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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
6
Sgt. Boyes recounts a brutal wartime interrogation and a startling revelation from a file folder that exposed his crew, family, and past. He describes hospital life on Berlin’s outskirts under shelling and the neutral ward turning into a frontline as Red troops closed in.
Gerald D Thonen and Richard O Wertz both 17, seamen second class, have arrived at Naval Training Station Norfolk Virginia to train for duties aboard a new destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet. Private Martha Heffelman daughter of Mrs Clara Leota Yoho Marshallville has completed clerk school training at the First Women’s Army Corps Training Center Fort Des Moines Iowa and should be added to the Rittman Honor Roll. Pvt Roland C Chenal has arrived at Ashburn General Hospital McKinney Texas from overseas after service in Africa and Italy and is convalescing with parents Mr and Mrs Albert Chenal at 180 Sterling Ave.
First Lieutenant Delmont E. McAnallen of the 24th Infantry (Victory) Division acted as artillery observer during the Hill 550 fight outside Davao. With only twelve defenders against a larger force, he directed a barrage that prevented a Japanese counterattack, leaving dead enemies on the slope and securing the position for his unit.
A popular favorite with his men known as Mac, he arrived overseas in January and is already a veteran of three operations with the 33rd Division on Luzon. 8/Sgt Harry A. Ditch earns the Purple Heart for wounds near Asia and Luzon while leading a squad in attack on a fortified position aiding the capture of Baguio by the 33rd Division late April. Pfc Edward Novosel of 192 North State St is among Eighth Air Force personnel congratulated by Lt Gen James H. Doolittle for the unit’s January 1944 command.
In France Pfc. Benjamin E. Winkler is allowed a brief victory celebration before returning with his unit to redeploy Air Forces personnel and supplies to the Pacific theater. A change of address lists Pfc. Wilfred M. Boyce, 910430, 6th M. P. Bn.
An OCR fragment notes a military postal designation in San Francisco involving Fleet Post Office operations tied to Pacific Fleet forces. No date or action details are readable. the line appears as part of a broader roster or unit listing.
Ethyl I. Shreve and Evelyn Knieriem sell one lot in the village of Doylestown for 1. Rosa Ternansky transfers 40 acres in Chippewa Township to Walter F. Scott and others for 1.
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