PAUL
Paul (15 MAR 1912 - ), was commissioned in the Army Reserve after ROTC training at K.U. – Class '34. Later he became a member of the 110th (Combat) Engineers Regiment of the Missouri National Guard, resigning to attend graduate school, from which he was subsequently commissioned in the Naval Reserve. In December 1940, while working for Phillips Petroleum Company, he was called to active duty and served for six years, initially as Cost Inspector of the St. Louis area. He was then sent to Dartmouth University for line indoctrination and to Columbia University for training in military government and civil affairs. He spent two years in the ETO in London and Scotland, planning for the occupation of Continental ports, in Cherbourg and Le Havre as civil affairs officer, in Belgium and Holland with Supreme Headquarters Mission to the Netherlands, and in Berlin working with the British and Russians in the division of the German merchant fleet pursuant to the Potsdam Declaration.
Following assignment in early 1946 to Washington (AC-NO politico-military affairs), he served as a member of the US delegation to the Paris Peace Conference headed by Secretary of State Byrnes, terminating active service in London as assistant and aide to the commander-in-chief US Northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleet. He remained in the Naval Reserve until 1972, having attained the rank of captain.
Paul is a retired official of the CIA, where he served for 25 years, and now is associated with the family business as its chairman.
He and his wife Miriam (nee Chesham), whom he married in October 1939, make their home in Great Falls, Virginia. They have six children and twelve grandchildren.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE (Feb. 2007): Paul and Miriam currently live in Southern Pines, NC. They now have thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren (with another on the way). JJB
UPDATE (Mar. 2007): Paul turned 95 years old on Mar. 15, 2007. JJB
UPDATE: July 7, 2007 -- Paul passed away in his home in Southern Pines, North Carolina, at age 95. JJB
PETE
Brother Pierre, (9 FEB 14 - 30 OCT 78), at the time he enlisted in the Navy, on 8 June 1942, was head of the Des Moines branch of the family business – Jules Borel & Co., wholesalers of precision instruments and watch material.
He went to "boot" camp at the Great Lakes Training Station, then, inasmuch as he was a graduate of the Horological Technicum of Switzerland, he was ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for training in aircraft instrumentation.
There followed the move to the Pacific in late 1942, where, as a member of a PATSU (Patrol Aircraft Service Unit) attached to Fleet Air Wing One, he spent the next 30 months island hopping from one advanced base to another. This took him where the action was for Naval aviation: Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Admiralty, New Guinea, Morotai and the Philippines.
In April 1945, he was assigned to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Kingsville, Texas, and promoted to aviation chief machinist mate. He was discharged in December 1945.
Pete married Joyce Clevenger on 14 May 1949. They had four sons and one daughter and one grandchild at the time of his death of 30 October 1978. He was then president of the family business, where Joyce and two sons are still active.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE:
JOHN
Brother John, (9 APR 1915 - ), enlisted in the Army in November 1941, at which time he was working as watchmaker for the family business.
Initially assigned to the Field Artillery, he received training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was then transferred to the 102nd (Medium Maintenance) Ordnance Company of the 27th Infantry Division (New York National Guard), where his expertise could be of immediate use in the maintenance of weapons, instruments and chronometers, and was sent to Fort Ord, California (22 JAN - 10 MAR 1942). He was part of FORCE 2425 aboard the AQUITANIA en route to relieve Bataan. When it fell, the unit was returned to Hawaii and assigned, 23 AUG 1942, to the General Ordnance Company 137, Hawaiian Department, stationed at Hilo. With US advance in the Pacific came jungle training in November 1944 and assignment in February 1945 to Western Pacific Base Command and duty at Iwo Jima where he was stationed at war's end.
John returned to the States in October 1945. At the time of his discharge he was asked if he wanted to join the Reserves. His reply: Does it have anything to do with the Army? He and Marie Pfuhl, to whom he became engaged in absentia while overseas using Paul as proxy, were married on 3 November 1945.
He and Marie make their home in Overland Park, Kansas. They have four sons and five grandchildren. On 9 April 1985 John retired as vice president of the family business.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE (Feb. 2007): Marie died in January 2000. John died in 2001. Their four sons live in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Two sons still are active in the family business. JJB
MARK
Brother Mark, (25 MAR 22 - ), entered active service in September 1942, via the Navy's V-12 program while a student at the University of Kansas. There followed a succession of Navy schools: Oberlin, Northwestern, Harvard, MIT, to qualify him for line duty with specialization in electronics.
In February 1945, having married Margaret Gibson on 18 March 1944, he took additional training in San Francisco and in Hawaii before being assigned as Radar Officer on board the carrier escort USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75).
During his year afloat, the ship operated as part of Carrier Squadron 23, Task Unit 32.1.1/52.1.1 alternatively of the Third and Fifth fleets, and played an active role in the Okinawa operation.
