MY FATHERS NEWSPAPER ~ THE STARS AND STRIPES
ETO WAR ENDS ~ Dated, 8th May 1945
HENRY STUEHMEYER
74 OF MY FATHERS MEN ALL SIGNED THIS NEWSPAPER
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1. ~ Dated, Tuesday May 8th 1945
74 Signatures and my father, 75 great men in total, made it back home to the USA, from the original 122 young men and heroes from Cannon Company C, who had all set off together.
An unbelievable achievement, these great 75 Rainbowmen, war heroes made it right through the ETO, the EUROPEAN THEATRE of OPERATIONS, and then to actually be able to sign this fabulous newspaper. Well it is a miracle that these very special Rainbowmen made it to the end, never to forget the rest of the men in their regiments and division, nor all of the courageous men and women across the battlefields of Europe.
US ARMY ~232ND INFANTRY REGIMENT ~ CANNON COMPANY C ~ 42ND RAINBOW DIVISION
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
Tuesday, May 8th, 1945.
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Private 1st Class Raymond Deming, now aged 96, this great man and long-time family friend, very sadly, I believe is the only Rainbow wartime hero from their regiment, still with us today.
Raymond and my father trained together at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and fought alongside one another right throughout the war. Raymond, a year and a half older than my father, looked out for him right from their training days at Camp Gruber, when my father, a young orphan boy who had only just run away from his St. Louis orphanage "for a better life", decided to enlist in to the US Army.
My father and Raymond, the very last Rainbowmen, kept in touch right throughout their lives, the very last two, until very sadly my father passed away in his sleep, aged 93 years, on the morning of December 14th, 2018, in Petaluma, California. Please click here if you'd like to learn more of my father, 50 years in the military.
Please get in touch with me if your father, grandfather or relation is listed amongst the great men below. Also, if you know of any stories or articles connected to these men, then please do get in touch because both Raymond and I would love to hear from you. Thank you in advance, Jed.
All the NAMES below in bold and capitals signed the newspaper.
