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[[preprinted]] App. not req. [[boxed]] [[stamp]] Local Board No. 1 51 Whitley County 5? 183 [[pencil underlined]] MAR 7 1944 [[/pencil underlined]] 001 301 W. Van Buren Street Columbia City, Indiana [[/stamp]] [[/boxed]] (Local Board Date Stamp With Code) [[image: emblem with eagle in center of SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM]] SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM Order to Report Preinduction Physical Examination (Date of mailing) ^[[March 7, 1944.]] The President of the United States, To (First name) ^[[William]] (Middle name) ^[[Earl]] (Last name) ^[[Jones]] (Order No.) ^[[11,547]] GREETING: You are hereby directed to report [[pencil underlined]] for preinduction physical examination [[/pencil underlined]] at ^[[301 W. VanBuren Street, Columbia City, Indiana. ^[[/pencil underlined]] (Place of reporting) at (Hour of reporting) ^[[6:45 sharp a.]]m., on the (Day) [[underlined]] ^[[14th]] [[/underlined]] of (Month) [[underlined]] ^[[March]] [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] 194 ^[[4]] [[/underlined]] [[signature]] A.M. Johnston, Chair[[/signature]] (Member or clerk of Local Board) IMPORTANT NOTICE TO REGISTRANT Registrant who believes he has a disqualifying defect.-If you believe that you have some defect which will disqualify you for service you may, on or before the [[blank line]] day of [[blank line]], 194 [[blank line]], appear in person at the office of the Local Board, or, if you are unable by reason of such defect to personally appear, you may submit an affidavit from a reputable physician or an official statement by an authorized representative of a Federal or State agency to the effect that such physician has personal professional knowledge or such authorized representative has official knowledge of your defect, the character thereof, and that you are unable to personally appear due to the character of the defect. The Local Board may send you to the Local Board examining physician, and, if it does so, it shall be your duty to appear at the time and place designated by the Local Board and to submit to such examination as the examining physician shall direct. If the Local Board determines that your defect does disqualify you for service you will receive a Notice of Classification (Form 57) advising you that you have been placed in Class IV-F. Unless prior to the date fixed for your preinduction physical examination, you receive such a Notice of Classification (Form 57) advising you that you have been placed in a Class IV-F, you must report for your preinduction physical examination as directed. Every registrant. - When you report for preinduction physical examination you will be forwarded to an induction station where you will be given a complete physical examination to determine whether you are physically fit for service. If you sign a Request for Immediate Induction (Form 219), and you are found qualified for service, you will be inducted immediately following the completion of your preinduction physical examination. Otherwise, upon completion of your preinduction physical examination, you will be returned to this Local Board. You will be furnished transportation and meals and lodgings when necessary. Following your preinduction physical examination you will receive a certificate issued by the commanding officer of the induction station showing your physical fitness for service or lack thereof. If you fail to report for preinduction physical examination as directed, you will be delinquent and will be immediately ordered to report for induction into the armed forces. You will also be subject to fine and imprisonment under the provisions of section 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended. If you are so far from your own Local Board that reporting in compliance with this order will be a hardship and you desire to report to the Local Board in the area in which you are now located, take this order and go immediately to that Local Board and make written request for transfer for preinduction physical examination. DSS Form 215 16-37979-1 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [[/preprinted]] [[visible text showing