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Rittman News Notes Appear in WWII Service Features
War era items from Rittman cover service cheers from the West Coast, awards, and homecomings. Cpl Arthur J Campbell earns Combat Infantryman Badge after action in Belgium Luxembourg Germany Italy Austria, while Cpl Ira Killough and others return home from Austria France Germany and Tennessee. Two local youths, Charles Hawkins and John Hobell, begin Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes as waves of servicemen keep in touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harrison
Rittman Press
Pacific
Yula M. Borisic
U. S. N. Hospital
Santa Margarita Ranch Oceanside, Salif
A. J. Campbell
Wadsworth
Cpl
Arthur J. Campbell
Austria
Belgium
Luxembourg
Rittman
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Charles Milton Hawkins
P. M. Hawkins
N. State St
John Junior Hobell
John. Hobell
Grant St