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MAGE'TWENTY«T-r Casualty■ lt;•■ ■lt;Lists IncludeVan Buren MenCounty's Boys Fighting, Winning Honors On ' Many Fronts PAW PAW, Dec. 31—Van ‘ Burcn ” county has placed a generous quota ' c»f men in the military service of the United States, but its casualties this ; Awt year, have been comparatively .light,:*Iir?-!- Some of the men are missing, ■Voroe have been wounded, lt;.omo have seen terrific battle action both on * liind and sea, 1. | vs-In the communities of Van Bureu ■^comity; there arc plenty of patriots. I Enlistments have kept pace with the 'draft up to the dale closing Ihc : ranks' of enlisted men. Many of Van Buien’s. volunteers have been very youthful. -*iv' .Brecdsvillc Man In Navy Among the many BreedSYille men vfurriisiied to all branches of the service, a man who has seen much ft service on the Pacific and has acquitted himself nobly In the Navy -Is-Robert E. Crandall, son of Mr. •rarid Mrs..A. W. Crandall.'■r-::He has been in the U.:s. Navy S since iOct. 8, 1940. It was two yearn I later,'Sept., 1, 1942, that he had his first'leave home. He Is now at Vnl-;■ iejo, Calif., waiting orders.^•;ci South Haven Sacrifices ^Several boys in service from /•'isouth;Haven have cither lost their'lives • or . are re-Sported missing in !$|^ttiewar. One mo-. -ther,: Mrs. Miles |: Townsend,1, whose son,. Lester Alvin ./Bailey, was a ' I c ook on a trans -I port reported sunk f /off the coast of t'Algiers, had' her fears allayed ?w.hen she., re-Yceiyed^. . a cable- THORPE ‘■’tram from him Dec. 15.-lt; Not so-fortunate was Mrs. Janie ..'Thorpe who had four sans in the ^Navy.'They were .Norman William, .reported.' missing from the USS. ■Qu’incy, sunk in the:Midway battle;Ralph Wayne, seaman; Douglas, seaman, andHarry, aviation metalsmitii. She also has a son-in-law in the Navy, William Cameron Martin..-Ensign .Gordon Francis Barnes, enlisted on June 23, 1941, is ‘miss: ■:!BARNES tng In action.’/Donald-James Miller was a fireman r on the USS Quincy, with Thorpe. t-TVo-other -South Haven boys re-sported missing In action are Private -.Richard Rob, in’ the Philippines, and George • Overheul,719,’ who ship was ■Ck»t in a convoy•. to Russia;Lieut. .William):. Billings,; 26,. whovj!‘ iaw‘action Injffe /Australia and in the Coral sea ; naval aviator, was reported killed in action July 2, 1042.-• Pfc.*Edward Al-- btecht, 20, serving CLARK in' the Marines, w:os reported miss-: ing in action. Chief Engineer Arlle Clark, was reported killed in action When his ship was sunk by a German submarine. Morris E. Smith, 18, was reported killed in action while serving in the Navy in the Solomons.: • ■ Men From Grand .Tuncliunv Grand Junction, though a small community, boasts 20 boys in military service. One of them, J/Am K. Slalkzner, Is a naval firemdn who •has.'seen service in the Solomons and Midway.. John' enlisted in the naval reserves Sept. 23, 1941. He had four months' training in a machinist's school at Great Lakes, and three montlis schooling at Fort Dearborn, Detroit...-•At. present John is stationed In California but lie expects to once more sec action at sea before it is all over,.He is the sou of Mrs. Lucy Slaltzner of Grand Junction. Before enlisting he was employed in a local grocery. •• Here .is a list of those in service from Grand Junction;, John : Staltzncr, Tony Kostur, Howard Goodrich, Charles Conley, Jack Crouse, Jack Page, Bob Gruss, Bob Willerton, Bob Wilson, BertJoyce, John Sorenson, Bob Sorenson, Lyle Goodrich, William Crnnke, Bob Florlan, Vernon Webster, Donald Webster and Raymond Myers.Hartford Men In The ServiceHartford lost two of her well known professional men when the call to service came. Rov. Thomas W, Pollard resigned as pastor of Uie Methodist church, and volunteered his services as an army chaplain.The pastor left Mrs. Pollard and their three children