Waterford High School Senior Class Dance Planned
Waterford High School will host a sound and square dance next Wednesday in the gym from 9 pm to 12 am. The B and M Orchestra will provide music. A committees list includes Lois Higgins Howard and Kenneth Cramer. Ladies Union Meeting announced with award, party details and association notes.
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Waterford High School
Susie Iif
Arcakgements Ing
Lois Higgins
Howard
Kenneth Cramer
Army Engineers In Thick of Fight At Mount Porchin
Army engineers from the Avista group earned honors after heavy action at Mount Porchin on the Italian front. Sergeants Joseph Specker of Odessa, Mo and Ben Sanijer of Bejou, Minn were among the leaders cited for their role in securing the disputed rocky summit.
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Mount Porchin
Graham Hovey
Ihaly
Ronorine
Avista
Mr. Porchin
Pitth
Sergi
Joseph of Specker
Qdesea
Cors
Ben Sanijer
Bejou
Minn
Rou Wheeter
Rocky Mountain
One Man Battle Ends with Heroic Engineers Deaths
Specker and Santjer, engineers in the 3rd Infantry, fought at Porchia during a fierce assault. Specker led a machine gun team and pressed forward through heavy fire to dislodge German positions, while Santjer charged alone against entrenched foes. Both were killed. awards were sent posthumously, honoring their highly contributory actions.
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Jaze
Porchia
Ben Santerr
Ben
Bevoner
Joe Specker
Ben Santjer
Mark Wo. Clark
Goefrey Keys
Combat Engineers
Specker
Missouri
Santjer
Minnesota
Lieut Col Wilson Joins School With MacArthur Aid
Lieut Col Francis H Wilson, an aide to General MacArthur, arrived in the Philippines with the last convoy before the December 1941 strikes and later served as assistant to General Sutherland. He headed the Officers' Candidate School at Camp Columbia Australia and later taught at Texas A&M. His wife Mrs. Aumara Wilson lives in Bryan, Texas, and his son and stepson are stationed in Hawaii and New Caledonia respectively. Wilson was born in Norfolk Virginia on April 1 1905 and was commissioned in 1927.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Southwest
Pacfic
Francis H. Wilson
Palippines
Mecca Thurs
Philippines
Wilsom
MacArthur
Richard J. Marseail
Staf
Sisee
Wilson
Richard K. Sutherland
Schoor
Camp Columbia
Brigbane
Australia
Texas
Aggia
Aumara Wilson
Bryan
Aggies
Bortés
Fir Ia
Wilson, Jr
Hawaii
New Caledonia
Norfolk
Army
Columbnus
Mexico
Memoir of Wilson on Corregidor to Mindanao voyage
A condensed recollection recounts Wilson’s assignment as Ag Aide to General MacArthur after the fall of Corregidor in 1942. He describes shipboard seasickness, a perilous tunnel exit, and orders to join a retreat to Australia, with two ships missing rendezvous. He recalls the attack on Darwin, PNG, and his resolve to aid Filipinos and train a capable army on return.
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MacArthur
Wilson
Sfanila
Corrégidor
Corregidor
Sutherland
Deen
Australand
Mindanao
Io Wilson
Miindanes
Darwin
Australia
Philip Pines
Bier
Islands
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New Heads School
MacArcher
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Texas A
Son and the
Philippine ‘National Governement
Decca Records
Decca
Oklahoma Crosby
Touch of
Venus Duke
Patines
Carmen Jones
Johnny. Noble
Jupiter Carmen Miranda
Porgy and
Bess
Pine Top Smith
Becca
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Chas. Walcott Mills
Bros
Mary Martin
Bing Crosby
Dick Haynes
Jimmy Dorsey
Guy Lombardo
Percy Faith
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Jimmy Dorsey _ Kitty Carliste
Andrews Sisters
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