Soldier News continued - 1943

2nd Lt William Munro Killed in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 23, 1943

 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Munro, of Fleischmanns [Delaware Co., NY], received a telegram last Friday morning from the War Department informing them that their son, Second Lieutenant William Stanley Munro, had been killed in action on Nov. 30.  A memorial service for him was held at the Fleischmanns Methodist Church on Sunday, Dec. 19.

 

Myrtle Pagett Joins Air Nurses Corps

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 23, 1943

 

Myrtle Pagett, local school nurse for the past three years, has enlisted in the Army Air Force nurses Corps and will report for active duty at the Santa Ana Army Air Base, Calif, on Jan. 4.  Lt. Pagett left Bainbridge Wednesday and will visit her parents in Colorado enroute to California. 

 

Mary Phelps Leaves for Overseas Duty

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 23, 1943

 

Mary Phelps, of the Army Nurses Corps, has left the country for overseas duty.  She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Phelps, of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] and formerly of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. and Mrs. Phelps also have two sons in the service--Cpl. Richard Phelps, who has been in the middle East for almost two years; and Lt. Howard Phelps, pilot of the Army Air Force.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are employed in a defense plant in Binghamton. 

 

Lt. Alan Hook Killed in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 23, 1943

 

Lt Alan Hook, 21, pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was killed in action on a bombing mission over Berlin, Dec. 2.  Lt. Hook was a nephew of Mrs. Harold Elander, of Scott street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY].

 

Tech Sgt Milton Spangenberg Missing in Action

Bainbridge News & Republican, December 30, 1943

 

Mr. and Mrs. John Spangenberg, of Susquehanna [PA], have received word from the War Department that their son, Tech. Sergt. Milton Spangenberg, is missing in action.  It was just last week that they received word from him that he had arrived safely overseas, and was in Italy.  The date of the action in which he is listed as "missing" is understood to have been Dec. 11.  Sergeant Spangenberg visited his parents a few weeks ago, before leaving for service overseas.