Forty Fourth Recon Squadron Heads Home From France
The 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron under Lt Col Ralph L. Foster arrived at Camp Atlanta near Chalons France late July 3 ready to depart for Le Havre and embark at noon July 7. Cpl Ernest R Wiebe of Shafter California is among the unit members returning toward the Pacific. The crew completed redevelopment processing in 3 days setting a notable pace for the Ninth Army unit.
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Assembly Area
44Th Cavalry
Pacific
Ernest R. Wiebe
Route 1
Shafter
Calif
Ralph L. Foster
Colrain
Mass
44Th
Camp Atlanta
Assembly Area ‘Command
Chalons
France
le Havre
Honea Wins Bronze Star With Fifth Army in Italy
Private First Class Clarence E. Honea of Shafter California received the Bronze Star medal for heroic achievement in action on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He served with the 361st Infantry Regiment of the 91st Powder River Division. His wife Violet Honea resides in Shafter.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Clarence E. Honea
Shafter
Calif
Powder River
Violet Honea
Ray Van Bever Promoted to Corporal in Philippines
Ray T. Van Bever husband of Mrs Edythe Van Bever 226 Pacific street Shafter was promoted to corporal at the Fifth Air Force Service Command station in the Philippines where he serves as an administrative technician Overseas he has a year in service and wears the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with three campaign stars the Philippine Liberation ribbon with one campaign star and the Good Conduct ribbon He was employed by Standard Oil before joining the military and is a Pineville High school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray van Bever
Fifth Air Force Service Command
Philippines
Ray T. van Bever
Edythe van Bever
Pacific Street
Shafter
Annis Receives Bronze Star for Meritorious Service
Mrs. Jean Annis reports Major General Bryant E. Moore notified that her husband T/8 Arnot M. Annis has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious services in the field of battle.
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Jean Annis
Bryant E. Moore
Arnot M. Annis
Local People Return from Weeklong Vacations
Community items note Mr and Mrs W T Kinman and family along with Mr and Mrs A J Hemingson returning from Camp Nelson. Others vacationing include Dr L H McGrane in Long Beach and celebrating a Golden Wedding, Vernon Kroeker visiting Dinuba, and Pfc J W Frizzell Jr on 30 day furlough. Also reports on Scouts, visits to Bakersfield and Reedley, and several travel plans. Local notes mention mountain lion counts, Owens Valley wells, and historical tidbits about California and a Paris trip.
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Long Beach
L. H. McGrane
Mrs. McGrane
Laurence McGrane
Frizzell
J. W. Frizzell Jr
East Coast
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Shafter
G. W. Frizzell
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Honea
Shafter Press
Annis
W.t.kinman
A. J. Hemingson
Camp Nelson
J. C. Channeson
McKinley
Pond
Marion Crockett
Dinuba
Vernon Kroeker
Issac
Pismo Beach
J. E. Klassen
Huntington
Shafter Boy
Huntington Lake
Bakersfield
D. M. Warkentien
Frank Hecker
Humboldt
Trinity, Mendocino
Lake
San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge
Owens Valley
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Sacramento
California
Great Central Valley
Modoc County
John Peters
Maple
Thelma Fisher
Shelbyville
Indiana
Erick Kayser
Ben Kliewer
Galveston
Texas
Ben
Laverne Kliewer
Laon
Laverne
Portola
Thomas
Wedge
Donald Wedge
Mr. Wedge
Feather River Canyon
Bertram Davis
Paris
Bertrard
Davis
Arch de Triomphe
Vack Squire
Janet
Rose Zerkel
Oildale
Irvin Fike
San Francisco
George Enns
Bert Ware
Lindsay Municipal
Lindsay
Thomas Bertram Ware
Selma
Laura Hare
Constance
L. Rowe
W. H. Bancroft
Bancroft
Col
Charles Renard
H. A. C Krebs
Donald R. Lobaugh
Freeport
US. Treasury
Woody Cowan
Dutch New Guinea
Eubanks
U . S. Treasury Department
ADLA
McClure's Drug Store
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