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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History
body was discovered in a grave four miles inland from the beach. Johnson?s body was later returned home.
6.	Daily Herald, August 4, 1944. This article, found two days after the conversation with Glendon Johnson	while	searching	microfilm for an	unrelated
topic, read in total:
"Pfc. Judson B. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Johnson of Saucier, Route 2, was killed in action while on a boat in harbor anchored off the Anzio beachhead in Italy, according to a telegram received by his parents from the War Department. Pfc. Johnson, who was with a chemical battalion, was earlier reported missing as of January 26."
Ladner, Andrew J. Photo courtesy of Sun Herald ? from Daily Herald, February 10, 1943.
1.	War Memorial Plaque in Gregory War Memorial Chapel: Ladner, Andrew (Gold Star) Army
2.	The Honor List of Dead and Missing of the Military Personnel for the State Of Mississippi in World War	II	(U.	S.	Army).	Reprinted	in	Valor
Remembered, p. 72: Harrison County?Ladner, Andrew J./34133073/PVT/Killed in Action
3.	American Battle Monuments Commission. The World War II Honor Roll:
Andrew J. Ladner
Private, U.S. Army 34133073
126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Mississippi
Died: November 30, 1942
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
4.	Daily Herald, February 10, 1943. The article was accompanied by a photo of Ladner in the dress uniform of a U.	S. Army enlisted man,	read, in	part:
"Andrew Joseph Ladner, 30, . . . was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific, according to information received a few days ago by	relatives in	the
Lizana community. He had been in the service approximately 14 months. Bom at Lizana on November 29, 1912, . . . [he was] ... the son of Mrs. Mary Laura Ladner and the late Armogen V. Ladner. ..."
Ladner, Berlin John. Photo courtesy of Sun Herald ? from Daily Herald, November 4, 1947.
1.	War Memorial Plaque in Gregory War Memorial Chapel: Ladner, Berlin J. (Gold Star) Army
2.	The Honor List of Dead and Missing of the Military Personnel for the State Of Mississippi in World War II (U. S.	Army). Reprinted in	Valor
Remembered, p. 72: Harrison County?Ladner, Berlin J./34478266/SGT/ Killed in Action
3.	Two undated newspaper clippings from the scrapbook of June (Ladner) Jefferson. Both clippings are	almost certainly from the Daily Herald.	The first
was published between his death on November 23, 1944, and the services held at St. Ann's Church at	Dedeaux on December 17. The second clipping
accompanied by a photo of Ladner in U.S. Army dress uniform, was published after the December 17 services. The earlier article read in part:
"Staff Sergeant Berlin J. Ladner, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Ladner of Pass Christian, was killed in action in Germany November 23, according to a telegram received Sunday from the War Department. He had been in service two years and overseas for three months.
"Church services will be held for Sergeant Ladner December 17 at 11 o'clock at St. Ann's Church, Dedeaux, with Rev. R. F. Waters officiating."
4.	Undated newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of June (Ladner) Jefferson. The article almost certainly from the Daily Herald and probably	published
in 1945, carried a photograph of Berlin Ladner in U.S. Army dress uniform. The article read in total:
"To Award Silver Star Posthumously
"A special service will be held at the Dedeaux Catholic Church in honor of Sgt. Berlin J. Ladner, above, who was killed in Germany last November. The Silver Star Medal will be presented to Sgt. Ladner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Ladner, by Colonel Thomas B. Birdsong of Camp Shelby.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ladner received the citation from Major General Edward F. Whitsell. He was cited for gallantry in action on November 19, 1944, when Sergeant Ladner's company came under heavy fire from well-entrenched enemy field fortifications, and suffered many casualties. Sergeant Ladner led a patrol to within 150 yards of the enemy positions at which point it was pinned down by heavy enemy fire which seriously wounded several men. With complete disregard for his personal safety and while under intense enemy machine gun, mortar, and small arms fire, Sergeant Ladner carried wounded men 400 yards across fire-swept terrain to a safe position where they could receive medical aid, the citation said. In one instance he braved enemy fire at point-blank range to rescue a seriously wounded man, and while doing so was fatally wounded."
5.	Daily Herald, October 28, 1947. The article stated that Ladner's body had been exhumed from a grave in Chappelle, Belgium, and was being returned home for reinterment.
6.	Daily Herald, Tuesday, November 4, 1947. This article, accompanied by the photo of Ladner in a U.S. Army dress uniform, read in part:
"The body of Berlin J. Ladner, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Filman Ladner of the Dedeaux community, north of Pass Christian, who was killed overseas in World War II, will arrive in Gulfport Wednesday afternoon aboard the Illinois Central at 12:20 o'clock.
"The former staff sergeant served in the European theater with Company K, 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Timberwolf Division. He was killed during fighting between Brussels and Luxembourg on Nov. 23, 1944. He enlisted at Camp Shelby on February 11, 1942, and served at Camp Adair. Oregon, and Camp Carson, Colorado, before shipping overseas. . . .	jS'	^
"Funeral services will be conducted by Father R. F. Waters with high mass at 11 o'clock Thursday moming. Burial will be in me Rotten Bayou/ Cemetery. . .	\_____
7.	A formal color photo was donated to the MGCCC Archives by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ladner, Berlin's brother and sister-in-law. His niece, June (Ladner) Jefferson, donated black and white snapshots.
McBryde, Toxie Howard. Photo courtesy of the Archives and Special Collections of the John Davis Williams Library at the University of Mississippi-fronl the 1936 Ole Miss yearbook.
1.	War Memorial Plaque in Gregory War Memorial Chapel: McBryde, Toxie (Gold Star) Army
2.	The Honor List of Dead and Missing of the Military Personnel for the State Of Mississippi in World War II (U. S. Army). Reprinted in Valor Remembered, p. 75: Lamar County-McBryde, Toxie H./O-661111/lLT/Death Non Battle
3.	Letter from Toxie McBryde's brother, Retired Lt. Col. Claude M. McBryde, of Oakland Park, Florida, dated August 16, 2000.
Lt. Col. McBryde said his brother was bom November 20, 1915, in Purvis but that he grew up in Sumrall. After graduation from Perk in 1934. he earned a degree in pharmacy at the University of Mississippi. During World War II he became an Army Air Corps P-38 pilot and was enroute to Europe
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