Prisoner Tells Of Europe's Primitive Farming Practices
Pfc. Morris Hadley Thomas of Columbus Indiana, prisoner in Germany from February 1944, describes farm work under German guards near Augsburg. He notes hand labor, use of oxen, scarce fuel, and lack of machinery, with farms housing livestock and workers in a village setting. Liberation came with the 92nd Armored Division and advancing Allied forces.
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Morris Hadley Thomas
Columbus
Indiana
M. J. Thomas
Sikeston
Pfc
Thomas
Italy
Augsburg
Uncle Sam
Germany
Poland
Texas
92Nd Armored Division
Red Cross
Soldier Relates 1950 Passion Play Visit in Oberammergau
In a letter Sgt. Wm. J. Anderson, Bronze Star recipient, describes an Oberammergau visit to see the Passion Play. He and companions toured the theatre with a guide, noted costumes, and the Christ character. He mentions a 1950 performance, the theatre capacity of 7,000, and many standees. Anderson, with the 7th Army Medical unit in Augsburg, also recalls Innsbruck, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, and a wartime joke about an enlisted club sign.
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Wm. J. Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Oberammergau
Sgt. Anderson
Sgt Anderson
Christ
7Th Army
Augsburg
Germany
Innsbruck
The
Red Cross
Anderson
Austria
Italy
France
Salzburg
Berchtesgaden
Riley
Berchtes,gaden
Hitler
Munich
Soldier Anderson’s Overseas Service Since 1944 Noted
An Army serviceman named Anderson, who joined in June 1943, has been serving overseas since January 1944. The report mentions a beer hall linked to Hitler as a noted site of an attempted bomb.
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Beer Hall
Hitler
Anderson
High Praise for Former Sikeston Man
A Sikeston native, Leonard R. Stacy, is lauded by his commanding officer as the best first sergeant in the 184th Regiment now with the Seventh Infantry Division on Okinawa. Stacy, from Marysville California, has four battle stars, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with clusters, and has led his rifle company through major Pacific campaigns and combat.
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Stacy
Army
Aleutians
Marshalls
Leyte
Last of Civil War Veteran Briggs Dies in St Louis Home
Joseph Briggs 96, last Civil War veteran in the St Louis area, died last Thursday afternoon in St Louis with daughter Virginia Geiger. A former Illinois farm boy and lumberman, Briggs enlisted at 17 in 1865, served in the 51st Illinois Infantry, marching with Union forces and recalling Lincoln and battles. He had moved from Sikeston to live with family after a long life of public memory and Civil War reminiscences.
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Joseph Briggs
Sikeston
St. Louis
St. Lous
John Milton Claypool
Briggs
Paul S. Meskil
Confederate Veterans
Hamilton Avenue Christian Church
Hamilton
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Joseph Biges
Watson
Gettysburg
Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic
51St
Illinois Infantry
Gen. Thomas
Georgia
Lyonsville
Joey Briggs
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Missouri
Virginia Geiger
Gen.Claypool
Veterans
North
South
Goldie Morrow
Christan Old People’s Home
Gen Clay Pool
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Rexall Products
Nyal
Rexall Drug Store
New Madrid Street
Sikeston, Mo
Pvt
Joe Poe
Armed Forces
Camp Hood
Clyde Poe
Camp Howze
Cpl
J. R. James
Army Air Corps
Puerto Rico
Geneva
Nebr
Abe Lincoln
White House
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Powell Insurance Agency
Londonderry
Goodyear
Tae” Neni
DES Ees
F. & M. Oil Co
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