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Page 2 SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES:â€" While awaiting my overseas shipping orders, I was granted a pass to visit the nearby capitol city. ‘ While there, it being Sunday, I attended a beautiful Episcopal church. After services a sweet, elderly woman approached me.. ns (She looked much like a Highâ€" land Park mother.) t n â€".*"Welcome to our Church," she said. 7 "Thank you." ~*"Are you going overseas soon*" "Yes." "Good luck. And may God be with you wherever you may go," she said, tears in her soft, brown eyes ADD Vâ€"E DAY SCENES ... "Corporal, may I listen to Presiâ€" dent Truman officially proclaim Vâ€"E Day?" I asked a rugged drill instructor at dawn on that great day.. . Piage s Recent exploits of the Indianapâ€" olis as a member of the potent Paâ€" cific fleet inâ€"attacks on Tokyo, Iwo Jima and Okinawa helped to erase memories of the desperate ‘delaying actions of three years ago. She was in on the February air strikes by carrier planes against ‘Tokyo and hasn‘t missed an imporâ€" tant Westernâ€"Pacific assault since then. Her gunners shot down six eiemy planes at Okinawa and conâ€" tributed to the preâ€"invasion bomâ€" bardment of both Okinawa and Iwo Jima. In March she was part of the carrier task force that rained destruction on Kyushu and Honshu in the Japanese heartland. & Fâ€"‘rom“ m the war‘s early days she has fought the Japs â€" in the Aleuâ€" tians, in operations Iendjn_g to ocâ€" â€",:‘Hell,. no! _VE day don‘t mean a thing to us here! Our war is just startin‘! Fall in he bellowed. _ Hours later, by word of mouth, I learned the war with the Nazis was offitially over. Twoâ€"down. One to go. ‘Fred H. Bjord, fireman 1/¢, USNâ€"L, aboard the USS Indianapoâ€" lis somewhere in the western Paâ€" cific, whose wife, Mrs. Solveig Bjork, lives at 641 Glenview aveâ€" nue, fought aboiurd this heavy cruiser when her big guns poundâ€" ed the enemy at Okinawa to avenge the dark days of 1942 when they spoke only defensively against the thenâ€"dominant Japanese. cupation of the "Gilbert islands, in the Tarawa invasion, the seisure of During her actions against the Japs, the Indignapolis has downed nine enemy lllneu and sunk one transport. 2s Robert E. Evans, Ph.M 1/c. arâ€" rived in town last Saturday to spend n leave with his wife, the former Harriet Stivers, 222 Mcâ€" Daniels. A native of Muncie, Ind., he received his basic training at Great Lakes early in 1941. Overâ€" seas for over two years, he took part in the invasions of Tarawa, the Marshalls, Tinian and Guam. Recently inducetd into service are seven men from this immediate vicinity. _ Eugene I. Steele and Leonard L. Larson of Highland Park, Louis P. Fonfardini, Highâ€" wood and Harold ‘A. Root Jr. of Deerfield entered the army. For the navy were Albert Pigoti of â€" It" was a _ nice, comforting thought for a soldier. far away from his home. . CAN‘T READ, WRITE . .. We have a soldier â€" he stands five feet high â€" in our barracks who can‘t read or write. . He has a hard time communicating with his girl. He‘s always trying to get one of us to write letters to her. "Doggone," he said‘to me one night recently, "I was supposed to wo to an Army school to learn how to ‘read and write." the Marshalls, Eniwetok and Kwaijâ€" alein, and in the Marianas camâ€" paign. She helped blast the Japs at Saiâ€" pan, Guam and Tinian, and was the first large â€" American combatant vessel to anchor in Aspra Harbor at Guam since the war began. complete three years of service in June, should be expected home soon, according to the rotation furlough plan. Martin E. Kopp, Jr., S 1/c, USN, who entered the navy a year ago, is stationed in the Pacific area aboard an aircraft carrier. â€" They are the sons of Chief of Police and Mrs. M. E. Kopp, 1427 8. St‘;lohm Cpl: William Kopp, U. S. army, now stationed in Burma, who will IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE l‘M IN THE ARMY NOW "What happened?" years of service in be expected home + to the rotation Special to the Highland Park Press Awaiting Orders! | me "Well, every time I got ready to go to the school, 1 was shipped out. Five times that happened. I‘ve given up .now. . Guess I‘ll never know how to write nor read. Will you write a letter to my girl for Krueger of Highland Park, has completed 32 â€"months,of overseas service with the 834th engineer avâ€" iation battalion which . has â€" just been released from the censor‘s secret list along with other units of