Local servicemen updates from Riverdale and surrounding towns
The Pointer reports on military personnel from Riverdale, Dalton, Dolton, and South Holland. It includes inductions at Great Lakes, shipboard notes, promotions, transfers, and address changes, with letters from service members in England, France, and the Pacific, plus requests to keep The Pointer coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Patriotic Council
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
South Holland Chamber of Commerce
Ivanhoe and
Dolton
Minnie Pehlers
Jefferson St
Col
Pointer
George Voss
Harvey
R. Se Ya
French Children Win Heart of Local Yanks
Two Riverdale brothers Frank and Orville Ar buhnott write from amid French war service in a letter home. They describe mud and rationed food in French barracks, see towns damaged by shelling, and praise American forces while hoping for home and a Happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
Joseph Vango
Mo.m
Riverdale
South Atlantic
Johnny Hence
Cy’ Wulff
Frank
Orville Arbuthnot
France
Sgt
Orville
America
Marseilles
Local service members update from Chanute Field to overseas
Pvt. Fred H. Born completed a six week course at Chanute Field Illinois on Friday. He then traveled to Dalton Snt and later to Bosaraton Florida for advanced radio mechanics training. Mrs William C Dorman reports her husband Cpl William C Dorman is somewhere in Germany. Lt Lyle Dorman has arrived safely in England per his mother in Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Kans
Duane L. Frahm
Riverdale
Liberal Army Air Field
Frahm
Brooks Field
Texas
Army Air Forces Training Command
Pvt
Ralph F. Lenover
U.S. Army
England
Ralph
States
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
United Nations
Germany
E.T.O
France
Belgium
Gerald Isaacson
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Edward Meurisse
Selman Field
Ivanhoe
Harlingen
Fred H. Born
Chanute Field
Ill
Dalton Snt
Bosaraton
Fla
William C. Dorman
Cpl
Dolton
Lyle Dorman
Fate of Bataan General Lim Reported Executed
Foreign Policy Association notes Gen Vicente Lim, top Filipino officer with MacArthur, was held by Japanese during the siege of Bataan and reports of his execution circulate but lack official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivate
Foreign Policy Association
Vicente Lim
Gen
MacArthur
Bataan
Miss Harriett Martin to Wed Capt Propper in Midwest Notice
Announcement by Mr and Mrs Frank E Martin of Ivanhoe announces the engagement of their daughter Harriett to Capt William S Propper son of Henry M Propper of Dalton The future bride is a University of Illinois graduate and former managing editor of two westside newspapers He earned air medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross after flying missions in Africa Sicily Italy and Europe and is now stationed at MacDill Field Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Martin
Wallace St
Ivanhoe
Harriett
Wm. S. Propper
Henry M. Propper
Dalton
Miss Martin
University of Illinois
Alpha Chi Omega
Westside
Propper
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Kipley Aids Sink Two Nip PT Boats Near Leyte
Donald E. Kipley, 21, machinist mate on a U.S. Navy PT boat, helped sink two Japanese escort PT boats and two barges off Leyte Island while on patrol near Ormoc. The action, witnessed by Kipley, occurred after a high speed chase and left expended shells littering the enemy decks. Kipley has served four months in the Southwest Pacific, with eight combat patrols in the Philippines and New Guinea areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th Fleet
Ormoc
Leyte Island
Philippines
Donald BR. Kipley
USNR
Emily C. Kipley
E. 138Th St
Dalton
Packard
Ripley
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Naval Reserve
Great Lakes
Ill
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
Melville
R. I
Thornton Evening School to Offer Credit Classes in 1945
Thornton Evening School announces its January 29 1945 start for second semester with registration on January 11 15 18 and 22 to 25 in office 108 B. Classes meet Mondays and Thursdays seven to nine for thirty sessions and require at least fifteen pupils per class. Courses include typing shorthand office machines bookkeeping algebra geometry and practical English for office workers. New Thomas Natural Shorthand debuts with five units promising faster, legible writing and potential college credit toward graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Evening School
Thornton
Pvt George Schuman Completes Training at Camp Wheeler
Pvt George Schuman finished basic training at Camp Wheeler Georgia and now attends the University of Minnesota to study Japanese and train as an interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
George Schuman
Camp Wheeler
University of Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Pocius, Jr
C. Pocius
U. S. Naval Training Center
Glen Hasler
John Hasler
Yuma
Ariz
Lincoln, Neb
John §. Torpy
Naval Base
Shoemaker
Calif
Arthur J. Schuman
Fort Meade, Md
T/Set
Arthur Mullen
Laredo
Central Instruector’s School
Aceu ‘Es
Francis M. Kleinz
SKV-3
Admiralty Group
Navy
Paris
Pfe
Henry G. Markus
Railroad Transportation Corps
Red Cross
Ralph Gerloff, Jr
James McCorkhill
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
John Mazzacavallo
RAF ‘Training Command
Mazzacavallo
Army Air Forces Training Command Station
Herschel Prill
Pacific
Clifford Wilkens
James H. Hunter
James J. Foster
Camp San Luis Obispo
Thomas D. Panozzo
Sheppard Field
Richard P. Haynes
Philadelphia
Emil P. Capriotti
Walter Wilkens
Russell J. Wirtz
Sgt. Wirtz Ig
Anti-Aircraft Command
Edward J. Corriveau
J.g
John Kinney
Virginia Hampton
Wacs
Calcutta
India
Don
James Ferguson
Lemley J. Ferguson
George Budwash, Jr
George
Riverside
San ‘Diego
Jim
Dee
Saipan
Fred Ocks
Empfort
James D. Krueger
Walter Krueger
LaSalle Sr
Dorothy Hill
Port Arthur
Kinston
N. C
Cpl. Krueger
Paul R. Pierce
Chicago Rd
Gordon
San Diego
Robert Crane
Sebring
Harriett Martin
Donald E. Kipley
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