Army veteran Zimmerman recalls WWII and postwar life
The narrative details Edgar Zimmerman of Moulton and his brother’s service from farming roots to wartime deployment with the 88th Infantry Division, his European training and liberation, family losses, GI Bill education, Korean War Air Force duty, health scare leading to bypass surgery, and a 1998 artillery reunion, with Lt. Col. Franklin P. Miller named as a key officer.
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Edgar
Zimmerman
Moulton
Muskogee
Okla
88Th Infantry
Newport News
U.S
Louis McClain
Orand
North Africa
Naples
Italy
Europe
States
Mariposa
Katy
Baldwin Business College
Yonkum
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Isabelle Linne
la Vernia
Gery
U.S. Army
Franklin P. Miller
Floresville Veterans Day Program Set At State Home
The Floresville American Legion Post 38 and VFW Post 8555 join the Frank M Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home to host a Veterans Day program on Monday November 11 at the home on 200 Veterans Drive. Accordeonists Virginia Sefcik and Henry Buck Schimer perform from 10 00 a m with refreshments to 10 45 a m. At 11 00 a m colors are posted by Floresville AFJROTC and Retired U S Army Col Jesse Perez will speak. Public invited for brief ceremony and acknowledgment of veterans. For more information contact Otto Hierholzer at 830-393 2650.
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Floresville
Veterans Drive
Virginia Sefcik
Henry Buck Schimer
Floresville Air Force
U.S. Army
Jesse Perez
Otto Hierholzer
Floresville Campus Hosts Veterans Day Open House
The Floresville Early Childhood Campus invites all veterans their families and friends to a Veterans Day Open House November 11 from 9 to 11 a.m. at 1200 Fifth St Floresville View the Wall of Stars enjoy refreshments and fellowship in the north hallway outside the servatoria.
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Floresville
Servatoria
Fifth St
Operation Dear Abby Sends E Messages To Troops
Veterans Day prompt uses Operation Dear Abby to mail private secure emails to sailors soldiers airmen and Coast Guardsmen deployed away from home since mail delays forced shifting from letters to emails. Abigail Van Buren founded the program in 1967 after a request from Sgt Billy Thompson. Messages can be sent via the Wilson County News site or OperationDearAbby.net.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Billy Thompson
Wilsoncountynews.com
Armed Forces
Operation DearAbby.net
Combat Veteran Gene Matthews Captured After Battle of the Bulge
A World War II veteran recounts the Battle of the Bulge where Germans surrounded his unit for two weeks and his squadmates faced danger. Matthews describes night patrols, foxholes, and prayers before German soldiers captured him near Bastogne.
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P. 1B
Matthews
Bastogne
Gene Matthews
Veteran recalls World War II service and escape tale
A veteran recounts prewar tensions with Japan, enlistment after Pearl Harbor, and combat in the South Pacific. He earned the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with four stars, Philippine Liberation Medal, and Bronze Star, then was wounded and evacuated, concluding with a nod to Veterans Day observances.
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China
Japan
Flying Tigers
Fe.d. Roosevelt
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Harold Patterson
Arizona
U.S. Army Air Corps
Camp Walters
San Antonio
13Th Air Force
California
South Pacific Theater
New Caledonia
2Nd Central Medical Establishment
Navy
Marines
Infantry
South Pacific
United States
Harry S. Truman
Visit WW II Web page highlights Texas role
Texas led the nation in World War II military service with higher enlistment than any other state. The Texas Historical Commission promotes a World War II in Texas web page with links to museums and research centers and a bibliography for deeper study. County commissions can request a survey from the History Programs Division at 512-463-5853.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Historical Commission
Novi
Commission
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John Murray
Wilson County
Nurses In Touch
Wilson County News
C” Street
JoAnn Brechtel
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