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Clyde R. Thorn — First Lieutenant, Infantry, and Acting Commander of the PBS Garrison Stockade Number 1. He was born on May 13, 1910 at Harrisburg, Arkansas. He enlisted in the Army on April 13, 1942; he later was commissioned an officer on December 26, 1942. Clyde Thorn died in Batesville, Arkansas on March 6, 1992. Clyde R. Thorn is buried there at Oaklawn Cemetery.

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Thomas F. Robinson — Technician 3^rd Class and assistant to Master Sergeant John C. Woods. Robinson was born in New York in 1920; he was married and had two years of high school. At the time of his enlistment, he lived in Westchester, New York. A baker by trade, he enlisted in 1942 in Bayonne, New Jersey; prior to working with Woods, Robinson was assigned to the 554^th Quartermaster Depot. Thomas F. Robinson was discharged November 9, 1945 in New York City.

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Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Peck — Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, Loire DTC. Henry Peck was born on August 26, 1910 in New York City. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1931 with a degree in history; he later received a Master’s Degree from Columbia University. He relinquished command of the 2913^th DTC (Loire DTC) to Colonel Morris T. Warner on June 26, 1945 and departed the unit on October 11, 1945. Peck was promoted to colonel in March 1946. He later worked for the Veteran’s Administration and retired as a colonel on August 26, 1970. Henry L. Peck died on December 5, 1996.

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Richard A. Mosley — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire DTC. The son of Irish immigrants, Mosley was born in Pineville, Kentucky on February 22, 1904. He joined the Navy in World War I, but received a discharge for being underage. He later spent five years at the University of Illinois, studying electrical and mechanical engineering. He subsequently was the foreman for an automobile service center. Although he was partially blind in one eye, he entered the Army at Los Angeles on August 1, 1942 and became a powerhouse engineer. After arriving in Great Britain on June 1, 1943, he was transferred to new duties as a military specialty 635 – disciplinarian. He stood 6’5″ tall and weighed 203 pounds. On March 1, 1945, he became a first sergeant in the 1008^th Engineer Services Battalion. Mosley was discharged at Fort MacArthur, California on August 31, 1945. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with a Bronze Service Star for Northern France. Mosley lived in Hanford, California until his death on January 5, 1953. Richard A. Mosley is buried at Grangeville Cemetery in Armona, California.

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Earl Mendenhall — Sergeant and Military Police guard, assigned to the Loire DTC. Standing 6′ tall and weighing 180 pounds, with gray eyes and blond hair, the former bridge carpenter was easily distinguishable from the other guards. Born in Bowie, Texas on December 8, 1923, he was inducted into the Army on November 24, 1941. Discharged from the Army in August 1945, in 1963 he moved to Grand Blanc, Michigan and worked for 35 years in the Chevy V-8 Engine Plant. He died on April 9, 2011; Earl Mendenhall is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Grand Blanc, Michigan.

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Vincent J. Martino — Tech Sergeant. Born in New York City on April 17, 1924 he had served as a stock clerk. Martino stood 5’6″ tall and weighed 195 pounds. He arrived overseas on February 18, 1944 and was assigned to the 2913^th DTC. Vincent J. Martino was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. His file listed him with a military occupational specialty of 564 – “Special Assignment.”

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