1. AUGUSTINE Alfred A. ~ OHIO.
2. BARNETT Frank M Jr ~ OHIO
3. BEATTY Harold F ~ OHIO.
4. BELL Jack K ~ CALIF
5. BEVERSTOCK William L Sgt ~ COLO.
6. BRAKEL Raymond J ~ MICH.
7. BROOKS Cecil ~ GA.
8. BROWN Raymond ~ TENN
9. BRUNSSKI EDWARD E Sgt ~ WIS.
10. CAMPBELL ALFRED J ~ ILL.
11. CARLSON CARL H Jr ~ NY.
12. CARTER NOAL I ~ WEST VA.
13. CASTILLO DAVID A ~ CALIF.
14. CONDIT WILBUR H ~ NJ.
15. CONNER Harold W ~ NEBR
16. COOK Homer L ~ OHIO
17. COOK LUTHER A ~ GA.
18. COOPER WILLIAM H ~ MICH.
19. CRANE DONALD E ~ MICH.
20. DANIEL ARTHUR L ~ MISS.
21. DEMING RAYMOND L ~ CALIF.
22. DeRISE GEORGE J ~ NY.
23. DIEHL HARRY A ~ MO.
24. DOUGHTY DUANE A ~ MINN.
25. DOW Neal Jr ~ DC
26. DOYLE JAMES J ~ ILL.
27. ELLIS Homer ~ MINN
28. ERICKSON GENE W ~ MINN.
29. ESCARCEGA ANTONIO ~ TEX.
30. EVENSON Donald R ~ WIS
31. FARMER HAL E ~ MISS.
32. FORSYTHE James R ~ OHIO
33. FOSTER EVERETT L ~ MISS.
34. FRAZIER CHESTER L ~ KANS.
35. FRYERS STADMAD J P.F.C. ~ OKLA.
36. GALLOWAY Robert G ~ IND
37. GIESE JAMES E Capt. ~ WIS.
38. GALLOWAY Robert G ~ IND
39. GILSON JAMES W Cpl ~ DEL.
40. GOIN JAMES W Jr ~ OKLA.
41. GOOD VEARLE A ~ PA.
42. GOULD Leslie V ~ ARK
43. GRIEBEL WILLIAM C ~ MO.
44. GUBBINS JOHN L ~ NY.
45. GUTHIERRES Merejildo L ~ GA
46. GUTHREY Floyd R ~ CALIF
47. HANSEN FRANCES M ~ BALT.
48. HYDE ROBERT W ~ NEBR.
49. IREY JOHN M ~ CALIF.
50. JETER WILLIAM T ~ VA.
51. JOHNS Fray G ~ OHIO
52. JOHNSON JOHN J ~ TENN.
53. JONES EVERIL C ~ TENN.
54. JUSSWISZ JOSEPH P.F.C. ~ MASS.
55. KAHN Siegfried ~ TENN
56. KAVANAGH LAWRENCE J 1st/Sgt ~ NY.
57. KEITH WILLIAM R S/Sgt ~ OHIO.
58. KENNEY FRANCES X ~ RI.
59. KIMMET EDWARD J ~ MONT.
60. KRUPA MAYNARD C ~ MINN.
61. LADNER Earon P ~ MISS
62. LOAX Robert W ~ PA
63. LEONE SEBASTIAN J ~ CONN.
64. LLINAS Frank ~ NY
65. LOGAN Bernard L ~ IND
66. LOPRIORE Richard ~ NY
67. LORENZEN RICHARD ~ WISS.
68. MAGUIRE FRANCIS C ~ PA.
69. MAKAIWI SAMUEL Sgt ~ TH.
70. MALTBIE Otha K ~ CALIF
71. MARCHITTO RALPH L Sgt ~ NJ.
72. MARRA JOHN F ~ NY.
73. MARTINEZ Andrew E ~ CALIF
74. MATHORS WILLIAM J ~ PA.
75. McCOLLOUGH William H ~ FLA
76. MAGLIO Dominick ~ NY
77. MEDDLETON Julius A Jr ~ N.MEX
78. MORGAN JOHN I ~ COLO.
79. MOSLEY MERKLE ~ OHIO.
80. MUDD Kelly I ~ TEX
81. NATALE Patrick ~ NY
82. NELSON GORDON D ~ WASH.
83. OLEPHANT Herman W ~ MD
84. PETERSON ARVID E ~ WIS.
85. POKKI EDWIN E ~ MASS.
86. PROFFITT William L ~ OHIO
87. RAMAGE WILLIAM D Jr ~ MICH.
88. REDMILL CARROLL ~ ALA.
89. RICE William W Jr ~ ILL
90. ROBERTS Lee B ~ S.CAR
91. SANFORD WILLIAM H ~ TEX.
92. SCOTT WILLIAM L Cpl ~ IND.
93. SELF WILLIE W ~ MISS.
94. SELLERS Robert B ~ OHIO
95. SEMANKO GEORGE J ~ ... .
96. SIKES ELMER B ~ KY.
97. SIMONICH MILAN T ~ COLO.
98. SMITH EUGENE J ~ OKLA.
99. STILES Howard R ~ S.CAR
100. STOCKMAN John L ~ S.CAR
101. STRAHLENDORFF Ernest A ~ ORE
102. STUEHMEYER HENRY G ~ MO.
103. THOMAS WILLIAM E Jr ~ ILL.
104. THOMPSON Robert D ~ ILL.
105. THORSON Gerald H ~ WIS
106. TIBBETTS ROGER E ~ MASS.
107. TOMCHO ANDREW N ~ PA.
108. TUFTO ARNOLD B ~ MINN.
109. TUTTLE James N ~ NY
110. UTLEY HARRY A T/Sgt ~ IOWA.
111. VAN GORP MARVIN F Sgt ~ IOWA.
112. WARD RAYMOND R ~ TEX.
113. WARREN GEORGE W ~ TENN.
114. WERNER ROBERT M ~ OHIO.
115. WEST JOHN P ~ WASH.
116. WILLARD DAVID H ~ N.CAR.
117. WILLIAMSON WILLIAM P Sgt ~ ILL.
118. WOJCINSKI Richard ~ WIS
119. WYTTENBACH Ernest ~ MONT
120. YOUNG ERNEST ~ MIN.
121. ZIEGER MICHAEL ~ NY.
122. ZULIAN Robert ~ MO
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH ~ Here...., I look forward to hearing from you.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Southern Germany Edition, Volume 1, Number 1.
Tuesday, May 8th, 1945.