from document below]] [[preprinted]] 5. ☐ Rejected, physically fit but unacceptable for other reasons. (Date of examination) ^[[MAR 14 1944]] Name Induction Station Commander ^[[Chester A. Macomic]] Rank ^[[CHESTER A. MACOMIC, CAPT. AUS]] Station ^[[HDQ. 1583rd S.U. AFIS, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.]] DSS Form 218 GPO 16-37983-1 [[/preprinted]] [[/visible text showing from document below]] [[/order to report for induction]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] [[Diploma of Completion]] [[image: Army Air Force Logo]] ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND Be It Known That ^[[Pvt. William E. Jones 35 903 979]] Has Satisfactorily Completed The Prescribed Course of Training For ^[[Flexible Gunnery]] Given at ^[[Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida]] From ^[[9 April 1945]] To ^[[19 May 1945]] In Testimony Whereof and By Virtue of Vested Authority I Do Confer Upon Him This DIPLOMA Given on this ^[[21st]] day of ^[[May]], one thousand nine hundred and forty ^[[five]] Attested: [[signature]] Benjamin S. Halstead [/signature]] ^[[1st Lt., Air Corps, Secretary]] Attested: [[signature]] John W. Parsons [/signature]] ^[[Colonel, A.C. Commanding]] AFTRC FORM 9 [/preprinted]] [[preprinted]] HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR FORCES FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL C1. 425 TINDALL FIELD Panama City, Florida SPECIAL ORDERS NUMBER 125 5 May 1945 [[underlined]] EXTRACT [[/underlined]] 15. The fol named EM ACU atchd unasgd Sq I 2135th AAFBU are detailed to [[underlined]] dy requiring regular and frequent participation in aerial flts eff 5 May 1945 [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] will remain on Permanent Flying Status [[/underlined]] until revoked by proper auth: Auth: C 4 AR 35-1480 dtd 12 Aug 1944 and AAF Reg 35-29 dtd 20 July 1942 as amended. [[Two columns]] [[First column]] Pvt Louis L Agozzino 33 809 414 Pvt Kenneth B Artice 33 759 230 Cpl Raymond L Belding 31 026 978 Pvt Eugene Bodelson 42 067 588 Pvt James F Boyle 11 139 271 Cpl Edward B Cannan 18 197 249 Pvt John E Carter 14 147 591 Pvt Jasper E Coffey 37 516 618 Pvt Charles W Coleman 36 864 055 Pvt Wilton S Corbridge 39 729 182 Pvt Robert W Dupar 19 195 496 Pvt Joseph R Fabian 35 559 239 Pvt Frederick J Fuess 32 942 221 Pvt Philip S Greenspan 36 759 773 Pvt Raymond M Gwin 34 630 771 Pvt Charles F Hayden 33 750 306 Pvt James N Hudson 34 825 812 [[pencil underlined]] Pvt William E Jones [[/pencil underlined]] 35 903 979 Pvt Leonard H Kelly 39 866 518 Pvt Charles O Kortokrax 35 149 463 Pvt John R La Rue 36 897 679 Pvt William J Leonardis 42 106 637 Pvt John J Lyden 12 178 091 Pvt Harry I Markowitz 33 513 465 Pfc Francis R Meehan 32 867 090 Pvt Thomas D Moffett 35 225 217 Pvt William E Nall 34 825 962 Pvt Charles P Nix 35 559 285 Pvt Richard S Owczarczak 42 021 424 Pvt Walter A Parker 35 758 475 Pvt Wendell K Phillips 35 224 833 Pvt Carl W Robinson 34 887 756 Pvt Robert P Rowe 35 149 217 Pvt Zane E Semander 18 228 125 [[End First Column]] [[Second Column]] Pvt Garland M Allison 36 891 832 Pvt Marvin D Baumgardner 14 202 690 Pvt George Beyerlein Jr 38 447 524 Pvt Peter J Bongiorno Jr 12 164 894 Pvt Kendall D Bruns 36 823 222 Pvt Harmon W Carroll 15 128 320 Pvt Harry T Cassidy 13 200 238 Pvt Henry B Cohn 13 201 527 S/Sgt Gordon W Collier 15 073 345 Pvt Homer O Culbertson 35 598 993 Pvt Bobby V Ellis 15 174 192 Pvt Donald A Fathauer 35 920 282 Pvt Robert B Gilmore 16 083 471 Pvt Charles L Greeson 34 825 503 Pvt Leland W Hagguist 36 835 020 Pvt Ronald B Houston [[Not sure]] 31 372 764 Pvt Lloyd J Hughes 12 209 290 Pvt Harold P Kelley Jr 31 349 055 Pvt Charles N Kim 33 431 760 Pvt William G Larkin 17 182 387 Pvt Francis M Lee Jr 34 825 722 Pvt Phillip M Libby 31 351 491 Pvt Roy C McElroy 35 920 692 Pvt Robert F Martin 33 872 588 Pvt Griffith E Meredith 34 881 336 Pvt George D Moyers Jr 34 880 822 Pvt Robert D Nault 39 275 114 Pvt Thames I Norris 34 881 079 Pvt General R Parker 34 825 678 Pvt Leon J Pepchinski 12 229 823 Pvt Robert T Poole 12 076 486 Pvt David W Robinson 35 224 767 Pvt Louis F Schneider 36 241 379 Pvt Edwin W Shinn Jr 32 955 380 [[Name cut off]] 35 758 472 [[/preprinted]]