Clarence Misner Fatally Injured
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 11, 1943
Clarence L. Misner, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Misner, of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], a U.S. Marine, stationed at the Bayonne, N.J. Naval Supply Depot, was fatally injured a few days ago when a truck overturned rounding a corner. All the Marines on the truck were more or less injured. Misner sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries. He died about four hours after reaching the hospital. He was born at Peakville [Putnam Co., NY] on Dec. 26, 1921. The family had lived in Hancock for the last 11 years.
Alfred Roes, of the Marines, is visiting at Cooperstown. He has undergone thrilling experiences with the Marines, being numbered among the first to land at Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific. Roes' detachment was put ashore, he relates, to hold the beach-head for nine days. At the start they were outnumbered by the Japs, 10 to 1, and later the ratio went up 20 to 1. He was shot through the hand once and twice through the leg and suffered from tropical diseases, which required a long hospitalization. He is now hale and hearty again.
Norman D. Tracy, 19, a radio gunner, was killed in a bomber crash near Odessa, Tex., Wednesday, according to a telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Tracy, of Port Crane [Broome Co., NY]. A graduate of North High School, Binghamton, he had been in the Navy since the summer of 1942. No details of the accident were contained in the telegram. The body is expected to arrive at his home some time this week.
Lt. Franklin B. Resseguie, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Resseguie, of South Gibson, is missing in action, according to a message from the Navy Department. The young flier, a member of the Army Air Corps, vanished while on a mission on Oct. 18.
U.S. Flyers in Britain related grim eye-witness accounts of the latest Nazi "secret weapon," the plane-fired rocket. During Oct. 14th's Fortress smash at the Schweinfurt ball-bearing works, Nazi fighters, armed with the new projectiles, soared to the attack in "layers" of 60 planes each. Said Colonel Budd J. Peaslee, returned co-pilot of one of the Forts: "I saw plenty of rockets. I thought that none of us was going to get back."
Each of the twin-engine enemy fighters seemed to carry four rocket-guns which were fired at a 2,000 yard range, well beyond the effective range of the bomber's heavy machine guns. Peaslee added: "For the first 200 yards the rockets left a trail of smoke and appeared to be gaining momentum. When they exploded, they were twice as big as any flak, and I've seen plenty of flak!"
Peaslee's ship reached home peppered with rocket fragments. Sixty other Forts had plunged earthward. Time Magazine, Nov. 1, 1943
Col. Peaslee is a brother-in-law of Milton Phelps, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]
Trooper Hugh A. Wheeler, a member of the Bureau of Criminal investigation, attached to the Endwell zone headquarters, Monday became the 23rd member of Troop C, New York State Police, to be accepted for military service. His induction leaves the troop with 36 members short of its normal personnel.
Alfred Roes Relates Experiences
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 11, 1943
Alfred Roes, of the Marines, is visiting at Cooperstown. He has undergone thrilling experiences with the Marines, being numbered among the first to land at Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific. Roes' detachment was put ashore, he relates, to hold the beach-head for nine days. At the start they were outnumbered by the Japs, 10 to 1, and later the ratio went up 20 to 1. He was shot through the hand once and twice through the leg and suffered from tropical diseases, which required a long hospitalization. He is now hale and hearty again.
Norman Tracy Killed in Plane Crash
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 11, 1943
Norman D. Tracy, 19, a radio gunner, was killed in a bomber crash near Odessa, Tex., Wednesday, according to a telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Tracy, of Port Crane [Broome Co., NY]. A graduate of North High School, Binghamton, he had been in the Navy since the summer of 1942. No details of the accident were contained in the telegram. The body is expected to arrive at his home some time this week.
Lt. Franklin Resseguie Missing in Action
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 11, 1943
Lt. Franklin B. Resseguie, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Resseguie, of South Gibson, is missing in action, according to a message from the Navy Department. The young flier, a member of the Army Air Corps, vanished while on a mission on Oct. 18.
Col. Budd Peaslee and the Battle of Europe
Bainbridge News & Republican, November 11, 1943
U.S. Flyers in Britain related grim eye-witness accounts of the latest Nazi "secret weapon," the plane-fired rocket. During Oct. 14th's Fortress smash at the Schweinfurt ball-bearing works, Nazi fighters, armed with the new projectiles, soared to the attack in "layers" of 60 planes each. Said Colonel Budd J. Peaslee, returned co-pilot of one of the Forts: "I saw plenty of rockets. I thought that none of us was going to get back."
Each of the twin-engine enemy fighters seemed to carry four rocket-guns which were fired at a 2,000 yard range, well beyond the effective range of the bomber's heavy machine guns. Peaslee added: "For the first 200 yards the rockets left a trail of smoke and appeared to be gaining momentum. When they exploded, they were twice as big as any flak, and I've seen plenty of flak!"
Peaslee's ship reached home peppered with rocket fragments. Sixty other Forts had plunged earthward. Time Magazine, Nov. 1, 1943
Col. Peaslee is a brother-in-law of Milton Phelps, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]
Hugh Wheeler Joins Army
Bianbridge News & Republican, November 4, 1943
Trooper Hugh A. Wheeler, a member of the Bureau of Criminal investigation, attached to the Endwell zone headquarters, Monday became the 23rd member of Troop C, New York State Police, to be accepted for military service. His induction leaves the troop with 36 members short of its normal personnel.
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