Service Men Earn Presidential Unit Citation for 67th Recon Group
Everett Vande Voort and Vernon Van Ee from Pella Iowa serve with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, cited by the president for valor. Their P-38 and P-51 missions over Normandy and east of the Rhine produced 2,200,000 photos during more than 5,000 combat flights, earning the unit a Presidential Unit Citation.
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Connaissance Group
U. S
Everett Vande Voort
Garrett Vande Voort
Columbus
Vernon A. van Ee
Bert van Ee
D. 2
67Th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
George W. Pe
Detroit
Mich
Richard S. Leghorn
Winchester
Miss
Pella
Europe
Normandy
D-day
Rhine River
Ninth Air Force
van de Voort
van Ee
Schroeders Settle In At Camp Livingston Reader Update
Mrs. Cere J Schroeder writes from 102 A Rainbow Drive Pineville Louisiana requesting Chronicle subscriptions continue to Camp Livingston. She notes housing shortages forced five moves since Thanksgiving and asks friends from Pella to visit and asks Captain Schroeder to be contacted via the medical section of the hospital.
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Rainbow
Schroeder
Camp Livingston
Sncerely
Cere J. ‘Schroeder
Pella
Iowans Honored With Citations For Duty In Pacific Campaigns
PFC Gerrit Kuiken among 13 Iowa soldiers in the 6th Infantry Division quartermaster company cited for "supernance of duty" during jungle operations in New Guinea and Luzon. The unit, with a long Pacific combat record, fought at Maffin Bay and Sansapor in Dutch New Guinea before arriving in Luzon.
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6Th Infantry Division
Luzon
6Th Infantry Divi Quartermaster Company
New Guinea
Harold L. Long
Atlantic
Pfe
Gerrit’ Kuiken
Otley
Walter L. Giesenbers
Marshalltown
Paul A. Palmberg
Red Oak
Kenneth J. Long
Albia
Robert C
Maffin Bay
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Mrs Sarah Brand Receives Mothers Day Cablegram From Germany
Mrs Sarah Brand, living with her sister in Pella, received a cablegram from her son Carroll Brand serving in Germany for Mothers Day. The message from Zwickau, Germany, dated Sully Town, offers love and well wishes and notes the son is well and fit, signing Pfe Carroll Brand APO 76 New York.
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Sarah Brand
Germany
Henry Brand
Pella
Zwickaw
Sarah Brand Sully
Town
Pfe. Carroll Brand
APO
New York, N. Y
Soldier Addresses Pvt Pleima at Camp Wolters Texas
Pvt Nelson L Pleima 37686580 of Co D G 2nd Infantry Tag Bn 2nd Platoon receives a report from Camp Wolters Texas. The address lists unit and camp location reflecting a military posting.
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Nelson L. Pleima
Camp Wolters
Texas
Woman Army Corps promoted to Technician Fifth Grade in Manila
Anna M. Ver Beek, long resident of Pella Iowa, promoted to Technician Fifth Grade in the Women’s Army Corps while stationed in Manila. She previously worked for the Navy Department in Washington before joining the Army in the Pacific theater. Since last September she has served in Australia New Guinea Leyte and now Manila. Her mother lives in Oskaloosa Iowa and she resides with her grandmother Cynthia Ver Beek at 108 Independence Street, Pella.
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Manila
P. 1
Women’ Army Corps
Anna M. Ver Beek
Independence Street
Pella
Iowa
Cynthia Ver Beek
Anna Ver Beek
Oskaloosa
T Beek
Australia
New Jinea
Leyte
Navy Department
Washington, D. Caz
United States Army Force
News from the Home for the Aged Visitations Shareings
Visitors from Sully Knoxvill and Monroe stopped by the Home for the Aged to see residents including Mrs. Van Gorp Mrs. Ohn and Mr. and Mrs C Den Harter. Family members from Leighton Treton and Tracy also paid calls on residents and staff.
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Versendaal
Arie
Dorothy
Isendaal
Etten
Andrew
Sully
Tennessee
Hey
Treton
Town
Dirk Geenen
M. van Gorp
Ohn
Knoxvillero
Jein de Dong
Tracy
Daksestraat
Monroe
Dhe Langest
Edna
Esther den Hartog
John den Marto
C. den Harter
Westra
Leighton
John de Vries
Henry Hagen
Dick Hone
Hert Vande Lane
Richard Vande Lame
Ehil
Local residents visit friends and relatives across Iowa
A string of visits includes Auke Vande Lune Leen Jabaai Prairie City Rev Dick Kolenbrander from South Dakota visiting the De Jong and Brand households. Numerous calls trace through Des Moines Oskaloosa Monroe Sully and Mahaska Hospital updates show improving conditions.
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Dren
Auke Vande Lune
Leen Jabaai
Prairie City
Andrew van Houweling
Dick Kolenbrander
South Dakota
P. de Jong
John Donai
Des Moines
Mary Brand
Neal Jabaai
Esther
Marvin
Joe Vanden Berg
Marjorie
Sephine
Algaretta
Johnnie
Waller Ver Dught
Dors
Gertrude Griffioen
Ten Acre Corn Yield Contest Sponsored Again
The Knoxville Community Club sponsors a ten acre corn yield contest in Marion County now in its second year. In 1944 eighteen farmers entered. Anton Blom led with 57 bushels per acre, Gerrit De Jong and J. C. Shivvers close behind with 101.28 and 100.15 bushels. Prizes were awarded December 14 at the Christian Church. The 1945 contest uses similar rules. fields must be at least ten acres, contour or straight planted, yields checked by harvest samples, moisture basis set at 15 percent.
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Knoxville Community Club
Marion County
Secon
Anton Blom
Take Prairie Township
Gerrit
de Jong
J. C. Shivvers
Christian Church
Community Club Contest Aid From County Farm Bureau
Assisting the Community Club in carrying out the contest are the Marion County Farm Bureau and the Marion County Soil Conserva nts Mr Lyman Eells. Farm Planner is in charge project this year. Any farmer interested in entering a field in the contest should contact either the Farm Bureau or the Soils District office. Farm real estate prices in Iowa are up 49 per cent from pre war levels. That should be warning enough against speculating in land during this war period. Sudan grass can be seeded as late as the first week in July if there is enough soil moisture but can be put in any time now that the ground is warm.
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Marion County Farm Bureau
Marion County Soil Conservants
Lyman Eells
Farm Bureau
Soils District Office
Iowa
Sudan
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Vernon van EE
Towa
Ninth Air Force Reconnaiss
Voth
Sgt
van Gorp Hatchery
Schroeders
Gerrit Kuiken
WAC
Lowe Brothers
Porch & Deck
Stan Ally
Carpenter Drug Store
Goodyear
Henry Welle
John de Ving
Ollie Wisgerhot
Jine
Equitable Life of
Warner Vande Voort
America
Pacific
Army
Navy
Freedom
American Eagle
Cove of
United States Employment Service Office
High St
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
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