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•umlineton-ish-*om*ps-and i amLCk.ore-uplanRitchie Men Happy Over Victory NewsSoldiers at Comp Given oHoliday, Free Beer, to fra-j Celebrate Peaceleirrho Victory over Japan meant free jrk- beer at the PX and a general holt les day for the officers and enlisted Un- men stationed at Camp Ritchie un. (which for the duration, was better Air known as “a nearby Army camp”). my The coming of peace had a special significance to the Japanese-American soldiers. All of them in of training to serve the country they ber consider to be their own, they were ,ux- “very well satisfied’’ with the coi ing of peace to the world, it was reported last nighn The majority of the camp’s personnel were relieved from duty in recognition of the V-J period, in common with other military personnel in this |2| I area, until this morning, and made [I J j the most of their holiday yesterday.No spectacular' victory celebrant tion at Ritchie was reported, however, as a result of the 7 p. m.* peace announcement of Tuesday night. A premature celebration atBlue Ridge Summit on Sunday night, touched off by a false peace report from the United Press, ap parently had taken the edge off ..he spirits of potential merrymakers.heunfNadejmemoThbafseimaim:rMchimetinwoafttbssuii,He*alobeAssorSiGuevimean1formePuPO!
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Hagerstown Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Thu, Aug 16, 1945
Page 5
Full Page
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