the IX engineer command. An automotive technician, Krueâ€" ger is serving with the battalion in Germany where it is constructing frontâ€"line airfields for tactical airâ€" ground operations of the U. S. Ninth air force. "Ab, just tell Olga I loves her, miss her, and wish she was here. TeW her I‘m sorry 1 don‘t write Ker. But Lâ€"can‘t write," he added, almost crying. (He‘s 22 years old, by the way. And a group of us are trying to teach him how to write." By the time Vâ€"J day ‘comes, I‘m certain he‘ll be able to write, ‘"Highland Park" and "Victory!") â€""If God gives us complete Vicâ€" tory, the least we can do is thank him ith prayers." Highwood, and two high school senâ€" iors, Robert L. Francoeur and John J.Stroud of Highland Park, who are subject to call by the navy air corps. Grueger was ‘employed by the Sunset Valley golf course before he entered the service in May of 1942. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Krueger, who live at 517 Mcâ€" Now stationed at the Atlantic fleet‘s amphibious training base at Little Creek, Va., Ens. Heitman is training to serve as gunnery ofâ€" ficer on anâ€" LSM . (landing ship medium), the latest model in poâ€"> tent invasion vessels _ When he completes his preparation at Little Creek, exclusive training ground for LSM crews, he will depart with his crew to take over a newlyâ€"built landing ship. HIGHLAND PARKERS HERE ... Daniels Ens. Jack K. Heitman, USNR, is preparing for service with the navy‘s growing a:mphi!u_iou_{ome'a. There are two Highland Park soldiers* at this camp and I wish I could tell you their names. But censorship doesn‘t permit it. They‘re well known around Highland Park â€" and they send along their best regards to all their friends. An Engineer Command Battalâ€" ion, Germany: â€" T/5 iul!fes_u. Ens. Heitman, whose wife and two children reside at 2408 Valley road ,entered the navy in August, 1944. He was graduated from Duke university in 1936, and was formerly viceâ€"president of the Heitâ€" man Trust Co. (I kinda knew that was comâ€" tha}.. .. : % PARTING THOUGHT .. Said the minister the other Sunâ€" diay is :s s=~> _.(*Pll be able to reveal their names after I leave this base.) . . S/Sgt. Caesar Pasquesi, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sante Pasquesi, 214 Railway, Highwood, is the first serviceman of Highwood to receive an m%m un~ der the new point He was married on May 15 to the former Leonora Belletini. He is slated to return to his job at Motor Parts and Machinery company, 515 Elm Place, which he left 49 months ago to join the armed services. Ens. Primo Giannasi, NAF pilot, graduate of the 1940 class of the local high school, has completed his basic training with the Bâ€"29, and visited his mother, Mrs. Olivia Giannasi, 125 Maple, Highwood, en route to his advanced training base in Florida. He won his wings at Corpus Christi, in October, 1944. T /Sgt. Evo Mini, who returned from Europe last March after comâ€" pleting 493 hours of combat servâ€" ice as bombardier and gunner, has left his rest camp at Santa Ana, Calif., and is now stationed at La "Sure. What do you want me to Junta, Colo., where he is instructâ€" ing gunnery to Bâ€"29 crews. â€" He is the son of Mrs. Julia Mordini, 321 Grove, Highwood. First Lt. Richard "Plug" Thompâ€" son, former football and basketball star of the local high school, whose. mother, Mrs. Wm. Hughes, now lives in Chicago, is expected home in June. A Bâ€"17 bomber pilot, Germans when his plane was shot down there over a year ago, and since that time, until recently, had been imprisoned at Moosburg, in Germany. The thrill experienced by the American prisoners when their flag was raised over the Naâ€" zi prison camp can hardly be apâ€" preciated, according to a letter reâ€" ceived by his father, Roy Thompâ€" son, Deerfield. The lieutenant was liberated April 29. Sgt. Arthur Dubin, 22, son of. