World War II Scrapbook
Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles about the Men
and Women from the Portland, Michigan area Serving in the Military during World
War II from 1943-1945
(Includes Portland, Westphalia, Sunfield,
Mulliken, Sebewa, and surrounding areas)
Compiled by Lois A. (Smith) Gensterblum
Danby Township, Ionia County, Michigan
A |
Ackerson, Dale W. |
Ackerson, Robert
(letter) |
Ackerson, Robert |
Adams, Leon and
George |
Adams, Robert L. |
Adgate, Wayne F.
(article) |
Agostini, Aldo and
Faust |
Almy, Thomas W. |
Ames, Dervillo P. |
Anesi, Elizabeth
Crane |
Atherton, Richard |
|
B |
Baker, George |
Baker, John H. |
Baker, Peter |
Ball, Harold |
Ball, Sidney (Jack)
|
Ball, Sidney
(Jack) (article 1) |
Ball, Sidney (Jack)
(article 2) |
Bandfield, Arthur H. |
Barber, Melbern |
Barber, Melberne
(article) |
Barber, Melford |
Barber, Melford
(article) |
Barker, Fred |
Barrus, Berle |
Bates, LaVerne,
Jr. (article 1) |
Bates, LaVerne,
Jr. (article 2) |
Bates, LaVerne,
Jr. (article 3) |
Bates, LaVerne |
Bauer, John Edward |
Beard, John |
Beard, Lewaine I.
(article) |
Beard, Lewain |
Beard, Richard |
Beard, William J. |
Benedict, Boyd K. (article) |
Benedict, Boyd |
Blackman,
Russell and Doris (Blackman) Smith |
Blundy, Edward |
Blundy, Leonard |
Blundy, Norman |
Blundy, Walter |
Bohr, Delbert |
Bower, Lawrence
J. (article) |
Bower, Lawrence |
Brady, V. A. |
Brauer, Howard |
Brokaw, Leon J. |
Brown, Harold S. |
Brown, Walter M. |
Brown, Wendell B. |
Buck, George B. |
Bullis, Harry (Jack) |
Burhans, Rodney
and Joseph |
Burman, Carl |
Burns, George A. |
Burris, John T. |
Butler, Hanmer, Jr. |
|
C |
Campbell,
Francis, Arden, Allen, Stewart |
Carbaugh,
William L. |
Cassel, Clare |
Chartrand, Archie |
Chartrand, Joseph
and Ray |
Cotton, Ford H. |
Courtney, Fred T. |
Cramner, Thomas L. |
Crane, Gerald L.
(article 1) |
Crane, Gerald L.
(article 2) |
Crane, Gerald L. |
Creighton, Kenneth C. |
Criner, Vernon |
Crosby, Charles Glenn |
Crosby, H. W.
(article 1) |
Crosby, H. W. (article
2) |
Crosby, Herbert W. |
|
D |
Dake, Hervey |
Davenport, Harold B. |
Davenport, Verdan |
Davis, Rex |
Dawdy, Richard (article 1) |
Dawdy, Richard (article 2) |
Dawdy, Richard (letter 1) |
Dawdy, Richard (letter 2) |
Dawdy, Richard |
Deneau, Delbert W. and Douglas G. |
Dennie, Fred |
Denny, Bert L. |
Derby, Richard |
Disch, Alfred |
Disch, Alfred H. |
DuBois, Harold |
DuBois, James (letter 1) |
DuBois, James (letter 2) |
DuBois, James |
DuBois, Vernon |
Duffey, Bernard E. |
Durfee, LeRoy |
Dutcher, Donald C. and Gerald P. |
Dutcher, William |
E-F |
Elliott, Melvin |
Elrod, Alfred O. |
Erdman, Donna |
Evans, Harold H. (article) |
Evans, Harold H. |
Farmer, Robert |
Fedewa, Elmer |
Fedewa, Frederick (article) |
Fedewa, Frederick and Leslie |
Fedewa, Harold |
Fedewa, Herbert |
Fedewa, Robert |
Fedewa, Vernon |
