Index to: African American Soldiers: Double Victory
Compiled by: Rodney L. Atkins
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African American Soldiers: Double Victory compiled by Rodney Lamar Atkins.
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Index to African American Soldiers: Double Victory
100th FS – 35
101st Airborne – 143
10th Calvary – 32
10th Mountain Division – 96
112th Calvary Regiment – 97
116th Tank Destroyer Battalion – 96
120th Tank Destroyer Battalion – 96
13th Sustainment Command – 82
159th Field Artillery – 51
15th Sustainment Brigade – 82
168th Station Hospital – 25
169th Infantry – 83
1855 WAC Det. – 92
1st Marine Division – 45
24th Infantry – 32, 51
24th Infantry Regiment – 53, 140
25th Infantry Division – 51, 53
2nd Infantry Division – 51
332nd Fighter Group – 22, 23, 34, 49
369th Infantry Regiment – 88
36th Squadron – 26
370th Infantry – 20
374th Engineer Battalion – 74
383 Nurse Corps – 88
3rd Army Special Troops – 88
3rd Infantry – 51
49th Transportation Battalion – 82
4th Infantry Division, European Command – 1
51st Composite Defense Battalion – 25
51st Defense Battalion – 94
52nd Defense Battalion – 25
564th Artillery – 99
5th Air Force – 26
6888th (Postal Battalion) – 25, 46, 47
761st Tank Battalion – 3, 24, 51
777th Field Artillery Battalion – 24
77th Engineer Combat Company – 51
82nd Airborne Division – 105
92nd and 93rd Divisions – 24
92nd Division – 53, 60
92nd Infantry Division – 32
93rd Division – 24
999th Field Artillery Battalion – 24
99th Fighter Group – 34
99th Fighter Squadron – 22, 35
99th Pursuit Squadron – 36
9th Calvary – 32, 97, 106
A
A Soldier’s Story – 57
A. N. Cullum Company – 115
A. W. Cullum Company – 103
Abernathy, Fannie (Lackey) – 24
Abernathy, James W. – 24
Abernathy, Joseph J. – 24
Accoo, Bill (S/Sgt.) – 35
Adams County, Mississippi – 106
Adams, Marguerite – 18
Adkins, Earl – 146
Adkins, John W. – 146
Adkins, Marvin – 146
Adkins, Nathaniel – 146
African American Woman, First Officer CAP-36
African American Woman, First Private Pilot – 36
African-American Soldiers in World War I – 32
Air Force – 100, 107, 111, 118, 140, 142
Albert Lee High School – 109
Albright, Lacy F. – 146
Alexander, Walter – 164
Alexander, Walter (Pfc.) – 91
Ali, Muhammad – 36
Allen, Alfred A. – 146
Allen, Jerlene – 112
Allen, Loyce E. – 146
Allen, Loyce E. (Pvt.) – 90
Allen, Robert – 164
Allen, Sam – 95, 100
Allen, Will Burks (Mrs.) – 95, 100
American Expeditionary Forces – 32
American Legion – 107
American Transportation Corporation – 15
Anderson, Alvin – 84
Anderson, Alvin V. – 83
Anderson, Bessie Mae – 112
Anderson, Luella – 111
Anderson, Ralph B. – 146
Anderson, Warren G. – 164
Angelo State University – 100
Anthony, Ardell Simpson – 98
Anthony, James Alon – 98, 119
Ardennes, Belgium – 113
Arizona, Ft. Huachuca – 19, 88, 92
Arlem Grove Baptist Church – 85
Arlington National Cemetery – 41
Armed Forces Information and Education Program – 105
Armstrong High School – 105
Army 383 Nurse Corps – 38
Army Air Corps – 16, 33, 34, 104
Army Nurse Corps – 25, 88
Army Signal Corps – 76
Arno, Italy – 20
Arp, Texas – 85, 112
Arrow Trailways – 82
Atascadero, California – 51
Athens, Texas – 33, 109
Atkins, Yvonne Turner – 11, 15
Atlanta University – 18, 98
Atlanta, Georgia – 116
Atlanta, Texas – 36
Ausborne, James L. – 119
Ausborne, James Lewis – 98
Ausborne, Jerry – 98
Ausborne, LaTishe – 98
Ausborne, Sherman S. – 146
Austin, Reggie – 58
Austin, Robert C. – 164
Austin, Sam – 164
Austin, T. J. (Rev.) – 117
Austin, Texas – 85, 86, 96, 116
B
Babero, Bert B. (Pvt.)- 72
Bagneris, Julia – 117
Bailey, Jessie Catherine – 105
Bailey, Lois E. – 118
Bailey, Ronald (Maj.) – 45
Baker, Newton D. (Secretary of War) – 32
Baker, Vernon – 42
Baker, Vernon Joseph – 43
Ballinger, Essie D. – 102
Banks, Clarence – 146
Barrett, Flora D. – 109
Barron, James F. – 98, 199
Bastrop County – 96
Bateman, Marvin – 146
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 49, 103
Battery B, 598th Field Artillery – 20
Battle of the Bulge – 113
Battles, Chris – 146
Battles, Loveless – 146
Beaty Funeral Home Memorial Chapel – 107
Bell, Bular Williams – 98
Bell, Jack – 98
Bell, Jimmy L. – 98, 199
Bell, Maggie – 113
Bell, Triphrosia – 146
Bellwood Baptist Church – 116
Ben Wheeler, Texas – 118
Bernard, Barclary – 164
Berry, Charles – 98
Berry, Charles Albert, Jr. – 98, 119
Berry, Nancy – 98
Bethel A. M. E. Church – 105
Bethlehem Baptist Church – 104
Bethlehem School – 95, 104
Bethlehem United Methodist Church – 105
Biddle, ___ (Attorney General) – 76
Big Eight Conference – 19
Big Sandy Lions Club – 111
Big Sandy, Texas – 99, 111
Biggs, William A. – 146
Birmingham, Alabama – 105
Bishop College – 95, 105, 106
Bismark, New Guinea – 92
Bizor, Algia – 98
Bizor, Charlie, Sr. – 98, 119
Bizor, Joanna Chaffin – 98
Bizzell, S. K. (Rev.) – 109
Black Brigade – 57
Black Panthers – 51
Black pilot WWI, First – 31, 33
Black Seminole Scouts – 97
Black, Maurice – 146
Blackshear High School – 95, 116
Blackstone Hotel – 94, 110
Blaylock, Aquilla – 112
Bolton, Frances Payne – 25
Bonar Packing Company – 103
Booker T. Washington High School – 50
Borrow, Joe Louis – 41 Bowie, Cora – 100
Bowie, Doug Jessie – 99
Bowie, Fannie Godlock – 99
Bowie, Jim, Sr. – 99, 120
Bowie, L. K. – 146
Boy Scouts Troop #148 – 117
Brackettville, Texas – 97
Bradley, Bettye Jayne – 106
Bragg, Jubie B., Jr. (Pfc.) – 75
Branch, Frederick (1st Pvt) – 94
Brewer, Herbert L. – 94
Brewer, Johnnie – 146
Brooks, Ula Mae – 99
Brisby, Alicia Glover – 99
Brisby, Harrison C., Jr. – 99, 120
Brisby, Harrison C., Sr. – 99
Brisby, Preatha Demar – 99
Broadnax Truck & Trailer – 106
Broadway Furniture Store – 103
Brooklyn Dodgers – 82
Brooklyn, New York – 95
Brooks, Alex – 99
Brooks, Nancy – 117
Brooks, Ruthie – 99
Brooks, Sammie Lee – 99, 120
Brookshire’s – 109
