davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-10-30

vse. nj sc jim podal kot nesteti
izdajalci, pc katerih domacih
izdajalcev je bill tudi izdan.
Vrnil Sc. je kot zmagoyalec
,svojo rodno zemljo in ljudstvo
ga je sprejelo in izvolilo "a svo-
jega delegate, da jih je zasto-
pal Ijubljani ma kongresu
Osvobodilne fronte, 3D., Is. in
16. julia t. |. Pisal mi je liz
Ljubljane v kratkih vrsticah,
da pa sledi obsirno pismo.
= v cast in ponos 81 stejem in
"a vzgled maj DO vsem tistim
zavojevalcem, da je moi oce,
star "A let, partizan!
Danica Hrvatin.
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DruStveni kOledar
/ 9 4 5

20. oktobra, nedelja. - Koncert
pevskega zbora "skrjancki"
Slovenskem drustvenem do
mu ma Recher Ave.
rs. oktobra, nedeija. - Dram.
drustvo Ivan Cankar" vpri-
zori igro "Vrazja vdova" ma
odru Slovenskega narodnega
donna ma St. Clair Ave.
28. oktobra, nedelja. - Betsy
Ross A.F.U. - Piles v SID.
NOVEMBER
3. noVembra, s0bota. - Pies
podruznice st. Al S. q. T., v
Slov. del. domu ma Waterloo
Road
4. novembra, aedelja. - kon-
cert Glasbene Matice v Slo-
venskem narodnem domu ma
st. Clair Ave.
4. noyembra, nadeIja. - Zenski
odsek SNIP farme - pies "
Slovenskem delavskem domu
ma Waterloo Rd.
10. novembra, sobota. - Strug-
glers SNPJ - pies SID.
IL. novembra, Redeaja. VBoj
SNIP prireditev v SID.
II. neyembra, sobota - Drus-
two. Mir" 1t. l42 SNIP praz-
nuje svojo 35-letnico v Slo-
venskem domu ma Holmes
Ave.
lS. poEembra, nadeljs. - Mia
dinski zbor. Waterloo okrozia
prireditev v SID.
70. novemDra, aedelja. -. Pev-
ski zbor "Jadran" koncert v,
Slovenskem delavskem domu
ma Waterloo Rd.
DECEMBER
2. decembra, nedeIja. - Po-
druznica 1t. 1O6 SANS OBJ
haja svojo ohletnico 2 igro v
Slovenskem drustvenem do
I Hnu na Recher Ave.
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Jesenska veselica

Drustvo Clevelandski Sloven-
ci st. Ia SDZ Sc je pripravilo,
da bo v soboto, 3. novembra
razvedrilo svoje clanstvo in
splosno obeinstvo fino godbo
in vsemi priboljski ma veselici,
XII Sc DO vrsila v Slov. mar. do
mu ma st. Clair Ave. Veseica
Sc bo prieela OBJ 8. uri zvecer
in sicer 'da sc ojaci drustveno
blagajnc.
Ma drustveni seji z dne IA.
oktobra Sc je drustvo spomnilo
svojih bolnikov in v znak pro-
slave 35-letnice nase matere
SDZ Sc je odlocilo, da sc bo tenn
nasim bolnikom, XII so vecino-
ma, po oznacbi zdravnikov ma
bolniskih izkaznicah, neozdrav-
1.-Two bolni, darovalo $40.
Vsega clanstva dolznost bi
bila, da hi prihajali ma drust-
vene seje, ali tega nj. Ne vem
zakaj? Tako bi bila dolznost tu-
di priti ma veselico, sal smo vsi
enaki clani glede podpore drust-
vene blagajne. L. ME podpira-
mo ma vse strani. Dobro bi bilo,
da bi Sc odzvali vsi clani in cla-
nice. Pricakuje Sc, da DO tudi
nekaj nasih clanov prislo cd vo-
jakov, in upamo ter zelimo, da
bi pfisli IA naso veselico.
Priporoca Sc clanstvu, da bi
Sc tudi udelezilo proslave nase
|SDz II. novembra popoldne in
zveeer, ko Sc DO obhajalo 35-let-
nico.
Pozdrav vsem clanom in cla-
nicam!
]. M, clan.
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sc teta vam IL srca zahvaljuje-
mo.
'Draga teta, vem, da Vas ja-
ko zanima vse O nasih krajev.
JAZZ sem van pisala re tri pi-
snaa, pa ne vena, &c ste katero
dobii, ker tistikrat nj sla posta
Sc redno. Teta, sal Yam sem ze
pisala, in YAM zopet pisem, ker
ne vem &c ste dobili. Ilaznanj jam
Vam zalostno novice, da je teta
Mica v Trbcanah umria re pred
tremi lett. Sin Sc je ozenil, hce-
re so vedno sluzile, pa sedaj so
donna. Ena Sc je porocila v Mi
Ian v Italijo. Tista stoji dobro,
ina dobDega cloveka.
''Teta, nam so bila zelo groz-
ma leta v tel vojski, posebno ia
zadnji dive. Nemci SO mas vse
oropah; hrano, pl~sce, obuNa-
10, obleko, in yse, kar SO nash.
Moi brat Josko je bill partHa-
nih. Sal gotovo Vam taIn je
znano, kaksni SO ii vojaki. Sal
so ineli vsi ameriKansko oble-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-10-30
BRIVEC In LEPOTICARKA
ARETIRANA Y UMORU

