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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
8
The piece reflects on a first medieval town with buff stones and arches, noting geraniums on balconies and gentle streets, then shifts to war reporting of German snipers and a Lancashire gunner recounting a near-miss. It contrasts Italian hardship, pride, and stubborn self-reliance with Allied occupation and democracy.
Anthony E. Vlasich 24 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Vlasich 1300 Corn Street promoted to sergeant at a B 24 Liberator base with the 15th AAF in Italy as a statistical clerk helper of combat missions. A Joliet Township High school 1938 graduate, he was a Rivals Bowling Galley cashier and later worked in production at Superior Wallpaper. He joined the RAF April 7 1943 and was shipped overseas last January.
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