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SvcMen WW II FULTON COUNTY, INDIANA HANDBOOK Service Men, World War II 1940-1943 SERVICE MEN, WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 FIRST DRAFTEES WILL LEAVE TUESDAY MORNING The Fulton County Selective Service Board announced today that the first county draftees would leave here Tuesday morning for a year’s service in the United States Army. Those to go are Albert Clark Patterson, 181 North Pontiac street, Rochester, and Arvid J. Putman, of Akron. Both men had volunteered and were placed at the head of the Fulton county list of draftees. Patterson and Putman will leave Rochester on the 7:19 a.m. Indiana Motor company bus for Indianapolis where they will be attached to an infantry unit at Fort Benjamin Harrison. From time to time as draftees are neeeded the local board will send them to the places designated by the United States War Department. [The News-Sentinel, Friday, November 15, 1940] CALLED TO SERVICE Oscar Corsaut, of Kewanna, who was employed in Rochester for nearly a year and who is a member of the U.S. Marine reserves was called to duty Wednesday and left immediately to report at the Great Lakes Training Station near Chicago. He expects to be sent to San Diego, Calif. Corsaut has served a four year enlistment in the Marines and was stationed in San Diego, the Philippines and New Hampshire. Mrs. Corsaut will visit relatives in New Hampshire during the holidays. [The News-Sentinel, Saturday, December 7, 1940] ENLISTED IN ARMY Bill Gilliland, who enlisted in the air service of the United States Army several months ago is here spending a ten day furlough visiting his mother, Mrs. John Inman, and other relatives. He is stationed at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, Mo. After enlisting Private Gilliland was sent to Maxwell Field, Alabama, and later to Jefferson Barracks for special training. After he has completed his course at Jefferson Barracks he will be sent to Panama for duty. [The News-Sentinel, Monday, December 30, 1940] SvcMen WW II EIGHTEEN MEN TO LEAVE HERE FOR ARMY JAN. 25 The Fulton County Selective Service Board today made public the names of eighteen men from Fulton County who will leave here on Saturday, January 25, in the second army draft quota. These men will travel on a special passenger train over the Nickel Plate railroad at 9:30 a.m. for Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. This train will carry draftees from Michigan City, LaPorte, Plymouth, Peru, Kokomo, Tipton and Noblesville in addition to Rochester. Following are the names of the eighteen men: Charles Cavender, Culver James Alfred Towne, Roch. R. 5 Robert Valdis St. Jacques Edward Maglecic, Roch. Everett Ray Emerson, Kew. James Theodore White, Kew. Telford Harley Conrad, Roch. R. 4 Harry Sayger, Macy, R. 2 Harry Lee Patsel, Delong James Eugene Jacob, Roch. R. 4 Joseph A. Cummings, Roch. R. 5 Russel W. Shidaker, Roch. R. 4 Kenneth L. Rookstool, Roch. R. 3 Clair E. Strong, Roch. R. 3 Robert James Scheid, Roch. Paul Nelson Bowen, Akron, R. 1 Arthur Leo Swick, Akron Norman Paul Thomas, Delong The board has certified the names of four other young men who will be sent to Ft. Benjamin Harrison as replacements in event that any of the eighteen fail to pass the physical examination to enter the army. These men are Charles Wilson Hattery, Rochester; Paul Jefferson Powers, Akron; Donald Aaron Burk, Kewanna, and Vernard Lamar Hartle, Leiters Ford. [The News-Sentinel, Wednesday, January 15, 1941] LEGION POST TO ENTERTAIN SELECTIVE SERVICE MEN The LeRoy C. Shelton Post No. 36 of the American Legion will be host next Monday evening, Jan. 20th, to the 18 young men that have been selected by the Fulton County Selective Service Board to report for army service January 25th. This meeting has been previously arranged in honor of these men and Commander Brant McKee has called upon Capt. Otis I. Minter, mayor of the City of Rochester, who spent over 30 years in the army, to tell of his experiences. Plenty of Experience This should be a very intersting meeting as the Captain has had worlds of experience as an army officer and these young men that are just leaving to join the service should benefit greatly by his personal experiences. The LeRoy C. Shelton Post is extending an invitation to all ex-service men to attend this meeting. Special entertainment and refreshments will be served. Prominent Legionnaires from all over the state will be in attendance. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m. at the Legion Home. [The News-Sentinel, Thursday, January 16, 1941 SvcMen WW II EIGHTEEN DRAFTEES TO LEAVE HERE SATURDAY Rochester and Fulton county’s second contingent of selective service draftees will swell Uncle Sam’s Peace-time army tomorrow when a group of 18 young men will board a special train on the Nickel Plate railroad at 9:20 o’clock Saturday morning. They will be taken to Ft. