https://honors.uca.edu/memorial/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=24.144.55.24WWII Memorial - User contributions [en]2026-04-04T07:44:41ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.7https://honors.uca.edu/memorial/index.php?title=Fred_Aiken&diff=816Fred Aiken2016-04-21T02:36:16Z<p>24.144.55.24: </p>
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== Technical Sergeant Fred Aiken ==<br />
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''[D.O.B.]-December 1944''<br />
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== Personal History ==<br />
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Aiken was born to Mrs. Louise Aiken in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College and the University of Texas in 1939. Aiken entered the 477th AAA-AW branch of the United States Army Signal Corps on August 24, 1942, where he became a technical sergeant. Aiken's talent was music, as he sang in churches in Europe with the theatre.<br />
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[[File:Fred Aiken Plaque.JPG|border|right|300px]]<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Aiken died in December 1944, and was buried in Ham, Luxembourg.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Fred Aiken Plaque.JPG<br />
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[[Category:Veteran]]</div>24.144.55.24https://honors.uca.edu/memorial/index.php?title=Leo_Hamberg&diff=809Leo Hamberg2016-04-21T02:18:55Z<p>24.144.55.24: </p>
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== Private First Class Leo Hamberg ==<br />
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''[D.O.B.]–[D.O.D.]''<br />
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''Purple Heart''<br />
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''Bronze Star Posthumously''<br />
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== Personal History ==<br />
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Hamber was born in Dardanelle, Arkansas. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College in 1937. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hamberg.<br />
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Hamberg entered the military on September 30, 1941. He served at Camp Robinson in Little Rock with the Military Band, anti-tank company of the 30th Infantry of the 3rd Division with the 5th Army and the 7th army. He trained at Anzio, Beach Italy.<br />
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[[File:Leo Hamberg Plaque.JPG|border|right|300px]]<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Hamberg died during the [[Wikipedia:Battle of the Bulge|Battle of the Bulge]] in Colmar, France.<br />
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[[Category:Veteran]]</div>24.144.55.24https://honors.uca.edu/memorial/index.php?title=James_A._Skipper&diff=807James A. Skipper2016-04-21T02:16:40Z<p>24.144.55.24: </p>
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== Private First Class James A. Skipper ==<br />
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''[D.O.B.]-26 June 1945''<br />
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''Oil refinery operator''<br />
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== Personal History ==<br />
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He was born in England, AR. His father was James A. Skipper, Sr. James attended the Arkansas State Teachers College from 1937 to 1938. <br />
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He received his military training at [[Wikipedia:Fort Hood|Camp Hood, Texas]] and was a rifleman in the 149th Infantry.<br />
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[[File:James A. Skipper Plaque.JPG|border|right|300px]]<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:James A. Skipper Plaque.JPG<br />
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