Turn the Hearts: War WWI

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Celebrate July 4th - Our Family Contributions to Freedom

Grandfathers Build the Nation - Revolutionary War:

from pedigree chart of Daniel Breckenridge REASOR:
Paul RAZOR 1750-1835
Michael Jr. REASOR 1760-1843
from pedigree chart of Elizabeth Jane BELL:
Phillip SHUCK 1760-1835
Johannes Martin Shuck 1723-1804

from pedigree chart of James Warren LYTLE:
Captain David Milton CREWS 1740-1821
from pedigree chart of Louisiana BROWN
Lt. Garrett Williams 1755-1824

from pedigree chart of Fielding ROBERSON:
Jacob Sr. FROMAN 1749-1820
Paul FROMAN 1749-1783
from pedigree chart of Mary Ann DENBO:
Captain Elijah DENBO 1738-1823
Walter Capt. CUNNINGHAM 1740-1805
Solomon DENBO 1751-1842

from pedigree chart of Rhoda Helen BAYSINGER:
Jacob HOUSER 1730-1802

from pedigree chart of Charles PARKER Sr:

Capt. John Sr. DAVIS 1721-1816 (New York)

Uriah ROUNDY 1756-1813 (Vermont)

Moses QUIMBY 1755-1840 (wounded at Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Elizabeth Ann DAVIS:

Abraham LUCAS 1761-1841 (Private – Pennsylvania)

Thomas LUCAS 1730-1824 (Pennsylvania)

Thomas KELSEY 1729-1811

Johannes Michael HOBLIT (Habluzel) 1730-1796 (Private - Pennsylvania Line)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her father Martin Luther ENSIGN:

Isaac ENSIGN 1756-1843 (Private 1777)

(Lieut.) Abner COOLEY 1714-1788 (Private - Major Andrew Colton’s company of Minute Men 1775, Col. Danielson’s regiment at Boston 1775)

Elijah REMINGTON 1743-1804 (Private - Connecticut)

Jeduthan SAWYER 1713-1792 (Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her mother Mary DUNN:

Samuel GUSTIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Abner RAWSON 1764-1846 (age 16 Massachusetts Militia)

Nathaniel RAWSON 1716-1803 (Private - Minute Man at the Lexington Alarm)

John JEFFORDS III 1746- (Rohde Island)

Elihu CARPENTER 1752-1827 (Corporal in Lexington, New York and White Plains, Quartermaster- Sergeant Rhode Island, Sergeant Rehoboth Massachusetts to Point Judith)

Samuel GUSTIIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Grandfathers Preserve Independence - War of 1812:

from pedigree chart of Lillie Belle LYTLE:
Jeremiah Crews 1768-1837

from pedigree chart of Laura Elizabeth PARKER:
John Davis PARKER 1799-1891

Grandfathers Save the Union - Civil War:

from pedigree chart of Reuben Russell ROBERSON:
Fielding ROBERSON 1838-1924
from pedigree chart of Edna Lula SEATON
Thomas R. SEATON 1822-1863
Michael BAYSINGER 1805-1870

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War I:

from pedigree chart of Camilla SMITH:
George Ensign SMITH 1898-1967

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War II:

Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004
Kirt DeMar WOOD 1923-1987

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - Korean War:

Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004

Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day - U.S. Army Service WWI

front center: G. Ensign SMITH

Batteru C, 145 Field Arrilery, Camp Kearney, San Diego, Calif. Dec 22 1917. [cropped photo]

Geo Ensign SMITH in the gunner seat

Sergeant - Smith George E

Army serial # 1,640,541
Enlisted in: NG at Logan Utah 9 Apr 1917 (age 19)
Organizations: Btry C 145 FA to disch.
Grades: Corp 4 Aug 1917; Sgt 1 Oct 1918
Served overseas: France - 5 Aug 1918 to 4 Jan 1919

Fort Douglas Sep 1917 (sitting far left Geo Ensign SMITH)

"1 Henry Frogley 2 Hula (dog) 3 The Hon. (Geo Ensign SMITH) 4 A.T.Larsen"

arrows points to Geo Ensign SMITH

"Geo. Ensign SMITH and Henry Frogley some where some time"

"1 Dots Im (Geo. Ensign SMITH) 2 Saigt Picket 3 No. Croxton 4 Zollinger 5 Frank"

"1 Henry Frogley a dandy good clean chum 2 The Hon (Geo Ensign SMITH)
3 A L Larsen from Cove up by Lewiston (ID)"

Forwarded 26 Jan 1921 Victory Medal with clasp: France

Bronze "Victory Button" issued
Paid in full $24.40 21 Jan 1919

[note below photo of girlfriend A. Ella Hawkes they married 27 Aug 1919]

The United States of America Honors the Memory of George E. SMITH
signed Lyndon B. Johnson President of the United States

Ninety four years later (1917-2011) great great grandson visits George Ensign SMITH (1898-1967) memorial .

note: memorial births is off by one year.
See: grandson in GE SMITH WWI helmet.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Military Paper Work - ROBERSON

Reuben Russell ROBERSON (1893-1959)

Reuben Russell ROBERSON

World War I Draft Registration Card - 1917-1918 Record

Reuben's father Fielding ROBERSON had served in the Civil War.

Military Paper Work - REASOR

Edgar Webster REAOSR (1885-1953) registered for both WWI and WWII drafts.

