Pfc John Rubocki Leads Recon During Luzon Action
Pfc John Rubocki of the 7th Cavalry on Luzon sketched an enemy position map during a deep recon near Antipolo. His quick action helped wipe out cave and artillery emplacements and saved fellow troops. He is a Joliet Township High School 1935 graduate and served as a Saddle Blanket troop reporter overseas. His wife Mary lives at 706 Abe Street.
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Pfc
John P. Rubocki
Abe Street
Custer
7Th Cavalry Regiment
1St Cavalry Division
Luzon
Antipolo
Rubocki
Rubecki
Joliet Township
Guardian Angel
Illinois
Saddle Blanket
Mary
Soldier Greco Earns Battle Honors for WWII Invasions
BM 2¢ Joseph Greco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Greco of 413 Strong Avenue, participated in the Iwo Jima invasion in the Volcano Islands and Okinawa in the Ryukyus. He also took part in Saipan Guam and Tinian, the Palau invasions, Bonin raids, Formosa and Luzon actions, a Tokyo sector raid, and coast-to-coast operations in China and Indochina.
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Atlantic
Joseph Greco
Sam Greco
Strong
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
Palaus
Bonins
Formosa
Luzon
Tokyo
China
Indo- China
Sailor’s Long War Across Oceans Ends In Pacific Battle
A naval veteran described as serving aboard USS Texas during North Atlantic convoys and North Africa invasions, later assigned to a Pacific light cruiser, where he first saw action in the bombardment of Wotje Atoll amid heavy fighting in the Pacific theater.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Texas
North Africa
Pacific
Wotje Atoll
Morris Sgt Walsh Honored With Nine Battle Stars
Sfc Patrick J Walsh grandson of Mrs Catherine Donahoe Morris received nine battle stars on his ETO ribbon and the presidential unit citation for service with the 15th Army Air Force medical corps. He enjoyed a 30 day furlough before reporting to Santa Ana California after two years in North Africa and Italy. He attended the recent graduation of his cousin Miss Mary Louise Donahue at St Angele’s Academy in Morris.
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Sfc
Patrick J. Walsh
Catherine Donahoe
E. North Street
Morris
15Th Army Air Force
Santa Ana Cal
North Africa
Italy
Mary Louise Donahue
St. Angele’s Academy
War raids and battles listed for a WWII serviceman
The record notes participation in raids on the Carolines and the Marianas, the Hellandia invasion, the first Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle for Leyte Gulf. It also states the U.S. farm population fell by about 4.8 million in four years, with roughly half leaving in 1942.
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United States
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John Rubocki
Joliet
Clarence Clover SR
Gardner, WI
Lester Wise
Gardner, HI
James Barnett
Braidwood, MI
Sam Chiollis
Wilmington, Fl
Roy Duckmanton
Chicago St
Jobiet, HI
Harry Cunningham
Collins St
Joliet, Il
Frank Zupancic
Joliet St
Plainfield, HI
Vernon C. Smith
ORP
N. Chicago St
Barber
Arcways
W. van Buren Street
Montgomery Warden
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