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Lt. Ned PotterArrive* HomeFirst Lieutenant Ned-Potter; aon of Atorney and; Mrs.. Fred Potter of Henry,’ arrived home’ Sundayafter^ipurly four years of sorvice in tho United States Army. .Nedf who 'hus rccolvcduhia diacnarge, la.01biQ|tt%irtla11DatlITtlt;.rtWUU'JUIB »very glad to be home. He will live In Henry with bis wife, the . for- I ”nier Miss Genevieve Ken ward of f,Lucan, and will.resume his former occupation as manager of the Potter insurance agency.“It’s wonderful to be home,” Ned said yesterday, as he extended an invitution to all of his friends to come in and say '‘hello, promising that business will not be mentioned.Ned went into the army as Private Potter on April 7, 1942, and received basic training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. He went tocandidate school7HTirhnU81ec1«fcirmt!frscoldivision. He went overseus In May, 1944, arriving in England lust before D-Day. He ioined the Second Infantry Division In Normandy and saw action in the hedgerows and at Brest. They moved to St. Vith, Belgium, and stayed on the Siegfried Line for two months. Just prior to the “Bulge they moved ten miles north and attacked through theiL-worc—called back to ,[T TTgKtTn lhir“Bu!ge-—batUeZIAII£F p that the Rhine campaign started and then the battle across the Rhine and Central Germany be* gnn./Mlur eight and one-half months of continuous action on tho front lines. Ned was transferred OilApril 2, 1945 to the 100th division as a company commander to train for re-entry into combat the two regiments that had been surrendered in the “Bulge” battle. Ho spent the rest of the time training the company for further action prior to V-J Day. Occupation with the 100th Division in Stuttgartwziir Interesting as—w»s-a—trip_towa | | | ■ v w ^Switzerland.February 15 I* The_ 1 17___-1 Q A C0'strt0h.t)OlfistViahtl\vinittislt;IrisI)Eft
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Henry News Republican
Henry, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 07, 1946
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