Army departments observe 169th anniversaries at Camp McCoy
The La Crosse Tribune notes Army Medical Corps Chaplains and the Judge Advocate General’s office mark the 169th anniversary week at Camp McCoy. Post surgeon Col David Robeson praises medical corps efforts while Chaplain Ewert recalls 1775 statute giving chaplains a defined role. Maj George Novak describes expanded post liability authority and post administration of justice for military personnel.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Army Departments
Army Medical
David L. Robeson
Medical Corps
Continental Congress
George Washington
Arthur F. Ewert
George Novak
Judge Advocate General
McCoy
Maj
Novak
24 War Vets Working At Camp McCoy
Twenty four veterans with prior WWI or WWII service work at Camp McCoy under Col. George M. MacMullin. Maj. Stanley Kaufman and John F. Burke report 36 civilian veterans also employed. The group includes Lt Col William Croty of Tomah and ex-private Howard E. Sanders of Sparta who serves as a messenger in the Clothing and Equipment Repair shop. Sanders, with Combat service in the 347th Infantry, will turn 18 soon and hopes to rejoin the army.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George M. MacMullin
Stanley Kaufman
John F. Burke
England
William Croty
Milwaukee Street
Tomah
Camp Mills
N. Y
Quartermaster Corps
Howard E. Sanders
Arthur L. Sanders
Sparta
Sanders
347Th Infantry
87Th Infantry
Camp Robinson
Ark
McCoy Service Forces Extends Day To Add Backlog Hours
Col George M MacMullin, post commander, announces a longer workday from 7:30 PM to handle a backlog of operations. The order bars leaves of absence except for exceptional circumstances and grants three day passes and furloughs for Army Service Forces personnel until further notice. Brecken Somervell endorses the circular.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Sennel
George M. MacMullin
Army Service
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Seriously Wounded On Saipan July 17
Eulgen entered service in February 1943 and left for training in Hawaii three months later. His brother Pfc Robert Bulgen is also serving in the South Pacific.
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Saipan
Eulgen
Hawaii
Pfc
Robert Bulgen
South Pacific
Four Sparta Sailors Meet in South Pacific
Sparta Wis residents recall home as four Sparta sailors, including Robert Kiefer, 20, radio operator third class, talk from the South Pacific. Kiefer, a July 1942 enlistee, trained in radar, served seven months before overseas deployment, based in Honolulu. He and fellow sailors Bob and Gordon exchange greetings and letters from Saipan sieges. they stay with Lieut Cmdr. Harry Stutter when ashore.
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Sparta
Wis
Home
San Diego
San Francisco
Kiefer
Honolulu
Harry Stutter
Stutter
CCC
Montgomery Street
Soldier Edwin Anderson Wounded in France During WWII
Sgt Edwin K Anderson has been wounded in France, reported to his wife Luella Brodhead and mother Mrs Tollef Anderson of Redmound Wisconsin He joined the army in June 1942 after training at Camp Pickett Camp Blanding Camp Forest and Camp Phillips He worked at a La Crosse filling station before enlisting and his farm home is near Retreat Wisconsin He married in December 1943 at Camp Phillips.
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Edwin K. Anderson
France
Luella Brodhead
Tollef Anderson
Redmound
Wis
Anderson
Camp Pickett
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Forest Tenn
Anderson Camp
Veteran Marine On Furlough Returns To Sparta Home
Pfc. Eldon L. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder, arrived on furlough in Sparta, the first visit home since June 1941. A Tarawa veteran of the Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps, he shared kept souvenirs including a Japanese belt buckle and a pistol diagram. His unit earned the presidential citation.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Eldon L. Snyder
Roy Snyder
South Court Street
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps
Ettrick Soldier Wounded Head Wounds From Shrapnel
Pfc. Hiram Haugen, 22, of Ettrick, hospitalized with head wounds after shrapnel pierced his helmet while in North Africa. He writes to his wife Lillie Solberg of French Creek. Also noted are Tech. Sgt. Clayton Olsen released from Camp Claiborne. Lieut. (jg) Norman Fries headed to San Luis Obispo for naval refresher duties. Fries previously taught in Galesville high school.
