other four tanks. We advanced a half mile when a tank destroyer came up from the side road and pulled out in front of our lead tank and Jerry had that spot zeroed in and it exploded, trapping the rest of our tanks and we could not go forward, so we started to back our tanks up. And when that happened, Jerry started to throw some rounds at our tank in the rear and he would had have the rest of the tanks trapped, but we kept moving back. The gunner of the 88 must have been off, because he started firing at my tank. My tank was the third one back. He started throwing them at me. I could look over the side of the tank and see those 88s plowing up the dirt along side of my tank. I counted seven or eight of them and each time every one seemed like it was getting closer. One did get so close that it covered me up with dirt in the turret of my tank. I didn t know that a tank could move so fast in reverse but I finally got my tank under cover. We were lucky that day and we lost only one tank and the TD. All I can say is that, My Lord must have been riding with me. From the day that the Japanese surrendered it was a long time before I finally got my orders that I was going home. It was nearing Thanksgiving 1945, and it was beginning to look like I would spend another Christmas in Europe, but things began to move a little faster and I soon was on my way to France where I boarded a troopship and I spent Thanksgiving day on the high sea. I got so sick I couldn t enjoy my Thanksgiving dinner, but after a couple of days out at sea I began to feel better knowing that I would soon be back in the good old United States. After seven days and nights at sea, battling a strong storm, we arrived in New York safe and sound with my feet planted on the ground. Debarking at New York, I was taken to Camp Kilmer, N.J., where I began processing out of the Army life back to Civilian life. The Army personnel, whose duty was to try and sell you the life in the Army, promised me a commission to 2nd Lieutenant if I would re-enlist. I told them that I had enough of the Army life and I would love for them to get on with the processing and make me a civilian as soon as possible. While I was waiting for my orders to be processed I had a few hours leave. I went into New York City and it was here that I saw my first television, and boy was it small, but we all know now that it was only being tested and it wouldn t be long until that little picture would be gaining in size. My processing was completed on the seventh of December 1945 and I arrived at the separation center at Camp Chaffee, Ark, on December 8th. At the Separation Center I received my honorable Discharge and received my mustering out pay which amounted to only 300 total, but I only received 100 at that time and was told that the rest of my money would be mailed at a later date. I also received for travel pay and that was supposed to buy my bus ticket to Pauls Valley, OK. They had it all figured out and that travel pay got me home on December 10th. I was on a bus heading for Pauls Valley, arriving there around midnight. I took a Taxi to 129 N. Chestnut Street, where my wife was expecting me. For the first time in almost three years I was a civilian and looking forward to spending some quality time with my wife and families. And having a Merry Christmas. While I was off serving our Country, Kathleen was working and living with her mother and dad, Floy and Earl Cobble. Kathleen was trying to save all the money she could so we would have a little start when I got home. Also she was keeping a scrapbook of all things that was going on. The following are some of the articles that she kept for me. This one here came from President Harry Truman, who became President after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Harold G. Bradley you answered the call for your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the Enemy. I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation, as one of the nation s finest, you undertook the most severe task one can be called upon to perform, because you demonstrated the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task, we now look to you for leadership and example in further exalting our Country in peace. Kathleen received a letter from Major General Bryant E. Moore, commander of the 8th Infantry Division. The letter stated that On the 29th of May 1945, I have just awarded the Silver Star Medal to your husband, Sergeant Harold G. Bradley. This award was made by virtue of Gallantry in action. Permit me to share with you the pride, gratification that this award must bring you, and to congratulate you on your contribution through your husband to the success of our Military Operations. The General orders from the Headquarters of the 8th Infantry Division, states, By order of the President of the United States, the Silver Star is awarded to Sergeant Harold G. Bradley of the Armored Forces, Company C, 740th Tank Battalion for gallantry in action on May 1, 1945 in the vicinity of Zeetze, Germany, when the platoon leader s tank was put out of action by Enemy fire, Sgt. Bradley immediately led his tank into the lead position and directed the fire of the entire platoon, thus preventing it from being encircled. Through his leadership and sound judgment, the enemy counter-attack was repulsed and the supporting infantrymen were given covering fire while they maneuvered to other positions. I believe that every man in our Battalion could be called heroes, but there were 40 men that didn t live to be called a hero, but nevertheless, they died in combat that those of us that did make it through the war could enjoy the freedom that we take for granted today. After returning to the United States and receiving my discharge from the Army, I would have loved to have had more time to take life easy, but that would have to come later, because I had to start looking for a job and that was my top priority, it was time for me to get back to work as a civilian. The first place I checked for work was my former employer, G. F. Wacker Stores. They told me when I was drafted that they would make room for me if I wanted to go back to work for them. After my visit with the boss he offered me a position in the retail store in Pauls Valley, and I started to work in the store after the first of January My wife was already working there. Working at a 5 and 10 cent store was quite a change from the jobs I had just finished. My time in the Pauls Valley Store was short lived Another store needed someone to manage a small store in Monahans, TX and they wanted to know if I would be interested in making the move to West Texas. I jumped at the chance. Before we could make the move, we had to buy a car. We shopped in Pauls Valley but couldn t find anything. Kathleen s mother and dad took us to Oklahoma City and we found what we could afford, a 1939 model four door Ford. That was our first car. On our way home I noticed the car was burning oil and at one point we didn t know if we were going to make it to Pauls Valley. On Monday, Kathleen s dad took the car to a friend and he pulled a ring job and had it ready to go in a couple of days, and by the weekend we were packing what we could carry with us and we headed out for West Texas where the sand storms were a way of life out there. A day after we arrived in Monahans, I met with Joe Vandiver, who was the manager of both stores. He filled me in on the position and what he wanted me to do. I hit the work force running and Kathleen was working along my side. I also had two other sales persons. One of the largest jobs we had to do was go through the store and all merchandise that was made in Japan we had to pack up all the items and take them out of circulation, due to the war with Japan. Our first child was born in February, 1948, a son. That year, Kathleen s dad passed away and we moved back to Pauls Valley where I went to work for the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat and 37 years later, I retired in Our son, Phillip, enlisted in the Air Force in 1966 after graduation from High School, and spent four years serving his country. After leaving the Air Force and starting his family, Phillip fell from a cable television tower to his death in In 1997 health problems in my family made it hard for us to live in Pauls Valley, we moved to League City, TX. to be near our daughter

