Rockdale Welcomes Faynik Brothers Home From Overseas
Rockdale resident Martin A. Faynik arrives home after 27 months overseas on Army engineers duty in the Aleutians. His brothers Nichol as Army Air Corps prisoner in Japan and Joseph in Texas also served, with Nichol reporting via a 50 word postal card and Joseph returning from Italy last July.
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Army
Martin A. Faynik
John J. Faynik
Central Avenue
Rockdale
Faynik
Army Engineers
Aleutian Islands
Fort Sheridan
Florida
Nicholas Faynik
Army Air Corps
Bataan
John
Joseph Faynik
Texas
New postal notes debut at Joliet post office
Postmaster J Walter Lowrey announces the start of postal notes selling in denominations up to $10 with a five cent sales fee. The notes combine with stamps for exact amounts including cents, and do not replace traditional money orders.
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Joliet
J. Walter Lowrey
U.S
Lowrey
Local Soldiers Promoted at Air Base in England
Stephen E. Havrilla of 717 Francis Street rises from corporal to sergeant at an 8th Air Force service command station in England where he serves as an airplane mechanic with a mobile repair unit. Edward J. Eich of Lockport is promoted from private to corporal after enlisting April 10 1942 at Camp Grant and serving overseas since May 1943. Arthur, a brother, is a corporal with the Army in France.
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Stephen E. Havrilla
Mary Havrilla
Francis Street
8Th Air Force Service Command
England
Havrilla
Chicago
Arm
Camp Grant
Edward J. Eich
Peter Eich
Lockport
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Arthur
France
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