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Welcomes IJuat Exceed WordsWinnipeggers GreetedBy Joyful FamiliesMere words of greeting vanished into thin air when 39 l^ipeggers, returned from overseas, marched into the rotundaL Canadian Pacific station long after midnight, Sunday, L were greeted by their families, parents and friends.hospital train, carrying —-andthecategory east overmen, ar-Canadianinfcl uvu yaiiflumtilines and was switched at lo Canadian Pacific^Heralding their arrival was the • ^music provided by the No. 10 Sfriri Depot band under the £ of Warrant Officer R. H. Sr„.r and the tram reception '^SSittee, co-ordinating board of undaunted by the hour.irmnioeg. unecuiun-u mv ..i/ui,rT0n hand to greet the men and '^Hbute candy bars and cigarettes.c. Smith, RoyalDouglas Kifles. had his own wel-committee up to and jnclud-£Tid« two and a half-year-old M'kielad son. Douglas, Jr.. whom Shadn’t seen in over a year. His7. hadn’t seen m over aMr. and Mrs. G. Smith,Iwrer 'agreed that this was the KWher's Day present that anyIcould have.Harrv S. J. Cox had hisS*? MrfeSand three children. Audrey,^ rirP 1 n TRPOt. him.and Mrs. Harry Cox,S'ar’ev and Beatrice, to meetThe TimeSniaU Tommyof His LifeHyslop. son.SIGMN. LESLIE J.Woodnorth, Man.,COCHRANE,who was re-wrt«d injured in a recent army Ssuslty list. He enlisted in February. 1942. trainin': at Winnipeg, iTftn^ton. and. Barrvficld. He wentPrivate and Mrs. Abe Hyslop, of 297 Furby street, up late lor the first time, was having the time of,his life. Jt took his mother and his grandmother their every moment of watchfulness to make sure he was spotlessty clean for the first time his lather would sec him.Two returning men, Private Wilfred Reilly, P.P.C.L.L, and Private Anthony Hryniewiecki, Irish regiment, both amputation cases, were welcomed by -their friends and. relatives in the stretcher room of the Canadian Pacific depot, and were then taken to Deer Lodge Military hospital.Mrs. Reilly had come from their home at Neepawa, Man., to greet her husband. Pte. Reilly went overseas in July, 1040, and with his unit took, part in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. Wearing the Military Medal, he explained that he had received it after the capture of Leonforte in Sicily. When asked why, he replied with a grin, Oh* not. for anything very much, mostly! because I was there, I guess.”Praises Medical CorpsPrivate Hryniewiecki, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hryniewiecki, 432 Burrows avenue, went overseas in September, 1943. He went all outin his praise for the Medical Corps in Italy. Sapper H. Dowson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Dow3on. Broadway court, received a warm welcome from his parents..Other Winnipcggers to return home were: Lieut. R. E. McGirr, Lieut. A. F. McDonald. Lieut. G. M. Wilay, Sergt. £. L. Hatch, C.S.M. H. Schofield. Cpl. H. M. Wolenuk, ;,L.-Bdi\ C. N. Peters, C.S.M. M.• Nordstrom. Pte, L. R. Arbour, Pic,• O. C. Duff. Pte R. J. Heddle. Pte.! A. Paul. Pte. R. E. Sutton, Pte. M.Lisko. Pte. D. MacLeod. CpL J. (J. Martinson. Pte. J. E. Reynolds, Pie, R. Ruff, Pte. R. L. Smith, Gnr. H.R. Hass, Gnr. S. S. Brancison, Gnr.E. F. Collier, Gnr. I, L. Grant, Gnr. D. T. Gordon. Tpr. H. E. Gould, Tpr, T. E. Naylor, Tpr. B. McRae, Spr. C, O. Neucn. Spr L. 3. Brigg, Spr. H. Dowson, Pte. F.. T, Pang-man. Pte. .P. Nahumko* Rflm. J. B,CftMUNOfAithfit\vjsepcanpci mSifoJoHi| pa! PI* itr;sclOiBi
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, May 15, 1944
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