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Norman Fries
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Naval
California Polytechnic College
Fries
Adeline Redsten
Norman Harold II
Lieut. Fries
Galesville High School
Bond sales soar past half million at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin reports war bond sales exceed 500000 this week with cash purchases totaling 126220 and increases to old allotments. Capt Lottie Whitesel post bond officer and Capt on Kress 76th division bond officer say civilian and military cash sales exclude 76th division have reached 218625.25 and more units remain to report.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Lottie Whitesel
Kress
76Th Division
Hepcat with a flair for business serves in 304th Infantry
Sgt. Arthur W. Young of CAMP McCOY leads three musical groups in the 304th Infantry including a reorganized drum and bugle corps and a dance orchestra. He built a renowned regimental band that performs for the unit. A Massachusetts native, he studied economics and sociology, worked in insurance and a credit bureau, and now resides in Oklahoma City after starting his army career at Ft. Devens.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
304Th Infantry
Arthur W. Young
304Th
Sgt. Young
Massachusetts State College
North Hampton Business College
Springfield
Greenfield
Mass
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ft. Devons
76Th
Fort. Meade
Pearl Harbor hero promoted to captain in England
Lieut. James R. Hartley, stationed in England, has been promoted to captain. He flew a B-24 Liberator as wing leader after going overseas in May. Hartley trained at Lake Field and in Phoenix, and attended La Crosse State Teachers College before enlisting in 1940. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hartley of Onalaska.
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Pearl Harbor
James R. Hartley
England
Hartley
Lakefield
Phoenix
Ariz
la Crosse State Teachers College
W. T. Hartley
Route 1
Onalaska
Hired as Kindergarten Teacher At State School
Sparta Wisconsin announces that Mrs Mabel James of Neillsville is engaged as kindergarten teacher at the state school. She trained at Stevens Point normal. Miss Marjorie Mueller resigns from home economics teaching. positions for other teachers remain filled by Nettie Steel Maria Gran Lila Hahn Mary Pfiefer Earl Zeppelin and William Rye with Steel guiding some upper grades.
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Tribune Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wit
D. Lehman
Mabel James
Neillsville
James
Stevens Point Normal
Marjorie Mueller
Nettie Steel
Maria Gran
Lila Hahn
Mary Pfiefer
Earl Zeppelin
Postal Card Delivered After A 30 Years Wait
A postal card mailed in May 1914 from White Sulphur Springs finally reached Mr. and Mrs. George Bruckert in Wilsall after 30 years. A relative accepted the delivery since the original recipients had long died.
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Wilsall
Mont
White Sulphur Springs
George Bruckert
Brucketts
Memorial services for Pfc Strangstalien of Westby
Memorial services will be Sunday afternoon at Young Church in Westby for Pfc Gordon Wayne Strangstalien born February 11 1942 inducted March 15 1943. He trained at Camp Roberts Fort Benning and Fort Meade overseas to North Africa and Italy mainly at Anzio and was killed in action May 23 1944. He leaves parents five sisters Beverly Lucille Dorothy Arlene Verlyn three brothers Robert Roger Larry and grandfather Julius Strangstalien.
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Westby
Wis
Gordon Wayne Strangstalien
Young Church
Strangstalien
Army
Camp Roberts
Calif
Fort Benning
Fort Strangstalien
George G. Meade
North Africa
Italy
Anzio
Stranstalien
Beverly
Lucille
Dorothy
Arlene
Verlyn
Robert
Roger
Larry
Julius Strangstalien
Leaves Baby With Girl Whose Name She Does Not Know
Jer ry Lewis a 21 month old son of Corp and Mrs Goldsby Lewis was left with an unknown nurse on a train at Sparta Wisconsin. The mother May Lewis traveled from Birmingham Alabama to Camp McCoy for the 76th Infantry Division and through a misstep the nurse who offered to mind the baby rode ahead leaving the child on the platform. Railroad staff later arranged transport and the mother reunited with Jerry in Sparta at the USO.
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Sparta
Wis
Jerry
Corp
Goldsby Lewis
U Here
May Lewis
Camp McCoy
Birmingham
Ala
Corp. Lewis
76Th Infantry Division
McCoy
Chicago
Mysterious 41 by 58 Inch Horned Oddity On Display
Hokah Minnesota special notes an unusual object in a hardware show window. Viewers debate whether it is petrified wood or a mammoth tusk found eight feet underground in Thompson creek by Russel and Quentin Holliday. They plan to send a piece to the Historical society for study.
