World War II Scrapbook
 by Marian Whitney from The Sunbury News

The Features

Bill Whitney encourage the service men and women to share their lives and feelings with his readers.  Throughout the years these features provided the folks at home a look at life in the military,  I've attempted to link like features together to help the browser find features of interest to you.  Remember all letters went through the censors so often there are holes.            Polly Horn
 

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Beginning:    

Induction:  

 Induction Day to Captain in Army by C. J. Pettit September 15, 1943 

Training:  

Some Glimpses of Training by Dewey Cantrell June 16, 1943 
  Smith Tells of training for Pharmacists Mate Striker - Thomas M. Smith October 14, 1943 
  Training of Infantry Soldiers by Raymond Hamer, April 13, 1944    
  Ft. Schuyler was Easy, Harvard is Work - Training by Ensign J. E. Brown June 15, 1944 132
  Army Camp Geography Differs From That in Our Public Schools by Jennie Patton July 6, 1944 138
  Navy No Place for Clock Watchers by Jack Brown April 27, 1944 

Jumping:  

 First Jump from Plane Thrills Sunbury Paratrooper (see both parts) by Charles Wymer July 28, 1943 
  Bailing Out is Thrill, Gunner Reports, Direct Flak Hit* Bill Agler June 14, 1945 231

Overseas:  

 Read Steinbeck’s "Troopship" to learn about His Trip to England by Clell B. Perkins 6-8-1944 128
   
 

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Daily Life:      

Food:  

Mess Hall General Orders from Fort Custer by Dallas Metzger, March 31, 1943 48
  Short on Food in Solomon Islands - Bob Freeman December 16, 1942 31
  Shortage of Milk and Butter in Georgia - Clarence Butcher December 23, 1942
  Prices in Detroit are Sky High - Dinner $1.50 - Clayton Whisman January 6, 1943 35
  Great Lakes Naval Station sells 75000 candy bars a day according to Phillip Dean Weiser May 12, 1943 54
  A. C. Metzger tells of Ice Cream and Scrambled Eggs from Powder - August 25, 1943 71
  Wife sends Fried Chicken to England by Jack Clapham March 31, 1944 114
  Guam Was Too Hot to Eat by Donovan Justice, August 21, 1946  342
  PX Supplies Limited - Soldier Wants Nescafe by Herbert Vess June 15, 1944 131
Bases: Camp Van Dorn A Study in Black and Red (red soil, black tar paper on buildings) Velmont Wilson, February 10, 1943 40
   Orville Hancock tells of Base Somewhere Southwest of California - 8-11-1944 149
Haircut:   Getting Military Haircut by Robert Kirby August 24, 1944 153
Holidays:   Sunbury Soldier Enjoys Thanksgiving Dinner in Hospital - James Boston, 11-23-1944 169
  Boys Enjoy Late Christmas in Corsica - Edsel Day - January 11, 1945 176
Housing: Sunbury Soldier’s Home* - Roy Nutt July 9, 1945 242
  Brother -in laws in same hospital but do not see each other Paul Mitchell and Jesse Chambers  August 17, 1945 253
Hurricane:   Uses Wax from Ration Boxes and Motorcycle to Provide Lights when Florida Hurricane Cuts Lights by Jerome Stark September 27, 1945  266
Typhoons:   In Typhoon on Okinawa by Warren Hall  and J. E. Brown  November 1, 1945  278
  More About the Typhoon by R. K. McBroom November 8, 1945  280
  Worst Time Overseas was During Typhoon, Dale Lambert, August 29, 1946, 343
Off-Duty:   Made a Boat on Tinian Island Charles Pickering  November 1, 1945  278
   
 

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Battles:      
  Pearl Harbor Attach by A. D. "Pat" Patrick - February 4, 1942, page 1
  San Diego and Los Angeles Prepared for Attack by Harry Haycook, January 1943 38
  Galena Tank Destroyer Commander Bluffs Nazis with Creeping Fire in Anzio Battle by Lawrence Rhoads June 22, 1944 134
  Flak Shell Resembles Quart Milk Bottle- Sgt. Henry Furniss July 13, 1944 141
  Burying Jap Dead, Climate Disliked Most by South Pacific Vetran by Vernon Bailey July 20, 1944 143
  Lt. Gordon Ryder Sends Press Release Direct from Invasion Front - August 2, 1944 148
  Clayton Whisman Tells of Blue Raiders Attack September 28, 1944
  Sunbury Men Serve in Famous Bomber Group, May 3, 1945 215
  Sunbury Mortar Man Helps Rout Japs - William Smith June 7, 1945 227
  Bronze Star Medal Saves Harlem Soldiers Life - Jack Groseclose June 21, 1945 237
  Lone Jap tackles Sunbury Man’s Unit on Okinawa August 2, 1945 249
  Sunbury Lieutenant Takes Part in First Attack on Japanese Homeland Aboard a Ship He Helped Build - Earl Macklin Murphy Sept 6, 1945 260
  Lepers Freed on Manila to Infect GIs by Russell Anderson September 27, 1945 266
 