PONTIAC, Mich, 20. okt.-
Policija je danes aretirala briv-
ca Wiliama Jatolio in lepoticar-
ko Mrs. Dodenhoft, Xxi sta osum-
ljena v timoru bogate Mrs. Lydi-
je Thompson, katere truplo je
bio naneno nedavno nekem
moevirju. Prvotno SO obiasti
aretirale Louis Thompsona, mo-
la nartye zenske in njegovo biy-
SO tajnico, s katero je incl MOI
ljubavno raznerje.
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(Nadaljevanje S l. strani)

mic ne meni "a bolecine, katere
je prestal, samo da bi Sc enkrat
incl svojo roko. Ali je tako v
bozjo voljo vdan trpel kot res
najvecji svetnik in zato mislim,
da ga tudi Bog ne DO zapustil.
"In res je bill donna, tako da 81
je malo opomogel in da je incl
malo boljso hrano, pa je bill re-
vez tako nesrecen, ne vem ali je
bill izdan, da SO ga dobili Nemci
ma postelji v stibelcu (spalni So
biz. Ja2 in Girl sva usla Re-
ber, Tinco in Francelna pa so
dobili donna. Ne morem Ii popi-
sati, kako Sc je revez ustrasil.
Postal je bled kot zid. Potem so
jih zaceli sprasevati, kje je bill,
kod je hodil, kje je prisel oh ro-
ko in vse natancno. Francelna so
fergerali v stibelcu, Tinco pa v
Hist in seveda nista oba enako
govorila.
"Ker sc nj ujemalO, so dali
Tinco no stol IN 10 pretepali, do
je bila vsa Grna, ali ona Sc nj
etstra$ila tega biGa, &c ne vena,
kaj bi bill narediH.
"Potem SO dali pa oba skupaj
in je France vprico vseh pove-
dal, kako je prisel oh roko-se-
veda vse drugace, kakor je bilo
res: Da je Sci V 1emsko vojsko
in so ga ma poti dobili partizani
in ko jim je mislil uiti, so ga pa
obstrelili. In tako sta oba skupaj
skozi govorila.
"Seveda, takrat SO nam vse
pobrali, mast, meso, zganje in
Sc nekaj obleke. Potem so oba
skupaj odpeljali ma zandarmeri-
10 Dolsko, Cd tam pa Gestapo
naprej v Kamnik. Francel je bill
re cisto slab radi izgube toliko
krvi in Sc tako dolgo je moral
hoditi. V Kamniku SO zopet oba
imeli ma izprasevanju. Tinco SO
dali v bunkar v temnico, Fran
celna pa so gonili po hribih, ko-
der je pref hodil, ali on nj izdal
niti najmanjse stvari, ker Sc je
zavedal, da je odlocen Slovenec.
Po tren tednih SO Tinco spustili,
Francelna pa so dali mdprej u
Begne, nato p0 y logor Dachou,
odkoder so ga poslah D Lublin
no Poljsko, kjer so ga toko dol
90 trpinGiH, do je TeueS cd sanaah
nauk un2Tl. (Pri Lublinu ma Poll
skem, kakor znano, Sc je naha-
jal najstrasnejsi nemski kon'
centracijski a b O r Majdanek
kjer so naciji umorili mad mill
ion civilistov liz vseh deloV EV'
rope. Op. ured.)
"Vidis, dragi Tone, kolikc
gorja nam je prinesla ia vojna
ali mi vsi smo vztrajali do konca
in tako sedaj lahko kretamc
svobodno. Takrat, ko Sc je vse
