In Memoriam from Schuyler County in World War Two pg 8

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Schuyler County In World War Two
- In Memoriam -

Book owned by Kathleen Yanchick
transcribed by Sara Hemp

Page 8

In Memoriam

This book is a memorial to the men of Schuyler County who made the supreme sacrifice. They died through no lack of courage, skill or training; for a blind fate singled out her victims. A few breaths marked the boundary line between continued life and a death that wore many different disguised. Yet they never faltered. Simply, and without false heroics, they accomplished a heroic task. Meither the greatness of their deeds nor the immensity of their country's deby can be measured by mere words.

Those Who Gave Their Life

Bedenbender, Ralph Owen	Blurton, Ralph	Brackett, Robert William
Cady, Marshall	Cole, Walter LaVerne	Conrad, Charles L.
Constable, Stanley M.	Corman, Edward J., Jr.	Cunningham, Charles L.
Doyle, William Henry	French, George D.	Gillenwater, Gayle C.
Grafton, Clifford L.	Gray, Irvin Park	Haffner, Floyd B.
Hendricks, Archie	Homberger, Howard G.	Ingles, Harold
Jones, Dean W.	Jones, Frank J.	Kirkham, Verlin P.
Lashbrook, Howard W.	Lawler, Charles H.	Lawler, Roland P.
McCombs, Fred	Miller, Floyd E.	Oliver, Glenn E.
Overfelt, W. Felton	Poole, Wilson J.	Shores, John R.
Taylor, Carl Wayne	Turner, Aubrey E.	Tweedell, William
Vincent, Ivan Ray	Young, Marion R. (Russell)	Wherley, Russell W.
Winston, Elmo Dean	Winston, Merle	Ward, Lyle D.

Poole, Wilson J.

Corporal.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Poole, formerly of Rushville.
Killed in action near Cefula, Sicily, July 27, 1943. Wilson served with the 2nd Armored Division, 180th Cannon Co., through the Mediterranean and African campaigns.

Shores, John R.

Lieutenant.
Son of Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Shores of Rushville.
Reported missing on a bombing mission near Cape Bon, off the coast of Tunisia on October 14, 1943. Reported officially dead as of October 15, 1944. John was a bombardier on a B-17.

Taylor, Carl Wayne

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Taylor of Rushville.
Carl was a member of one of two PBM Mariners of Patrol Bombing Squaron 18 that took off from Kerama Retto, Okinawa at 0630, May 15, 1945, on a routine search and reconnaisance mission of Tsushima Straits area. At 1045 the planes sighted a 200-ton freighter and proceeded to sink it with their bombs. Some 10 miles to the north they encountered a 3500-ton freighter; and after making two direct hits with their bombs, the freighter exploded. Immediately they spotted another freighter of about 4000 tons. they attacked this ship and left it listing heavily. Out of bombs, the planes headed for home with only enough rounds of ammunition to stand off enemy fighters. Off Kemino Shima the planes were attacked by enemy fighters. Carl's plane was attacked by a fighter coming hea-on at his ship. Carl shot this plane down; but the enemy plane had scored hits also. Both planes dropped into the ocean at about the same spot. The PBM exploded upon hitting the water and sent a column of smoke and water 300 fett into the air. The area was searched for 24 hours with no traces of survivors in the heavy seas. His home ship was the USS St. George. Carl was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Turner, Aubrey E.

Private First Class.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Turner.
Died July 31, 1944, in a station hospital at Pearl Harbor from pneumonia. Most of his life was spent in the environs of Lewistown, Missorui, with the exception of a few years on Huntsville, Illinois.

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