Saline area WW II service notes and honors list
Veterans and families share posts from Saline area about World War II service. Kenneth C. Frey reports with 838th Anti Aircraft Battalion duty in England, France, Germany and Austria and Delta Base Section in Marseille handling troop redeployments amid Allied campaigns. Also noted are engagements, letters from Sasebo Japan reports, engagements in Portland Oregon, and local honors including Bronze Star for Harold F. Schaefer and announces engagements of Joan Stierle to Sgt Mond Jedele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Kenneth C. Frey
Emma Frey
East Michigan Ave
Camp Wallace
Texas
England
France
Germany
Austria
838Th
Pfe Frey
Saar
Seventh Army
Rhine
Danube
Pacific Theater
Marseille
Delta
Veterans questions answered in Washington service column
The Washington Bureau column answers reader questions on servicemen and veterans. Topics include how to obtain the bronze arrowhead for combat participation, overseas service reckoning, GI Bill schooling after discharge, merchant marine enlistment, and age/points for discharge, with guidance to submit affidavits, deferments, and regional VA offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bureau of National Weekly Service
Eye St. N. F
Washington, D. C
J. D
New Madrid
Mo. A
War Department
R. B.S
Norman
Okla
Armed Forces Institute
France
Little Rock
Ark
Ava
G.I
Navy
Unified command debate splits Army and Navy vision
Senate hearings on postwar defense unification reveal sharp Army and Navy rifts. General James Doolittle urges a merged command citing efficiency and air force modernization while Admiral Nimitz resists full merger, proposing a national security council instead. Eisenhower backs unity to avoid a three-way defense scramble and reduce waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Senate
James Doolittle
Doolltttle
Solo
Japan
Doolittle
Star Witness No. 2
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Force
National Defense
United States
Eisenhower
Beisenhower
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
War
Nimitz
Local Servicemen Separation Notices from Area
Wesely W. Jahnke son of Mr and Mrs Harold Jahnke of 1621 Jackson Ave Ann Arbor has been separated from the Army Air Forces. Harlan Dicks discharged after three years service including time in the Pacific now with wife at her parents home in Tecumseh. Stephen R. Ludlum received honorable discharge from Great Lakes Separation Center Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Stierle
Sgt
Ormond Jedele
Miss Stierle
John F. Stierle
W. Liberty Rd
Sgt. Jedele
Edward Jedele
Ann Arbor High School
Goodyears
Jedele
Saline
Army Air Base
Portland
Melvin Schaefer
Marines
Charlotte Phelps
Augusta Schaefer
Paul Rogers
Iceland
England
Roy Rogers
Wesely W. Jahnke
Harold Jahnke
Jackson Ave
Ann Arbor
Army Air Forces
Mr. Jahnke
Saline High School
Miller Jahnke Motors
Harlan Dicks
Pacific
Okinawa
Tecumseh
Coxwain
Stephen R. Ludlum
Great Lakes
Courteous Treatment of a Man and a Picture
A editorial line compares courtesy to lighting a portrait, suggesting equal respect for a man and a picture and highlighting the value of presenting both in a favorable light.
Facing Death With Children Through Honest Conversation
The article argues that parental avoidance of death fuels fear in children. It recommends early, age appropriate explanations, avoiding finality as a concept, and using truthful yet non-dwelling responses. It notes guilt, the need for funeral awareness, and family discussions of loss as prep for death’s inevitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Aliso
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sary
Delta Base
Michigan
Saline Observer
Sasebo
Lillian
Philippines
Formosa
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki
Leon L. Herter
Harold F. Schaefer
Harold
U. of M
Ieee
Merchant Marine
Pauls Vailey
Poughkeepsie
Douglas MacArthur
Tifu
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
RCA
Stewart-Warner
Admiral
Gibson
Apex
Duotherm
Deede Radio & Electric
Blair
Unified Command
AL Jedlick
Catherine Conrad Edwards
Parents’ Magazine
Saline Theatre
Gabby Hayes
Rosarita
Dennis -O’keefe
William Bendix
Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Aweigh
Dee
Dorothy Lamour
Arturo de Cordova
Benny
Milan
Tom Conway
Ann Rutherford
Charles Starrett
Fox Harding
Betty Hutton
Arthur DeCordova
Charlie Ruggles
Humphry Bogart
Alexis Smith
Chinaware
Pratt
Lambarth Bros
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