After WWII, Tipton County’s Black veterans founded their own American Legion post

Published in The Leader By Sherri Onorati November 11, 2020 The soldiers who came home after World War I were tired, traumatized and many felt out-of-place given what they had been through – even in their hometowns – places which should have been welcoming and familiar. A small group of

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William F. Davis

William F. Davis was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Corps on July 17, 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. His basic training was at Keesler Field, Mississippi. William was transferred to Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin, where he served from September 1942 until February 1945. William departed for Europe on March

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Wilbur F. Cash

Wilbur Franklin Cash enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps at Memphis, Tennessee. He was sworn in on November 17, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. Wilbur was inducted at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi on November 18, 1941, and began basic training at Keesler Field, Mississippi on November 28, 1941. After

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William A. Chapman

William A. Chapman, son of William Allen and Annie Merriwether Chapman of Brownsville, enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in January 1941. He served in England, France and Belgium. He saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. Honorably discharged on October 10, 1945. William’s highest rank held

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John O. Chorley

John O. Chorley entered U.S. Army Air Corps in June, 1943 and served until November 1945.

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Sanford D. Bringle

Sanford D. Bringle was inducted into the U.S Army Air Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on  January 8, 1943. He went to chemical warfare  training  in Siberia, Alabama. He served with the 894th Chemical Company, 3rd Attack Group of the 5th Air Force. His campaigns were new guinea, the western

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Edward G. Buckley, Sr.

Edward Gale Buckley, Sr., entered the U. S. Army and served in the Air Corps from October 1942 until he was discharged in November 1945.

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James Osgood Burgess

James Osgood Burgess graduated from U.S. Army flight training at Yuma Army Air Field, Yuma, Arizona on August 30, 1943, as an aviation pilot with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was stationed with the Fifth Air Force, V-Bomber command ,345th bomb group ,500th bomb detachment. James was killed in

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Willie Eric “Billy” Anderson

Willie Eric “Billy” Anderson served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during WII from July 1943 through February 1946. He was stationed on Tinian (Marianas group), where he flew 29 missions over Japan in the B-29 Super Fortress as a navigator-radar bombardier. He served in the U.S. Air Force during

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