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Duties:
  Edsel Day inspects B-25 Mitchell Bomber, May 31, 1945 225
  Fissel Tells of Being MP, by Raymond Fissel, March 2, 1944, 
  Harlem Man Guards Possible War Criminals - Norman Cook, June 7, 1945 226
  Galena Coast Guardsman Trains Dogs for Duty* - Paul Johnson June 14, 1945 233
  Sunbury Seaman Fights Fire on Ship James Hoover July 9, 1945 241
  Working in Separation Center by George Cleveland July 12, 1945 243
  Taking up Steel Matting Used for Runways - Clifford Kemp, August 2, 1945 248
 

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Countries:      
Africa:   Look at Africa by Burt DeBolt March 17, 1943 46
Alaska:   Plane Ferrying in Alaska by Bill Gregg July 15, 1942
Australia:   Glimpse at Australia by Auburn Smith August 19, 1942 page 14
Austria:   Jeep Driver on Highest Alps Mountain in Austria, Comments on Rations by Bill Fisher, September 27, 1945 266
Belgium:   Life in Germany France and Belgium by Raymond Hamer, June 13, 1946   332
China:   Cost of Meal in China by Larry Shicks, November 15, 1945 282
  Life in China by J. E. Brown  December 13, 1945 293
England:   Living in Private Homes in England by Don Allen February 24, 1944, 105
Equator:   Crossing the Equator Ritual by J, E, Brown July 19, 1945 245
Europe:   Railroading in Europe by Leland Hubbell, June 21, 1945 235
Fiji:   Genoa Soldier Says Fijian Island Paradise by Fritz Bussey August 11, 1943 69
Germany:   Bill Fisher Tells About First Boat Ride and Germany, April 12, 1945 202
Guadalcanal:   Mosquitos and mail in Quadacanal by Bob Freeman January 27, 1943 38
India:   Galena Soldier in India by Leo Trainer - June 24, 1942
  Carl Fritsche Tells of India, Cairo and the Holy Land. October 5, 1944 
  Herds of sacred Cattle Roam India Streets by Harry Haycook August 30, 1945 256
  Life in Calcutta, India by Neil Hervey, February 28, 1946  316
Italy:   Photography in Italy by Edsel Day March 2, 1944 107
  Sunbury Soldier Finds Italian Prices High by Richard Doane June 6, 1944 129
  Arthur Watts Tells of Serving in Africa and Italy August 11, 1944 150
  Berkshire Corporal Talks Tobacco with Italian Farmer by Beryl Johnson August 24, 1944,154
  Gunner Tells of Life in Italy Rolland Sherfy April 19, 1945 206
Japan:  Sunbury Men Meet in South Pacific, Write about Okinawa - Noel Sebring and Bob Perry August 17, 1945 252
Japan:   Finds Japanese Friendly by Neal Perfect December 6, 1945  291
  Life in Tokyo very Poor by Kenneth Gallogly, February 14, 1946 312
New Guinea:   Sunbury Petty Officer Finds New Guinea Rocky Slippery, Natives Afraid, Coke Gone by Henry Beaver July 6, 1944 139
Panama:    Notes from the Canal Zone by Bernard DeWitt, January 24, 1946  306
Philippines:   Manila through William Smith’s eyes July 9, 1945 241
South Pacific:   Sunbury Sargeant Makes Boa Move from Path in South Pacific by Harold Doane April 6, 1944 116
 

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Recreation:    
  Quotes from issue one of The Bluejacket, a base newspaper, sent to Bill Whitney from Tom Brenner, December 9, 1942 30
  Burton Horn Beats King of Bowling, January 6, 1943 35
  Soldiers Tell About Drive to Germany (sees concentration camps)- Marion Owen and Walter Perry June 21, 1945 236
 