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis where they will later be assigned to various army training centers. The special train, which is the first passenger train to be operated over the local division in the past decade, will be made up at Michigan City and will leave there with a group of 24 draftees. Stops will be made in addition to Michigan City and Rochester at Plymouth, Peru, Kokomo, Tipton and Noblesville with a total of 162 men being picked up. The local draftees will assemble at the selective board headquarters at 8:30 a.m. and will march to the depot. The Rochester band will furnish music at the depot. [The News-Sentinel, Friday, January 24, 1941] 18 FULTON COUNTY INDUCTEES OFF FOR ARMY CAMP In high spirits and beating hearts Fulton county’s second contingent of draftees numbering 18, waved goodbye to friends and relatives at the Nickel Plate railroad station at 9:40 o’clock Saturday morning as they boarded a special train bound for Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis for a year’s training under the selective service act. More than 500 persons jammed the platform at the Nickel Plate railroad station for the farewell. The Rochester high school band played several pieces and twenty-five members of LeRoy Shelton American Legion Post were present as a guard of honor. To many of the Legionnairs it brought back memories of 1917 and 1918 when they left Rochester from the same station bound for service in the first World War. Familiar Remarks “Be good, son” and “take care of ourself, boy” were familiar remarks of mothers, fathers and sisters as they clutched their sons and brothers for a last hug before the men began climbing aboard the five-car special train that was scheduled to reach Ft. Harrison early this afternoon. The army -bound men as a whole were in fine spirits and there was considerable bantering and good natured joshing going on inside the coaches as the men tucked their baggage away and settled into seats for the journey to an experience new in the lives of all of them. But not all were light-hearted. A few sat silently peering out windows at the milling crowd and seemed lost in thought. Met At Board Office Previous to the departure the draftees gathered at the draft office, 727 1/2 Main street, and elected James Theodore White, Kewanna, as group leader. They were given final instructions by the members of the local draft board, Carl Russell, D. S. Perry and Lou Stewart. Mayor O. I. Minter, retired army officer, then addressed the draftees and gave them their first command as they marched away to the depot in their initial military formation. The train was made up at Michigan City and before reaching the fort near Indianapolis will have 162 draftees as passengers. Those on board when the train reached Rochester were from Michigan City, LaPorte and Plymouth. Other draftees were to board the train at Peru, Kokomo, Tipton and Noblesville. Following are the eighteen Fulton county men who left Rochester today for Fort Benjamin Harrison: - - - - [see previous article above of January 15, 1941] - - - - . [The News-Sentinel, Saturday, January 25, 1941] THREE FULTON COUNTY DRAFTEES REJECTED Their stay in the army was brief for three of the eighteen draftees who left Rochester Saturday morning on a special train over the Nickel Plate railroad for Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis. SvcMen WW II The three, Harry Patsel, Delong; Russell Shidaker and Robert Scheid of Rochester failed to pass the physical examination at the fort and were sent back to Rochester that day. The examinations at the fort were completedby 7 p.m. Saturday. The Fulton county draft board will have to supply replacements for the rejected men. The local board has not as yet received notice when they will have to send the replacements. The men who will be sent are Norman Thomas, Delong; Paul Jefferson Powers, Akron, and Charles Hattery, 1518 South Jefferson street, Rochester. The men who were sent from Rochester Saturday will probably be sent either to Ft. Bliss, Texas, or to San Diego, Calif., to receive their year’s training in the army, it was stated at Indianapolis today. [The News-Sentinel, Tuesday, January 28, 1941] SENT TO CAMP Word received by parents of some of the Fulton county boys who left last Saturday in the draft is to the effect that they have been divided and have been sent to different camps for their army training. Edward Maglecic has been sent to Camp Crockett, Texas and Clair Eugene Strong to Ft. MacArthur, Calif., according to word received by their parents.