16 THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 16 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. JD In the Matter of HEATHER A. NAYLOR, DOB: 12/26/06; ZOEY NAYLOR, DOB: 9/21/2008; RONNIE NAYLOR, DOB: 5/23/2010; Alleged Deprived Child as Defined by the Laws of the State of Oklahoma Summons and Notice THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF PONTOTOC TO: Mother: Brandi Herrera Address Unknown You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS has been filed in the above styled and numbered case, alleging that the above named child has been adjudicated deprived, and that the State alleges your rights parental rights may be terminated under Title 10A under the Oklahoma statutes. The attached Petition is hereby made a part of the Notice and incorporated by reference. That this matter will be heard at a hearing upon the Motion on the 6 th day of January, 2014 at 1:30 pm in the District Court for Pontotoc County, located at 120 W. 13 th St., Ada, Oklahoma, before Judge Martha Kilgore at which time and place you may appear and show cause, if any you have, why order and judgment in the proceedings should not be entered as in the Motion prayed, and you are hereby summoned and notified to be present at said time and place. You are advised that the respondent parents, guardian or custodian, and respondent child are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of the proceedings and if the parties are unable because of lack of present financial resources to obtain an attorney, they are entitled, upon demonstrating this fact to the Court s satisfaction, to a Court-appointed attorney at no expense to such parties. Failure to personally appear at this Hearing constitutes consent to the termination of your parental rights to this child or these children. If you fail to appear on the date and time specified, you may lose all legal rights as a parent to the child or children named in the Petition or Motion attached to this Notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 day of November, Karen Dunnigan Court Clerk By: s) G. Pingleton Deputy (SEAL) (Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 2013) LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. CV TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, OKLAHOMA, A Non-Profit Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, also known as BETHEL PRIMI- TIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, if in existence, and if dissolved, its unknown members and successors; WALNUT VALLEY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH of Blanchard, Oklahoma, and its unknown members and successors; PAT LEDFORD, MATTIE LEDFORD, W.M. LEDFORD, and LILLIE LOMAN, if living, and if deceased, their unknown successors; and THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION; and The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, and Assigns, and the Unknown Successors of MARY RACHEL MOLLIE DAGGS, SARAH ELIZABETH SWEENEY, OPAL LEOTA BARRINGER, JAMES W. DAGGS, BATY DAGGS, DAISY L. SANSEVERINO, ELIZABETH KING, and CATHERINE DAGGS, all Deceased; and ZELDA R. SANSEVERINO; Defendants. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, also known as BETHEL PRIMI- TIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, if in existence, and if dissolved, its unknown members and successors; WALNUT VALLEY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH of Blanchard, Oklahoma, and its unknown members and successors; PAT LEDFORD, MATTIE LEDFORD, W.M. LEDFORD, and LILLIE LOMAN, if living, and if deceased, their unknown successors; The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, and Assigns, and the Unknown Successors of MARY RACHEL MOLLIE DAGGS, SARAH ELIZABETH SWEENEY, OPAL LEOTA BARRINGER, JAMES W. DAGGS, BATY DAGGS, DAISY L. SANSEVERINO, ELIZABETH KING, and CATHERINE DAGGS, all Deceased. TAKE NOTICE that you and each of you, have been sued by the above named Plaintiff in the above entitled action in the District Court of Pontotoc County, State of Oklahoma, and that you must answer the Petition filed by Plaintiff in said cause on or before the 27 th day of December, 2013, or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered accordingly in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants above named in said action, quieting title to the following described real property located in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma: All of Lot 2 in Block 50 of the Original Townsite of the City of Ada, Oklahoma, AND A tract of land in the NW/4 of NE/4 of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 6 East, more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 2 in Block 50 of the Original Townsite of the City of Ada, Oklahoma; thence West 50 feet; thence North 140 feet; thence East 50 feet; thence South 140 feet to the place of beginning, being a tract 50 feet by 140 feet. WITNESS my hand and seal this 6 th day of November, Karen Dunnigan, Court Clerk Pontotoc County, Oklahoma By: s) B. Myers Deputy (SEAL) Barry G. Burkhart, OBA# South Broadway Ada, Oklahoma (580) (580) (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff (Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 21 and 28, 2013) LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA No. P In the Matter of the Estate of IMOGENE FRYE, Deceased. COMBINED NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF HEARING To: All persons interested in the Estate of IMOGENE FRYE. You are hereby notified that on October 14, 2013, the petitioner, Dennis Franklin Frye, of Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County, a Petition for Summary Administration. The petitioner has alleged that IMOGENE FRYE, age 89, died testate