Soldier News continued, 1944

Pvt. Floyd Tuckey Demonstrates Safe Move

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 27, 1944

The July Sentinel, a weekly newspaper published by servicemen at Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, contained the following article:  "Pvt. Floyd Tuckey deserves the medal for bravery for the work that he did here.  Private Tuckey 'volunteered' to jump from a high tower into flaming oil below.  Private Tuckey is a non-swimmer and all that he had on him was a life jacket.  He leaped into the water and flaming oil, and proved how safe it is to abandon ship even if the water below is filled with flaming oil.  Our hats are off to you, Tuck."

 

Private Tuckey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tuckey, has lived with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A.Tuckey on Pleasant street, Sidney [Delaware Co., NY].  He entered the signal corps in November, 1942.  He trained at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., and Camp Rucker, Ala.  From there he went to California and was shipped to the Hawaiian Islands in May, 1944.  He attended Sidney Central High School and worked in the Scintilla and was active in both the Sidney and the Scintilla bands.  Pvt. Tuckey who is a nephew of Amos W. Tuckey, of Bainbridge, played for several years in the Bainbridge-Sidney band.

 

Lt. Lacy is German Prisoner

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 27, 1944

 

Mrs. Leontine Lacy, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], received a telegram last week that her son, Lieut. Lacy, who had been reported missing in action since May 28, is a German prisoner.  He enlisted from Unadilla Dec. 28, 1939, and saw service at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack Dec. 7, 1941.  For eight months he had been in England as a pilot on a B-17 Fortress, flying in many missions over Europe.  Mrs. Lacy has two citations for the services he has rendered.

 

Pvt. Everett Paine, Paratrooper, Killed in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 3, 1944

 

Pvt. Everett Paine, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Paine, of Margaretville [Delaware Co., NY] was killed in action in France on Wednesday, June 7.  The notification came Friday in a War Department telegram to his parents, who are employed in the Scintilla at Sidney.  Pvt. Paine is the fourth man from the village of Margaretville to die in the service of his country, during the present war, and the fifth graduate of the Margaretville school to be killed.

 

Pvt. Roland Pratt Awarded Purple Heart

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 27, 1944

 

 

Pvt. Roland C. Pratt

 

Pvt. Roland C. Pratt husband of Mrs. Edith Pratt, of 47 Pearl street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in performing an act of bravery in Italy, June 1.  Pvt. Pratt, who is an Infantryman, landed in Africa last September and went into Italy about two months later.  He entered the service April 1, 1943, and received his training at Camp Croft, S.C., and Camp Howze, Texas.  He is the son of Clifford Pratt of Harpursville.  The honored infantryman sent his award to his wife as a surprise package.  The above picture was taken in Italy.

 

Pvt. Roland Pratt Awarded Combat Decoration

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 10, 1944

 

With the Fifth Army Italy:  Private First Class Roland C. Pratt, husband of Mrs. Edith Pratt, who lives at 47 Pearl street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has been cited by his regiment of the 36th "Texas" Infantry Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat with the enemy while serving on the Fifth Army front in Italy.  Standards for the Badge are high.  The decoration, which was recently authorized by the War Department, is awarded to the Infantry soldier who has proved his ability in combat.  The handsome badge consists of a silver rifle set against a background of infantry blue, enclosed in a silver wreath.

 

James Ryan Promoted to Captain

Bainbridge News & Republican, July 27, 1944

 

1st Lt. James F. Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Ryan, of 5 South Main street, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has been promoted to Captain for outstanding ability as an officer on the battlefield in Normandy.  He performed a miraculous feat when he led his battery to safety, without a single casualty, when surrounded by the enemy.  Captain Ryan is a member of the 30th "Old Hickory" division of sharp-shooting Southerners whose fathers help break the Hindenburg line, and who also participated in the Ypres and Somme offensives, winning more than half of the decorations handed out by the British to American troops in World War I. The young captain, who was a member of the Officer's Reserve Corps, was called to active duty Aug. 1, 1941, and assigned to the field artillery.  He had been in England since M/arch prior to the invasion of France.

 

Pfc. Charles Ingram Missing in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 3, 1944

 

Pfc. Charles Ingram, of Dry Brook, Delaware County, is missing in action in Italy.  This information was brought to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ingram, by a telegram from the War Department Tuesday.  He has been missing since July 9.  The parents have no other information.  They received a letter from him in Italy dated July 5 in which he said he was well and all right.