Jimmy Dunn

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Entered army, sent to pacific (James Dunn was in the Guard on the way to Ft. Benning GA for 2 week training on December 7th, 1941. His unit was activated and sent to Pearl Harbor. He served in the Pacific under Colonel William Bray. He was sent to Ft Campbell KY in 1945.

Mr Dunn was sent to Castle Heights Military Academy as a young man, which was near Nashville, TN. One night the school sponsored a ballroom dance and He was set up on a blind date with a local girl ( Peggy Olofsson) A few years later while at war they started writing back & forth thru "V-mail" and near wars end Mr Dunn and Mrs Olofsson married.

Sources

1930 – James C Dunn living with parents on Broad Street, Ozark, Alabama; "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3XGS-6PZ : accessed 13 July 2017), James C Dunn in household of George L Dunn, Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 21A, line 45, family 515, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 13; FHL microfilm 2,339,748.

1940 – James C Dunn living on Broad Street with parents; "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1LB-YD1 : accessed 13 July 2017), James C Dunn in household of George L Dunn, Ward 5, Ozark, Election Precinct 1, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-5, sheet 1A, line 10, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 24.

1942, January 7 – Entered army, sent to pacific (James Dunn was in the Guard on the way to Ft. Benning GA for 2 week training on December 7th, 1941. His unit was activated and sent to Pearl Harbor. He served in the Pacific under Colonel William Bray. (Told to me personally by James C Dunn)

1945, April 14th – Married to Margurette (Peggy) Olofsson; "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ71-Y1Y : 22 December 2016), James C Dunn and Marguerite Olofsson, 14 Apr 1945; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 48, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,994,118.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVG9-GVF3 : 13 December 2015), James Carroll Dunn, 2012; Burial, Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States of America, Westview Cemetery; citing record ID 112141875, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.