 warsveteransmilitary bases warsveteransmilitary bases ray fri 10212011 1253 civil war  18611865  timeline january 9 1861 mississippi became the second state to leave the union january 13 1861 confederate forces occupy ship island march 4 1861 lincoln inaugurated president at washington dc april 12 1861 bombardment of fort sumter charleston sc by confederate forces of pgt beauregard may 21 1861company e biloxi rifles 3rd mississippi regiment mustered into state service at jackson mississippi july 21 1861 battle of first bull run fought in virginia september 18 1861  company a    the live oak rifles 3rd regiment mississippi infantry  were sworn into state service they had been organized in the spring of 1861 by ae lewis state senator james b mcrae and the ramsay family of west jackson county originally 48 volunteers organized with the intent of protecting the coast between ocean springs and west pascagoula they fought in kentucky mississippi georgia tennessee and the carolinas september 16 1861 confederate forces abandon fort twiggs and burn the brick lighthouse at ship island october 5 1861 company e biloxi rifles  3rd regiment mississippi infantry mustered into confedrate service at shieldsboro bay st louis mississippi december 4 1861 vanguard of 18000 union troops lands at ship island under the command of majorgeneral benjamin f butler for the assault of new orleans december 31 1861 biloxi surrendered to captain melancton smith of the us navy march 1 1862 ship launch from the  uss hartford  anchored at ship island visits biloxi and ocean springs first union soldiers to land at ocean springs did not see over ten people met john and julia egan irish immigrants egan was us postmaster at ocean springs 18561861 union soldiers took egan s letter balance fifty new orleans newspapers and a number of dilapidated guns rifles and muskets april 25 1862 admiral david g farragut captured the city of new orleans  may 31 1864 after grounding off the extensive flats off ocean springs the  uss cowslip  and  uss narcissu s  both gunboats went about twentyfive miles up the tchoutacabouffa river and destroyed salt works boats and ferries they also captured six pleasure yachts sawmills and logs were not destroyed the  uss vincennes  went up fort bayou to cut out a schooner it had been scuttled but two confederate officers major toby and captain wilkinson were captured while they slept august 5 1864  battle of mobile bay fought between union navy under farragut and confederate force under franklin buchanan november 30 1864 captain john p elmer  18421864 company e biloxi rifles was killed at franklin tennessee june 1947the lyman c bradford post vfw began planning for a memorial park between lameuse and main street to honor biloxians who lost their lives in wwi and wwi  the memorial was to cost 3500 and will be donated anonymously by a local citizen the daily herald june 5 1947 p 13  roster company ethe biloxi rifles george w andrews pvt 1st sgt george armstrong pvt james armstrong pvt 4th 1st cpl 5th 2nd sgt jacob baltz pvt 4th sgt r saunders bartlett pvt theobald balius pvt charles bellman pvy fm bennett 3rd cpl john p bennett pvt 4th 3rd cp 3rd sgt marion bennett pvt charles bertho pvt ew biggs pvt leopold bitterwolf pvt bochard e pvt bourdon a pvt drummer simon bowman pvt al bradley pvt dn brakefield pvt hl brakefield pvt 3rd 2nd cpl john c brasher pvt john p elmer 18421864 1st lieut capt  unit biographies   leopold bitterwolf  leopold bitterwolf 18441912 was a native of badenbaden germany and came to nola circa 1847 leopold married margaret knox 18521891 and they were the parents of three children william bitterwolf mary catherine bitterwolf 18781940 m henry kern and madeleine bitterwolf 18821912 leopold bitterwolf served the csa from 1861until at least the battle of franklin tennessee where he was wounded he married adelaide louise mestier 18701933 at nola in june 1892 leopold died 3 oct 1912 at nola and his corporal remains were interred in the greenwood cemetery in the crescent city at biloxi mississippi leopold bitterwolf the daily picayune new orleans friday october 4 1912 and the daily herald  the capture of biloxi  in the great war that followed the secession of mississippi and the other southern states there were some little differences of sentiment and sympathy in biloxias was natural in a population composed of elements so varied and so largely of foreign origin who had enjoyed the little opportunity for becoming imbued with the principle and traditions prevailing among the southern people in general yet the great majority were faithful and loyal to their state and to the confederacy and very few of them opposed or foresook or betrayed the glorious cause for which their brethern were contending some of them attested their fidelty to it with their blood and many by participation in its hardships and trials besides these individuals who entered the service at other places two companies of volunteers were raised and organized here one of these the biloxi rifles was commanded by the young and gallant captain john p elmer who was killed with both of his lieutenants at the blood battyle of franklin it was constituted a part of the 3rd mississippi regiment the other originally known as the henley invincibles was raised and first commanded by captain john l henley still a resident of biloxi it was detailed as for service afloat many of its men being sailors or fishermen captain henley being severely wounded while on duty with a gunboat in the sound was retired and afterwards elected mayor of the town besides these troops there was a company organized for home defense under captain fewell  log artillery no event of real importance occurred at biloxi itself during the war the nearest approach to it was the surrender of the town to a federal fleet on the 31st of december 1861 an affair that was entirely bloodless and comic rather than a serious nature a socalled battery had been constructed near the lighthouse the defences consisting of several hundred coffee and corn sacksdonated by jacob elmer eqsuire the father of captain elmer above mentioned and still a valued citizen of biloxifilled with sand behind these were mounted two six pounder field pieces one of them cracked and useless and only the other capable of being fired the lack of artillery was supplied however by several wooden guns of formidable dimensions and more conspicuously mounted than under other circumstances would have been consistent with the principles of military prudence and secretiveness the battery commanded the channel of approach and whenever the yankee vessels would draw nigh to reconnoiteras they often didcoming within two or three miles mayor henley with a few other citizens assisting him would make a great showing of ramming and sponging and elevating and lowering their log artillery this had for a very long time the desired effect of keeping the enemy at a respectful distance and on one occasion actually saved from capture a schooner laden with valuable and much needed supplies which had run aground a mile or two to the westward the sight of the guns deterring the blockaders from approaching her in their open launches on the day above mentioned december 31 1861 however they approached in formidable force with three gunboats a detachment of marines from the flagship  niagara  and two boats crews from the steamer  massachusetts  all under the command of captain melancthon sic smith of the latter a letter from ship island published in a boston newspaper soon afterwards and preserved in the 3rd volume of the rebellion record gives an account of what followed which must be very amusing to those behind the scenes the letter says that captain smith steamed up to within a mile of the fort in the gunboat having the lighest draught the  lewis   while the other vessels anchored outside but within range to support the movement the  lewis  carried a crew of one hundred men and a pretty formidable armament consisting of one twentypound rifled parrott gun two twelvepound rifled guns for james projectiles one twentyfour pound dahlgreen sic howitzer and two twelve pound howitizers not succeeding in drawing the fire of the battery captain smith decided to anchor and go ashore himself with a flag of truce what a terrible thing it would have been for the fleet if he had succeeded in drawing the fire of that battery  surrender demanded the writer goes on to give a long account of the panic of the citizens the interview of captain smith with the mayor whom he describes as an old man about sixtythough our esteemed fellow citiizens can hardly be credited with more than three score even at this day after the lapse of more than twenty yearsthe negotiations that followed and the conditions of things in general in reply to the mayor s inquiry as to the object of his visit captain smith said   i have come to demand the surrender of this town with all its fortifications batteries vessels in the waters and all military and warlike stores  considering that the fortifications consisted only of sand bags that the home guards were armed only with shot guns and that there was no ammunition for the log cannons or even for the sixpounder field piece it is no wonder the mayor should have asked an armistice of twentyfour hours before giving an answer to this astinishing demands he must have had some difficulty in keeping his countenanceto say nothing of his guns the federal commander was inflexible however and would allow only one hour at the expiration which his terms were accepted and the fortifications battery warlike stores and etc were all unconditionally surrendered a detachment was sent to take possession of the battery and its contents the writer of the letter does not say a word about the wooden guns but we learn from other information that the officer in command of the party and most of his men rolled in the sand in a burst of uncontrollable merriment when they saw what it was they had been so long and cautiously watching from afar through their spyglasses such was the memorable capture of biloxi which the writer from which our account is partly derived gravely narrates as if it were a great event he adds a paragraph which may be worth quoting  male population gone to war  though the town possessed many natural beauties and redeeming qualities still everything bore a neglected appearance the place seemed deserted and no signs of thrift or business were observed the entire male population capable of of bearing arms had gone to the war while old men and boys enrolled as home guards there were not more than fifty men in the place and about five hundred women and children if the town and hamlets of the north were to make similar sacrifices how long would the rebels continue to defy the power of the federal government it does not appear that the captors valued their new acquisition highly enough to make any effort to hold it nor as far as our information serves did they ever visit the shore again at this point of the war   published originally in  the biloxi herald  on october 10 1885 this was written by major wt walthall who interviewed the men who took part in this affair and from the record that is mentioned in the article the office and files of the biloxi herald were destroyed by fire in 1882 sic but a copy of this article has been preserved by the family of the author copied in may 1941 by hb walthall and published in  the daily herald  june 4 1941 p 5    references  h grady howell jr  to live and die in dixie a history of the third mississippi infantry csa  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 charles l sullivan  the mississippi gulf coast portrait of a people  windsor publications northridge california1985  the daily herald    the capture of biloxi during the war between the states   june 4 1941  the daily herald       the daily herald       beauvoir  time line   18901899 the biloxi herald    local city news   november 21 1896 p 8 a grand bbq and basket picnic was planned for perkinston on december 11 1896 public invited camp beauvoir confederate veterans uncle jake hollingsworth who was postmaster at beauvoir died yesterday  january 29 1897 the deceased was well known in the city biloxi and along the coast and his host of friends will regret his death the funeral took place today the biloxi herald local city news january 30 1897 p 8  19001909 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 10 1901 p 8  jj king former resident and postmaster at beauvoir was found dead at new orleans in the osborne house he leaves a sister in alabama  the biloxi daily herald   city news   february 4 1903 p 6 formal transfer of beauvoir to scvms  the biloxi daily herald   beauvoir  james f wolfe an age veteran passes away    december 16 1904 p 6 james f wolfe one of the old veterans at beauvoir died today of natural causes he arrived here on december 14th and his 70 years weighed heavily upon him  he had not recovered from an attack of la grippe and came to beauvour to die the mayor of canton was notified by manager kemp and