Private Gilbertson Reports Burma Letter From Front
Pvt. Stanley N. Gilbertson, 23, stationed with the signal corps, writes from Burma describing strange conditions and a rare 800 pound buck killed by a fellow soldier. He left America in May 1943 after training at Camp Crowder and overseas service beginning five months later. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Axel Gilbertson of Galesville Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Stanley N. Gilbertson
Burma
Gilbertson
Signal Corps
Army
Camp Crowder
America
India
Pvt
Axel Gilbertson
149 Herds Of Cattle Tested In Wisconsin Lab
VIROQUA Wisconsin Special There are 149 herds of cattle tested at the central cow testing laboratory. One hundred fourteen association members have 1971 cows on test. Twenty one members with 359 cows weigh and collect samples one month. next month the cow tester does. This method services more farmers than former plans. Directors seek to expand to 300 or 400 herds but face limits due to the extremely ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Warrant Officer Oppriecht on 21 day furlough
Warrant Officer Clair E. Oppriecht son of Mr and Mrs Louis Oppriecht of Readstown Wisconsin is visiting home on a 21 day furlough from Cairo Egypt He reported to the war department in November 1941 and was sent to Cairo where he has served since He enlisted in November 1943 and is an assistant to military attache He enjoys Egypt and its Biblical cities and has visited Bethlehem and the Holy Lands He married Hazel Brockheus from Lake Mills Wisconsin after coming to the United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Clair E. Oppriecht
Louis Oppriecht
Cairo
Egypt
Oppriecht
War Department
Army
Holy Lands
Bethlehem
United States
Hazel Brockheus
Fred Brockheus
Lake Mills
Wounded Pfc Dahl Among Three Grandsons in Service
Whitehall Wisconsin reports Pfc Robert Dahl, 29, son of Oscar and Mrs. Dahl of Boone Iowa, wounded July 8 during the invasion of France. He is an infantryman with three years in service and six months overseas. His grandmother Mrs. F D Hopkins notes two other grandsons also serving: Jerry Jacques with the army finance department in Iceland and Ensign William Guyton who will come home briefly before heading to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
F. D. Hopkins
Pfc
Dahl
Oscar Dahl
Boone, Ia
France
Pic. Dahl
Paul Johnson Passes Final V-12 Exams
WRITEHALL Wisconsin Special Paul Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Emil Johnson who joined V-12 navy early in the spring before high school closed passed his final tests and is now at Lawrence College Independence John s sister Miss Patricia Torson also attends Lawrence Paul a Whitehall high school basketball star last year notes a Mondovi boy also attending with him and who played against him last season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writehall
Wis
Paul Johnson
Emil Johnson
Navy
Lawrence College
Independence
John
Patricia Torson
Lawrence
Paul
Whitehall
Ration Guide Lists Stamp Validities and Fresh Produce Prices
The notice details ration stamp validity for meats, sugars, shoes, gasoline, and fuel through various dates in 1945. It lists price ceilings for fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota for the week of July 20 to 26, including specific per pound and per dozen prices for apricots bananas cantaloupe cherries peaches plums and raspberries along with cabbage carrots and cucumbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
California
J Salsman Commanded Escort in Leipzig Mission
Second Lieut. John J. Salsman from Galesville Wisconsin served as pilot in the Eighth Fighter Group at an English air station. He earned commendation from General Kepner for leading P-51 Mustang escorts that shot down 21 Nazi planes defending bombers bound for Leipzig. Lieut. Col. Hayes later led the group on that mission and a Berlin strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John J. Salsman
Galesville
Wis
Donald Kiam E. Kepner
Leipzig
Kepner
Eighth Fighter Com
