Franklin County Men in Service Highlight Promotions and Awards
James P. Tasso of Clifton is promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant at Seventh Army headquarters in Germany after outstanding combat performance. Details cover his training at Camp Daves and Camp Fannin, an Okinawa service photo from Herlach, and other local service members including Ernest E. Willmore of Lewiston Utah awarded the Purple Heart for hand to hand fighting on Okinawa Shima. Loyal Hansen of Preston Idaho returns from an 18 month Atlantic tour as Aviation Chief Radioman with Fleet Air Wing Seven. The report notes unit actions against U boats and contributions to Allied efforts.
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James P. Tasso
James Tasso
Clifton
Seventh Army
Germany
Tasso
Camp Daves
North Carolina
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Camp Fannin
Texas
Herlach
St.asso
77Th Infantry
Okinawa
Pfe
Ernest E. Willmore
Lewiston
Utah
Okinawa Shima
Willmore
307Th Regiment
Statue of Liberty
Army
Richmond
A E. Bennett
Thatcher
Idaho
Lynn Bennett
Loyal Hansen
Us.n.r
South State Street
Preston
Atlantic
Navy
Fleet Air Wing Seven
Private Bergquist earns Bronze Star for bravery near Eifort
The Bronze Star was awarded to Private First Class Keith E. Bergquist for fearlessly directing curlate fire at a hostile emplacement amid heavy artillery and rocket barrages during a March 26, 1945 operation near Eifort Germany. Bergquist, serving since 1944, later fought with the Third Army as part of occupation forces.
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Eifort
Germany
Keith E. Bergquist
Ed Bergquist
Preston
Pfe
Bergquist
Pfe. Bergquist
Keith
First Army
Third Army
Social notes from Logan and area visits
Swan Lake greetings as Mr and Mrs Don Henderson visit Lo gan with infant daughter and hosts a Friday shower. Mr and Mrs Robert Hodges and the Pocatello party visit relatives. Sorenson and Woodrow Sorenson families spend in Cottonwood. Hadley and Randall families have connections in Logan and Salt Lake City. Lorraine Sorenson marries Floyd Swainston of Spanish Fork. Portland job history noted.
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Don Henderson
Logan
Robert Hodges
Pocatello
Hodges
George Matkins
P C Sorenson
Woodrow Sorenson
Eugene
Cottonwood
Alma Hadley
Dean
Europe
Verl Randall
Judy
Ida Hadley
Lorraine
Floyd Swainston
Spanish Fork
Portland
Nate Thomas
Salt Lake City
Douglas Hadley
Speedy Planes Open Idaho First Airline Service
Zimmerly Airlines expands intrastate air service in Idaho with a second 10-passenger Boeing plane operating daily from Pocatello at 8:00 am and 8:27 am to Burley Boise Lewiston and Coeur d Alene. Flights cover routes via Hell's Canyon along the Snake River with times from Pocatello to Boise 1 hour 2 minutes and Boise to Lewiston 1 hour 22 minutes. Return service ends at 5:22 pm. The new aircraft features carpeted cabins and panoramic views of the scenery.
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Idaho
Coeur d’ Alene
Lewiston
Boise
Burley
Pocatello
Zimmerly Airlines
Coeur d'Alene
Boeing
Hell’s Canyon
Snake River
Seven Devils Mountains
Pas
Zemmerly Airlines Ticket Office Named in Pocatello
Report notes a plane with 1,400 pounds baggage in the nose and 1,000 pounds in the baggage compartment, engines 600 horsepower each, capable of lifting the loaded craft to 9,000 feet. Crew includes two pilots and a mechanic. Ticket office at Whitman hotel, Pocatello, phone 1504.
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Zemmerly Airlines
Whitman Hotel
Pocatello
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Franklin County
Herlach Prison
Hansen Is
L. L. Hansen
Preston High School
Fenny 1942
Austria
Dad
New York
Edinburg
Scotland
England
Newberry
Rheins
France
Bastogne
Seventh Army Front
Hagenau
Ruhr
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Holland
Belgium
Luxemberg
Ludwighafen
Bavarian
Danube
Ulm
Erchtesgaden
Adolph
Berchtesgaden
Zellamsee
Army of Occupation
Tam
Japan
Love, Keith
Keith P. Smith
N. Y
Persiana
North State Street
Bosworth Bldg
Peterson
North State
Palico
Preston Lumber CO
Swan Lake
Speedy
Hinman
Sioux
Taly Low
Firestone
Attens Texaco Service
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