Men and Women IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
Army air corps airman Pf e Joseph L. Toms earned his wings at Buckingham field Fort Myers Florida after gunnery school. He visits his parents at 1346 4 Avenue NE as brothers Lt M Toms and Sgt Jack Toms serve, with another brother killed in 1942. Others listed include Straka Mitchell Pesina Boland Vizal Miller Jelinek Day Bain and several promoted or transferred in the Pacific and at bases in Texas Nebraska New Guinea and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Joseph L. Toms
Army Air Corps
Buckingham Army Air Field
Fort Myers
Fla
C. W. Toms
4 Avenue NE
Coggan High School
Toms
M. Toms
Tucson
Ariz
Jack Toms
C. W
John Paul Pesina, Jr
Pacific
John Paul Pesina
Twenty-second Avenue
Pesina
William Pesina
San Diego
Calif
Gilbert van Antwerp
Eagle Mt. Lake
Fort Worth
Texas
Marine Air Field
Beaumont
Thirty-fifth Street
Albert Puckhaber
New Guinea
Helen
Eighth Avenue
Charles M. Boland
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Thomas E. Boland
Strawberry Point
Louis Jandl
Fifth Street
Boland
Aberdeen
Tom Vizal, Jr
Maxton Laurenburg Army Air Base
Maxton
N. C
Douglas Aircraft
Long Beach
Troop Carrier Command
Tom Vizal
Third Street
Gale R. Miller
K. E. Miller
Fourth ‘Avenue
Army
Scottfield
Ill
Army Air Forces Training Command
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Camp Dodge
Lincoln
Neb
South Pacific
Frank Jelinek
Fort Sill
Okla
Charles Jelinek
James L. Ryan, Jr
Army Air Base
Lakefield
Phoenix
James L. Ryan
Sixth Avenue
John D. Day
Gulfport
Miss
New Orleans
C Avenue
Arthur A. Bain
U. S. Navy
B. L. Bain
West Coast
Bain
Washington, D. C
Naval Research Laboratory
Benjamin L. Bain
England
Pvt
Harold Bain
Quartermaster Corps
California
Edward Bain
Fort Geoge Meade
Steaks to be Free of Points Under New Ration Plan
Washington sources say steaks and roasts from utility grades will be ration-free starting August 13 with hams and pork loins returning to ration lists. By September 1 the better commercial beef grades also become point-free, easing retail availability amid a WFA-OPA dispute settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
WFA
OPA
Fred M. Vinson
James F. Byrnes
Vinson
WEA
Airline Seeks Cedar Rapids Extension for C R Service
Mid-Continent Airlines filed an amendment to its Civil Aeronautics Board application to extend Cedar Rapids service with direct Chicago and Milwaukee links and multiple daily flights. The plan adds several feeder routes connecting Cedar Rapids to Des Moines Milwaukee Twin Cities Des Moines and Kansas City plus a Waterloo north route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mid-Continent Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
Milsuber Des Moines
Kansas v
J. W. Miller
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Rockford
Twin Cities
Waterloo
Rochester
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Hibbing
Mankato
Omaha
Yankton
Huron
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
War in hedgerows marks sergeants war in Normandy
West Point officer wounded at St Lo analyzes hedgerow combat in Normandy. He says fire and movement, follow up after artillery, and aggressive assaults drive German forces hidden in hedges. Troops learned to shoot when no target visible and to coordinate advances with barrages amid dispersed German small bands.
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St. Lo
Normandy
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Robert Louis Straka
Louis H. Straka
Ridgeway Drive
Aviation Machinist
Memphis
Alex J. Mitchell
Seaman
Farragut
Idaho
Daniels Street
Paul Gordon
Camp Polk
H Street
Mrs
Hersch Gordon
First Street
Morris Plan
C.R
Transportation
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Tom Treanor
Gazette
Ospital
B. H. Rice
D.O
J. B. Crossley
Optician
Tru-Site Optical CO
Third ST. SE
Iowa Theater
Ed Coe
Lila
TRU
Zenith
Bert H. Rice
Newman
Lanket
Chatham
Lambsdown
Sutton
Marley
Blanket
Woolwich