Staff Sergeant Paul Burks and Seaman First Class Charles Burks Junior.

Creator

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Identifier

20037107

Description

Left to right: Staff Sergeant Paul Burks, 19, and Charles Burks Junior, 21, Seaman First Class. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Burks were happy to have their sons home for a visit after eight and ten months overseas. They are standing against a brick wall, dressed in their military uniforms. Clipping: "Fort Worth Men Home From Duty On Two Fronts Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Burks, 4213 Hampshire, are happy parents these days, with one sone home after eight months service in the ETO and another home from 10 months duty in the Pacific.Staff Sgt. Paul Burks, 19, arrived home after completing 50 missions with the 15th Air Force in Italy a week ahead of his brother, Charles Burks Jr., 21 seaman first class, who came to Fort Worth from Okinawa.Paul, who will leave Wednesday to report for reassignment at Santa Ana, Cal., was armor gunner on a B-24. He holds the Air Medal with two clusters, wears a bronze star for the Rome-Arne campaign and wears the distinguished unit citation award for raids against Ploesti. Charles wears campaign stars for the Philippine Islands and Okinawa battles on his Pacific service ribbon and stars for Leyte and Luzon on his Philippines liberation ribbon.Both the brothers are graduates of Polytechnic High School. Paul worked for Eastern Airlines in Houston before entering service in September 1943. Charles, who entered service a year before his brother, served aboard a Coast Guard cutter off the California before going overseas. He will leave next Monday to report for reassignment on the West Coast." "(Star-Telegram Photo.)" Published Star-Telegram Morn. May 21, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-05-17

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-619

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Burks, Paul; Burks, Charles, Jr.; Military uniforms; United States. Navy; Military ribbons; Military insignia; United States. Army Air Forces