Here's Your Infantry comes to Burr's Hill Park for war bond demo
A living show featuring 37 infantrymen and 2 officers titled Here's Your Infantry will stage a mock assault on a Jop pillbox at Burr's Hill Park Warren on June 6 at 8 pm to illustrate combat conditions and the value of the 7th War Loan bond drive. No bonds will be sold during the performance.
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Burr’s Hill Park
Warren
Bristol County
Carl Withereill
Bristol
Mr. Witherell
Bougainville
William’ J. Riley
Fred J. Jannitto
Fort Benning
U.S. Army
Miller Street
Pacific
Staff Sergeant Promotion At Camp Croft
M C Smith ITI now Staff Sergeant as announced by IRTC Public Relations Office. Before service he worked for Bristol Mfg Corp Bristol Rhode Island and now serves in A Company 39th LT Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Croft South Carolina.
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Camp Croft
S. C
Maurice C. Smith
MC. Smith III
High Street
Bristol
R. L
IRTC
Bristol Mfg Corp
R. I
39Th L.T
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Bristol Senior High Memorial Day Observance
Bristol Senior High School held its Memorial Day program in Colt Auditorium. The assembly opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and songs including The Vacant Chair Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There and My Buddy. Bertram W. Wall delivered the principal address. Taps were played by Joseph Carreira.
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Bristol Senior High School
Colt
Mr Wall
Buddy
Joseph Carreira
Confirmation at St Michael's Church led by Bishop Perry
The Rt Rev James DeWolf Perry bishop of Rhode Island will officiate at a Sunday evening service of Confirmation at 7 30 at St Michael's Church He will preach the sermon An instrumental trio Walter Angell Harriet Iaccolletti Ruth Moulton will perform before and during the offertory Ushers include H Marshall Williams Wesley Armstrong John Tuplin J Foster Price An informal reception in the Parish House follows the service with music and light refreshments The committee includes Mrs Frank A Rounds Mrs Frank Pardee Mrs Chester E Myers Mrs Arthur H Carr and Miss Evelyn C Bache
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James DeWolf Perry
Episcopal Diocese of
Rhode Island
St. Michael’s Church
Bishop Perry
Walter H Angell
Harriet Iacoletti
Ruth Moulton
H. Marshall Williams
Wesley A. Armstrong
John H. Tuplin
J. Foster Price
Frank A. Rounds
Frank Pardee
Chester E Myers
Arthur H Carr
Evelyn C. Bache
Last Bristol Boy Liberated From Germans
Pfc. Sylvester S. Silvia of Bristol was freed from a German prison camp and is en route home. His wife Kathryn LaFazia Silvia and family on 77 Oliver Street celebrate, with confirmation from government officials. Silvia had priorly been listed missing then prisoner of war after service in the West Indies and European theater.
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Pfc
Sylvester S. Silvia
Bristol
Kathryn LaFazia Silvia
Oliver Street
Pvt
Silvia
National Guard
West Indies
Charles A. Serbst
John Silvia
Wood Street
Gail
Bristol Senior High School
Bill
Sylvester
Bull
le Havre
Robert Bottomley
First Army
Robert
Lake Placid
William J. Conley
Pacific
Henry P.hambrick
Boston
Bergeron
25Th Infantry
Luzon
Russo
Flanders
Iwo Jima
Sergeant Manuel F. Silvia Promoted From Private First Class
Manuel F. Silvia formerly of the Downtown First National Store has been promoted to sergeant. He is stationed at the Reception Center Camp Beale California where he and fellow soldiers recently received the Good Conduct Medal from General Abbot in a dress parade at the camp.
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Manuel F. Silvia
First National
Sylvia
Camp Beale
Calif
General Abbot
Camp
Sgt Riccio Honorably Discharged Under New Army Points System
Sgt James F. Riccio son of Mr James Riccio 24 DeWolf Avenue was honorably discharged by the U S Army under the new point system. He served thirty five months in the China Burma India Theatre. The Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella will meet Monday at 8 PM at the K of C Hall State Street with a business session followed by a social chaired by Mrs Pauline Langello and a large accompanying group.
