Keith Denson

August 4, 1938 Davenport Times-Tribune

Keith Denson came home from the O. M. T. C. [Citizens Military Training Camp?] camp last week for the harvest.

December 15, 1938 Davenport Times-Tribune

The Reardan high school basketball team accompanied by their coach George Anderson, and Hugo E. Schulz, attended the Eastern College of Education-Washington state college basketball game at Cheney Tuesday night. Boys that went were Quentin Landreth, Carl Koeller, Clarence Frounfelter, Ross Edwards, Bill Anderson, Billy Colville, Marvin Evers, Keith Denson, Pat Owens, Marvin Zwainz and Joe Mann.

June 1, 1939 Davenport Times-Tribune

Reardan Seniors to Graduate Thursday

Commencement exercises for the Reardan High School will be held on Thursday June 9, at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium, at which time a class of twenty-five seniors will receive their diplomas. The class includes: Gus Magnuson, Marvin Zwainz, Alfred Lukaszeski, Bob Snyder, Lucile Stilner, Mac Postlewaite, Wilma Clouse, Florine Schultz, Loretta Mahoney, Doris Plaster, Phyllis Plaster, Mary Hanning, Patricia Kelly, Marcine Erdman, Ester Garber, Dorothy Wegner, Freda Wegner, Keith Denson, Howard Williams, Pat Owens, Bernice Bilyeu, Howard Dial, Alice Rettkowski, Herman Scholer, Richard Henry.

• Salutatory Address "Building the Ship"--Marcine Erdman
• "Launching the Ship"--Phyllis Plaster
• Trombone solo --Marvin Zwainz
• "Manning the Ship"--Loretta Mahoney
• Piano Duet --Doris Plaster and Dorothy Wegner
• Solo --Herman Scholer
• Violin solo -- Patricia Kelly
• Valedictory address "Ships Destiny" --Gus Magnuson
• Senior girls sextet
• Presentation of class --H. P. Olson
• Presentation of diplomas --R. R. Plaster
• Benediction --Karl Ufer

April 18, 1940 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson received word that their son, Keith, has completed the course at the Aviation Training School at Los Angeles and is now employed with Douglas Aircraft. He is a graduate of the 1939 class of the Reardan high school.

November 7, 1940 Davenport Times-Tribune

V. F. Denson manager of the Denson and Cassels Hardware company here closed the store last week following a close out sale and left for Colville to manage a new store of the firm. Because of the shortage of...

July 10, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune

Howard Evers, Walter Thiemens, Carl Koeller and Keith Denson of Los Angeles, California, who are all employed in either national defense work or a subsidiary, arrived here Saturday morning for a visit in their various homes. Keith Denson went to Colville to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson, and did not return with the boys Sunday evening. Harold Kiesler also of Los Angeles also accompanied them and while here was the guest of Howard Evers.

December 24, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mrs. Vernice Phinney had word from her grandson, Keith Denson, that he is with a bomb squadron at El Paso, Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam, formerly of Reardan.

March 18, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Corporal Keith Denson has been moved from El Paso, Texas, to Briggs Field, Denver, Colo. He is spending a furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee City. Friday and Saturday he was a guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Venice Phinney. He is a mechanic with the army air corps.

April 1, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Keith Denson, a mechanic with the army air corps stationed at Lowery Field in Colorado has been given the rank of sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam, formerly of Reardan, and the grandson of Mrs. Venice Phinney. He is a graduate of Reardan high school.

June 17, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Keith Denson informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson, of Coulee Dam formerly of Reardan, that he had arrived safely at this destination overseas. He embarked from San Francisco and this is the first word they have had from him in nearly two months. Sergeant Denson is with a bomb squadron of the army air corps. He is a graduate of the local high school and was a star basketball player during his school days.

August 19, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Keith Denson, who is a mechanic with the army air corps in Australia, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam, that he has just been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for an infection.

April 27, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Keith Denson, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam, former residents here, writes that he is still stationed in the south Pacific, where he is a mechanic with the air corps.

June 8, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sgt. Keith Denson, an air corps mechanic, writes that he is now stationed near Darwin, Australia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam and a grandson of Mrs. Venice Phinney. He is a graduate of the local high school.

February 15, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Keith Denson, a ground crew mechanic with a bomber squadron, has been moved from Australia to Netherlands East Indies. He is a graduate of the Reardan High School. Sgt. Denson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam and a grandson of Mrs. Venice Phinney.

July 19, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Keith Denson, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam and formerly of Reardan and Davenport, is now in the Philippines. Sgt. Denson is a specialist working on the B-24 Liberator. He has been overseas for 26 months, has four battle stars and his group, the 380th, "The Flying Circus" has two presidential citations. Sgt. Denson is with the Fifth air force and sent his parents a partial story of the participation of the Flying Circus in the war in the Pacific for the past two years.

This Liberator bomber unit help turn back the threatened invasion of Australia and denied the enemy full exploitation of his stolen East Indies treasure house. After two years operation in Australia, this unit has moved into the Philippines for the aerial offensive against Formosa and other targets in China and Indo China.

The original target of the 380th was the largest in any war zone, stretching over a million square miles, from oil refineries in Java and Borneo across the factories, power plants, airdromes, rubber plantations and sea channels of the rich East Indies northward to the southern Philippine islands and east in New Guinea to the naval bastion of Rabaul.

The Flying Circus' missions against Soerabaja and Balikpapan in the summer of 1943 were the first heavy strikes against Jap targets in the south Pacific. They were the longest missions, 2,600 miles round trip, first flown by a liberator.

Called the Ploesti of the East Indies, Balikpapan bears a similar relation to Japan as the great Roumanian oil refinery did to Germany. To reach these targets, the Flying Circus had to fly a greater distance than did the European Liberators in their first raid on Ploesti. Another target for the group was Pometa in the Celebes, which furnished 90 percent of Japan's nickel. These nickel mines were kept continuously out of commission.

The Flying Circus pounded heavily defended Jap rear installations to nullify their use when Allied forces landed at Saidor, Hollandia, Biak and Naunfoor in New Guinea, Cape Gloucester and Arawe in New Britain, Morti and the Philippines.

Much of the group's success is attributed to the excellent maintenance of the planes. Outstanding plane is "Sandra Kay," which is still going strong after 130 of the longest missions of the war. Another item of interest to taxpayers is that there are 21 planes having over 1000 hours of combat still in operation in this group. Credit goes to the ground crew men that the planes are still in top shape and have not been junked because of battle weariness.

August 9, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant George Anyan, who is with the 5th Ranger group on Luzon, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anyan, that Sergeant Keith Denson, who is a ground crew mechanic with a bomber squadron in the Philippines, spent three days with him in Manila. The boys are former school chums. Sgt. Denson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam, formerly of Reardan.

September 6, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Carl Koeller ... says he met Sgt. Keith Denson, his schoolmate, and he is stationed near him. Cpl. Ralph Williams writes his brother, Howard, Sgt. Koeller and Sgt. Denson spent a day together and they expected to be together often. Denson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam and the Williams boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams.

November 8, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Staff Sergeant Keith Denson, who was with the ground grew in the air corps, has his discharge. He served in the Pacific and has several battle stars. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Denson of Coulee Dam and is a graduate of the Reardan high school.