CLAYTON 10. Clayton/Deer Park/Loon Lake Veterans 3 continued.
TO THE VETERANS WHO FEEL THEY'LL BE FORGOTTEN. "IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!"
BILL BAYNES UNITED STATES ARMY. WW II. HOME - TOWN CLAYTON, WA. Fought in the South Pacific all the way to Japan where he was wounded.
JOE BAYNES U.S. ARMY WW II. HOME TOWN CLAYTON, WA. Fought in the South Pacific & on into Japan.
JIM BAYNES. UNITED STATES ARMY - HOME TOWN CLAYTON, WA. Fought in Italy.
WALTER BAYNES U.S. Army paratrooper. Entered the service not long before WW II ended. HOME TOWN – CLAYTON, WA. RALPH BAYNES Joined UNCLE SAM’S FORCES just in time for the KOREAN WAR. All five of these young men returned to HOME TOWN – CLAYTON, WA. Each of these 5 photos was the compliments of their little sister AGNES BAYNES DAUGHERTY. We are very grateful to Agnes and her husband Ralph. Thank you so much Agnes Daugherty.
BROTHERS GENE & BYRL GOODWIN - WW II VETERANS - HOME TOWN CLAYTON WA. This is a 1953 photo presented by Jack Goodwin, a younger brother who states, "They were both in the UNITED STATES ARMY in the European Theater. Both enlisted in the same day, took all training together, went overseas and stayed together, and returned home the same day. They joined in November of 1942 and returned in February of 1946. They 'pulled strings’ to be together.”
GLENN BIDDLE. US Army Air Corps. CLASS OF 1939. DEER PARK HIGH. HOME TOWN - LOON LAKE, WA. Glenn was a bomber pilot and flew out of Italy over German. He flew a lot of missions, took a lot of shots, but lost only 1 crew member.
Five of Clayton’s finest, Vern Cable, Warren Nord, Ken Mathis, Ralph Daugherty, in uniform, and Dean Twidwell. His rank, Lady Killer. This is a 1945 picture.
CARL SHOEMAKER WW II Veteran, Military Police. Home Town - Clayton, WA.
RALPH DAUGHERTY, UNITED STATES NAVY, WW II VETERAN, HOME TOWN - DEER PARK, WA.
Marines Warren Nord, Vern Cable, and Ken Mathis in their dress blues..
Vern Cable, United States Army, WW II. Home town- Clayton, WA. Vern lived on Belstar Rd. Vern, Warren Nord, and Ralph Daugherty went to DPHS. They join in Sept. 1946. Vern died in 2012.
DONALD L. CLOUSE UNITED STATES ARMY. WW II. Home Town – Clayton, WA. A side note on the lighter side, Don was wounded by German Heavy Artillery. He woke up in a hospital in Trieste, Italy with his roommate hovering nearby. His Roommate said, “Hi, I'm Ray Ishler, Don.” “I’m Don Clouse. Ray, you aren't from Rocklake, ND?” “Yep.” So here are these two 17 year old kids from the same home town, wounded, and they end up in the same hospital. They hadn’t seen each other in 5 years. The two were very close buddies as well as our entire families were close. Last I heard from Ray Ishler he was still in North Dakota, and still flabbergasted by the experience.
This is our ( Leta Alaine and Phil) Dad, Arnold Leliefeld. He was in the Army in Europe during WW II.
“When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah Hurrah & we'll all be free when Johnny comes marching home.” This photo was taken of Art Stelting, United States Marine, the very day Art came home from WW II. At 9 AM the next morning his father phoned from the Brick Yard, He said Art, “If you feel up it they need someone to drive truck today.” He never had a vacation for two years.
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VJ DAY August 15, 1945. General Douglass MacArthur witnessed the signing of unconditional surrender of Japan on the decks of the mighty Battleship Missouri.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced to the World, Germany accepted unconditional surrender.
While the surrender proceeding were underway on the Missouri, General Joe Stillwell held a similar surrender on Okinawa. This one filmed by Glen King, son of Walter King Sr. of Clayton, WA. Furnished to our Society by Edward Kingrey, Grandson of Walter King Sr.
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS. Photographer GLEN KING with the on board camera while filming on many bombing missions in the belly of both B24s and B25s.
With a right wing blown off by a direct hit from enemy Anti Aircraft fire (center high) the fuselage & left wing in a spiral flaming and plunging to earth. The fate of this B24 remains unknown but probably one of Glen King’s most unforgettable photos.
RALPH McNEIL. UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WW II. This is photo from the 1930 Clayton Grade School. Ralph McNeil was killed in action.
HAYES LEWIS. WW I US ARMY VETERAN, Hometown – Clayton, WA’s Big Foot Valley. There are only 3 WW I Veteran photos available. It is a pleasure to honor Hayes, Jim and Stump.
STUMP WIND. (WW I) US ARMY Home Town – Clayton, WA. (Please take note. Stump was a WW I Veteran.)
JIM STELTING, WW I VETERAN, Home Town - Clayton, WA.
RED SEBRIGHT. WW I Veteran, United States Cavalry. HOME TOWN- Clayton WA. (East Berlin, PA, when he enlisted in 1918.)
RICHARD WAGNER. UNITED STATES ARMY. WW II. Home town - Deer Park, WA.
BOB, HAROLD R. NOLAN WW II Vet. - Home town Clayton. As a paratrooper he is pictured in his Jump suit.
Dan Steele. US Army. WW II Vet, Home town Clayton Wa. Contributed by Dennis Nickolas Dan'x nephew. Dan Steele & the Goodwin Bros. were very close neibors and friends
The B-17, LIBERTY BELL now rests at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. Home at last.
Ken Mathis, U. S. Marine Corps, WW II Veteran, Hometown, Clayton, WA.
From the scrap book of a war Hero, is this tribute to the unsung Heros, MOTHERS!
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