on September 23, 2013, domiciled and residing in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and that the total value of the decedent s property in Oklahoma is less than 175, In an Order for Combined Notice entered on October 29, 2013, the Court found that it should dispense with the regular estate proceedings prescribed by law, appoint a Personal Representative, order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the Petition for Summary Administration, the final accounting and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution. Pursuant to the Order for Combined Notice, all creditors having claims against IMOGENE FRYE, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interest and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Petitioner, Dennis Franklin Frye, c/o Kurt B. Sweeney, P.O. Box 190, Ada, Oklahoma , on or before the presentment date of December 7, 2013, or the same will be forever barred. The claim of any creditor now shown in the Petition will be barred unless the claim is presented to the Personal Representative on or before the presentment date. Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held on the 2 nd day of January, 2014, at 11:00 o clock am at the Pontotoc County Courthouse, before the Judge of the District Court. At the hearing the Court will decide whether to approve the Petition for Summary Administration and the final account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution of the estate by the Petitioner. The final account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution will be filed on or before December 12, You are hereby advised that you must file objections to the Petition for Summary Administration and the final account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy to the petitioner s attorney, Kurt B. Sweeney, P.O. Box 190, Ada, Oklahoma , or you will be deemed to have waived any objections. If you have no objections, you need not appear at the hearing nor make any filings with the Court. If an objection is filed at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate and if so, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed. s) Dale Rex #31199 for Kurt B. Sweeney, OBA#17544 Sweeney, Draper & Christopher, P.L.L.C Stone Bridge P.O. Box 190 Ada, Oklahoma (Published in The Allen Advocate on November 7 and 14, 2013) The Daredevils from Page 15 and her family and Kathleen s doctors in Houston. Many years had passed and the 740th Tank Battalion had been having reunions, but I was never able to attend. In 1997, several members of the Battalion traveled to Europe to retrace the tracks we had left behind at the end of WWII. They returned from their sojourn to share their accounts of old friendships renewed and the many memorials they had visited in Belgium which were situated at various locations in tribute to the many allied soldiers who had fought and died there. To their surprise some even bore mention of the 740th. Subsequently, at the annual meeting of the Association in September 1997, it was suggested that since so many units had placed monuments to memorialize their comrades, it would be fitting for the heroes of the 740th to be represented as well. The membership favorably received the idea of a monument project. A campaign was initiated for raising funds and immediate discussion ensued concerning preliminary sketches. Following the January 1998 Board meeting, designs for our monument were reviewed. There was a monument in Dumas, TX, that was dedicated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and it was suitable in design to what our organization had in mind. Contact was made with our friends, Marcel and Mathilde Schmetz of Clermont, Belgium, for researching monument manufacturers, comparing their capabilities, materials, credibility and pricing. As to the location, our primary concern was that the monument be place in any one of the many areas where the Battalion had been stationed or engaged in combat and that the particular site be properly maintained. The Battalion also sought authorization from the city government to conduct a formal dedication at a convenient time of the year. Marcel and Mathilde dedicated themselves to our project, spending countless hours in obtaining the particulars as well as contacting the various city heads. After several meeting with Mr. Dewez, Mayor of Dalhem/Neufchateau, we were advised that the ground had been designated for the monument. By this time the monument dimensions had been finalized and submitted to the selected Monument Company for a final quote. So compelling was the enthusiasm, that our generous membership came through with the necessary funds in just a matter of months. On April 24, 1999, our 20-month effort culminated with amazingly beautiful results. The dedication of the monument embodied in stone and granite the lasting bond of love among patriots. The monument was funded through generous, voluntary contributions of Tankers and their families. Tanker widows and their families and family members of those killed in action, all members of the 740th Tank Battalion Association. The memorial s main structure stands nine feet in height and ten feet in width. It is cut of Belgian blue stone and black granite, constructed and installed by the Pesser LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. JD In the Matter of HEATHER A. NAYLOR, DOB: 12/26/06; ZOEY NAYLOR, DOB: 9/21/2008; RONNIE NAYLOR, DOB: 5/23/2010; Alleged Deprived Child as Defined by the Laws of the State of Oklahoma Summons and Notice THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF PONTOTOC TO: Mother: William Naylor Address Unknown You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS has been filed in the