IB. 5 Aly ri JUNE 15, 1945 Vf THE POST, FRIDAY, I am writing to thank you for sending me the Dallas Post. 1 have just begun to receive several copies. Of course it has taken several months to get here, but I PUT THESE IN YOUR BIRTHDAY BOOK! The Post assumes no responsibil- ity for the accuracy and complete- mess of this list, compiled each week from the card index of soldier information on file at the Post. Alfred J. Brown June 16 Edwin R. Delaney June 16 Emmett L. Hoover Jume 16 James Nesbitt Martin June 16 Bernard M. Novicki June 16 William P. Sutton June 17 Lewis W. Button June 18 Vernon Covey June 18 Donald Gabel June 18 Loren Hummell June 18 Leroy D. Roberts June 18 Anthony Yeager June 18 Walter D. Fine June 19 Dorothy French June 19 Warren W. Hoover June 19 RB Filmer Evan Phillips June 19 June 20 Charles Mekeel Robert S. Watkins June 20 Richard E. Williams June £0 Carl J. Dykman June 21 Curtis A. Edwards ~~ June 21 Loren Freas Fritz June 21 Elwood K. Protheroe June 21 Henry Judson Holdredge June 2 Harry S. Randall June 22 John D. Scovell June 22 Herbert Kemmerer June 23 Stephen C. Lord June 23 Lloyd R. Protheroe June 23 “Florence Rusiloski June 23 James A. Sorber Jume 23 ~ Robert F. Dietz June 2} Stanley E. Fabian June 24 William F. Cairl June 25 John T. Carey, Jr. June 25 Robert Evans June 25 Allen Kittle June 25 Dean D. Kocher June, 25 Roswell T. Murray = June 25 Arthur L. Hunsinger June 27 - Mildred Loveland June 27 ~ James H. Fritz June 29 Peter P. Sesock June 29 Robert H. Uskurait June 29 Joseph W. Woolbert June 29 Pete Tomasik June 29 Richard Williams June 30 John M. Fink June 30 Irving Ashton July 1 David S. Costine July 1 John D. Edwards July 1 Howard Kuyttle July 1 Sealer W. Oberst July 1 Frank Townend July 1 Charles F. Wagner July 1 Robert Allan Henderson hy July 2 Larue M. Swayze, Jr. July 2 Howard Culp July 4 Frank Tworek July 4 John Brin July 6 Ernest Carey July 6 Rosemary Ford July 6 Dana Campbell July 7 Guy M. Arnold July 7 ‘John H. Downs July 7 Benjamin L. Brace July 8 Willard T. Hinz July 8 John T. Owens July 8 Amos Swire July 8 Russell |G. Wall July 8 Howard G. Young July 8 David J. Lohmann July 9 Freas Lord July 9 Thomas P. Gibbon July 10 Lewis G. Evans July 10 Robert McGovern July 10 Victor J. Nienius July 10 Kenneth L. Terry July 10 Gilbert Tough July 10 Albert Crispell July 11 John G. Link July 11 Jack P. Covert July 12 Harry Edwards July 12 Wilmer D. Evans July 12 George Morgan Lamoreaux July 12 Henry S. Sobieski July 12 - Evan H. Evans July 13 W. G. Gosart July 13 Evan H. Jenkins July 13 Alan Kistler July 13 Theodore Laskowski July 13 Glenn D. Kocher July 13 Arthur Reese July 13 Floyd J. Hontz July 14 Michael W. O’Boyle July 1k Robert A. Ray July 14 Andrew Kozemchak July 15 James A. Oliver July 15 Charles W. Kern July 16 those killed and missing in action in this terrible conflict. Boys, and the ‘best friends that I grew up with, went through school with, really the best of pals. say a prayer for those they left behind and give them strength to carry on. May we all in the Pacific and have sure hit a good I have been out here many ports in the last eight or nine months; Colon, Cuba, Panama, New Guinea, Admiral Islands, Manus, Hollandia, Humbolt Bay, Leyte. This tropical weather sure is hot and it really gets me down at times. We have been busy 24 hours a day seven days a week. Got a chance to go to the big city for a 48-hour pass and really felt so sorry, for the people have lost everything. Will close thanking you again. #As ever, J bert Prynn {»” Philippines Area Temperature 116 degrees @® Ran your brother Dick’s pic- ture in the Post a few weeks ago. Hope you get the issue that it's in. Weather has been very unsea- sonable here at home. In March we had June weather and in May and June we got the March weath- er with interest. The wet Season has retarded farm crops and gar- dens and from the looks of things shortages in meats and other 1| foodstuffs—the fellow who doesn’t plant a Victory Garden this season is going to be out of luck. Write when you have time. Good Luck. —Editor. Kraut Wakes Up Dear Mr. Risley, Today I received the April 20 edition of the Dallas Post and only wish I could express my feelings to you for it. After reading it several times it is usually passed around by the boys in my section, and they also enjoy it even though they are not from Pennsylvania; most of them are from New York. How did the people back there take the great mews? Or should I know better than to ask ? Things have slowed up a little over here now, and we have been spending our time cleaning trucks, guns etc., and playing some sports, including softball and volley ball, but