Edgar Webster REASOR

World War I Draft Registration Card - 1917-1918 Record
"In 1918 when World War I was ended, Dad blew in a conk shell, people rang dinner bells, shot guns, hollered and made loud noises all through the country side, in the evening. We lived near Eckerty then. I guess I was 9 years old." (Memories of Gladys REASOR LINTON first child of Edgar and Lillie, Written 26 Sep 1976 )

Edgar Webster REASOR

World War II Draft Registration Card - 1942 Record

Garland Lee REASOR (1917-2004) began his U.S. Air force career in the army.

U.S.World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record

pictured: Garland Lee REAOSR (twin) and Gordon Lloyd REASOR (twin) in front of tent at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana

Name: Garland L Reasor [Lee became an career Air Force Navigator]
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Crawford
Enlistment Date: 21 Sep 1940
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison

Branch: Signal Corps
Branch Code: Signal Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 149

Name: Gordon L Reasor [twin brother of Garland Lee REASOR] [Lloyd became a WWII Air Force Pilot] Birth Year: 1917 Race: White, Citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Indiana State of Residence: Indiana County or City: Crawford Enlistment Date: 21 Sep 1940 Enlistment State: Indiana Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison Branch: Signal Corps Branch Code: Signal Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Panama Canal Department Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 65 Weight: 133

The First Sixty Years Regarding Garland (Lee) Reasor
Military Service Pg 1-5

“…In September of 1940 I was 23 years old. I had worked as a farm hand most of the time since high school graduation and had been away from home most of that time also. I had worked three years in East Central Illinois on a large grain and cattle farm. Two years I had worked for the State Hospital at North Madison, Indiana as a farm tractor driver. This job was only possible because Reasor’s were dedicated Democrats and the Democrats were in office. Mchutt was governor. Lloyd and I drove our Model A ford to see the head democrat in Crawford County to get his endorsement for work. He lived on a mud road and it was winter time. While we were interviewing, the water on our 6 Brake line froze. We had to heat them with a wood torch before we could move the car.”

“Lloyd and I had both been hired at the hospital. Lloyd had quit and returned to Illinois to work. France had fallen to the Germans earlier in the year. I wrote to Lloyd suggesting that the U.S. would get involved and we should get in the Army and get Prepared.”

“The recruiter had promised that he would enlist us in the Army Air Corps. Lloyd immediately quit his job and came to Madison. The recruiter said he couldn’t get us in the Air Corps but could get the Signal Corp witch was the next best. We left Lloyd’s car parked on the street in Madison, took my car and went to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana to be inducted.”

“Mom and Dad were living on the farm but it did not occur to either of us to talk this action over with them. We did write them a letter after we were privates in the army earning $21.00 per month. After deductions were made for laundry, etc. the net was $15. To $18 per month.”

“We were accustomed to working from sun-up to sun-down. That changed immediately. We were housed in tents and the sergeant, after a few minutes drill, would say, “Go to your tents and wait.” we nearly went crazy with nothing to do.”

“We had [not] formed habit of using neither tobacco nor alcohol and that made us strange. Also, we actually volunteered for work assignments.”

“We did get time off several days later to go get Lloyd’s car off the street and take it home.
After some basic training we, with the 5th Infantry Division (the Red Diamond Division) were transferred to Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan in December of 1940. Fort Custer was under construction. The buildings were incomplete and the mud was everywhere and deep.”

“Most of the personnel were much older than we. Many were the kind who got promoted, got into trouble, got busted back to private again and again.”

“Lloyd was promoted to corporal in a short time and I soon followed. Most of the corporals had 8-10 years of service.”

“Standard procedure of the times for most soldiers was to be broke the night of payday. Many owned their entire pay many times to Lloyds or I. They would pay their debts and start borrowing again. It was not usual to be offered $10 on pay day for $5 tonight. Even at $15. Per month we had nore money than we could spend.”

“Mostly what money that I spent was driving back and forth to the Louisville, New Albany area to see a girl I had been dating before I enlisted. Wanda Roberson had a great attraction for me. Many times I returned from a visit with her just in the nick of time reveille.”

“Lloyd’s initials were G.L. My initials were G.L. His first name was Gordon , mine Garland. In calling the roll, they first called Reasor G. We’d say which one. Then they tried G. L. Again we would question. For a while they used AS and GO but changed to Big Reasor and Little Reasor. Since we never missed a roll call, they finally just called Reasor and didn’t wait for a response. One morning I was ten minutes late and they didn’t miss me.”

“Battle Creek was a Seventh-day Adventist town. The Church provided many activities for the soldiers. We attended many of the activities and became very close friend[s] with the Langworthy family. Which included three lovely girls. We were at their home when Pearl harbor was bombed.”

“There was also a unit of the Church of Jesus Christ fo Latter-day Saints. I don’t recall how we found them but we did and became active in the Church. It was the first time we had been able to attend an organized branch. We received the Aaronic Priesthood and many blessings through the Church. We never went to the Seventh-Day Adventist meetings.”

‘The draft made a great change in the type of men in the Army. The new officers were ROTC college graduates and Many of the enlisted men were leaders in business and industry.”

“The Signal Corps job was to establish and maintain communications. The equipment was telephone and telegraph. Both had to be physically commect6ed by wire. The field pone was the kind you see on the TW show MASH. My assignment was installation The officer who used the phone always had the same pair of colored wires to his phone. Lloyd was a telegraph operator….”