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Well remembered Charles Clough
The Family Album Fortunes smiled on another
Youngest to oldest, left to right, Warren G. Davison, Clyde A. Davison, Dean W. Davison, and A.L. “Bob” Davison. The first three boys in the line up were in the Army, and Bob was in the Navy.
By Rick Patrie News Editor HARDIN COUNTY – Charles Clough was nowhere near forgotten. Earlier this year the newspapers published a story about a group from Holland that was looking for photographs of young American servicemen buried in a national cemetery in the Netherlands. The inquiry comes from loyal caretakers at the American Military Cemetery outside Margraten. Residents of that community have spent all the years since the war adopting the dead in a military cemetery, individuals and families tending the graves throughout the year and then coming for a special tribute on each Memorial Day. Charles Clough of the UnionWhitten area was among the adoptees. He was the son of Charles and Eldona Clough and he died nearby in Germany on Thanksgiving Day back in 1944. His mother would die the following year. His father would live until 1969. The caretakers of their son’s grave in the Netherlands wanted a photo of the 21 year old to place with the stone monument at his gravesite. Terry Hirsch of Indianapolis, Indiana had contacted the newspapers here, seeking help uncovering a photo. It turned out there was little searching needed. We received numerous calls from Clough’s fellow classmates at the Union Schools. All had kept the annual from their graduating year and each had a photo to share. The photo will be placed next to his marker. In this way the Dutch visitors will be invited to see the faces of their liberators. Last year, 25,000 people accepted that invitation and came to the cemetery. The project still maintains a website, www.TheFacesOfMargraten.com. All submitted photos as well as other information on these soldiers can already be found in the foundation’s Fields of Honor - Database. The photos was placed next to the
headstones from May 1-5, when the Netherlands observes the 71st anniversary of its liberation. Charles Clough lived in Hardin County with his parents, Charles and Eldona and his 5 siblings. He had 4 years of high school according to his enlistment records. PFC Clough served in the 84th Infantry and was killed by a sniper on Thanksgiving Day, 1944 in Mullerdorf, Germany. “I was hoping a story would entice your readers to help find one. Maybe they have a scrapbook or yearbook? Or have access to digital archives? And maybe there is family still in the area who would like to know of the honor the Dutch bestow upon him, Hirsch said. A volunteer group to which she belongs has found photos of nearly half of the 8,300 soldiers interred. There are 8,301 graves at the cemetery and 1,722 names of
service members who were missing in action. The Dutch community first stepped forward back in late 1944 as the numbers of dead soared in Margraten, and townspeople began to help digging graves and then on the first Memorial Day after the wars end some 30,000 in all showed up at this cemetery to honor the American dead. All 17,000 graves were covered in Dutch flowers. The next year 50,000 Dutch came. Soon the mayor of Margraten proposed the formal graves adoption process. Today a Dutch family adopts every grave. And the adoptions have spanned into a third generation. The adoptions have grown to be more than tending the graves, but establishing when they can, ties with the families of those lost.
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by Rick Patrie News Editor ELDORA – Four Davison brothers from Eldora served in WWII and every one came home. Still thankful, Elizabeth Hopkins daughter of Dean Davison, who now lives in Clinton, recently gathered together some family photos recalling the time. Some taken overseas, a lot of them here at home, both before and after her father’s and uncles’deployments. She also gathered up family recollections of the now-increasingly distant time. She wrote to us and what follows is taken from her notes on each picture: “The picture with all four brothers, was taken in late 1946, and appears from youngest to oldest, left to right, Warren G. Davison, Clyde A. Davison, Dean W. Davison, and A.L. “Bob” Davison. The first three boys in the line up were in the Army, and Bob was in the Navy. The other photos, taken in winter of early 1946, before Warren returned home, show the older three brothers in uniform. “Brother, Warren recalled shipped U.S. supplies in for the troops in occupied Japan. “Their oldest brother Paul Davison was turned down for the military, as he did not pass his physical exam, but did work for the Civilian Conservation Corp. He was assigned to various projects, such as at Pine Lake, and lived in the barracks at the fairgrounds. They did not want him to be excluded, since he also did his part in working for our country’s good.” Elizabeth’s dad Dean did enlist, Brother Bob had signed up first. Clyde and Warren joined, too, and word was Clyde wanted to be a pilot, and Warren probably wanted to follow in his big brothers’ footsteps. When the war was over and the Davison Boys returned to civilian life, Clyde and Elizabeth’s grandfather. Paul T. Davison, convinced her dad father to use his mustering out pay to buy some tools at an auction. They bid on a hand cranking cement mixer, which they called “Old Herman”, 2 wheel barrows, and some shovels. The brothers, along with their dad, worked together to form the Davison Construction Company, which later became Davison Brothers Builders Supply. The retail hardware store (continued on page 2B)
Dean, in uniform, was taken somewhere in England, the date is July of 1944.