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Hokah, Minn
Hokah
Thompson Creek
Russel
Quentin Holliday
The
Historical Society
Holmen Man Promoted Corporal in Air Transport Command
Pfc. Lucien Stremcha of Holmen Wisconsin has been promoted to corporal in the Army Air Forces. He enlisted October 17 1942 and trained at Miami Beach Lowry Field and Houston Air Base before serving in the British Isles with the European Division of the USAAF Air Transport Command for 14 months where he now works as a clerk in the Engineering section. The ATC European Division handles the trans Atlantic air supply and mail to support Allied operations in Europe.
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AIR Transport Command
Great Britain
Lucien Stremcha
Wenzel Stremcha
Holmen
Wis
Army Air Force
Corp
Strembha
Miami Beach
Fla
Lowry Field
Colo
Houston Air Base
Maine
British Isles
USAAF
Europe
ATC
United States
Stremcha
Evinrude Outboard Motor Co
F. H. A. Meeting Set at Holmen High School
The F. H. A. will meet at Holmen high school in New Amsterdam Wis on August 8. All members are urged to attend as officers will be elected.
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New Amsterdam
Wis
Holmen High School
Radio Programs and Schedules Across Networks 1944
Radio Today NBC CBS BLU MBS WKBH listings for August 6 1944 detail morning to late night programs with show times including NBCs Concerts Philharmonic Dorsey and Tremayne Silvery schedule entries across NBC CBS BLU MBS and WKBH stations. Major daily items include Crime Doctor Magazine Theater Life of Riley and The Pacific Story among others.
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NBC
Leopold Spitaing
NBC Symphony
Tommy Dorsey
Sophie Tucker
Gracie Pields
Les Tremayne
CBS
Baltimore
N. Y
Milt Berie
Mary Small
Paul Whiteman
Basin Street
MBS
Green Valley
Janet Beecher
WKBH
Voice of the Dairy Farmer
Westinghouse
Alwaukee Road
Manhattan
Thomas Peluso
Orchestra
Two Sparta Families Send Seven Sons and One Daughter to War
In Sparta Wisconsin, two North Street homes the Nelle Finch residence at 318 and the Paul Kewit home at 302 boast seven Finch sons and one Finch daughter plus three Kewit children in service. Maj Harold G Finch 40 leads a long service record with overseas duty in England the Philippines and now California. His siblings serve across the armed forces including coast guard cook Robe rt Davis Finch and others in England Texas and Europe. The Kewits display four family stars for service including Hattie Schultz Willard Schultz Kenneth Kewit and Harold Kewit with deployments from Carlsbad to the Southwest Pacific.
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Sparta
Wis
North Street
Nellie Finch
Paul Kewitt
Finch
Harold G. Finch
Braverman
England
Philippines
Sacramento
Calif
Air Corps
Rachel Brown
Chippewa Falls
Gordon Finch
San Antonio
Tex
Michigan
Lewis Braverman
Jessie
Fresno
San Francisco
Cal
Kewitt
Pfc
Hattie Schultz
Carlsbad
N. M
Corp
Willard Schultz
Fort Fisher
N. C
Kewit
Kenneth Kewit
Harold Kewit
Signal Corps
Southwest Pacific
Charles H Masters Earns Commission
Sparta Wisconsin reports Second Lieut Charles H Masters son of H J Masters of 314 Spring Street has received his commission after completing the army quartermaster school at Camp Lee Virginia He returns to Camp Lee for assignment with his wife Helen Hoffman accompanying him Masters enlisted in November 1942 and previously was stationed at Fort Francis E Warren in Cheyenne Wyoming for officers candidate school
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Sparta
Wis
Charles H. Masters
H. J. Masters
Spring Street
Masters
Army Quartermaster School
Camp Lee
Helen Hoffman
Vember
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Speech and Hearing Clinic Planned in Viroqua
A free state first of its type speech and hearing clinic is set for August 22 and 23 at Viroqua high school. Four Department of Public Instruction staff will run tests for Vernon county children while parents may consult psychologists. Miss Dorothy Webster, Vernon county nurse, can provide further details.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua High School
Department of Public Instruction
Vernon County
Dorothy Webster
Cemetery Society to Meet in August
The Brice Prairie cemetery society will meet with Mrs. Daniel Freeman at her Midway home on August 11 in New Amsterdam Wisconsin.
