Sergeant Sternisha wins DFC for Berlin missions on D-Day
Sgt. Ray S. Sternisha, 23, radio operator and gunner on a B 24 based in England, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for 28 missions over Berlin Munich Brunswick and other German targets including D-Day bombing. He completed 30 missions without injury to crew and saw heavy flak but no fatal damage. Sternisha is visiting his parents at 1214 Wilcox Street as he recounts the citation and wartime experiences.
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Joliet Youth Earns Air Awards and Reclassification
Glenn Miller and his orchestra provided entertainment at a 100 mission party for Ster nisha's bomber group. The Joliet graduate earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, an Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, European African Middle Eastern ribbon with two stars, and a Presidential Citation. He left Joliet Township High School, worked at Rendels, enlisted October 1942, went overseas February 1943, and arrived in Santa Ana California today to report for reclassification.
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Blind Streets We Avoid Them In Daily Driving
The piece warns drivers about blind streets at intersections warning that turning onto such streets wastes time and gas. It laments pointless detours and urges avoiding dead ends that go nowhere, noting many such streets exist and people still enter them.
Blind Streets We Must Avoid For A Happier Life
The author lists envy malice revenge self-indulgence self-pity anger and selfishness as blind streets that lead to harm, isolation, and regret. Each pathway is described as damaging to self and others, offering no real justice or joy, yet people still choose them.
World Judicial System Proposal for International Courts
The proposal argues for fifty permanent international courts with about two hundred judges and five thousand staff, plus fifty buildings. It claims annual costs would be less than the hourly global spending aimed at restoring peace and justice.
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