so far mo football, darn it. Enclosed is a picture of Bob Pritchard and myself taken last winter in Belgium during the Ger- man counter-offensive. It was tak- en near La Gleigs, Belgium. It’s a rather poor one but at present it is all I have had developed. You will ses 4 slight change in| my APO number. Why, I can’t say at present. Maybe at a later|; date I can tell you about it. I had a rare privilege on V-E Day. You see we were transport- ing PW.s when we got the glad news, and my luck was with me for on my truck was a Kraut that could speak perfect English. So I asked him if he knew the war was over. At first he laughed and said no. He also said it was im- possible, but when I showed it to him in black and white (a copy of Stars and Stripes), then is when he woke up out of a nice dream. Later he confessed and said he was rather glad because he had had enough of war. So now he is just another of our P.W.’s. Well, Mr. Risley, I guess I'll close for now. Thanks again for the Post. I sure enjoy it a lot. A loyal reader, ave Evans Germany. @® Good work, Dave. Enjoyed your letter a lot and know that the boys down at Coal-O-Matic will get a kick out of it, too. I'm going to see if the engraver can make a good cut out of the picture and if he can we'll use it in the paper. Lots of Luck.—Editor. Honorably Discharged Pfc. John McCulloch, son of Mrs. Darl Moore of Jackson street, Dal- las, was discharged from the Army on May 14, after four years of ser- vice. He lost his right leg as a result of wounds received at St. Lo, France, on July 31, 1944. | This is to you, You who have offered up your stalwart sons, A living sacrifice upon the greedy altar of a Martian god; To you who go about your daily unremitting toil In mines, on farms, in offices and shops, Too proud to weep, but with a certain numbness in your hearts; This is to you. Rudolph Baloga Made Private First Class CALCUTTA, India—Rudolph J. Baloga, son of John Baloga, R.D. 1, Dallas, Pa., has been promoted from private to private first class, it has been announced by his com- Oh think not that the price you paid was dear enough To guarantee the kind of peace you want; Think not that fascism lies crushed on Europe's ‘battle- manding officer. ground Ha ; He: has been in the army’ since Bones ghie soil is saturate with the blood of your dear sons. September, 1942, and is a long- shoreman. In civilian life, he was a student. His wife is living at 10 Sycamore 'St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. For fascism is a rampant weed which grows as lushly Fed by the flesh of free men’s sons as from any grosser nutriment; $ F - { Where those at home and the men and women in the armed services from the Back Mountain Region—in camps and on the fighting fronts—keep contact with their fellows throughout the world. FROM FIELDS AFAR 7 Y FROM CAMPS AT HOME To Gold Star Fathers : Really Hot do get a lot of pleasure reading it. on Writes From Blanding letter also to let you know that Dear Sir, It’s unhappy, too, when I read of Fathers Day Dear Sir, I'm being transferred. Ill be in and see you when I get home. I was glad to see in the Post that Sgt. Louis Achuff is safe and sound. Well, I'd better tell you who I am. I graduated from Dallas Town- ship in 1944. I was also Master of Ceremonies at the first annual ban- quet of the Anthracite Chapter of the Future Farmers of America. I also held secretary, treasurer and president of the Future Farmers. My name is Paul Carlin. I'm very glad to hear that the Back Mountain Library is coming along so well. (Continued on Page Three) I'm writing this letter to thank you for sending me the Post; I have been receiving it very regul- arly. When I receive it the fellows fight to read it next. I have met some fellows from the Dallas area that are stationed here. I have met Harry Martin, Melvin Compton and many others. The weather is very hot and dry. I'm sorry I haven't written sooner but training has kept me from doing so. I have finished my 17 weeks basic training here at Blanding. I get a ten-day furlough, then go to Camp Rutgers, Alabama, for ad- vanced training. I am writing this Center He has been in the India-Burma theater since November, 1943, serv- ing with a unit of Base [Section No. 2. This is the organization which leads military port installations throughout the world in the hand- ling of vitally needed materials of war and is commanded by Brig. Gen. R. R. Neyland. Wins Advancement Robert Michael Patrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patrick, R. D. 3, Dallas, has been advanced to fireman, first class, aboard a des- troyer escort of the Atlantic Fleet. He is a graduate of Dallas Township High School and before entering the Navy he was employed by the Army Engineers at Philadelphia. With Bombardment Group Sgt. Charles S. 