Brookshire’s Groceries of Tyler – 103
Brooks-Sterling Funeral Directors – 109
Broughton, Harry – 146
Brown Bomber – 41
Brown Chapel CME Church – 101
Brown, Arlester – 146
Brown, Arthur Lee – 164
Brown, Artie V. – 164
Brown, Gennie V. – 118
Brown, Grady – 146, 152
Brown, Henry H. – 165
Brown, Ira – 99, 120
Brown, James W. – 146, 152
Brown, Jesse L. (Capt. Ensign) – 26
Brown, Lennon C. – 165
Brown, Milton M. – 164
Brown, Miriam Ann – 115
Brown, Naymon – 165
Brown, Newel (STM 1/c) – 91
Brown, Newel, Jr. – 146, 152
Brown, Newel, Jr. (STM 1/c) – 40
Brown, Willa Beatrice – 30, 36
Buffalo Division – 60
Buffalo Soldiers – 29, 30, 53, 57, 60, 97, 102, 106
Buffalo Soldiers in Italy – 60
Bullard, A. J. (Col.) – 58
Bullard, Eugene – 31, 33, 58
Bullard, Texas – 91, 95, 99, 100, 104, 113
Burley Day Care Center – 108
Burley, Ethel M. – 108
Burley, John F. – 165
Burley, Noble Lee – 165
Burley, Robert T. – 165
Burnett High School – 93, 95
Burns High School – 104
Busan, South Korea – 52
Bush, Jamima – 19
Bussey, Charles (Capt.) – 26, 140
Butler College – 19, 58, 85, 95, 108, 110, 114, 116
Butler, Lucy – 16
C
Caesar, Adolph – 57
Cairo, Georgia – 51
Calloway, Tenner – 100
Camp Atterbury, Indiana – 88
Camp Barkeley, Texas – 70, 90
Camp Beauregard, La.- 28
Camp Bliss – 90
Camp Bowie – 90, 91, 93
Camp Carson – 93
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana – 91, 92
Camp Forest, Tenn. – 88
Camp Hood – 51, 82, 90
Camp Lejune, North Carolina – 45, 94, 95
Camp Maxey – 90
Camp Shelby, Miss. – 64
Camp Stewart – 91
Camp Swift, Texas – 86, 88, 92, 96
Camp Wallace – 90, 91
Camp Wolters – 88, 90, 92, 93, 96
Carol, Richard – 146, 152
Carpenter, Eliza Dotson – 99
Carpenter, H. C. – 99, 120
Carpenter, Hence – 99
Carpenter, Sadie B. James – 99
Carter, Adams, 146, 152
Carter, Gladys – 46, 47
Carter, J. (President) – 3
Carter, Lee A. – 90, 153
Carter, Leonard – 100
Carter, William – 146, 152
Carver High School – 95, 100
Carver, George Washington – 109
Casen, Texas – 101
Caster, Lee A. – 146
Castle Aghinolfi – 42
Center Point High School – 92
Center United Methodist Church – 115
Central High School – 98
Chaffin, Joanna – 98
Challenger Air Pilot’s Association – 36
Champion Rebuilders – 96
Chandler Schools – 115
Chandler, Texas – 116
Chanute – 50
Chapel Hill CME Church – 118
Chapel Hill ISD – 102
Chatfield, Texas – 116
Chester, Earnest – 146, 152
Chester, Edward R. – 146, 152
Chester, Leroy – 146, 152
Chester, Travis – 146, 152
Cheyenne, Wyo. – 43
Chicago Bears – 83
Chicago Tribune – 11
Chicago, Illinois – 15, 105
Chicago’s Aeronautical University – 36
Chicago’s Girls’ Flight Club – 36
Chism, Belton E. – 165
Chism, Stafford – 165
Choice, Effie – 104
Choice, Ernest – 146
Christ Episcopal Church – 110
Christopher, Andrew – 100
Christopher, Andrew, Sr. – 121
Christopher, Cora Bowie – 100
Christopher, Pearl – 100
Christopher, Sam – 100
Civil Air Patrol – 36
Civil War – 29, 53, 57
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) – 15, 94
Civilian Pilot Training Act – 24
Clark University – 19
Clark, Henry D. – 166
Clark, Howard M. – 165
Clark, Jasper C. – 165
Clark, Olner R. – 165
Clarksville, Texas – 107
Clay, Lewis C. – 146, 153
Clay, Marshall, Jr. – 146, 153
Clear Springs Baptist Church – 109
Cleaver, Amos D. – 85
Cleaver, Artie Lee – 85
Cleaver, Billy P. (Rev.) – 85, 87
Cleaver, Thomasine – 85
Cleveland, Joe – 100
Cleveland, Johnnie “Ted” – 100, 121
Cleveland, Willie Mae McKissic – 100
Clinton, ___ (President) – 3, 42
Clyde, Wylie (Dr.) – 109
Clyde, Wylie (Mrs.) – 109
Coast Guard – 25, 58, 95, 139
Coast Guard Cutter Seacloud – 25, 26
Cobb, Blondell Holmes – 100
Cobb, Clarence – 100
Cobb, Elmer – 100, 121
Cobb, Georgia – 100
Cobb, Katherine Ford – 100
Cobb, Tenner Calloway – 100
Coca-Cola Bottling Company – 109, 116
Coffey School – 36
Cole Hill CME Church – 104
Cole Hill School – 104
Coleman, Bessie – 36
College Hill Baptist Church – 110
College Station, Texas – 24, 115
Colorado, Denver – 110
Colorado, Ft. Logan – 16, 92
Columbus, Georgia – 33, 88
Columbus, Massachusetts – 19
Community Printing School – 33
Conger, Albert – 166
Congressional Gold Medal Awarded – 45
Congressional Medal of Honor – 3, 62
Cooke County, Texas – 88
Corpus Christi, Texas – 85, 90
County Line Baptist Church – 101, 114
Court Martial – 51
Courtesy Pontiac – 110
Crawford, Emerson M. – 146, 153
Crawford, Nellie Gray – 19
Crayton, Arthur C. – 146, 153
Crayton, Arthur C. (Pfc.) – 91
Crayton, Dearmon – 146, 153
Crear, Clyde – 94, 100, 121
Crear, Leonard – 94
Crenshaw, Theodora – 33
Criss, Decatuer – 100
Criss, Emmett C. – 100, 121
Criss, Fannie L. – 100
Crittenden, Cora Bell – 93
Crittenden, Eddie L. (S. C. 3/c) – 40, 93
Crittenden, Nathaniel – 93
Crockett, Texas – 98
Crowe, Melissa – 52
Crutchfield, Arthur L., Sr. – 101, 122
Crutchfield, Dave – 101
Crutchfield, Rosalee Norfleet – 101
Cuero, Texas – 62
Cullar, Mary E. – 106
Cuney High School – 99
Cuney Schools – 95
Cuney, Texas – 110
Cunningham, Harvin N. – 166
Cunningham, Julian (Col.) – 97
D
Daingerfield, Texas – 111
Daley, Plyllis Mae – 26
Dallas Morning News – 11
Dallas, Texas – 50, 94
Darden, A. J. (Mr.) – 92
Darden, A. J. (Mrs.) – 92
Darden, Miles, Jr. – 166
Darden, Willie (Pfc.) – 92
Darlington County – 114
Davidson, Frederic E. (Gen.) – 142
Davis, (Mr.) – 88 Davis, (Mrs.) – 88
Davis, Benjamin O. (Brig. Gen.) – 23
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (Col.) – 22, 34
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (Lt. Gen.) – 27
Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (Brig. Gen.) – 142
Davis, Betty Jane – 113
Davis, Esau (Mr.) – 93
Davis, Esau (Mrs.) – 93
Davis, Madine H. (1st Lt.) – 39, 88
Davis, Ossie – 58
Davis, W. H. – 16, 92
Davis, Wylon – 93
Daye, McClelland (Cpl.) – 92
Dean, Geroge – 21
Dean, Jewetta C. – 108
Dear Mrs. Jackson – 6
