OUR BOYS IN THE ARMED FORCES
Pvt Robert W Bachmann shows a transfer from Camp Chaffee Arkansas to Fort Sam Houston Texas. Midshipman Thomas Rost, son of Mr and Mrs Rodger E Rost, 13901 State Street Riverdale, returns from a 30 day leave to Kings Point Academy New York. He and his parents visit his brother Rodger in a Fort Worth naval hospital. Pfe Charles Krueger, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Krueger Dalton, informs a long distance call that he leaves for Yokohama Japan via Seattle and Kiska.
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Robert W Bachmann
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Thomas Rost
Rodger E. Rost
State Street
Riverdale
Kings Point Academy
New York
N. Y
Fort Worth
Rodger
Naval Hospital
Charles Krueger
Dalton
Pfe
Salt Lake City
Yokohama
Japan
Seattle
Wash
Kiska
Paul Gall Unit 303 Auxiliary Trustees Meet in July
The Paul Gall Unit 303 holds a July 25 meeting with monthly sessions in July and August. Newly elected officers include President Dorothy Wardzala and First Vice President LaResta Mottinger. Meginnis and Wardzala will attend the Department convention in Chicago in August. Proceeds from recent fundraisers support veterans services.
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Paul Gall
Margaret Meginnis
Dorothy Wardzala
LaResta Mottinger
Frankie Albrecht
Zelda Bock
Edith Rudolph
Meginnis
Wardzala
Department
Chicago
Vestal
Albrecht
Marie Cook
Orland Convalescent Center
Mary Ferguson
Viola Wiebke
Local Servicemen Discharged and Homecoming Notes
Discharged Army Pvt Robert Markus arrived home May 7 after service since March 1944, spending 15 months in Germany. Navy men John W. Leimer and Peter H. Boer were discharged June 28 at Great Lakes Illinois. Leimer resides in Dalton and Boer in South Holland.
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Robert Markus
August Markus, Jr
Army
Fort Sheridan
Germany
John W. Leimer
Forest Avenue
Dalton
Peter H. Boer
160Th
Cottage Grove Avenue
South Holland
Naval Service
Great Lakes
Ill
Riverdale Youth Enlists for Navy Training
Riverdale graduates join the Navy during June 21 to 28. Robert John Frosch from Riverdale lists HA-2/e 14306 Union Ave as one enlistee. Navy officials in Chicago emphasize expanded trade training and over 80 crafts, with enlistment open to men 17 to 30 for 2, 3, 4, or 6 years.
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Navy
Robert John Frosch
Union Avenue
Riverdale
Plymouth Court
Chicago
Warn Against Solicitors Claiming V A Backing
Robert D. Beer of the Illinois Regional office of the Veterans Administration Chicago warns a sympathetic public to beware of solicitors claiming VA sanction for sales projects especially magazine subscriptions.
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Robert D. Beer
Illinois
The
Veterans Administration
Chicago
Misrepresentation in Magazine Sales Alarms Veterans Department
Chicago area reports of fraudulent magazine sales include claims of Veterans Administration backing. The VA states it does not publish or profit from magazines and urges reporting of unauthorized solicitations to the Illinois Regional Office Dearborn 7500 Extension 322.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beer
Better Business Bureau of Chicago
Veterans Administration
Mr. Beer
Ilinois
Illinois
Vveterans
Dearborn
Veterans Administration Hosiital
Hines, Ill
Armistice Day Bill Proposed for World War II
The American Legion backs a U S Congress bill to designate August 14 as Armistice Day for World War II. The measure seeks national recognition of the cessation of hostilities in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Congress
Navy Casualties Reach 186169 Total Since Pearl Harbor
The Navy reports total naval personnel casualties from December 7, 1946, amounting to 186000 plus. The Army records May 1946 enlistments at 48000, continuing a downward trend from prior months.
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Navy
Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion Auxiliary
Louis XIV
Paris
V.A
G.I
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan
J.f.chandler
Roofing Co
Chicago St
Dolton
Baya GS UZ NL
Harvey
Gabbage
Riverdale Electric CO
Indiana Ave
Congress of the United States
Washington, D. C
Cape Cod
Burt Sullivan
Omaivoa
IAL
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Mortgage Money Headquarters
Lincoln Ave
Seagrams
Calvert Reserve
King Black
Hiram Walkers
Three Feathers Reserve
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