above styled and numbered case, alleging that the above named child has been adjudicated deprived, and that the State alleges your rights parental rights may be terminated under Title 10A under the Oklahoma statutes. The attached Petition is hereby made a part of the Notice and incorporated by reference. That this matter will be heard at a hearing upon the Motion on the 6 th day of January, 2014 at 1:30 pm in the District Court for Pontotoc County, located at 120 W. 13 th St., Ada, Oklahoma, before Judge Martha Kilgore at which time and place you may appear and show cause, if any you have, why order and judgment in the proceedings should not be entered as in the Motion prayed, and you are hereby summoned and notified to be present at said time and place. You are advised that the respondent parents, guardian or custodian, and respondent child are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of the proceedings and if the parties are unable because of lack of present financial resources to obtain an attorney, they are entitled, upon demonstrating this fact to the Court s satisfaction, to a Court-appointed attorney at no expense to such parties. Failure to personally appear at this Hearing constitutes consent to the termination of your parental rights to this child or these children. If you fail to appear on the date and time specified, you may lose all legal rights as a parent to the child or children named in the Petition or Motion attached to this Notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 day of November, Karen Dunnigan Court Clerk By: s) G. Pingleton Deputy (SEAL) (Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 2013) LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. PB In the Matter of the Estates of DOXIE COLBERT and MARY FRANCES COLBERT, Both Deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ORDER ALLOWING FINAL ACCOUNT, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, FINAL SETTLEMENT, DISTRI- BUTION AND DISCHARGE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Gregory Dewayne Colbert, Personal Representative of the Estates of Dixie Colbert and Mary Frances Colbert, both Deceased, having filed in this Court his Final Account of the administration of said Estate, his Petition for Order Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge of said Personal Representative, the hearing of the same has been set by the Judge of this Court for Monday, the 16 th day of December, 2013 at 9:00 o clock a.m. at the Pontotoc County District Courtroom, Pontotoc County Courthouse, located in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified to then and there appear and show cause, if any they heave, why said Account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs of said deceased determined, said Estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged. DATED this the 4 th day of November, Thomas S. Landrith Judge of the District Court Kenneth R. Johnson 130 East 14 th, Drawer 1690 Ada, OK / Attorney for Personal Representative (Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14 and 21, 2013) Pierres and Marbres, of Aubel, Belgium. The protectors of our monument are Monsieure Desire and Charles Wiels of Dalhem/Neufchateau. On April 24, 1999, members of the 740th Tank Battalion and citizens of Dalhem/Neufchateau and the surrounding area dedicated the monument to the members of the Battalion who gave their lives for our country and to the citizens of the area who took our members into their homes and comforted them during the dark days of November and December, 1944, prior to the battalion s entrance into combat during the Battle of the Bulge. Although the monument was late in becoming a reality, our members often wished that a marker of some kind could be erected in Belgium dedicated to the effort and struggle they encountered there. Due to the fact that our members were raising families, making a living and dealing with life, the monument was delayed until this time. I was not able to make the trip for the dedication of our monument. Those who made the trip had the dedication ceremony videotaped and a gold medallion made so that those unable to attend could remember this special occasion. The 740th Tank Battalion now has monuments erected at Camp Bouse, Arizona, Fort Knox, Kentucky and Dalhem/ Neufchateau, Belgium. In July of 2004, I had the opportunity to return to Europe with a tour group of 29 people, and we honored the men killed in action at the Monument with a special program. This was the first time I had returned to Europe in 60 years and will be the last time. The years are creeping up on all World War II Veterans. There are reports that 1000 vets are dying each day. How many are there left that haven t told their stories? 2004 was NOT the final return to Europe for Harold Bradley. Harold made several more trips with the battalion, including a trip in 2011 when, at the age of 86, Harold climbed on top of a Sherman Tank in the middle of Bastogne, Belgium. And in June 2013, I was privileged to be traveling buddies with Harold Bradley on our trip to Germany and Belgium with the 740th Tank Battalion. Harold s energy and enthusiasm will surprise one; and if one thinks Harold is an average old man, one would be wrong. Harold is anything but average. He is a gentleman, patriot, Silver Star winner, writer, father, grandfather, and a widower. Harold is ready at all times to pass down his wisdom of life experience and his war memories for those of younger generations (like myself) that haven t experienced the things he did. I was privileged to get to sit beside him as we traveled across Belgium and Germany, but more importantly I m privileged to call him my friend. ~ Jonathan Ellingsworth