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dubin, 1 Shelâ€" done Lane, has been lauded by a Chicago Daily News reporter, tourâ€" ing Okinawa, for his heroism on that battle ground. © It was due to Sgt. Dubin‘s coolness and aceuraâ€" cy in directing fire fromtanks and supporting â€"weaponsâ€"whichâ€"drove back the enemy and resulted in the Americans retaining a newlyâ€" and dearlyâ€"won position there.: Alâ€" so a veteran of Leyte, Sgt. Dubin spent a ghastly night on Okinawa a few weeks ago between the Jap and American lines. ; Three hirthdays were celebrated at the Lorimer household, 1251 Pleasant, last week, when . Marâ€" ine Sgt. Neil arrived home for a short furlough in time to observe his 25th birthday anniversary. The birthday of his brother, James, alâ€" most coincides with that of Neil arid his twin brother "Bill," also of the marines, who is now staâ€" tioned in the Pacific area, where both boys have served in several engagements. Another brother, Murdbck, of the merchant marines, is stationed in New York as inâ€" structor. * 2 A third year student at the Uniâ€" versity of Michigan, Sgt. Dubin went overseas in July, 1944. Pfe. Tony Crimo, 22, who enâ€" tered the service in March, 1943 and spent 16 months in New Guinâ€" ea and Dutch East Indies, is now a medical patient at the Vaughan General hospital, Chicago, to which he will return at the expiration of a 14â€"day leave which he is spendâ€" ing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Crimo, 134 S. First. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cameron, 659 Michigan, are expecting their son, Cpl. Tom, paratrooper . and Purple Heart veteran, home from the European area soon, after which he expects to leave for the Pacific theater of war. _ Another son, Don, navy flight engineer, reâ€" cently left for California after a two weeks‘ visit. Sâ€"Sgt. Richard Perry Establishes a Record Mrs.. Cameron received a call from another son, Joseph, aerogâ€" rapher‘s mate, on Mother‘s Day, before he left the west coast to board a carrier for duty in the Paâ€" cific. Lieut. Homer Smith Reports From.France A letter received from Lt. Hoâ€" mer ‘"Pee Wee" Smith, 21, formerâ€" ly of Highland Park, who was capâ€" tured by the Nazis after his plane was shot down!last November near Metz, and is now liberated, writes fromâ€"France that he is with five other Highland Park boys and is gaining weight rapidly. . He exâ€" pects to reach home the first part of June. The letter, mailed from an Amâ€" erican postoffice, the first receivâ€" ed from him since Dec. 26, when his message was written on a prisâ€" onerâ€"ofâ€"war form. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith Sr. now live in Chicago, ‘a sister, Mrs. Naomi Clampitt, in Deerfield, and another sister, Mrs. Ruth Connolly, in Highland Park. The Presidential Unit citation, the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman‘s badge, to say nothâ€" ing of the Purple Heart, are the decorations awarded S/Sgt. Richâ€" ard B. Perry, 22, within the short space of little more than two months. In the same length of time he has risen from the rank of private to his present station. He has been stationed in the European area since May, 1944. Four brothers are also in servâ€" ice: T:S Edward is stationed in Europe. Sgt. Alexander in Manila, Jack, S 1/¢, USN, is in the Philipâ€" pines and William, S 1/¢, USN, in New York. They are sons of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, 26 So. Green Bay, who also has two sonzâ€"inâ€"law and one grandson in service. George Kay, P.O. 3/¢, USN, stationed in New Guinea, is the husband of the former Genevieve Perry. William Altman, S 1 &USN. husband of the former ise Perry, is staâ€" tioned in the Pacific area. Cpl Ivan Fox, 23, son of Margaret Perâ€" ry Bailey, of Skokie, was recently awarded the Silver Star for galâ€" lantry in action in Germany. T H Eâ€"PRESS Was the Picket Line Front Ever Like This? The fojowing excerpts are from w letter written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Patterson, of. Saunders road, Deerfield, by Pfe. Robert Patterson, who has seen acâ€" tive service continuously since the invasion of Normandy, with the First and Ninth armies, and now the "battle of the buige" as a terâ€" rific effort on the part of the Gerâ€" mans to stop the advance of the Americans: * . . . One moment we would be be taking a town and the next minâ€" ute it would be behind our lines and we would have to go like the dâ€"â€"â€" to get to the front. Front, I say, there was no front. Everything was front line those last few days. One day my platoon was with a task force of tanks. We crossed the Issar river around midnight and moved forward all night. About daybreak we met resistance in .a village and we laid seige to it, takâ€" ing it, ‘ To show how some of the Hitler_youth worked, a few hours after we had taken the town and moved on, another task force came ‘up and had to shoot their way through.