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Makes Several Trips Under Japanese FireRunning over Imre ground under intense Jap fire to get ammunition for his machine gun. Pvt. 1st Class Donald Renner, son of .Mrs. Florence Hayden. RFl) No. 2. Walnut, enabled his gun to keep firing in a hot battle against the Japs in northern Luzon.Pfc. Renner is a machine gunner with the 136th “Mearcaf Infantry Regiment. 33rd division, and has seen heavy fighting with his outfit not only in northern Luzon, butalso in the second battle of MorotaiIsland in the Netherlands East Indies.The guns of his section had ex pended all their ammunition during the night and early morning, heating off Jap counter attacks. In broad daylight, under heavy Jap fire. Pfc. Renner and his buddy. Pfc. George Keller of Columbus. Ohio, had to run seventy-five yards to get the needed ammunition. They made several such perilous trips.Pfc. Renner was a farmer in lt;i-vilian life. Joining the Bearcat Regiment in April. I'M2. at Camp Forrest, Tenn., shortly after its activation. he left for overseas duty in July, 1343. He has served over two years with his outfit in the Pacific area, on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. on New Guinea, in the second battle for Morotai Island in the No-therlands East Indies and through the battles on Luzon.Pfc. Renner wears the Comba Infantry Badge, the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Paeific Theatre Ribbon with two battle stars and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one battle star given by thePhilippine.1 government.
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune
Princeton, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 10, 1945
Page 4
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