Graham
Thomas L. Hayes
Portland
Ore
Hayes
RAF
Berlin
Local Boy Dominic Fanello Serves in Pacific War Area
Genoa Wisconsin special report on Dominic E Fanello PhM3c serving in the Navy since June 1943. Trained at Camp Scott Farragut received hospital corps school honors in San Diego October 1943 and Oak Knoll California December 1943. Promoted to operating room technician with Hawaii posting January 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Wis
Dominic E. Fanello
Navy
Camp Scott
Farragut
Ida
Hospital Corps
San Diego
Calif
Fanello
Oak Knoll Hospital
Hawaii
Aquinas High School
Erickson Bakery
Antonio Fanello
Fleet
Brigson Home After Two Years In Pacific
Soldiers Grove Wis Special Home on furlough after two years in the South Pacific is Kenneth Brigson Signalman second class son of Mrs Clara Brigson of Soldiers Grove Kenneth served on an LST and took part in the New Guinea and New Britain campaigns He graduated from Soldiers Grove high school in 1940 and was employed in Bloomington at enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Grove
Wis
South Pacific
Kenneth Brigson
Clara Brigson
Kenneth
New Guinea
New Britain
Brigson
Bloomington
Navy
Pfc. Arnold Ustby Enjoys Visits To Rome
Pfc. Arnold Ustby with the Fifth Army in Italy reports visiting Rome with stops at St Peter's and St Paul's. he calls St Peter's the most beautiful building he has seen and notes German tanks and equipment destroyed along the route. He also mentions Italian stories about German occupation and saw the movie Destination Tokyo in Italy.
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Tokyo
Italy
Fears Unfounded About Soldier Husband Letter
Mrs Irvine J Mallum of Whitehall received a letter from Mrs J Wood of Taunton England that seemed to warn of bad news about her husband T Sgt Irvin Mallum. The note explains he has been with her for five months and must go elsewhere for duty, suggesting he is valued as a good soldier and soon to reunite with his wife.
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Whitehall
Wiseon
Irvine J. Mallum
J. Wood
Canon Street
Taunton
Somerset
England
Irvin Mallum
Ordnance
British Isles
Mallum
Duty
Whitehall Private Recovers From Wound in India
Pvt Norman Moen 20 son of Mr and Mrs Sever Moen Whitehall is in an Indian hospital recovering from a facial bullet wound suffered in North on May 21. Letters say he is glad the Japanese shooter had poor aim the bullet hit his jaw and right cheek. Doctors have reset his cheekbone and grafting skin may be needed.
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Whitehall, Wis
Norman Moen
Sever Moen
Whitehall
India
North
Sparta Airman Kenneth Brown Cleared For Duty
Sgt. Kenneth Brown, after months of hospitalization and a 15 day furlough with his parents in Sparta, will report to Atlantic City for duty. He served as a radio operator on a B 24 in North Africa and earned the Soldier's Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters for bravery and heroism in saving a turret gunner after a crash. Brown trained at La Crosse and served with the British 8th Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
North Africa
Kenneth Brown
Earl Brown
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Reed Hospital
Sgt
Brown
la Crosse
8Th Army
Veterans and families receive wartime notices from Wisconsin local desk
Sgt Raymond Truax returns home from nearly two years in the Aleutians to visit his Glasgow parents before reporting back to duty on August 5. Lieut Jerry Mahoney describes a Normandy bombing mission in a broadcast heard by his mother. Cadet Midshipman Calvin Kittle and family visit their grandfather H F Claussen as Kittle heads to Long Island for a radio and navigation course after nine months at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Raymond Truax
Aleutians
Alfred Truax
Glasgow
Maria Mahoney
Forrest Bonsack
Onalaska
Merchant Marine
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Maritime Academy
Long Island
N. Y
Arthur Claussen Kittleson
Infantry
Pfc Ansel Remus Describes Army Life in Italy
