The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-17
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 ymnna HArtmAns Aa-yOar old It, numar. Q. a. N e. Halls from Day. enn, Ohio when World War I was oyer. he became Q resident MD ak tho Voterana' Hospital in Ohio. For five years, he devoted himself .0 thn care og our wounded soldiers, ,. when world War IT came along, he enlisted h the Navy and was as- algned, as on observer, Co the British flap.top "flhnstrious". The carrier sailed into the Mediterranean where ia battle is was bombed unmer- cifully. There was no obligation on the part of Commander Hartman to risk his safety. But without asking questions, he changed his battle station Co top deck where, oblivi- ous of bombs, he treated every sailor he found wounded For this extraordinary ''heroism in tending wounded men" this American was decorated by the British Govt.
 George W. Hartmann: Chairman of Peace Now, which argues for im- mediate peace WITHOUT victory .. This outfit "holds that the Germans and Japs are no better, but also no worse, than the British and the Americans" In October, l943, Prof. Hartmann wrote this about potential member of Peace Now: He is either an old bundLst sym pathlzer or Q Coughllnite, but l think there Is some chance We can use his energies constructively" ,. In December, l943, Hartmann screamed to his Peace Now audience that the Japanese were NOT RE- SpONSTBLE for the attack on Pearl Harbor - which glowing fact" brought wild applause from his pa triotie" followers {. ., This Hartmann makes excuses for the Nazis and Japs, wants to let Hitler stay in power if the Germans wish 1t. and tries to convince Americans that Uncle Sam Is Just as much to blame for the war as anyone,
 Francis A. Hill: 24-year old It. Col, U. s. Army Air Corps .. Home town Hillsdale, N. J. Tn 1930 he enlisted in the Air Corps as Q buck private. Today he is an Ace" with six Nazi planes to his credit Despite his youth, Col, Hill is Q veteran of l66 combat mis- slons Tn the battle over Dieppe he downed the first Nazi plane credited to an American flyer ., Tn the clouds over Tunls, during the invasion of North Africa, he won numerous dog fights with the Wehr- macht Tn the skies over Sa- lerno and Pantelleria, during the Sicilian invasion, he shattered more enemy aircraft There, hlS squad- ron within 24 hours, destroyed 28 Axis planes without scratch to It. self For his deeds, this Hill is wearing the Silver Star DEC, the Air Medal and twenty Oak Leaf Clusters.
 George D. Hill: Former see'y to Cong. Ham Fish Described by D. 6. Atty. Bill Maloney as the key man" who, in a Nazi master minded campaign, distributed hun dreds of thousands of propaganda reprints from the Cong. Record When the Justice Dept subpoenaed indicted Prescott Dennett's files, Hill immediately ordered parts of these files (mAilbags) removed to Con. rishh storage room. Thereupon a Wash, D. O., Grand Jury called Hill to explain. When he denied knowing convicted Nazi agent Viereck, and denied ordering the removal of the mailbags, the Grand Jury indicted him for perjury. Thereupon his boss. Con. Fish, declared T have the utmost confidence in his honesty and integrity ... am 100 per cent behind George Hlll' But Jury of Hilvs peers thought differently about his honesty and integrity They put him 100 per cent behind bars-for two to six years,
 Glen Nye: Colonel In the U, s, Army Air Corps His home is in Raleigh, N. c. In, l943, the 8tla A. A. F. sent eleven B-26 Ma rauders on o mission over the Meth erlands. It was the second Maraud- CT expedition in the European thea ter Engine trouble forced one bomber to turn back. The other ten continued on - and were never seen again Air Corps Intelligence called In new commander Col. Nye Grimly, Nye, with Q new group of men. "sweated 1t out" in two and a half months of danger OuS low-levei bombing practice. Then, with himself in the lead, this group went after a Nazi. operated shipyard in France. Result: All Marauders returned, and one Nazi shipyard was missing in action.
 Gerald Nye: Former small-town AdikAp %raV.a Mouth Daknfa anuy itr