Russell Gene Tuttle
Six Boys Enlist
Six fellows missed about town and home this week include Duane Ashton, who left Monday for Great Lakes, where he will take his boot training in the U.S. Navy.Robert Blair, Paul Martin, Ralph Barker, William Joyce and Russell Tuttle enlisted in the air force.
The boys went to Indianapolis on Friday and were sent to Sampson Air Force Base at Geneva, New York, for basic training.
The following November 1, 1951, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 1, column 2:
- Russell Tuttle, Paul Martin, Ralph Barker, Robert Blair and William Joyce, who have completed five weeks of their basic training at Sampson Air Base, Geneva, N.Y., enjoyed a gala weekend with home folks who went to New York to see them. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Tuttle and daughter, Marjorie, Mrs. John B. Martin, Mrs. B.M. Barker and daughter, Lavonne, left Friday morning and picked the boys up at the base where they were joined by Mrs. Martin's daughter and her husband, T/Sgt. G.L. Mackey, who is ROTC instructor at the University of Maryland, and all enjoyed an overnight stay in Rochester and a trip into Canada on Sunday.
The following November 15, 1951, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 1, columns 2-3:
- Pfc. Ralph Barker is being transferred to a civilian school at Ruston, La., where he will be trained as a clerk-typist. His address is forthcoming. Pfc. William Joyce has not received notice of transfer as yet for only half of the flight have received orders. Russell Tuttle and Robert Blair expect to leave tomorrow, Friday, for Corpus Christi, Texas, and in a phone call home Sunday, Paul told his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Martin, that he is being transferred. His address will be published next week.
The following July 31, 1952, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
- After spending 30 days at home with his folks, Russell Tuttle, returned to Alabama from where he has been transferred to Puerto Rico, Russell sends his new address to home friends: A/3C Russell G. Tuttle, AF16388541, 55th Field Maint. Sq., Puerto Rico.
The following October 23, 1952, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
- After a stay of 3 1/2 months in Puerto Rico, Russell Tuttle, Air Force mechanic, arrived in the States Sunday morning. A phone call home informed his parents of his safe flight to Topeka Kansas air base and revealed tragic news concerning one plane in the flight which crashed at sea. Information relative to the crew was unobtainable, however, the plane's cargo contained the airmen's personal property, including all of Russells clothing.
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