Home front notes from Huron servicemen in North Africa
Readers catch up with Huron servicemen in the North African theater. Meet Ken King as mess sergeant and Francis Murphy as head cook while others, including Bill Peterson’s son Melvin Therkelsen, are listed among the crew. Reports describe Australia’s scenery, local life, and wartime postings news about missing Pyll Chaney Harris, and families awaiting Purple Heart awards for Capt James A. Boyd.
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O.K
Huron
Bill Peterson
Melvin ‘Therkelson
Bud, Mediger
Hole
Virgil Olson
Ravine Lake
Mabel
Joe
Lido
Kenneth “King
Francis Murphy
Corp
George C. Johnson
North Africa
Australia
Tve
Pyll Chaney Harris
Don Boyd
Berkeley
Cal
James A. Boyd
Jerry” Stablein
AAA
Vatter
South Pacific
Maryland
J . Edwards
Atlantic
Cific
Mediterranea
Forts
Richard
E. Hanson
Fark Crecelius
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Claude Oakes
Gettysburg
Steve Acheson
Renner
Adrian Nelson
Rupert McDowell
Alton Nanson
Kenneth Glaze
Bill Picotte
Russ Bullis
Kenneth Fisher
Wessington
Vernon Angerhofer
Aberdeen
Orrin Crider
Gene Sawinsky
Clinton Rearick
Aament
Potter
Ford Sales and Service
A. M. Urquhart
Ford Garage
Dak
Samaritan
J.S. Tschetter, M.D
Fellows
Wilson-Barber Auto Company
Ord Sw
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Ill
Two
Dakotas
Huron Lumber Company
Devoe “Paints
Pat
R. A. Buchanan
School Supplies
Kiel Bros., Inc
One
Alli Marvin Hughitt
Mel Pederson
HUS Soldier North American Creameries
Huron, SO
The
Thannrmed Service
United States
South Dakota
McKinley
Lincoln
Mre. Wt
Mulligan
Lincoln School
Pation
Dakota Aviation CO
W. Howes Airport
Huron, S. D
Beach & Dickinson Company
Victory Expositions, Inc
M’s Auditorium
J. S. Tschetter
Tocal Committee
Man of the Ported
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Sprague School of Nursing
J. C. Shirley
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Army
Navy Nurses Corps
Red Cross
Berg's Style Shop
Huron College
Shirley
College
Huron Clinic
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Home Front News
Sunnyside
Ray ‘Kaminski
I Diego
J. J. Woodruff
Ft. Sill
Okla
Barton
Holim
Army Air Corps
George ‘Theimer
San Diego
Ft. Leonard
Farming
Sie
Huron College News Corner
Lillian Thorson
Chicago
Mary Belle Smith
Greensboro College
Greensboro
N. C
Thorson
Columbia College of Speech and Radio
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
University of Colorado
University of Wisconsin
Ella Litchfield
University of Minnesota
Huron Library
Lake Byron
Beadle County Commissioners
Gamble's Store
Best
Wagner
Weir
Hurst’s
S.W
Northwest College of Commerce
South Dakotas
J. F. Anderson Co
DELCO
Overstas
Bauman’s
S. W
Jack’s Market Meats
Ane
Wrmoris
Merker
Smith
Texaco
Royal Liquor Store
J.M. Stiver Hardware
Dakota South
Rock Wool Insulation
Gust. Jacobson Construction Company
Huron Furnace Co
Wise
Tredway.& Siem Sporting Goods
Marvin Hughitt
Huron Lodge 444
P.S
Tabor
National War Fund
Labor Temple
Central Labor Union
M. E. Weinberg
Minneapolis
Labor League For Human Rights
Jacobson
Company of Hurons
Simpson Insulating Company
Sioux City
J. Lang
Board of ‘Education
Jefferson
Wilson
Simpson
Av Veteran' Huron
Ae Aetanent 5
Shite
Seo Tekao System
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