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George E. Kohake George Elmer Kohake registered for the draft in 1942. His address indicated he was living in Harrison Township, Nemaha County, Kansas at… Read More »Purple Heart
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Private John I Dailey Private John Dailey, 38, Killed on Western Front Private First Class John I. Dailey, 38-year-old army infantryman was killed in action… Read More »Purple Heart
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Captain Raymond Rokey The Sabetha Herald23 Dec 1942page 1 In addition to the letters above, much appreciated greeting cards have been received from … Lt.… Read More »Purple Heart
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Courier Tribune available on Seneca Free Library Digital Archives21 Nov 1940page 1 Draft Order(Official List Continued) 51 Wilbur Louis Roeder52 Virgil Elmer Brockman53 Walter Stauffer54… Read More »Saturday Tidbits
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The Courier TribuneNov. 18, 1940page 1 First Blanks This Week To the Draftees Questionnaires Will Likely Start into the Mails Wednesday The Nemaha county draft… Read More »Saturday Tidbits
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Frank Schaffer Frank M. Schafer, born in Seneca, Kansas, enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in a tank battalion during World War II. He… Read More »Purple Heart
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The Courier TribuneNov. 4, 1940Page 2 Continued from Dec. 2 “The wheel is spinning in the United States for some 17 million young men. It… Read More »Saturday Tidbits
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Virgil Brown Virgil F. Brown, born in Morrill, Kansas, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He served as a Staff… Read More »Purple Hearts
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Continued from Nov. 25 “The wheel is spinning in the United States for some 17 million young men. It started when Congress decreed that they… Read More »Saturday Tidbit
Funeral Ships
Have you heard of ‘funeral ships’? While researching the military service and death of Private George Weeks, I learned that his body was transported home… Read More »Funeral Ships