Deckard, Ernest – 83, 84
Decoration and Citations – 6
Delley, Alma (Mrs.) – 85
Dennis, James L. – 166
Dennis, Lawrence – 76
Denver, Colorado – 110
Department of Parks and Recreation, Director – 106
Derrick, Avery – 101, 122
Derrick, J. B. – 122
Derrick, Pearlia (Dr.) – 101
Des Moines, Iowa – 92
Deveraux, Julian – 101, 122
Deveraux, Ruby Lee – 101
Dillig, Elizabeth – 76
Distinguished Flying Cross – 62
Distinguished Service Cross – 62
Distinguished Service Medal – 62
Dixie High School – 113
Dixon, Alyce – 46, 47
Dogan Jr. High School – 116
Dogan Middle School – 109
Dotson, Eliza – 99
Douglas Elementary School – 113
Douglas, Collie D. – 166
Douglas, Jerry – 166
Douglas, Jerry (S 1/c) – 91
Douglass, Texas – 116
Downs, Thomas (Mrs.) – 95
Dunbar School – 15
Dunn, Cora Jackson – 101
Dunn, Curtis Eddie – 101, 122
E
E. J. Campbell High School – 116
Earley, Charity Adams (Maj.) – 46
East Texas Baptist Heritage Building – 105
East Texas State University – 83, 105
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church – 95
Ebony Brass – 141
Echols, Howard Lee – 102, 122
Eddington, Wayne – 166
Editorial Association Award – 58
Edward, Martin Luther – 31
Edwards Clinic – 19
Edwards, Archie – 102
Edwards, Charles – 102, 122
Edwards, James – 57
Edwards, Jamima (Bush) – 19
Edwards, Josephine – 102
Edwards, Martin Luther – 19
Edwards, Pauline – 102
Edwards, Simon S. – 19
Edwardsville, Illinois – 85
Eighteenth Infantry – 97
Eisenhower, Dwight (President) – 100
El Bethel Baptist Church – 85
El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church #1 – 100
El Bethel No. 1 Baptist Church – 103
El Paso Community College – 82
Elgin Field, Florida – 91
Elizabeth City, North Carolina- 58
Ellis Island – 95
Ellis, Johnnie – 166
Ellis, Laura Delois – 102
Ellis, Lorenza, Jr. – 166
Emmett J. Scott High School – 33, 94, 102, 112, 116, 117
Emmett Scott Schools – 103, 108
English, Tommie L. – 167
Enlisted Man’s Identification Card – 29
Ernest S. Sterling Memorial Chapel – 33, 104
European theater – 91, 104
Evans, Albert (2nd Lt.) – 88
Evanston, Illinois – 101
Everett, Willie J. – 167
Evergreen Memorial Park – 113
Everlee, Erma Jean – 114
Exxon Oil Company – 99
F
F105 fighter planes – 100
Fair Employment Practices Commission – 24
Fairview Baptist Church – 98
Faith Mission Holy Church – 113
Fellowship Baptist Church – 114
Field, Bennie James – 102, 122
Fields, Andrew – 102
Fields, Artie – 102
Fields, Bennie – 167
Fields, John E. – 146, 153
Fields, John E. -91
Fifth Cavalry – 97
Fiji Islands – 105
First Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ – 98
Fishburne, Laurence – 57
Fisher High School – 109
Fisher High School – 33
Fleming Street Church of Christ – 111
Fletcher, Author C. – 167
Flight Calculator – 21
Flint, Michigan – 102
Flint, Texas – 104
Florida Island – 91
Flournoy, Earnest – 167
Flournoy, Lafayette – 167
Flournoy, Phinese – 146, 153
Flournoy, Rogers E. – 167
Fluellen, Marie A. – 18
Flyboys – 58
Ford Motor Company – 102
Ford, Katherine – 100
Forsyth, Georgia – 19
Fort Bliss – 83
Fort Clark – 97
Fort Des Moines, Iowa – 38
Fort Hood Sentinel – 11
Fort Jackson Station Hospital – 36
Fort Jackson, South Carolina – 36
Fort Ord, California – 101
Fort Polk – 83
Fort Riley, Kansas – 51, 97, 106
Fort Sill, Oklahoma – 101
Fort Worth ISD – 110
Fort Worth, Texas – 62, 100, 110, 115
Fort, Jeff (Pvt.) – 95
Fort, Lula Fort (Mrs.) – 95
Fort, Vines – 95
Fortson, Henry L. (Pfc.) – 55
Foster, Vera Chandler – 60
Fouke Community – 103, 107
Fouke High School – 96
Fouke Memorial Cemetery – 107
Fouke School – 103
Frank, Linnie Mae – 110
Franklin, (Pvt.) – 57
Frankston, Texas – 94, 95, 100
Fransaw, Estella – 102
Fransaw, Thomas, Jr. – 102
Fransaw, Thomas, Jr. (Rev.) – 122
Fransaw, Thomas, Sr. – 102
Frazier, Joe – 37
Freedom Fighter – 11
Freeman, Lee James – 167
Freeman, Morgan – 57
French War Zone – 24
Friendship Baptist Church – 111
Friendship CME Church – 102, 117
Frost, Thelma – 105
Ft. Benning, Georgia – 88
Ft. Clark, Texas – 92
Ft. Des Moines, Iowa – 88
Ft. Dix, New Jersey – 88
Ft. Huachuca, Arizona – 19, 88, 92
Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri – 91
Ft. Logan, Colorado – 16, 92
Ft. Ord, California – 91
Full Gospel Holy Temple Church – 106
Fuller, Earl D. – 146, 153
G
Gammon University – 116
Gardner, Will – 110
Garrison, Emma Dunn – 103
Garrison, Lorran – 50
Garrison, Sam (Capt.) – 49
Garrison, Samuel – 56
Garrison, Samuel M. – 103, 124
Garrison, Samuel M., Jr. – 103
Garrison, Willie – 49
Garrison, Willie “Cookie” – 103
Garvey, Marcus – 11
Gary, Indiana – 36
Gatson, Warren – 146, 154
Gay, Cleveland J. – 146, 154
General Mills – 83
General Staff College – 141
Georgia, Atlanta – 116
Georgia, Cairo – 51
Georgia, Columbus – 33, 88
Georgia, Forsyth – 19
Georgia, Ft. Benning – 88
Georgia, Oglethorpe – 88
German prisoners – 20, 25, 96
Germany – 32
Gibson, T. K., Jr. – 64
Gibson, Truman – 51
Gibson, Truman K. (Atty.) – 70
Gilmer, Texas – 92, 93, 95101, 111
Gilstrap, Nancy Jane Ellen – 112
Gladewater War Veterans Memorial – 55
Gladewater, Texas – 99, 100
Glasgow, Kentucky – 36
Glaspie, Eddie (CK 1/c) – 92
Glory – 57 Glover, Alicia – 99
Glover, Danny – 57
Godlock, Fannie – 99
Goldstein, Richard – 43
Gooch, Kelly – 49
Goodacre, Mollie – 108
Gooding, Cuba, Jr. – 58
Grambling, Louisiana – 98
Grant, Alvis – 168
Grant, Columbus, Sr. – 103
Grant, Harding Robert – 168
Grant, Harolie, Jr. – 167
Grant, Leon – 103
Grant, Leon “Pap” – 125
Grant, Lillie Mae – 103
Grant, Vernice – 167
Gravely, Samuel L., Jr. – 26
Great Lakes Naval Training Station – 26
Great Lakes, Illinois – 93
Greater Shiloh Baptist Church – 113
Greater St. Mary Baptist Church – 33, 99, 101, 104, 113, 116
Green, O. C. – 146, 154
Greene, Sarah Janet – 98
Greenville, Texas – 104
Gregg County, Texas – 88, 92, 102
Grice, Henry (Sgt.) – 20
