Turn Up Your Speakers
The
South County Historical Society
would like to Thank and Pay Tribute
to our WWII and other Veterans
WWII
U. S. Army
Will Young, husband of Charlotte Young, SCHS member
Frank Gularte, Conrow Film Archive, Served with Gen. Patton, killed by sniper in France
Leon, Arnel, and Huston Turner, brothers, Conrow Film Archive
Orville Schultz, 69th Infantry Division, SCHS member
George Matsuoka, Military Intelligence, friend of H. Hayashi
H. E. (Robby) Robinson, Corps of Engineers, SCHS member
Francis Fink, SCHS member
Joe Kobara, Military Intelligence, friend of H. Hayashi
Richard N. (Dick) McCoy, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
William Matousek, friend of Dick Blankenburg, SCHS Life member
Donald Madsen, husband of Clara Madsen, SCHS member, Uniform on display at Heritage House Museum
Charles Ruedi, brother of Clara Madsen, SCHS member, Served with Gen. Patton
Nick Annecchini, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Ben Fuchiwaki, Military Intelligence, friend of H. Hayashi
Howard Mankins, SCHS Life Member
Harold Mankins, SCHS Life Member
Allan Mankins, brother of Howard & Harold, SCHS Life members
Asa Porter, Jr., father of Charles Porter, SCHS member, Uniform on display at Heritage House Museum
Loren Nicholson, SCHS Life Member, Past President, Battle of the Bulge, 102nd Infantry Division
Jerome Robertson, husband of Ellie Robertson, SCHS member, Pearl Harbor Survivor
Mits Fukahara, Tank Corps, friend of H. Hayashi
Milton Madsen, brother-in-law of Clara Madsen, SCHS member
Jim Dowell, Conrow Film Archive
James Nakamura, Military Intelligence, friend of H. Hayashi
Dick Enos, Conrow Film Archive
Towru Kobara, friend of H. Hayashi
Halden Montgomery, Conrow Film Archive
Ralph Beck, SCHS Life member
Saburo Ikeda, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Preston (Prep) Jones, Conrow Film Archive
Pete and Ernie Brum, brothers, friends of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Lewis Davis, SCHS member
Ed Brown, Conrow Film Archive
George Nakamura, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member, Military Intelligence Service
Ben Dohi, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member, Military Intelligence Service
Russell Hoff, Conrow Film Archive, Liberator, German Concentration Camp
Hilo Fuchiwaki, friend of D. Gullickson, SCHS Life member, Interpreter for General MacArthur
Maxine Bruce, Nurse, Conrow Film Archive
Vernon Fredericks, SCHS Life member
Ben Tsutsumi, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member, Military Intelligence Service
R. James Moore, Conrow Film Archive
Haruo Hayashi, friend of D. Gullickson, SCHS Life member
Akio Hayashi, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member, Military Intelligence Service
Harry Chapek, Conrow Film Archive, Killed in action, Germany
Henry Dyer, friend of Gordon/Manetta Bennett, SCHS Life members, Medical Corps
Catherine Sanford, Nurse, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Harold Hilton, brother of Anna Ralph, SCHS Life member
Edward Theroux, brother-in-law of Wilda Theroux, SCHS member
Banks Clayton Jr. 1943-1945, England and France, Good Fried of Vera Holmes, British Army 1944-45
U.
S. Army Air Corps
W.A. Hubbard, husband of Jean Hubbard, SCHS member, 8th & 15th Air Corps, 35 missions of Europe, stationed in England and Italy
Al Spierling, 35 missions over Europe,
SCHS member
Wayne Ripley, England, 1943-1946
Veronica Holmes Ripley, British A.T.S., 1944-1945
Preston Jones, brother of Anita Jones Garcia, SCHS member
Norman J. Feller, husband of Mary Ann Feller, SCHS Life member
Leo Harloe, brother of Norma Harloe, SCHS Life member
Mario Tognazzini, SCHS member
William (Bill) Smith, SCHS Life member
Olaf Shipstead, SCHS member
Frank Schimandle, friend of D. Blankenburg, SCHS Life member
George McDonald, friend of D. Blankenburg, SCHS Life member
Payton Bryan, SCHS member
Philip Maniaci, German POW, SCHS member
Dixon Conrad, Conrow Film Archive
J. E. Wildharber, brother of Manetta Bennett, SCHS Life member, Died 1942, POW camp, Cubanatuan 2, Philippines
Tom Steele, Conrow Film Archive
Jerry Bennett, brother of Gordon Bennett, SCHS Life member
Jack Barker, Conrow Film Archive
James A. Fairbanks, husband of Marilynn, SCHS member
Bill Clark, Gunnery Expert, brother of
Mary Fernamburg, SCHS Life member, Served with Gen. Hap Arnold, Washington, D.C.
