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e one of the most handsomely constructed and modern of itsitIsr-eP-s-ids-ofX)li-e-ofofnidrnaid*yotJhveP-X)it,tsterears-lt.enofiyayfStisir-id-C.LC-S.Vigils End as Tank Men Are Among the LiberatedVigils kept since the first moment news broke of the Japanese surrender, reviving waning hopes of three years, are being rewarded as the names of more and more men from Maywood, Melrose Park and community appear on the rolls of the liberated.In a telegram received at midnight September 29, Police Lt. John E. Peterson and Mrs. Peterson of 906 South 9th avenue, Maywood, learned their son, S/Sgt. Robert E. Peterson had been freed from a Jap prison camp on Sep-^ tember 16.The War department reported him as being “able-bodied and considered to be an ambulatory.” He is now en route to the United0States and reunion with his parents and sister, June, whom he has not seen for four years.A member of Company E, 192nd Tank Battalion, Peterson left for active duty with the army in 1940 and sailed for the Philippines in October, 1941. He was taken prisoner following the fall of Bataan and was transferred to Japan in August, 1944.The 24-year-old tank man was graduated from Proviso high school *in 1938 and was employed by Aetna Life Insurance company prior to entering service.Happiness is also prevalent in the home of Mrs. Marie Wickord, 1839 South 7th avenue, Maywood, who received wires from her husband, Lt. Col. Theodore F. Wickord, executive officer of the 192nd Tank Battalion, on September 21 and 25 from Manila, where he is awaiting passage to the states. Col. Wickord was company commander of the 192nd when the men left for training at CampForrest, Tenn., in 1940 and was made executive officer in the spring of the following year.A third Maywood soldier on the list of newly freed men is Pfc. Lester Watson, 29, 136 South 9th avenue, whose mother, Mrs. Minnie Watson, died a year ago after two years of waiting.Originally listed as missing, it was a year before his*family received notification that he was a prisoner. Waiting for Pfc. Watson to return is Lena Steinmeyer of 720 South 8th avenue, Maywood, to whom he became engaged before he departed for overseas duty.To Mrs. Grace Maggio of 708 North 12th avenue, Melrose Park, whose son, M/Sgt. Carl, was recently liberated from a Jap prison camp, actual peace has finally come.Following his graduation from Proviso, Maggio entered the army, languishing in Jap prison camps (Continued on page 10) -Pres+on Bradley Is Guest SpeakerDr. Preston Bradley will be the guest speaker at the dinner meeting to be sponsored by the Maywood Lions club at 7 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, at the First Congregational church, Erie street and 5th avenue.Dr. Bradley, pastor of The Peoples church of Chicago for 33 years, has an average attendance of about 1,500 every Sunday morning in his church. The service is broadcast over radio station WJJD. Besides his church work Dr. Bradley is interested in all cultural and humanitarian efforts. He is a member of the
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Bellwood Proviso Township Herald
Bellwood, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1945
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