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Fred Chermak IsHomePrisoner of War,Parents LearnPfe Fred Chermak. son of Air.. mi Mrs Fred Chermak. of PelicanFake, k a prisoner of war of the Germans. according 1o word vert ived by las parents yesterday.Pfe Chermak. an infantryman, had been reported missing in action in fh ninny since Dec. 21 in a War drpartment message received by hw parent-- in midOanuary Ti ■ War department message as 1 i their son's slatus as a prisoner oid not. tell All and Airs. Chermak Ik re the soldier is being held, butsaid information in that regard \ hi Id be sent as soon as possible.Pfe Chermak is the second Oneida county soldier, out of a i roup of more than a dozen reported missing since November, to be e ;ablished as a prisonet of war. Pvt Clifford Punches, of Rhinelander, w;e reported a Nazi prisonerbv the German radio.Pfe Chermak is a Rhinelander limb School graduate, class of 1943. lh entered service in the fall of 1943 and received most of his training at Camp Blanding, in Florida. 11* went overseas in October. 1944 Announcement at the Red Cross meeting in the Memorial Building here last night of Pfe. Chermak ssafety brought a thunder of applause for his parents, who were inattendance Mr. and Mrs Chermak are conducting the Red Cross War Fund Drive for the town ofSchoepke. where they operate the Pelican Lake Hotel..wIfVeteranof service rived hom liciiipn miard comhere in 1't ransferrec for a num been statu base in Cl the trip hoolane.MothcWhiteMcNamara WillHere I
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Rhinelander Daily News
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Mar 01, 1945
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