Griffin, Ina Mae – 117
Griffith, David (Col.) – 37, 46
Groveton, Texas – 102
Guadacanal Islands – 19
Gulf Oil – 99
Guyes, Zephyrim – 109
Guzman, Jessie Parkhurst – 59
H
H. D. Lee Maintenance Company – 106
Hackett, Coke – 103
Hackett, Doris – 103, 125
Hackett, Ida – 103
Hackett, Mattie – 103
Haggerty, Finis – 28
Haggerty, Finis L. – 90, 102, 124
Haggerty, George – 102
Haggerty, Hattie – 102
Haley, Alexander P. – 58, 139
Hall, Harry – 103
Hall, Mary Bell (Mrs.) – 103
Hall, Preshious – 103, 125
Hallmark, Joan – 11, 54
Halton, Frank A. – 102, 124
Halton, Rosie – 103
Hamlet, North Carolina – 94
Hammond, Ray – 146, 154
Hammons, Henry – 146, 154
Hampson, Janell – 104
Hampton Institute – 141
Hampton, Archie – 103, 125
Hampton, Edward – 104
Hampton, Effie Choice – 104
Hampton, Elbert – 103
Hampton, Hattie Woods – 103
Hampton, Janell – 125, 126
Hampton, Virginia – 141
Hancock, Adie – 82
Hancock, Chester – 82
Hancock, Forest – 168
Hancock, Timothy – 56
Hancock, Timothy L. – 82
Hargrove, Hondon B. – 60
Harlem – 57
Harmon, Leonard Roy – 62
Harmony Hill School – 110
Harold, Virgil – 146, 154
Harper Clothing – 94
Harper, Ernest – 168
Harper, Helen Marie – 111
Harper, James B. – 168
Harper, Walter, Jr. – 44, 94
Harper, Willie M. – 94
Harrisburg Southern Railroad Station – 64
Harris, Leola – 110
Harris, Mary – 19
Harris, R. D. (Cpl.) – 95
Harvey Avenue Baptist Church – 96
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – 141
Hawkins High School – 111
Hawkins, Texas – 18, 19, 91, 96, 103, 105, 110, 111, 114, 115
Hayes, Edward W. (Rev.) – 18
Hayes, George C. – 168
Hayes, Marie A. (Fluellen) – 18
Hayes, Wilbur Leon – 18
Haynes, Roscoe H. – 168
Hays, George – 168
Hays, James D. – 168
Hayter, Charlie D. – 146, 154
Hearne, Texas – 19, 95, 116
Henderson County, Texas – 115
Henderson, Bennie, Jr. – 146, 154
Henderson, Pearlie – 83, 84
Henry, Alfred – 52
Henry, Arthur – 52
Henry, Clifton – 52
Henry, Dixie – 110
Henry, Gerald – 52
Henry, Irejean – 52
Henry, Lee Dona, Jr. (Sgt.) – 52, 56
Henry, Vernon – 169
Henry’s Chapel School – 106
Henson, Lewis – 169
Hervey, Jeffie – 169
Hickman, Newlyn – 114
Hickory Hill Elementary School – 94
Hicks, Maxine – 50
Hill, Emmett – 146, 154
Hill, Fletcher R. – 169
Hill, Robert – 146, 154
Hinton, John R. – 143
Holcomb, Thomas (Maj. Gen.) – 45
Holly, Clifford, Jr. – 104, 125
Holly, Clifford, Sr. – 104
Holly, Izola Morgan – 104
Holly, Willa – 104
Holmes, Blondell – 100
Hooks, Texas – 104
Hopewell Valley Baptist Church – 114
Hopkins County – 106
Hospice of East Texas – 49
House, Frank Daniel, Jr. – 104
House, Frank Daniel, Jr. – 126
House, Frank, Sr. – 104
House, Nettie – 104
Houston County – 98
Houston, Texas – 19, 83, 109, 115
Houston, W. B. (Bishop) – 101
Houston, Willie L. – 169
Howard University – 19
Howard, Terrence – 58
Hubbard, Australia C. – 104, 126
Hubbard, Mary – 105
Hudson, Choctaw, Sr. – 104, 126
Hudson, George – 104
Hudson, Ninnie Stripling – 104
Hudson, Odessia – 104
Hughes, Arthur – 147, 155
Hughes, David – 147, 155
Hughes, W. Hardin – 60
Hunt, Earnestine E. (Pfc.) – 39, 88
Hunt, George, Sr. (Mr.) – 88
Hunt, George, Sr. (Mrs.) – 88
Hunter, Arnett – 169
Hunter, Walter T. – 169
Huntsville, Texas – 24, 109
Hurdle, Andrew Jackson – 104
Hurdle, Jessie Catherine Bailey – 105
Hurdle, Timothy Hughes – 104, 126
Huston-Tillotson College – 116
I
Idaho, St. Maries – 42
Illinois, Chicago – 15, 105
India, Burma, China – 91
Indiana State Teachers College – 36
Indiana University – 82
Indianapolis, Indiana – 105
Interregional Athletic Conference – 105
Isabel, Arceloa – 147, 155
Isabel, Ardelia – 105
Isabel, Isaiah – 105
Isabel, Matthew – 147
Isabel, Matthews – 155
Isabel, Odel – 147, 105, 155
Italy, Arno – 20
Italy, Naples – 34
Italy, Viareggio – 42
Ithaca, New York – 58
Iwo Jima – 45
J
J. N. Ervin Chapel – 111
Jackson Elementary School – 102
Jackson High School – 100, 102, 104, 113
Jackson Schools – 117
Jackson, Algert – 147, 155
Jackson, Arthur Lee – 88
Jackson, Charles Lee (Dr.) – 127
Jackson, Ernest – 105
Jackson, Leonard M. (Capt.) – 62
Jackson, Libbie Tuck – 105
Jackson, Lou J. – 106
Jackson, Maggie B. – 105
Jackson, Marion Cecil – 105
Jackson, Thomas Frost – 105, 127
Jackson, Willie (Sgt.) – 88
Jacksonville, Texas – 101
James, Daniel “Chappie”, Jr. (Capt.) – 26, 140
James, Lonnie, Jr. – 169
James, Sadie B. – 99
Japan, Okinawa – 95, 101
Jarvis Christian College – 19, 33, 92, 98, 101, 105, 110, 111, 115
Jefferson College, Washington – 92
Jobe, Dortha – 96
Jobe, Gertrude – 96
Jobe, Leroy – 96
Jobe, Mildred – 111
Jobe, Perry – 96
John R. Harmon Chapel – 114, 116
Johnson, Allen – 106
Johnson, Callie Sanders – 95
Johnson, Eldridge, Sr. – 106, 127
Johnson, Ellie – 95
Johnson, Eula Powell – 32
Johnson, Finis F. D. – 32
Johnson, Gus M. – 147, 155
Johnson, Henry – 32
Johnson, Jesse J. – 141, 143
Johnson, Jesse, Jr. (Pfc.) – 91
Johnson, Jessie – 169
Johnson, Joyce Starling – 32
Johnson, L. A., Sr. – 95
Johnson, Mack Ed – 106, 127
Johnson, Mary E. Cullar – 106
Johnson, Robert L. – 147, 155
Johnson, Robert L. (Pvt.) – 90
Johnson, Rouhie P. – 169
Johnson, T. J. (Mr.) – 95
Johnson, T. J. (Mrs.) – 95
Johnson, Velma J. Smith – 95
Johnson, Willie, Jr. – 99
Johnson, Freeman R. (Y 1/c) – 95
Joliet College – 82
Jones Valley Church of God in Christ – 98
Jones Valley Schools – 113
Jones, Arzelia M. – 19
Jones, Bennard – 147, 156
Jones, Bennard (Sgt.) – 90
Jones, Ferd – 106, 128
Jones, Herbert – 170
Jones, Hubert – 170
Jones, Jim – 115
Jones, Leonard A. – 147, 155
Jones, Nolan – 147, 155
Jones, Tenola – 147, 156
Jurgens, (Cpl.) – 57
K
Kansas City, Kansas – 19
Kansas State College – 24
Kaufman County, Texas – 50, 88, 95
Kelley, Eugene – 170
Kelley, Jessie Marie – 110
Kelley, Lonnie B. – 170
Kemp, Buford Leon – 170
Kennedy, Jihmi – 57
Kennedy, Matilda – 19
Kentucy, Glasgow – 36
