Two Dayton Soldiers Reported in Australia
Dayton Daily News - Thursday, March 12, 1942
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Two Daytonians with the American armed forces in Australia, are Lt. Roger Hugh Cowden, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cowden, West Hillcrest avenue, and Charles F. Houk, son of Mrs. John Wiesner, 416 Hart street. Cowden's parents recently received a cable from him from Australia. Houk was identified as one of a crew of a flying fortress shown in action in Australia, in an Acme telephoto picture published Tuesday on the front page of The Herald. Houk enlisted in the air corps soon after graduation from Kiser high school. Cowden is assigned to an engineering battalion.
Two other Dayton men were reported safe in the Pacific war zone, in messages received by their parents Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kohler, 1018 Riverview avenue, received a telegram stating that their son, Charles, had arrived safely at an unannounced destination in the Pacific. Kohler entered the service August 6, enlisting at Patterson field with the Fourth Repair squadron. Wilmer Mark Hurst, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer E. Hurst, 132 Morgan avenue notified his parents in a letter that he was with the Pacific fleet and was in good health. The letter was written Dec. 24, and conveyed Christmas and New Year's greetings. Hurst is a fireman, first class, having entered the service in Aug., 1939.
McCook Field
Dayton Journal, Photogravure Section - April 3, 1921
Officers of The Engineering Division of McCook Field
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Front Row (sitting, left to right)
Second Lieutenant D. L. Bruener
Second Lieutenant C. W. Pyle
Second Lieutenant O. G. Kelley
Second Lieutenant R. D. Biggs
First Lieutenant C. W. Connell
First Lieutenant F. B. Tyndal
First Lieutenant T. E. Tillinghast
First Lieutenant J. P. Van Zandt
First Lieutenant E. E. Aldrin
Second Lieutenant W. R. Fletcher
First Lieutenant Erric Nelson
Second Lieutenant Bayrd Johnson
Second Lieutenant A. C. Foulk
Second Lieutenant K. G. Fraser
Lieutenant S. H. Wooster (U.S.N.)
Second Lieutenant G. W. Polk
Second Lieutenant F. W. Niedermeyer, Jr.
Middle Row (seated)
Captain H. W. Flickenger
Captain R. H. Fleet
Major C. W. Howard
Major H. S. Martin
Major C. C. Benedict
Major F. D. Lackland
Major C. H. Wash
Captain G. E. A. Hallett
Colonel T. H. Bane
Major L. W. McIntosh
Major A. H. Hobley
Major E. L. Hoffman
Major N. J. Boots
Major W. L. Clay (ordnance department)
Major E. L. Napier (medical corps)
Major F. H. Coleman
Major C. H. Davidson
Major W. H. Henry (medical corps)
Rear Row (standing)
First Lieutenant M. S. Fairchild
Second Lieutenant Leigh Wade
Second Lieutenant C. L. Morse
First Lieutenant E. W. Dichman
Second Lieutenant R. G. Schmidt (quartermaster corps)
First Lieutenant R. E. Vaughn
First Lieutenant J. A. Macready
Second Lieutenant Mark Redman
Second Lieutenant A. F. Hegenberger
Second Lieutenant C. N. Montieth
First Lieutenant Kellogg Sloan
First Lieutenant H. R. Harris
Second Lieutenant G. W. Haskins
Captain A. W. Brock, Jr.
First Lieutenant H. A. Sutton
Captain G. B. Kenney
Captain W. T. Gorton (ordnance department)
First Lieutenant H. L. Campbell (ordnance department)