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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
7
Little Richard Thomas Walsh son of Mr and Mrs John P Walsh of 1518 Maple Road celebrated his first and golden birthday Sunday. He gasped at the lit candle and later he and his siblings enjoyed cake in proper party fashion.
Sgt Roy Sosnoski son of Mr and Mrs Anton Sosnoski of 420 Garnsey avenue is back from a 60 day furlough in the European theater after 32 months overseas. An engineer gunner with the 15th Air Corps he flew 26 missions in Italy before capture near Linz Austria. He was prisoner of war three weeks in Mark Ponga camp Austria and later earned the air medal with two oak leaf clusters and four ETO combat stars. His brother Corp Edward Sosnoski pictured with the signal corps attached to the RAF visited in Naples during a 28 month separation. He will report to Miami Florida after furlough.
Elwood Sportsmen's club to host fifth annual homecoming July 14 to 15 with a horse show air show baseball game vaudeville and prize awards including a hunting jacket bicycle and vanity case. The organizing committee includes Harold Friddle William Hibner Chester Brown and Harold Codo.
Steve Koukas, OM 3 c and son of Mrs Stella Koukas of 159 S Chicago St Joliet, arrived home yesterday after a year overseas with the U S Navy aboard an LST. The sailor telegramed his family from San Francisco where his ship arrived Saturday evening. He entered service May 29 1944 after graduating Joliet Township High School and attending Joliet Junior College.
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