Atwood Church of THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 17 the Nazarene Since Sunday was the day before Veterans Day, we honored our veterans in our morning service.

Our children sang I May Never March in the Infantry and Kelsey played America the Beautiful on her violin.

Jennea read a poem and our group sang a medley of patriotic songs. Bro Larry s sermon taken from Deuteronomy 6: 4-5; Genesis 1:1; and John 1:1 was entitled One God or three?. There is only one God.

The Bible is the story of God at work in this world. In the Bible God expresses Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The one God is worthy of all our affection.

17 Atwood Church of THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 17 the Nazarene Since Sunday was the day before Veterans Day, we honored our veterans in our morning service. After Sunday School, we said the flag salute and sang patriotic songs in the congregational singing. Our children sang I May Never March in the Infantry and Kelsey played America the Beautiful on her violin. We then watched a video entitled God Bless America, which highlighted all the branches of the service. We recognized our veterans that were there. Jennea read a poem and our group sang a medley of patriotic songs. Bro Larry s sermon taken from Deuteronomy 6: 4-5; Genesis 1:1; and John 1:1 was entitled One God or three?. There is only one God. In the ancient world many gods was the norm. Through divine revelation Israel learned that there is only One God. He is the Creator, Sustainer, Provider, Protector, Leader, etc. The Bible is the story of God at work in this world. In the Bible God expresses Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The one God is worthy of all our affection. We are to love Him with all our heart. Our love for Him is to be greater than all other loves. We are to love Him with all our soul. All that we are and ever hope to be is wrapped up in Him. We are to love Him with all our strength. This reminds us that we are created to serve god physically. There are things to do in the kingdom that requires us. Witnessing, ministering, building, and helping others. God has no hands on earth but our hands. Without intentional effort many things will come first before God. Anything that comes before God ultimately damages everything else. We invite you to attend church with us. Sunday we will have our Thanksgiving Dinner after services. Sorority Has Super Time It s a bird! It s a plane!...was that Superman?? Allen was super safe Monday, October 21 st, with all the Super Heroes in town attending Beta Sigma Phi s Halloween party hosted by Spiderman Janice Deaton. While enjoying hero sandwiches the group was surprised by the arrival of Super Santa Joy Anderson. The Hulk Brenda Johnson, Elasta Girl Jill Kaminski, guest Super Shakespeare Jan Moore, Bat Girl Tammy Frederick, Super Man Cindy Davis, Super Nan Tanya Caldwell, Super Man Sue Boyd, guest Flash Gordon Terry Riddle, Super Mom Jennifer Smith, Super Granny Cindi Sanders, and guest Super Memo Thelma Goddard had pumpkin and a variety of other flavored cheesecake, pumpkin roll ice cream and delicious homemade cookies for dessert while sharing who their real life heroes are. Plans were finalized for the carnival cakewalk and the Super Heroes sped off into the night returning to their regular lives. Hughes Co. Court Records MISDEMEANORS Ashley Nicole Cross driving under the influence by a person under 21 Sherwood Ray Jackson Jr. domestic abuse-assault & battery Jennifer M. Martin driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol Tony Ray Sands driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol aggravated Chad Sinclair public intoxication Bradley Ray Williams driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol MARRIAGE Arthur Lee Green, McAlester & Karen LaDonna Albrighth, Lamar DIVORCE Casey Bear vs James Bear Stephen Hearn vs Felicia Hearn Samantha Jo Lambert vs Jeffrey Lambert CIVIL State of Oklahoma/Oklahoma Tax Commission vs Carl Wayne Nester tax warrant Cavalry SPV I LLC vs Lacey Davis indebtedness