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Combat Infantryman's Badge and the ribbon designating the Purple Heart ("The Meteor, " Dec., 1944}. .received for wounds sustained at A11z~b beach- head. J
In the reconnaissance department of service with General Patch's Sev- enth Army, the Lynchburg soldier was at Salerno and Anzio aAcL was with his unit in France and G~r~any, having been cut off behind the Ger- man lines at one time for two days, returning unharmed to his regiment ("The Meteor, Dec., 1944).
Bearing the signature of Colonel Charles E. Johnson, General Staff Chief, and Lieut. Col. S. J. Rogers, Adjutant General, the general order o f B~igadier G e n e r a l S e x t o n n o t i n g the award of the Silver Star to this Lynchburg soldier contains the fol- lowing citation:
"To Lucius S. Nottingham, Jr., for gallantry in action. On 26 January, 1945, Pfc. Nottingham near Ried- wihr, France, directed TD (tank de- stroyer) fire upon two Mark VI tanks, 400 yards away, killing two enemy and forcinq tanks to withdraw. After enemy artillery had knocked out his OP position, Pfc. Nottingham crawled and ran 300 yards to locate another OP, halting along the way to return the small arms fire of enemy snipers !>0 to I00 yards away. Pfc. Notting- ham inflicted several casualties upon the enemy and put the new OP in
operation in minimum time."
Pfc. Nottingham attended both E. C. Glass High School and Vir- ginia Episcopal School. He was on the football squads at both schools. At V. E. S. he was a counselor, a member of the V-Ciub, and a Hop committeeman. He enlisted in the service in 1942 while a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, of .which his father is an alumnus. He trained at Fort Meade, Fort Wheeler, and other infantry camps in this country.
He went overseas in 1943.
1918
E. W . Cowling, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
and Scottsboro, Ala., was wed during the month of August to Miss Gladys Johnson, o f Knoxville. A fter leaving V. E. S. Mr. Cowling was graduated from the University of Virginia. He is now associated with the T. V. A. and has lived in Knoxville for a good many years.
1919
B. H. Smith died recently.
1924
Comdr. Harry D. Forsyth, USNR,
has returned to civilian life, and is 6
now in Lynchburg, Va. Comdr. For- syth's latest assignment was with the aircraft carrier, " USS Bunker Hill " with which he expected to go to the combat area in the Pacific before the end of hostilities.
1925
Edward S. Evans, Jr., has been
elected president of the Evans Prod- ucts Company, succeeding his father, the late E. S. Evans. He has been chief executive under his father for I0 years.
1926
First Lieut. Lee Hall Beasely, who
has been with a military police de- tachment for two years, arrived in this country recently from overseas service in Europe. He was wounded in combat but returned to his outfit shortly after completion of treat- ment. He saw service in Italy, Ger- mony, France, and other areas. Lt. Beasely, who is the son of Robert P. Beasely of Lynchburg, will report to Fort Bragg, N. C., before coming home. He is also an alumnus of Ran- dolph-Macon College.
1932
Capt. Don Preston Peters, Jr., has
received his honorable discharge, and and will make his home at Atlanta, Ga., serving on the staff of one of the city's hospitals.
1935
Stuart Keith Eutsler of Goldsboro,
N. C., is in the finance division of the Army at Fort Dix, N. J.
1936
Reverend William J. Gordon, Jr.
is a missionary at Point Hope, Alaska: He recently moved an old store, added the lumber from it to that from a house, and built a small chapel. Mr. Gordon has received many gifts from people in the States. An organ is being sent from a. frien? in Tennessee. The people of hcs pamh have taken a great interest
in his work.
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1938 Athletic Cur Sgt. Wistar M. Heald, Jr., son Virginia Pol~
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Heald, of Lyn Capt. Cli burg, returned recently to the Unifthe school dt States from the Pacific theatre was a meml operation, where he had been ·ball, baskeH three and one-half years. and captain 1939 he was head
Lt. George Ambler Brown, 1of the Gerrr Corps Reserve, has been transfer"Hop Commi from Savannah, Ga., to Washing+tthe air forc1 D. C. At V. E. S. he was a counse~missioned in a member of the G. A. A. and of Southwest Pi "V" Club, and also of the footbas a memb1 and track teams, being captain B-24 outfit, the latter. He attended V. P. ippine lslanc where he received a B. S. degree turned to t Aeronautical Engineering and Eeighteen me tered the service. 1945, and i
Lieut. Arthur Heald, of Lynchbu•assigned. Ar is in Germany with the Army gasoliwhom Capt supply detachment. While at V. his air fore S., Lt. Heald was a counselor, lett!Blanford, '3 man in football, baseball and tra·and "Buck"
and class prophet of the Class 1939.
1940
Another 1941 who rl is Lt. Chari
t Air Forces.
Cpl. Dick
school during the past month. Wh S., a promir at V. E. S. he was a member of tAll-State fo "V" Club and a participant in ea co-captain of the major sports. Cpl. Mahar ball team o entered the service in 1942 and isthe school, graduate of North Carolina Sta the footbal College, Class of 1944. He was ovE team s, man! seas a year with the 84th Infant teor," presi Division and saw action in two ca· letic Associ~ paigns, serving in Belgium, Ho'lar a member and Germany. He was wounded He attendE December, 1944, before the Battle ginia.
the Bulge and returned to the Unih 1942
?tates in S~~tember of this year. ~ A
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1941
The wedding of Cullen C. Wal~ The plane's
to Hilda Anne Stevens of Richman cal stabilize Va., has recently been announce when it set After leaving V. E. S., where he w members o a counselor, a football and track IE in the wate. termon, and winner of the V. E. those rescc
sible discharge.
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