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James F. Riccio
James Riccio
DeWolf Avenue
U S. Army
Army
Riccio
China
Burma
India
Hope Circle
Daughters of
Isabella
State Street
Pauline Langello
Catherine Francis
Rose Ferreira
Margaret Ruggeiro
Margaret Morris
Frances Horton
Johanna McClure
Wedding Tomorrow in Warren Baptist Church
The wedding of Miss Virginia Elizabeth Cole daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles B Cole of Hope Street to Roger Scott Keith will take place tomorrow afternoon at four in the Baptist Church in Warren.
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Virginia Elizabeth Cole
Charles B. Cole
Hope Street
Roger Scott Keith
Baptist Church
Warren
Released prisoner recalls German captivity story
Pfc. William J. Bottomley described the capture chain from a German spy to the General Staff and recounted harsh wartime conditions. He said prisoners forfeited belongings and wore mixed uniforms, endured long marches and cold box cars, and faced executions for escapes. He noted morale shifts, homecoming hopes, and plans to reunite with fellow veterans.
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Pic
William Bottomley
General Staff
the Interior
William J. Bottomley
Pvt. Bottomley
Bill
Belgium
Bull
G.I
Red Cross
Posthumous Purple Heart Award for Anthony Perroni
Anthony Perroni, Lt. Sgt. Air Corps, killed in action after a Flying Fortress was shot down over Germany, receives the Purple Heart posthumously. Secretary Henry L. Stimson and General Henry H. Arnold sign the award and citation, with Perroni's family including brothers in service and a Washington street address noted.
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Guiseppe R. Perroni
Washington Street
Anthony R. Perroni
Henry L. Stimson
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Perroni
Germany
War Department
Rosario Perroni
Cpl
Pasquale Perroni
Stimson
Mr. Perroni
Anthony P. Perroni
Air Corps
Church Heads East Burial Ground Custodianship Committee
John W. Church to lead a Bristol Historical Society committee directing custodianship of the East Burial Ground. Members include Agnes Herreshoff Benjamin M. MacDougall Lucien Capone Gladys Paull Sebastian Bernard Jr Charles O. F. Thompson Robert J. Connery Mary Spooner. Town Council authorizes $2000 for maintenance. Committee meets next Thursday at 8 p.m. in Burnside Memorial Building Council Chambers.
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John W. Church
Old East Burial Ground
Anthony R. Parshley
The
Bristol Historical Society
Agnes Herreshoff
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Lucien Capone
Gladys Paull
Sebastian Bernard Jr
Charles O. F. Thompson
Robert J. Connery
Mary Spooner
Historical Society
Council Chambers
Burnside Memorial Building
Girl Scout Swim Night Planned at Hodgman Pool
Mariners under Skipper Barbara Huestis and mates Jane McKenna and Eleanor Gladding plan swimming tonight at Hodgman Pool Providence. They should take the 6:05 bus from Buffington's Drug Store. a movie will follow after swimming.
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Mariners
Reunion at the Union Station and returning troops
A family recalls a long awaited reunion at Union Station as a troop train arrives from the Pacific theater. They meet returning servicemen from New England and exchange stories of New Guinea Luzon and Iwo Jima and hear from Col. Borden and MP connections in Fall River.
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Providence
Union Station
California
Mother
New Guinea
Philippines
South Pacific
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M. C. Smith
ITI
John L Burke
Bertram W. Wall
American Legion
St. Michael's Church
Antonio Rodrigues
John Rodrigues
Bourn Street
Lana Turner
With James Craig
John Hodiak
Cartoon “Jerkey Turkey
Flying Cadets
Jim Bannon
Janis Carter
Lum and
Abner
Burton Hale
Florence Lake
Grady Sutton
Dick Elliott
Janet Gaynor
Fredric March
Adolphe Menjou
May Robson
Andy Devine
Pete Smith
March of Time
Memo
Britain
Agg
Purple Heart
East Burial Ground
Hope Hardware
Belvedere
HOPE
Girl Scout
Wallace Motors
Okstinas
Phoenix
Arizona
Roanoke
New York
Devens
Keene, N. H
Col. Borden
Fall River
Fall Riv
Lother
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