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zzzzzzZzzZ zzzzzzzzzzzzzUZW
to godilo pri mas, sno morali karI
hiso zapustiti in Sc tri tedne
skrivati sem in tia. Donna je bilo
ze vse narobe. Prasice smo imeli
pri Jurkovcu, zivino so pa drugi
ljudje hodili krmit.
"Vprasas, kdo sedaj pri mas
gospodari. Kakor sem re vsega
hudega prestala ma svetu, me
ljubi Bog Sc vseeno podpira in
Sc sedaj sama gospodarim in
urejujem vse delo ma kmetiji.
Donna SO Pepca, Tinca in Girl.
Pepca ina tudi drugje dosti della
pri nasih odborih, Girl je pa en-
krat tukaj, enkrat tam. On je
tudi veliko prestal v tej vojni.
Leta 1914 je sci v parthane,
kjer SO ga v hudi hajki meseca
augusta ujeli enem bunkarju,
nakar SO ga odpeljai Begne.
Sal vem, da ste kaj slisali o tenn
strasnem taboriscu. Cd tam SO
ga dali delat ma Korosko, odko-
der je cez an mesec usel domov
in Sc je zopet nekaj casa skrival
donna. Nato je moral iti zopet v
partizane, ampak sc je srecno
vrnil domov.
"Dragi Tone, daj mi kaj vec
pisati o mojem pokojnem bratu
Tonetu. JAZZ sem dala tudi tukaj,
da je zvonilo in "a maso bonn tu-
di dala, kadar bodo prisli Sc en-
gospod v Moravce, ker So. KriS
je popolnonaa po$gam do tal---
cerkev, Sola, Supmisce IN sploh
use hi$e, kakor tudi u Zagorici,
ljudi pa so mekoj presehh D Men,
6ijo, mekaj pa so jim potem H.
pustiH, sedaj pa so priSh ea@aj
na te poSgasae domooe, k3er 81
postauljajo sa eekrat leseme bo~
rake sa silo.
"Tako, da hos malo vedel, v
kaksnih skrbeh smo zivei vso TO
strasno vojno, ko je skoro vedno
gorelo okrog mas. JAZZ ne VEN,
kako bi Sc zahvalili Bogu, da
mas je Sc toliko obvaroyal tega
hudega ognja.
"Pri Bostjanovcu SO bill tudi
vsi president in dom so jim sko'
70 popolnoma unieili.
"Dragi Tone, VEN, da II Sc nj
znano, da je mas Ludvik obrnil
cisto drugo pot, kakor pa vsi
njegovi bratje. Pristopil je k
nasprotni stranki, k domobran-
Gem, in pomagal onim namesto
nam. Ko pa SO Jugoslavijo Ease
dli partizani, Sc je umaknil ce-
10 druzino ma Korosko, odkoder
sedaj ne vemo nicesar, hiso pa
so mu zaplenili in je sedaj last
drzave.
"Sedaj pa prejmite najprisrc'
nejse pozdrave cd Tvoje name
Pepce, Cirila in Tince, XII I'll to
pismo pise.
'Marija Grill in ostali. >
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Midway, Pa. - Victor Les
kovec je bill eastno odpu6cen il
armade, v kateri Sc je nahajal
a Haesecev in je bill M zapadni
'FRONT.' pri 106. diviziI cd za6et-
lka do konoa. Dill js srecen in
tse ie vEni! zdrav.
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mi, XII so debeli ziGovi. Tako,
hvalabogu, sEno vendar ostali
vsi zivi, mi donna in oni po sve-
