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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
2
Wartime dispatches reveal soldiers writing home about campaigns in Europe, training at camps, and battles near the Siegfried Line. Messages mention Lt David Wa eumen from Bridge, Cpl. Salhoenmer in the South Pacific, and Pfc. Northup wounded by shell fragments.
A letter from First Lieutenant Kenneth I. Caskey of the U S Marine Corps Reserve expresses deep sympathy to Mrs. Wande Brown for the death of her husband Harry Brown at Iwo Jima on March 17 1945. It recounts Harry’s brave actions aiding a squad leader and his death at a base hospital after injury. He was buried March 19 in the Fifth Marine Division cemetery Iwo Jima Plot 7 Row 4. The letter offers condolences and readiness to assist the family.
A World War II letter from TB James McWilliams to Gaylord family describes safe conduct passes for Germans who left the lines and reads of propaganda. he mentions travel via Glasgow and Bristol, and notes easing censorship allowing names to be shared.
Private First Class Ansel Northup 19 of Myrtle Point Oregon is recovering at the 162nd General Hospital in England after being wounded by mortar shell fragments in Germany. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. Ward surgeon Captain Herbert G Barak of Kalamazoo Michigan says Northup is making very satisfactory progress.
Technical Sergeant John E. Leatherwood of Myrtle Point Oregon earns the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement during a January 20 1945 attack on Trento Italy while serving as armorer and aerial gunner with the 340th Bomb Group. Presentation made by Brigadier General Knapp amid praise for his combat mission record and devotion to duty.
A May 21, 1945 war letter details a Marshalls service member describing climate, longing for home, working day shifts on C-64 transports, swimming, going to shows, and adjusting to seasonal differences and heavier workload away from home. He notes ships and transport roles and hopes for better days.
Sgt. Charles W. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. PF Brown, writes from the Marshall Islands. He serves with maintenance crews for planes, stationed with the marshalling unit and reports on his duties.
The guidance suggests keeping tomatoes on the shelf of the refrigerator directly or in the home drawer if available, otherwise on the next-to-bottom shelf as a storage plan from Weating house home economists.
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