Military Monday - Armed Forces Day

In recognition of Armed Forces Day, which was Saturday, May 18th, I am posting a few images in honor of my military ancestors.

 

 

Christian Linnemann

World War I, Pvt. 3rd Co. 1st Btn. 155th DB 

 

 

 

Frank Rudolph Speck

US Maritime Service 

 

 

 

William Arthur Cubbage

World War II, Yeoman Second Class, US Navy 

 

 

 

Charles G Schwenk

Civil War, Sgt, Co. C, 82nd PA Vol
(I don't have any pictures of Charles, this is an image of his re-enlistment papers)

 

 

 

Gerhard Linnemann

World War I, Cook, Quartermaster Corps

Military Monday - Christian Linneman

Christian (Christ) Linneman was my great grand uncle and served in World War I from July 1918 to January 1919. According to his Record of Burial Place of Veteran from the PA Department of Military Affairs, he was a Private in the Army, 3rd Company 1st Battalion 155 DB.

This is a picture of Christ, probably taken in 1918. It was in a folio with the name B. Krasinski and Monessen, PA inscribed on it, which was probably the photographer. After the war, Christ was active with the VFW and the American Legion Posts in Monessen.

I learned recently from his birth record that Christ was born Christian Fasel and his father died a few months before he was born. His mother Elisabeth then married Gerhard Linnemann. All records I have found for Christian list him as Linneman. Christ never married or had any children and lived in Monessen with his brother Gerhard and mother Elisabeth and later his sister Elizabeth Linneman Speck.

Military Monday - Art's Discharge from the Navy

This is the last in a recent series of posts about my grandfather's Naval service during World War II. William Arthur (Art) Cubbage received his Honorable Discharge from the US Navy on April 9, 1946, just short of two years from when he was inducted. At the time of his discharge, art was a Yeoman Second Class.


Art's Naval Separation paper's had a wealth of information about him at the time, including his address and occupation, both before and after his service, schooling, and Naval insurance and pay.
Art's wife Agnes went to Norfolk at the time of his discharge. Here are pictures of Art's Naval housing and a picture of Agnes in front of his home during his service.


I love this picture of Agnes and Art (except that his eyes are closed!). I found it in a folder from The Windsor House, a restaurant in Norfolk, VA. The date written on the back of the photo is April 9, 1946 - the date of Art's discharge. I can imagine them enjoying a nice dinner together after being apart for two years.
After his discharge, Art, went to Pittsburgh and then back to Akron, OH with his family. They lived at Hillwood Homes which was housing for Veterans, and Art worked for the Railroad again.

Military Monday - US Navy Yeoman Art Cubbage

This is the second post about William Arthur (Art) Cubbage's time spent in the US Navy. After completing Service School Command in 1944, he spent the remainder of his time in the Navy at the Personnel Separation Center at Shelton, Virginia.

Camp Shelton was an armed guard training center , but at the end of World War II it served as a separation center. Art was a Yeoman and most likely worked in the offices at the PSC. I am pretty sure that Art is at the far right on the phone in this picture.


As a Yeoman, Art performed secretarial and clerical work. Yeomen dealt with visitors, telephone calls and incoming mail. They organized files and ordered or distributed supplies. They wrote and typed business and social letters, directives, forms and reports. They also maintained files and service records.

The insignia the uniform of a Yeoman is crossed quills with the nibs down.

In this picture of Art (click for a close-up), you can see the insignia under the Navy eagle. There are a handful of pictures of Art and his friends and fellow Yeomen during his time in the Navy. Only a couple are marked, so we can only guess which are from Training at Great Lakes and when he was a Yeoman in Virginia. One picture is of the Fifth Naval District building, which was at the Norfolk Navy Yard. There are others that are most likely of the Norfolk area.


Art is on the left in both pictures. The woman in the picture to the left and the man in the picture to the right show up in several of Art's Navy pictures. I am guessing that they served together, as they both have Yeoman insignia on their uniforms.





These were probably taken at the Norfolk Navy Yard.























Stay tuned for more about Art's discharge from the Navy.

Military Monday - US Naval Training

William Arthur Cubbage (Art) (my grandfather) was inducted into the US Navy on April 17, 1944 in Akron, OH (he had been living in Cleveland). He was 31 years old with a wife Agnes, and two young sons (Corky was 3 and Jeff was only 3 weeks old).

Art went to "boot camp" at the US Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, IL. All recruits began their Naval careers at the USNTC for orientation and training. Below is a picture of Art's Company on May 11, 1944. While he was away in the Navy, Agnes, Corky & Jeff lived in Pittsburgh with Agnes' mother.

Art went on to complete Service School Command on September 22, 1944. This school was organized to train selected personnel who had completed basic training and showed a skill or talent during this training or recruit testing. He was in Section Y6-1, probably Yeoman School.

Art is in the second row, second from the left. It is interesting that in all of these pictures, he is not wearing his glasses which he has on in almost every other picture of him since high school. More Navy pictures to be posted later.