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;sHONOR 6 HEROESJvieersastson ve. ms o IentAT SUNDAY RITESPkFuncro-, a indlice;htsiraidthIterav-Memorial services honoring fourEast Chicago Heights soldiers killed in action, along with two others wounded in action, will be held at three o’clock Sunday afterno»m at‘‘Mailbox Corner,” Lincoln highway and Cottage Grove avenue.morrovChicagwho diWith Miss Florence Nykaza as chairman, the rites will open witn the posting of colors by the color guard bf American Legion Post 131. Walter Lueder will be chair-or-ah”ur-in-,wouriUer-ar-im-rheim-omolo,Iterman for the Legion memorial service. The Rev. Walter E. Croarkin, pastor of St. Agnes church, will deliver the invocation, followed by a vocal solo by William Rietveia.Brief memorial talks will beernoon have 1t emberMr.withPfeil,strickecago rHe coilManyhis paDesphad r€given by Harvey W. Adair, John Dalenberg, Captain Arno W. Toll, and Commander Coy E. Baumgardner of Post 131. Major H. J. Baker, chaplain of the post, will offer a short sermon, and Legion citations will be presented by Walter Thoe-the laicultivafrequecasioni A hak retiredAmcberedshop crithjnming, also of Post 131.Closing the exercises will be a vocal duet by Mrs. H. J. Baker and Mrs. Robert Weise; benediction by Chaplain Baker; retrieving of the colors and sounding of Taps. All j residents of the community are invited to attend. *-was oof Illii origin* that aSilverBon Dutt iOne Killed In AccidentSoldiers to be hoifored are:WPrivate William Skrobutt, who died December 4, 1943, in Hawaiifrom injuries inflicted by fragments of a bomb which fell whenas a Chicag turn o Riverd until atwo planes collided in mid-air. He was the husband of Mrs. Deloresthen 1 SunSkrobutt, of Chicago, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mercer, formerly of East Chicago Heights. Second Lieutenant Albert F.Racz (also known as Ratz), who was reported missing in action over Germany on March 18, 1944. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Racz, Sr., received word July 18 that he is listed as killed in action.familyincludC. A. Moenc are alfourHOVOthers on ListTechnical Sergeant John R.Paarlberg, killed in action on May 13, 1944, on the island of Corsica.He was the son of Tunis Paarlberg, of Cottage -Grove avenue.Private John Palmo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Palmo, of Wood-iawn avenue, and husband of Mrs. Julia Palmo, who was reported missing in action in France on June 29. 1944. Later the War de-COhPollexpedweek-nualtionallice iithe slt;aiscusforcenrrii«opartment announced that he had been killed.Private George Henry Sons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sons, of Joe Orr road, who was wounded ir. action on October 14, 1943, in Italy. He is now in this country.Corporal Andrew A. Duzek, who was wounded twice in action. Heis with the 88th division, the first selective service division to go into the front lines in Italy. He is the son of Andrew Duzek. of Ellis avenue.
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Homewood Flossmoor Star
Homewood, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1944
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