Pfc. Ansel Remus writes his mother from Italy describing Naples and Anzio, stone buildings on high hills, back country rutted by oxen and buggy days, and facing shellfire. He says he is in good health with a scratch, and notes earning the firing badge, good conduct medal, Mediterranean campaign ribbon, and infantry expert badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Ansel Remus
Frieda Remus
Italy
Naples
Anzio
Roremus
O.K
Hanson completes missions and earns awards in England
Sgt. Robert Hanson of Hork and Mrs. Hanson reports completion of his missions over enemy territory with the 8th Army Air Force now on ground duty in England. He has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and additional oak leaf clusters, with one oak leaf cluster already awarded. he serves as a gunner on a Flying Fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Robert Hanson
Ole Hanson
Hork
8Th Army Air Force
England
Hanson
Thompson Visits Home From Camp Atterbury
Thompson, in the engineering regiment at Camp Atterbury Indiana, visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thompson. He has been promoted to private first class. Pvt Herbert Nelsestuen with field artillery heard from in Italy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelsestuen. Christopher Folkedahl with the army at Fort Jackson South Carolina visits his mother Mrs Anna Folke...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
James Thompson
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Lester Thompson
Pvt
Herbert Nelsestuen
Field Artillery
Italy
Martin Nelsestuen
Christopher Folkedahl
Fort Jackson
S. C
Visfas
Anna Folke
Stewart Tells Of Pacific War From Wisconsin
Sgt Clifton Stewart writes to his parents from the Southwest Pacific describing a heavy battle near New Guinea. He recalls souvenirs from the fight including a Jap helmet star a fragment of invasion money and a 10 yen coin. He portrays the Tiger unit as formidable in China and details counterattacks and our troops’ automatic weapons overpowering enemy efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Clifton Stewart
Southwest Pacific
J. C. Stewart
China
Stewart
New Guinea
War Prisoner Is Doing Fine From Camp Bericht
Caledonia Minn special report says Howard Johnson of Sheldon is the county’s only known POW in Stalag Germany. He writes that he is doing fine and has had no gloomy days since capture. Johnson was taken early spring during the Italian campaign and his status was confirmed after he was reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Howard Johnson
Sheldon
Stalag
Germany
Johnson
War Department
Viola Soldier Receives Purple Heart for Italy Wounds
Pvt. Hilmer Harris of Viola, son of Ora Harris, is awarded the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds to leg and arm suffered October 20, 1943 in Italy while with the Fifth Army. He was hospitalized and returned to active duty by December, and plans to send the medal home for safekeeping. He praises his officers and recalls meeting Sgt. Richard Blakely in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Hilmer Harris
Ora Harris
Fifth Army
Italy
Harris
Hilmer
Africa
Vatican City
Sgt
Richard Blakely
La Crosse Tribune Seeks Quick Results for Regional Market
The La Crosse Tribune targets its regional readers in Wisconsin and Minnesota as a potential market for rapid outcomes, noting circulation among over 80,000 daily and Sunday readers across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Monroe
Jackson
Vernon
Trempealeau
Crawford Counties
Wisconsin
Houston County
Minnesota
Ensign R Lee Returns From Pacific Patrol Duty
Ensign Robert Lee home from two years with the navy in the Pacific war zone visiting relatives in Spring Grove Minn He served aboard a four engine patrol bomber and flew over Saipan He will marry Miss Eline Naeseth July 29 the couple plan to reside in San Diego where he will be stationed after the wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Robert Lee
Navy
Pacific War
Carolinas
Mariana
