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Local service men updates from Riverdale Dalton and South Holland
Community groups paid subscriptions for servicemen in Dalton Riverdale and South Holland. Letters from coast to coast share moves, promotions and discharges as families report address changes and war news. Includes messages from Sgt Dwight Watson, Jake Jessen, Donald Wilcoxen and Edward Taylor plus engineering notes on Normandy supply operations and naval Yeoman training details.
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Community Patriotic Council
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
South Holland Chamber of Commerce
Ivanhoe and
Minnie Pohlers
Jefferson St
Col
Pointer
George Voss
Harvey
Wia
Normandy
D-Day
Don J. Shingler
Army-Navy Journal
538Th Quartermaster Battalion
George Groeling, Jr
Army
North Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Pacific
Lae
Arawe
Holalndia
Army Service Forces
Shingler
Engineer Special
ASF