tn. s.
"Trpeli smo vsega pomanjka-
MIA, a Boga zahvaimo, da sno1
zivi in donna, ker Sc je tukaj v
dveh letih zgodilo mnogo gro
zovitega. So kar cele vasi v par
trenutkih poginile. Sal vem, da
vi tam veste, ker ste gotovo ci-
tall in slisai ma radio.
"Dostikrat so mas cello vas
postavili v vrsto, da mas bedo
postreili in pozgali, pa vendar
cast Bogu mas MISC. Leta 1914,
6. maja so vso mladino pobrai
v Nemcijo v internacijo. Veliko
jih je tam poginilo, a moja Sc
stra je prisla srecno domov.
"Tisti dan so tudi pozgali Po-
graje in Kuzetovo, a naroda nj
so pobili, kot tri fante. Ali sa-
mo par ur hoda, v Lipi in Rupi,
so pa kar il cele vasi ljudi metali
v ogenj. v cell vasi je ostalo le
par ljudi. To so delai Nemci.
To so bile tolike stranke, da nj
bilo mogoce vec dihati. Nam sta
bila oba ia starejsa v vojski,
no sal sta Sc, nista Sc prosta.
Jozko je oficir, Tone Sc je po-
rocil in ina fantla, starega pet
let, in je Sc pri vojakih. Ia
mlajsi je donna, je star 10 let.
Bill je pri vojakih, ter je sedaj
Is dni, odkar je donna.
"Teta moja, tri dni Vam ne
bi popisala kar lii O prestali
slabega, ali ne vem, &c boste
dobili VISA moja pisma. Ko mi DO
mogoce, da Sc kaj poboljsa, da
premorem "a rajzo, pa pridem
tia do Vas. Moi alta mi je zme-
raj svetoval "a Ameriko ali ia
vojska je zmesala.
"Teta, kar ste nam pisali, kar
posljite nam, kar Vam je mo-
goee. Nam pride vsaka stvarca
pray, ker smo tako nagi, kot
Sc nikdar. Je re 4 do 5 let, ko
sc ne dobi nobene styari "a no.
ber' denar. No, pa sal tudi de-
maria nimamo, ko slueajno pri-
de obleka "a kupiti, cato teta,
pa Vas lepo prosimo, kar preje
ko Vam je mogoce nam poslati,
sal JAZZ znam sivati pa bonn re
n are dila in popravila, da bo
prav. Samo sukanca nimamo
prosim, posljite, tukaj Sc ne do.
bi. Lepo Vas prosim, posljite
nam kako stare mosko obleko
ker nasi moski nam so prav
nagi. Pred stirimi lett smo jim
nekaj kupili, ali tisto je bile
vse slabo, Sc je takoj razparalo
Mogoce innate tudi kak star zen.
ski dezni mantelj ali pa moske.
ga, ali pa morda poznate gospo
Xxi ina kaksnega majhnega
fantka, starega okoli treh let
da ina kaj oblekce, XII je vee ne
rabi, ali pa kaj obutve, kajti tu'
kaj Sc mic ne dobi.
"Joze, brat Matte, je Sc xiv
Zdaj Vas srcno pozdravljamc
celia druzina, posebno pa alta
Vas brat. V kratkem Sc kaj or
pise. Pozdravljamo tudi vse po'
znane, ter prosimo, da nam Gin
preje zopet pisete, ker zelo rad:
dobi1no Vase posto. Pisite ir
4poajite ma isti naslov. kot je bi!
do sedaj.
"Vas pozdraNlja
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Ured1ll1<oVa
po$ta
Koncert Glasbene 1natice