Kerr Community Center – 96
Kerr, Baeverly – 96
Kerr, Lula – 96
Kershaw County, South Carolina – 114
Kimbrough, James – 97
Kimbrough, James “Jim” – 106, 128
King, Jimmie – 117 King, Osceola – 103
Kingsberry, Maude Genore – 109
Kingston School – 106
Kirven, Joel Rogers – 106, 128
Kirven, Rithia B. – 106
KLTV – 11, 54
Knox, Frank (Secretary of the Navy) – 81
Korea – 54, 97, 106
Korean Conflict – 107
Korean War – 18, 29, 51, 52, 54, 83, 94, 99, 101, 105, 107, 110
KZEY – 101
L
Lackey, Fannie – 29
Lacy, Clarence – 147, 156
Lacy, John Henry – 106, 128
Lacy, Mamie Green – 106
Lafayette Flying Corps – 33
Land, Bobby, Sr. (Rev.) – 85, 87
Langston University – 19
Larissa CME Church – 110
Larissa Community – 99
Larissa, Texas – 110
Las Moras Creek – 97
Lasters – 109
Latexco, Texas – 107
Lawson (Company) – 109
Lawson, Jessie B. – 170
Lawson, Lewis C. – 170
Layne, Mae – 19
Leach, J. L. (Rev.) – 85
Leach, Julius – 85
Leach, Leona Homes – 85
Leach, Martha Reed – 85
Lee, H. D., Maintenance Company – 106
Lee, Jim – 107
Lee, Laura – 107
Lee, Willie – 107, 128
Legion of Merit – 62
Leonard, Sugar Ray – 37
Lester, Clarence D. (Lt.) – 23
Letter Carrier, First African-American – 33
Lewis Temple CME Church – 98
Lewis, Almond (Mr.) – 92
Lewis, Almond (Mrs.) – 92
Lewis, Almond (Pfc.) – 92
Lewis, Farley V. – 170
Lewis, Joe – 71
Liberty Baptist Church – 16, 109, 143
Lidia, Ida Bell – 107
Lidia, J. T. – 107, 128
Lidia, Rossetta – 107
Lidia, Shelby – 107
Lilinston, Jimmie L. – 170
Lincoln High School – 99
Lindale, Texas – 86, 102, 109, 114, 117
Lions Club, Big Sandy – 111
Loan Collection Officer – 111
Longview High School – 19
Longview News Journal – 11
Longview Photography Club – 99
Longview, Texas – 111
Los Angeles Rams – 83
Los Angeles, California – 103
Louis, Joe – 30, 37, 51
Love, Marvin, – 147, 156
Love, Medearo – 147, 156
Love, Otis L. – 147, 156
Ls Moras Springs – 97
Lubbock AAF – 16, 92
Lynn Springs – 103
Lynn Springs School – 103, 111, 118
Lyons, John Sheldon – 171
Lyons, Lenon – 171
Lyons, Nolan B. – 171
M
Macedonia Baptist Church – 115
Madison, Illinois – 15
Manchester, England – 25
Manhattan Beach, New York – 25
Manila University – 111
Manley, Albert – 171
March Field, California – 91
Marine Corps – 25, 45, 94, 100, 142
Marine, First Black – 44
Marlin, Texas – 107
Marshall, Texas – 19, 94, 117
Marshalls – 95
Mason, Bessie – 107
Mason, C. L. (Mrs.) – 39
Mason, Cleveland – 147, 156
Mason, Cora – 107
Mason, Erman J. – 107, 129
Mason, James E. – 147, 156
Mason, Roscoe (Pfc.) – 28
Mason, Roscoe C. – 147, 156
Mason, Roscoe C. (Pvt.) – 90
Mason, Thomas – 107
Mason, Thomas (Mr.) – 28
Mason, Thomas (Mrs.) – 28
Mason, Weldon – 147, 156
Mattison, Bill (Capt.) – 35
Mayfield, Edward T. (1st Lt.) – 66
Mayfield, Melvin G. – 147, 157
McAfee, John – 147, 157
McAlester, Oklahoma – 19
McCalla, Anna Parker – 107
McCalla, Jewel Richard – 107
McCalla, M. C. – 107, 129, 171
McCalla, Marcus Randolph, Jr. – 107, 129
McCalla, Marcus, Sr. – 107
McCauley, Linnie – 16
McClelland, (Cpl.) – 16
McCormick, Claude G. – 147, 157
McCormick, Harvey Lee – 147, 157
McCuin, Arnell – 99
McDowell, Emma Lee – 107
McDowell, Maxine – 82
McFarland High School – 82
McGee, Charlie – 171
McGee, Chester – 171
McGee, Major – 109
McGee, Sylvester – 109
McKissic, Willie Mae – 100
McMillan, Maurice – 171
McMillan, Walter R. L. – 171
Medal of Honor – 42
Meharry Medical College – 19
Melontree, Andrew, Sr. – 83, 84, 107, 127
Melton, Lula – 108
Melton, Marvin F. – 108, 130
Melton, William – 108
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church – 113
Meuse-Argonne Offensive – 24
Mexia – 94 Michaels, Jim – 45
Midway Public Schools – 109
Midway, Texas – 109
Miles Chapel CME Church – 33, 101, 102, 113
Miller, Amanda – 108
Miller, Conery – 81
Miller, Dorie – 56, 62
Miller, Doris (Dorie) – 81
Miller, Freddie B., Sr. – 108, 129
Miller, Henrietta – 81
Mills, Dociles M. (T/Sgt.) – 39, 92
Minden, Louisiana – 18
Mineola – 82
Mineola Sports Hall of Fame – 107
Mineola, Texas – 107, 114
Mineral Wells, Texas – 88, 90
Miracle Center Church – 108
Mitchell, Charles (Mr.) – 95
Mitchell, Charles (Mrs.) – 95
Montford Point – 45
Montford Point Camp – 94
Montford Point, N. C. – 25
Montgomery, Beverly R. – 172
Montgomery, Carlee – 172
Montgomery, Joseph B. – 171
Montgomery, Robert Lee – 172
Montgomery, Samuel – 172
Moore High School – 81
Moore, Amanda Miller – 108
Moore, Edward Charles – 108, 129
Moore, Jewel O. Palmer – 108
Moore, Plummer R. – 108, 130
Moore, Scott – 108
Morgan Barber School – 116
Morris County, Texas – 111
Morris, Alfred (S/Sgt.) – 35
Mosely, Effie Timms – 109
Mosley, Eddie – 147, 157
Mosley, Laney – 109
Mosley, Leotha “Chunky” – 109, 130
Mosley, Virginia – 109
Moss, Maggie – 19
Motor Transport Service – 24
Mount Enterprise – 33, 94
Mount Olive Baptist Church – 100, 103, 105, 114
Mount Rose Baptist Church – 107, 112
Mount Vernon, Texas – 111
Mount Zion School – 107
Mt. Calvary Church of God in Christ – 102
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church – 111
Mt. Nevelton CME Church – 99
Mt. Olive Baptist Church – 99, 111
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church – 109
Muddy Creek Baptist Church – 107
Mumphrey, Maso – 96, 147, 157
Mumphrey, Rosco – 147, 157
Murphy, August – 109
Murphy, Carl – 67
Murphy, Eddie – 109
Murphy, Leroy – 109, 131
Muskogee, Oklahoma – 104
N
NAACP – 19, 51, 83
Nacogdoches, Texas – 112
Naples High School – 107
Naples, Italy – 34
Narasota [Navasota?], Texas – 24
Nasa Space Station – 83
Natchez, Mississippi – 106
Nation Community – 115
National Airmen’s Association of America – 36
National Association of Black Military Women – 47
National Youth Administration – 51
Nauls, Allen Julian – 109
Nauls, Lloyd V. – 109, 131
Nauls, Maude Genore Kingsberry – 109
Naval Air Base – 112
Naval Training Station – 81, 93 Navy – 98, 107, 110, 114, 115, 142
