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J. R. Findsen
World War II
Photograph of the Week
Harold Lavern Welke
Harold was the eldest son of Germans from Russia immigrant parents, Ferdinand Welke and Mary Magdalena Dargatz. He was born 5 July 1926 in Portland Oregon. In this photograph, Harold looks to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, which would date the picture to around 1945.
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J.R. Lowe
Three Kingsport Men
Three Kingsport Men
2 March 1946
Three Kingsport men, including in a list of nine East Tennesseans, recently received honorable discharges at the Camp Chaffee Personnel center, Camp Chaffee, Ark.
Kingsport men were: Pvt. James M. Collins, 80 Dale Street; Sgt. George E. Cloud, Route 6: T/3 Robert W. Hagie, 137 Warpath Drive.
Other East Tennesseans were: T/4 Charles E. Hale, Route 4, Johnson City; M/Sgt. Charles F. Weaver, 1503 E. Uriaka Street, Johnson City: Pfc. Roby B. Lowe, 108 E. Main Street, Johnson City; Sgt. Wade H. Carter, Route 4, Jonesboro; T/5 Cecil V. Kilby, 510 W. Main Street, Johnson City.
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J.R. Lowe
