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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
4
The article honors U S Army Engineers celebrating 170 years with a look back at major projects from air fields to roads and bridges. It cites totals for installations, value of properties, runways built, and wartime achievements including Cherbourg mine salvage and vast infrastructure work.
On Okinawa June 12 a U S anti tank platoon led by Lieut Jack Glynn Corvallis Ore fought a Japanese concentration atop Yaesuges for 33 days amid heavy shelling. The enemy reportedly used a new propeller driven shell creating a terrifying noise as they attacked a U S gun. Glynn spoke of the savage fight and a direct hit that wounded the gun but did not disable it.
Madison Wisconsin reports an investigation into alleged mistreatment at a state training school. The attendant Enders was at the colony from April 3 to April 23. Grundmann Bayley noted possible grounds for discharge appeal to the state bureau of personnel.
Prof H L Ewbank chair of the UW radio committee argues WHA in Madison and WLBL in Stevens Point cannot cover the state or broadcast evenings. A proposed appropriation was cut from 185000 to 72595 to fund a FM station in Milwaukee and a relay unit in Madison with support from Milo Swanton of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture.
CAMP MCCOY Wis Special Henry Mann a former USO and JWB worker at La Crosse Wis who was well known to Camp McCoy personnel while stationed two years ago is serving as American Red Cross field director on Iwo Jima. Mann landed with marines early in the Iwo Jima campaign and assisted at Iwo Jima University a group of 300 members of the U S 7th Fighter Command teaching Russian French modern literature English and history. He admired the ornament and a Mandhettus tribesman pierced his lips with an ivory pin.
Rev. M. Vanderbeck will headline a Thursday 7:45 p m service at Seventh Street Baptist Church located at Seventh and Winne streets. Dr Lang serves as president of the North American Baptist Seminary in Rochester.
Lieutenant Kenneth J. Young of La Crosse has received the Air Medal at an American air base in Holland for meritorious achievement on bombing missions against Germany. He flies with the Tiger Stripe B 26 Marauder group of the 9th Air Force, commanded by Col. Grover C. Brown, which pursued tactical bombing aimed at destroying German war facilities and driving Nazi forces from occupied Europe.
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