â€" Some of the Hitler youth were manning a dual purpose 88 mm gun. The way the armor works is to bypass the little resistance pockets, leaving them for the inâ€" ‘fantry. (Robert drives a tankâ€"deâ€" stroyer.) _ All we had was armored infantry for our use and ‘not enough to leave any to .clean up. ‘ Regular infantry divisions were the followâ€"through of the armor. And.don‘t think it was just mopâ€" ping up;because we did little house cleaning. We just got on main highways and punched a hole in the Jerries‘ lines and poured through, looking mainly for his armor and artillery and â€" knoeking out his heaviest defenses. . . . We are atâ€" tached to the 13th armored divisâ€" ion of the 3rd army. This division came into its first action during the Hattle of the Rhur pocket. "Well, I guess the Germans by now know what we meant by un conditional surrender. They had the power when they first began, but instead of improving they let their equipment get outâ€"of date. . .. We have come a long way in the. field of equipment since Deâ€" cember of ‘41 . . . The Germans showed us a ‘good time‘ during the ‘battle of the bulge.‘ I can testiâ€" fy to that as our outfit was in the direct.path of the center of the onslaught. As artillery, we were supporting the 99th infantry »diâ€" vision as it pushed off in the atâ€" tack. Asâ€"usual the Germans did not come in with a follow through. When I think back now I sort of laugh. We all thought the ‘krauts‘ were about out of armored artilâ€" lery, and just about everything else, and first thing we knew they threw about 15 divisions at us. Was under constant fire both diâ€" rect and . indirect for 72 hours. Not to mention dive bombing and strafing and V1‘s and V2‘s. Near the end we were under small arms fire and were forced to withdraw. I say with conviction that those German soldiers were doped. Their infantry tactics were nothing like they should have beenâ€"of leaps and bounds. They came straight fair skin and hers alone by Charles of the Ritz before her eyes â€"for her At 52, $3, 35. Introductory box $1.00 should be madeâ€"toâ€"order who blends it right oll $ im Highland Park Pharmacy crazy Indians. . The only way we could stop them was to kill them and that was done in plenty. An infantry unit was designated to cover a certain draw. They zeroed in light and heavy machine guns and all types of artillery. Seven times ‘kraut‘ tried to break through â€"â€" seven times his losses were so enormous that he finally on through the open, yelling like come up to within 50 yards and then saturate them with the maâ€" chine guns and artillery. I never saw norâ€"heard of such an ordeal. After the first Geerman attempt, the white, snowy field was just a crimson splotch, with the greyâ€" green German uniform thickly dotting the surface. It wasn‘t pleasant, but looked better than our first few setbacks of the buige. | Some day I‘ll write a book on something you should never see for your own good. . War is hell! I have had enough. Exmoor Club Will Sponsor USO Dance The public is again invited to attend . the Sunday . evening variâ€" ety show at ‘the Highland Park USO on June 3. â€" The program will begin at 8 p.m. Arrangements for the show have been made by Mr. H. L. Bergmann, of the enterâ€" tainment committee of the Highâ€" land Park USO. * Special Party & 5+ ‘ (On Tuesday,. June 5, ‘Exmoor Country club will sponsor a daneâ€" ing party at the USO. ~Music will be furnished by the 344th army band from Ft. Sheridan. Members of an outgoingâ€"unit at Great Lakes will be special guests. During the band intermission there will be a variety show and refreshments will be served at 9:30. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED To USE THE h CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM " 43 North Sheridan Road "Love to all, Robert." FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Golfers‘! Play COUNTRY CLUB formerly a private club Now daily fee CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF AT ITS BEST BRIERG A T E where the Bibleâ€"and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy may be read, borrowed, or purchased * Authorized Christian Science Literature in English, Braille, and . ~:â€" foreign language is also available â€" HOURSâ€"Week #30 to 5:39 p.m. -WIQ-.-.hD".-.." -â€"Eum;-.nsap.-. Ladies Day Monday and Friday ON DEERFIELD ROAD BETWEEN SKOKIE AND WAUKEGAN ROAD, . _ Chicago Phone: Whitehall 6530 or Deerficld 595 s J.. h:l..‘ Cladesd Thursday, May 31st, 1945 UNITED STATES WAR BUY GLENCOE \iemgreue val â€"â€" soull us ». i can "upu Dynamic Wheel Balancing Body & Fender Repairing Auto Painting â€" Blacksmithing 322 N. 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