SMALL CLAIMS Steve Bauman vs Liz Roach damages Anna Marie Hubbard vs William Spars entry & detainer Muscogee Creek Nation Housing vs Kesha L. Piza entry & detainer Muscogee Creek Nation Housing vs Eliza Barnett entry & detainer TRAFFIC Nowell Leann Aguilera failure to comply with compulsory insurance law Chasity Austin speeding 1-10 mph over limit Amber Nichole Bryant speeding 1-10 mph over limit Kenneth Gabriel Carter driving under suspension-3 rd offense Brent L. Dahle driving under suspension-1 st offense Bryan Scott Fitzgerald driving under suspension Max Ellig Frye driving under suspension-2 nd offense Michaela Gayler speeding 1-10 mph over limit Mary Ellen Gewitsch no seat belt Michael Tanner Goforth speeding 1-10 mph over limit Patrick Taylor Goodwin II driving under suspension-1 st offense; speeding 1-10 mph over limit Shawn Allen Gray no seat belt Madison Greenwood speeding 1-10 mph over limit Donna K. Harjo no seat belt Jacob Lee Hopper driving under suspension-1 st offense; speeding 1-10 mph over limit Micha Jackson no seat belt Arthur Johnson no seat belt Kaylin Denise Kellogg speeding 1-10 mph over limit Jamie Wayne Lassiter speeding mph over limit Jennifer M. Martin transporting open container-beer Logan Kyle Dontae Miller no seat belt Kenneth Daniel Mooney driving under suspension Kyle D. Pipkin operating motor vehicle without valid driver s license Shellie Kaye Rogers failure to stop at stop sign; failure to comply with compulsory insurance law Bret Allen Stapp speeding mph over limit Anthony Ross Thetford driving under suspension Brandon Vaughn Tinsley operating motor vehicle in manner not reasonable and proper Matthew Trump speeding 1-10 mph over limit Mario Josue Velasqez no seat belt Tymber Nicole Ward no seat belt Adam Eugene West no seat belt William Thomas West no seat belt Why wait???? to shed your extra weight? Don t procrastinate! Lindsey Laxton was the lucky winner of the door prize and collecting 100 of books and goodies. Allen Book Fair Continues until Sunday The Allen Public Library is hosting an Oasis of Reading Scholastic Book Fair this week. The Library/Fair is open from 8 am until 6 pm on Thursday, Friday and Monday (November 14, 15 and 18) and 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, the 17 th. Book Fairs benefit both the public and school libraries. Come in and shop! Allen Pre-K teacher, Ms. Laxton, won the big prize for previewing the Book Fair this year. She is the recipient of 100 worth of books and goodies. Other winners of 20 in books were Ms. Mills for Pre-K; Ms. Laden and Ms. Scroggins for 1 st grades; Ms. Johnson and Ms. Pitts for 2 nd grade. Classroom wish lists are posted for you to shop for your favorite teacher. Craft Show Saturday at Ada Church Ada Faith Assembly of God Women s Ministry is having a Fall Bazaar on Saturday, November 16 th, from 9 am to 3 pm. There will be crafts, quilts, house wares and food. Come shop in the Fellowship Hall. The church is located on the J.A. Richardson Loop, west of Nichol s Saver grocery store. The fellowship hall entrance is the side door next to the church s north entrance. Tupelo School Reunion The annual Tupelo School Reunion will be held Saturday, November 30 th, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the school cafeteria. Sandwiches will be furnished and those attending are asked to please bring a dessert. Theme for the 2013 reunion is Golden Oldies and guests are asked to bring school memorabilia that is 50-years or more old. Arthur Chiropractic Acupuncture & Herb Clinic Specializing in NUCCA, Grostic & Acupuncture Dr. L. Kay Arthur, D.C. Office Location Hwy 75 - Horntown -(405) Benefits of Chiropractic Health Improve Nervous System Function Relieve Discomfort Increase Vitality & Improve Quality of Life Provide Preventative Care Improve Overall Health & Wellness for both children & adults We are offering ear staples for weight loss. 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Out & About Friday, out & about from Charlie, were Martha and Scotty Files, Dennis Files, Desiree Tulsa for the weekend, was Diane Miller.

