World War II veterans

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Following the entry of the United States into World War II in December of 1941, numerous individuals from Albemarle County and Charlottesville served in the American armed forces throughout the course of the conflict.

Harry H. Gaver, who was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma during the surprise Japanese military strike on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was killed in the attack and thus became the first UVA alumnus to die in the war.

Rolls of veterans associated with Albemarle County and Charlottesville

Veterans from Southern Albemarle County

The following is a record of 196 men and women from Southern Albemarle, who served in the U.S. military during World War II. They served in all branches and on all fronts.[1]

Veterans of World War II from Southern Albemarle
James Edward Agee, Army  Joseph Jasper Agee, Jr., Army Elizabeth Allen, Navy
Benjamin Douglas Anderson, Army George Grant Anderson, Army Haden B. Anderson, Marines
Francis Austin, Navy Ernie Lorenza Baber, Army Air Corps George W. Baber, Army Air Corps
Hay Norvell Baber, Army Air Corps Herbert Morris Baber, Army Air Corps James Bushrod Baber, Army
Luther Edward Baber, Army Walter Earl Banks, Navy John Lyman Barnes, Army
Lester D. Barnes, Army George Willie Belton, Army Alice Black, Army Air Forces
Bernard K. Boling, Army Bland Boling, Army Frank William Boling, Army Air Forces
Joseph F. Boling, Army Ken Bransom, Army Charles Bernard Brown, Navy
James A. Brown, Army Samuel Leroy Brown, Marine Corps James Frank Bruce, Army
Wilson Alonzo Bruce, Army Charles Hill Bryant, Army Stinson Bryant, Army
Thomas J. Bugg, Jr., Army Earl Vivian Butler, Army Forrest O'Brien Butler, Army
Beirne Blair Carter, Army Richard Sherwood Cass, Navy Ovander Chambers, Navy
George Brockman Cleveland, Navy Allen Hamilton Cobb, Navy Thomas Lloyd Cobb, Army
Milton Cohen, Army Air Forces Norman Cohen, Army Gerald Vance Cole, Army
Robert Wilson Coleman, Navy John Coletrain, Army Gary Frank Coletrane, Army
Andrew Jefferson Collins, Army Elwood Leroy Collins, Navy Carl LaRue Combs, Army Air Forces
William Daniel Copeland, Army Alan Hilbert Crenshaw, Navy Woodrow Harris Crenshaw, Navy
Clarence Ivery Davis, Navy John W. Deeds, Army Charles Richard Dorrier, Jr., Army
James Lee Dorrier, Army John Pitts Dorrier, Army Lindsay Gordon 'Chick' Dorrier, Navy
Willie Glen Duncan, Army David Emmett Easton, Army James Austin Easton, Army
John William Easton, Army Lawrence Wallace Easton, Army Richard Franklin Easton, Army
John Corbett Farrish, Army Harry Friedman, Jr., Army Leon W. Friedman, Navy
Raymond Franklin Gentry, Jr., Army David Clark Glass, Army Air Forces Howard Overton Golladay, Army
Allen Gooden, Army Air Forces William Jennings Goodwin, Army Raymond Arehart Grandstaff, Army
Jesse Barrett Grove, Jr., Navy Eugene Warren Hamshar, Army Harry Harris, Army
William Leslie Harrison, Navy Edward Early Herndon, Navy Lindsay Allen Herndon, Army
Wilbert Bernice Herndon, Army Carl Ellis Holt, Navy George Stark Howard, Army
Thomas B. Hudson, Army Air Forces Robert R. Hunter, Army John Archie Jackson, Army
Charles Benjamin Johnson, Navy Erastus Johnson, Army Gilbert Leslie Johnson, Navy