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Luther College
Decorah
KGLC
Eline Naeseth
Carelius Naeeseth
Morrisonville
Wis
San Diego
Ensign Lee
Alfred Larson Serving With Army In France Letter
Mrs. Lydia Olson of Readstown reports a letter from her son Alfred Larson serving with the army somewhere in France. He says France is a pretty nice country with a better climate than England and that everything is going well, he is feeling fine and OK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Lydia Olson
Alfred Larson
France
Larson
England
Sapuder Honored for Purple Heart Wounds in France
S. Sgt. Stephen Sapuder of the Second Division is listed among Purple Heart recipients for wounds suffered in the invasion of France. His wife Doris Abrahamson of Sparta and their son Stephen Jr. are noted. Sapuder reports the injuries are minor in a letter to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
France
Stephen Sapuder
Sapuder
Doris Abrahamson
Stephen, Jr
Sapader
Delinquent Tax Committee Seeks Bids on Property in La Crosse
The Delinquent Tax Committee of the County Board of Supervisors will accept bids at the County Clerk’s office until August 7 1944 at 7 30 P M for property including part of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter section 17 township 16 range 6 1 12 acres and lots 7 8 9 10 block 2 Johnston’s Addition to La Crosse City The committee reserves the right to reject any and all bids dated July 21 1944 Bernard Zahn John Freisinger Otto Briggs Delinquent Tax Committee
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County Board of Supervisors
S. W
N. W
Johnston
City of
la Crosse
Bernard Zahn
John Freisinger
Otto Briggs
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Ration Guide
J Rma
J. Salsman
8Th Fighter Group
D. D. Fanello
Pacific
Pfc. A. Ustby
Rome
Thompson
Purple Heart
LA Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press
Frontier Lodge
F. and
A. M
Ted Bolnick, W. M
K of
H. J. Marcotte
Will
Lyle Shanley
Noble Grand
Telegraph Flowers
Florists’ Telegraph Livery Association
Kienahs
M. Lost
H. Gulbrandsen
Business Services
Joe Ames
Prospect St
L. Klose
Furn
Harmony Cafe
Janitress
Mr. Young
Montgomery Wards
Millers
Chicago
T. Weiss
Thorndale Ave
HertelArt
Adams
Dept
R-2
Cristmas
Wallace Brown
State
Cerise
Arenz Shoe CO
W D. Young
Tribune
North 23Rd
YWCA
Call
THE
WAR Manpower Commission
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
Buick
D. E. Callahan
Melrose
Dan Callahan Chevrolet Co
Longview
Washington
J. C. Spear
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Ness
Tillman Bros
R. C. Cheney Co
Rowley
Tom
Wis Beddine Co
West Ave
H. Eagon
HOTEL
Stoddard
Yanzer Sanitarium
North 7Th
Jacobson
Singer Sewing Machines
Singer Sewing Machine CO
North 4Th St
Carlisle Barracks
U. S&s. Army
L. M. Gorenstein
de Soto
Lester M. Gorenstein
Hilton’s
City Car Co
Fifth Ave
Man
Anderson Tire and Battery Service
Charles
Highway 16
McKenzie Chew
Gannott Hotel
Ensign R. Lee
Pacific Zone
Jim
North 3Rd
Miller’s
County Welfare Agency
Bureau of Personnel
State Capitol
Madison
Western Teachers Exchange
Plymouth Bidg
Minneapolis
Auto Service
Max
Auto Wrecking CO
B. F. Goodrich
Fifth Ave. South
Attention
Chevrolet
McKenzie
Chevrolet CO
Court House
3Rd Street
Badger Auto
Pearl
Lax Auto
South 2Nd
Charlie’s
3Rd
Simonize
South 9Th St
Maytag
H. P
Kane
Directory OF
Greater LA Crosse
la Crosse County
LA Crosse County Abstract
Batavian Bank Building
Ana Wae Pare Cr Ang
Trocadero Nite Club
Chrysler-Plymouth Distributors
Community Motors
4Th St. la Crosse
Hudson Sales Service
Beauty
Michael's Beauty Shop
Permanent Waves
Schultz & Nelson Super
Kleen Dry
St. la Crosse, Wis
Dairies
Knutson Bros. Dairy
Dolly Madison Dairies
Bolduan
Knutson
Jay
Terry’s
Phend
Main St
Alf Modahl
Wees Haye
North 15Th
Singer Sewing Center
North 4Th 81
Armstrong Studio
Studio Mccoy
USC
E. C. Hougen Realty CO
Hoeschler Building
Doerflinger
Swartz Office Supply CO
8&T
Lottie
Silvertown
Furriers
LUTZ
Almalett Gift Shop
Main Street
SMALE
Pirestone
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