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Newspaper clippings from
an album kept by Aunt Mildred
during World War II. These
clippings were dated around
early 1942 (after Pearl Harbor) .
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and Mrs. 0 T ~ tc SOn of, Mr. I
' A brother,of Wifbe~ h) Gravitt.
so of FlOYd R. - ho ~ and',al_
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John C. eIJl!sted in the M: III.
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andll. brother of Wilbert Lee,' aDd,'
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Thinking about Floyd and remembering an anecdote he told me:
We had been looking at some of his old Phillipine pictures with the natives. I asked him
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why they seemed to be so near the base. He told me they were actually allowed to come
9n the base,
Fort 5tatzenberg in this case, and roam the area. It was an old calvary base and was not
really very
active any more. 50, he said some times the natives would wander around and sit under
the wings of
the planes and work on making their arrows. Too bad he didn't tell me more stories of the
innocent
days before World War II.
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LIEUTENANT GRA VIIT.
I A.. Medals Awarded.
I Lt. Gravitt's citatian, also. sign~ iHeroic Texan
~d by Secretary. ,F arrestal, read: I '
"Far extraardinary her a i sm
wh;l, "",;ng ~ . pl.;oo. J"d" ; :Killed,!JIPeleliu ,
attached to. the. Third Battalian, (LEVELLAl'iD!.~,:~.rune 6 (Spl).-
, Seventh Marines, "First Marine di- IThe Navy Cro:;s,iind Purple Heart
: visian. in actian against enemy Jap- \have been .PosthIimauSIY awarded
anese farces an ':Peleliu, Palau is- lto Marine 1st L1.' JahnC. Gravitt,
lands, 28 Sept. 1944. Skillfully lsan af Mr; and Mrs., Orner T. i
leading his plataan in defense af a. iGravitt. I
f h fr I. I ; He was ~illed an, Peleliu last i
sectar ate ant mes vita to. the, ISept. 28 while repulsmg an enemy \
j ~uc,=ess af the_missian._'~sSjlriied his ':attempt to. autflank a unit af the I
campany, First Lieutenan~ Gravitt )lst Marine ,Divisian. ,
canstantly expased himself to. heavy ;: Gravitt was leading, his plataan I
enemy machinegun and rifle fire I'n 'in defense af a sectar af the frant I
[lines when h~ abserved a group I
larder to. direct the fire af his unit iof Japanese maving to a new laca:!
against the fartified hastile emplace tIOn. He was aware that their I
ments. Observing a graup' af J an.. fire fram this paint wauld imperill
I . , ." ~an adjacent unit and render his;
,anese maVlng t.a a. new locatI.an a~d ,'awn p~siti.all an a ridge untenable, I
aware that theIr fIre fram thIS pomt! ,the cltatIan,accampanying the I
wauld imperil an adjacent unit and f I ~Navy Crass relates. i
render his awn positian an a barren ' I: He .un~esitatingIY seized an au.:
~'dt d bl h' h' . 'I ,I itomatIc rIfle fram ane af his men I
171 . ge un en a e;. e ~n esltatIng y; ;and "courageausly making his way!
PasthuriIaus awa:;ds to.. two. ~elzed ,an autamatIc nfle fram ,ane" farward Ja' an apen area,' deliv.!
Sauth: Plains' Marines who.' gave af his awn men and, caurageausly! ,ered intense, accurate fire an the!
their 'lives ,far their' cauntry were making his way farward to. an apen I lenemy graup until he was mar-;
d th ar~a delive ed . t " tally waunded." He had canstant.l
presente to. eir mathers at; cere: ,.' r m ense, ac~rate: ;ly expased himself to. heavy enemy I'
manies Tuesday aherna~n..at City I fire an the enemy graup untIl he Imachine gun and rifle fire in ar-
hall with Majar Sicbiey, J. Altlnan i was martally waunded. By his in-! \der to. direct the fire af his unitl
af EI PasO. and Mayor O. .W; Ispiring leadership and dauntless' 'j'against the fartified hastile em-
R'bbl ffi" ' '. I'f' h' ... th' f f placements. 'I
I 'It a clatmg:' , , " Ig tmg SPI!ll m . e ace a gra!,e: \ Gravitt participated in landing I
While their husbands and ather Ij danger.' ~Irst... LIeutenant, GraVItt" !assau.I ts an Ja.pa. nesepasitions an I
m~mb~rs,: ,of, ,their,' fa, ~i.lies ,a ,n d'l I enabled.hls platoon -to. lacate and l:r'ulagi, Gavutu,,'Tanambaga, Flar'l
friends looked. on.,. Mrs. .,Douglas I destray the Japanese troops, and ilda and GUildalca,~~ Islands. \
W. 2517.... ' , h' lf 'fi' d' d He was a prafessIOnal baseball I
'Ilt; '1 wenty-secand; 'and I IS s~ -sacr!. clDg .evatIan to.. uty ,player in civil life and pitched fari
Mrs. Oma T. Gravitt 0.1 Level- , was In keepmg WIth the highest the S1. Lauis Browns in 1936, He I
: land, were" prese~ted themeda]s. I traditians, af the United States ',~nlisted in t~e Marine in 1938 an, d
\ They were: a Branze Star to. lpfc. ! Naval service. He gallantly gave' 'm 1939, a~ pItcher far the USS Ok.