unless instructed otherwise the funeral will take place at the beauvoir home tomorrow deceased has no near relatives of whom the management of the home are aware  the biloxi daily herald   beauvoir   november 6 1905  william simmons  age 69 years veteran of co c11th north carolina  died at the soldier s home on november 6 1905  he came to the home seven months agho from madison county mississippi his remains were interred in the beauvoir cemetery  the biloxi daily herald   national convention of the daughters of the confederacy   november 13 1906 p 4 met at gulfport mississippi for four days november 14thnovember 18th 1906 not less than 600 women were expected to attend the beauvoir chapter was represented by mrs dr jackson  laura scott jackson   18441922 and mrs doctor bolton  olivia hill sones bolton   18681952  the daily herald   city news   december 28 1906 p 4  hugh f cochran  18311906 expired at beauvoir on december 27 1906 he came to the home in july 1905 from scott county mississippi private cochran served with the 35th mississippi infantry regiment company a  the daily picayune    necrologyrobert dunbar shepperd   december 10 1907 p 16 robert dunbar shepperd age 73 years died december 8 1907 at beauvoir he served with company djeff davis legion robert came from chickasaw county to beauvvoir on march 16 1905 with margaret his spouse he suffered from wounds and old age the reverend crawford of the episcopal church officiated at his graveside service in the beauvoir cemetery  captain jm mosby became superintendent of the soldier s home at beauvoir in ocotber 1908 the daily herald  19101919   the daily herald   biloxi  january 17 1910 p 8  db turnipseed  age 84 years died at beauvoir on 15 january he came to beauvoir from sharkey county mississippi on july 29 1908 turnipseed served with co k 36th mississippi infantry  the daily herald   confederate dies   sl rice  1828 to 2161912     february 16 1912 p 8  the daily herald   beauvoir veteran dead jm t winer     october 31 1912 p 8 co b18th mississipppi regiment with general longstreet and army of northern virginia and a appomattox with general lee  the daily herald   veteran dies  james m williams 1831 to 3121915     march 12 1915  the daily herald   death at soldiers home  louisa jane smith 1827 to 1221915     december 4 1915  the daily herald   louisiana veteran dies at beauvoir  george w christy 18371916 co a 7th louisiana infantrynew orleans tigers admitted august 13 1910     december 4 1916 p 1  elnathan j tartt  18761947  elnathan j tartt  18761947 became superintendent of the jefferson davis soldier s home in may 1916 the daily herald may 8 1916 p 1  nathan b forrest  adjutantinchief and chief of staff of the sons of confederate veterans  leaves today to arrange for the reunion  the daily herald march 21 1917 p 3  the daily herald    wb burdine  age 82 and a georgia native who served with co c 3rd alabama infantry and survived by his widow at the soldiers home  dead   june 16 1917 p 3 from the daily herald march 8 1919 p 3  william j ray  18401919 was very likely born in talahatchie county mississipppi he was a resident of thaxton pontotoc county mississippi in from the daily herald march 8 1919 p 3  the daily herald    veteran dies at home    william marshall  18411919 age 78 years and a native of north carolina came to beauvoir from tallahatchie county mississipi in september 1915 he espired at the beauvoir soldiers home on august 17 1919 billy served with the 42nd north carolina infantry funeral were under the auspices of the baptist church with committal in beauvoir cemetery    august 18 1919 p 4  19201929 the daily herald   double funeral  je mosier 18471920 from charleston ms served under gen nb forrest and pc bell 18371920 from liberty mus co e 1st la cavalry internments in beauvoir cemetery  at soldiers home   march 22 1920  ned tartt  19021967  was awarded a special honor at his graduation from gmac last week also dr folkes gave him a 75 shot gun the daily herald june 2 1920 p 3  the daily herald   confeds visit biloxi  three cars of the gpt ms coast traction co take veterans fron beauvoir to biloxi     june 3 1920  the new year s day banquet at beauvoir given to confederate veterans and spouses by wm lampton of magnolia mississippi set a record as 600 pounds of fried chicken   3000 biloxi oysters   30 gallons of turnip greens   100 linear feet of jelly roll cake   25 gallons of sweet milk and many other delicious delectables were served the dinner cost about 350 and was paid for by mr lampton the daily herald january 1 1921 p 1  the daily herald   dr folkes tells why 100000 hospital is need at the old soldiers home   july 30 1921 p 1  the daily herald     elanathan  tartt completes arrangements to carry vets to chattanooga free   october 22 1921 p 1 the l n rr pullman company and southern railway provided 100 free passes for confederated veterans to attend 60th reunion at chattanooga tennessee attending with the beauvoir veterans were superintendent tartt his wife ned tartt his son dr hm folkes quinea tarbutton nurse and two colored servants  the daily herald   old soldier dead   henry c williams 18451922 co i 4 th alabama cavalry12 th death here since january 2 1922     march 4 1922 p 4  the daily herald   contract let for hospital   october 19 1923 p 1  the daily herald   new hospital for beauvoir will be completed in march   october 22 1923 p 1  john a salley  18421923 spouse of martha cohron salley 18511924  expired on june 26 1923 i n the hospital at beauvoir he was born at bunker hill mississipppi and served with co e 15th mississippi infantry during the civil war internment at evergreen cemetery at gulfport mississippi the daily herald june 26 1923 p 3 on december 16th  a fire at beauvoir destroyed dormitory no 3  which was situated west of the old hospital two confederate veterans perished in the conflagration  jt hunter  18441924 and  fm sharp  18461924 they entered the soldier s home from laurel and columbus respectively the daily herald december 17 1924 p 1  the daily herald   board praise beauvoir home   march 9 1925 p 3  the daily herald   mississippi gop factions disagree over beauvoir   february 13 1927 p 2  the daily herald   confedrate soldier dead   june 6 1928 p 5  at daniel  age 81 years who entered the jeff davis soldiers home in december 1925 died here june 6 1928 he was a member of blunt s battalion in the civil war he is surviived by mrs cp smith a daughter at gulfport the body was taken to jackson for burial  the daily herald     governor thomas g bilbo  bilbo presides at beauvoir meeting   february 13 1928 p 5  the daily herald   three deaths at beauvoir   martha garrett 18511929 richard trehorn and marie l casey 18471929     january 19 1929 p 2  the daily herald   reverend elnathan ned tartt the  episcopal minister at rolling fork mississippi   announced his engagement to miss dorothy porter of shannon mississippi   dorothy was a graduate of mscw and the head of modern languages for the public schools of jackson mississippi    march 18 1929 p 2  the daily herald   w j f lilly  age 82co a 43rd mississippi cavalryentered home from leake county mississippi survived by lucinda lilly his spouse corporal remains interred in teh beauvoir cemetery  buried    september 23 1929 p 8  19301939 the daily herald   negro george gree n 18801930 injured in attack     march 6 1930 p 2   t he daily herald   watermelons for vets   april 7 1930 p 2  t he daily herald   confederate graves marked   april 29 1930 in late april 1930 sing the official bronze marker approved by the uvc the beauvoir chapter of the udc at gulfport marked 30 confederate veterans graves as follows   mississippi city cemetery 13 markers  handsboro cemetery 14 markers and st james catholic church cemetery 3 markers  t he daily herald   beauvoir ready for guests   june 2 1930 p 2   the confederate veterans hold their 40th reunion at biloxi   see the daily herald june 3 1930 p 1   the daily herald   commends reunion soldiers   august 1 1930  t he daily herald   turnip green tartt   september 15 1930 p 2  t he daily herald   wh allen dies at beauvoir   september 29 1930 p 2 wh allen age 93 years of jackson died at beauvoir on september 28 1930 he served with company g7th tennessee infantry his corporal remains were sent to brookhaven for internment mr allen was survivied by mrs wh westbrookjackson mrs n williamsjackson mrs jg guynnbirmingham mrs ph leebirmingham mrs jn hickmanjacksonville jt allenjackson and wl allenlouisville  t he daily herald   mourn polly s death at beauvoir home   october 4 1930 p 2  t he daily herald   tartts leave tomorrow   october 14 1930 p 2  the daily herald   trustees of beauvoir meet   1932 p 1  tl nichols  84 yearold inmate of the soldiers home married mrs alice henshaw  age 65 years a wealthy widow of senatobia mississippi who has been visiting at the home for four days the groom has been in the home for two years coming from marshall county their nuptials were witnessed by about 150 people the newlyweds left for senatobia where they will reside at the home of mrs nichols the daily herald   tl nichols 84 mrs a henshaw 65 marry at beauvoir   january 19 1932  the daily herald   confederate chief  general charles a desaussure  still busy at 85   january 19 1932  joseph wesley havens  18811941  elnathan j tartt  18761947 was replaced by joseph w havens as superintendent of beauvoir on july 1 1932  joseph joe wesley havens  18811941 was born may 24 1881 at vancleave jackson county mississippi to abizer havens 18581933 and margarette berry havens 18491907 the daily herald june 13 1932 p 8  the daily herald   celebration at beauvoir   june 7 1933 p 6  wf barclay  age 88 years and former member of co h18th mississippi regiment died october 12 1933 at beauvoir he had been visited by his wife and three sons from magnolia mississippi the daily herald october 14 1933 p 4 and october 19 1933 p 2  jh turner  age 102 years and native of south carolina served with co j41st georgia battalion died december 20 1933 buried beauvoir cemetery the daily herald january 12 1934 p 10  the daily herald   confederate veteran  h walker in battle of shiloh at age 14 years lives 1624 3rd street and served with co f baldwin rifles21st alabama regiment  taking herald 29 years   september 20 1934 p 1   the daily herald    books presented  bhs  school  february 18 1936 p 1  the daily herald   confederate memorial day   april 25 1935 p 1  the daily herald    memorial service  in memory of jefferson davis  in church of redeemer  june 1938 p  the daily herald    military crosses presented during program at beauvoir  june 4 1938 p 6  19401949 the daily herald   beauvoir shrine to open july 1   may 2 1940 p 1  the daily herald   sons daughters to restore beauvoir   may 7 1940 p 5  the daily herald   new directors for beauvoir named   may 9 1940 p 1  the daily herald   honor guard from camp shelby coming to shrine dedication   may 30 1941 p 9  the daily herald   beauvoir preview will be saturday   february 6 1941 p 1  the daily herald   fine work accomplished in beauvoir restoration   february 8 1941 p 7  the daily herald   will dedicate beauvoir june 3   february 10 1941 p 1  the daily herald   jeff davis shrine to be dedicated today   june 3 1941 p 1 recommittal of samuel davis from the daily herald september 9 1942 p 6  the daily herald    children of confederacy meet with miss redding  october 7 1942 p 2  the daily herald    mrs roach dies  age 84 years widow of jm roach co c 24th ms cavalaryburied beauvoir cemetery     january 19 1944 p 7  the daily herald   children of the confederacy   february 10 1944 p 6  the daily herald    last confederate veteran  john wesley castles 18471944  dies at beauvoir  october 26 1944 p 1  the daily herald   beauvoir group seeks to raise 250 thousand  dollars for tropical garden to perpetuate the memory of the men in gray     january 3 1946 p 1  the daily herald   confederates leaving for their homes on wednesday   october 9 1946 p 1 the daily herald   movies made of confederate vets  at 56th annual reunion at edgewater gulf hotel     october 10 1946 p 5 the daily herald   mrs  josie  rankin assumes duties as beauvoir superintendent   october 15 1946 p 1  mrs hattie thompson age 83 years native of bay springs and an inmate at jefferson davis home  died tuesday night mary glenn bay springs and emma kelly gainesville florida her daughters were at her bedside mrs thompson was also survived by a son charles athcley of taylorsville funeral services were from the hospital chapel by the reverend cg hodge internment was in the beauvoir memorial cemetery the daily herald july 21 1948 p 8  elnathan j tartt  18761947 expired at meridian mississippi on january 17 1947 burial magnolia cemetery at meridian the daily herald january 18 1947 p 4  the daily herald   new  beauvoir head  l marie pearce   named   august 3 1948 p 1  l marie pearce of poplarville mississippi assumed duties of superintendent of beauvoir on august 1st replaceing josie rankin of gulfport dr bz welch named physician  the daily herald    