Erickson Participated in Final RAF Bomb Raids On Germany
Sgt. Roger K. Erickson 21 La Crosse Wis radio operator and waist gunner flew with the 34th Bombardment Group in the Eighth Air Force. He took part in missions over Berlin Hamburg Hanover Kiel and Dresden before VE Day and has begun Pacific combat training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Erickson of 1639 Prospect Street.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Erickson
Germany
Eighth Air Force
England
Roger K. Erickson
la Crosse
Wis
Flying Fortress
Berlin
Hamburg
Hanover
Kiel
Dresden
Europe
Pacific
la Crosse Flyer
34Th Bombardment Group
Third Air Division
England- Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Sgt
Edwin Erickson
Prospect Street
Army Air Forces
Ema
Trane
Logan High
Eight German U boats surrender off Londonderry
Robert Swartz of La Crosse Wisconsin served aboard the USS Robert I Paine as it represented the U S Navy at the formal surrender of eight German U boats off Londonderry Northern Ireland. The event marked the first multiple surrender north of Scotland.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Robert Swartz
Avon Street
la Crosse
Wis
Robert I. Paine
U. S. Navy
Scotland
U S Methods Teach Mexican Farmers Agricultural Laborers Return
Agricultural laborers returning to Mexico after working in the United States are reported to be recruited to teach American farming methods to Mexican farmers.
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U. S
Mexico
States
Gronbeck family reunion as brothers return home in 1945 details
Wartime notes tell of S Sgt Romer and S Sgt Morris freed or en route from Pacific service with the 32nd Division. Civilian Snorre receives an honorable discharge. Flags and Memorial Day scenes in La Crosse celebrate the day with the largest local parade and perfect weather. War bond totals reach 2.365 million while maps travel to hospital wards in Spokane.
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Gronbeck
George Street
Romer
Germany
Morris
South Pacific
32Nd Division
States
Snorre
Clayton C. Verlo
Otto Hayes
Edward Wojahn
Robert Carey
la Crosse
Bougainville
Guam
Iwo Jima
Sir Donald
Robert H. Harder
India-Burma
ETO
New York
Pfc
Wilmer
Scholidan
Arcadia
Phc
Scholidon
la Crosse County
Spokane
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
Prisoner Camp Menu Shows Filling Yet Unsavory Rations
La Crosse Tribune editor Alfred W. Rice reports at Camp McCoy PW camp that meals are filling but not savory. Bread and flour are unlimited. sample menu includes coffee, cabbage, macaroni, and cakes. Prisoners receive education and religious services while defense work continues.
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United States
The
la Crosse Tribune
Alfred W. Rice
Camp McCoy PW
Bill Baker
Logan High School
la Crosse
Logan
Central
Aquinas
George Brady
California
City Playground Program Set to Open in La Crosse
Ten playgrounds will open June 11 under the La Crosse city recreation department. The program features varied activities from softball and crafts to music and archery with weekly events leading to a grand Fourth of July celebration and city-wide showcases. Staff are hand-picked, college trained, and connected to local schools and the state teachers college.
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la Crosse
Copeland
Teachers College
Red Cross
Isle la Plume
la Crosse State Teachers College
Park Department
la Crosse Park
Board of Education
City Recreation Organization
CIO Labor News Meetings This Week Highlight UAWA actions
Reports of CIO Local 316 396 14 555 448 UAWA meetings list times and locales. James B Carey and Philip Murray address committees urging Bretton Woods trade expansion and wage policies to prevent economic warfare and support full employment.
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UAWA
Stewards
The
la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
FTA
AWA
James B. Carey
CIO
House of Natives
House
Banking and Curency Committee
Bretton Woods
Carey
Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Ways and Means Committee
New World Security Organization
Murray
Navy repair man in New Hebrides pursues underwater color photography
Lieut. Nicholas Shiftar USNR spent 26 months at a South Pacific ship repair base in the New Hebrides. On 26 day leave he visits Grand Crossing parents and his wife Virginia Pelster in La Crosse. He describes malaria control, healthy base life, and his hobby of making a home made diving helmet and waterproof camera for underwater color pictures up to 15 feet.
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South Pacific
Nicholas Shiftar
USNR
New Hebrides
States
John Shiftar
Grand Crossing
Virginia Pelster
San Fernando
Calif
la Crosse
Shiftar
Logan High School
School of Mines
Golden
Colo
Louisiana
Texas
Houston
Tex
San Diego
Lieut
Army
Navy
Mai
Bal ‘A
Cashton
Quinn
Vine Street
Joe Shiftar
Donald
8Th Air Force
Great Lakes Naval Station
United States
B 25 Unit In England Cited For Assault On Toulon Ships
The 321st B 25 Mitchell Bomb Group of the 12th Air Force received a second War Department citation at a V E Day ceremony. 1st Sgt Robert K Mehren of La Crosse Wisconsin was among those honored. The unit's cited action involved a three ship battle in Toulon harbor aiding the invasion of southern France.
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Italy
12Th Air Force
War Department
Robert K. Mehren
John H. Mehren
Jackson Street
la Crosse
Wis
1St Federal Savings and Loan Association
Washington
Toulon
France
Strasbourg
la Galissonnaire
321St
Tunisia
Mediterranean Islands
Balkans
Austria
Manske Awarded Second Oak Leaf Cluster in Air Medal
Second Lieut. Fred C. Manske of La Crosse Wisconsin, co-pilot of a B 17 with the 398th heavy bombardment group, received a second oak leaf cluster to his air medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement during sustained bomber combat over occupied Europe. He has flown missions over Munich Chemnitz Bohlen Dortmund and Kassel and contributed to attacks on central and southern Germany targets. Manske graduated high school in 1942 and joined the army in March 1942 after working at Langley Field prior to service.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Fred C. Manske
State Street
la Crosse
Wis
Europe
Manske
Germany
Munich
Chemnitz
Bohlen
Dortmund
Kassel
U. S
398Th
Lewis P. Ensign
el Paso
Tex
Army
Langley Field, Va
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Swartz
Royal Navy
Hesperus
Thetford Mines
Cass
Seventh Street
Berman
Jack Pavelski
Marg
Peggy
Schultz
Nelson
South 4Th Street
Mab
CIO Labor News
Philip Murray
Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Hoover
Carl B. Noelke Co
Main St
Tribune
Ralph H. Young
Jeweler
Main Street
F. S. Eggleston
16Th St
Wurlitzer
Paani
Terry
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
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