Purple Heart Awarded to Corporal Sardinha in Luzon行动
Corporal John Sardinha of the 90th Field Artillery Battalion, Tropic Lightning Division, receives the Order of the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action on Luzon Island during fierce northern Luzon battles. The division, led by Major General Charles L. Mullins Jr., captured Balete Pass and linked with another Yank division at Santa Fe. Sardinha, recovered from wounds, returns to duty as of now. Prior to enlistment on October 13, 1942, he worked for Collins & Aikman Corporation.
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25Th Infantry
John Sardinha
Manuel Sardinha
Gray Street
Luzon Island
Philippines
90Th Field
Sardinha
Luzon
25Th Division
Charles L. Mullins
Balete Pass
Santa Fe
Cagayan Valley
Collins & Aikman Corporation
Fourth of July Parade Welcomes Returned Veterans
Bristol hosts a busy Fourth of July with a parade led by Chief Marshal Roswell S. Bosworth and featuring returned servicemen and women. Veterans and families are urged to attend as 19 bands, veteran divisions, and civil patrols march through town followed by a full afternoon program of drills, games, and a vaudeville show.
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Roswell S. Bosworth
Naval Training Station Band
Cpl
Edmund Cardoza
Italy
James F. Meiggs
Ralph F. Kinder
Pvt. R. S. Bosworth Jr
Army Air Corps
S.set. Russell C. Hawkes
Air Corps
New Guinea
Philippines
Tudge Antonio A Capotosto
Francis T Dwyer
Constance Ann Belle
Cynthia McCaw
C O Freese
Veterans of Chartered
Centennial Legion
Samuel A. Hall
B W. Wall
Quonset
Newport
Canon A R Parshley
R I. State Guard
Albert O Earle
Bristol
Civil Air Patrol
Frank J. Sylvia
Norris W. Rakestraw
Walter P. Jones
Henry A. Hambrick
B.T.A
Red Cross
Sidney Herreshoff
D.A.R In
American Legion
R. I. Soldiers Home
Leroy Dean
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
George R Fish
Moses Moore
Afternoon 4th activities feature softball game on the Common
Six players from each Bristol YMCA Industrial Softball League team form two squads the Littlenecks and the Quahaugs for a 4 pm game on the Common. Captaincies go to Norman Servant and Mike Del Piano. A doll carriage parade follows with three dolls as prizes. The Fourth of July field meet runs 3 to 4 pm with races and contests open to ages 10 and up. Hubert F. Hill leads the events and prizes include bicycle equipment.
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Bristol Ymca Industrial Softball League
Littlenecks
Quahaugs
Mike del Piano
Norman Servant
Byfield School
Millard
Y.M.C.A
Flora Fusco
Hubert F. Hill
CYO
YMCA
Posthumous Silver Star Award For Lt. Charles H. Scott
Mrs Barbara H Scott of Barrington receives word from the War Department that her husband First Lieutenant Charles H. Scott has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry on March 9 1945 in Germany. Scott served in the Amphibious Command and was commissioned in 1943. he was wounded in 1943 and later killed in action in 1945. The presentation will be arranged by the First Service Command Boston Mass. The notice also notes a Yacht Club dance to be held tonight with formal dress and committees leading the event.
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Barbara H Scott
Orchard Avenue
Barrington
War Department
Charles H. Scott
Scott
Woodstreet
Germany
Amphibious Command
Field Artillery
United States
First Service Command
Boston
Massachusetts
Yacht Club
Janet MacDougall
Mary Street
Sidney Herreshoff
Frank Pardee, Jr
Earl P. Mathewson
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Carl W. Haffenreffer
H. V. S. Tingley
Joseph Farrell
Roberta Dixon Stars in Fourth Summer Stock Year
Miss Roberta Dixon spends the summer at Rockport Massachusetts as leading lady in Forbes Theater. This marks her fourth year in Summer Stock with prior seasons in Kennebunkport Maine and Greenbush Theater Nyack New York. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred M Dixon Jr of 85 High Street.
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Roberta Dixon
Rockport
Mass
Forbes Theater
Miss Dixon
Kennebunkport
Greenbush Theater
Nyack
New York
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
High Street
White bread scenes and Belgian herrings in wartime tales
A WW II soldier recalls sharing white bread with civilians in Nice and contrasting wartime food shortages in the States. The tale shifts to a Liege episode where Belgians, due to German occupation, lived on herrings while an American soldier casually eats them, prompting local amusement and a reflection on abundance in the Army.
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Europe
States
Nice
Liege
Belgium
The
Stars and Stripes
CYO Mounties Clash In Fourth Of July Eve Game
Mt Carmel of Bristol meets Mt Carmel of Providence on the common at 6 PM for a Fourth of July eve baseball game. Providence Mounties, four league games in, remain favorites for the 1945 state playoff. Bristol Mounties, with many Central High School alumni, hope to upset them. Charles Vesjug will pitch for Providence and Sal Carulli for Bristol.
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Mt Carmel
Bristol
Mt. Carmel
Providence
Providence Mounties
Bristol Mounties
Central High School
Colt
Charles Vesjug
Central High
Sal Carull
Vaudeville Show Planned For July Fourth Night
The 4th of July Entertainment Committee will stage a vaudeville show at Reynolds School at 8 p.m. Performers include Bomby baritone from Roxy's The Halloway Sisters fresh from the U S O tour The Great Kadyro master of magic and several acts from the Infield Follies Milly Phipps and Anna Lane among others A large American flag at Bristol Common may not fly after halyards were cut last night Police seek information on the act of vandalism and urge townsfolk to assist in identifying those responsible
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds School
Bomby
Roxy’s
Halloway Sisters
U.S.O
Kadyro
Jack
Herbert
Barbara
Infield Follies
Milly Phipps
U.s.co
Anna Lane
WNAC
Boston
WEAN
Providence
Billy and
Betty Phillips
Bristol Common
Highway Department
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St. Matthew
Church St
A. A. Capotosto
St. Elizabeth’s
Warren, Cyo
Judge Capotosto
Capotosto
Fr. Dwyer
CAP
Warren
Bristol Cyo
Chas H. Scott
They
Abs
Ann Miller
Joe Besser
Paul Kelly
Virginia Grey
Gregory Peck
Thomas Mitchell
Vincent Price
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Walter Brennan
Mighty Mouse
Flying Cadets
Reynolds
R. S. Bosworth
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