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,£T&m>NED IN FRANCE
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
PFC. VERNON CUEVAS Pfc. Vernon Cuevas took his in-1 fantry training in Camp Blanding, jFla. He was home on a 15 day leave. He then went to Camp Rucker, Ala and from there to New York. He is now stationed in France. Pfc. Cuevas has been in service fourteen months. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Easton Cuevas, of Standard, Miss.
WITH 79TH DIVISION
PFC CORNELIUS SHAW On June 14th, 1944, the 79th Division landed in France to participate in the drive to Cherbourg and was the first American Unit to enter this French Port. In this division was PFc Cornelius Shaw.
' He was wounded on July 5th and again on November 23rd. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster.
He is the son of Mrs. Leiia Shaw of Standard, and a brother of Mrs. John B. Wheat.
He is married to the former Miss Lona Ladner.
RECEIVES WINGS
S 2|c ROLAND LAFONTAINE, JR.)
! Roland Lafontaine, Jr., S2|c U. S. Navy somewhere in the Pacific is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland LaFontaine, Sr., Bay St. Louis, Miss.
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F|0 WALTER S. ANSLEY |
Napier Field, Ala., May 23, 1945— Walter S. Ansley, 22, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., today received the silver wings of an Army Air Forces pilot and was sworn in as a Flight Officer at ceremonies at Napier Field, Alabama, an advanced single engine pilot school of the AAF Training Command.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Ansley, 308 Carroll avenue, Bay St. Louis, Miss., !F|0 Ansley is a graduate of Bay High\School where he was on the track teten. Previous to his acceptance for aViation cadet training, he \vas employed by the ] Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chicasaw, Ala.
Fort Bennir.g, Ga,— (Special)— Howell A. Russ, of Logtown, Miss., was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States today upon successful com. pletion of the Officer Candidate Course at The Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Russ is the son of Mrs. D. L. Russ of Logtown, Mississippi.
The new lieutenant enlisted in the Army on April 6,	1942, and
served with the 1. R. T. C., Fort McClellan, Ala., before going to Officer Candidate School four months ago. He held the rank of Sgt. before being commisioned.
The new officer is a graduate of *. Bay St. Louis High School at Bay V; St. Louis. Miss., and Pearl River Junior College, at Poplarville, Miss.,' where he was prominent as a football player on both teams, in 1941_ 42 and 43.
In Loving Memory of Our Beloved [ Son and Brother	j
j SECOND LIEUTENANT LOUIS T. | I	RANSON	'	!
Died May 4, 1943 Days of sadness still come o’er us, Tears in silence often flow.	j
! Memory keeps you ever near us, j i Though you passed on two years ago,
! No one knows the silent heartaches, [ Only those who have lost can ■•tell,
: Of the grief now borne in silence, For the.one we loved so well.
Sadly missed by MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHERS^ i AND^GRANDMOTHER.___________________i
SGT. STANLEY R. BOURGEOIS Sergeant Stanley R. Bourgeois, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. .J Bourgeois has been cited for heroism. The following is a copy of the citation: Headquarters United States Army Services of Supply Office of the Commanding General Citation to Accompany General Orders No. 9 Headquarters. United States Army Services of Supply 14 January 1945 Sergeant Stanley R. Bourgeois, (3413617G), Ordnance Department, United States Army. For heroism i at Ilollandia, Dutch New Guinea, on 17 September 1944. When a largp stack of enemy high explosive artil. lery shells began to blaze fiercely, thus endangering tons of additional ammunition, a nearby infantry bat-1 talion bivouac area, and the main highway, Sergeant Bourgeois, on duty as fire truck operator at the Ordnance Service Center, proceeded to the scene of the fire in the truck, approaching jo within sixty yards of the conflagration. Despite de-1 tonating shells' and scattering shrapnel, .which rendered the area in a radius of four hundred yards and eytremely hazardous zone, he assisted in the assembling of the hose, operated the pump, and directed the stream' of water on the flames, remaining at his post until the blaze was eytinguished. Through his calm courage, determination, and energet. ic actions, Sergeant Bourgeois was instrumental in the saving of much valuable government property and possibly the lives of Army personnel at the grave risk of his own life, j , We know that Mr. and Mrs. Bour.; geois are exceptionally proud of the 1 citation that has been awarded their son. He is one of five sons who have been in service, and one of 12 children. We have known thia boy since childhood, and we join with his many friends in the hope that he will continue to dis_ tingush himself and that he will return safely to his family.