12 inmates are now at beauvoir   marie pearce superintendent 400 widows and half dozen veterans eligible for admission some board members at this time  calvin e dees perkinston  mrs ben stevens hattiesburg  mrs ac  moore hattiesburg  mrs bertha mcinnis laurel and jj henry laurel october 6 1948 p 1  the daily herald    confederate vets still undecided about final reunion   october 6 1948 p 1  19501959 the daily herald   mrs davis shawl added to beauvoir museum collection   april 14 1952 p 1  the daily herald   gifts for widows at beauvoir home   january 5 1957 p 1 the daily herald     19  postcivil war  the 1st battalion mississippi national guard was completed in early february  dr jj lemon was promoted to captain and named surgeon of the 1st battalion  harry t howard   18561930  captain of the jeff davis light artillery  was promoted to  major 1st battalion of the mississippi national guard   lt colonel ew merrill was ill at his moss point home the biloxi herald february 4 1888 p 8 in february  constantine olivari   18411894   was elected captain  of the jeff davis light artillery in march to replace captain howard captain olivari received his commission from governor lowry in late may the biloxi herald march 10 1888 p 8 and june 2 1888 p 8 the  lamar guards a military company of heavy artillery  was organized at biloxi in january officers were  henry j meaut  18421934 captain  carey holliman   18601935 1st lieutenant  thomas d bachino  18611891 2nd lieutenant  joseph ott  18551932 sgt atarms and  dan mcdonald  secretary the officers were commissioned by governor robert lowry 18311910 in march some of the springfield rifles and cartridges for the lamar guards arrived in february other founding members were  dan markey   18551900  peter gillen   18591898  mj grady   18411898  oscar meaut   18591935  joseph arguelles  18651944  sam shaw  and j ohn w henley   d 1918 the biloxi herald january 21 1888 p 1 february 11 1888 p 8 and march 3 1888 p 8  spanish american war and biloxi time line slightly over onehundred ten years ago the united states and spain fought a shortterm global war although the causes for this bellicose action is complex possibly being a combination of spain s long internal strife with the cuban people the aggressive nature of american capitalism and yellow journalism by the american press this conflict had its immediate cause at havana cuba where the  uss maine  a 318foot long american battleship commanded by captain sigsbee was mysteriously destroyed on february 15 1898 several hundred american service men aboard the brooklyn navy yard built vessel were killed by a large internal explosion possibly caused by spontaneous combustion of her coal bunkers  the pascagoula democratstar  february 18 1898 p 2 republican president william mckinley 18431901 and the us congress declared war on spain on april 21 1898 the spanishamerican war had several impacts on mississippi and the south the economy in the region improved but the conflict was also the catalyst which returned southern people to the mainstream of american cultural life the pangs of the civil war defeat and reconstruction were still felt in the south the spanishamerican war united former enemies and a new sense of nationalism was reborn as one former confederate soldiers said   if we couldn t whip uncle sam in four years we shouldn t   allow someone else to come here and do what we couldn t do ourselves    mclemore1973 p 492  1898 uss maine  a 318foot long american battleship commanded by captain sigsbee was mysteriously destroyed on february 15 1898 republican president william mckinley  18431901 and the us congress declared war on spain on april 21 1898 thirtyone biloxians volunteer to serve in what would become company d of the 1 st mississippi volunteer regiment  this group of men was based in scranton pascagoula mississippi and led by edgar rollins dumont  the biloxi daily herald may 14 1898 p 8 gus henzelena jap brugniens john andrews ed weber walter champlin jack king william h smith encamped at chickamauga tennessee returned to biloxi for a thirty day leave  the biloxi daily herald september 17 1898 p 8  private emile tremmel   18681898 a native of new orleans died of sickness at camp chickamauga tennessee on august 26 1898 his remains were accompanied to biloxi by gus henzelena 18691953  the biloxi daily herald   december 22 1898 p 8 and august 27 1898 p 8    tremmel memorial emile tremmel 18681898 a native of nola expired at camp chicamauga chicamauga national park georgia on august 25 1898 mr tremmel had been a volunteer fireman at biloxi and volunteered to fight the spanish in cuba as a member of company d 1st mississippi volunteers he died of typhoid fever and his corporal remains were brought to biloxi by gus henzelena a fellow soldier and august tremmel his brother for internment in the biloxi cemetery a monument to his memory was unveiled on february 1899 the biloxi daily herald february 21 1899 p 8  james sheasby   who left biloxi to enlist in the us navy several months ago has received his discharge he was on the uss buccaneer and saw active service at santiago cuba the biloxi daily herald october 20 1898 p8  buccaneer  a schoonerrigged singlescrew steam yacht constructed in 1888 at boston mass by richard keogh was acquired by the navy in the spring of 1898 from william randolph hearst the prominent new york publisher and placed in commission on 13 june 1898 lt h k hines in command ten days later lt a m mayer relieved lt hines in command probably taken over and commissioned at new york buccaneer may have been fitted out there or at tampa fla hard evidence supporting either location is utterly lacking all that is recorded is that she was at tampa on 5 august 1898 she departed tampa that same day and arrived in key west the following day again the duties she performed there are unrecorded  buccaneer  departed key west on 18 august and arrived in norfolk va on 22 august almost two weeks later on 4 september she got underway for new york the yacht arrived in new york the following day  buccaneer  was decommissioned on 12 september 1898 and subsequently returned to her owner  1899 corporal john meunier and private john griffin of heed s sic regiment are home again the biloxi daily herald june 27 1899 p 8  1934 the admiral p magruder camp of spanish american war veterans held a memorial service at the byc in memory of the 266 men who were killed when the uss maine sank in havana harbor on february 15 1898 the hd money camp of gulfport cooperated with the biloxi camp in sponsoring the event which was attended by 45 boy scouts from biloxi representatives of various patriotic organizations and invited guests of the camp and its auxiliary ej scott commander of the biloxi camp presided over the gathering the daily herald february 6 1934 p 2  1936 the reverend john campbell of the presbyterian church to honor those american servicemen lost at havana cuba on february 15 1898 delivered a memorial address to members of the admiral thomas p magruder camp veterans of the spanishamerican war the daily herald february 18 1936 p 3  admiral thomas p magrudercamp no 19biloxi mississippi  william f jones commander fj bettinger sr vice commander harry l moody jr vice commander ej scott quartermaster john m thomas adjutant john g whelen officer of the day james c banks officer of the guard ec rowen trustee cw trotter trustee ee cooper trustee john r meunier major wooters gordon w cogan amile bonham john fayard anthony v foretich charles g elfers and lj rafferty lang 1936 p 54  1937 marks p richardson  age 64 years spanish american war veteran died at 855 pm march 5 1937 at the veterans adminkstration he was admitted on june 27 1936  marks enlisted in the us army on may 10 1898 and was honorably discharges on december 20 1898 as a private in co e ist mississippi infantry  mrs francis mcmasterts richardson his spouse resides in the como hotel at jackson mississippi the daily herald march 6 1937 p 2  1941 mrs l holzer hosted the uss maine memorial services of the hd money camp and auxiliary of the spanish american war   commander john l heis s served as master of ceremonies  john brownlee  advanced the colors and wa thornton gave the invocation members of the auxiliary sang america accompaied by madame lillye violet carrara   ed watts gave a short memorial talk and hm harless provided the benediction refreshments were served by mrs holzer the daily herald february 18 1941 p 10  victor muleon  commander the daily herald february 20 1941 p 14  1943 leonard hopkins  18751943 native of san augustine texas and resident of biloxi for over fifty years died at biloxi on december 24 1943 mr hopkins resided on reynoir street and served as a private in the 2nd mississippi volunteer infantry the daily herald december 27 1943 p 5  1 983 herman miller  18801983 native of sweden and spanishamerican war veteran expired in the minneapolis minnesota va hospital he was national commander of the spanishamerican war veterans in 19791980 mr miller was recommended for the medal of honor by his commanding officer but time loss of records and the us army prevented him from this courageous award the daily herald april 11 1983 p a2  biloxi volunteers company d 1st mississippi regiment   roster captain edgar r dumont of scranton pascagoula john andrews jap brugniens walter champlin sergeant hahn august henzelena jack king leon meunier richards wh smith emile tremmel 18681898 edward weber biloxians who volunteered to serve their country in the spanish american war joined the scranton pascagoula company which became company d of the 1 st mississippi volunteer regiment wp henley former captain of battery d and albert tab irish hann formerly 1 st lieutenant of battery a both enlisted as privates hann had been elected to his post in november 1897 the biloxi daily herald november 27 1897 p 8 henley and hann left biloxi in may 1918 to enlist with the following biloxians aj meynier john fayard august gus henzelena 18691953 anthony v foretich john t andrews 18601908 walter g champlin edward caillavet 18741923 john griffin j lamy sic b compus sic wf jones arthur e richard 18771949 john jack t king r anderson dancer 18781915 emile joseph pons 18651914 harry bowers jasper jap brugniens john rene meunier 18801944 leon charles meunier 18781922 william h smith nels j peters 18681935 john dumar gordon m dawson wd simms james williams je ed weber cc harlan and sam murray the biloxi daily herald may 14 1898 p 8  biographies john t andrews john t andrews   18601908 was born at biloxi mississippi to george w andrews 1823 and caroline g andrews 18381886 he married rosa llado in harrison county mississippi on february 15 1882 harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 7 p 342 john t andrews expired at biloxi on september 26 1908 his funeral was held from the residence of his brother dudley andrews at 930 lameuse street john was survived by his two brothers george w andrews 18641909 and dudley andrews 18661939 his corporal remains were laid to rest in the biloxi cemetery the biloxi daily herald september 26 1908 p 4  edward caillavet edward caillavet  18741923 was born in december 1874 at biloxi mississippi edward caillavet relocated to new orleans circa 1896 he was familiarly known as nig caillavet edward caillavet died november 15 1923 at jackson east feliciana parish louisiana after a long illness  the daily herald  november 16 1923 p 3  r anderson dancer r anderson dancer  18781915 was born at buenavista chickasaw county mississippi the son of john w dancer and carolina e bean he arrived at biloxi circa 1900 and was the brother of jessie dancer cousins 18741957 the spouse of joseph h cousins 18741917 in 1909 danser was an associate of fred p abbley 18821941 the ocean springs news april 15 1915 p 1 mr dancer came to ocean springs circa 1909 and opened a movie theater called the vaudette on washington avenue he sold it to ew illing 18701947 in september 1909 in november 1909 mr dancer went to lumberton mississippi with willie engbarth to open a movie house apparently things did not work as the ocean springs news reported that ra dancer sold his movie house and returned to ocean springs in december 1909 with charles engbarth the ocean springs news september 11 1909 november 13 1909 november 20 1909 and december 25 1909 r anderson dancer 18781915 married carrie engbarth  18891967 the daughter of emile engbarth 18551905 and magalene jeanette arndt 18561938 at ocean springs on november 30 1911 dr chipman of the pascagoula episcopal church officiated the daily herald december 1 1911 p 4  anthony v foretich   albert i hann   albert i hann  18791933 was born he married alice king 18791964 of birmingham alabama expired december 1933 three children cornelia hann 1902 m john g west gelon hann 1903 and elizabeth betty hann 19051991 m mr chastang and ulric seuzeneau 19021982 buried chalmette national cemetery chalmette louisiana  leon c meunier   john r meunier   nels j peters   emile j pons   us navy   james h sheasby james h sheasby  18771938 was