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and lumberyard was established so they could get building materials wholesale for their construction projects, as well as supply local contractors and area families, and since their father was getting too old for doing manual labor. Dean and Clyde became partners in this business, which continued for a total of 63 years, when my dad retired just short of his 90th birthday. Brother Warren not long ago went on an Honor Flight. He was the only one of the boys who felt able to go, and brought back pictorial albums for them. During WWII, he served in the Army for about a year and a half. Upon his return he married his sweetheart, Marilyn March, who had been waiting for him. He actually had to get his parent’s permission to get married when he returned. At that time a woman could get married at age 18, but a man had to wait until 20. They will be celebrating 70 years of marriage on Nov. 3, and Warren will be 90 years on Nov. 8. Elizabeth remembered Bob was a Navy cook in the North Atlantic. He enlisted in 1941, so he could choose his area of service, and had experience working in a meat locker (for his father-in-law at Emmert’s Locker in Eldora on 15th Ave., one block south of city hall). Bob was head cook on an LCI-293 (Landing Crew Infantry) ship and in charge of its kitchen crew. She said she located a photo of this group. Bob’s nickname was “Big Boss” and his rank was SC-1/C. “Uncle Bob never talked much about his wartime experience, probably because it brought tearful emotions to think about it. He was part of the landing operations on D-Day at Normandy, France, so he observed the many hundreds of men being shot down as they ran onto Omaha Beach. Although he was a cook, he still had to help bring down the gate panel, and hoist it up after letting out the troops. A man on each side was in place, and when the time came to lift it up, the soldier on the opposite side of Bob cowered, so Bob had to attempt the task alone. He received bullets to his helmet and ended up sliding on his belly across the deck to keep from being gunned down, but was able to get the job done, with a surge of adrenaline and God’s help. Approximately 230 men that went out, probably 200 of them perished.” In March of 1945, Bob’s ship was docked at Weymouth, England. While there, he met up with his brother Dean, who was stationed in Coventry, England. A photo of the two brothers was taken at this time, as well as the photo of Bob and his kitchen crew. Bob is in the upper left hand corner, without a hat. The individual photo of Elizabeth’s dad, Dean, in uniform, was taken somewhere in England, the date is July of 1944. The other photo shows part of his maintenance crew standing in front of one of the B-24’s that they worked on, with Dean standing in center. This particular plane “Our Howdy”, with nose art depicting a cowgirl, had seen 32 missions. The inscription on the back of the photo reads Kensington, England, June 28, 1945. During this summer Dean was able to fly to Europe, where he continued working on aircraft, this time in preparation to return troops back home. He saw parts of Belgium, France, and Germany, and then ended up traveling by ship, when he finally came back to The States. After getting training to become an airplane mechanic in Flint, MI, and further military training in Albuquerque, NM, he was sent to England, where he served in the 305 Depot Repair Squadron. Submitted by Elizabeth Hopkins daughter of Dean Davison, now living in Clinton. Clyde’s daughter, Deb Johnson, and Bob’s daughter, Judy Neymeyer, also contributed.
by Rick Patrie News Editor WASHINGTON DC An Honor Flight is conducted by nonprofit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials of the respective war(s) they fought in Washington, D.C. at no cost to the veterans. Currently these organizations are focused on bringing veterans of World War II to the National World War II Memorial, and any veteran with a terminal illness to see the memorial of the war they fought in. Honor flights arrive at all three of the Washington’s area airports: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport. The veterans
Warren on a recent Honor Flight trip to Washington DC, shown above, and in uniform (right) just after returning home from active duty. “As you can see he was very young, and his parents, were much relieved to have him back, as well as the older brothers.” The Honor Flight was around 2007 or 2008, and it was a terribly rainy day, so Warren is wearing rain gear. You can see that he is standing in front of the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery.
are generally escorted by volunteer guardians, who help them on the flight and around D.C. After landing, the taxiing airplane may be saluted by fire trucks,[3][4] and passengers are often met by cheering crowds in D.C. or upon their return flight home. The network was cofounded by Jeff Miller, a small business owner from Hendersonville, North Carolina, and Earl Morse, a physician assistant and retired Air Force captain. Morse worked in a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Springfield, Ohio, where he saw many patients who were WWII veterans. After the National WWII Memorial in Washington was completed in 2004, he asked many of his veteran patients if they were going to see it. Morse offered to fly with two veterans to
Washington to see the memorial, and after seeing them break down and cry and graciously accept the offer, he pitched his idea to a local aeroclub of 300 private pilots at a local Air Force base, proposing that the pilots would pay for the flights for the veterans to Washington and personally escort them around the city. Eleven volunteered, and the network was formed; by 2005, a board was formed, funds were raised, and volunteers had joined.[2] The first honor flight took place in May 2005, when six small planes flew 12 veterans to Washington. In late 2005, Jeff Miller, a dry cleaning company owner in Hendersonville, North Carolina, inspired by Morse’s vision, had a similar idea but on a larger scale. His vision is the program today.
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