Sgt. Baratone’s stark account of Buchenwald camp conditions
Local soldier Sgt. Joseph Baratone describes in vivid detail a visit to Buchenwald concentration camp. He outlines guard towers and electrified fencing, ritual beatings, hanging and cremation of prisoners, medical experiments, and the brutal daily routine, highlighting starvation, disease, forced labor, and mass murder. He notes German civilians and SS officers witnessing the carnage, and ties the atrocity to the fight for democracy and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Joseph Baratone
Buckenwald
Buchenwald
Germany
Hitler
Michigan Veterans' Vocational School at Pine Lake
The Michigan Veterans' Vocational School at Pine Lake Barry County provides health and vocational rehabilitation for World War II veterans. The 31 acre site includes cabins for up to 250, a dining and training complex, water access with docks and craft, and extensive shop facilities for machine work, welding, and boat building. The program blends medical, vocational, and educational services under state and federal agencies to foster full rehabilitation with six hour daily classes and physician, nurse, and psychiatric support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ School
Michigan Veterans’ Vocational School
Pine Lake
Barry County
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Foundation
Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Michigan
State
el Ks Association
American Red Cross
Michigan Veterans Vocational School at Pine Lake
Michigan operates a unique Pine Lake program offering physical and vocational rehabilitation for World War II veterans. It provides farm-based training, low living costs, and placement aid, with enrollment via state veterans offices. The effort, led by Governor Kelly’s administration, emphasizes rapid, targeted education and practical experience for veterans nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ans
Vterans
Pine Lake
Michigan Veterans’ Vocational School
Michigan
Grand’ Avenue
Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
Gogebic County Veterans Council Meets in Bessemer
The Gogebic County Council of Veterans Affairs met on June 6 1945 at the Veterans Memorial Building Bessemer Michigan. They urged our representative and senators to increase GI Bill compensation from 50 dollars a month for singles and 75 dollars for married to better support veterans in training. They also asked the Veterans Administration to allow Vocational Rehabilitation tests and interviews through Ironwood Junior College instead of traveling to Marquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Veterans‘ Administration
Ironwood Junior College
Marquette
Classifications by selective service board this week
The weekly classifications list 11-A Tauno Rintamaki and others, plus 1-C Ind. Jack Connors and 1-C Disc. names. Also Il-A group including Mario Carpenedo and Joseph Tos en, and il-AF entries for John Synkelma. K-B-Ted Langa and Paul Giachetti appear in the final category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Tauno Rintamaki
Clarence Johnson
Maurice Bachand
Arvid Wainio
William Morriam
Mickey Bishop
Douglas Carr
Jack Connors
Harold Ladin
Dale Morrison
Harvey MecClurs
Richard Hasbrook
Fred Rowe
Mylo Jenereaul
Laurel Heinske
James Morrison
Albert Morrison
Theodore Giachino
Eugene Nikkari
Carl E. Olson
Joseph Tosen
Mike Obrodovich
George Joschak
Eino Salmi
Arthur Long
Edwin Tolvanen
John Pollack
William Koski
William Murley
Donald Quade
Erick Berlin
Leo Maccani
Carl Anderson
Carl Koykkar
Il-Af
John Synkelma
Leo Bastian
Merrill Thompson
K-B
Ted Langa
Paul Giachetti
Notice to Bid Sealed Bids for 4-Wheel Drive Trucks
Notice to bid sealed bids to the Board of County Road Commissioners in Bessemer Michigan closed 7 PM CST June 18 1945 for four or more light 4 wheel drive trucks. Cen tral War Time. Gogebic county joins Seventh War Loan drive with $48000 credit from Milwaukee Road government securities purchase. Michigan allotted $444000 to distribute among counties served by the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oocea
Board of County Road Commissioners
City of
Bessemer
Gogebic County
Milwaukee Road
Michigan
Ramsay
Pulpwood Makes War Packing Urgency Across Pacific
America shifts war effort from Europe to the Pacific with massive packing needs. Mountains of supplies must be re packed and double wrapped for shipment. Paperboard cartons moistureproof wrappings and other pulpwood products are in huge demand, tightening a shortage and placing pulpwood high on the War Production priority list.
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America
Europe
Pacific
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Sgt
Veteranews
Andrew Starkey
Delbert Peterson
Bernard Pelshaw
Ferdinand Perlberg
John Groeschel
Dominic Forte
Ora Conley
Samuel Webb
Frank Belamy
Frank Slavik
Victor Belmas
Stanley Budgick
Teodore Neznanski
Joseph Bolich
Roy Porter
Norman Arnesta
William Ruby
William Giachino
Joseph Aremovich
Waino Aho
Stanley Sokolowski
Emanuel Facchinello
Stephen Kopnick
Onnie Wainio
Kenneth Grenquist
Marko Ruppe
Theodore Rouse
Walter Nyman
Phillip Anderson
Leonard Tosavainen
Milton Dahlin
John Bugni, Jr
Charles Morris
Albert Denvy
Martin Bersano
Carl Erickson
Arthur Larson
Howard Monty
Humbert Landretti
Stanley Serbin
Walter Newman
Harry Anderson
George W. Koroncki
R. J. Mullen
Bessemer Township
Puritan
Arthur E. Wahlberg
Julius Rigotti
John Backman
Reino E. Laine
Steve Mussatti
Edwin Smith
Victory Pulpwood Committee
Norbert P
Joseph Rizzie
Walter Mannie
Eta
Campain
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