Fell, Donald R. |
Fell, Louis E. |
Fender, Glenn |
Fender, Richard V. |
Fender, Leon R. |
Figg, Kenneth |
Fink, Theodore |
Fitzmorris, Andrew |
Fleetham, Crawford J. |
Fletcher, Bryce |
Foster, Earl |
Fox, Anthony Jr. (article) |
Fox, Anthony Jr. |
Fox, Gilbert |
Fox, William (article 1) |
Fox, William (article 2) |
Fox, William A. |
Franks, Clarence |
Franks, Walter |
Fryover, Sam and Herbert |
G |
Gates, Floyd and Harold |
Geller, Robert E. |
Gibbs, Maynard (article) |
Gibbs, Maynard V. |
Goff, James (letter 1) |
Goff, James (letter 2) |
Goff, James |
Goff, Maurice (letter) |
Goff, Maurice and Warren |
Goff, Warren (letter) |
Goodman, Carl F. |
Goodman, Richard A. |
Green, Royal |
Greene, Carl F. |
Greene, Raymond |
Grieve, McDonald L. |
Gross, Oscar A. (article) |
Gross, Oscar A. |
Guidi, Carl and Ronald |
Guidi, Ronald (letter) |
Gustavison, August Jr. (article 1) |
Gustavison, August Jr. (article 2) |
Gustavison, August Jr. (article
3) |
|
H |
Hackenbruch, Gerald |
Hackenbruch, William |
Hall, Merritt Jr. |
Hamlin, Richard C. |
Hansen, Russell |
Hanses, R. J. |
Hayner, Lewis |
Hazel, Earl |
Hendee, Robert |
Hendee, Robert |
Higbee, Robert (letter) |
Higbee, Robert |
Higgins, Harold (article) |
Higgins, Harold H. |
Hildreth, George L. |
Hill, Jack (article) |
Hill, Jack F. |
Hill, William (article) |
Hill, William |
Hobner, Burnett (article 1) |
Hobner, Burnett (article 2) |
Hobner, Burnett J. (article
3) |
Hobner, Burnett |
Hodge, Clare (article 1) |
Hodge, Clare (article 2) |
Hodge, Clare (article 3) |
Hodge, Clare (article 4) |
Hodge, Clare (article 5) |
Hodge, Clare |
Hodge, Robert and Clare (article 1) |
Hodge, Robert and Clare (article 2) |
Hoffman, Donald |
Holloway, Karl A. (letter 1) |
Holloway, Karl A. (letter 2) |
Holloway, Karl A. |
Honsowitz, Ardis (article) |
Honsowitz, Ardis |
Honsowitz, Hugh |
Honsowitz, Martin Jr. |
Honsowitz, Thomas (article 1) |
Honsowitz, Thomas (article 2) |
Honsowitz, Thomas (article 3) |
Honsowitz, Thomas |
Hoort, Allard |
Hoort, Anton |
Hoort, Theunis |
Hoppes, Leon M. |
Hoppes, Merlin J. |
Hoppes, Robert F. |
Hoppes, Stanley |
Horiszny, Steve |
Hudson, George H. (article 1) |
Hudson, George H. (article 2) |
Hudson, George H. |
Hughes, Phillip |
Huhn, Allen |
Huhn, Edwin |
Huhn, Gerald |
Huizenga, Ronald and Louis |
Hulse, Hugh (article) |
Hulse, Hugh |
Hunt, Elmore C. |
Hunt, Max (article) |
Hunt, Max |
Hunt, Theron |
Hyland, James, Wayne, Vivian, Charles |
Hyland, Vivian W. (Bud) (article) |
|
|
I-J |
Ingraham, Lewis |
Jameson, Donald (Pete) |
Jameson, Kenneth |
Jameson, Raymond |
Johnson, Robert J. |
Jones, Robert L. |
K |
Kaumeyer, Henry |
Keilen, Ernest
(article 1) |
Keilen, Ernest
(article 2) |
Keilen, Robert & Fr.
Ernest (letter 1) |
Keilen, Robert & Fr.
Ernest (letter 2) |
Keilen, Robert & Fr.
Ernest (letter 3) |
Keilen, Robert & Fr.
