Canteen Returned After 60 Years To Shafter Soldier
Buck Private William Lachenmaier of Shafter, a 1937 Shafter High School graduate who served in Company A of the 46 Engineers, carved his name on a canteen during World War II. The relic, carried across the South Pacific, was shipped back to him by FedEx after 60 years, sparked by a chance discovery by William Warner in Kentucky.
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Wm. Lachenmaier
Army Canteen
Shafter
Boston Harbor
South Pacific
Shafter Army Buck
William Lachenmaier
Lachenmaier
Shafter High School
Engineers Regiment
Pearl Harbor
Panama Canal
Australia
States
William
Fort Belvoir
Washington D.C
FedEx
Mike Warner
Lexington
Kentucky
Air Force
Korea
Remembering Ralph Browner Navy Cross recipient and Marine
A Shafter boy dreamed of serving as a Marine and Ralph L. Browner lived that dream. At Saipan in July 1944 he held a foxhole alone through the night, repelled three Japanese soldiers, and earned the Navy Cross. Browner later led the Legion of Valor as national commander before his 2005 death.
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Shafter Boy
U.S
Island of
Saipan
Ralph L. Browner
Browne
Browner
Violet Butler
Clancy Browner
Ralph
Shafter High School
Marines
Bakersfield
Shafter
Mary Fenton
Mary
California
Legion of Valor
Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery
Boulder City
Nevada
Shafter and Wasco events highlight May activities
Correction notes scholarship funds from Lopez Pineta families support Shafter High School graduates. May Day observance at Downtown Plaza noon led by Pastor Pat Coyle with Teen Challenge singing. May 7 Shafter High School General Open Golf Tournament details via Arlie Manuel or Gary Pederson. Mother's Day tribute at Sounds of Pentecost Wasco Sunday May 8 at 10 a.m. gift for each mother. Pine Mountain Lilac Festival May 14-15 with parade, Six Flags Pepe LePew, horse shoe and golf events, kids activities.
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Shafter Ministerial Association
Pat Coyle
Mennonite Brethren Church
Arlie
Manuel
Gary Pederson
Mother’s
Sounds of Pentecost
Filburn
Palm
Wasco
Pine Mountain Club
Pepe LePew
Six Flags
Sludge Plant Near Wasco Draws Environmental Scrutiny
Wasco area residents note a sludge facility northwest of Wasco on land owned by the City of Oxnard. Biosolids, treated with calcium oxide, are stored near water and gun clubs amid dairies, raising concerns from councilman Larry Pearson and Sen. Dean Florez about environmental impact and waste trucking from Los Angeles area sites.
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Roy Patrick
Wasco Tribune
Wasco
Oxnard
Southland
Kern County
Larry Pearson
the Tribune
Los Angeles
Dean Florez
D-Shafter
Gun Club Road
Peterson
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Boston
Cape
ENG
Bontrel Legion of Valor
TV Ae
Lopez/Pineta
Lingu Sulnes
Py Shaker High Schce
Aeaterian Megane Syerns
Crystal Gonzalez
Yazmina Cortinas
Cristina Hermandez
Diana Medina
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