U. S. Navy
Gus Berger, SCHS member, served Adak, Aleutian Islands '46 -'49 US Navy, Manila, Phillipine Islands '51 - '53 US Navy Reserve
Robert Brown, SCHS member, husband of Betty Brown, served Banana River NAS '43-'46
Kenneth Jones, brother of Anita Jones Garcia, SCHS member
Albert Lopez, Conrow Film Archive
Tony Marsalek, brother-in-law of Tillie M. Ritchie, Doorknob collection on display, Heritage House Museum
Robert Trybom, SCHS member
Dutch Freymoyer, Conrow Film Archive
Edith Schrader, WAVE, friend of Wm. Doose, SCHS member
Tom Grey, Conrow Film Archive
James Swall, husband of Laura, SCHS Life member
Bill Houser, Conrow Film Archive
William Doose, SCHS member
Rocky Dana, Conrow Film Archive
Don Gullickson, SCHS Life member, Uniform on display at Heritage House Museum
Angelo Annecchini, Conrow Film Archive
Dan Sanford, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Jim Miller, Conrow Film Archive
Martin Dempsey, SCHS member
Don Baxter, Conrow Film Archive
Louis Murphy, Conrow Film Archive
Neal L. Dyste, SCHS member
Newman Woods, Conrow Film Archive
Oscar and Frank Lofquist, brothers, Conrow Film Archive
Pinky Montgomery, Conrow Film Archive
K. L. Phillips, Conrow Film Archive
Gordon Bennett, SCHS Life member
E. G. Dana, Conrow Film Archive
Cecil Montgomery, brother-in-law of Georgie OConnor, SCHS member
Charles and Calvin Thurman, brothers, Conrow Film Archive
Raymond Barbezat, husband of Shirley, SCHS member, Pearl Harbor Survivor, 1941
Kenyon Conrow, Conrow Film Archive
Bert Cattoir, husband of Marie, Conrow Film Archive
Joe Rapose, Conrow Film Archive
Earl Wood, SCHS member
Colvin Bertrem, friend of Anna Ralph, SCHS Life member
Louis Murphy, Conrow Film Archive
U.
S. Coast Guard
Frances Woodward, Conrow Film Archive
Bill OConnor , SCHS member
U.
S. Marine Corp
Michael Kodaj, husband of Ruth Kodaj,
SCHS member, participated at Eniwetok, Guam and Okinawa
John Loomis, SCHS Life member, Uniform on display, Heritage House
Frederick N. Jessen, brother of Ginny Kraatz, SCHS Life member, Killed in action, Okinawa, June 1945.
Archibald M. Harloe, brother of Norma Harloe, SCHS Life Member
Frank Coyle, Conrow Film Archives, Killed in action, Guam
Thelma Murray Anderson, Conrow Film Archive, Uniform on display, Heritage House
Arthur Renshaw, Conrow Film Archive
John Richerson, friend of John Loomis, SCHS Life member
Ted Quaresma, Conrow Film Archive
U.S. Merchant Marine
Tom Ralph, husband of Anna, SCHS Life member
Kenneth Miller, friend of G. Bennett, SCHS Life member
Many thanks to Jane Line who so graciously compiled this list to tribute our WWII
Veterans.
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I would like to thank those of you who shared your stories with me while this list of WWII Veterans was being compiled. I would also like to thank Gordon and Manetta Bennett and Don Gullickson for assisting me with the Clayton Conrow Film Archive, an archival film documenting many of the men and women who served from the Arroyo Grande, Oceano, Pismo Beach, Halcyon, Nipomo and surrounding communities.
Jane Line
Special
Tributes
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Otis W. Scottborn 1844 -
1923
Otis,a Civil War Medal of Honor Winner is buried in the Arroyo Grande Cemetary.
A special blue flag flew over his grave on Memorial Day.
There are only two blue flags flying in California.
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There is nothing more personally rewarding than learning about and disseminating the history of our area. While doing my research I came across an article written in the Morning Tribune in 1898. I find it fitting that Thos. Whiteley Sr. be memorialized and honored on our tribute page. If you have any knowledge of the location of Mr. Whiteleys descendants, please let me know.
Thank you, Vivian
As
written in the Morning Tribune 1898.....
OLD SOLDIER DEAD. THOS. WHITELEY SR. SUMMONED BY THE FINAL ROLL CALL.
The last roll call has summoned to the eternal camping ground another of our old
soldiers.
The news
reached this city early yesterday morning of the death of Thos. Whiteley Sr., which
occurred about
Mr. Whiteley was past 77 years of age and for some years past had walked with feeble step.
There was not a person in the Arroyo Grande valley but who knew this aged veteran. His
silvery locks were deeply respected by all.
Deceased was a member of Colonel Harper Post, G.A.R. of Arroyo Grande, and many have seen him join with his comrades upon each Memorial day in paying respect to the honored dead.
He was a
true, patriotic citizen and belonged to that class who are deeply missed when they step to
the other shore.
The
funeral occurs today at
The fees collected by County Recorder Fiedler for February amounted to $262.45.
THEY
NAMED IT
IN HONOR
OF A DECEASED SOLDIER OF ARROYO GRANDE.
Notes
Around the Headquarters of the Veterans at Sycamore Springs.
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Memorial Day
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Veterans Day
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