welcome to the family of wwii vets mentioned in this story
All names are part of the 13th Armored Division unless otherwise noted and listed in order of appearance in the story with their home city and state, if known. Some characters are known only by their nicknames.
James Quinton Kelley, Coker Creek, Tennessee
William Archie Kelley (36th Infantry Division), Coker Creek, Tennessee
Herbert Atlas Davis, Coker Creek, Tennessee
Richard F. Blake
Marcus M. Jarvis
McDaniel from Tennessee
Pearl F. Hicks, Durham, Missouri
John B. Wogan
Stephen H. Smith
Lonnie Edward Johnson, Smithfield, North Carolina
"Cantanacci"
Sol B. Rosenberg, Louisville, Kentucky
Thomas E. Allen, LaFayette, Alabama
David Darnell, Acworth, Georgia
Jackson from Nashville
Gillis Knoblock, Memphis, Tennessee
"Argo"--He was from Argo, Illinois, outside of Chicago, where they made the Argo starch. Everybody nicknamed him Argo, so I don't remember what his real name was. A lot of boys in the company had nicknames. We had Red, Fuzzy, Deadeye Dillard, and a boy we called Ham--his real name was Bacon.
Harry P. Bacon, "Ham," Chesterfield, Missouri
"Deadeye Dillard" was probably William Dillard, Richmond, Virginia
Winfred Knode, Pulaski, Virginia
Darvie C. McAbee, South Carolina
Alexander Gordeuk, New Jersey
Edward Salecki, Summit, Illinois
Eugene Glosecrose, Tennessee
Glen Foster, New Jersey
Ewell W. Rhodes, Dallas, Texas
John Kemp, Charlotte, North Carolina
Donald E. Crouch, Leoti, Kansas
Charles Eaton, Kentucky
General George S. Patton (Commander, Third Army)
Donnie (Donzel) Knight, Pennsylvania
General Courtney H. Hodges (Commander, First Army)
Vernon Parent, Oregon
Stroud from Texas
C. A. Puckett, "Red," Portland, Oregon
L. M. Frost, "Frosty," Elmira, New York
Edmond Pressler, Livingston, New Jersey
Harold V. Markl, Pipestone, Minnesota
Charles Ford, Cleveland, Ohio
John V. Brown, "Brownie," Mobile, Alabama
Gillis L. Knoblock, Memphis, Tennessee
Frank K. Young, Mott Street, New York City
Alteo Casevecchia, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Valentine Messer, Yakima, Washington
Glenn Smith, Los Angeles, California
Ernest M. Carr, "Hillbilly No.1," Perry, Iowa
Ralph W. Rogerson, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
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