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Famous People    
  Clyde Wilson sees President Roosevelt, Knute Rockne, jr., and Creepy Crespi May 5, 1945 53
  Clayton Whisman on Chapel Hill Baseball Squad with famous American League Players May 26, 1943 56
 

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Heros:
  Rammelsberg Featured in Chicago Newspaper for Reaching Wounded - Sgt. Herbert Rammelsberg - September 9, 1943 73
  About Blue Streak - Famous Bomber, February 24, 1944 106
  Nazi Bullets Riddle Plane, from AP about Emanuel Greasamar, March 9, 1944 110
  Henry Furniss Returns Home After 60 Bombing Missions June 8, 1944 130
  Crawls Through Enemy Fire to Save Wounded Man - Jack Groseclose, May 3, 1945 212
  Condit Soldier Cited for Meritorious Service -Eldon Edminister June 21, 1945 237
  Jockey Awarded Bronze Star at Churchill Downs,  Frank Bowles, June 27, 1946   334
 

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Home Front:    
  Buy Bonds Paul Fontanelle March 24, 1943 47
  Nestles Army-Navy E Award by Jack e. Gutridge October 21, 1943 81
  Everyone Wants to Hear Thrillers (and War Bonds) by Major Billy Southworth, January 20, 1944 99
  Paper Drive February 24, 1944 106
  Veteran’s House Burns - Paul Mitchell April 19, 1945 205
 

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Families Sacrifice:    
  Son Calls Home Anderson Baldridge 6-24-1942
  Philip Weiser Follows Father in WWI, Grandfather in Spanish American War, 3 Great-Grandfathers in Civil War, Great-Great-Grandfather in War of 1812 December 30, 1943     91
  Four Fravel Brother Serve Country - January 6, 1944 93
  Grooms Family Foursome Serving Uncle Sam January 20, 1944 97
  Three Bordon Brother Serve Their Country, February 10, 1944 103
  Five Sons and Two Son-in-Laws in Service June 8, 1944 130
 

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POWs:  
  How and What to Write to POWs, April 6, 1944 116
  Ernst Boyce is Prisoner of War February 15, 1945 189
  Men from Here Liberated When Allies Capture German Prison Camps May 3, 1945 214
  Galena Soldier Returns Home from German Starvation Camp - Gordon Cantleberry  May 10, 1945 216
  Three Freed from German Prison Camps, May 31, 1945 224
  Capture and POW Camp by Al Dietrich August 2, 1945 249
 

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Killed in Action:    
  Wyoming Plane Crash Kills War Hero- Carl Cleland March 9, 1944 111
  Army’s Letter to Mother When Son, Charles Wymer, is Killed July 20, 1944 143
  Soldier Killed, two Wounded - February 8, 1945 185
  Sunbury Ball Player Killed in Belgium - Ernest Grandominico February 22, 1945 188
  Major Southworth Lost in Plane Crash February 22, 1945 188
  Jack Welch Killed in Action April 19, 1945 207
  Galena Soldier killed in action few days after recovering from wounds, David Bricker July 9, 1945 239
 

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End of War:
  Karl Darkey Watches French Celebration, May 31, 1945 225
  Davenport and Baker tell where they heard the war was over August 30, 1945 256
  End of War in England by Gutridge  August 30, 1945 257
  Sunbury Seaman to Witness Japanese Surrender - Leonard Walker August 30, 1945   258
  Sunbury Sailor Watches Japs Signing Surrender- Leonard Walker September 20, 1945   264
  Use Japanese Prisoners to Bring Japanese Soldiers out of Guam Jungle by Allen Fravel September 20, 1945  263
  Magic Carpet Fleet brings high point Army and Navy Veterans home for Discharge - Hollie Moore January 31, 1946  309
 

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Patriotism:  
  We Won World War One but Lost Peace - I Feel We Will Win Both This Time by Chaplain Karl L. Darkey, April 12, 1945 203
  Appreciate America, a letter from Bob Freeman to Pop Neilson, teacher January 6, 1943 34
 

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The Sunbury News:    
  News Helps Locate Bomber Pilot’s Family February 24, 1944 106
  News Bring Local Boys Together March 23, 1944 113
  Appreciates The Sunbury news by Jonathan W. Davenport June 29, 1944 135
  Official Honorable Discharge Emblem Sept 27, 1945 267
  Former POW Welcomes First Sunbury News in a Year and a Half - Lewis Chattos October 4, 1945  369
 

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