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ho Rod crass. k- matter withArmy Ground Forces, to com-KM r,. i NIC A THephoU•..it mi11ltd that some n extended U 1c..csed for a Red •spit*I project led services to rd the troop tutlng through said.greatly npprc-;ak the mono-t trip is a ro-■ accompaniedrested in plan-thesc men on ific and those us is requested g office and ?s to plan and project,” the d.imprsdeJohn Walk ‘Gets BronzeStar Medal PosthumouslyJAP LANDINGSPOT BECOMES DEATH TRAPto make trnf-MANILA, June 23 (;TY—The precise spot where the Japanese first invaded the Philippines has become their death trap.The Nipponese landed Dec. 10. 1341. at Aparri on the north tip of Luzon. Today Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur disclosed that Aparri has been recaptured in a .surprise thrust which bottled up (lie Iasi major enu-my force cm the Island hi a stretch of less than 90 miles of tho Cagayan Valley.It marks the beginning of the end of organized Jnnuno.nr rpRiKtnnen t\n* First Lieutenant John Holt Walk, ton of Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Walk.has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously.The award was made for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy from October 22 to November 1, 394-1.Lieutenant Walk was reported missing in action December 19 in the Battle of the Belgian Bulge while he was serving with combat engineers. Later lip was reported killed in action January 14 white a prisoner of the Germans. A fellow officer informed the Walks their son was killed when Allied planes staged a M ruling attack on the train on which he was a prisoner.--C*—Sgt. MauriceMcConnellwn.v reorga ty regime. Slates wov relations \v The ngrp^rni'rs^ of !cow eonfci and June 1 was drscrilnrnmcnt;*ant and W cd and wit! presenfatJo and otherComplete provisional noimccd at days. It w; accordance ment. will l United Stnt Soviet UnicDr. N( Hold:BapiisDr. McK: will conduc Baptist Ch and con tin i
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Del Rio News Herald
Del Rio, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 24, 1945
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