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News of Our Men in Uniform and War Messages
Ellwood Williams Seaman Second Class from California writes home, listing his Craft School address in San Diego. The article notes soldiers' souvenirs from the South Pacific and a hospital patient’s poem from the Siegfried Line. It highlights wartime craft programs, promotions in the U S Navy, a brother killed in action, and a merchant marine instruction volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Williams Seaman 2
Calif
Jt Craft School
Cecil Elwood ‘Williams
Land Craft School
San Diego
Russell Williams
West Clifford Street
Bill Jones
South Pacific
Bill
Ralph M. Rinard
U. S. Naval Reserve
Iceland
New Guinea
Oscar Nobel Hosiery Company
Pvt. B. J. Rinard
U. S. Army
Germany
Rinard
Kernsoa
Harry E. Ridgeway
U. 8S. Infantry
England
France
Siegfried Line