The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-01
wife or mother. Their phone num-
Der is 3572-W.

Here is news of the three sons of
Mrs Elsie M. Kershner, 480 Mitchell
Clifford, Van and Wayne.
Cpl. Clifford G. Kershner has been
in the Service two years, the last
year being spent overseas. He is
now in Italy.
Seaman Second Class Van B.
Kershner, an armed guard in the U.
S. Navy, left for the Brooklyn Navy
Yard on Sunday night, after being
home on a 4-day pass. He has just
returned from sea duty, during
which he had an exciting experience,
While his ship was in the Antwerp
(Belgium) harbor, it was attacked
by German plane and this reporter
personally examined a jagged piece
of aluminium from a German bomb
that hit the ship, quite close to where
Van was on duty. His mother said
that Van told her that he and his
buddy got so mad that they up and
shot down the German raider then
and there.
Seaman Second Glass Wayne H.
Kershner is stationed at Corpus
Christi, Texas, where his wife, the
former Miss Helen Sailing of Spruce
street, is now visiting him. When
his wife talked about making the
trip, but hesitated to leave their f.
year-old son, Gary, behind, the
youngster, who idolizes his daddy,
turned and said, "You go and see
Daddy, Mother, I'll be good boy
and stay with Granny"
P. S. Mrs Kershner, ST., said that
if there had been room for her in her
daughter-inlaw's suitcase, she would
have gone along too
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY
Pfc. Frank j. Kroeger, 60 Ante
tam street, has been cited by the
351st "Spearhead" Infantry Regi-
ment of the 88th "Blue Devil" Di-
vision and awarded the Combat In
fantryman Badge for actual partici-
patton in combat against the enemy
with the Fifth Army in Italy.
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY
Pfc Paul E. Reed, of Big Pool, is
a highway maintenance man with
the 10th Combat Engineer Regiment,
Mediterranean Theater veterans now
maintaining roads, bridges and trails
for the Fifth Army in rugged noun
tain terrain before the Pc Valley in
Italy.
The 10th has maintained or rebuilt
more than 1000 miles of road and
built or repaired more than 200
bridges in the Italian campaign and
has served in combat for more than
$50 days, including action at Kas-
serine Pass, Tunisia, and Casino,
Italy.
The 10th sailed overseas in August
1912, and landed on African D Day,
November 8, 1912, at Anew North
ern Algeria. They went up to secure
the left flank of the 1st Infantry
Division.
The regiment entered the Tunisian
campaign in January, 1943. In Kas-
serine Pass, the engineers held the
right flank for 72 hours, harassing
German armored columns with fire
of 37-millimeter antitank guns and
small arms, while American troops
withdrew. They supported the 1st
and 34th Infantry divisions and the
1st Armored Division in the con-
Guiding phase of the African cam
paign
The 10th again was in the van
guard as the Seventh Army invaded
Sicily, built the first American air
field there, cleared the beaches for
incoming supplies and supported the
9th and 45th infantry divisions and
the 1st Armored Division in the rapi-
ed advance to the Messina Straits.
The outfit entered the Italian cam
paign in October, 1913, and backed
up the 34th and Seth divisions in
the push to Casino. They supported
the First Special Service Force and
the 85th Cluster" and 18th "Blue