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New Amsterdam
Wis
Brice Prairie Cemetery Society
Daniel Freeman
Midway
Wounded in France Forces Stovey Family Notice
Ferryville Wisconsin special report says Pfc. Idor O. Stovey was wounded in action in France on July 14 after two years overseas. He left the United States August 6. His parents Mr and Mrs Hans Stovey received the War Department telegram.
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Ferryville
Wis
Hans Stovey
War Department
Pfc
Idor O. Stovey
France
States
Grove Sergeant Is In England
M. Sgt. Clair V. Cummings of Soldiers Grove Wisconsin serves as chief clerk for his quartermaster unit at an Eighth Air Force bomber station in England. He handles requisitions for essential items and has completed two years in the European theater after leaving Prairie du Chien’s Peoples State Bank in 1942.
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Eighth Aaf
England
Eighth Air Force
Germany
France
Clair V. Cummings
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Cummings
Quartermaster Corps
Former Caledonian Receives Purple Heart
Pvt. Leo J. Privett, son of Mr and Mrs Nick Privett former Caledonia residents now Hokah, Minnesota, has been awarded the Purple Heart. He entered service August 12 1943 and went overseas in March 1944 at age 19. He has never been home on furlough and reports shrapnel wounds in his leg but is recovering.
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Caledonia
Minn
Leo J. Privett
Nick Privett
Hokah
Privett
Army items on sale at McCoy prompts bid invitation
Vast quantities of kindling and cordwood have been placed on sale at Camp McCoy. An invitation to bid for the purchase of materials no longer serviceable for army use was announced this week by Col. George M. MacMullin, post commander.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George M. MacMullin
Rushford Man Killed In Action
Sgt. Herbert Dragvold 26 of Rushford Minn was killed in action in France on July 10 his parents received word Saturday morning a letter he wrote July 4 arrived July 17 He was inducted Jan 14 1942 trained at Camp Wolters and Fort Bragg went overseas with the first convoy in fall 1942 took part in Africa and Sicilian campaigns returned to England December 1943 began training for D day He was Rushford s first invasion casualty He was born April 30 1918 in Highlang Prairie moved to Rushford in 1933 Survivors include five sisters Mrs Milton Knut Mrs Lester Larson Mrs Bernard Ryan Mrs Gilbert Peterson and Mrs Veuny Dragwold and one brother Pfc James with a San Francisco APO address.
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Rushford
Minn
Herbert Dragvold
France
John Dragvold
Camp Wolters
Tex
Fort Bragg
N. C
England
Africa
Highlang Prairie
Milton Knut
Whalan
Lester Larson
Bernard Ryan
Wounded Italian Front Soldier Visits Independence Home
Pfc. Marcel Pampuch, wounded in Italy on January 7, 1943, spends a 21 day furlough with his mother Mrs. Valeria Pampuch in Independence. Inducted March 29, 1942 at Milwaukee, he served in Anzio and was wounded in the right leg. He wears the Purple Heart and ribbons for good conduct and European and American theaters. He will return to Schich General Hospital in Clinton, Iowa for surgery. His brothers Roman and Paul are also in service.
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Independence
Wis
Marcel Pampuch
Italy
Valeria Pampuch
Pampuch
Mila
Anzio
Schich General Hospital
Clinton
Corp. Roman
Cooke
Calif
Pfc
Paul
France
Dates Set for Clayton County Fair in McGregor Iowa
The 83rd Clayton County Fair will run August 29 to September 1 ten miles southwest of McGregor. Floyd Lau, secretary, announces a new home talent show by an all-county cast under Mrs. Carleton Fiete of Garnaville and a saddle horse show as part of this year’s program.
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Mcgregor
National
Floyd Lau
Carleton Fiete
Garnaville
Lau
Repair And Remodel Church At Marquette
Residents of St. Mary parish in Marquette restore the church hall into a worship space. The Rev ers, new St. Mary’s pastor, designed an altar and parish men built kneeling benches and other fittings. Masses are held daily at Marquette and nearby Mc Gregor churches.
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Marquette, In
St. Parish
Marquette
Hall
Revers
St. Mary’s
McGregor
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