Ernest (letter 4) |
Kenyon, Edward J. |
Kerr, Lowell D. |
Keusch, Charles F. |
Keusch, Thomas |
Kloeckner, Hilary |
Knapp, Gerald |
Knuth, Don |
Kortes, Howard
and Russell J. |
Kowatch, Roman
F. and Alvin |
Kramer, Carl W. |
Kramer, Raymond C. |
L |
Lapo, George E. |
Lawless, Marvin
(article 1) |
Lawless, Marvin
(article 2) |
Lawless, Marvin |
Lawless, Wayne J. and
Frederick L. |
Layton, Jack |
Lee, Herbert G. |
Leik, Frederick |
Leik, Jacob |
Leonard, Robert L. |
Leyda, Ralph W. |
Lindsley, Lyle H. |
Lumbert, Claude,
Wayne & Kenneth |
|
|
M |
Martin, Donald
A. and Roman J. |
Martin, Holman |
Mauren, John
(article 1) |
Mauren, John
(article 2) |
Mauren, John
(article 3) |
Mauren, John F. |
May, Marcus L. |
May, Robert (letter) |
May, Robert and
Harold |
McBride, Harold
(letter) |
McBride, Harold |
McCausey, Martin J. |
McClung, David C. |
McClung, Thomas D. |
McCrumb, Arden |
McCrumb, Bud |
McMahon, Walter |
McRea, Robert
(article) |
McRea, Robert H. |
McWhorter, Vance |
McWhorter, Vance (article) |
Meyers, Harold and
Wesley |
Miller, George H. |
Miller, Gerald P. |
Miller, John A.
and Francis J. |
Miller, Leon A. |
Monks, Roy W. |
Moorhead, John |
Morse, Richard |
Moyer, Elon |
Moyer, Herbert
(article) |
Moyer, Herbert L. |
Moyer, Jack |
Moyer, Robert |
|
|
N-O |
Nichols, Ann |
Norwood, Richard |
Nowak, John P. |
Nurenberg, Martin |
Owen, Edwin W. |
Owen, Eugene (letter
1) |
Owen, Eugene (letter
2) |
Owen, Eugene H. |
|
P |
Patrick, Harold |
Patrick, Harold
and Richard |
Patrick, Richard
and Harold (article) |
Peabody,
Lawrence (article) |
Peabody, Lawrence |
Pendergrass, Harmon |
Petrie, Dennis W. |
Phillips, George
(letter 1) |
Phillips, George
(letter 2) |
Phillips, George A. |
Phillips, George B. |
Pierce, Leland
and Charles |
Plant, Claud Jr.
(article) |
Plant, Claud (Bud) |
Plant, Claude
Jr. (article 1) |
Plant, Claude
Jr. (article 2) |
Plant, Claude
Jr. (article 3) |
Platte, Francis W. and
Joseph H. |
Pline, John (letter 1) |
Pline, John (letter 2) |
Pline, John E. |
Pline, Lorenzo A. |
Pline, Martin Jr. |
Pohl, Anthony H. |
Pohl, Joseph
(article) |
Pohl, Joseph and Leon |
Possehn, Harold A. and
Herbert F. |
Possehn, Herbert
(article 1) |
Possehn, Herbert
(article 2) |
Pranger, Sherman |
Pranger, Sherman
and Ray |
Price, Orval |
Pung, Cyril |
Pung, Florian |
Pung, Richard |
|
R |
Rademacher, Leander |
Rathbun, Frank H. |
Reed, Wallace and
Allen |
Rice, Floyd Jr. |
Richards, Wendell |
Ridenour, Paul |
Riker, Robert R. |
Riker, Robert V. |
Risser, John Kenneth |
Rogers, Raymond S. |
Rowe, Edwin B. |
Rowe, Fred N. Jr. |
Ryerson, Jack |
|
|
S |
Sandborn, Dwaine A. |
Sandborn, Elon A. |
Sandborn, George
J. |
Sandborn, Howard |
Sanders, Vernon |
Schaefer, Robert L. |
Schaefer, Robert |
Schaefer, Sylvester |
Schaefer,
Theodore |
Schafer, Robert |
Schlarf, L. D.
