Melvin Schroeder recalls narrow escapes with 78th Infantry
In a German trench letter written eight days before V E Day Melvin C Schroeder of the 78th Infantry Division describes close calls near Herricans forest Kesternick Ruhrberg Schmidt and the Schwam Manuel dam He recalls earning a battle star and infantry combat badge and hopes to stay safe until the end of the war He notes crossing the Rhine and a tense encounter with enemy 20 mm a artillery near a stone wall for protection.
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Germany
Melvin C. Schroeder
78Th
Herricans
Kesternick
Ruhrberg
Schmidt
Schwammanuel Dam
Rhine
Pfe
Henry Bessinger
96Th
Okinawa
Leyte
Sam
Pointer Office
Pfc
Henry ‘Bessinger
Heme
Louis Newald
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Ralph Santefort
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Postmaster General Order 27861 on Overseas Paper Mail
The Navy and Post Office leaders issued Order 27861 dated May 1 1945 effective July 1 1945 to conserve shipping space for overseas personnel. It governs which newspapers and periodicals may be mailed to Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard members abroad and requires subscription requests and certificates with each mailing.
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Walter Dodson
SOM-3/c
Bremerton
Wash
Navy
Chicago
James D. Krueger
Marine Air Corps
Walter Krueger
LaSalle Street
Cpl. Krueer
Cpl. Krueger
Vv “Oe
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Marine Corps
Coats Guard
Fleet Post
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
Coast Guard
P.O.D
Bonse Receives Purple Heart Award Posthumously
Mrs. August Bonse of Riverdale received the Purple Heart awarded to her son Cpl. Myron Bonse for wounds suffered in Germany on April 11. The corporal has fully recovered and returned to active duty.
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Myron Bonse
August Bonse
Riverdale
Myron
Germany
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