1945: Guilt Tripping You Into Buying War Bonds
He’s blind, but he’s watching us, said this 1945 State Bank of Worthington advertisement prompting people to purchase war bonds to support the government’s war effort. A guilt trip in a good cause, I...
View Article1945: Rural Worthington Man Wounded in Action
Lester Baumgard of rural Worthington, was wounded in action on Mindanao in May 1945. Next post at 6 p.m.
View Article1945: Worthington Man Receives Battlefield Promotion
Harry Kies received a battlefield promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1945 after parachuting into France on D-day. Next post at 6 p.m.
View Article1945: Pipestone Marine Saves Ship from Suicide Attack
Richard McKown, then 22, a former football and hockey player from Pipestone, saved a U.S. ship from a Japanese kamikaze attack in 1945. Next post at 6 p.m.
View Article1945: 86th Division Here on Furlough
The boys were back in town in 1945, on furlough, before they were due to go to the Pacific theater.
View Article1945: Servicemen Return
Douglas McMurtry, Edwin Roberts, Richard Peterson, John Berg, William Whipkey and Leonard Johnson gathered at the Worthington post office in 1945.
View Article1945: Benstead Awarded Bronze Star
1945: Benstead Awarded Bronze Star Harlow Benstead, once part of the Worthington Hardware company, was awarded a bronze star in 1945.
View Article1945: Pigman Earns Bronze Star
1945: Pigman Earns Bronze Star Dwane Pigman, a technician fourth grade, was given the bronze star in 1945.
View Article1939: Army Seeks Enrollment
1939: Army Seeks Enrollment The army was seeking enlistees in 1939.
View Article1940: Here Is An American
1940: The American Here is an American, a creed or some such we reprinted from the New York Sun in 1940.
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