Leon Knighten of were Sarah Randell and Carol Tupelo. Roebuck.

Miller spent Saturday anniversary. night with her brother and O&A family, Stormy and Debbie Tyler and Raiden Harrington Rinehart and Jesse.

C. Manuel and their grandson, O&A Allen High School Basketball Schedule *JV Boys Game at 5:00 pm/hs Games at 6:30 pm Nov. 21 Calvin Away* Nov.

7 Tupelo Home* Jan. 9-11 Moss Tournament Jan. 14 Kiowa Away* Jan. 16 Hartshorne Home* Jan. 20-25 Pott. Co. Tourn @ OBU-Shawnee Jan. 30 Sasakwa Home* Jan.

14-15 District Tournament Fall Bazaar Saturday at Ada Church Ada Faith Assembly of God Women s Ministry is having a Fall Bazaar on Saturday, November 16 th,

Richardson Loop, west of Nichol s Saver grocery store. The fellowship hall entrance is the side door next to the church s north entrance.

Your calls, visits, cards and gifts of food were greatly appreciated.

Also thanks to Stephen Caldwell for volunteering to drive the bus for us. We had an awesome time.

7 th Annual Singing at Johnson s Chapel in Citra this past Saturday night. The singing is held in memory of Sister Sue Walton.

O&A Several from the Allen United Pentecostal Church attended a Ladies Retreat, which was held in Tulsa this past weekend.

Sommers, Stephanie and Phoebe Sharp, Pam Bennett, Rhonda Pachucki and Londa Litke.

