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Service Bulletin of Local Military Personnel
The notice lists sailors and soldiers from Shafter and nearby areas serving in World War II. It mentions Lt. Calvin E. Rains earning the Air Medal for carrier attacks on Japan, Otha Havins aboard the USS Indianapolis rescue group near Peleliu, Cpl. Rudy Paloma returning from Okinawa, and brothers Joe, Salvador, and Victor Alexander among others in Europe and the Pacific. Discharges and homecomings include Ewald Goehring and Lt. William R. Lachenmaier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin E. Rains
U.S S. Monterey
A. E. Rains of
Shafter
Italy
United States
Otha A. Havins
Pountin 2
W. A. Havins
San Diego
U S.S. Indianpolis
Philippines
Guam
Peleliu
Cpl
Rudy Paloma
Okinawa
Pacific
MacArthur
Rudy
Army
Joe
Hawaii
Marshalls
Gilberts
Carolinas
Solomons
Salvador
Luxembourg
Germany
Sgt
Victor Alexander
Austria
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
U.S.A
Albert McNeel
Mussolini
Sacramento
Ewald Goehring
Ewald
Harry Nutt
Air Corps
Shepherd Field
Texas
Wm. R. Lachenmaier
Ft. Belvoir Va
John Lachenmaier
Billy
Russell Hamman
Alice Bender
North Carolina
Ohio