Our Boys in the Armed Forces
Community groups fund subscriptions for local servicemen and their families printThe Pointer on behalf of soldiers in Riverdale Dolton and South Holland. The column lists individual service members, transfers, furloughs and homecomings with brief notes from Camp Fannin Little Creek Blanding and overseas bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Ivanhoe and
Dolton
Minnie Pohlers
Jefferson St
Col
South Holland
George Voss
Ul. Harvey
Bob Markus
Camp Mackall, N. C
Radioman Participated in Black Cat Missions
Gordon W. Pierce of Dalton, Aviation Radio man Second Class, U.S.N., returned from 18 months in the Pacific with VPB-52. The squadron flew night Black Cat missions in low altitude Catalina PBYs, conducted air sea rescues, bombing, and anti-submarine patrols. VPB-52 earned a Presidential Unit Citation for night raids and sank or damaged hundreds of thousands of tons of enemy shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Pierce
U.S.N
Dalton
Pacific
VPB-52
Pierce
Canal Zone
Natal
Brazil
Bermuda
Hawaii
Australia
Indian Ocean
Submarine veteran Claude McGehee returns home on 18 day leave
Claude McGehee TM 8 c arrives home after seven months in the South Pacific and an earlier eighteen months in the Atlantic aboard the same ship. He served three years in the Navy and prior to active duty was stationed on the Wolver ine in Chicago for eight months and attended submarine school. Other transfers include 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burke to overseas duty and numerous personnel reassigned to sea duty or overseas posts in facilities from Seattle to Lincoln and Camp Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Born
Cambridge
Mass
Born
Richard P. Haynes
VT-2
Bilsie Griffith
Riverdale
Navy School
Philadelphia
Claude McGehee
South Pacific
Atlantic
Wolverine
Chicago
Navy
Lloyd L. Burke
Ed Bill Gebauer
Seattle
Wash
Alfred H. Wilhelm
M.om.m.-3
Pacific
Howard Rentner
Robert Grandmaison
Edward Fike
Glen E. Hasler
Lincoln
Neb
Roy E. ‘Meurisse
Selman Field
Monroe
Robert M. Crane
Bennett Varco
Camp Gordon
Frank Lund, Jr
Camp Edwards
Edward F. Kile
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Jessen
Camp Fannin
Texas
Theo, W. Reich
Camp Crowder
Theo. H. Reich
A. ©.Goebel
Kurt Stitzel
Terre Haute
Ind
Jack ‘Wilcoxen
Amphibious Training
Pvt
Edward Kurz
Marine Corps
Kaiser” Brandt
Edward
Merritt W. Fisher
Honolulu
John P. Lau
Joseph L. Cohen
John
Eetr
Emil J. Verhoeven
Army Engineers
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Fred
Camp Maxey
Zeyr
John J. Dahlke
M.P
Camp Claiborne
Alaska
States
Pfe
Anthony Paulauski
France
England
Donald V. Anderson
O.K
Ralph ‘Lenover
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
Okla
Belgum
Marjorie J. Bird
George A. Bird
Michigan Ave
Naval Training School
Yeoman-W
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Richard H. Perguss
Camp Blanding
Fla
I.R.T.C
Ben Lear
Stilwell
China
Re‘ls
Elmer Jacobita
Delton
William Ehlers
Philippines
America
Myron Bowse
Bill
Army
Camp Wolters
Fiji Islands
New Hebrides
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Robert Anders
Germany
Patton
Herman Anders
Siegfried Line
Radioman
Bismarck Sea
Dutch New Guinea
Woleai
Caroline Islands
Wadke Island
Army Air Force
Halmahera
Kavieng
Rabaul
Bismarck
Dave Miller
Prop
Dave’s
Indiana Ave
Illinois Central
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