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Wisel, Edwin F Cpl WWII_7thm

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World War II Veterans from the Shinglehouse, PA area
From the Military Scrapbook of Robert Lockwood (1939 - 1999)
Submitted By Jesse Lockwood - Transcribed by Frankie Stonemetz

(Veterans Index)
Austin, Russell R.
Blauvelt, Daryl
Buchanan, Welcome H.
Bump, William H., Jr.
Easton, Alfred E., Sr.
Fuller, Dean E.
Fuller, Ken
Fuller, Leon W.
Fuller, Victor P..
Gross, Robert
Knight, Lawrence W.
McDonald, James H.
Smith, Deforest, A. Jr.
Smith, Ray H.
Springer, Bea (Buchanan)
Springer, Glenn
Thielges, Dale L.
Weeks, Ellen (Thielges)
Weeks, Carl A.
Wisel, Edward F.
Wisel, Edwin F.
Wisel, Grant G.

S|Sgt. Daryl Blauvelt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Blauvelt of Shinglehouse, was inducted in the U.S.Army on May 15, 1941, being one of the first Pearl Harbor Draftees.
He received his basic training at ?? Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., and further training at Fort Bragg, NC, and Auburndale, Mass.
At Camp Phillips, KS, he was advanced to Staff Sgt. He went on maneuvers at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and is now seeing action overseas.

Pvt. Robert Gross,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gross of Shinglehouse, was inducted into the U.S.Army on April 6, 1943.
He received training at Camp Robinson, AR, later leaving for overseas duty in the Quartermasters Corps in the Fifth Army. He was in the North Africa and Italian Campaigns.

Deforest A. Smith Jr., and Ray H. Smith,
both First Lieutenants, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Deforest A. Smith, Sr.of Shinglehouse.
1st Lt. Deforest A. Smith, Jr. enlisted in the U.S.Army during the summer of 1942, and received his basic training at Fort Bragg, NC. He was transferred to Fort Sill, Okla., where he entered the Battery Officer course.
Lt. Smith who has been in Italy with the Fifth Army since March, 1944, was fortunate enough to visit a number of the places of Historical and artistic renown. . 1st Lt. Ray H. Smith was commissioned at Fort Sill, OK, on Sept. 16, 1943, and received a battlefield promotion to First Lieutenant on Oct. 17, 1944, in France. Reconnaissance officer of an armored artillery battery of the Third Army, he was awarded the silver star in France on November 14, 1944.
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Wisel Brothers in Three Theaters --Italy, Burma and France
Edward F. Wisel Grant G. Wisel Edwin F. Wisel

Grant Wisel and twins Edward and Edwin, all sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Wisel of Shinglehouse

Cpls. Edwin and Edward Wisel, twin brothers, were both inducted on Dec. 4, 1942, but were separated at the New Cumberland Induction Center. At first one was at Camp Van Adorn and the other at Keesler Field, Miss. Later they were both at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo., but not at the same time.

Cpl. Edward Wisel received his basic training in Field Artillery at Camp Van Dorn, MS. He received further training at Camp Maxey, Texas, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming.
He was sent overseas in October, 1944, and is now in Burma.

Sgt. Grant Wisel, older brother of the twins, was inducted into the US Army on Jan. 4, 1943. He received his basic training in the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Lee, VA, where he later became instructor.
He received further training in Atlanta, GA, Moore General Hospital in Swannanoa, NC, Fort Lewis, WA, and Camp How??, TX. Going overseas the first ??April, 1945, he is in Germany.

Cpl. Edwin Wisel received his basic training at Keesler Field, MS. He received further training at Fort Francis E. Warren, WY. and at DeRidder Army Air Base, LA.
He was changed from the n??ical corps and trained as a turret gunner at Topeka, KS, turret gunner at Tyndall Field, FL, Casper, WY, and Topeka, KS.
With his crew he went overseas in March, 1945.

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