born in england and came to america in 1898 he married irene helena collier 18821958 a mississippi lass in harrison county mississippi on april 8 1901 they were the parents of eight children elvera lucille sheasby 19021955 m mr smith james collier sheasby 19061971 m mildred norman harold sheasby 19081957 elbert james sheasby 19091968 m nell stark marguerite sheasby 19101988 m arthur l dickinson reynolds o sheasby 19132002 charlotte sheasby 19161990 m mr meyers and doris sheasby 19192002 m richard m corkern 19171991 harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 13 p 110 after the spanishamerican war commenced james h sheasby enlisted in the united states navy he was discharged in october 1898 and returned to biloxi while in military service he served on the uss buccaneer sic and probably uss brooklyn at the battle of santiago de cuba in 1898 the biloxi daily herald october 20 1898 p 8 james h sheasby and family lived at 221 kuhn street in biloxi he made his livelihood as a marine engineer and boat captain on october 14 1906 james h sheasby was burned badly at daigle s wharf in houma louisiana when the gasoline boat that he crewed on exploded he was employed by the pelican lake oyster and packing company captain peter harvey appears to have been in command of the vessel which was a total loss and valued at 5000 following the boating accident mr sheasby returned to biloxi via new orleans the biloxi daily herald october 16 1906 p 2 and october 31 1906 james h sheasby expired on december 7 1938 at the us marine hospital at new orleans his corporal remains were interred in the st roch cemetery no 1 at new orleans the timespicayune december 8 1938 p 23  us volunteers  5 th immune regiment this unit composed of men from alabama mississippi and louisiana was mustered at columbus mississippi in late july 1898  colonel h h sargent  was in command the 5 th immune regiment was sent to cuba to relieve the troops of general shafter at santiago de cuba after the fighting there had subsided they performed garrison duty here from august 1898 until march 1899 their chief enemy was malaria and yellow fever and the other pestilence which pervaded this tropical island rowland1978 p 560 the 5 th immune regiment left columbus mississippi on august 6 1898 for savannah georgia their embarkation point for southeastern cuba the troop transports left savannah on the 8 th of august and arrived at santiago de cuba on the morning of august 12 1898  major james k vardaman  18611930 who resigned from the editorship of  the greenwood commonwealth  to lead a battalion of soldiers of the 5 th immunes wrote a series of letters to his wife  anna burleson robinson vardaman  they give a detailed picture of a soldier s life and living conditions in the tropics the vardaman letters were published in  the journal of mississippi history   in april 1947 before the spanishamerican war texas native jk vardaman was a lawyernewspaper editor he practiced law at winona and was editor of  the winona advance  1882 vardaman relocated to the delta and edited  the   greenwood enterprise  greenwood commonwealth  from 18901903 returning from cuba he entered politics and was elected as a populist democratic governor serving the state from 19041908 in that capacity vardaman was mississippi s us senator from 19131919 he became known as the great white father biographical directory of the american congress1961 p 1751 major james k vardaman led about 82 enlisted men from mississippi to cuba these young men left home robust and healthy at cuba seven died twentyfive were sent home and for the most part the remainder   looked more like halfanimated cadavers   than the stalwart men they were when the regiment first landed on cuban soil    the pascagoula democratstar   april 14 1899   in may 1899 the 5 th us volunteer infantry was sent to camp meade at middleton pennsylvania they were mustered out in june 1899  the pascagoula democratstar   may 19 1899    biographies   william e ryan corporal william edward will ryan  18771925 william e ryan was the son of  antoine ryan  18461908 and  marie ryan  18461886 of ocean springs missisippi during the spanishamerican war he served in company a of the 5 th immune after the conflict will ryan worked on a steamboat in 1900 and moved to biloxi circa 1907 where he worked for the biloxi police force ryan later made his livelihood as keeper of the biloxi yacht club he married  theodora vuyovich   18861944 of biloxi their children were  oliver ryan  19071930  marshall j ryan  19101930  theodora ryan  c 1914  rayoal ryan  c 1917 and  william ryan  the family resided at 804 reynoir street will ryan s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald   december 2   1925 p 2  and krohn 1995 p 16 a son marshall j ryan 19101930 died of pneumonia in march 1930 he worked for the mississippi ice and utilities company  the daily herald   march 15 1930 p 2    references  arthur lang  history of harrison county mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1936 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   november 27 1897 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi furnishes her quota of volunteers   may 14 1898 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s dead soldier  emile tremmel     august 27 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local brevities   august 30 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   september 10 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   september 17 1898 the biloxi daily herald   hood s immunes   october 14 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   october 20 1898 the biloxi daily herald   the  emile tremmel  monument unveiled   february 21 1899 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   june 27 1899 the biloxi daily herald   personal   october 31 1906 the biloxi daily herald   locals   october 16 1906 the biloxi daily herald   necrologyjohn t andrews   september 26 1908 the daily herald   biloxian  albert i hann  tells of work in cuba   april 18 1912 the daily herald   corporal william e ryan   december 2 1925 the daily herald   marshall ryan dies   march 15 1930 the daily herald   hann   december 4 1933 the daily herald   memorial service for men who lost lives on the maine    february 6 1934 the daily herald   henry coley buried   february 16 1934 the daily herald   memorial service   february 18 1936 the daily herald   leonard hopkins dies   december 27 1943 the daily herald   spanishamerican war vet dies   april 11 1983 the houston chronicle   doris sheasby corkern   july 4 2002 the timespicayune  murder victim believed to be albert k  sic  hann   december 5 1933 the timespicayune  services for captain sheasby   may 6 1938 the timespicayune  hann   may 6 1964 some biloxians who served in company d under captain dumont were  gus henzelena   18691953  av foretich   tom mccabe   w smith   john fayard  and  emile tremmel  private emile tremmel 18691898 a native of new orleans died of sickness at camp chickamauga tennessee in late august 1898 his remains were accompanied to biloxi by gus henzelena  the biloxi daily herald   december 22 1898 p 8 c 1 and august 27 1898 p 8 c 3   also  albert irish hann  son of gelon hann see dh 1241933 p 1  company a 5th us volunteer infantry corporal william e ryan 181771925 m theodora vuyovich died december 1 1925  company d 1st mississippi regiment roster captain edgar r dumont of scranton pascagoula john andrews jap brugniens walter champlin sergeant hahn august henzelena jack king leon meunier richards wh smith emile tremmel 18681898 edward weber  tremmel memorial emile tremmel 18681898 a native of nola expired at camp chicamauga chicamauga national park georgia on august 25 1898 mr tremmel had been a volunteer fireman at biloxi and volunteered to fight the spanish in cuba as a member of company d 1st mississippi volunteers he died of typhoid fever and his corporal remains were brought to biloxi by gus henzelena a fellow soldier and august tremmel his brother for internment in the biloxi cemetery a monument to his memory was unveiled on february 1899 the biloxi daily herald february 21 1899 p 8  world war i  19141918  wwi memorialglennan park east beach driveus highway no 90    timeline june 28 1914 archdule franz ferdinand of austria  the heir to the throne of austriahungary was assignated in serbia july 28 1914 serbia invaded by austrohungarians followed by german invasion of belgium luxembourg and france and a russian attack against germany april 6 1917 united states of america enters ww i  thomas j grayson october 1918 thomas j grayson  first lieutenant us army 28th infantry regiment 1st division aef date of action october 2 3 1918general orders no no 16 wd 1920citation the distinguished service cross is presented to thomas j grayson first lieutenant us army for extraordinary heroism in action near exermont france october 2 3 1918  lieutenant grayson commanded a combat patrol which penetrated 2 kilometers into the enemy lines and although twice attacked he maintained his position for 36 hours without supplies before returning to our lines with valuable information the leadership and initiative displayed by lieutenant grayson were vital factors in the successful performance of this important mission arlington national cemetery on november 3rd  fifty veteran soldiers and sailors met  at the maccabbee hall on west howard avenue and  formed the charles l baudry american legion post no 133   in biloxi   sgt charles l baudry  18911918 was the only biloxi soldier killed in wwi he died in france on october 4 1918  the daily herald november 4 1919 p 1   november 11 1918 armistice day  on november 27 1919  charles l lanius  led a parade in downtown biloxi composed of members of the baudry american legion post spanish american war veterans condederate veterans gulf coast military academy cadets and a detachment from the gulfport naval training station  the daily herald november 25 1919 p 1   january 1921 edward herbert wolcott  18941918 who passed from pneumonia at flanders field base hospital no 47 at beaune france on october 23 1918  was buried on january 15 1921 in the biloxi cemetery services were conducted under the auspices of the catholic church and pallbearers were selected from the charles baudry american legion post a firing squad of eight men and a bugler under the command of a petty officer from the gulfport naval station accompanied the body to its final resting placethe deceased was survived by his parents mr and mrs h wolcott five brothers oliver c wolcott ralph wolcutt harold wolcutt frank wolcutt and payne wolcutt and one sister miss lee vicie edward was reared in biloxi and resided here prior to enlisting inthe 1st alabama infantry at mobile the daily herald january 25 1921 p 2 june 1947the  lyman c bradford post vfw began planning for a memorial park  between lameuse and main street to  honor biloxians who lost their lives in wwi and wwi  the memorial was to cost 3500 and will be donated anonymously by a local citizen the daily herald june 5 1947 p 13 former biloxian  brigadier   general thomas jackson grayson  18971962 son of george w grayson and mamie pol grayson died on april 6 1962 interment was in arlington national cemetery he was former adjutant general of mississippi head of the mississippi state draft board and the husband of elizabeth dantzler 19011946  2014 twelve palms memorialbiloxi business men s park  november 2014the biloxi bay chamber of commerce through its cultural and heritage committee rededicated the twelve palms memorial on veteran s day 2014  the original twelve palms memorial was created to honor the twelve biloxians who lost their lives during world war i the biloxi cleophan club in march 1919 planted twelve palm trees in the l n park on the sw c of reynoir and railroad street now called esters boulevard the bilxoid iberville press november 7 2014 p 1  biloxi war veterans   wwi captain john meunier led biloxi soldiers to camp beauregard on his men were bivouacked in the firemen s hall on lameuse street in late may 1921 the flag pole that was set when they camped here was removed  deaths men from biloxi who died in training or participating in wwi are listed sequentially by their date of demise george c ryan 18921917 walter n quave 18861917 charles l baudry 18911918 alfred james rutheford 18921918 james roberts charles nicovich 18921918 john j price clarence avner nelson edwin wein 18981918 chester wesley hayes henry ct wurdemann 18881918 william haenns 18901918 and lyman c bradford in march 1919 a corrected list of palm soldiers those from biloxi who gave their precious lives for their country and fellow americans was published in  the daily herald  a palm tree was planted in the city to honor each of these fallen heroes as folows charles l baudry william haenns chester wesley hayes clarence avner nelson charles nicovich john j price walter n quave james roberts alfred james rutherford george ryan edwin wein and henry ct wurdemann  the daily herald march 12 1919 p 3    private george c