Pete Hall Recalls Saipan Landing In Rest Camp
Pfc. Peter Hall of Monticello writes from a rest camp after Saipan and Tinian, recalling D day June 15 and beach assault. He describes shelling, jeep losses, snipers, and casualties, noting the harsh conditions, mud, and smells, and asks for photos for his album while urging readers to keep pitching for Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Saipan
Tinian
the Express
D-day
Charon Kanoa
Co. P
Peter Hall
B. D. Hall
Local WWII furloughs and service notices from Scotch Grove and Monticello
Sgt Herron returns home for a 30 day furlough after 32 months overseas with two wounds. Heeren brothers write via APO addresses from Monticello about Bob Hope shows and LST duty. Pfc Elmer Heeren on the east coast awaits liberty. Master at Arms Donald Prult trains at Camp Waldron Idaho with 100 men. Richard Starks promoted to corporal from private first class. address unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herron
Gyle E. Herron
Henry J. Rickless
Scotch Grove
Heeren
H. T. Heeren
Monticello
Lyman J. Heeren
Bob Hope
Owen Sutherland
LST
Pfc
Elmer H. Heeren
Donald Prult
A/s
Navy
Camp Waldron
U.S.N.T.C
Farragut
Idaho
Richard Starks
Richard H. Starks
Seattle
Wash
Ted Romig
Spring. Ville
Local Man Delivers Water to Frontline Units in France
Pfc. Leo Ambuehl, a transport driver with a U S Army engineers water supply detachment, hauls water to front line troops in Normandy France. He works 18 hours daily to supply 12 000 soldiers, using a 300 gallon tank and 36 gallon Lister bags after purification and chlorine treatment. His wife Laura and daughter Joan live in Monticello Iowa while Lt. Clarence R. Hosford from Monticello is assigned as a dental officer at Camp Chaffee Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Ambuehl
France
Laura Ambuehl
Joan
Monticello
Ambuehl
United States Army Engineers
Pfe
Hosford
Clarence R. Hosford
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Monticello High School
State University of Iowa
Cornell College
AXE
Psi Omega
Camp Dodge
Camp Chaffee
Carlisle Barracks
Tilton General Hospital
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Pfc Ray Sloan awarded Bronze Star for heroic action in Italy
Pfc Raymond Sloan of the 34th Division earned the Bronze Star for heroism March 29 1944 near Cisterna di Perna Italy. He and Pfc Lebrun guided a wounded trio to safety under heavy fire saving comrade Kromminga. Sloan the adopted son of Mr Mrs Arnold Gehret farm near Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Raymond Sloan
Sloan
Arnold Gehret
Monticello
Army
Camp Claiborne
Cisterna di Perna
Italy
Lebrun
Du Quain Visitors Make Casual City Calls
Mrs. George W. Benner and her son George Jr of Du Quain Illinois visit Mrs. Jack Freeze in the Albert Siebela home. Mrs. John Wenger and daughter visit Mr. Wenger who is ill at the Des Moines Veterans hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Freeze
du Quain
Ill
Richard Bishop
George W. Benner
George, Jr
du Quain, Il
Albert Siebela
John Wenger
Glenn Behrends
Mr. Wenger
Des Moines
Veterans Hospital
Mrs Spangler Visits Liddy Home This Week
Mrs Kenneth Spangler of Eagle Grove visited the past week in the home of Mr and Mrs J A Liddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Spangler
Eagle Grove
J. A. Liddy
Local Visitors Share Meals and Visits Across Town
Mrs John Dougherty of Water loo and Mrs Kenneth Ferring’s family host gatherings while Mrs T M George and son Tommy visit Mr and Mrs Leo Kane. Radar instructor Mr George, seaman 2/c, taught in Fort Lauderdale. Church supper set for Oct 10 at the Community building. Visitorsinclude Mrs Guy Hogan Cedar Rapids Mrs Charles Schneiter Sr Hopkinton and relatives from Iowa City Long Beach Calif Kenosha Wis Town City Des Moines and Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. George
Tommy
Leo Kane
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mr. George
Seaman
Bernard and Britt relatives visit ill John Appleby
Nick Decker of Bernard and Mr. and Mrs. John Britt of Delhi visited their uncle, John W. Appleby, who is seriously ill, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welter of Asbury were callers at the John Appleby home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Perrine and Henrietta Franks, Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. George Waite, Mrs. Paul Smith and LaVetta Perrine, Anamosa, spent Sunday visiting J. H. Perrine and also Mrs. Perrine at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ahrens
Fred Deedrick
Grinnell
Rose Haynes
Loren Edginton
Tama
Dorothy Steen
Kenneth Ahlrichs
Ralph Zimmerman