Navy Nurse Corps – 26
Navy’s V-12 program – 94
Neal, Hamilton – 71
Negro Civ. Community Chest – 19
Negro Strength in the Army – 61
Negro Strength in the Marine Corps – 61
Negro Strength in the Navy – 61
Negro Veteran – 63
Negro Year Book – 60
Neighborhood Initiative Director, PATH – 110
New Beginning Church of God in Christ – 94
New Caledonia, New Hebrides – 19
New Generation Baptist Church – 98
New Guinea – 97, 106
New Hebrides, New Caldeonia – 19
New Hope Baptist Church – 100
New Hope Conglee Baptist Church – 112
New Hope School – 112
New Jerusalem Baptist Church – 112
New Life Church of God in Christ – 101
New Life Missionary Baptist Church – 102
New Mexico State University – 85
New Mountain School – 92
New River, N. C. – 94
New Zion Baptist Church – 103
Nichols, Julies Joe – 172
Nineteenth Infantry – 97
Ninth Cavalry – 29
Nixon, Bertha – 98
Nobles, Billie – 98
Nolan, Samuel – 109, 131
Norfolk, Virginia – 81, 91, 92
North Island, California – 112
North Koreans – 53
North Star Baptist Church – 99, 103, 108, 109
North Tenneha Church of Christ – 50, 103, 108, 116
Northwestern University – 19, 36
Nurse Training Bill – 25
O
Obama, (President) – 45
Obama, Michelle – 46
Ofori, Crystal – 46
Oglesby, Louise – 105
Oglethorpe, Georgia – 88
Ohio – 25
Okinawa, Japan – 95, 101
Oklahoma City, Okla. – 19, 94
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company – 19
Oliphant, Rose Louise – 105
Omaha Beach – 3
Omaha High School – 103
Omaha, Texas – 103
Ore City, Texas – 16, 92
Out Post – 58
Overton, Texas – 85, 100, 103
Owens, Dixie Henry – 110
Owens, Harvey – 110
Owens, Harvey, Jr. – 110, 131
Owens, Mabel Lee – 15
Owens, T. M. – 21
Owens, Thomas M. – 15, 17
P
P-40 Warhawk – 62
P-51 Mustang – 62
P51 Mustang Fighter Pilot – 50
Pacific Theater – 104
Palestine, Texas – 99
Palmer, Jewel O. – 108
Palmer, Lasalle – 172
Panola County – 32
Paradise Funeral Home – 98
Paratrooper – 105
Park Highland Nursing Center – 113
Parker, Anna – 107
PATH – 110
Patrick, Icom – 147, 157
Patton, (General) – 3
Patton, George S., Jr. – 97
Patton, Henry – 147, 157
Patton, Ovarlee D. – 147, 157
Payne, Allen – 57
Pearl Harbor – 62, 81, 94
Pennsylvania State University – 33
Penrose, Arkansas – 104
Pershing, John J. (Gen.) – 32
Phelps, Ruby O. – 24
Philippines – 91, 11
Phillips, L. C. – 147, 158
Pierce, Ella – 110
Pierce, Mattie – 110
Pierce, Samuel, Jr. ( Lt. Col.) – 26, 140
Pierce, Troy – 110, 132
Pinkerton, Earline – 117
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation – 99
Plano, Texas – 19, 94
Pleasant Grove Community – 117
Pleasant Grove School – 108
Poe, Wilie Jeremane – 102
Pork Chop Hill – 57
Port Gibson, Mississippi – 15, 98
Porter, Jesse – 110
Porter, Mary Robinson – 110
Porter, Pierce William – 131
Porter, Vera Williams – 110
Porter, William Pierce – 110
Portsmouth, Virginia – 93
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (Rev. Dr.) – 72
Powell, Colin – 143
Prairie Creek CME Church – 118
Prairie Creek Community – 118
Prairie View A&M College – 95, 107
Prairie View A&M University – 82, 95, 100, 101, 104, 106
Prairie View College – 19, 83
Prear, Bessie Mae – 114
Presidential Unit Citation – 3
President’s Citation – 95
Presley, Darwin Crayton (Rev.) – 85
Presley, Esther L. Davis (Mrs.) – 85
Presley, J. W. – 85
Presley, Mary Ellen Pullins – 85
Preston, Dolly Ann – 100
Pre-Trial Release Program, Director – 105
Prince, Ellis – 110
Prince, Mattie Faye – 111
Prince, Susanna Scott – 110
Prince, Wendell Webster – 110, 132
Proud – 58
Provisional Committee on Veterans Affairs – 19
Pruitt, Cleoliver – 172
Pruitt, Cleoliver (S/Sgt.) – 40, 91
Pruitt, Curtis – 172
Pruitt, Simon – 172
Purple Heart – 90
Pyle High School – 50
Pyramid of Honor – 27
Q
Quartermaster Corps – 24
Queen Bess – 36
Quitman, Texas – 102, 107
R
R. L. Davis Manufacturing Company – 113
Radford, Mildred Jobe – 111
Ragland, Mary – 37
Ragland, Mary Crawford – 46, 47
Randall, Arthur – 173
Randall, Elmer – 173
Randall, Ernest – 173
Randall, James C. – 172
Randle, Albert Joe – 110, 132
Randle, Josephine – 110
Randle, Willie, Sr. – 110
Rawl, Cecelia – 52
Ray, Clifton – 110, 132
Ray, Frank – 110
Raze, Robert – 31
Raze, Robert, Sr. – 33
Reagan, Ronald (President) – 41
Red Ball Express – 24
Red Rock Community – 99
Red Springs, Texas – 118
Red Tails – 58
Redland Community – 101
Redland School – 114
Redland, Texas – 114
Reed, Linda M. – 55
Reeder, Nathaniel – 147, 158
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation – 55
Rhodes, Henry L. – 147, 158
Rhymes, Joe – 173
Richard, Oda – 173
Richards, Eddy D. – 173
Richmond, California – 113
Riley, Ernest – 173
Rising Star Church of God in Christ – 100
Rivers, General – 111
Rivers, Playmon – 111, 132
Rivers, Rosie – 111
Robert A. Waller High School – 105
Robert E. Lee High School – 109
Robertson, Elihue (Babe) – 111
Robertson, Elie – 111
Robertson, Elihue (Babe), Jr. – 132
Robertson, Elnora – 111
Robertson, Indie – 111
Robertson, Thomas – 111, 133
Robertson, Tom, Sr. – 111
Robinson, Jack “Jackie” R. – 51
Robinson, Jackie – 56, 82
Robinson, Mary – 110
Robinson, Odell A. – 147, 158
Robinson, Sugar Ray – 51
Rogers, Braick H. – 147, 148
Rollins, Howard E., Jr. – 57
Roosevelt, (President) – 24
Roosevelt, Eleanor (Mrs.) – 74
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President) – 25
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (President) – 75
Roosth and Genecov Rental – 110
Ross Grocery & Market – 33
Ross, Fronia – 33
Ross, Ray – 147, 158
Ross, Ray – 31, 33
Ross, Theodora Crenshaw – 33
Rouen – 47
Runnels, Audrew – 147, 158
Runnels, Leggett – 147, 158
Runnels, Thelma – 147, 158
Runyon, John (Capt.) – 43
Rusk County, Texas – 110
Russell, Calvin James – 173
Russell, Dorse E. – 174
Russell, Joe Allen – 173
Russell, John T. – 174
Russell, Karene – 174
