"From Goguac to the Great Lakes: James Victor Tyson Joins the Navy in 1942

 

Navy Enlists 20 From This Area

Men Signed Up Last Week for Service Are Sworn in at Detroit.

The navy enlisted 20 men from Battle Creek and surrounding territory last week, swearing them in at Detroit Saturday and sending them either to Great Lakes naval training station or home on leave to await call to training in special units.

Fifteen were enlisted as apprentice seamen, two as aviation cadets, one as first class seaman in the Seabees or construction battalion, one as a second class seaman and one as a fireman first class.

The two who enlisted as aviation cadets are Dale Leslie French, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. French of 59 Sharon avenue, a high school graduate and Kellogg Co. employe and Lloyd Junior Taylor, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Taylor of 169 South McKinley avenue.

Shirley Fegles Hamlin, 40, a Kellogg Co. fireman and son of Mrs. Jennie M. Irish of 392 East Burnham, was enlisted as a first class fireman.

Clayton Cornwell, 21, of 31 College, was enlisted as a first class seaman in the construction battalion. His wife, Margie Ione, lives at 113 North McCamly.

Clair James Deliage, 32, of 157 Champion, enlisted as a second class seaman, has a wife, Margie Mae, living at Eldora, Ia.

The 15 apprentice seamen enlisted are: Ian Campbell Hamilton, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell Hamilton of 433 North Twenty-fourth street; James Clark Brown, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of 123 Yale; Linton Glenn Bennett, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glenn Bennett of route seven; James Victor Tyson, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tyson of 1833 West Goguac; Steve Bosrock, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bosrock of 98 Lulu avenue; Doyle Emmett Swan, 20, son of Emmett Aubrey Swan of route one, Nashville; Gerald Duane Lawhead, 20, son of Mrs. Iva Helen Lawhead of 85 Garfield avenue; Kenneth Wayne DuBois, 21, son of Mrs. Jessie Mae DuBois of 736 West VanBuren; John Robert Stevens, 17, son of Ray Byron Stevens of 37 Poplar; Humbert Thomas Yepez, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humbert Yepez of 40 Roseneath avenue; LaVerne Arthur Kellogg, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ozro Kellogg of route two, Albion; Gerald Coats, 20, son of Albert Coats of 720 South Kalamazoo, Marshall; Russell Duane McCracken, 18, son of George W. McCracken of 111 North Marshall street, Marshall.

Source: Navy Enlists 20 From This Area, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, 21 September 1942, p5; column 6.

List of Inductees

Aviation Cadets

1. Dale Leslie French, 20 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie D. French of 59 Sharon Avenue

2. Lloyd Junior Taylor, 19 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Taylor of 169 South McKinley Avenue

Fireman First Class

3. Shirley Fegles Hamlin, 40 – Son of Mrs. Jennie M. Irish of 392 East Burnham

First Class Seaman (Construction Battalion - Seabees)

4. Clayton Cornwell, 21 – Husband of Margie Ione, 113 North McCamly

Second Class Seaman

5. Clair James Deliage, 32 – Husband of Margie Mae, Eldora, Iowa

Apprentice Seamen

6. Ian Campbell Hamilton, 20 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell Hamilton, 433 North Twenty-Fourth Street

7. James Clark Brown, 20 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, 123 Yale

8. Linton Glenn Bennett, 20 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glenn Bennett, route seven

9. James Victor Tyson, 17 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tyson, 1833 West Goguac

10. Steve Bosrock, 18 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bosrock, 98 Lulu Avenue

11. Doyle Emmett Swan, 20 – Son of Emmett Aubrey Swan, route one, Nashville

12. Gerald Duane Lawhead, 20 – Son of Mrs. Iva Helen Lawhead, 85 Garfield Avenue

13. Kenneth Wayne DuBois, 21 – Son of Mrs. Jessie Mae DuBois, 736 West VanBuren

14. John Robert Stevens, 17 – Son of Ray Byron Stevens, 37 Poplar

15. Humbert Thomas Yepez, 21 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humbert Yepez, 40 Roseneath Avenue

16. LaVerne Arthur Kellogg, 20 – Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ozro Kellogg, route two, Albion

17. Gerald Coats, 20 – Son of Albert Coats, 720 South Kalamazoo, Marshall

18. Russell Duane McCracken, 18 – Son of George W. McCracken, 111 North Marshall Street, Marshall

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