Four Sons
January 25, 2009
Below is a newspaper article sent to me by a resident from Boerne. I ran into her at a convenience store, while on a story several years ago. As a high school teen military recruiters ended their conversation with me once they found out I weighed 287 pounds. Later, even after I lost weight, I tried to enter the service three times and I was still too heavy. Not serving my country in the military will be something I wish I could have done. I’m thankful to so many cousins, uncles, great-uncles and both grandfather’s who served this great country. JMD
Four Sons of Doughty Family Are Serving With Armed Forces
ROBSTOWN (Sp) – Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Doughty, Sr., of Robstown seem to be doing their share for national defense when it comes to furnishing sons for active service. Three of their nine sons and their only son-in-law are now in the service and the other six have registered and are ready to go when called.
The eldest son, William D. Doughty, Jr., is classified as a first lieutenant and is in charge of military police and is assistant provost marshal at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He has served as a reserve officer for 10 or 12 years. He entered active service at Kelly Field in July, 1941.
The youngest son, Francis E. Doughty, and the only son of the nine who is not married, left Robstown this week for Dallas where he reported to the Naval Air Base Training Center for elimination training for the Naval Air Corps. Young Doughty, a graduate of the local high school, attended A&I Kingsville and Texas University where he studied mechanical engineering.
The other son now doing active duty with Uncle Sam’s forces is Roy Doughty, who entered the service in November, 1940 and served in the Infantry until December, 1941 when he received his commission as second lieutenant with the Army Air Corps. At present he is located at Pine Bluff, Ark.
The son-in-law, Nelson Krause, the husband of the only daughter in the Doughty family, is master sergeant and head of the cooks’ and bakers’ school at Fort Buchanan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sergeant Krause has been in the service two years and Mrs. Krause and their young son have been with him in Puerto Rico during this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Doughty, the first family to reside in Robstown, came here in 1908 when he was sent here as agent for the Texas-Mexican Railway Co. He has served in this capacity since that date with the exception of two or three times he was transferred to other towns for a brief period.
Another interesting thing about the Doughty family is the fact that Mr. Doughty is chairman of Nueces County Draft Board No. 2 located in Robstown. Mr. Doughty stated that some of his sons not in the service at this date are endeavoring to enter active service before they are called.
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