Russell, W. T. – 173
Rutherford, Ivey – 111
Rutherford, Ivey Hugh – 111, 133
Rutherford, Julius Cozier – 111, 133
Rutherford, Mattie – 111
S
SAACC – 16, 92
Saint Paul United Methodist Church (Dallas) – 110
Saipan – 95
Samuel Houston High School – 109
San Angelo, Texas – 101
San Antonio – 16, 21, 83, 90, 92, 94
San Antonio-El Paso Road – 97
San Diego, California – 85
San Francisco, California – 105
Sanders, R. A. – 147, 159
Sandflat Baptist Church – 112
Sanford, Annie H. Butler – 85
Sanford, Jodie C. (Rev.) – 85
Sanford, R. B. (Rev.) – 85
School of Modern Photography – 99
School St. Louis – 110
Scott, Adolphus K. – 174
Scott, Erving – 112
Scott, Howard – 174
Scott, J. D. – 174
Scott, Johnnie Martin – 112, 133
Scott, Morris S. – 174
Scott, Roy Jester – 47, 159
Scott, Shannon J. – 174
Scott, Shannon J. (1st Sgt.) – 91
Seacloud, Coast Guard Cutter – 25
Seals, Luther Thomas, Jr. – 174
Seas Beas – 25 Selective Service Commission – 19
Selfridge Field, Michigan – 16, 34, 92
Sergeant Rutledge – 57
Session, Cleo – 174
Session, Horatia – 175
Session, Spurgeon – 175
Seventh U. S. Cavalry – 97
Shaw, Henry L., Jr. – 175
Shaw, Robert Gould – 57
Sheppard Field – 90
Sheppard, Pauline – 114
Sherfield, Norman – 147, 159
Sherfield, T. C. – 147, 159
Sherman, William L. – 147, 159
Shiloh High School – 88
Shreveport, Louisiana – 113
Sicily – 91
Silver Star – 62
Simmons, Bessie Mae Anderson – 112
Simmons, Joe – 112
Simmons, Maurice S. – 175
Simmons, Richard Franklin – 112, 133
Simpkins, Hermon I. – 175
Sims, Lola Faye – 116
Skief, Thelma – 115
Skinner, Carlton, (Lt.) – 25
Slaton ISD – 110
Smith County African American Soldiers – 145-162
Smith County Central Labor Council – 83
Smith County Sheriff’s Department – 105
Smith Howard Chapel – 115
Smith Steel Company – 94
Smith, Cleaster Cleo, Sr. – 112, 134
Smith, Ellis Leon, Sr. – 112
Smith, Emma L. – 112
Smith, Eugene Field – 112, 134
Smith, Horace – 147, 159
Smith, Jessie – 113
Smith, Jim B. – 147, 159
Smith, L. G. – 54, 56
Smith, Minnie Clay – 112
Smith, Parthina – 112
Smith, Richard – 19
Smith, Robert T. – 112, 134
Smith, Sarah – 19
Smith, Shirley (Master Sgt.) – 47
Smith, Ulysses Charles – 19
Smith, Val Quince Augustus – 113, 134
Smith, Velma J. – 95
Smith, William – 147, 159
Smith, Willie – 112, 113
Soil Conservation Service – 104
Soldier’s Medal – 62
Solomon Islands – 91
South County Commissioner – 107
South Korea – 53
Southern Aluminum Foundries – 94
Southward High School – 107
Southwest Conference Athletic Association – 19
Spanish-American War – 140
SPARS – 58
Spigner, Curtis R. T. – 175
Spring Creek Community – 105
Square, Ernest – 113, 135
St. Die Sector – 24
St. James Baptist Church – 99
St. James CME Church – 52, 106, 112, 117
St. Louis Community – 113, 117
St. Louis Junior High School – 102
St. Louis Missionary Baptist Church – 106, 117
St. Louis School – 110
St. Maries, Idaho – 42
St. Mary’s Baptist Church – 114
St. Paul Baptist Church – 114
St. Violet Baptist Church – 85, 108, 109, 117
Stance, Emmuelle (Maj.) – 58
Stanton High School – 100
Stanton School – 104
Starling, Joyce – 32
Starrville CME Church – 117
State Teacher’s College – 58
Staten Island, New York – 88
Station Hospital #1 – 19
Steele, Clarence – 113, 135
Steele, Lorene – 113
Steele, Rubin – 113
Steele, Sadie – 113
Steels, Ida Lee – 113
Stephens, Betty Jane Davis – 113
Stephens, Cassie – 113
Stephens, Larry L. – 113
Stephens, Wilburd – 113
Stephens, Willie Louis – 113, 135
Stevenson, California – 113
Steward, Ray – 175
Stewart, James E., Sr. – 44, 94
Stewart, James Edward – 19
Stewart, Maggie (Moss) – 19
Stewart, Maggie Feglee – 94
Stewart, Paul J. – 175
Stewart, Zena – 19
Stewart, Zena T. (Rev.) – 94
Stripling, Ninnie – 104
Stroke, Woody – 57
Submarine Chaser (PC 1264) – 26
Sulphur Springs, Texas – 106, 114
Swan Schools – 113
Swan, Texas – 114
T
Tatum, Texas – 111
Taylor, Allie – 50
Taylor, Dennis – 50
Taylor, Eddie, Jr. – 175
Taylor, Emmitt B. – 177
Taylor, Sam, Jr. – 175
Taylor, Ulysses S. (Capt.) – 50
Teague, Texas – 106
Temple, Texas – 101, 110
Tenth Cavalry – 29
Terre Haute, Indiana – 36
Texas A&M University – 115
Texas Bus Company – 82
Texas College – 19, 32, 33, 83, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 118
Texas Department of Transportation/Maintenance – 100
Texas Eastman Kodak Company – 110
Texas National Guard – 97
Texas Southern University – 33, 109, 115
Texas Southern University of Law – 107
Texas Teachers State Association – 19
Texas, “Nation” Community – 115
The Tuskegee Airmen – 57
Third Army – 3, 96
Third Calvary – 97
Thomas, Elihue – 147, 159
Thomas, James – 177
Thompson, Douglas – 177
Thompson, Edward, Sr. – 19
Thompson, George – 114
Thompson, Ira, Sr. – 113, 135
Thompson, Johnie – 114, 135
Thompson, Katie Rhone – 113
Thompson, Mack – 113
Thompson, Matilda (Kennedy) – 19
Thompson, Pauline – 114
Thompson, Trudie Lynch – 114
Thompson’s Rose Chapel – 107
Thurman, Warren G. – 177
Thurman, Willis – 177
Tigner, Erma Jean Everlee – 114
Tigner, Estell/Ester – 114
Tigner, Eva Boyd – 114
Tigner, George Henry – 114, 136
Tillman Willmon – 148, 160
Tillman, Gilbert – 148, 160
Tillman, Quiency – 148, 160
Tillman, Willmon – 148
Tillotson College – 116
Timms, Effie – 109
Tompson, Floyd, Sr. – 19
Tougaloo College – 141
Townsend, Robert – 57
Tracy, Lorran Garrison – 50
Trane, Inc. – 100
Travis E. Watkins Post #281 – 55
Trinidad Benham – 107
Trinity, Texas – 102
Troup Schools – 107
Troup, Texas – 85, 91, 98, 106, 112
True Light Baptist Church – 106
True Vine Baptist Church – 109, 117
Truscott, Lucian K., Jr. (Lt. Gen.) – 53
Tyler Courier Times – 49
Tucker, Bertha – 114
Tucker, Clemos – 114, 136
Tucker, Jo Ann – 114
Tucker, McKinnley, Sr. – 114
Tucker, Rodney, Jr. – 57
Tucker, Willie C. – 160
Tucson, Arizona – 19
Turman, Glynn – 57
Turner, Harry H. – 148, 160
