Porter awarded Purple Heart after assisting at Belgian village
Franklin County reports Private First Class Darwin F. Porter of Preston Idaho wounded by a Nazi tank machine gun in Belgium. He receives treatment in England where the 22 year old soldier is praised for leading his squad past retreating tanks and is expected to be moved to a convalescent hospital.
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192Nd General Hospital
England
Darwin F. Porter
Rt. 1
Preston
Idaho
United States Army General Hospital
Pfe Darwin
Irving Shoenfeld
New York
Pfe Porter
Two Air Medal Oak Leaf Clusters Awarded to USAAF Gunners
Technical Sergeant Joseph C. Egley of Preston and First Lieutenant Vern E. Klippert of Preston receive Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during Eighth Air Force bomber operations over Germany. Egley, top turret gunner on the B 17 Swanee Pride of the 447th Bomb Group, has flown many missions. Klippert, navigator on another B 17, participated in Schweinfurt Hamburg and Merseburg raids and Ruhr Valley targets. Both awards were presented by their group commanders and cited for courage, coolness, and skill reflecting credit on themselves and the armed forces.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Joseph C. Egley
Preston
Egley
United States
Wm. J. Wrigglesworth
Eau Claire
Wis
447Th
Third Air Division
England - Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Vern E. Klippert
Lucy D. Klippert
South 4Th East
Europe
Kippert
Schweinfurt
Hamburg
Merseburg
Klippert
Ruhr
398Th Heavy
Lewis P. Ensign
el Paso
Texas
Pullman
Washington
Santa Ana
California
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hondo
Rapid City
South Dakota
Preston High School
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
Ed Davis Receives Croix de Guerre and Bronze Star
Pfc. David E. Davis of Preston, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Davis, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Bronze Star by Col. Harry C. Brumbaugh at Camp Cooke for leadership and coolness under fire while attached to the French Expeditionary Corps in the Mediterranean. The presentation, approved by Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, followed Davis’s 13 months overseas service in Oran, Sicily, and Italy with the Fifth Army.
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Camp Cooke
Calif
David E. Davis
Lucille D. Eskelson
North State Street
Preston
David Davis
Harry C. Brumbaugh
Pfc
Davis
Mediterranean
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
SCU
Brumbaugh
Oran
Sicily
Italy
U.S
Community Church Lenten Services Through Easter
Rites scheduled for the Lenten period include March 11 morning prayer and sermon at 11 30 a m with Rt Rev Arthur W Moulton Bishop of Utah March 18 evening prayer and sermon at 7 30 p m March 25 Holy communion and sermon at 11 00 a m led by The Venerable W F Bulkley Archdeacon of Utah Easter Sunday April 1 Holy communion and sermon at 11 00 a m with Rt Rev Arthur W Moulton Bishop of Utah Everyone is invited to attend.
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Arthur W. Moulton
S.T.D
Utah
W. F. Bulkley
D.D
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Franklin County
6Th Army Group
France
264Th Ordnance Company
Elwyn Thomas
Route 2
Camp Roberts
Pvt
Merlin E. Nielson
Pla
Toon
Nielson
West Oneida
Fic
Ed Davis
Parley K. Belnap
Emory Belnap
Powder River
Belgium
Fairview
Cpl
Donald
Bodily
Grp. T
APO
Ce M
Nyc
Iwo Jima
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Hell
R. O. Ward
R. A. Ward
Treasureton
Pearl Harbor
Ward
Fourth Marine Division
Marine Raiders
U. S
Tinian
Os 15Th Aaf
Calvin E. ‘Forsgren
Blaine J. Gamble
Forsgren
Gamble
Cal
Theo L. Smith
Amarillo
Alexandria
Second Air Force
Cpl. Smith
Riverdale
LDS Seminary
Samuel L. Smith
Marana Army Air Field
Tucson
Arizona
William S. Dursteler
Arnold Dursteler
Route 1
Dursteler
Army Air Corps
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Bennett Flying Service
Pocatello
Husler
Classic Cleaners
ST. John’s Episcopal Corner
Idaho Mutual
Mutual
Yorke Mutual Benefit Association
Ibolse
America
Mutual Benefit Association
The
Idaho Mutual Benefit Association
Idaho Mutual Building
8Th & Main
Boise, Idaho
Fit-O- Matis
Dee
Autens Texaco Service
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