Frish Delman Bowers wins Bronze Star for Siegburg action
Technical Sergeant Frish Delman L. Bowers of the 59th infantry battalion earns the Bronze Star for heroic effort at Siegburg Germany April 10. He made repeated river crossings to aid non swimmers and moved equipment under heavy fire. Also noted is Technician Fifth Grade Dean E. Frish of the Third Army medical detachment in Germany earning a Bronze Star for aiding a wounded man under fire while repairing a foot bridge. Other local military notes include Darrell McCreedy completing naval hospital corps school training in Idaho and stationed in Oregon, Marcel C. Worthen promoted to private first class after participation in Iwo Jima, Arthur B. Rudin returning to California from visit, James A. Emery arriving for funeral in New Hartford.
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Delman L. Bowers
59Th Infantry
Siegburg
Germany
Bever Avenue
Bowers
O. J. Bowers
Toddville
Dean E. Frish
Third Army
E. L. Frish
Lincoln Height
Frish
McKinley High School
Coe College
Darrell McCreedy
Ray McCreedy
First Street
Naval Hospital Corps School
Farragut
Idaho
Corvallis
Ore
Marcel C. Worthen
Marine Corps
Fifth Avenue
Pfc
Worthen
Iwo Jima
Third Marine Division
South Pacific
First Lady Not Used To Swinging Bottles
Washington Mrs Harry S Truman christened an army and a navy hospital evacuation plane at the national airport swinging champagne bottles 10 times on the army craft and two on the navy ship She told a radio audience the planes financed by war bond sales would be sent on errands of mercy to troops overseas and show US support The ceremony drew generals senators and representatives applause
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Washington
INS
Harry S. Truman
Army
National
Senate
House
Mrs. Truman
No Senate Treaty Action Before Fall
Washington report says the Senate abandoned prospects of debating a world treaty before fall. Congress may take a summer recess and send a foreign relations subcommittee to Europe to study options.
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Senate
Washington
Europe
Chicago Hails Clark and His Fifth Army Parade
Gen Mark W Clark and 52 Fifth Army heroes arrived in Chicago for a homecoming after routing the Nazis in Italy. Clark praised allies from Poland to the 92nd Division, urged focus on the Pacific theater and called for victory over Japan as he kissed his wife in front of city crowds.
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Chicago
Clark
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Fifth Army
United States
Kelly
Grant Park
Europe
92Nd
Pacific
Japan
RAAF pilots fly with jungle knife strapped to leg
Royal Australian Air Force pilots reportedly wear a jungle knife strapped to a leg during operations. The safety feature is cited as aiding survival in remote terrain.
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Royal Australian Air Force
Pattern War Nurse Symbol From Photo Emerges
In Pocatello Idaho AP reports a Navy photograph of Lt Evelyn Bachelor a local nurse who escaped death aboard the hospital ship U S S Comfort is being proposed as a lasting symbol of wartime nursing A Kansas physician urges the image be used as a national emblem The photo shows Bachelor in a Western Pacific cemetery with an American flag over fallen army nurses corps members and was miscredited to the Associated Press
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Pocatello, Idaho
U. S. Navy
Evelyn Bachelor
Pocatello
U. S. S. Comfort
Kansas
Bachelor
Western Pacific
Army Nurses Corps
Asso
Cedar Rapids Gazette May 31 193
Front page item outlines local news briefs and notices. The Gazette reports developments in Cedar Rapids and surrounding area with brief summaries of events, civic updates, and upcoming community happenings.
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Cedar Rapids
Incomplete Navy Photo Prompted Nurse Reference
A misread AP caption from yesterday cites Dr. Blair Points of Independence Kansas suggesting a photograph "typifies the Asernan nurse." Lt Bachelor was at the allegacy section when the Comics ’46 struck by a bomber. The patient later died in the blast.
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Blair
Points of Independence
Kan
Paul V. Nash
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Bachelor
Alter
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Garden Drive
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Wilmer
Iy Morty
Nabisco
Niagara Falls
Wabisco
National Biscuit Company
NY Fontgomery Ward
Rayon
Shentung
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
Dial
Tinmabie
Cole
Second Street
IWO
WARDS
America
Hollander
Sway
Montgomery Ward
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