Jesse Augustus Johnson, Army John Henry Johnson, Army Leonard S. Johnson, Army
Robert Lee Johnson, Army William Howard Johnson, Army James Atwell Jones, Army
William Raymond Jones, Army Air Forces Allen Andrew Kidd, Navy Jackson Dillard Kidd, Army Air Forces
William Sebald Frank Lenherr, Navy John Courtland Lewis, Army Clyde Ursell McCary, Navy
Benjamin Webster McGuire, Army David Lee McGuire, Army John Woodrow McGuire, Navy
Paul Joseph McGuire, Army Clarence Sharkey Massie, Army Benjamin Franklin Meadows, Army
Charles William Meadows, Army Malcolm H. Melton, Army Dick Brent Mills, Army
Cary Nelson Moon, Jr., Navy Frank Russell Moon, Navy Lawrence A. Moon, Army
Samuel Rufus Moon, Navy Nelson "Elson" Charles Morris, Navy James Taylor Morris, Army
John Lacy Morris, Jr. Army Claude Robert Marvin Mowbray, Marine Corps Cleo Brent Munday, Army
Isaac Cash Mondy, Navy Walter Watson Murray, Army Alfred Nelson Napier, Army
Claude Stinson Napier, Army Luther Thomas Napier, Army Richard Robert Newton, Navy
Haywood Nelson, Jr., Navy Wilson Skipper Nelson, Jr., Army George Hampden Nicholas, Army Air Forces
Ernest Haven O'Brien, Army Claude Leonard Pace, Jr., Army David Clinton Palmer, Marine Corps
James Dudley Palmer, Army Adam Sylvester Payne, Navy Edward Ambrose Payne, Sr., Navy
George Samuel Payne, Navy Frank Dabney Peregoy, Army James Gordon Pitts, Army Air Forces
Eugene Pritchard Pollard, Army Felix Richard Pollard, Navy Lester Howard Pollard, Army
Sidney Randolph Pugh, Sr., Army Charles Turner Ragland, Army Air Forces Dawson Bill Ray, Army
Lewis Edward Rhodes, Army Lena Rivers Robertson, Army Dandgure Henry Robinson, Army
Lynwood Waddell Robinson, Army Eugene Sykes Scherman, AFS and Army William Paul Schneider, Army
David Wilson Schumaker, Marine Corps Herman Lee Scott, Army Percy E. Scott, Army
Thomas Pierson Scott, Army Margaret Ann Sells, Office of Strategic Services Irene Thornton Baber Sheild, Women's Army Corps
Albert Lewis Shumaker, Marine Corps Frank Walter Shumaker, Navy Charles William Smith, Army
Otis Stanley Smith, Army Andrew Harrison Snead, Army William Tapscott Snead, Army
James Henry Snoddy, Army Thomas Randolph Snoddy, Navy Samuel Ayres Spencer Jr., Army Air Forces
Everett Sturm, Navy Preston Swingler, Navy Rockwell Swingler, Army
Thomas Edward Swingler, Army Roger F. Tapscott, Army Paul W. Thomas, Army
Henry Lewis Thompson, Army James Edward Thompson, Navy Joseph Franklin Thompson, Army
Mack L. Townsend, Army Marshall Owen Townsend, Army Stuart Walter Townsend, Army
Tate Rance Townsend, Army Theodore Roosevelt Townsend, Army Carlyle Ashton Trice, Army
Charles Albert Trice, Army Air Forces Joseph Lacy Trice, Army Laurence Turner Trice, Army
Obediah Ashton Trice, Jr., Navy Robert Holmes Trice, Navy Martin Roberts Turner, Army
Alfred Van Allen, Army Kenneth Edward Van Allen, Navy Roland Louis Van Allen, Army
Russell Clifford Van Allen, Army Air Forces Dean Lewis Wakefield, Army Donna Ruth Wakefield, Army
Larry Willard Wakefield, Merchant Marines Zachary Taylor Wakefield, Navy Frayser Caldwell White, Army
Walter Pleasants White, Army Sandy Winfrey, Army Arthur Jenkins Wood, Army
Francis Wood, Army Gordon Wood, Army Hunter Calvin Woody, Navy

