Russell VFW Post 6240

ANSCHUTZ, PAUL C.

Paul Anschutz served in the U. S. Army from 7/16/42 to 10/16/45.

BARTLETT, MYRON

Myron Bartlett served in the U. S. Navy from 5/16/44 to 6/19/46. He served with the 619th Seabees

BAUM, EDDIE

Eddie Baum served in the U. S. Navy during World War II.

BAUM, LEO

Leo Baum served in the U. S. Navy from 3/29/45 to 3/29/46. USS Philadelphia CL41

BURGER, HAROLD

Harold served in the U. S. Army from March 24, 1941 to October 8, 1945

CRONN, CARL

Carl served in the U. S. Army during World War II

DREILING, BOB

Bob Dreiling served in the U. S. Army during World War II

EARNEST, ROBERT L.

Robert Earnest served in the U. S. Navy from 1945 to 1952

HACHMEISTER, ARTHUR

Army, 1942-1945, WWII Asiatic Pacific Theatre

December 7, 1941 hostilities begin in the Pacific with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.    1942 Arthur, age 22, inducted into the Army at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.  Transported by train to Little Rock, Arkansas for basic training at Camp Robinson for 6 wks. Decorated for marksmanship as a rifleman. Ordered to Eugene, Oregon in 1942; assigned to Mechanized Calvary, Division of National Guard Tank outfit from Pennsylvania.  Trained at Coos Bay, Oregon.  Sent to Ft. Ord, California for Ranger training in 1943.  Reassigned to 332 Depot Quarter Master for the 9^th Amphibious Task Force for Aleutian Islands.  Transported to the Aleutians by a captured German luxury liner which took 5 days; most troops were sent on flat bottom boats which took up to a month.  Arthur advanced to Staff Sergeant as a member of the Asiatic Pacific Task Force.  Arrived on Adak Island in 1943.  Attacked Japanese stronghold on Kiska Island with 30,000 U.S. soldiers and 100 naval vessels.  Occupied Kiska on August 15, 1943 until war’s end with Japan’s surrender Sept 2, 1945.  Returned to Adak for two years.  Began writing pen pal in Chicago through a cousin’s recommendation.  October 1945, 30 day leave; traveled by plane to Anchorage, Alaska to Minneapolis; by train to Natoma.  Soon after met pen pal in Chicago and began courtship.  Discharged at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas November 1945.  Married 6 months later to pen pal, Evelyn Stueve, in May of 1946.                                                               

HILGENBERG, ALBERT

Albert served in the U. S. Navy from 5/16/44 to 4/2/46. He served in the Pacific as a Coxswain.

HOMEIER, LENHARDT

HUTCHISON, JACK

Jack served in WWII and Korea. He was wounded in action.

KELLER, EDWARD L.

Ed served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946 in the South Pacific

MAIER, WALTER CLIFFORD

Walter served in the U. S. Army during WWII, and was killed in action in the European area on 8/4/44

MERMIS, EDDIE

Eddie served in the U. S. Army during World War II

MURPHY, DON

Don served in the U. S. Army during World War II

PFORTMILLER, LESTER

Lester served in the U. S. Marines from July 1936 to July 1940

PFORTMILLER, LESTER

Lester served in the U. S. Navy, starting 1/27/1942. He was killed on the Hornet October 26, 1942.

SCOTT, HENRY HOWARD

Howard Scott served in the U. S. Navy, Air Division from 6/23/43 to 5/20/46.