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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
15
The notice urges servicemembers to report any change of address promptly to ensure timely delivery of the paper, noting possible overseas delays. It asks updates for rank changes and APO numbers and invites long letters to the Herald readers.
T-Sgt. Donald O. Gray and brothers Walter and Woodward Gray Jr. are profiled for wartime service. Donald rose from ROTC cadet to technical sergeant in Europe with the 146 Engineer Battalion, aiding Norman Dy, Northern France and Germany campaigns and earning a Presidential Unit Citation. Walter, in medical corps, served Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany with six campaign stars and expects home. Woody Jr. led basketball, tennis and football in school, joined service January 1943, and served in anti aircraft artillery with multiple promotions and campaigns, while others from Gogebic County join Naval Reserve as midshipmen or receive postings overseas.
Readers abroad express gratitude for the Bessemer Herald coverage. Messages from Reino Sievila Theodore Olson William Nyman and a Salzburg correspondent thank editors for timely deliveries, note address updates and the value of staying connected as V E Day ushers war end and hope for homecoming.
A wartime letter from G I Louie in Munich Augsburg Nuremberg and Berchtesgaden Salzburg mentions Anzio Day observances and a wish for lifting a non fraternization rule. He says goodbye to friends, plans a French show, and notes rest at Fort McClellan and ends with thanks for Herald and letters from Bessemer Alabama. Pvt Taistio Hendrickson signs.
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