Turner, Paul Lawrence – 15, 17
Turner, Reginald – 15
Turner, Robert L. – 177
Turner, Viola (Westin) – 15
Tuskegee – 34
Tuskegee Airmen – 3, 24, 33, 49, 56, 103
Tuskegee Institute – 24, 59, 60, 95
Tuskegee Training Program – 24, 58
Tuskegee University – 109
Tuskegee, Alabama – 49
Twenty-Fourth [Cavalry?] – 29
Tyiska, Burnett D. – 148, 160
Tyiska, John W. – 148, 160
Tyiska, Nathan A. – 148, 160
Tyler Barber College – 110
Tyler Candy Company – 101
Tyler Courier Times – 11
Tyler Junior College – 100, 102
Tyler Morning Telegraph – 52
Tyler Packing House -100
Tyler Pipe – 32, 98, 112
Tyler Pipe Industries – 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114
U
U. C. L. A. – 19
U. S. Army Freedom Team Salute Commendation Program – 46
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps – 25
U. S. Calvary Troop H – 57
U. S. Department of Agriculture – 104
U.S.M.C. – 19
U. S. Marshal Service – 105
UCLA – 51
Union Pacific Railroad – 107
University of Indiana – 98
University of Michigan – 117
University of Texas at Tyler – 100, 102
University of Texas, Austin – 85
USA Today Newspaper – 45
USCGC Campbell – 25
USS Jesse Brown – 26
USS Leyte Gulf (CV – 32) – 26
USS Mason – 26
USS Nevada (BB-36) – 81
USS Newrus AS17 & AS18 – 86
USS Pyro (AE-1) – 81
USS Sperry – 86
USS West Virginia (BB-48) – 81
V
Valley View High School – 92, 93, 95
Vaughn Lawn Service – 114
Vaughn, Charles – 148, 160
Vaughn, Effie Jones – 114
Vaughn, Lee Roy – 114, 136
Vaughn, Newlyn Hickman – 114
Veasey, Johnnie R. – 114
Veasey, William B. – 114, 136
Veterans of Foreign Wars – 11
Viareggio, Italy – 42
Vierack, George Sylvester – 76
Vietnam – 55
Vietnam War – 143
Vinson, Elijah – 114, 136
Vinson, Henry – 114
Vinson, James Z. – 148, 160
Vinson, Ruby Bell – 114
Vinson, Sadie – 114
W
W. A. Peete School – 116
W. A. Peete Elementary School – 118
WAAC Training Center – 38
WAC – 46, 88, 92
Waco, Texas – 51, 62, 81
Waddleton, Garland – 96, 148, 161
Waddleton, Valentiine – 177
Walker, Julius – 16
Walker, Lucy Butler (Mrs.) – 16
Walker, Melvin – 148, 161
Walker, Stuford – 16
Wallace, Freddie H. – 116, 137
Wallace, J. B. – 116
Wallace, John M. – 115, 136
Wallace, Josephine Warren – 116
Wallace, Margie – 116
Wallace, Thelma – 115
Walton, Charles O. – 177
Walton, Cumby – 177
War College – 141
Ware, Jessie – 148, 161
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal – 57
Warre, Langston – 148, 161
Warren, Anna Austin – 117
Warren, Archie – 116
Warren, Carrie Wynn – 116
Warren, Jesse – 117
Warren, Joe C., Jr. – 148, 161
Warren, Josephine – 116
Warren, Lawrence C. (L. C.) – 116, 137
Warren, Phillip L. – 148, 161
Warren, Smith – 117
Warren, Wardell – 117, 137
Warren, William A. – 117, 138
Washington and Lee University – 65
Washington, Booker T. – 60
Washington, DC – 19, 105
Washington, Denzel – 57
Washington, Therelee – 83, 84
Watkins, Travis E., Post 281 – 55
WAVES – 26
Webster High School – 19
Weingarten – 109
Wesley, Clemon H., Jr. – 2
Wesley, Edween – 103
Wesley, Ernest Bryant – 115
Wesley, Ethel Doddy – 115
Wesley, Jodie Lee – 115, 136
Western Foundry – 100, 104, 108
Western Pacific – 85
Westin, Viola – 15
Wheat, Bessie Mae Anderson Simmons – 112
Wheeler, Manola – 98
Where’s My Man To-Nite – 57
Whitaker, Buford – 116
Whitaker, Cleotha – 116, 137
Whitaker, Hettie – 116
Whitaker, Horace L. (Pfc.) – 95
White, Florine J. – 115, 137
White, Florine J. (Dr.) – 2
White, General, Jr. – 177
White, Joe B. – 176
White, Lacy – 148, 161
Whitehouse, Texas – 85, 102, 113
Whiting, William H. C. (Lt.) – 97
Whitmill, Willie V. – 148, 161
Wichita High School – 19
Wichita, Kansas – 85
Wiley College – 18, 19, 105, 117
Wiley High School – 36
Williams, Bular – 98
Williams, Cathrine Bickens – 116
Williams, Clarence – 176
Williams, Clarence, III – 57
Williams, Ella Miles – 116
Williams, Herman K. – 176
Williams, Herman K. (T/Sgt.) – 91
Williams, James L. – 148, 161
Williams, Jerry – 116
Williams, Jessie B. (Sgt.) – 40, 92
Williams, John H. – 116, 137
Williams, John H. – Front Cover
Williams, John H. (Rev.) – 58, 95
Williams, John W., Jr. – 148, 161
Williams, John Westley – 116, 137
Williams, Johnny – 116
Williams, Lowell – 148, 162
Williams, Odis – 176
Williams, Oscar D. – 176
Williams, Russel E. – 148, 162
Williams, Spencer – 57
Williams, Vera – 110
Willis, Brady W. (Cpl.) – 92
Wilson, Charles F. (Pvt.) – 79
Wilson, Floyd – 175
Wilson, Woodrow (President) – 32
Winnsboro – 91
Winona schools – 115
Winona, Texas – 16, 99, 103, 104, 108, 118, 143
Wofford, Georgia – 94, 100
Women’s Army Corps (WAC) – 25, 38
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WACC) – 25
Wood County African American Soldiers – 163-177
Wood County Airport Board – 111
Wood County Crimestoppers – 111
Wood County, Texas – 19, 102
Woods, Carrie Wynn Warren – 117
Woods, Ernest C. – 117, 138
Woods, Hattie – 103
Woods, John W. – 148, 162
Woods, Nancy Brooks – 117
Woods, Samuel A., Jr. (Col.) – 25
Woods, Willie – 117
Wooten, Artis (Rev.) – 86, 87
Wooten, Edgar C. – 148, 162
Wooten, Frank Thomas – 117, 138
Wooten, Ina Mae Griffin – 117
Wooten, Lenora – 102
Wooten, Lonnie T., Jr. – 90, 148, 162
Wooten, Thomas – 117
Wooten, Willie Fay – 117
Worchel, Dayne – 49
World War I – 3, 24, 29, 33, 58, 60, 140
World War II – 15, 16, 18, 24, 29, 34, 46, 57, 92, 85, 96, 101, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 140
World War II letters – 64
Wright, Jurice – 92
Wright, Lowry G. – 64, 65
Wright, Robert L. (Pvt.) – 92
Wynn, Earline Pinkerton – 117
Wynn, Eddie Lee – 117, 138
Wynn, Lille Warren – 117
Wynn, Messiah – 117
Wynne, Elmer J. – 118, 138
Y
Yechon – 52
YMCA, North Tyler – 116
Young, Booker T. – 118
Young, Cottrell – 118
Young, Mary O. – 118
Young, Milus B. (Roe) – 118, 138
Young, Ollie J. (Mrs.) – 118
Young, Thurman, Sr. – 118, 139
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