PRELUDE TO DEATH - Portage Leatherneck - Pfc. Paul Fuiek ( 1925 - 1944) taken on Peleliu Island also in the picture Pfc. Joseph Haines of Tire HIll

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Pvt. Andrew P. Cyran - Dies of Wounds - 1944

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Cpl. Harold B. Wise Wins Gunner's Wings - 1944

 

Portage Marine Killed; Brother Wounded Badly - Pfc. Paul Fuiek & Lt. John Fuiek

 

IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 20 January 1943

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Serving Our Country - January 1943

Frank Cummins

Mehaffie-Keith Family amd Miss Kathleen Crowell

James and Thomas Womer

Millard Berkebile and Staff Sergt. Michael MIchlo
 

IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 2 January 1943

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IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 28 January 1943

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IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 22 February 1943

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IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 19 February 1943

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1 January 1943 - Odds & Ends

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LOCAL WAAC, WAVE & NURSE - 1 January 1943 - The Johnstown Tribune

Miss Robinette (Busy) Suppes, Frances Pauline Candler, John Dan Candler, Miss Helen Delores Smay, Amelia Spanovich and Miss Violet I. Suter.

 

First WWII Ace - Buzz Wagner

 

Odds & Ends - 13 April 1945 - The Johnstown Democrat

 Lower Yoder Fire Company, Sgt. Mike Tabatcher, Pfc. George Robinson, Pfc. Leroy Lewis, Lt. Stanley Miller, Highland Park Parent-Teacher, Lloyd Showman, Frank Roberts, John Troyan, Dmytro Koziorynsky, Mrs. Nadine Taranto, Eugene Rogalle, john Elder Jr., Roman Kupis Jr., G. Duane Hamer. 

First 'Women Marines' from Area - 26 Febraury 1943

Miss Margaret Walters and Miss Pearl Probert.

 

Odds & Ends - 25 February 1943 - The Johnstown

Michael Mlinar Sr., Paul Yeager and J. Earl Ogle.
 

Marine Back from Solomons - 23 February 1943 - The Johnstown Tribune

Sgt. Jack DeAngelo tells about what it was like fighting on the Solomons. Also Lt. William Leasure - flier home from England. 

 

IN THE MARCH TO VICTORY - 22 February 1943 - The Johnstown Tribune

Mary Agnes Burke, Albert Long, Freda Nileski, Robert Steepe, John Chernick Jr. and Louis Skufca.

 

HOSTESSES ON STAGE - 20 February 1943 - The Johnstown Tribune

Sally Diamond, Marian Meyers and Mary Kay Schonhardt at the Majestic Theater.

 

Brothers in Service - 13 February 1943 - The Johnstown Tribune

Thomas, Joseph and David Lewis from St. Michael