From the 3rd floor
of the Webb City Public Library
December 4, 2024
The Dec. 8, 1941, edition of the Webb City Sentinel reported the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United State’s declaration of war on Japan.
Webb City soldier G. W. Harrington received a telegram ordering his return at once to his station aboard the U.S. Ship Colorado.
Mrs. Wayne Frazier, of 212 N. Roane St., was concerned for the welfare of her two nephews in service in Honolulu. One nephew was on the U.S. Ship Oklahoma, reported sunk during the bombing, and the other, Tom Frazier, was stationed on land at Pearl Harbor.
It was noted the Battery G with the 203rd might be headed for Panama to protect the Panama Canal. Cpl. Chas. Jackson of Battery G had just arrived home and was ordered to return to his outfit at Camp Hulen.
That edition of the Webb City Sentinel marked the beginning of a long and arduous conflict.
James R. Arnold
Walter L. Buchanan
George Calloway
Buss Crider
Donald Damer
Eugene V. Daniels
Fred S. Danner
Lowell Dean
Fred Downs
Leonard Duncan
Clyde W. Elliott Jr.
N. L. Fabion
Jack M. Fisher
Paul Fullerton
Frank E. Galardo
Randolph Gibson
Robert Gilbert
Melvin Glaze
Carl Grantham
Edgar Hallar
Otto Hayward
Elroy Hulett
Jack James
Billie Krouse
Olen R. Long
Lloyd Mahurin
James Mallos
William D. Manes
Vangil Marsh
Leon Martin
L. G. McCoy
Jack Moffett
R. O. Murdock
Leonard Norman
Earl Packer
Ovie J. Pritchett
Leonard W. Ray
Melvin Roath
Pat Russell
Lionel Stines
William Stone
Elliot Stone
Francis Swindle
Cecil Tiberghien
Robert G. Tudor
Claude Turner
Harold G. Vailes
W. L. Whitelock
Clyde A. Wilson
Lloyd Wood
The Webb City Sentinel isn’t a newspaper – but it used to be, serving Webb City, Missouri, in print from 1879-2020. This “newspaper” seeks to carry on that tradition as a nonprofit corporation.
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