Cpl Aldrich to Receive Silver Star for War Service
Corporal Clarence W. Aldrich of Monticello Iowa is hospitalized in Springfield Missouri after a battle wound in France. He describes thirteen months of combat in North Africa Italy and France and explains the act that earned him the Silver Star. He also holds the Purple Heart and theater ribbons.
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Clarence W. Aldrich
W. L. Aldrich
Monticello
Iowa
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
France
Cpl. Aldrich
North Africa
Italy
Salerno
Heroes of the Bulge: Recovery Unit Aids Tanks Under Fire
Cpl Richard Renk of Monticello serves with the 131st Ordinance Maintenance Battalion on the Western Front. The unit recovered disabled vehicles under shellfire during the Battle of the Bulge and fought as infantry when needed. Technical Sergeant Lee R Simons and his crew were commended for moving tanks and vehicles to safety despite road conditions and enemy threats.
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9Th Armored Division
Richard Renk
Karl Renk
Monticello
131St Ordinance Maintenance Battalion
Bulge
Lee R. Simonsen
181St
Rescue Vessel Named For Lt. S. G. Steiner
Arthur and Mrs. Steiner receive a letter from Col Roy W Osborn at Foster Field Texas confirming a 42 foot aircraft rescue boat will be named the Lt Stanley G Steiner in honor of their son Lt Stanley Steiner who died in an aircraft accident at this station on April 25 1944 The vessel operates between the mainland and Matagorda Island and supports training by aiding pilots who bail out in that area.
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Arthur O. Steiner
Roy W. Osborn
Air Corps
Foster Field
Tex
Stanley Steiner
Matagorda Island
Matagorda
Air Corps Commanding
White Awarded Silver Star Posthumously
Pvt. Richard D. White of the 282nd Infantry, Rainbow Division, received the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry in action in Germany. He aided an officer to place explosives on a bridge under heavy fire, and was mortally wounded later that day while helping his platoon repel a German attack. He is survived by his wife Lucille, a daughter Janet, two sons James and Harold, his parents Mr. and Mrs. James White of Waterloo, and eight siblings. He entered service from Cedar.
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Richard D. White
282Nd Infantry Regiment
Rainbow Division
Seventh Army
Germany
White
Pvt. White
Lucille M. White
Janet
James
Harold
Monticello
James White
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Monticello Men Serve in Sixth Infantry Division in Philippines
Monticello soldiers in the Sixth Infantry Division report long combat on Luzon. The unit landed at Lingayen Gulf January 9 and by March 28 had endured 78 days of fighting, claiming over 9 000 Japanese killed and significant enemy equipment losses including tanks and armored cars.
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I. H. Schneider
Kenneth E. Schneider
Sixth Division
Schneider
Galen Graves
Z. A. Graves
Monticello
Frank O’rourke
Alice O'Rourke
Eugene First
Walter
Sand Spring
Harry Cornelius
Philippines
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Munoz
Second Armored
Shimbu
Manila
Express request to update APO address from India
Pfe Milton Tobiason writes from India to the Express asking for an APO address change. He notes the paper arrives slowly but reliably.
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India
Pfe
Milton Tobiason
Express
Change Of Address For Sgt. Connolly at Camp Wolters
Change of address notice lists Sgt. Paul J. Connolly 87674465 Co. D 52d Inf Tag Bn Camp Wolters Texas and is of interest to his friends.
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Paul J. Connolly
Co. D
Camp Wolters
Texas
Mrs B H Morris guest in Delhi on Friday
Mrs B H Morris of Delhi was a guest in the Anton Wroblewski home Friday.
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B. H. Morris
Delhi
Anton Wroblewski
Pvt Richard Schmidt Guards For F D R Funeral
Pvt Richard Schmidt of Rt 1 Onslow served as an honor guard at President Roosevelt's funeral last week. In a letter he described receiving white garrison belt white leggings and a new pack for the casket detail. He has since gone overseas with an APO address.
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Pvt
Richard Schmidt
Rt. 1
Onslow
Roosevelt
Albert Schmidt
Schmidt
APO
Thompson Freed From German Prison Camp
Word reached Pvt. Charles L. Thompson of Anamosa that he was released from a German prison camp on April 2. He had been listed missing since November 30 and later as a prisoner but is reported to be in good health and overseas since October. Other local notes include Betty Thomas visiting with her parents in Iowa City and various guests visiting Anamosa families.
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Charles L. Thompson
Anamosa
World War II Era U S Presidential Quotes and Conference Figures
Questions test knowledge of Roosevelt era periods and leaders. Identify the adresses of famous quotes by F D Roosevelt and the heads of delegations to the San Francisco Conference, plus details on a coal miners and operators wage agreement and the Republican president quoted in Roosevelt’s philosophy.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
War Labor Board
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hicks to Join Pan American Airways in San Francisco
Robert M. Hicks of Seattle visits grandmother Mrs Ella Hicks in Monticello. He will be employed for several years with Pan American Airways in San Francisco after previously working with the Airways in Seattle Washington.
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Robert M. Hicks
Lowell ‘Hicks
Seattle
Wash
Ella Hicks
Monticello
Pan American’ Airways
San Francisco
Calif
the Airways
Washington
Steiner Families Dine With Louis Sampson Party
Mr and Mrs John Steiner Mr and Mrs Harold Steiner and Leah Belle were dinner guests Sunday in the Louis Sampson home at Wyoming.
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John Steiner
Harold Steiner
Leah Belle
Louis Sampson
Wyoming
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