Jr. (letter) |
Schlarf, Lewis
Jr. and Donald |
Schneider, Edwin (letter 1) |
Schneider, Edwin (letter 2) |
Schneider, Edwin,
Raymond, Harold, Joseph |
Schneider, John P. |
Schrauben, John
and Edwin |
Schrauben, Math Jr. |
Schrauben, Richard |
Selden, Howard L. |
Selden, Robert H. |
Shattuck, Allen |
Shattuck, Donald |
Shay, Rudy |
Simon, Melvin
(letter) |
Simon, Melvin,
Anthony, and Leonard |
Simon, Sylvester |
Sine, Orland |
Sleight, Charles |
Smith, Anthony L. |
Smith, Carl B.
(article 1) |
Smith, Carl B.
(article 2) |
Smith, Carl Bernard |
Smith, Carl P.
(article) |
Smith, Carl P. |
Smith, Charles M. |
Smith, George E.
(letter) |
Smith, George |
Smith, Gerald L. |
Smith, Howard |
Smith, Irwin |
Smith, Jerry (letter
1) |
Smith, Jerry (letter
2) |
Smith, John N. |
Smith, Max (article) |
Smith, Roy W. |
Southwell, James M.,
Langdon, Janet |
Southwell,
Langdon (article) |
Spitzley, Carl
(article) |
Spitzley, Carl M. |
Spitzley, Robert |
Spitzley, Ronald
N. (article 1) |
Spitzley, Ronald N.
(article 2) |
Spitzley, Ronald W. |
Sprague, Welland Jr.
(article 1) |
Sprague, Welland Jr.
(article 2) |
Sprague, Welland Jr.
(article 3) |
Sprague, Welland Jr. |
Stemler, Kenneth
and John |
Steward, George J. |
Stiffler, Theodore |
Storey, Maurice
(article) |
Storey, Maurice |
Strong, Bret |
Stump, Pliny |
Sullivan, Gerald |
Sullivan, James E. |
Summers, Leroy and
John (article) |
Sutherland, Neil
(article) |
Sutherland, Neil |
Sykes, Benjamin (Red) |
|
T-V |
Teachout, Ruth H. |
Tran, Alan |
Trierweiler, Claire
M. |
Tyler, Dean S. |
VanAmburg, Raymond |
VanAmburg,
Raymond (article) |
VanAmburg, Raymond |
VanBuren, Charles |
Vandervenne, Joseph
A. |
Visser, John |
|
|
W |
Walker, Harvey C. |
Walker, Harvey C.
(article) |
Watkins, John E. |
Way, Arwin |
Wheeler, F. A. |
Whitney, Arnold B. |
Whittemore, Leo W. |
Wilcox, Ivan |
Wilcox, Stewart
and Arnold |
Wilcox, Stewart
(article 1) |
Wilcox, Stewart
(article 2) |
Wilcox, Stewart
(article 3) |
Willems, Capt. |
Willems, Donald
J. (article) |
Willems, Donald J. |
Wilson, Royal
(article 1) |
Wilson, Royal
(article 2) |
Wilson, Royal
(article 3) |
Wilson, Royal
(article 4) |
Wilson, Royal |
Withey, Ernest J. |
Wohlscheid, Howard A. |
Wohlscheid,
Howard (article 1) |
Wohlscheid, Howard
(article 2) |
Wohlscheid, Verdan |
Wright, Blanche M. |
Wright, Donald A. |
Y-Z |
Yerge, William
E. and Leo |
Yonker, George |
York, George S. |
York, Zack?
(letter 1) |
York, Zack?
(letter 2) |
York, Zack?
(letter 3) |
York, Zack?
(letter 4) |
York, Zack |
Young, Richard |
Zimmer, Joseph |
Zimmerman, Rudolph |
|
Misc. |
Returning
Soldier Comments 1 |
Returning
Soldier Comments 2 |
Returning
Soldier Comments 3 |
Returning
Soldier Comments 4 |
VE Day 1 |
VE Day 2 |
VJ Day 1 |
VJ Day 2 |
|
Last update
November 04, 2021 |