~\~
Private 1st Class Raymond Deming, now aged 96, this great man and long-time family friend, very sadly, I believe is the only Rainbow wartime hero from their regiment, still with us today.
Raymond and my father trained together at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, and fought alongside one another right throughout the war. Raymond, a year and a half older than my father, looked out for him right from their training days at Camp Gruber, when my father, a young orphan boy who had only just run away from his St. Louis orphanage "for a better life", decided to enlist in to the US Army.
My father and Raymond, the very last Rainbowmen, kept in touch right throughout their lives, the very last two, until very sadly my father passed away in his sleep, aged 93 years, on the morning of December 14th, 2018, in Petaluma, California. Please click here if you'd like to learn more of my father, 50 years in the military.
Please get in touch with me if your father, grandfather or relation is listed amongst the great men below. Also, if you know of any stories or articles connected to these men, then please do get in touch because both Raymond and I would love to hear from you. Thank you in advance, Jed.
All the NAMES below in bold and capitals signed the newspaper.
1. AUGUSTINE Alfred A. ~ OHIO.
2. BARNETT Frank M Jr ~ OHIO
3. BEATTY Harold F ~ OHIO.
4. BELL Jack K ~ CALIF
5. BEVERSTOCK William L Sgt ~ COLO.
6. BRAKEL Raymond J ~ MICH.
7. BROOKS Cecil ~ GA.
8. BROWN Raymond ~ TENN
9. BRUNSSKI EDWARD E Sgt ~ WIS.
10. CAMPBELL ALFRED J ~ ILL.
11. CARLSON CARL H Jr ~ NY.
12. CARTER NOAL I ~ WEST VA.
13. CASTILLO DAVID A ~ CALIF.
14. CONDIT WILBUR H ~ NJ.
15. CONNER Harold W ~ NEBR
16. COOK Homer L ~ OHIO
17. COOK LUTHER A ~ GA.
18. COOPER WILLIAM H ~ MICH.
19. CRANE DONALD E ~ MICH.
20. DANIEL ARTHUR L ~ MISS.
21. DEMING RAYMOND L ~ CALIF.
22. DeRISE GEORGE J ~ NY.
23. DIEHL HARRY A ~ MO.
24. DOUGHTY DUANE A ~ MINN.
25. DOW Neal Jr ~ DC
26. DOYLE JAMES J ~ ILL.
27. ELLIS Homer ~ MINN
28. ERICKSON GENE W ~ MINN.
29. ESCARCEGA ANTONIO ~ TEX.
30. EVENSON Donald R ~ WIS
31. FARMER HAL E ~ MISS.
32. FORSYTHE James R ~ OHIO
33. FOSTER EVERETT L ~ MISS.
34. FRAZIER CHESTER L ~ KANS.
35. FRYERS STADMAD J P.F.C. ~ OKLA.
36. GALLOWAY Robert G ~ IND
37. GIESE JAMES E Capt. ~ WIS.
38. GALLOWAY Robert G ~ IND
39. GILSON JAMES W Cpl ~ DEL.
40. GOIN JAMES W Jr ~ OKLA.
41. GOOD VEARLE A ~ PA.
42. GOULD Leslie V ~ ARK
43. GRIEBEL WILLIAM C ~ MO.
44. GUBBINS JOHN L ~ NY.
45. GUTHIERRES Merejildo L ~ GA
46. GUTHREY Floyd R ~ CALIF
47. HANSEN FRANCES M ~ BALT.
48. HYDE ROBERT W ~ NEBR.
49. IREY JOHN M ~ CALIF.
50. JETER WILLIAM T ~ VA.
51. JOHNS Fray G ~ OHIO
52. JOHNSON JOHN J ~ TENN.
53. JONES EVERIL C ~ TENN.
54. JUSSWISZ JOSEPH P.F.C. ~ MASS.
55. KAHN Siegfried ~ TENN
56. KAVANAGH LAWRENCE J 1st/Sgt ~ NY.
57. KEITH WILLIAM R S/Sgt ~ OHIO.
58. KENNEY FRANCES X ~ RI.
59. KIMMET EDWARD J ~ MONT.
60. KRUPA MAYNARD C ~ MINN.
61. LADNER Earon P ~ MISS