Mark was discharged in March 1946, and is now president of the Jules Borel Company. He and Margaret make their home in Kansas City. They have five children and eleven grandchildren.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE:
Paul (15 MAR 1912 - ), was commissioned in the Army Reserve after ROTC training at K.U. – Class '34. Later he became a member of the 110th (Combat) Engineers Regiment of the Missouri National Guard, resigning to attend graduate school, from which he was subsequently commissioned in the Naval Reserve. In December 1940, while working for Phillips Petroleum Company, he was called to active duty and served for six years, initially as Cost Inspector of the St. Louis area. He was then sent to Dartmouth University for line indoctrination and to Columbia University for training in military government and civil affairs. He spent two years in the ETO in London and Scotland, planning for the occupation of Continental ports, in Cherbourg and Le Havre as civil affairs officer, in Belgium and Holland with Supreme Headquarters Mission to the Netherlands, and in Berlin working with the British and Russians in the division of the German merchant fleet pursuant to the Potsdam Declaration.
Following assignment in early 1946 to Washington (AC-NO politico-military affairs), he served as a member of the US delegation to the Paris Peace Conference headed by Secretary of State Byrnes, terminating active service in London as assistant and aide to the commander-in-chief US Northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleet. He remained in the Naval Reserve until 1972, having attained the rank of captain.
Paul is a retired official of the CIA, where he served for 25 years, and now is associated with the family business as its chairman.
He and his wife Miriam (nee Chesham), whom he married in October 1939, make their home in Great Falls, Virginia. They have six children and twelve grandchildren.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE (Feb. 2007): Paul and Miriam currently live in Southern Pines, NC. They now have thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren (with another on the way). JJB
UPDATE (Mar. 2007): Paul turned 95 years old on Mar. 15, 2007. JJB
UPDATE: July 7, 2007 -- Paul passed away in his home in Southern Pines, North Carolina, at age 95. JJB
PETE
Brother Pierre, (9 FEB 14 - 30 OCT 78), at the time he enlisted in the Navy, on 8 June 1942, was head of the Des Moines branch of the family business – Jules Borel & Co., wholesalers of precision instruments and watch material.
He went to "boot" camp at the Great Lakes Training Station, then, inasmuch as he was a graduate of the Horological Technicum of Switzerland, he was ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for training in aircraft instrumentation.
There followed the move to the Pacific in late 1942, where, as a member of a PATSU (Patrol Aircraft Service Unit) attached to Fleet Air Wing One, he spent the next 30 months island hopping from one advanced base to another. This took him where the action was for Naval aviation: Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Admiralty, New Guinea, Morotai and the Philippines.
In April 1945, he was assigned to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Kingsville, Texas, and promoted to aviation chief machinist mate. He was discharged in December 1945.
Pete married Joyce Clevenger on 14 May 1949. They had four sons and one daughter and one grandchild at the time of his death of 30 October 1978. He was then president of the family business, where Joyce and two sons are still active.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE:
JOHN
Brother John, (9 APR 1915 - ), enlisted in the Army in November 1941, at which time he was working as watchmaker for the family business.
Initially assigned to the Field Artillery, he received training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was then transferred to the 102nd (Medium Maintenance) Ordnance Company of the 27th Infantry Division (New York National Guard), where his expertise could be of immediate use in the maintenance of weapons, instruments and chronometers, and was sent to Fort Ord, California (22 JAN - 10 MAR 1942). He was part of FORCE 2425 aboard the AQUITANIA en route to relieve Bataan. When it fell, the unit was returned to Hawaii and assigned, 23 AUG 1942, to the General Ordnance Company 137, Hawaiian Department, stationed at Hilo. With US advance in the Pacific came jungle training in November 1944 and assignment in February 1945 to Western Pacific Base Command and duty at Iwo Jima where he was stationed at war's end.
John returned to the States in October 1945. At the time of his discharge he was asked if he wanted to join the Reserves. His reply: Does it have anything to do with the Army? He and Marie Pfuhl, to whom he became engaged in absentia while overseas using Paul as proxy, were married on 3 November 1945.
He and Marie make their home in Overland Park, Kansas. They have four sons and five grandchildren. On 9 April 1985 John retired as vice president of the family business.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE (Feb. 2007): Marie died in January 2000. John died in 2001. Their four sons live in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Two sons still are active in the family business. JJB
MARK
Brother Mark, (25 MAR 22 - ), entered active service in September 1942, via the Navy's V-12 program while a student at the University of Kansas. There followed a succession of Navy schools: Oberlin, Northwestern, Harvard, MIT, to qualify him for line duty with specialization in electronics.
In February 1945, having married Margaret Gibson on 18 March 1944, he took additional training in San Francisco and in Hawaii before being assigned as Radar Officer on board the carrier escort USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75).
During his year afloat, the ship operated as part of Carrier Squadron 23, Task Unit 32.1.1/52.1.1 alternatively of the Third and Fifth fleets, and played an active role in the Okinawa operation.
Mark was discharged in March 1946, and is now president of the Jules Borel Company. He and Margaret make their home in Kansas City. They have five children and eleven grandchildren.
PAB
Spring 1985
UPDATE:
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