Amarillo Wife Aids Chaplain In Pacific War Service
Mary McNeill Van Kirk, wife of Chaplain Perry W. Van Kirk, serves as secretary at Union Church in Bridgeport Connecticut while her husband ministers to the 1881st Engineer Aviation Battalion in the Pacific. He cites faith as a source of strength for soldiers and recalls a night encounter with a surrounded unit and a soldier’s vow to pray. Chaplain Van Kirk, a Yale Divinity School alum, formerly directed Christian education in Chicago and is a Congregational Christian minister. He was born in Holyoke Colorado and raised in Elgin Nebraska near Plain View.
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Perry W. van Kirk
Mary McNeill
Lauchlin McNeill
Polk
van Kirk
Union Church
Bridgeport
Conn
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Trinity University
Presbyterian College of Christian Fducation
Chicago
Hastings College
Pacific
General Commission
Christian Endeavor
Chaplain van Kirk
Holyoke
Colo
Elgin
Nez
J. W. van Kirk
Plain View
Neb
Troops Arrive From Europe at Camp Shanks and Kilmer
Four transports land 2 841 troops for processing at Camp Shanks New York and Camp Kilmer New Jersey. The Oneida Victory docks with 1 977 troops including units of the 13th Airborne Division and multiple parachute infantry and support detachments. More than 14 800 troops returned aboard the Queen Mary with units of the 30th Division greeted by Gen Devers amid rockets and crowds.
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New York
U.P
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Oneida Victory
13Th Airborne Division
517Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
13Th Parachute Maintenance Company
Counter-Intelligence Corps
335Th Ordnance Battalion
Onche John Hollister
Quartermaster Service
ASF
Signal Heavy Construction
Phantom Hill
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Ambrose Light
Hudson
Open Yam Invasion Means Potatoes Rule The Tent
Lt. E A Luehman and fellow officers in fleet air wing one endure an absurd infestation of sweet potatoes in their tent living room. They recall fresh mud and ruined spaces, while a persistent tuber keeps reappearing despite root out efforts.
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Okinawa
E. A. Luehman
Milwaukee
Wis
Fleet Air Wing One
Luehman
J. Edwin Kyle, Jr
New Iberia
Wright E. James
Bakersfield
Cal
Kyle
Wyatt R. Blassingame
Ana Maria
Fla
ACI
Navy
States
War veterans recall Pacific theater and air battles
Lt. George H. Shortridge of Keene New Hampshire flew 570 miles on two engines in a Privateer low on the water after a mission. Lt. Cmdr. Carl C. Schmuck from Jasper Indiana notes drastic changes since the start of the war as they now patrol Jap shipping after recalling tougher days in the Philippines and Australia.
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Russia
George H. Shortridge
Keene
N. H
Carl C. Schmuck
Jasper
Ind
Schmuck
Philippines
Australia
Miss Josepha Birge to Sing at USO Dance Sunday
Miss Josepha Birge contralto and Texas University student will perform three numbers during intermission at the Victory Command Dance of the Downtown USO Sunday night at 1220 West Twelfth. The music program runs 4 to 5 30 PM. A servicemen’s picnic postponed last Thursday will be held tomorrow in Ellwood Park for junior hostesses and attendees.
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Victory Command
USO
Josepha Birge
West Twelfth
Birge
Texas University
Ellwood Park
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