NO1&(S14 A1AdSOS1lS 1Q01ANS
ze start Latinci so rekli: "In-
ter arma musae SILENT" kar bi
sc podomace reklo: "Kadar kro-
gle frcijo, pesmf molcijo." Vol
ma vihra je povzrocila velike
spremembe ma vseh toriscih ma
sega zivljenja, torej tudi v ma.
sih kulturnih ustanovah. Ia ma
sa pevska in dramska drustva
SO bill to casi tezkih preizku-
SEMI. Nekatere teh skupin so S
svojim narodnim delom popol-
noma prenehale, druge pa lie Ii
votarijo. Upajmo, da DO zdaj,
ko je vojske konec, slo zopet
lazje.
K1jub vsem tezavam in zapre-
kan, XII jih je okusil tudi zbor
clevelandske Glasbene matice,
pa ia pevska ustanova Sc ved-
no kaze mnogo sile in volje. Pri
Matici nasa pesem Sc vedno
krepko doni, ker Sc pevci in pev-
ke zavedajo, da je ia pesem mas
najvecji narodni zakhd, da lie Z
MO zivimo kot narod, brez ME
pa smo telo brez duse.
Pevci Glasbene matice pri-
pravljajo koncert, XII DO obsiren
in poster po vsebini. Program
DO obsegal poleg tezkih medina
rodnih skladb tudi preproste pa
lepe slovenske narodne pesnli.
Ma tenn koncertu bodo imele ne
katere skladbe svoja prva jaw
ma izvajanja. Med mimi Sc fla
sti odikujejo sledece skladbe: /:
"Rajska pesem'', delo velikega
ruskega mojstra Antona Rubin
steina, "Sen ljubezni'', slovita
klavirska skladba, Xxi DO poda-
ma V priredbi "a mesan zbor z
izvirnim slovenskim besedilom,
XII nam ga je oskrbel pevovodja
Ivan zorman. Med drugimi no
vostnai DO tudi "Dekliska pc
SEM, solospev "a mezzo-sopran,
in pa velika arija "a sopran iz
opere "Aida'. Prvic bono tudi
slisai v priredbi "a zenski zbor
znano juznoamerisko uspavan-
ko "Aj, al, all" Vse, Sc razume,
bodo izvajane v slovenscini.
Ma programu bo tudi nekaj
novlh moskih kvintetov, vec So
lospevov, duetov, "a namecek pa
se znameniti Donizettijev seks-
tet IL opere Lucia di Lammer-
moor.
Poleg oelotnega zbora Glas-
bsne matice bodo nastopili pri-
ljubljeni soisti: Belle, Plut, Bra
dac, Milavec-Levstik, Budan,
Babitt, Zarnik, svigel, Nosan,
Samsa, Kogoj in Podobnik. Pri
kiayrju DO nasa vrla pianistinja
Vera Mllavec-Slejko.
Program DO torej dovolj raz-
nozrsten "a vsak okus. &c pa se
pomislimo, da je pevska ustano-
va, kot je Glasbena matica, po-
leg vsega drugega tudi izvrst-
ma sola "a slovenscino z ozirom
ma mnoge tukaj rojene elane, .je
gotovo vredna vse pozornosti in
podpore cd strani nasega OBJ
einstya. -
koncelt Sc yra " nedeIjo A..
novenbra, zvecer oh pol osmih,
" Slovenskem nafodnem domu
ma St. Clair avenue. Ljuhitelje
petja vljudno vahinao.
/. q.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

