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West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MAASS GEORGE C. Address: 29 CHAMBERLIN DRIVE Service Branch: Rank: Unit / Squadron: Medals / Citations: Theater of Operations / Assignment: Service Notes: Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: (NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE) 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACHEMER LOUIS H. Address: 3036 SENECA STREET Service Branch:NAVY Rank: C.C.S. Unit / Squadron: 119TH N.C.B. (NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION) Medals / Citations: ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON Theater of Operations / Assignment: PACIFIC THEATER Service Notes: Chief Commissary Steward Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: Commissarymen prepared meals for enlisted sailors in galleys on the ship and shore bases in the general mess / They purchased food from approved sources, stored food stuffs and distributed to the galleys for preparation and kept accountability records Seabees: After the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the use of civilian labor in war zones became impractical so the Navy created Construction Battalions (from which the abbreviation "C.B." became Seabees) / The Seabees have a history of building bases, bulldozing and paving thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, bridges, roads, gasoline storage tanks, and Quonset huts for warehouses, hospitals, and housing / During the Second World War, the Seabees performed in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of Operation The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon (Medal) was a military awarded to any member of the United States Military who served in the Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACHIN EDWARD H. Address: 80 LAFAYETTE AVENUE Service Branch:ARMY Rank: PVT Unit / Squadron: CASUAL COMPANY 108TH Medals / Citations: EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL Theater of Operations / Assignment: EUROPEAN THEATER Service Notes: Private Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: The European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on 6 November 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt / The medal was intended to recognize those military service members who had performed military duty in the European Theater (to include North Africa and the Middle East) and was awarded for any service performed between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946 / The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded as a service ribbon throughout the entire Second World War 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACHIN GERALDINE C. Address: Service Branch:ARMY - AIR FORCE Rank: PFC Unit / Squadron: 713TH W.A.A.C. BASE (WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS), HEADQUARTERS COMPANY Medals / Citations: Theater of Operations / Assignment: Service Notes: Private First-Class Geraldine C. Machin served in the Army from 20 March 1943 to 5 August 1943 Base Assignments: Hamilton Field, California - Hamilton Airfield was named for First Lieutenant Lloyd Andrews Hamilton of the 17th Aero Squadron, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Varssonaore, Belgium, in leading a low level bombing attack on a German airdrome 30 miles behind enemy lines on 13 August 1918 Miscelleaneous: The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established in May 1942 to increase the strength of the Army to fight World War II / Within a year the Corps had 60,000 women, the equivalent of approximately 3 divisions, performing jobs in administration, communications, and logistics (maintenance, repair and supply) / The Corps reached a peak strength of 100,000 officers and enlisted women in April 1944 / A few years after the war, Congress integrated that WAC into the Regular Army of the United States (1948) 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACKELLAR JAMES E. Address: 450 MAIN STREET Service Branch:NAVY Rank: F. 1/C Unit / Squadron: RECEIVING STATION BARRACKS, N.O.B. (NAVAL OPERATING BASE), 18TH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS Medals / Citations: Theater of Operations / Assignment: Service Notes: Fireman First-Class Base Assignments: Camp Bradford (Norfolk, Virginia) - Initially Camp Bradford was a training base for Navy Seabees, but in 1943 it was changed into a training center for the crews of LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) / The camp also provided amphibious assault training for landing large numbers of American troops on foreign shores Miscelleaneous: A Fireman was responsible for keeping the fires burning in the ship's boilers which were used to make steam / A Fireman would work on the ship's engines and their auxiliary machinery, ensuring they ran correctly and performed maintenance / Operated, adjusted and repaired pumps 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACKEY G. L. Address: Service Branch: Rank: Unit / Squadron: Medals / Citations: Theater of Operations / Assignment: Service Notes: Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: (NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE) 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACLEAN JOHN K. Address: 133 BURCH AVENUE Service Branch:NAVY Rank: LT. Unit / Squadron: N.A.F. (NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACILITY) Medals / Citations: ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON Theater of Operations / Assignment: PACIFIC THEATER Service Notes: Lieutenant Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon (Medal) was a military awarded to any member of the United States Military who served in the Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MACLEAN ROBERT D. Address: BURCH AVENUE Service Branch:ARMY - AIR FORCE Rank: SGT Unit / Squadron: 712ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 448TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP Medals / Citations: EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 6 BATTLE STARS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL Theater of Operations / Assignment: EUROPEAN THEATER Service Notes: Sergeant Robert D. Maclean was attached to an aerial unit of the 8th Air Force near Norwich, England / Sgt Maclean earned 6 Battle Stars for combat action in Europe Base Assignments: Miscelleaneous: During World War II, the 448th Bombardment Group was an Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator unit in England / The group entered combat on 22 December 1943, and until April 1945 served primarily as a strategic bombardment organization, hitting such targets as aircraft factories in Gotha, ball-bearing plants in Berlin, an airfield at Hanau, U-boat facilities at Kiel, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, synthetic oil refineries at Politz, aircraft engine plants at Rostock, marshalling yards at Cologne, and a Buzz-bomb assembly plant at Fallersleben / The group took part in the intensive campaign of heavy bombers against the German aircraft industry 20–25 February 1944 / The 448th Bombardment Group flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945, attacking a marshalling yard at Salzburg, Austria A bombardment group or bomb group was a group of bomber aircraft the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. It was the equivalent of an infantry regiment in the Army Ground Forces / A bombardment group was the key tactical control and administrative organization for bombers in all theaters of operation / U.S. bomb groups were numbered and classified into four types: Very Heavy (VH), Heavy (H), Medium (M), and Light (L) / Groups which combined bombers of differing categories into a single administrative organization were designated "Composite" groups The European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on 6 November 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt / The medal was 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York intended to recognize those military service members who had performed military duty in the European Theater (to include North Africa and the Middle East) and was awarded for any service performed between 7 December 1941 and 2 March 1946 / The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded as a service ribbon throughout the entire Second World War Battle (Combat) Stars were presented to military personnel who were engaged in specific battles in combat under circumstances involving grave danger of death or serious bodily injury from enemy action The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces / The Navy Good Conduct Medal was established in 1869, the Marine Corps version in 1896, the Coast Guard version in 1923, the Army version in 1941, and the Air Force version in 1963 / The medal is awarded to any active-duty enlisted member of the United States military who completes three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service" / Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishment, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses 2014 WWW.WSVET.ORG West Seneca Answers the Call to Arms Residents in World War II Town of West Seneca, New York Name: MAHAR ROBERT G. Address: 2432 BERG ROAD Service Branch:ARMY - AIR FORCE Rank: A/C Unit / Squadron: SQUADRON "D", SECTION 3, 2199TH A.A.F. BASE UNIT Medals / Citations: Theater of Operations / Assignment: Service Notes: Aviation Cadet Base Assignments: Presbyterian College (Clinton, South Carolina) Miscelleaneous: The Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program was originally created by the U.S. Army to train its pilots / The U.S. Army Air Corps Training Center (USAACTC) was at Duncan Field, San Antonio, Texas from 1926 to 1931 and Randolph Field from 1931 to 1939 / Two more centers were activated on 8 July 1940: the West Coast Army Air Corps Training Center (WCAACTC) in Sunnyvale, California and the Southeast Army Air Corps Training Center (SAACTC) in Montgomery, Alabama / In 1939 there were only 55 enlisted pilots in the then-U.S.