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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

07 Dec 2000

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Aiken Standard

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Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 2000

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3

Soldier Becomes Homebound After Italy Campaign

Sgt. Chafin recounts months in Italy from July 1940 to June 1945 with the 1st Squad of a company, detailing brutal battles near Monte Cassino, Arno River crossings, and the Po Valley push. He travels with Italian partisans, sees Pisa and Como, survives shelling, and ends with a homeward discharge on June 10 1945 and a dedication to his sister Jean.

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Bath Creek Jerry Monteentine Joe Cox Wilbur Kinsey Johnny Cunningham Beckette Oplliki Mac McLaughlin Raymond Braun Floyd Allen John Madden Kirby Rocky Jim Pircio John Creasin Arno Pisa Nelson Arno River Lapp Hanley Allen Chafin Caserta Rome 1St Armored 16Th Engineers West Virginia U.S 10Th Mountain Division 9Th Army CCA Po Valley Crespellano Bologna Castel France Pircio Rowe Bracia Milan Como Holgin Hotel Lake Como Mussolini Civvie Milano Italy Acasta Switzerland Dam Reveille Logan W. Va Jean Richard Hunt Kalmia Landing Aiken
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Pearl Harbor witness recalls attack from Hickam Field

Charlotte native Tom Yandle recalls the 1941 Pearl Harbor assault from Hickam Field Hawaii where he served as an Army Air Corps radio operator. He watched the first and second raids, saw black smoke and craters, and survived the tower incident beside his bunk. His family in Indian Trail and Charlotte waited anxiously for days.

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Charlotte Tom Yandle Hickam Field Hawaii Indian Trail N.C Army Air Corps Hickam America Yandle Sebring Fla Pearl Harbor Ohio State University Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio Army Airways Navy Hawaiian Islands Christine Wallace
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Gran Hitchcock and Winter Colony founder's grandson signs book

Julian Peabody, 86, San Francisco lawyer, visits Aiken to autograph Gran, A Personal Recollection about his grandmother Louise Hitchcock. The 116 page biography, with color illustrations, recounts Hitchcock Woods and the Winter Colony legacy while Peabody promotes events at Aiken Office Supply and reflects on his family’s Civil War era ties.

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Julian Peabody San Francisco Aiken Peabody Thomas Louise Eustis Loulie) Hitchcock Hitchcock Woods Connie Green Boundary Club Hitchcock ‘Woods Hitchcock Howell Printing Co W. Kossak Hitchcocks Loulie Hitchcock America Hollywood Whiskey Road Celestine Eustis Charleston Tommy Legare Gran Thomas Hitchcock Legare Mon Repos St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church Aon Repos Hite Woods Eustis
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Nuclear illness meeting in Aiken targets DOE workers

Tonight at 7 p.m. a public meeting at Aiken Technical College Amphitheater will explain the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. Dr. David Michaels will host the session, outlining compensation and health care coverage for DOE employees with illnesses from beryllium exposure, radiation cancers and silicosis, and the DOE Office of Advocacy to aid with state worker's compensation applications.

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Aiken Technical College David Michaels Department of Energy Environment, Safety and Health DOE
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