ryan   18921917 the son of beauregard ryan and virginia vallen 18581928 was killed on april 23 1917 near enterprise clarke county mississippi when he was hit by a train he was serving with the 1st mississippi infantry at the time during world war i private ryan s siblings were edward j ryan 18841963 virginia r richards 18851963 richard ryan 18871927 ila ryan beaugez 18901914 clarence ryan 18951966 samuel ryan 1888pre 1900 homer ryan 19051977 and selma ryan b 1897  corporal   walter n quave   18861917 the son of joseph quave 18591928 died on december 27 1917 at camp beauregard louisiana from pneumonia he was a member of troop b biloxi calvary and was later transferred to a caisson company of the 114 th ammunition train  the daily herald december 29 1917 p 1     private edwin wein  18981918 died at camp beauregard louisiana on january 2 1918 edwin wein was the son of john f wein 18511931 an 1871 danish immigrant and anna wein 18721910 a native of nola initially john wein and family lived on lameuse street but by 1910 had moved to western jackson county mississippi were he was a truck farmer the weins acquired land in the present d iberville community and in july 1919 they sold ten acres to holen hunter grantham 18921964 who founded the grantham dairy this tract was bounded by the following owners north b tucei east rj quave south john wein and west louis seymour 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 22b p 21 and 1910 jackson co mississippi t624744 p 3b ed 63 and 1910 harrison county ms land deed bk 126 p 350 the funeral of private edwin wein was held at the residence of mr and mrs robert haas on lameuse street with internment in the biloxi cemetery the body of private wein was brought to biloxi by a representative of caisson no 2 of the ammunition train theodore w wein 18991982 stationed at fort worth texas came to biloxi for the funeral of his brother he was also survived by a sister antoinette wein cress 19041925 the daily herald january 4 1918 p 3 and january 5 1918 p 3   private william haenns  18901918 died may 10 1918 at camp beauregard louisiana his story is quite interesting william haenns a native of chicago and harry k barth wondered into biloxi mississippi in early 1917 with their knapsacks and violins they related that they had left michigan for a walk as a study in human nature they planned a short tenure in the queen city but were widely accepted and appreciated for their musical talents the troubadors not only entertained crowds with their violin piano and vocal performances but haenns even directed the orchestra at the white house hotel in the summer of 1917 the corporal remains of private william haenns were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald may 11 1918 p 3 the sun herald september 18 2011 p f4 and september 25 2011 p f3   alfred james rutherford   18921918 was born at new orleans on january 21 1892 to charles frost rutherford 18461923 and laura r simmons 18611931 the rutherfords both native of the crescent city were married at new orleans in january 1886 their other children were charles h rutherford 18861889 john s rutherford 18881900 richard shea rutherford 18891922 alice edna rutherford 18901914 joseph rutherford 18971900 and robert rutherford 19001900 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t 623808 p 15b ed 31 and wwi draft registrationharrison co mississippi r1682923  charles s nicovich   18921918 was born september 28 1892 at mississippi city harrison co mississippi to marco nicovich 1892 an austrian immigrant and rosa gondroun 18591952 a native of louisiana he was a single man and an employee of the southern pacific railroad at algiers louisiana and a resident of 5077 dauphine street in new orleans when he registered for the miltary draft in 1917 charles s nicovich passed on october 8 1918 at camp merit new jersey a victim of the spanish influenza his corporal remains were interred in the st james cemetery at handsboro mississippi  the daily herald october 9 1918 p 3 october 14 1918 p 3  sergeant nicovich was lauded by major ji sloat his commander as follows   sergeant nicovich was an excellent soldier who was universally liked his officers and fellow soldiers and his untimely death is a source of genuine sorrow to all his death occured in the line of duty and is no less honorable that had it occurred on the field of battle   the daily herald october 15 1918    henry charles thomas wurdemann   18881918 was born on november 7 1888 at new orleans the son of henry wurdemann 18621936 and bernadina hoff 18701940 he passed from the spanish influenza on october 10 1918 at camp fortress virginia private wurdermann had been trained at san antonio texas and was stationed in virginia at the time of his demise in october 1918 he was a member of the 29 th balloon company air service us army private wurdemann was survived by lovinia fayard wurdemann his wife parents and several sisters and brothers  the daily herald october 11 1918 p 3   the henry wurdemann family came to biloxi from derbigny street in new orleans circa 1904 and settled on the point on first street both henry wurdemann and henry ct wurdemann were employed in the seafood industry at biloxi as a fisherman and shell grinder respectively by 1910 the wurdemann family consisted of eight children extant although bernadina had birthed twelve henry ct wurdemann 18881918 augusta wurdemann 18911908 m john peter baker william wurdemann 18951910 hazel wurdemann 18961926 frederick wurdemann 18981910 alma wurdemann 19021917 mary wurdemann 19041949 m lester anton narbo 1960 carl wurdemann 19081908 and ola wurdemann 19091936 m bill thompson 1900 orleans parish louisiana federal census t623572 p 3a ed 67 and 1910 harrison co mississippi federal census t624740 p 26b ed 33 private wudemann s corporal remains were brought to biloxi by corporal neil mooney who related the following to the local press   private wurdemann was under me in performance of a number of duties he seemed to be an expert rigger he had a full military funeral side arms preceded by the post band playing the dead march it was very impressive the casket was carried caisson to the depot a large floral wreath the tribute of his company together with two side american flags came to this city with his body   the daily herald october 14 1918 p 3   henry ct wurdermann s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery on october 14 1918 reverend wabus a lutheran minister presided at his burial service  the daily herald october 15 1918 p 3   james roberts  1894 1918 was born june 20 1894 at bayou la mere plaquemine louisiana son of antonio james hymene roberts sr 1843 1893 and maria gonzales roberts the roberts were natives of terreauxbeoufs st bernard parish louisiana isleno descendants of the canary islands spain and natives of louisiana private james robert was a resident of 438 copp st biloxi mississippi a single man selfemployed fisherman and among the biloxians that left from gulfport mississippi to camp greenleaf georgia on july 26 1918 he served as a member of the limited service division a member of the infantry he died at camp server south carolina an october 11th 1918 of the spanish influenza viral pneumonia private roberts was survived by three sisters and four brothers along with his blind mother he was waked at his mother s residence at 421 washington street at biloxi with father milot officiating his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery on october 15t 1918 the daily herald october 11 1918 and october 14 1918 six months after the passing of her husband on december 4th 1893 maria gonzales roberts gave birth to private james on june 20 1984 she came to biloxi with eight children matilda roberts dec 1933 carmela roberts dec 1930 josephine roberts dec1989 robert 18771964 william dec1930 joseph dec 1938 and victor emile 18671959 and james roberts 1894 1918 maria gonzales roberts dec 1931 is buried in the biloxi cemetery courtesy of barbara acosta perez picayune mississippimay 28 2014  charles l baudry   18911918 the son of jules j baudry and louise comment was born at new orleans louisiana on september 1891 joined us marine corps and served in france with company i 16 th infantry   lieutenant lyman c bradford   18881920 was the son of lyman bradford and pearl roberts he was born at biloxi mississippi on november 14 1888 m maud foxworth died at may 28 1920  edward herbert wolcott  18941918 who passed from pneumonia at flanders field base hospital no 47 at beaune france on october 23 1918 was buried on january 15 1921 in the biloxi cemetery services were conducted under the auspices of the catholic church and pallbearers were selected from the charles baudry american legion post a firing squad of eight men and a bugler under the command of a petty officer from the gulfport naval station accompanied the body to its final resting placethe deceased was survived by his parents mr and mrs h wolcott five brothers oliver c wolcott ralph wolcutt harold wolcutt frank wolcutt and payne wolcutt and one sister miss lee vicie edward was reared in biloxi and resided here prior to enlisting inthe 1st alabama infantry at mobile the daily herald january 25 1921 p 2    recognized on ww i memorial at glennan park in biloxi mississippi  references  1914 the daily herald   miss rutherford dead   april 22 1914  1917 the daily herald   george ryan killed   april 23 1917 the daily herald   dance honors soldiers   december 12 1917 the daily herald   corp quave pneumonia victim   december 29 1917  1918 the daily herald     edwin  wein remains to arrive tonight   january 4 1918 the daily herald   funeral of private   wein held today   january 5 1918 the daily herald   private haennes  sic   to be buried here   may 11 1918 the daily herald   local news paragraphs of interest   july 4 1918 the daily herald   joseph rutherford home   april 17 1917 the daily herald   joe rutherford on patrol duty   july 17 1917 the daily herald   alfred rutherford dead   july 29 1918 the daily herald   body of alfred rutherford expected today   july 31 1918 the daily herald   burial of alfred rutherford today   august 1 1918 the daily herald   biloxi resident dies at camp   october 9 1918 the daily herald   henry wurdemann dies at camp   october 11 1918 the daily herald   james roberts dead   october 11 1918 the daily herald   nicovich body arrives tonight   october 12 1918 the daily herald   nicovich funeral yesterday   october 14 1918 the daily herald   james roberts dead   october 11 1918 the daily herald     james   roberts body to arrive tomorrow   october 14 1918 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   october 14 1918 the daily herald   private wurdemann buried yesterday   october 15 1918 the daily herald   praise of sergeant charles nicovich from his commanding officer   october 15 1918 the daily herald   casualty show two biloxians   december 5 1918 the daily herald   obituary   charles l baudry     december 7 1918  1919 the daily herald   corrected list of palm soldiers   march 12 1919 the daily herald   cleophan club planted palms   march 17 1919 the daily herald   biloxi post holds meeting   november 4 1919 the daily herald   route of parade thursday named   november 25 1919  1920 the daily herald   lieut bradford s funeral yesterday   may 31 1920 the daily herald   bradford funeral held today   june 1 1920  1921 the daily herald   soldier s  edward h wolcott  funeral held   jauary 15 1921 the daily herald   flag pole comes down   may 24 1921  1922 the daily herald   richard shea rutherford   may 8 1922  1947 the daily herald   advance efforts for memorial park on biloxi beach front   june 5 1947 p 13  2010 the sun herald   biloxi american legion gets first female commander   mildred johnson     october 26 2010  the sun herald   musical tramps part 1   william haenns     september 18 2011  the sun herald   musical tramps 2   william haenns     september 25 2011    us coast guard base time line   1927 men from the  us coast guard base at biloxi began building a rifle range  on horn island in late march the daily herald april 2 1927 p 2  vessels led by captain samuel p edmonds  18671943  from coast guard base 15 at biloxi were some of the first to go to the mississippi delta and last to leave as they  assisted flood victims of the disastrous spring flood of the mississippi river   biloxi s civilian seamen  sent over  400 boats to the inundated region that equipped life saving parties with boats motors and supplies these first responders carried food shoes and clothing to the stricken while rescuing victims from trees and house tops  stranded by the great flood steve gorenflo of biloxi  was one for the first releif workers to reach the delta with  lyle raymond tj fountain charles rousseau l crofton   captain moran and voyle f moran  19051997 his son  other known biloxians assisting in the flood zone were john dacey cleveland huggins and walter white north biloxians going to the delta were george mitchel thomas fountain paul trochesett benny yerger farrell bosarge walt walton and jules santa