Pvt. Freda D. Nunamaker, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Roy Davis, Ais Linga-
more avenue, has returned to Camp
Shanks after spending a Today fur
Tough at her home. Private Nuna-
maker entered the Service last jan
uary and took her basic training at
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She then
took a course of advanced training
at a clerical school at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa, from where she was
transferred to Camp Shanks, where
she is now stationed, being assign
ed to duty in the record office.
Her husband, Cpl Harold B. Nuna-
maker, who has served overseas for
20 months, is now stationed in India
and her brother, Pfc. Carl E. Davis,
has been overseas II months with
the 18th Marines.
Private Nunamaker's address is:
Pvt. Freda D. Nunamaker, A-320649,
Wac bet. 20, 9201- TSU-T. C. N. p,
Camp Shanks, N. Y.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

WITH THE nth INFANTRY d.
VISION ON OKINAWA - When
all other methods of evacuation had
failed, Cpl. Paul Rudisill, son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. E. Rudisill, 800 Valley
Road, Hagerstown, Md, climbed into
his jeep, ran gauntlet of Jap arti1-
lery fire and succeeded in removing
the wounded men to safety in one
of the most daring fetes of the
Okinawa campaign.
The corporal was tinkering with
his jeep at his units command post
during the final phases of the
campaign when an urgent call came
through for help in evacuating cas-
ualties suffered when a part of his
outfit was caught in a Jap artillery
barrage and cut off from other units.
Attempts to carry the wounded back
had failed.
A veteran driver of the Guam
and Leyte campaigns, Rudisill I'M
hesitatingly sped through the fall
ing shells and reached the isolated
unit Loading as many casualties as
possible onto his vehicle, he sped
back to an aid station Neither he
nor his jeep was hit.
However, a short time later, an
artillery shell struck the jeep as
it was parked near his foxho1e and
caused considerable damage With
facilities at hand, Rudisill put the
vehicle back into action.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

Cpl. Edward L. Pomeroy, son of
Mrs Mary M. Pomeroy, 28 Coffman
avenue, a light truck driver with
the 712th Tank Battalion, goth In
fantry Division, in Germany, has
been awarded the Bronze Star for
meritorious service. Corporal Pom
eroy participated in campaigns in
Normandy, Northern France, the
Rhineland, Ardennes and Central
Europe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

WITH THE 81st INFANTRY d.
VISION SOMEWHERE IN THE PA
CIFIC - Willie M. Reed, son of Mrs.
Olive M. Reed, Big Pool, Md, has
been promoted form private to
technician fifth grade in recognition
of proven ability with an infantry
engineering unit.
Corporal Reed is member of
Maj. Gen Paul J. Mueller's 81st
Infantry wildcat" Division, which
last fall wrested the Palau and
other Western Caroline Islands
from the Japs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

CAMP ARIES, FRANCE, JULY
Is = Pfc. George w. Shrader, son
of Mrs Charles T. Shrader, 100 RAN
dolph avenue, Hagerstown, Md, has
reported to this redeployment camp
for the Pacific Area of Operations,
after nine months service in the
European war zone.
Dorothy Ruth Sowter, Seaman
1/C "a. E. R. M, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Sowter, 813
Mulberry avenue, who enlisted in
the u. S. Navy on January 27, 1945,
has completed training in weather
observation at the Nays Aero
grapher's school at the Lighter
Than-Air Station, Lakehurst, N. j.,
and reported to a base at Jackson
vile, Fla, for further assignment on
August 5, after enjoying leave at
her home here.
Seaman's Sowter's course at Lake
hurst included meteorology, weather
codes and mapping, map analysis,
balloon sounding and tipping. In a
weather observatory maintained by
the school, she and other trainees
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09
wounded"
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY. ITALY

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY
Harry S. Hughes, son of Mrs.
Mary L. Hughes, Gapland, Mary
land, now with the Fifth Army in
Italy, recently was promoted from
corporal to sergeant He is radio
operator in the LIST Armored Divis-
ions 68th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITALY
Private First Class Leroy c.
House, son of Mrs. Pearl r. House,
liz East Wilson Boulevard, Hagers-
town, Md, recently was awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for heroic
achievement in action in Italy.
He served on the Fifth Army
front in the 363rd Infantry Regiment
of the 91st Powder River" Division.
The award citation related: Five
men were killed and four seriously
wounded in mortar barrage among
ration detail that was punched up
on a narrow trail which crossed a
heavily mined area. House remained
at the foot of the trail guiding the
litter teams and preventing the men
from wandering into the mined area.
His GOODNESS under fire and devotion
to duty were greatly responsible for
the successful evacuation of the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

