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IRVIN BASILIERE
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ROBERT BASILIERE
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HENRY BASILIERE
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LEO BASILIERE
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The four
Basiliere brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Basiliere of 118
Magill Street, are all in the Army. They hold different grades and are in
different branches. Three of them are
overseas.
Pvt.
Irvin F. Basiliere, 19, is stationed with an engineer
combat battalion in France. A former foundry worker for the H. & B.
American Machine Company, he was inducted into service in June 1943. He trained at Fort
Belvoir, Va., Miller
Field, Staten Island N. Y., and Camp
Reynolds, Pa., before
leaving for England in
December 1943.
A
brother, M/Sgt. Robert F. Basiliere, 23, husband of
Mrs. Claire (Bellevance) Basiliere,
of 74 County Street, Attleboro, Mass., is
stationed in Italy with an
Army Air Force bomber squadron. As crew
chief of his plane, a B‑24, he named it the ‘Rhode Island Red’ and
designed the insignia which appears on the plane. He attended East Senior
High School and was formerly employed as a
machine operator at the Haskell Manufacturing Company. In civilian life, be played football for the
Central Falls Harps and in 1939, during the N. Y. A. state‑wide boxing
championship, he won first place in the 147‑pound class.
He
enlisted in the Air Force in December 1941, four days after Pearl
Harbor and received training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, the
Chicago Aeronautical University, Inc., Illinois, McDill Field, Florida, Gowen Field, Idaho, Kearns
Field, Utah, Orlando, Florida, Wendover Field, Utah, and Hammer
Field, California, before
going overseas in February of this year.
Another
brother, Pfc. Henry W. Basiliere, 26, husband of Mrs.
Eileen M. (Goodreau) Basiliere
of 645 Woodward Road, North Providence, is with an Army Air Force base unit at
Bradley Field, Conn., as an airplane mechanic.
Inducted in July 1942, he trained at Miami. Florida,
Philadelphia, Pa., Greenwood, Miss., Tyndall Field, Florida, Wilmington, North
Carolina, and Farmingdale, New York, where he attended P‑47 school.
Another
brother, Corp. Tech. Leo Basiliere, a former shipping
clerk at the A. O. G. Corporation, is in Normandy, France, with a
quartermaster bakery mobile unit. Before
his induction in March 1943, he attended East Senior
High School. He trained at Camp
Lee, Virginia, Miller
Field, Staten Island, New York, and Camp
Ellis, Illinois, before
leaving for England in
January.