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Helmboldt, U.S.A. % Pvt. Joseph Riehl, U.S.A. + In Armed Serviee. SAFETY VALVE Remember moxious plants can grow among your victory garden rows, Nourished by the same nitrate which you sprinkled around your corn. Nor are these rank intruders native to a foreign soil alone, But nurtured by the dung of human bitterness and greed, They may spring up by your own doorstep or in the lot across the way, : And once cut down, if just one living root remains, A hundred lusty shoots can sucker into being. Oh, I beg of you, take up this task which they have left to you, Yours is a sacred trust to keep this garden free from tares, / \ This is the crop that you must grow, these beauteous flowers, . Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship God as each may choose. Oh guard these tender seedlings which they planted with their totl, And watered freely, gladly, with their blood and sweat Attention Servicemen! It is important that you notify The Dallas Post at once if you are discharged from service, win military awards special citations or are wounded. When sending this information will you be sure to specify dates and place where the event took place. The Post’s Service File is the only complete com- munity record of the Back Mountain Region’s contribution during World War II. It will become invaluable as the years pass as a permament historical record. You owe it to your- self to have a complete record in that file. Use the coupon below. and tears. — Catharine W. Birth \ / Muhlenburg, Pennsylvania joined the veteran 457th Heavy Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force, somewhere in England. He is completing his training as ball turret gunner of a B-17 Fly- ing Fortress. Sgt. Nicol is a graduate of Kings- ton High School. His wife, Mrs. Dorothy L. Nicol, lives in Forty Fort. His brother Robert is serv- ing with the United States Mer- chant Marine. (Continued on Page Five) of the International Red Cross were not permitted to visit the concen- tration camps for German and other European political prisoners and slave laborers. But they reg- ularly visited’ prisoner of cathps. 4, The fact that over 99 per- cent of our American prisoners war captured by Germany are now re- to American and other Allied pris- oners of war, is due in great part : i (Continued on Page Seven) Regarding Prisoners of War Editor The Post: In sending you a copy of the June 1945 issue of “Prisoners of War Bulletin,” which for the past two years has been published monthly by national headquarters of the American Red Cross for the benefit of families of American prisoners of war, we invite your attention to the following back- ground information: Play Shuffleboard At Jack and May's Inn Every Saturday Night Chicken Lunch STL 1. According to a recent state- ment made by Carl J. Burckhardt, president of the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross, in Geneva, Switzerland, Adolf Hitler late in Kunkle Road Near Kunkle March 1945 gave orders to execute all American and British airmen held captive in Germany. This statement has been substantiated by American prisoners of war, re- TH E cently liberated and returned by air from Germany, who were in a position to know the facts. Hitler's order was in revenge for the bomb- ing of German cities, particularly Dresden. One important reason why the order was not carried out by German army commanders was bécause they knew that the Ameri- can and British governments had faithfully endeavored to carry out their obligations under the Geneva Convention toward enemy prisoners of war. 2. After all the hardships of incarceration in Germany, and apart from normal mortality, over 99 percent of American prisoners of war will return home. 3. Much anxiety appears to have been caused in the United States by the lack of understanding of the difference between concen- tration camps and prisoners of war camps. The latter, so far as Ameri- can and other Allied prisoners of war (except Soviet Russian) were concerned, enjoyed the protection of the Geneva Convention. In spite of all their efforts, Swiss delegates BEN DALLAS, PENNA. MEMBERS AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION os DIRECTORS R. L. Brickel, C. A. Frantz, W. B. Jeter, Sterling Machell, W. R. Neely, Clifford Space, A. C. Devens, Herbert Hill. OFFICERS C. A. Frantz, President Sterling Machell, Vice-President W. R. Neély, Vice-President W. B. Jeter, Cashier F. J. 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