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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1945
Page
7
Navy entry lists Roy Langworthy 2/c with new address at 3414 83 81 and Fleet Post Office San Francisco California aboard the USS Rutilicus AK113. Indicates update to mailing details for personnel aboard.
Sgt. Rex Cookson returns from forty months overseas in the Pacific and will report for duty at Percy Jones Hospital on October 1 after spending furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cookson and other relatives.
Pvt Robert Kleinhardt returns on a 30 day furlough from a hospital in England after eight months overseas. He meets brother Royal for first time since Pearl Harbor furlough. They visit parents Rev and Mrs Chag Kleinhardt in Detroit with Mrs Robert Kleinhardt.
Pvt Stanley Parish 36492994 of Go. K 3 Bn 1st Repl Rst Fort Riley Kansas has a new address listed.
Private Stanley E Crum receives a new forwarding address 36938650 Inf Co BE ist Plt APO 21244 c/o Postmaster San Francisco California per military mail advisory.
S/Sgt Bill Foell has been promoted to Technical Sergeant. He is somewhere in the Pacific as his parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Foell, received word of the promotion.
Pfc. Lyman Perkins arrived in the United States August 31 aboard the Queen Elizabeth to spend a thirty four day furlough at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Perkins in this city. He served three years and four months in the U S Infantry with over a year in England France and Germany and earned three bronze battle stars on his ETO ribbon.
Arthur H. Johnson Q M 2/c spends twenty seven day leave with parents in Saginaw after two years in service with fourteen and a half months overseas in the Marionas Philippines and Okinawa. He holds American Theater Asiatic Theater and Philippines campaign ribbons with three bronze stars. Pvt Elmo Siel on thirty day furlough visits family before joining wife in Kalamazoo and reporting to a Kentucky camp. He served over four years with eight months in Scotland England France and Germany.
Chaplain Chester W Egert, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, received the Bronze Star for meritorious service with the 1141st Engineer Combat Group in Holland and Germany from November 8, 1944 to April 25, 1945. He consistently assisted troops from the front lines, held multiple services, aided the wounded, and helped evacuate casualties during the Roer River crossing and subsequent actions.
Pie Paxton recounts a battlefield trip to Dachau Concentration Camp near Munich, Germany, describing the gate, barracks, guards, and overcrowded prisoner housing. He notes the brutal executions, a Polish Jewish guide who lost family, crematorium capacity, and the shocking realities witnessed during World War II.
A visitor describes Dachau concentration camp facilities including a gas chamber, cremation rooms, and mass graves. He recalls gas deaths, incinerator heaps, and the gruesome cleanliness slogans, noting hospital abuses and guesswork on the 160000 victims. The letter ends with personal family news and a sales plug from Clare Sentinel.
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