Nick Decker
Bernard
John Britt
Delhi
John W. Appleby
Fred Welter
Asbury
John Appleby
B. T. Perrine
Henrietta Franks
Cedar Rapids
George Waite
Paul Smith
LaVetta Perrine
Anamosa
J. H. Perrine
Mrs. Perrine
Hospital
Chicago Woman Visits Kin in Monticello This Weekend
Georgia Bartlett of Chicago spent last weekend visiting relatives in Monticello. Miss Marie Schatz left Wednesday for Needles California to teach in the eighth grade. Edna and Elvina Stutt visited at the home of Mr and Mrs W W Stickford in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Bartlett
Chicago
Monticello
Marie Schatz
Needles
Calif
Edna and
Elvina Stutt
Mrs. W. W. Stickford
Iowa City
Weekend Visits Highlight Iowa Family Hosts
Miss Betty Thomas of Iowa City visited her parents Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Thomas for the weekend. Vernona Vernon of Dyersville spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Thomas
Iowa City
Mrs
C. G. Thomas
Vernona Vernon
Dyersville
Edgar Vernon
Mrs. Anna L. Martin Visits Winslers in Memphis
Mrs Anna L Martin of Memphis Tennessee is a guest in the home of Mr and Mrs H F Winsler listed in a local social column noting hospitality and residence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna L. Martin
Memphis, Tenn
H. F. Winsler
Circle Meetings Highlight Methodist Women’s Service
Mrs Darrell Blayney hosted Circle No 1 with 12 members and guest Mrs Walter Klitzke. Circle No 3 met at Mrs Sidney Lowe with seven members led by Mrs William Claus. Circle No 4 hosted by Mrs Grant Stambaugh featured Minnie Huibregtse speaker on her India missionary work. Guests included Mrs Anna L Martin Mrs Donald Eells and Mrs Chauncey Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Blayney
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Joseph Bowers
Charles Rolls
Walter Klitzke
Circle No
Sidney Lowe
William Claus
Grant Stambaugh
Luther Howland
Boyd Shannon
Minnie Huibregtse
Rebekah Lodge Holds Regular Session and Bake Sale Plans
Mrs. Hilda Podhaski presided as Noble Grand of Loyal Rebekah Lodge No 306 in a Wednesday meeting. The Ways and Means committee set a bake sale for Sept 16 with food donations due at the Iowa Electric building before 2 PM. Doris Hoffman named Velma Hollar to succeed state president duties after Caroline Schoenhut resigned. The Des Moines Assembly meets Oct 17 18 19 and a draping ceremony honored Rose McCrasky and Rose McClain. A Rebekah degree class is planned for the first October meeting. Miss Minnie Huibregtse, visiting Hull, is now staying with her brother E H Huibregtse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Podhaski
Rebekah Lodge No
Ways and Means
Iowa Electric
Caroline Schoenhut
State Assembly
Doris Hoffman
Velma Hollar
Des Moines
Jthe
Rose McCrasky
Rose McClain
Josephine
Rebekah
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Pete Hall
B. C. Hall
Pfc. Hall
Genuine
Ford
Willard Delca
Vesta Amana
Childress Motor Co
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dale Lange
Louis Lange
Hopkinton
Fort Riley
Kan
Supple
Texas
Bernard Supple
Joe Supple
United States Armed Services
Fort Snelling
Houston
Tex
York
New Guinea
O. E. York
Gordon
Dental Corps
Fred Burns
Ottumwa
James L. Burns
C. A. Coxsee Home
St. Patrick’s Church of Anamosa
Catherine L. Perley
Little Sioux
Jerry Parker
Margaret Nickel
Lowryfield
Denver
Rosella Siebels
N.N.C
Great Lakes
Ili
Ina Siebels
Albert Siebels
Chauncey Bates
Lawton
George Davidson
Marshall
Hinton
Clarence McLaughlin
James Thompson
Mary Schoon
Will Balsiger
Mary Bohlken
James A. Wilson
Buck Creek
William Hepp
Olympia
Louis Hepp
Mrs. Hepp
Washington
Eggie Schoon
Pvt
Kansas
Vera Steen
Grace White
Dubuque
Mrs. L. I. White
Wayne Zionev
Patricia Kaye
Lester Boots
Fayette
J. J. Locher
8. E. Locher
Los Angeles
Louise
Ray Sloan
Kromminga
ALA
Edward L. Kromminga Jr
15Th Aaf Liberator
15Th Army Air Force Headquarters
Dorothy KK. Kromminga
Olin
Iowa
Armed Forces
John McNeilly
John Newton McNeilly
Childrens' Field
Army Air Force
Monk
Henry Monk
George Monk
Milton Tobiason
Baer Field
Fort Wayne
Ind
George F. Tobiason
Doxsee
George C, Doxsee
United States Naval Air Base
Minneapolis
Naval Air Base
John Dougherty
Waterloo
Kenneth Ferring
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Guy Hogan
Frances Hubbard
Charles Schneiter Sr
Kate, Lang
Richard Myers
Dick and
Jerry
Mrs. Myers
Abe Allamand
Margaret Balster
Long Beach
William Brockschmidt
Billy
Roberta
Kenosha
Wis
L. F. Balster
Arline Balster
Town City
Father Placid
Henry Carlsen
Loyal Hoag
W.S.C.S. Circle
Rebekah Lodge
Hull
E. H. Huibregtse
Stuhlers
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