cruz et al   the daily herald may 5 1927 p 2 may 16 1927 p1 june 6 1927 p 2 and march 29 1928 p 3  1933 the  us coast guard begin closing its base at biloxi  by late june 1933 only  three coast guard vessels  remained in biloxi the daily herald june 2 1933 p 9  1935   flying life boat   lt walter s anderson  commandant of the biloxi uscg air station announced that the biloxi facility was to received a the  flb cg 251 the flying life boat  from the us naval aircraft factory philadephia pennsylvania in addition 9 more men were assigned to biloxi bring the total number of base personnel at 42 coasties with five aircraft to fly and maintain the daily herald december 30 1935 p 1  1943   lt commander samuel preston edmonds   18671943 retired uscg commander died june 20 1943 at the biloxi va hospital edmonds commanded the biloxi base from 1926 to 1931 his spouse  bessie shorey edmonds  18741961 expired at tallahassee florida on september 21 1961 their corporal remains rest in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi the daily herald june 21 1943 p 1 and september 21 1961 p 2  references  the daily herald  50 th anniversary souvenir golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934    samuel preston edmonds lieutenant commander us coast guard retired   the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 the daily herald   biloxians to honor coast guard sunday   april 6 1929 the daily herald   many inspect biloxi coast guard base   april 8 1929 the daily herald   3 boats remain at biloxi base   june 2 1933 the jackson county times   work to start on plane base in two weeks   november 18 1933 the daily herald   to purchase land for cg channel   march 6 1934 the daily herald   new coast guard barracks   august 9 1935 the daily herald   order hospital plane to biloxi   december 30 1935 the daily herald   captain edmonds dies after short illness at biloxi   june 21 1943 the daily herald   two sisters first spars to report to biloxi cg station   october 16 1943 the daily herald   new coast guard plane for biloxi   july 9 1953 the daily herald   wife of former cg commander dies in florida   september 21 1961     keesler fieldkeesler afb   time line  young enlistees in fatigues circa 19411942 lr robert ray smith 19181991 of texas and william wild bill calahan corning new york courtesy of karen l blackabyohio donated october 2019  1941 eight men described as jehovah s witnesses were arrested in downtown biloxi on march 1st a saturday afternoon and were subsequently released on 10 bond to appear in city court wednesday night on charges of disturbing the peace gc clark attorney of waynesboro mississippi and representing these seven men women and several children eight years of age and under related to the press the witnesses are active again throughout the nation their activities here biloxi  incited several young men to chase them along streets calling them names and threatening to run them out of town no one was hurt but one witness shoved a man backwards over a bicycle as he scratched and destroyed a banner bearing these words abandon religion serve god and christ the king read watchtower 5c   the daily herald march 3 1941 p 6  judge john m sekul   19111984 after a warning for their own personal safety  dismissed several jehovah witnesses from the latimer community  the witnesses  had been demonstrating in downtown biloxi and almost caused a riot when citizens became incensed over their placardsone which read down with religion   they were also distributing pamphlets the daily herald march 6 1941 p 1 the biloxi chamber of commerce pledged 34000 of the 125000 required to acquire land for the new technical and training school the daily herald march 21 1941 p 1 in march  biloxi was selected as the site for an army air corps  school the jackson county times march 22 1941 p 1 in may 1941 the  city of biloxi leased the 685acre naval reserve park to the federal government  for an aviation school in  midaugust 1941 2000 soldiers were living in tents  in the naval reserve park harrison co ms land deed bk 241 pp 119130 and the daily herald august 14 1941 in june 1941 the  us army air corps activated station no 8 aviation mechanics school  at biloxi mississippi by late august 1941 this military installation had been dedicated as keesler army airfield in honor of 2nd lieutenant  samuel reeves keesler   18961918 a native of greenwood mississippi lieutenant keesler had died in france from wounds received while in aerial combat against germany during the great war keesler army airfield not only became technical training center but trained basic recruits the first contingent of recruits arrived at biloxi on august 21 1941 in june a   10 million dollar contract was awarded to the construction companies of ft newton  hattiesburg  fs glenn   hattiesburg  ja jones  and  bernard knost  pass christian to erect the army air corps school at biloxi  ground was broken on june 18th the contractors expected to have 2000 men working on the base in two weeks and 10000 laborers in a month  byron patton pat harrison   18811941 of gulfport  former congressman  19111919 and  us senator   19191941  died in washington dc on the 22nd of june   lt colonel arthur wellington brock jr  18821961 was named commanding officer of the biloxi army air corps technical school in late june the daily herald june 26 1941 p 1 in july the  telephone company announced a 70000 improvement plan at biloxi to provide permanent telephone facilities at keesler field   a new cable with a  1200 phone line capacity  will be laid on the north side of howard avenue commencing at fayard street to the military base the daily herald july 1 1941 p 1 in midjuly  5809 workers were employed building the air school  the jackson county times july 19 1941 p 1 on july 22nd the  citizens of biloxi approved a waterworks bond issue to build a 1400000 sewerage system  and   209000 in waterworks improvements  the daily herald july 24 1941 p 1 by late july the  foundations for 233 buildings had been laid at keesler field  the new military base was 64 completed and there were 9877 laborers employed in its construction the daily herald july 26 1941 p 3  anthony tony v ragusin  19021997 secretary of the chamber of commerce  to enter the army air corps  ragusin was assigned to keesler field as public relations officer the jackson county times july 28 1941 p 1 the  rp farnsworth company had 250 men working on harrison court a 586000 defense housing project at bay terrace   the final development would consist of eightyseven buildings to house  175 families with a completion date of january 1942  the daily herald october 17 1941 p 1  the l n railroad has started work on the passenger shed at its biloxi depot   br keebler bridge foreman has a crew of 20 men  building the steel passenger shed from reynoir street to the west end of the express office  a distance of 350 feet the project will take three weeks the daily herald october 30 1941 p 7 in november  j allen bradford john t collins gordon a dacey and george collins jr  founded  bradford collins dacey collins to provide architectural and engineering services necessary for the completion of the sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant at biloxi  harrison co mississippi chancery court chattel deed bk 79 p 55  tristate construction company of atlanta was low bidder at 89 134  to erect the  uso recreation center  at biloxi the daily herald november 25 1941 p 1 on december 7th the  empire of japan attacked pearl harbor  in the hawaiian islands america declared war on japan the next day germany and italy sign an alliance with japan and enter the war on december 11th  1942   colonel robert em goolrick  18861946 courtesy of brendan finnegan in april 1942  colonel robert em goolrick  18861946 replaced colonel arthur w brock jr 18821961 as commander of keesler field the daily herald april 15 1942 p 1  1943  the  20th aviation squadron   colored was  reviewed at keesler field  the daily herald november 1 1943 p 2  1945 staff sergeant miriam zauberman of the israeli defense army air force was the first waf from a foreign country to enroll in t he school of electronic as keesler afb the daily herald april 5 1945 p 9  1946 colonel robert em goolrick  18861946 native of fredericksburg virginia and commander of keesler field died at his home in oak park on kensington drive on november 13 1946 his corporal remains were interred at arlington national cemetery in virginia the daily herald november 13 1946 p 1  1949   senator john c stennis announced  that the liaison and helicopter training school are moving from san marcos texas afb to keesler afb and waco texas afb  keesler afb was to receive the helicopter flying training course and waco the liaison flying training school the daily herald february 18 1949 p 1  major general james f powell  18931983 named commander of kafb in may 1949  1951 in early june the  usaf took a lease on the gulf coast military academy  consisting of 35acres and eleven buildings the usaf planned to host its  tecnical training air force  tectaf school here the daily herald june 6 1951 p 1  major general james f powell   18931983   announced that coast gambling was off limits  to kafb personnel the gulf coast times december 6 1951 p 1  general james f powell   18931983  was named biloxi s outstanding citizen  by the lion s club the daily herald january 1 1952 p 1  1952 in early october a  usaf t7 twinengine transport aircraft crashed upon take off from kafb  the plane landed in back bay 500 feet south of brodie point three servicemen died in the accident the daily herald october 10 1952 p 1  1955   harlan clyde parks august 1953april 1955  major general harlan clyde parks  19061987 was born in selma iowa on october 27 1906 he graduated from ottumwa high school in ottumwa iowa in 1925 he graduated from the us military academy at west point june 13 1929 upon graduation he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the coast artil1ary corps from september 1929 to june 1930 general parks attended primary flying school during the next ten years he served at various coast artillery bases in the united states hawaii and the panama canal zone during this tour he graduated from the coast artillery school class of 1936 in apri1 1941 general parks was transferred to the trinidad sector and base command where he served as operations officer and an assistant chief of staff in june 1943 he entered the antiaircraft school camp davis nc completed the course in two months and was assigned operations and training staff officer of the antiaircraft training command fort bliss texas general parks entered the armynavy staff college in june l944 upon graduation five months later he was assigned to the war department general staff in tbe g1 personnel division where he served for two years on june 28 1946 general parks was transferred from the coast artillery to the air force five months later he was assigned to the strategic air command headquarters at andrews air force bases md as deputy chief of staff he attended the air war college maxwell air force base ala from june 1947 to june 1948 after which he was appointed executive officer office of the deputy chief of staff for operations at air force headquarters in july 1949 he became director of personnel planning office of the deputy chief of staff for personnel general parks was named commander of parks air force base pleasanton calif in june 1952 he assumed command of the 3380th technical wing at keesler air force base mississippi the electronics center of the air force on aug 20 1953   on april 6 1955 general parks was assigned as senior member of the united nations command component of the military armistice commission in korea in november of the same year he joined the far east command in tokyo as assistant chief of staff for personnel in december 1956 general parks became chief of the army and air force exchange service with headquarters in new york city in his present assignment he is responsible for the worldwide administration of the post exchanges in the army and base exchanges in the air force general parks has been awarded the legion of merit with two oak leaf clusters the commendation ribbon the order of the british empire and the order of military merit taeguk republic of korea retired june 1 1960 died may 4 1987  maj gen hc parks of un armistice unit the new york times may 12 1987  maj gen harlan c parks retired a former senior member of the united nations command for the military armistice commission in korea died on may 4 of cancer in palm beach fla he was 81 years old and lived in juneau beach fla general parks served with the armistice commission in 1955 he was also assigned to the united nations far east commands in tokyo as assistant chief of staff directing personnel in the last three years of his 31year military career he was chief of the army and air force exchange service in that position he was responsible for the administration of a worldwide system of exchanges or px s that provide military personnel