Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1944 — Page 5
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action and later was with the army of occupation in Garmany. Before his death over Germany, Lt. Ragsdale had been commended for his expert navigation in bringing in the Fortress through a severe storm over the English channel on its return from a previous bombing mission. Sgt. Ragsdale, a graduate of Shortridge high school, was a member of the Irvington Presbyterian church and the Delta Tau Delta
SECOND LT. EDGAR A. GRABHORN JR., a navigator on a bomber, failed to return from a raid over Germany May 29. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Grabhorn, R. R. 4, Greenfield, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Grabhorn, 426 N. Euclid ave. ss = = CPL. VIRGIL N. BARBER, husband of Mrs. Virginia Margaret Barber, 328 W. South st, was wounded in action in Italy and is recovering in a hospital there. Although his wife has not been officially notified by the war department that her husband was wounded, she learned the information in letters from Cpl. Barber. The 26-year-old soldier was in the cement contracting business before entering service Dec. 4, 1942, He went overseas more than a year ago and has been in North Africa and Sicily before going to Italy. s s -
CAPT. JOHN R. WRIGHT, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Wright, formerly of 5250 College ave, was wounded May 21 somewhere north of Rome. He is the husband of Mrs. Helen Wright of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,, and father of 3-months-old John] Wright. His parents now live in Rock Island, IIL A captain in the infantry, he was serving with Gen. Mark Clark's division and had been overseas since January. His parents have not heard from him for a month.
van, 3570 N. Keystone ave., has been awarded the air medal for missions as a top turret gunner over Ger-
in October, 1942, he completed his air force training at Seymour Johnson “field, N. C., and at Kingman, Ariz. Before entering
_{eervice, he was employed as a
steamfitter apprentice for Hayes
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8. SGT. CARL E. JENNINGS, son of Raymond Jennings, 1942 Arrow ave. wears the air medal with seven oak leaf clusters after flying 39 missions in the Pacific and European theaters. Now stationed in Miami Beach,
center, he is credited with the destruction of one enemy plane and the probable destruction of another. =n # - 8. SGT. WILLIAM MILLER of Freetown has been awarded three oak leaf clusters to the air medal for his work as aerial radio orerator in the South Pacific theater.
ALLIES CHASE NAZIS FAR BEYOND ROME
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Tryrrhenian coast and five miles north of highway 74, the Americans captured Magliano, the last important hill town south of Grosseto. A communique said the entire 17mile lateral highway had been cleared of enemy troops, including cavalry units and anti-tank gunners who fought to the death in a vain attempt to halt the converging American forces. More than 300 German prisoners were rounded up on the coastal sector within 24 hours by a single American unit, and headquarters spokesmen said large groups of Nazis were surrendering at other points on the allied line. The advance from Orvieto to the sea poised a serious threat to the big railway center of Florence, how only 80 to 85 miles north of the onrushing allied columns. Twenty-five miles southeast of Orvieto, British tanks and infantrymen drove the Germans from Narni and pushed on toward the industrial and communications center of Terni, seven miles to the northeast and 50 airline miles above Rome.
DIVINITY STUDENT DROWNS BATESVILLE, Ind, June 15 (U. P.).—Hilarion Held, 23, Lafayette, was drowned yesterday in a reservoir while swimming with other divinity students from the Franciscan
The 23-year-old officer is the
monastery at Oldenberg.
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captured Jaervi, 40 miles southeast of Viipuri servance of Infantry day and Gen. on a lateral highway running across |George C. Marshall, army chief of the peninsula from the Gulf of Fin- staff, called on Americans to pay
A third column was reported who must “administer the knockout making steady but undefined prog- blow for the final victory.” © iress along the Gulf of Finland| “This is the day of the doughboy,” t |coastal highway toward Viipuri, Marshall said in a statement. “In ® {whose fall to the Russians in 1940 (the vast war in the air, on the sea brought Pinland’s surrender after and over the ground, the infantry
Still another force overran five decisive action. . . . towns in a companion drive along| “The dramatic introduction to an 1l-mile front northeast toward |blitz warfare and powerful air forces Lake Ladoga, gradually crumpling|caused this fundamental of warthe remainder of the enemy’s al-|fare to be forgotten. Today it is ready-breached outer defense ring!apparent to all, and the nation
Russian air force planes support- land administer the knockout blow ing the offensive set fire to troop for final victory.”
U, S. INFANTRYMEN
WASHINGTON, June/15 (U. P). —Today was the natign’s first ob-
tribute to the foot-weary doughboys rifleman must take the final and
looks to the doughboy to overwhelm
couneil held a trial, sentenced him to death and then executed him,
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