Post by connie on Aug 21, 2014 11:03:40 GMT -5
Howard, Alex T. Sgt. (later Lt.) 106th Signal Co.
Mentioned in a Mobile Alabama newspaper clipping. The article is in the middle of 3 posted clippings and entitled
"Heroic Troops Absorb Brunt of Nazi Drive." It tells briefly of the role of the 106th Infantry Division in the then recent events of the Battle of the Bulge. The article then goes on to tell the fate of several Mobile area residents who were in the 106th. In the section on the three Mobilians who" lived througn the valiant stand," the article names "Major Oswald D. Karter who commands a Signal Company in the 106th. It then tells of Sgt. Alex T Howard "who was a member of Major Karter's outfit" and James Mcdonough. It states that Sgt. Howard, son of Judge and Mrs. Alex T. Howard is receiving Officers Training in Paris. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3657/thread
Confirmation of the fact that there was indeed an Alex T. Howard. in the 106th comes in this memorial: capitolwords.org/date/2011/06/03/E1047_honoring-the-life-of-us-district-judge-alex-t-howa/
The 2011 Memorial honors US District Judge Alex T. Howard Jr. and tells of his life during and after the war, including his service in the 106th Infantry Division. It adds that by his 20th birthday he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. This must have been the outcome of the officer's training in Paris noted in the Mobile newspaper clipping referenced above.
Here's the same memorial message directly from the Congressional Record Volume 15, Number 79: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2011-06-03/html/CREC-2011-06-03-pt1-PgE1047.htm
I will inform Jim West of this discovery so he can add this name to the roster.
Thanks again to Sam Hodges, grandson of WW Anderson "Andy" of 423 G. who provided the newspaper clipping that held Sgt. Howard's name.
Mentioned in a Mobile Alabama newspaper clipping. The article is in the middle of 3 posted clippings and entitled
"Heroic Troops Absorb Brunt of Nazi Drive." It tells briefly of the role of the 106th Infantry Division in the then recent events of the Battle of the Bulge. The article then goes on to tell the fate of several Mobile area residents who were in the 106th. In the section on the three Mobilians who" lived througn the valiant stand," the article names "Major Oswald D. Karter who commands a Signal Company in the 106th. It then tells of Sgt. Alex T Howard "who was a member of Major Karter's outfit" and James Mcdonough. It states that Sgt. Howard, son of Judge and Mrs. Alex T. Howard is receiving Officers Training in Paris. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3657/thread
Confirmation of the fact that there was indeed an Alex T. Howard. in the 106th comes in this memorial: capitolwords.org/date/2011/06/03/E1047_honoring-the-life-of-us-district-judge-alex-t-howa/
The 2011 Memorial honors US District Judge Alex T. Howard Jr. and tells of his life during and after the war, including his service in the 106th Infantry Division. It adds that by his 20th birthday he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. This must have been the outcome of the officer's training in Paris noted in the Mobile newspaper clipping referenced above.
Here's the same memorial message directly from the Congressional Record Volume 15, Number 79: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2011-06-03/html/CREC-2011-06-03-pt1-PgE1047.htm
I will inform Jim West of this discovery so he can add this name to the roster.
Thanks again to Sam Hodges, grandson of WW Anderson "Andy" of 423 G. who provided the newspaper clipping that held Sgt. Howard's name.