Okinawa tank crews endure fierce fighting and fearsome chance encounters
Veterans like Lt D Lyles and platoon mates from Kansas City Waldron Dublin and Charleston recount rough days on Okinawa. They describe flamethrowers driving Japanese troops from cover, satchel charges and mortars exploding nearby, and the constant threat that kept men on edge. A gung ho sergeant named Albert Janik shares a personal war story as medics set up in a cave amid artillery fire.
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Omawa
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Hara Kiri” Mesa
D. Lyles
Kansas City
Lyles
Mara
Anks
Russell Hoover
Waldron
Mich
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Dublin
John Hamric
Charleston
W. Va
Clarence Lawley
San Francisco
Cleth Helms
Yale
Ernest Chaffin
Benton
Hara Kiri
Mesa
Pop
Albert Janik
Eagle Lake
Tex
John G. Smith
Detroit
Janik
Sgt. McKinley Cook Killed in Action in Germany
The family of Sgt. McKinley Huling Cook of Chesapeake learned last week he was killed in action in Germany on March 12. He had been missing before confirmation and served with the 4th Army's armored division. He enlisted in January 1942 and overseas duty began last December. He leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. BH. Cook and a brother Colburn. He attended East Bank High School before joining the Army.
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Chesapeake
McKinley Huling Cook
Germany
Armored
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Sgt
Boots
East Bank High School
Smith
Janik
Gen. Krueger
Leyte
James Muskrat
Glendale
Calif
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Los Angeles
Okinawa
James 5. Perdew
Lawrence Perdew
Three Mile
Nora Hamilton
Charles‘ton
Suh Marine Division
Perdew
Pacific
Matewan High T Dial
Mra
J. L. Perdew
Charles Maynard
Wit- Wiamenr
Souvenir Sale At West Virginia State Parks Planned
The West Virginia Conservation Commission said state parks will offer souvenirs this season including porcelain plaques with park cabin drawings and leather items. Thomas A. Fitzgerald was elected president of the Charleston Master Plumbers Association at a meeting at the Daniel Beane hotel, with Carl Casdorph as VP and John K. Matthews as secretary-treasurer. Plans to expand membership and a yearly program were set, with meetings on the first and third Fridays each month.
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Hilbert Deh
A. Fitzgerald
Thomas A. Fitzgerald
Charleston
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Daniel Beane
Carl Casdorph
John K. Matthews
Lake Hell
Charles Surbaugh
Service Journal Urges High Post For Eisenhower
The Army and Navy Journal argues Gen. Eisenhower should move into top international government roles after returning to Germany to lead the American group in the Allied control setup. It notes Marshal's stay as chief of staff and hints at possible assignments to joint or combined chiefs. It also discusses a Berlin three power meeting without a prior England stop and recalls Roosevelt and Churchill meeting Stalin beforehand.
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Japan
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Churchill
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Stalin
Legion District Meeting Convenes in Charleston
Legionnaires from 10 posts in West Virginia gather in Charleston for a district convention at Stonewall Jackson. About 302 delegates and alternates, chosen from 16 posts with 3500 members, discuss committee elections for the fall convent, and possible action on national delegate duties. District Commander Bernard Bess of Powellton Post 88 will preside. attendees include P E Kercheval of Kingwood, C A Buds Tesch, and Ray Burg of Piedmont. John Brawley Post 20 sends Dr M R Dixid as leading delegate.
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Bth
West Virginia
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson High School
Legion
National Convent
Bernard Bess
Powellton
P. E. Kerchevald
Kingwood
C. A.buds Tesch
Ray Burg
Piedmont
John Brawley
Dr. M. R. D Xid
More Yank Divisions Return Home From War
Paris reports the U S 5th Infantry Division ordered to embark for shipment home from Le Havre while the 2nd and 5th Divisions join assembly camps near Reims for July redeployment. Other units including the 20th and 22nd Field Artillery Battalions and the 18th Evacuation Hospital head home, with 11 divisions set for Pacific duty after furloughs.
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Assembly Area Command
Reims
United States
13Th Armored
List
22Nd
Avwih Field Artillery
A6th
97Th Infantry
High Seas
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Seeaion
Elkana Lodge
Knights of Petaun
Aachean League
Lycean
Navy Cadet Receives Eagle Scout Award in Vandalia
Navy Aviation Cadet Arthur L. Boggs was awarded the Eagle Scout honor at Vandalia Methodist church. Lt. Comdr. Samuel Austin presented the badge. Boggs, of South Charleston, enlisted July 1, 1944 in V-5, trained at Emory and Chapel Hill, and is a South Charleston High School graduate with a science award for an aerodynamics oration. He served in Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior CAP, and led Troop No. 3 Bor Scouts, South Charleston.
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Boy Scouts of America
Arthur L. Boggs
Vandalia Methodist Church
Samuel ¥. Austin
Anderson Boggs
South Charleston
Emory
Chapel Hill
N. c
South Charleston High School
Bosch- Lomb
Civil Air Patrol
Bor Scouts
Girl, 11, Killed by Train at Spring Hill Crossing
Margaret Eloise Cunningham eleven of Elk Two Mile was struck by Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No. 6 eastbound at Chestnut Street crossing Spring Hill and killed yesterday. She was visiting relatives with her brother Edward Cunningham. The body was taken to the Cunningham mortuary. survivors include two sisters Mrs Artie Chapman and Miss Geanetta Cunningham and three brothers Raymond Harold and Leonard In the Army.
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Spring Hill Crossing
Chesapeake and Ohio
Margaret Eloise Cunningham
Elk Two Mile
Chestnut St
Spring Hill
Delbert Cunningham
Edward Cunningham
Cun
War Bond Drive urged amid wartime home front call
Readers are urged to support the 7th War Bond Drive with immediate pledges to speed wartime materials. The appeal ties personal sacrifice to casualties overseas and promotes products like Sam-Flash, Melo, Yard cleansing cream, Dr. Scholl’s Lu-Pads, and Ry Krisp rye wafers as part of daily life during the campaign.
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Sam-Flash
Melo
Scholl
Drug
Department of Shoe Stores
Dr. Scholl
W. Schiller
Luncheon Menu Feature for salad passions and bold condiments
A lively luncheon idea centers on radishes salad greens and chili onion with a zesty Mustard with Horseradish dressing noted as a unique perker upper. The article promotes pairing bread and a chosen main with the horseradish mustard dressed sauce for a two in one kick.
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