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Vigils End as Tank MenAre Among the Liberated(Continued from page 3) for the past three years. Two of Carl’s brothers are also in service, M/Sgt. Rocco, 25, en route home from Okinawa and M/Sgt. Michael, 27, in Germany.Soon Capt. Frank Grady and his wife, Virginia, will be reunited after three and a half long years of imprisonment. Capt. Gady, brother of Mrs. Robert McDunn, 324 Mannheim road, Bellwood, was released from a prison camp near Tokyo last month and expects to sail for the states this week.His wife, Virginia, who is now at Oakland, Calif.1, served as a civilian engineer with the army in the Philippines and was interned in Los Banos prison until the liberation of the islands last spring. The couple was married in the Philippines where they met.Capt. Grady, a cryptographer at Corregidor, was taken prisoner at the fall of the island fortress and transported a short time later to the Japanese mainland, where he was interned near Takyo. The last direct word Mrs. McDunn received from her brother was a shortwave broadcast in May, 1944.Graduated from Proviso high school in 1931, Capt. Grady en-condition is and was not fun. Many more died as a result of their hardships and the fact that the Japanese provided no proper medical attention, food, or quarters. We left Japan and arrived here in Korea on the 27th of April.Conditions were somewhat better in this camp although the food was woefully insufficient. Then came news of the surrender—what a day! There are, however, so far as we can figure, only 350 survivors of the original 1,619 who left the Philippines. There are 138 Americans and 30 British in this camp.^ W ^ ‘ v ■‘These are only highlights that I have given you, but it will give you some idea of what we have gone through. ^ ^“I have pcked up now to the point where I weigh 150 pounds. Only 25 pounds underweight, but I am gaining steadily. I am out of the wood and going strong.” Col. Beecher is the son of Bryant L. Beecher, a long time resident of Maywood, now residing at5502 Thomas street, Chicago.tered the army shortly thereafter and left for the Philippines in 1937, serving as an enlisted man. When his enlistment expired he returned to civilian life and worked in the islands, rejoining the army later with the rank of second lieutenant.It has been nine years since Mrs. McDunn saw her brother.Vivian E. Ressorto Be DischargedVivian E. Ressor, storekeeper 1/c, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke D. Ressor of 720 North 2nd avenue, Maywood, is awaiting discharge from the WAVES at Great Lakes where she is undergoing processing. She has accumulated 42 points for discharge.Entering the navy in September, 1942, Wave Ressor took her indoctrinational training at the Navy Training School for Waves at Cedar Rapids, la. Since she entered the naval reserve she has had four promotions and has served at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Tex., and as a storekeeper in the supply administrative department of the Naval Air Station, Glenview, headquarters station of the Naval Air Primary Training Command.After attending Proviso Township high school and Northwestern university, Wave Ressor was employed as a buyer for the Swart-caild Company in Chicago. Her plans for the future include working for the navy at the Naval Air Station, Glenview, under civil service. She will reside in Maywood.Pfc. S. B. LambertHo me for 30 DaysRecently returned to the States after 11 months in ETO with the 45th Infantry Division, Pfc. Sherman B. Lambert is spending a 30-day furlough with his wife and daughter at 1002 South 7th ave-nune, Maywood. He will report to Camp Grant for further assignment at the end of his furlough.Pfc. Lambert, whose division was attached to the 7th Army, wears the Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct medal, ETO ribbon with two battle stars and Presidential Unit Citation. He entered service in May 1942.He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
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Bellwood Proviso Township Herald
Bellwood, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1945
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