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Sept. 13, 1945
JAPAN — General Han Yung Chang signs the surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, as General McArthur and his Allied staff look on. McArthur signed with five different pens, to be presented to General Wainwright and others.
Sept. 13, 1945
BELDEN — Staff Sgt. Lloyd McDonald has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement while serving as mess sergeant in the 16th Field Artillery Battalion.
He served in four major campaigns and took part in the Battle of Brest on the Brittany Peninsula and then moved across France to Luxembourg. He also took part in the siege of Bastogne.
Sgt. McDonald, son of Mrs. Bertha McDonald, is at present stationed near Stuttgart, Germany.
Sept. 13, 1945
HARTINGTON — Tech 4 Ervin Reifenrath, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reifenrath, has returned to the States and is receiving his first furlough after three years and seven months of service. He has been stationed in the Pacific area most of the time.
Sept. 13, 1945
LAUREL — Staff Sgt. Douglas Harrington, son of Mrs. Grace Harrington, who has spent 18 months in Europe, was expected to arrive back in the United States this week.
Sgt. Harrington was the first Laurel boy to be called in the draft in February, 1941.
Sept. 13, 1945
HARTINGTON — Four more Cedar County soldiers have filed discharge papers at the County Clerk’s office. They are: Pf. Hirschel Forinash of Hartington entered servcice in January, 1943.
Pfc. Darrell Bougn of Randolph. He entered service in June, 1943 and participated in the New Guinea and Luzon campaigns. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with one Bronze Star, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Good Conduct Medal.
