The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-04
Veterans

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little low on a certain kind OF
ammunition Edmund Kirkwood.
also an Iowa boy who had been in
England for several months sup
| ported this idea. I'VE walked and
walked and walked and everywhere
we went there were ammunition
dumps. II seemed that all Eng
land was covered with supplies
| but believe me when we landed In
Normandy we didn't have too much.
Much OF It may be lost in a rough
storm. Some more OF 1t may be
destroyed by a shell dropping in
it. You are mighty glad TO have
the stuff when you need Il. I
helped carry my buddies on boards
when we couldn't find filters. 3"
With such dramatic incidents.
simply told by these veterans they
sought to show the necessity FOR
buying and keeping war bonds. A
third boy was Pfc. Leroy Richards
of Streator, Ill. who served in the
37th Division in the engagements
at Bouganville. He spent twenty
two months in the South Pacific.
Il have a brother in the Philip.
pines. He has been trained as a
flame thrower," he said
Sgt Hood was a member OF the
Slth Division in the African cam
paign. Kirkwood who said he was
Just a private" wac In the 2eth
Infantry Division until wounded
in the Normandy action following
~ Day in June. q don't even
know the men in my outfit now"
he said. The turnover has been
400 per cent, the losses have been
so great. I helped carry away for
burial twenty-five OF my buddles In
one afternoon"
Thanks For Bonds
And yet these men, modest in
their sacrifices stood before EN-.
ployees in Ypsilanti Industrial
plants and thanked them for their
purchases Of bonds. For the sew
en- or eight thousand men at Percy
Jones and for the men in the hos
pitfalls all over America. we thank
YOU for the support you have given
us by buying bonds 10 supply us
with the needed materials" thus
spoke Sgt Hood
The first meeting was al Ypsl-
lanti Machine and Tool Co. on Park
Ave, where Dan Lebeau was in
charge and later presented Supt.
Henry Smith. Their quota Is sl3,-
600 Next the party moved to
Motor State Products Co. where
Michigan Aluminium Joined them.
Supt. Joseph Bruetsch presented
Mr.. Peirsol. Hold your bonds.
hold EN-. hold 'em, hold EN-. For
you to. sell your bonds when Il
isn't needed is ike giving these
soldiers of ours guns to be used in
the far Pacific islands and then.
just when they are needed most.
sending word that you have 10
ask for them back. Only four per
cent OF the bonds sold have been
disposed Of" he asserted. THE
government Is meeting nearly fifty
per cent of the cost OF the war by
taxes and the balance by the sale
of these bonds.
The third meeting was al PENN.
sular Paper Co. where D. L. Quirk.
Jr, introduced Mr.. Peirsol. Then
followed the meeting on Norris
st. al Central Specially Co. Joined
by employees Of Michigan Ladder
Co. Jack Erickson. opened the
meeting at United Stove Co. and
Edward Streicher at Streicher Tool
and Die Co. where men from Harry
Hammond Co. and George B. Ennen
Co Joined. Motor States Products
Co. have a quota OF s3s, 200. Pen.
inGular Paper Co. $4,000, Central
Speciality Co. 100000 and United
Stove Co. $4,000.
The Roosevelt High School band
under the leadership VI Director
William Fitch played at each plant.
The official party was transported
in the Red Cross station wagon and
city police kept traffic from be.
roming snarled. p. l.. Grouse and
j. Lester Miller representing The
american Legion. accompanied the
Tarty.
Two Drives
We are planning two bond
drives in 1915. said Mr.. Peirsol.
Last year. we had three. This
will carry over the three
months period OF April. May and F.
June. Il Is approximately an in. [,
crease OF 70 per cent. All daduc- 7
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