Field nurses

During the war, the University of Virginia maintained the 8th Evacuation Hospital, serving Allied troops attached to the Fifth Army (which operated in North Africa and Italy from 1943 to 1945).[2] This 750-bed mobile hospital unit was primarily staffed by physicians and nurses who had attended the university, including First Lieutenant Alice M. Huffman (Class of 1938). In her memoirs that detailed her time serving with this unit, Huffman wrote,

"Being night supervisor in winter was a challenge. There were 20 some wards, and to make rounds twice during the 12-hour shift took a bit of stamina. We were always in a black-out area, which meant we could not use a flashlight. In good weather it wasn't too bad, but when there was sleet or snow, it was miserable... Someone once said that living through a war is the most wonderful experience in your life. Of course it's a terrible thing, but over time you forget the bad and remember the good. I got to travel and meet people I would never have gotten to meet otherwise. The whole thing was hard work, but we were with our best friends, and that made it a lot easier."

Officers and nurses who served with the 8th Evacuation Hospital unit[3]
Dr. John L. Guerrant (Medical Ward Officer & Clinical Laboratory Director) Ruth Beery (Chief Nurse) William P. Snavely (Assistant Registrar)
Frank L. Lowther (Technician Fifth Grade) Randal Luscombe (Technician Fifth Grade, Utility Shop) Dorothy Sandridge (Nurse anesthetist)
Beverley P. Tucker (Technician Fifth Grade, Chaplain's Assistant) Dr. Hubert B. Holsinger (Surgeon) Melvin C. Shaffer (Photographer)
Margaret McGown Margaret Ford Mary Ellen Gibson
Elizabeth Wiseman Langhorne Cloyd Mayme Griffitts
Ruth Eastman Eula Wright Minnie Lee Dozier
Mamie Donley Margery Stulting Frances Thomas
Addie Roadcap Nova Dowd Mamie Kidd
Ella Gillespie Kenneth Grim Preston Trousdale
William Norman Thornton Beverley Hairfield William Edgar Waddell
James Richmond Low John Coleman John Rogers Mapp
William Laird Jane Anderson Helen Gilkerson
Henry Mayo Leon Culbertson E. Cato Drash
Staige D. Blackford John McNeel Byrd S. Leavell
Edwin Shearburn Albert Gillespie Linus Miller
Raymond Monin Beverley Hairfield William Driscoll
Edwin Mulford Herbert Smith George Northrup
Samuel Casscells Francis Ross John Morris
Sigfrid Kinkopf Asa Scarborough Kenneth Grim
William Edgar Waddell Joseph Beck John Haley
William Suhling Samuel Windham Thomas Payne
Donald Marshall James Culbertson Richard Bell
Alfred Den William Hill Harris Holmboe
Lincoln Putnam Reynold Siersema Prentice Kinser
Maurice LeBauer Joseph Winthrop Raymond Lynch
Elijah Jenkins Francis Churchill Rex Blessing
Robert Weller John Murrian Margaret S. Hornbarger
Frances Houston Rebecca Dofflemeyer Alice Eagle
Hilda Franklin F. Jean Williams Kate Robinson
Thelma Matthews Alice Law Angela Brusati
Dora Guglielmetti C. Elizabeth Johnson Lottie Gibson
Mabel Ayers Beatrice Ramsey Lallah Edwards
Margaret Petersen Clara Orsini Lucille White
Ann Mickle Mary Jane McCone Madge Darden
Christine Mills Elizabeth Harlin Addie Roadcap
Cathleene Carter Mildred Smith Helen Berkeley
Ruby Armstrong Annie L. Dickson Emma Garland
Myrtle Hatcher Margaret Phillips Elizabeth Engleman

References

  1. Web. Scottsville Area WWII Veterans, Scottsville Museum, 2018
  2. Web. The 8th Evacuation Hospital, University of Virginia, 2007
  3. Web. The 8th Evacuation Hospital: Supplemental Pictures of Officers and Nurses, University of Virginia, 2007