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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1944

Page

6

Men and Women in the Service

A long list of service members with commissions, trainings, leaves, and travels across the United States and overseas. Lt. Marvin E. Andrews receives a second lieutenant commission at Williams Field Arizona and heads to Fresno for further training. Others include Lt. Charles S. Knox Jr and Lt. Charles S. Knox Jr and multiple sailors and air corps personnel on leave or stationed at Farragut Idaho Camp Campbell Kentucky Camp Lee Virginia and overseas postings in Italy and the South Pacific.

Marvin E. Andrews Wendl Andrews Toddville Williamsfield Chandler Ariz Fresno Calif Robert L. McLaud Santa Rosa Diana Kay Third Street Charles S. Knox, Jr Army Air Corps San Marcos Texas Charles S&s. Knox Pleasant Drive Roswell N. M Knox Coe College Iowa State College Ames Needham Young Shipfitter B Avenue NW Charles Young Seventh Avenue Young Farragut Idaho Stanley James Camp Lee Cpl. James Walter H. James Eighth Avenue SW Army York Clara B. Main Army Signal Corps Florence D. C O. N. Main Cedar Rapids Helen Main Army Nurse Corps Jefferson Barracks Joseph L. Main Army Medical Corps Gulfport Miss Lowryfield Denver Colo Mildred Greer Edwin Qr. Kuba Camp Scott Second Street Kuba Anna B. Kuba Mallory Street Lyle E. Fuller A. J. Fuller F Avenue Army Air Force Navigation School Hondo Lt. Fuller Ardmore Okla University of Iowa Air Corps Reserve Cedar Falls Hemet James E. Lundstrom Camp Adair Ore J. B. Lundstrom Center Point Road Robert E. Glass Camp Dodge Sheppardfield Twentyninth Street Harlan L. Endsley Elizabeth Ellen Hanna Chicago W. M. Endsley Fourth Avenue Sgt Endsley Langley Field James A. Endsley Camp Cooke Fort Knox

Treanor's Plane Suffers A Breakdown in Air

Treanor describes a Liberator bound for ASABLANCA as the sorriest ship he has ridden. He complains the decrepit plane belongs in a glue factory and recounts a 13 day “rejuvenation” effort that failed. On takeoff today the aircraft had a severe multi part failure at 100 feet, wheels, flaps, instruments, and engine trouble.

Asablanca Liberator Col Nick Necrason Necrason Dalene Bailey R. W. Baird James R. Barton Herman Glick R. W. Ober R. A. Whistle Roger Italy Casablanca Col. Necrason

Invasion Defenses Described by Repatriate Nazi Witness

Ralph E Heinzen reports from Baden Baden and New York on German Atlantic wall defenses. He describes 6,000 fixed cannons, 3,000 mobile guns, millions of mines, flame throwers and a three-tier anti invasion system from Spain to Finland, with a reinforced Siegfried line along the Rhine.

Atlantic Wall Germany Ralph E. Heinzen U.P France Baden Baden Heinzen New York Gripsholm Ralph Europe Erwin Rommel Spain Finland Rhine Hendaye Hague Netherlands Petsamo Petsa~mo Picardy Somme Flanders Argonne Strasbourg Mediterranean Alps Pyrenees Maxime Weygand Syria China Brittany Brest Morlaix

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Donald Krumm Marine Air Corps South Pacific Fred Krumm K Street Donald RK. Zamastil Camp Campbell Highland Drive William Zamastil Fairax Robert L. Novak A. J. Novak N Street SW Bakersfield Stockton Fourteenth Avenue St Melvin G. Kuba John F. Kuba Hamilton Street L. J. Blaylock Salina Kan Joseph Blaylock Walford Robert Tech William Rankin G. E. Rankin Ninth Street George H. Cisler Seabees Pearl Harbor Eighth Avenue George E. Buck Georer E. Buck Edward Ivan Bys Maxwell Field Ala Floyd R. Shaffer Indiantown Gap A. L. Shaffer Hinkley Avenue Gordon Zumwalt Aberdeen Proving Ground LT. Andrews Treanor Tom Treanor Tom Trennor Dachshund Col. Necrasson Casey Tarawa Gilberts United States Marine Corps Tarawa Island Gilbert Atoll Navy Cassino Fifth Army Poland Rumania Erates Russia Qcherkasy Carpathians Ukraine Dniester Carpathian Mountains Romania Marine Corps Robert Hanson Newtonville Mass Donald Aldrich Harold Spears Irontown Ohio Chow 20Th Street Second Avenue New York City Pvt Harold Peters Wayne Maureen Passaic River Passaic N. J Burma Philip G. Cochran TH Ledless Picher Aike Clifford Duffty All Stars Rensselaer, NY Me‘zomun Aubiay Ifo OH Powyer HLM Zuqian Lanai
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