E J W. 'k'TI d .r:~, his life far his cauntry." ' ',lehama mne, spa~k~d~hat team to I
verett . Itt~! I e ui; ac~ian '.' ,the f~eet champIOnshIp. He was I
June 16, 1944, an Saipart.. and a 1 st. Lt. Jahn C. GravItt at ane :barn m Prague,Okla" and attend.
Navy Crass, .seC'Ond highest Navy time was a resident af our caunty ed schaal there and at Jaurdantanl
award, to. 1 st Lt. Jahn C. Gravitt and attended schaol here and has ;and Levellan~, Texa~.
. I .' .~! ~ many f' d d I t' h I A brother IS a prISaner of the I
kll ed m actla~ an Pelehu, Sept. 1"'oR I h fiend s tn re a .Ives . ere, !Japanese, Anather brother was,
28, 1944. N tJ '1 ~'..., w a are sa to. ear af hIS passmg, )killed in a bamber crash two. years;
, ewspaI=:.er c)"lPPlngS from Levelland lalta. . J
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i second hi,~hest Navy award. ' I:"'.,
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of the last letters from Wilbert.
On the back he wrote:"This was taken
1st week of Dec. 1941 when we were
starting to get into condition for thl
coming season. The Japs beat us home
But you just wait, we haven't gone to
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Wilbert Gravltt,'21. W:~s killed
in a plane' crash in Pearl, Harbor,
Sunday,'April.'5th,.. according to
messages.' received by his: parents,
Mr.,.llnd Mrs" Omar 'Gravitt of
'LeveUarid, Texas. ,Wilbert; a ser~
geant in the 42nd B. Squadrori,of
Hickam Field, was a photograph-
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in planes' alongt1\e' coast. Just
now the crash ,'occured isn't known
~'et as, all the word, received by
'his' parents was a message an-
nounciIig -he had met death in a
plane crash. Four other youngtnen
are thought to have lost, their lives
in the crash. '
Wilbert enlisted in the army in
November, :riS9." at the Same time
hi~ brother, Floyd, enlisted. He
has since been stationed in, the
Hawaiian Islands and ~loyd hasl
been in the signal corps in the
Philippines. Floyd' was last -heard
from December 19~ when he sent
home his l;avings arid other val-
uables, ,'knowing the philippines
would be attacked. Another broth-
el', John" is with the marines' and
somewhere in the. Pacific. He was I
last heard 'from:'iD.':February, and'i
was aboard, Ii ; ship:"\somewhere in I
the ~outh Pa;it~>JJi: . ,,:,' ,I
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of Mr. and Mrs.",.omar Gravitt was
born in Pad~II-~f,.o~la9om.a," oCtober j
15, 1921. Hl,f;,g~e~':"up In Prague, \
graduating 1iom 'tpe grade school
and taking' hIS <"firSt three.l~ears
of high.schoor 'Wti~k the're.,; 'His
parents ,then moyecV'to t.eveIland;
Texas, ~Kere ..he.'entered' high
, school, and: graduated an 'honor
btudent.:ln: ,19.39. In'stead of', going
to co~lege the: next' fall he de~ided
,:upon an' army'ca!eer -and with,his
'.brother,Floyd,:'enlisted"in the se~,
~iee'in 'Novem~E!~'-' '."r,.' ,~": '
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Anna, live' at . LeveUarid, 'and he
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WlIbert Gravitt. nephew ot Mrs.
I L. L. Ulcak; was killed earlier
~ this, m'onth when the areoplane
t which 'he was aboard crashed
while on a tril.intDg rt'ight in Hon4
olulu. Gravitt was a member bt
a bomber squadron.
He is remembered' well here
having 'completed hi9 'high school
'educatio~ at Jourdanton. He 1s
t~e youngest of the three Gravitt
br'others. all of whom are In the
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elf .,~.i:geant Wiibert Lee Gravitt in;
a' bomber .crash' m the Hawaiian '13-,
la~ds o~.sunday w.iis' received ,thisj!
morning, (Thursday), by his parents,
Mr. 'and'Mrs, O. T.Gravitt, "
Sergeant Gravitt enlisted in Nov-,
ember 1939 in the Air Corp. He was
statlom~,c( at Hickman Field , and
came ,through the attack of Decem-
ber 7th unhurt, .
He hll.S two brothers in the Arm-,
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A's, played on the base ball team:
here and was a well known sand lot I
player 'in Oklahoma. He was the I
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