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40,000 Veterans Discharged At Camp McCoy Since Aug. 1’Mon* than 40,000 veterans have been discharged at Camp McCoy since the separation center was put into operation Aug. 1.Discharged there Thursday werePfc. Lawrence C. Dettinger. 1201Kane street; S Sgt. Roman .1Woychtk, 1202 South Sixth street;T5 Robert F. Helgerson, 713 Badger st eet; Sgt. Francis R Metcalf, 820 St. Andrew street: Pfc. Joseph S. Theisen. 800 George street; First Sgt. Dean M. Wester-house, 351 South 21st streetPfc. Benjamin R. Youngthunder. Black River Falls; Corp. Clyde E. Wilson, Wilton; Pfc, William S. A. Stelter, S. Sgt. William A. Miller, Pfc. John P. Lumber, all of Sparta; T. Sgt James M Myron. Osseo; T3 Forrest S. Hert. Tomuh: T4 Henry J. Sura, Independence; Pfc. Alvin F Knutson. Elevu: S. Sgt. Allen F. Brugger, S. Sgt. Irven H.Thompson, 1st Sgt. Edmund D. Lee, Pfc. Allan R. Nelson. T5 Willard J. Krage and T5 Harold G. Pellowski. all of Winona.Receives DischargeFirst Lieut. Forrest J Eheren-man was honorably dischargedOct. 15 at Baer Field. Fort Wayne.Ind. His wife, Sylvia, lives in La Crosse. He served overseas for nine months in the European theater as a navigator on a B-17 of the 8th air force. He wears the distinguished flying cross, airmedal with three dusters and distinguishes! unit citation with one cluster.Scheduled to arrive Oct. 17 at New York on the Norwav Vic-tory were Pfc. Robert H. Krack-lauer. Li Crosse: Capt. Herbert C. Weavill, Viroqua: T5 Walter C. Bohland, Camp McCoy. T5 Winfred H. Gorman, Viroqua; Sgt Ronald L. Ward, Pi. irie du Chien; S Sgt. Otto 11. Watenphul, Black River Falls; 'IV* Andrew C And *i-son, Sparta; Pfc. Edward S. Howe, Rushford; Pfc. Edwin A. O tern,Caledonia and Pvt Harold J. Gul-lickson. Decorah.B;*echer, from Antwe:p) 536 rcellaneous troops.At Newport News — fAdrCapps) 5,165 troops including personnel of the 132nd armored ordnance medium battalion, 109th anti-aircraft gun battalion. 534!h anti-aircraft air warning battai m. 48th anti 165th engineer constru -tion battalions, 613th and 62 1st medical clearing companies. 511th fighter squadron ar.d high s- *epersonnel. *At Seattle, Wash—(USS Lowndes from Saipan). 72 army officers,1.531 coast guard and navy per^.n-nel.Atf rom 1,302fromSan Francisco- (M te cwl »■ WPearl Harbor) 1.318 arm . navy personnel. (Grund;. Yokosuka) 1.494 troops ;n-[ cludidR members of the 43rd d -vision. (Burliehgt. from Saipan) 111 navy personnel. 1.225 navy patients. 128 army patients, (bas ing Wave, from Manila) 1.523 army personnel. (Cape Neddick.from Manila) 1.198 army personnel. (Magoffin, from Yokohama* 746 army personnel. (Catror. from Guam) 58 Canadian arm}liberated prisoners. 34 U. S. liber-i ated prisoners, 467 navy personnel and 364 navy fxitients. (H s-j kell. from Eniwetok and Mania1.780 army personnel. (W.lham P. Biddle, from Manila) 1.005 army personnel. (Cape Henlopen. from Samar) 672 army personnel. 326I army patients. 150 navy patier.:.« [(Barnett) 1.233 passengers. fKit-kun Bay) 504 passengers, (Kai-intn Bay) 1.098 passengers (Otr.-ers) bringing total for port to 22 -800. •ore -, -RF \L FST \TF. BROKERS FLEC TMILWAUKEE — o-P — Chat U-Colby, Beloit. wa* elected dent of the Wisconsin Associa of Real Estate Broker* a* thegaiu/atioo - annual in* *’! r.g ’terday. Robert S. Grogan, Vk t Bend, w as named \ ice-preside? tand G II Hafemeister. Watertown,wa re-elected treasurer.nt'l-
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Oct 19, 1945
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