Sgt. Elizabeth r. Wojcicki, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Paul Ridenour,
Roessner avenue, has been trans
ferred from Deming, New Mexico,
to the following address: Sgt. Eliza
beth r. Wojcicki, A-3O2251, Squad
ron B, WAC, D. A. A. F., Dalhart,
Texas.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

Sgt. James c. Hussong, son of
Martin L. Hussong, Alb Elizabeth
street, a veteran of overseas service
with the 9Th Air Force, who has
been home on furlough, leaves to-
day to report to his new base at
Lincoln, Nebraska. Sergeant Hus-
song, who has been in the Service
about 21a years, was in England for
five months, returning to the States
about Is months ago. He recently
graduated from a six weeks, BIG
gunnery class at Harrington Army
Air Field, Harrington, Texas, quail
flying him to become a member of
a BIG combat crew.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

stood watches, just as they will later
do on active duty, with expert areo-
graphers directing their work.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09

Eugene Walter Hoffman, 80, sea-
man, first class, USNR, whose wife,
the former Miss Regina Bell, and
their four-year-old daughter, Bon
ME Ann, reside at 1903 Vermont ST,
Williamsport, Md, has completed
studies in mine warfare at the mine
craft training center, Little Creek,
Va, and has returned to his duties
aboard ship.
Hoffman reported to Little Creek
from nine months of convoy escort
duty in the Mediterranean.
Hoffman is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter E. Hoffman, 81 Church
St, Williamsport. A brother, Ralph,
is private, first class, in the Army.
Before entering the Navy, Hoff-
man was employed by the Truscon
Steel Co., of Youngstown. Ohio.
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& ~ Nlws Of 1 QUE
XXX !. 'I Us.ros.
Washington County
gvthtbe Armed FOrces
WITH THE DIXIE DIVISION Il

WITH THE DIXIE DIVISION IN
MINDANAO = (SpeciaD - Pfc.
George F. Hoffman, whose wife, Mrs.
Hilda Hoffman, and son, Leonard,
reside at 221 Alexander street,
Hagerstown, Md, is truck driver
with the 106th Engineer Combat
Battalion, that was praised by its
commanding general for making
possible the 31st Infantry Divisions
100-mile drive north through central
Mindanao.
Laboring day and night under a
fierce tropic sun and in torrential
rains to repair the scores of bridges
which retreating Japs had left in
smoking ruins along the Sayre High
way, Hoffman and his battalion
hauled 800 tons of massive bridge
equipment over $50 miles of
swampy roads and carabac-cart
trails to span three gorges with
Bailey Bridges totaling 800 feet in
length.
The engineers floated one infantry
support bridge in So pontons to cross
a 428-foot wide river, and filled in
two canyons with $4,000 cubic yards
of dynamited dirt and rock so that
artillery and heavy supply vehicles
could keep up with the rapid adj
vances of 31st Division Infantry
men. In one 20-mile stretch of road
through rugged mountains they re-
paired 80 bridges and culverts and
kept traffic moving at the time with
winches, bulldozers, and by-passes
In all, nearly 100 bridges were
built or rebuilt over precipitous
canyons, wide rivers, and swift
flowing streams-almost one bridge
per mile. Exposed to the constant
threat of Jap attacks, each machine
operator had to be covered by a
guard "a hours day
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-08-09
WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCES
COMMAND IN ITALY.

With THE ARMY AIR FORCES
ENGINEER COMMAND IN ITALY:
TIA Louis P. Meyers, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Meyers, 932 Oak Hill
Ave, Hagerstown, Maryland, over
seas 80 months with the 845th En-
gineer Aviation Battalion, was re-
Gently authorized to wear the ap-
propriate insignia, when his unit
was awarded the Meritorious
Service Unit Plaque.
The veteran aviation engineer
unit received the Plaque for superb
or performance of duty in the ac-
complishment of exceptionally diff
cult tasks in the Mediterranean
Theater of Operations" During the
two-month period for which the
award was made, the battalion con-
structed several airfelds in record
breaking time to help make possible
the intensive bombings by the 18th
Army Air Force which brought the
Mediterranean Campaign to an end.