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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1945
Page
7
Donald Tuinstra, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Tuinstra of Sully, has completed four years in the U S Navy and arrived on leave from Santa Cruz California. He will report to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for medical treatment.
Mr and Mrs Carl De Bruyn of Galesburg report their three sons are serving abroad Vernon in Manila Clifford with the mountain engineers in Italy and another son with the Army Air Forces in Tampa Florida The family notes the long distances and pride in the service of all sons amid global duties
Mrs. Fred Holdsworth, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Vander Waal of Pel, received official word confirming Pvt. Fred Holdsworth’s death on October 4, 1944, in Germany. The notice states burial occurred in Belgium with a chaplain officiating and services held in his memory.
Mr and Mrs T A Schrader of Monroe were notified on Tuesday that their son Woodrow Schrader was killed in action on February 9 in Manila. He had served in the Southwest Pacific for years and was cited several times for gallantry. His brother Glenn returned to action in Germany after recovering from wounds in France.
Eighth Air Force bomber Flight Officer Howard W. De Motts of Brandon Wisconsin and Pella Iowa earns the Air Medal for sustained bomber missions over Germany. He is a Central College alum and son of Mr. and Mrs. John De Motts.
Lt. Clare Hendershot Army Nurse and Y 2/e Flora Thane Shaw of the WAVES are both from Monroe. They recently met in Honolulu Hawaii without knowing the other was on the island.
Soldier addresses Bokhoven item listing Private Schrith Menninga and Marion Thomas with depot and ward details at Walter Reed General Hospital Army Medical Center Washington D.C. along with unit and camp addresses in Arkansas and North Carolina context.
Evan C Whitten of Harvey Iowa with the 87th Infantry Division in Germany was promoted from private to sergeant. Announcement by Lt Col Gilbert R Pirrung of the 32nd Engineers Battalion notes his service under Brig Gen Frank I Culin Jr’s Acorn Infantry Division in the Third U.S. Army under Gen George Patton. He is married to Virginia J Allen Whitten and resides in Harvey Iowa.
A poem honors Cpl. Cummings a young soldier in the Philippines approaching his 26th birthday on March 23. The speaker expresses missing home, recalling familiar town streets, and wishes him Happy Birthday and many more from afar.
The Office of War Information reports nearly 800,000 wounded and sick American servicemen have been evacuated by air since air evacuation began. One in five war casualties returning home last year arrived by plane, totaling 43,000. Air evacuation speeds care, preserves supplies, and aids strategic operations in campaigns such as Tarawa and New Guinea, with Army, Navy, and Marine units conducting the program and extensive training for medical personnel at Randolph Field Texas.
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