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PHOENIX, Jan. 8. (U.P.)—The Silver Star Medal will be presented Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Dorman Thomas, Cottonwood, parents of a Marine hero killed in action [May 20, 1945] on Okinawa. The tribute to Pfc. Vern W. Thomas was awarded for “his fearless and unwavering devotion to duty in moving forward voluntarily to assist a […]

Marine Capt. Karl Tanner, about 35, former Abilenian and son of K. B. Tanner of Eastland, has been killed in action [March 9, 1945] on Iwo Jima, Abilene friends have learned. Former claims manager in the Abilene office of Texas Employers Insurance Association, Captain Tanner left here to enter the Army early in the war. […]

Mrs. Alice Thostenson, daughter of Col. And Mrs. C. M. Crane and wife of Sgt. Thorborn M. Thostenson who was killed on Iwo Jima March 1 [1945], this week received the following letter from commandant of the First Battalion, 28th Marines, Col. J. B. Butterfield: “Your husband, Thorborn, met his death in the following manner: […]

Sgt. Wauss R. Teague, USMC, died [Thursday, August 3, 1944] at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Mare Island, it was reported by his wife, Mrs. Fay Scott Teague of Orem. Sgt. Teague’s death was believed due to accidental causes, although details were lacking here. He had wired his wife two weeks ago that he was […]

OAK GROVE, La., March 1–(Special)–The body of C. B. Tullos, who gave his life in the service of his country in battle in the Solomon Islands Nov. 24. 1943, will be returned here Tuesday. The funeral will be held in the Kilbourne Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.rn. and interment will be in the Kilbourne […]

BOUGAINVILLE – (Delayed) – Marine Raiders killed in the initial fighting in the Bougainville invasion were buried with military ceremonies before the first day of struggle was over. First men buried on Puruata Island, just off the Bougainville mainland captured by the Marine Raiders, were Pfc. George A. Hudson Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., and Pvts. […]

Private Merlyn W. Tanner, 20, U.S. Marine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tanner, Dover Plains, reported by War Department to have been killed in automobile accident [September 23, 1943] somewhere in the South Pacific area.

Washington, D.C., July 24 (AP)—Three men from Illinois were included in a casualty list made public today by the Navy. Six others from Chicagoland were on the list. They were: Samuel P, Thornsberry, Marine, dead [July 1, 1943], husband of Mrs. Evelyn Thornsberry, Flint, Mich.

(The following story was written by Staff Sergeant Maurice E. Moran of Pittsburgh, a Marine Corps combat correspondent, and distributed by the Associated Press.) GUADALCANAL, Aug. 7—(Delayed)—A young Marine officer who was killed by Jap snipers as he lay already wounded and helpless was paid tribute today by the fighting men he commanded. The officer […]

Seven Southland residents have been killed, two wounded in action and seven missing during operations, the War and Navy Departments announced yesterday. The Navy Department announced the following casualties: Virgil C. Thornburg, Marine Corps, son of George N. Thornburg of Del Rey, dead [July 20, 1943].