62. LOAX Robert W ~ PA
63. LEONE SEBASTIAN J ~ CONN.
64. LLINAS Frank ~ NY
65. LOGAN Bernard L ~ IND
66. LOPRIORE Richard ~ NY
67. LORENZEN RICHARD ~ WISS.
68. MAGUIRE FRANCIS C ~ PA.
69. MAKAIWI SAMUEL Sgt ~ TH.
70. MALTBIE Otha K ~ CALIF
71. MARCHITTO RALPH L Sgt ~ NJ.
72. MARRA JOHN F ~ NY.
73. MARTINEZ Andrew E ~ CALIF
74. MATHORS WILLIAM J ~ PA.
75. McCOLLOUGH William H ~ FLA
76. MAGLIO Dominick ~ NY
77. MEDDLETON Julius A Jr ~ N.MEX
78. MORGAN JOHN I ~ COLO.
79. MOSLEY MERKLE ~ OHIO.
80. MUDD Kelly I ~ TEX
81. NATALE Patrick ~ NY
82. NELSON GORDON D ~ WASH.
83. OLEPHANT Herman W ~ MD
84. PETERSON ARVID E ~ WIS.
85. POKKI EDWIN E ~ MASS.
86. PROFFITT William L ~ OHIO
87. RAMAGE WILLIAM D Jr ~ MICH.
88. REDMILL CARROLL ~ ALA.
89. RICE William W Jr ~ ILL
90. ROBERTS Lee B ~ S.CAR
91. SANFORD WILLIAM H ~ TEX.
92. SCOTT WILLIAM L Cpl ~ IND.
93. SELF WILLIE W ~ MISS.
94. SELLERS Robert B ~ OHIO
95. SEMANKO GEORGE J ~ ... .
96. SIKES ELMER B ~ KY.
97. SIMONICH MILAN T ~ COLO.
98. SMITH EUGENE J ~ OKLA.
99. STILES Howard R ~ S.CAR
100. STOCKMAN John L ~ S.CAR
101. STRAHLENDORFF Ernest A ~ ORE
102. STUEHMEYER HENRY G ~ MO.
103. THOMAS WILLIAM E Jr ~ ILL.
104. THOMPSON Robert D ~ ILL.
105. THORSON Gerald H ~ WIS
106. TIBBETTS ROGER E ~ MASS.
107. TOMCHO ANDREW N ~ PA.
108. TUFTO ARNOLD B ~ MINN.
109. TUTTLE James N ~ NY
110. UTLEY HARRY A T/Sgt ~ IOWA.
111. VAN GORP MARVIN F Sgt ~ IOWA.
112. WARD RAYMOND R ~ TEX.
113. WARREN GEORGE W ~ TENN.
114. WERNER ROBERT M ~ OHIO.
115. WEST JOHN P ~ WASH.
116. WILLARD DAVID H ~ N.CAR.
117. WILLIAMSON WILLIAM P Sgt ~ ILL.
118. WOJCINSKI Richard ~ WIS
119. WYTTENBACH Ernest ~ MONT
120. YOUNG ERNEST ~ MIN.
121. ZIEGER MICHAEL ~ NY.
122. ZULIAN Robert ~ MO
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH ~ Here...., I look forward to hearing from you.
My Fathers Wartime Military Papers
(Including a futher selection of papers during the next week.)
US Army
Cannon Company C ~ 232rd Infantry Division ~ 42nd Rainbow Division
Lists of all of the Infantrymen.
My father has added personal codes to each of the men in his regiment.
US Army ~ 42nd Rainbow Division
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SERVE IN ANY OF THESE REGIMENTS?
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Cannon Company 232nd Infantry
This list of names is six pages long, and my father's men are listed alphabetically, A~Z, 123 men in total.
Also
Page 1.
149th Field Artillery
150th Field Artillery
167th Infantry Regiment
168th Infantry Regiment
42nd Reconnaissance Troops
42nd Quartermaster
222nd Infantry Regiment
Page 2.
222nd Infantry Regiment (continued)
232nd Infantry Regiment
Page 3.
232nd Infantry Regiment (continued)
242nd Infantry Regiment
Page 4.
242nd Infantry Regiment (continued)
Divisional Headquarters
142nd Engineers
132nd Signal Battalion
Page 5.
122nd Medical Battalion
232nd Field Artillery
392nd Field Artillery
402nd Field Artillery
Page 6.
542nd Field Artillery
Units Unknown
