Charlie Early was the 4th child born to Jonah Early and Mattie Lou Grisham in James County, Tennessee.
Charlie Luther Early (21, 13 September 1919, Hamilton County, Tennessee), a resident of R.F.D 2, McDonald, Hampden County, Tennessee, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1091, Order No. 432) on 16 October 1940 in Apison, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was employed by Davenport Silk Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Charlie listed his father, Jonah Early, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 9" in height, 145 lbs., with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair.
Charlie L. Early (1919 Tennessee), a resident of Bradley County, Tennessee enlisted as a Private (S/N 34044958) in the U.S. Army Air Forces on 28 May 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was employed in the "Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.".
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to the 7th Chemical Company (Aviation), Chemical Warfare Service.
The duty of the Chemical Warfare Service in the Philippines was to support units of the Far East Air Force at Clark, Iba and Nichols Air Fields, However, due to the rapid loss of air power after the Japanese attack on 08 December 1941, the 7th Chemical Company was attached to the 31st Infantry Regiment and fought as combat infantrymen on Bataan.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Charlie L. Early *(most likely) and most of other survivors of the 7th Chemical Company were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942.
*To this day no one knows for sure how or when Charlie died. He was eventually declared dead by the U.S. government on 01 February 1946.
The 7th Chemical Company started the war with nearly 190 men. After enduring a terrible ground war, a humiliating surrender, the torturous Bataan Death March, and countless known and unknown atrocities committed by the Japanese on the prisoners, only 62 of the original 7th Chemical Company made it home at the end of the war.
Charlie Luther Early (21, 13 September 1919, Hamilton County, Tennessee), a resident of R.F.D 2, McDonald, Hampden County, Tennessee, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1091, Order No. 432) on 16 October 1940 in Apison, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was employed by Davenport Silk Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Charlie listed his father, Jonah Early, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 9" in height, 145 lbs., with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair.
Charlie L. Early (1919 Tennessee), a resident of Bradley County, Tennessee enlisted as a Private (S/N 34044958) in the U.S. Army Air Forces on 28 May 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was employed in the "Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.".
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to the 7th Chemical Company (Aviation), Chemical Warfare Service.
The duty of the Chemical Warfare Service in the Philippines was to support units of the Far East Air Force at Clark, Iba and Nichols Air Fields, However, due to the rapid loss of air power after the Japanese attack on 08 December 1941, the 7th Chemical Company was attached to the 31st Infantry Regiment and fought as combat infantrymen on Bataan.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Charlie L. Early *(most likely) and most of other survivors of the 7th Chemical Company were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942.
*To this day no one knows for sure how or when Charlie died. He was eventually declared dead by the U.S. government on 01 February 1946.
The 7th Chemical Company started the war with nearly 190 men. After enduring a terrible ground war, a humiliating surrender, the torturous Bataan Death March, and countless known and unknown atrocities committed by the Japanese on the prisoners, only 62 of the original 7th Chemical Company made it home at the end of the war.
Charlie Early was the 4th child born to Jonah Early and Mattie Lou Grisham in James County, Tennessee.
Charlie Luther Early (21, 13 September 1919, Hamilton County, Tennessee), a resident of R.F.D 2, McDonald, Hampden County, Tennessee, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1091, Order No. 432) on 16 October 1940 in Apison, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was employed by Davenport Silk Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Charlie listed his father, Jonah Early, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 9" in height, 145 lbs., with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair.
Charlie L. Early (1919 Tennessee), a resident of Bradley County, Tennessee enlisted as a Private (S/N 34044958) in the U.S. Army Air Forces on 28 May 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was employed in the "Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.".
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to the 7th Chemical Company (Aviation), Chemical Warfare Service.
The duty of the Chemical Warfare Service in the Philippines was to support units of the Far East Air Force at Clark, Iba and Nichols Air Fields, However, due to the rapid loss of air power after the Japanese attack on 08 December 1941, the 7th Chemical Company was attached to the 31st Infantry Regiment and fought as combat infantrymen on Bataan.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Charlie L. Early *(most likely) and most of other survivors of the 7th Chemical Company were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942.
*To this day no one knows for sure how or when Charlie died. He was eventually declared dead by the U.S. government on 01 February 1946.
The 7th Chemical Company started the war with nearly 190 men. After enduring a terrible ground war, a humiliating surrender, the torturous Bataan Death March, and countless known and unknown atrocities committed by the Japanese on the prisoners, only 62 of the original 7th Chemical Company made it home at the end of the war.
Charlie Luther Early (21, 13 September 1919, Hamilton County, Tennessee), a resident of R.F.D 2, McDonald, Hampden County, Tennessee, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1091, Order No. 432) on 16 October 1940 in Apison, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was employed by Davenport Silk Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Charlie listed his father, Jonah Early, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 9" in height, 145 lbs., with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair.
Charlie L. Early (1919 Tennessee), a resident of Bradley County, Tennessee enlisted as a Private (S/N 34044958) in the U.S. Army Air Forces on 28 May 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was employed in the "Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.".
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to the 7th Chemical Company (Aviation), Chemical Warfare Service.
The duty of the Chemical Warfare Service in the Philippines was to support units of the Far East Air Force at Clark, Iba and Nichols Air Fields, However, due to the rapid loss of air power after the Japanese attack on 08 December 1941, the 7th Chemical Company was attached to the 31st Infantry Regiment and fought as combat infantrymen on Bataan.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Charlie L. Early *(most likely) and most of other survivors of the 7th Chemical Company were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942.
*To this day no one knows for sure how or when Charlie died. He was eventually declared dead by the U.S. government on 01 February 1946.
The 7th Chemical Company started the war with nearly 190 men. After enduring a terrible ground war, a humiliating surrender, the torturous Bataan Death March, and countless known and unknown atrocities committed by the Japanese on the prisoners, only 62 of the original 7th Chemical Company made it home at the end of the war.
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