and their families with merchandise and services general parks retired from military service in 1960 and then joined the mccannerickson advertising firm as a general corporate executive he was also vice president of the interpublic group of companies an organization of advertising agencies general parks was born in selma iowa on oct 27 1906 he was a graduate of the united states military academy at west point from which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in june 1929 he is survived by his wife the former catherine fischer unger and two sons peter parks of manhattan and dr harlan s parks of saratoga calif and three grandchildren general parks is to be buried in arlington national cemetery on may 27 with full military honors  james h davies april 1955september 1955 brigadier general james hubert davies  19031976 was born in piedmont california on october 25 1903 he graduated from high school there in 1924 and received his bachelor of arts degree in social sciences from the university of california in 1928 commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the air reserve may 1 1928 general davies was appointed a flying cadet the following february entering primary flying school at march field calif he graduated from advanced flying school at kelly field texas may 8 1930 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of air corps assigned to the 72nd bomb squadron in hawaii in march 1932 general davies was transferred to the third attack group at fort crockett texas moving with it to barksdale field la in october 1936 he joined the 21st reconnaissance squadron at langley field va and two years later was assigned to the 23rd composite group at maxwell field ala appointed operations officer of the 27th bomb group at savannah ga in march 1941 the following november general davies assumed command of the group and took it to the philippine islands in february 1942 he was named commander of the third bomb group in the southwest pacific becoming chief of the bomb section at the school of applied tactics orlando fla that november returning to the southwest pacific in april 1943 he was chief of staff of the fifth bomber command a year later he assumed command of the 313th bomb wing at colorado springs colo taking it to the southwest pacific in january 1945 moving to hamilton field calif that december general davies was assistant chief of staff for operations of the fourth air force entering the air war college at maxwell field ala in august 1946 he graduated the following june and became deputy chief of the command section air transport command at gravelly point va he entered the national war college in august 1948 and graduated the following june joining the air training command general davies was deputy chief of staff for personnel at atrc headquarters scott air force base ill becoming chief of staff of the command in may 1950 assuming command of the 3510th combat crew training wing atrc at randolph air force base san antonio texas in august 1951 designated the 3510th flying training wing a year later in april 1954 sic he assumed command of the 3380th technical training wing at keesler air force base mississippi becoming deputy commander that august a year later general davies was named deputy commander of the alaskan air command at elmendorf air force base alaska his decorations include the distinguished service cross silver star with oak leaf cluster legion of merit and air medal with oak leaf cluster he is rated a command pilot combat observer and aircraft observer general davies expired on august 20 1976  references  the daily herald parks going to korea davies to command keesler march 18 1955 p 1 the sacramento bee gibson is named head of alaskan air command august 21 1957 p c6  fay r upthegrove september 1955 major general fay roscoe upthegrove  19051992 was born in port allegheny pennsylvania on january 281905 he graduated from the us military academy on june 14 1927 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry that fall general upthegrove entered primary flying school at brooks field texas and graduated from advanced flying school at kelly field texas in october 1928 he then became engineering officer of the 15th observation squadron at selfridge field mich and in january 1929 was transferred to the air force entering the chemical warfare school at edgewood arsenal md a month later he graduated that april and returned to the 15th observation squadron moving to march field calif in june 1930 general upthegrove was an instructor at the primary flying school in october 1931 he was named supply officer of the primary flying school at randolph field texas and the following march was appointed adjutant of the 47th school squadron there going to luke field hawaii in november 1934 general upthegrove was named flight commander of the fourth observation squadron the following january and assumed command in august 1936 transferred to mitchel field ny he was assigned duty as operations and intelligence officer of the 99th bomb squadron entering the air corps tactical school at maxwell field ala in may 1939 he graduated that august and returned to mitchel field as commander of the 99th bomb squadron ordered to langley field va in december 1940 general upthegrove became materiel officer of the 22nd bomb group and a month later its executive and operations officer moving with the bomb group to jackson field miss several months later after serving in the southwest pacific area from february to april 1942 he assumed command of the 305th bomb group at salt lake city utah two months later he took command of the 99th bomb group at davismonthan field ariz taking it to gowen field idaho sioux city iowa and then to north africa in january 1943 a year later he assumed command of the 304th bomb wing 15th air force in italy returning to the united states in august 1945 general upthegrove assumed command of the 76th flying training wing at smyrna field tenn and that december took command of the 30th flying training wing at turner field ga in may 1946 he was designated commanding general of chanute field ill transferred to us air forces in europe at wiesbaden germany in november 1948 the following month he assumed command of the 7l00th headquarters command wing usafe joining the strategic air command in june 1951 general upthegrove became deputy commander of the second air force at barksdale air force base la becoming commander of the fourth air division there in october 1952 the following january he assumed command of the 20th air force far east air forces on okinawa and on march 1 1955 assumed command of the 313th air division feaf transferring to the air training command on sept 1 1955 general upthegrove assumed command of the 3380th technical training wing at keesler air force base mississippi his decorations include the distinguished service medal silver star distinguished flying cross with oak leaf cluster and air medal with 10 oak leaf clusters he is rated a command pilot combat observer and senior aircraft observer general upthegrove retired from the usaf july 31 1957 he expired on january 8 1992 he had married marcella gertrude driscoll 19011970 their corporal remains were interred in the st bonaventure cemetery at olean new york  1957 major general john r sutherland assumed command of kafb in september 1957 the daily herald april 8 1960 p 1  brig general daniel webster jenkins   19071989  brig general daniel webster jenkins  19071989 native of floydada texas and     commander of the air ground operations school  located at southern pines north carolina  announced in late january that the school would relocate to kafb in midfebruary  the school building in north carolina had burned on january 20th major general jenkins died on march 25 1989 and his corporal remains interred at st petersburg florida the daily herald january 31 1957 p 1  1960   major general john s hardy   19132012 native of logansport louisiana was  named the 16th commander of kafb  the daily herald july 1 1960 p 1  ross e cox  general contractor of baton rouge louisiana was apparent low bidder of 1549940 for the wherry housing project modification  the work involved basic remodeling and rehabilitation of individual wherry housing units the daily herald july 1 1960 p 1 the new  boq at keesler afb was nearing completion in early august  the fivestory structure had accomodations for 194 officers the daily herald august 9 1960 p 6  1 961 colonel arthur wellington brock jr  18821961 first commander of kafb died on september 16 1961 burial was at fort sam houston national cemetery  1964 general romulus wright puryear 19111984   in july 1964  general romulus wright puryear 19111984  native of hartsville tennessee arrived at keesler afb to take command  he came from raf station northolt england where he commanded the 3rd air force general puryear replaced colonel kenneth a cavanah who had arrived at the biloxi base in early july 1964 from chanute afb illinois  the daily herald july 1 1964 p 1 and july 1964 p  major general thomas e moore  with the retirement of major general james c mcgehee  19101979 after 35 years in the usaf he was replaced on august 1 1969 by major general thomas e moore   19122007 general moore came to kafb form the alaskan air command the ocean springs record july 24 1969 p 10  references   val f husley  keesler air force base a history of the site and its environs   usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippi1996 dale m titler and ssgt gary m murphy  keesler field inception to pearl harbor 19391941  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippiapril 1981 dale m titler  gulf tempest major hurricanes and their effects on keesler technical center  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippi1986  journals the daily herald   general rush to remain short time longer at keesler   february 12 1947 the daily herald   helicopter air training may come to keesler   february 18 1949 the daily herald   israel waf is keesler student   april 5 1952 the daily herald   maj gen hardy new commander of keesler afb   april 8 1960 the daily herald   family of new keesler commander makes transition england to biloxi   september 1 1964 the ocean springs record   major general thomas e moore new commander   july 24 1969  world war ii  19411945   billy guice veterans memorial parkglennan park   world war ii memorial  dedicated on december 7 1947 and donated by william lee guice 18871971  purple heart memorial uss biloxi mast   pfc george j higginbotham usmc was wounded at iwo jima on    1942 marian desporte winland  wife of sgt ralph h winland 19172002 and daughter of mr and mrs ernest desporte and living at 203 magnolia street joined the waac auxilliary in october 1942  she went to camp shelby for examinations and interviews she will go to des moines iowa for basic training and get her uniforms the daily herald october 7 1942 p 2  1943 elbert lester dukate ii  19191986 enlisted in the us army as a private in december 1941 at el paso texas he graduated in june 1942 from signal corps training at camp roberts california elbert then transferred to the army air corps and began pilot cadet training in july 1942 and completed fifty hours of solo flying and was promoted to 1 st lieutenant in the cadet corps at ontario california dukate received his wings on march 10 1943 at la junta colorado the daily herald october 20 1942 p 7  ploesti raid lt dukate was sent to england and flew several combat over frankfort and hamburg germany in july 1943 he transferred to libya with the 44 th bomb group67 th squadron of the 8 th air force on august 1 1943 he was copilot of the available jones a b24 liberator bomber that participated in operation tidal wave that sent hundreds of american bombers to destroy germanheld oil refineries at ploesti romania referred to in usaf history as black sunday the us army air force lost 53 aircraft and 660 airmen in the raid  sgt leo spann engineer from chapman alabama described the mission we approached the target down the railroad track at a very low altitude of approximately 100 feet our target was already on fire as some other group the 93rd had already bombed it we went through the smoke and fire dropping our bombs on our designated spot we then went down on the deck as low as we could as those picturesque hay stacks opened up and then revealed their guns and these guns started giving us hell they shot out the 4 engine and a shell exploded between the two waist gun positions wounding both gunners in the legs i was the engineer and operated the top turret and i had a complete view of what was going on i saw one plane that had gone in with the wheels up in a field and all of that crew was outside of the plane    we broke one balloon cable and i was looking directly at it when we collided with it i saw another b24 climb straight up until it stalled and just as it fell out i saw one parachute come out and open just before it hit the ground i talked later to this boy bernard traudt as he came into the prison camp where i was    we lost