lo reside in Schoolcraft while “Rev.. Tom'1 as he is known, is on duty in England.Dr. E. J. Hall, prominent young physican, lelt to enter the Army medcai rants and has been made a captain in the medical corps.Dr. Hall Is stationed in Las Vegas, Nevada, as physician in charge of the Air Force Gunnery school. Mrs. Hall and their three children left Hartford in the fail to find a home near him in the west.Outstanding among local men in the service is Lieut. John B. Boynton, 19, second youngest pilot in service. There is also Sgt. Arthur Conklin of the Air Corps, who won promotion lo lieutenant in the army before he entered the air service.Lieut. Ralph Hubbard, Jr., and Lieut. Robert Conolly, both Hartford college graduates and teachers before entering the service have won names for themselves. Then there is Corp. Max Yetlcr, now in training, a former young business man on Hartford’s main street.Thus far only one Hartford man has been reported killed in action. He is Corp. James Stevens, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens, who i-eside nortli of town. He died in line of duty, in Austrulia on Sept. 19, 1942.When lie first entered the service Jim was cited for bravery, hi averting-a serious; accident by quick thinkLng. Papers of commendation n-om the war department were found in his civilian cloLhing when it was sent home after his death.Lawrence Provides. 119 Men• A total of 119 men have been sent into the service out of Lawrence. In all of the lol. there has becii but one casualty. Jack Ward Stevens, was killed in action .at Corrcgidcr 111 April, 1942.Covert Hus One KiltedCovert with her 144 boys in military service has had but one man to make the supreme sacrifice. William Bigoness, Jr., died In a Mare Island, Calif., hospital, from an illness resulting from shock when his ship was sunk in the Coral sea battle. ••-.His body was brought home, and he was given a full military, funeral at Suuth Haven. His gold star was the'only one In Covert until Dec. 1, 1942, when George Husek was- reported missing hi action. Ke is the 5on of Mr. arid Mrs. John Husek. He Joined the navy in 3939 and was on the 8S Houston when it sank in the South Pacific fighting.Blgoness was one of llie three Covert boys who left high school and Joined hie navy as soon us they were 17. Richard Baker was the second. He escaped unharmed when his ship was torpedoed ori the Florida coast in the early summer this year.Third of this trio Is Thomas Ilendrlcks, who is now In Africa. He was at Oosablance when the Germans sunk five unloaded transports. Others from Covert who saw this action were Edmond Burton and Karl Busse. Jr. The ship on which the latter served, the Rutledge, wa3 one of those sunk.Pidairfcs of (ho 144 Covert men in service are being collected by Miss Ruth Farr nr. lecal Red Cross chairman for exhibit in Ihc windows of the Covert bank. They nrc to be put Jnlo a book as a permanent record to be kept in Ilia library.Cue Decatur DeathThus far Ihc first and only den lb In service among Decatur's men In 'service, fc; that uf Nelson Overly, 21. He was accidentally killed In line of duty in Australia on August. 4. 1942.Nelson was a graduate of'Dccnlur high school and wrs popular with the young people. Memorial services wcro held for him in I he township hall late In August, when a large crowd paid respects lo him.Decatur’s list of men in service is a large one, and they have been nobly supported by citizens and organizations about Decalur with bond and stamp sales and in general war effort.cdea rcclt; riei T cvc ant me) 11m I: mo: Tin yea F 192, riei 1!Protect Your Home!Re-Roof With Woltile Permo Lox ShinglesPhone 5-2242Dennis Roofing 8 Siding Company
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Benton Harbor News Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1942
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