19 Out & About Friday, out & about from Charlie, were Martha and Scotty Files, Dennis Files, Desiree Tulsa for the weekend, was Diane Miller. While here and Isaiah, and Betty Finney. she spent a night with Fay Joining in that visit were Mr. Rinehart. Joining in that visit and Mrs. Leon Knighten of were Sarah Randell and Carol Tupelo. Roebuck. She also visited in The Manuels are former the home of Jearl and Linda Allen residents who recently Knighten. celebrated their 73 rd wedding Mrs. Miller spent Saturday anniversary. night with her brother and O&A family, Stormy and Debbie Tyler and Raiden Harrington Rinehart and Jesse. came to Allen on Saturday and Others she visited while here spent the afternoon visiting were Mike and Tammy Lawler, family. They spent time with Kayla and Lauren. Joanie Harrington, Glenn and O&A Joetta Harington, James and Visiting in Ada recently, at Charlene Summers, and Adam the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. and April Burris. C. Manuel and their grandson, O&A Allen High School Basketball Schedule *JV Boys Game at 5:00 pm/hs Games at 6:30 pm Nov. 21 Calvin Away* Nov. 22 Asher Away* Dec. 2-7 Pontotoc Conf Calvin Dec. 10 Wanette Away* Dec. 13 New Lima Home* Dec. 17 Roff Home* Dec. 19 Weleetka Home* Jan. 7 Tupelo Home* Jan Moss Tournament Jan. 14 Kiowa Away* Jan. 16 Hartshorne Home* Jan Pott. Co. OBU-Shawnee Jan. 30 Sasakwa Home* Jan. 31 Vanoss Away* Feb. 4 Wetumka Away* Feb. 7 Stonewall Home* Feb. 11 Bowlegs Away* Feb District Tournament Fall Bazaar Saturday at Ada Church Ada Faith Assembly of God Women s Ministry is having a Fall Bazaar on Saturday, November 16 th, from 9 am to 3 pm. There will be crafts, quilts, house wares and food. Come shop in the Fellowship Hall. The church is located on the J.A. Richardson Loop, west of Nichol s Saver grocery store. The fellowship hall entrance is the side door next to the church s north entrance. Thank You The Treat family would like to thank their friends and neighbors for their kindnesses during Bob s recent surgery and recovery. Your calls, visits, cards and gifts of food were greatly appreciated. Bob & Joyce Treat & Family Thanks The Allen 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade want to thank Jimmy & Rita Nix for sponsoring their trip to the pumpkin patch. Also thanks to Stephen Caldwell for volunteering to drive the bus for us. We had an awesome time. Thanks The Plumbers (405) Drain Cleaning starting at 50* plus mileage outside of city limits *limited time Aaron Finney and Betty Finney attended the 7 th Annual Singing at Johnson s Chapel in Citra this past Saturday night. The singing is held in memory of Sister Sue Walton. Also attending were Randy and Rhonda Nation. O&A Several from the Allen United Pentecostal Church attended a Ladies Retreat, which was held in Tulsa this past weekend. Attending were June Vinson, Debbie Vinson, Sandy Leal and Gina, Shirley and Michelle Riley, Joyce Reich, Sylvia, Autumn and Kylie McNeely, Andre Pegg and Sue Sanders. Other family members and friends joining them at the retreat were Gladys Moore and Syvilla from Petrola, Texas; and Charlotte and Tammy Vinson, Natalie Sommers, Stephanie and Phoebe Sharp, Pam Bennett, Rhonda Pachucki and Londa Litke. O&A Out & about, visiting at the Gary Vinson and Carl Vinson homes has been Randy Vinson and Dawson from Tupelo, Mississippi. THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, NOVEMBER 14, 2013-PAGE 19 Skelton s Dive- 401 E Hwy 1 (580) Drive thru - walk up - outhouse - Banana Splits - Shakes - Sundaes - Floats - Dipped Cones or use our convenient Golf Cart Entrance N Try our Charbroiled Burgers & Nathans Beef Hot Dogs Hours Sun - Thurs 10 - midnight Fri & Sat 2 to 4 Bryant Pecan Co. We are opening a new store in Francis, Oklahoma! Come see us at CR 1475 (2 miles east of the Francis Post Office) (580) % Discount with this coupon Offer Expires November 30, 2013 Basketball Season is coming soon... short & long sleeve ts & hoodies Community Thanksgiving The annual Allen Community Thanksgiving Service will be held Sunday evening, November 24 th, 6:00 p.m. This year s worship service will be at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church. adult & child sizes Order now and be ready! 2 designs - 2 colors - something for everyone! Orders being taken until next Tuesday - Order forms will be circulating around town or call Julie Mills (580) or Linda Baber (580) adult t s in the new soft tee style

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The 16 five-man crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James The Final Toast It's the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. On April 17, 2013 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered publicly for the last time. They once were among