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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
9
Lt John C. Pangborn Jr describes his first parachute jump in China Burma theater writing by candlelight for his parents. He notes initial fear, the need to push out, and the beauty of the opened chute as natives applaud, while reflecting that jump courage may be less heroic than expected.
The report traces Lt Pangborn’s wartime service from enlisting in September 1941 to postings in Alaska in 1942 and recent six months in India and Burma. It notes a night with Lt Col Seagrave, Burma Surgeon fame, and describes his parachute piece and camouflage nylon as part of his unit’s equipment.
Lieut Robert Diehl arrives on 30 day sick leave to visit his parents Dr and Mrs Crown O Diehl The Terrace He was the sole survivor of his unit of 265 in actions near the Luxembourg border in January He was wounded and treated in France England and United States before hospitalization in Georgia and Newton D Baker Hospital His brother Pvt John Diehl remains with the Army in Germany after five major engagements with an anti air unit.
A Tennessee infantryman Pfc. Dora Wilcox of Lt. Elmo, Tennessee, saved three men by stamping a Japanese grenade into the ground during a Leyte attack. His foot was shattered. he is under care at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco after the blast.
Washington June 1 The War Food Administration announced the order blocking soluble coffee for armed forces is terminated effective June 1 allowing soluble coffee back into civilian channels. Stained glass windows of the Middle Ages used colored glass pieces held by lead strips which became part of the design.
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