Bazooka Gives Way To Bible in Italian Front
Private Ross Poole of Herndon Virginia, serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, describes a harrowing daytime withdrawal from no man’s land after using a Bazooka and a Bible to attack a German observation post. He crawled through mud, lost his squad, hid in a waterlogged hole, and drifted into enemy proximity before wandering back toward his lines with his weapons and exhaustion marking the ordeal.
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George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Fifth Army
Italy
Ross Poole
Herndon
No-Man’s-Land
Poole
International Business Machines
Washington
Garigliano
Poole’s Bible Prayer Guides Lone Soldier Homeward
Private Poole crawled for miles through water filled ditches and mines after a night in the field. An observing American officer watched him as he rose, walked slowly toward his lines, and reported that he had prayed from his Bible and returned safely.
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Poole
Easter Week Retail Hours And Local Property Sale
Business places will close Good Friday from noon to 3 pm for church services. Mr and Mrs Howard Pecott have purchased the Van Liew property on Broadway from Patsy Catone couple. John Lunt learned his son in law Sergeant Otto Be Sheffert in India has received American Legion cigarettes. Schools closed yesterday for Easter vacation and reopen Monday April 17, shorter due to coal shortages. Lieutenant (jg) Clifford Sawyer Naval Air Forces visits his mother with a 28 day furlough after returning from overseas including Munda and Bougainville. Whitehall residents Elliott Shaw Henry Martin Louis Archambault Joseph Blanchard Raymond Salad in Lawrence Redmond Francis Rushin Francis Mormino George Bromiley John C Gordon John Hart passed Albany induction center exam. MCA Auxiliary plans youth center in High School auditorium with PTA cooperation at Adams Street School.
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Howard Pecott
Willams Street
van Liew
Broadway
Patsy Catone
John Lunt
Sergt
Otto BE. Sheffert
India
American Legion
J. G
Clifford Sawyer
Naval Air Forces
David
Sawyer
Brookdale Avenue
Bougainville
Whitehall
Albany Induction Center
Elliott Shaw
Henry Martin
Louis Archambault
Joseph Blanchard
Raymond Saladin
Lawrence Redmond
Francis Rushin
Francis Mormino
George Bromiley
John C. Gordon
John Hart
Kenneth Terry
Adams Street
Home Coming in Leechburg for Marine Steve Cibik
Marine private Steve Cibik returned to Leechburg Pa from Bougainville Island finding many strangers in the neighborhood. He said the town hadn’t changed, but he missed old friends. He did reconnect with two familiar faces, his parents, Mom and Pop.
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Leechburg
INS
Steve Cibik
Bougainville Island
Mom
Pop
Arrid Deodorant Ad Says Benefits and Pricing
An advertisement touts Arrid deodorant with under arm odor prevention and safe perspiration control. Claims include a pure white antiseptic stainless cream, quick drying after shaving, and a safety seal from the American Institute. Sold widely at toilet goods stores for 39 and 59 cents per jar.
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American Institute Ee
Ady
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