speed and dropped out of formation and the fighters jumped us with the two waist gunners out they came in so close to us it seemed we could almost touch them we figured that we had shot down four of them and they finally left us but the 4 engine had frozen up and with a flat propeller it caused a hellava drag the propeller would not feather     we started trying to gain altitude to clear the mountains ahead threw out everything that wasn t tied down all of the guns ammunition equipment etc when we finally arrived at the coast our 3 engine was failing the oil pressure was almost gone and the temperature was much too high lt jones asked me how long i thought it would last and i estimated about 30 minutes at the most we decided to feather 3 engine and see if we could fly with the other two but they were on the same side if we couldn t fly we were going to ditch it on the beach    i feathered the prop jones and dukate got the plane leveled out but we could not maintain our altitude so we began making plans to ditch we flew onward for approximately fortyfive minutes before we were forced to ditch the time was about 1840 at least that is the time that my watch stopped we all managed to get out of the plane and into our life rafts even though the tail gunner and the navigator were slightly injured in the ditching    the next morning a german submarine came by started to help us changed their minds and took off leaving us then at approximately 1500 hours a threeengined italian seaplane sighted us landed and picked us up and took us to brindisi italy and to the hospital there later that same night jones dukate bernard paolillo and myself were put on a train and sent into the mountains to an old monastery much later both sigle and dukate managed to escape with sigle getting back to the states in about two months  wwwgreenharborcom rohpdf rohau43pdf     fred b ferson and paul linde  formerly of tennessee have given up their jobs to work full time to produce high quality prisms for use by the military as range finders for tanks ships and large artillery pieces for the franklin arsenal they are assisted in their shop by jr mcelroy and jl mckenzie since 1941 the government has given contracts to amateur lens makers to help eliminate the paucity of roof prism manufacturing in america the daily herald august 4 1943 p 8 an at7 army air corps trainer from the army air forces navagation school at hondo texas crashed into the gulf of mexico three miles southwest of biloxi mississipi on august 25th the plane had just taken off from keesler field on a routine training flight the pilot and three cadets were killed the daily herald august 26 1943 p 1 the first spars to report to the uscg biloxi air station arrived in midoctober 1943  they were two sisters  ensigns alice saunders and mary saunders  natives of st cloud minnesota and graduates of st cloud teachers college both ladies were school teachers in st cloud before entering the coast guard women s reserves their military training took them to smith college at northampton massachusetts and the coast guard academy at new london connecticut the daily herald october 16 1943 p 1  martin p baronich jr martin paul baronich jr  19221943 made his livelihood like his father fishing for the local seafood canneries while living at 223 sophie street in east biloxi he enlisted in the uscg and was on active duty as a 1 st class fireman aboard the uss serpens  ak97 a cargo ship when he was killed on october 15 1943  the uss serpens was lost with two hundredfifty men in late january 1945 while loading ammunitions and depth charges at guadalcanal in the solomon islands martin s corporal remains were returned from the south pacific via san francisco to biloxi mississippi in october 1947 after ww ii for internment in the southern memorial park cemetery his funeral was held at the bradford funeral home with full military honors on october 26 1947 the daily herald october 25 1943 p 2 and october 27 1947 p 1  father jp mcglade pastor of st john s catholic church  announced that three parish soldiers who were killed in the recent war effort would be honored in a sermon by father jl maurer ssj pastor of our mother of sorrow church on november 14th remembered were  sgt james velcich trochesset  us army af son of mr and mrs albert trochesset killed in a plane crash on september 5 1942 seaman 2nd class wilfred jules dismukes  us navy son of mr and mrs frank dismukes killed in action may 8 1942 and fireman 2nd class  leonard mark schneider  us navy son of mr and mrschester schneider missing in action april 22 1943 the daily herald november 2 1943 p 5  julia k wendt  18921985 owner of gunston hall on biloxi s west beach was reported by katherine herr of the herr realty company of gulfport mississippi to be a japanese pow at santo tomas university at manila philippines islands mrs wendt was reported to be  in excellent health and engaged in various camp activities her latest assignment beginning on a vegetable detail    the daily herald december 13 1943 p 10  1944 captain oswald l bernich  19151944 son of matthew l bernich 18901951 and jessie inez scarborough bernich 18951979  was killed on february 12 1944 20 miles east of ardmore oklahoma in a b29 superfortress crash  the daily herald february 24 1944 p 5 and feebruary 16 1944 p 8  joseph bee f hungerford 19202008   the daily herald april 4 1946 p 1 and p 3    john joseph labetich  19091944 died at the presidio us army camp in san francisco california on february 20 1944 he had married dina mary mladinich 19142006 in harrison couty mississppi on september 12 1934 they had one daughter frances labetich m gus c cavalier jr 19332005 john j labetich s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald february 21 1944 p 7 and march 1 1944 p 8 and the sun herald october 7 2006  sgt john smith  19201944 usmc son of emellda smith of 1312 first street  was killed at saipan marianas islands on june 23 1944 smith had been employed by the mavar packing company and viator s grocery and had enlsited in the usmc circa 1937 the daily herlad september 2 1944 p 1  charles diaz  son of mabel diaz crawford street biloxi  was killed in action in new guinea on july 31 1944 the daily herald september 1 1944 p 5  1945 edward eddie e lemien  19252009 jehovah witness  stated in federal court at biloxi that he was an ordained minister since childhood and did not believe in war  lemien had failed to report for induction into military service and claimed that he had filed an appeal which he had never gotten a reply judge sidney c mize instructed the jury to find for the defendant the daily herald february 21 1945 p 1  marine sgt sidney a freudenstein jr  son of mr and mrs sidney a freudenstein 626 west beach biloxi twin oaks cottages  was killed on may 19 1944 at okinawa  he had married alice williams in september 1943 sidney a freudenstein iii was born at nola a few days before his father s demise the daily herald may 28 1945  michelina trebotich  18911978 native of croatia and widow of  george trebotich   had six sons serving in the us armed forces   steve trebotich  19162010 us coast guard  joseph m trebotich  19171996 osn  george trebotich us army air corps  john l trebotich  19202003 us army  louis j trebotich  19232004 usn and peter b trebotich  19262006 us army  madeline trebotich  19242006 a daughter who married ernest keenan was employed at keesler field the daily herald september 11 1945 p 3  lt colonel eugene a peresich jr  age 25 641 lameuse street biloxi former commander of a b27 squadron in the eto has been released from active duty at the separation center at drew field florida colonel peresich served with the 8th air force from may 1944 to june 1945 participating in the heavy air offensive during the land invasion of europe he flew 29 combat missions and was awarded the dfc with oak leaf cluster and the air medal with three clusters  he also holds the american defense medal and the european theater ribbon with six battle stars colonel peresich enlisted as an aviation cadet in february 1941 while a student at lsu he was graduated a second lieutenant from the flying school at craig field alabama in seeptember 1941 his last duty station in the united states was 3rd air force headquarters at tampa florida he is now active as vice president of eugene peresich and sons inc general insurance agency and will travel throughout mississippi but will make his headquarters in biloxi the daily herald october 11 1945 p 8  1947 june 1947the  lyman c bradford post vfw began planning for a memorial park  between lameuse and main street to  honor biloxians who lost their lives in wwi and wwi  the memorial was to cost 3500 and will be donated anonymously by a local citizen the daily herald june 5 1947 p 13 december 1947the new ww i and ww ii memorial on east beach donated by william lee guice 18871971 and lee dicks guice 18921961 his wife through the auspices of the vfw was dedicated on december 7th  the daily herald december 5 1947 p 4  1971 lyman bradford post 2434 vfw awarded a construction contract to h gordon myrick of gulfport to erect its new hall in east biloxi the 110000 structure was situated between holley street and the trade winds hotel  on east beach hf buddy fountain jr associates designed the 6500 squareft facility the daily herald may 20 1971 section 4p 3  1973 the  lyman c bradford post 2434 vfw post building  at 844 east howard avenue was  dedicated on october   20th  the  old building on fred haise boulevard  church street had been damaged in hurricane camille h gordon myrick inc of gulfport were general contractors who erected the structure from plans by  hf fountain jr  biloxi architect the sun herald october 21 1973 p a12  references  the daily herald   biloxi youth   fred a tucei  writes of first jump as paratroopers in us army   june 19 1942 p 5  the daily herald   bombardier student   john oswald bernich 19231997  tells of experiences   june 26 1942 p 7  the daily herald   biloxian   lt jg august al barthes 19162007  tells of victory at midway   june 27 1942  the daily herald     lions hear biloxians  pj gill and curtis allen   who were in battle   july 29 1943  the daily herald     frank roberts  tells of fighting italians in sicily   august 24 1943  the daily herald       stephen  guice tells of marines battling on guadalcanal   august 25 1943 the daily herald    two sisters first spars to report to biloxi coast guard station  october 16 1943 p 1  the daily herald   captain bernich  on first bombing flight to rome   october 20 1943 p 2  the daily herald   martin baronich dies in south pacific   october 25 1943  the daily herald   fr maurer to be memorial speaker   november 12 1943 p 5 the daily herald   eddie r migues   19162003  doubles as mule skinner   december 1 1943 p 1  the daily herald   biloxi resident  julia wendt  is japanese prisoner  december 13 1943 p 10  the daily herald    capt bernich killed in crash of plane   february 14 1944 p 5 the daily herald    bernich funeral will be tomorrow   febraury 16 1944 p 8 the daily herald   john l labetich died in army camp   february 21 1944 p 7  the daily herald   labetich funeral thursday afternoon   march 1 1944 p 8  the daily herald   tell of action of biloxi battery   114th field artilleryng   on italian war front   april 4 1944 p 7  the daily herald   veteran   curtis t parker  of seven battles tells of reactions overseas   may 26 1944 p 6  the daily herald   tony pitalo tells of life in german war prisoner camp    may 29 1945 p 1  the daily herald   advance efforts for memorial park on biloxi beach front   june 5 1947 p 13  the daily herald   memorial dedication photo   december 5 1947 p 4  the daily herald     19  the daily herald      six sons serving in armed forces  september 11 1945 p 3  the jackson county times   german prisoners to be used in wood cutting   february 24 1944 p 1  the jackson county times   15600 german prisoners of war based in state   july 7 1945 p 1  korean war  november 1951 corporal dudley carver jr  19311980  won the silver star for his galantry and meritorius actions as a machine gunner with the 7th division in korea in addition corporal carver was awarded the purple heart and korean combat badge  he served had 31 months in korea and japan the daily herald november 11 1951 p 7  references    the daily herald   cpl carver arrives in biloxi tonight   november 11 1951  the daily herald   cpl carver home on 30day leave   november 11 1951  vietnam war   local casualties   1967 corporal daniel netter jr  19471967 us army 3rd battalion 21st infantry who had been in vietnam since july 1967 was killed in vietnam on october 8 1967 he was a native of port gibson mississippi and a graduate of nicholls high school at biloxi the daily herald october 12 1967 p 2  1968 charles w eglin iii  19481968 native of ocean springs and resident of corona new york was killed on february 15th in vietnam charles was staioned with a us marine unit the daily herald february 19 1968 p 2  references   the 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