Navy Flyer Credited With Four Jap Zeros In South Pacific
Ensign Donald E. Hicks credited with four enemy aircraft in seven months of South Pacific operations. He shot down two Zeroes and two bombers, earned the Air Medal, and received a citation. Hicks trained at Loras College and Pensacola, flew from an aircraft carrier, and served in Palau Hollandia Truk and Saipan with a squadron. He returns to spend leave with his parents before reassignment on the west coast.
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Navy
South Pacific
South Central Pacific
Donald E. Hicks
George E. Hicks
Prospect Street
Logan High School
Hicks
Naval Qunation Service
Loras Colege
Olettie, Kans
Pensacola
San Diego
Calif
Palau
Hollandia
Truk
Saipan
West Coast
Lord Returns From 20 Months Overseas With Supply Corps
John Lord, a Navy sailor, returns to New York after twenty months abroad with the Supply Corps in Africa and Europe. He served from October 1942 in French Morocco and Tunisia and took part in invasions of Sicily and Italy. He recalls harsh heat in Africa and living in an airplane hangar, visiting Carthage on Christmas Day, and reunites with wife Marie at 804 Losey Boulevard South.
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Africa
John Lord
States
New York
United States Navy
Port Lysutey
French Morocco
Bizerte
Tunisia
Navy
Carthage
Nis
la Crosse
Losey Boulevard South
Marie
Lord
Kish in Navy Hospital Corps Brings Back German Souvenirs
The article profiles Jule Kish a pharmacist's mate third class from Onalaska who joined the Navy in 1942 and served in England and France as a hospital corpsman. He collected German souvenirs including a grenade bullets helmets and ribbons from the European theater while on leave with his father.
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Kish
Navy
Uncle Sam's Navy
Julermacist
R. 1. Onalaska
J. B. Kish
New York
England
France
Welder in Liberator unit marks 22 months overseas
Sgt. George F. Schneider of La Crosse serves in the welding section of an ordnance supply and maintenance company on the Liberator base in England. The Eighth Air Force heavy bomb group has flown hundreds of missions across nine countries, including the Ploesti oil fields and Berlin, with all crew members contributing to the bomb drops and plant destruction. Brig. Gen. Leon W. Johnson holds the congressional medal of honor for valor with this group. Col. Gibson praises the stationwide cooperation behind the unit’s record.
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Eighth Air Force
England
George F. Schneider
Jackson Street
la Crosse
John H. Gibson
Schneider
Col. Gibson
Hinsdale
Britain
Africa
Ploesti
Roumania
Air Force
Berlin
Leon W. Johnson
Moline
Kans
Polish-American congress urges full lend lease aid for General Bor
The executive board appeals to the U S government to grant full lend lease assistance to General Bor, commander of Polish forces in Warsaw, warning the Polish underground army faces possible extinction.
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Washington
The
Army Sergeant Manages Six Camp Davis Movie Theaters
Sgt. Mahlke, 27, stationed at Camp Davis North Carolina, serves as assistant treasurer and chief accountant for six military cinemas including Fort Fisher. The La Crosse bank teller turned sergeant handles coupon book accounting and daily admissions across all theaters. He joined the army May 12 1941 and is married to Lona Rudrud with daughter Karen Ann, living in Wilmington near the base.
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Charles L. Mahike
Market Street
AA Barrage
Camp Davis
N. C
Sgt
Mahike
Fort Fisher
National Bank of la Crosse
Mahlke
Army
Camp Grant
Ill
Post Headquarters
Lona Rudrud
Odin N. Rudrud
Wilmington
Karen Ann
Four Sons and Sons-In-Law In Service In One Family
The Campbell family of 2421 South 13th Street has four sons and three sons-in-law serving in the armed forces. Robert H. Campbell was inducted May 13 1943 trained at Fort Riley and Fort Ord and worked for City Car before enlistment. Other Campbells and relatives including Bernard Campbell at Great Lakes S I and S Sgt Jack Campbell in Saipan share the family’s wartime service.
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Agnes Campbell
South 13Th Street
Seven Strong
Sentenced For Gaining Stolen Gas Coupons
Richland Center Wisconsin Donald Williams twenty two was sentenced to one year and one day in state prison by County Judge L H Ban croft for aiding and abetting a 15 year old in breaking and entering and stealing gas line ration stamps from a Hub City filling station on the night of July 30.
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Richland Center
Wis.p
Donald Williams
States Prison
L. H.bancroft
Williams
Aviation Industry Production In 1943 Estimated At Twenty Billion
The 1943 outlook estimates American aviation production reaching twenty billion dollars. The forecast reflects wartime demand and expansion of factories, suppliers, and employment across the industry.
Training Paratroopers Detailed by La Crosse Student
Corp. Kenneth Hanson, former Kenosha resident and La Crosse State Teachers College student, recounts four week long stages A to D of paratroop training at Fort Benning Georgia. He describes 45 foot platform jumps, tower drops from 250 feet, and five plane jumps including night jumps, with chute packing and static line operation explained. Hanson notes current assignment at Camp Mackall North Carolina with the 17th Airborne Division.
Youths Eligible For Merchant Marine Program
Milwaukee report says high school graduates aged 17 to 23 may apply for midshipman appointments in the merchant marine, U S naval reserve. Appointees attend merchant marine school for training, then six months aboard a merchant marine ship and nine months at the merchant marine academy. Graduates become ensigns in the naval reserve or third mate in the merchant marine depending on choice.
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Milwaukee
Merchant Marine
U. S. Naval Reserve
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Merchant Marine Academy
Naval Reserve
Availability at Nash & Kinsella Labs in St. Louis
The dealer can obtain the item from Nash & Kinsella Laboratories Inc located at 1218 Olive Street in St. Louis Missouri or has it already in stock via the supplier.
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Nash & Kinsella Laboratories, Inc
Olive St
St. Louis, Mo
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Wis
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