Looking Back at ^News of the Men In Service^"

<strong>Hitchhike Home
May 30, 1945</strong>
Three community veterans, patients at Shick Hospital, Clinton, Ia., Dean Gmur, Ernest Maurer, and Orrin Peterson, were home over the weekend. They came home via hitchhiking, leaving Clinton, Ia., at 10 o’clock and getting to Monroe by 1:30, a distance of 100 miles.
Pfc. John Aebly, who has been a patient at Government Hospital at Battle Creek, Michigan, has received his honorable discharge and has returned to his home. He has been in the Army since Sept. 1942, and went overseas in Oct. 1943. Pfc. Aebly was wounded in action in France last August 4th. He had shrapnel wounds in both legs, arm and chest. One ankle was broken. He was brought back to the States and has since been in government hospitals. He is now with his wife in Milwaukee.
Corp. Paulus Roth, Monroe, arrived home last week having received his honorable discharge for being over 42 years of age. He was in service about three years, two of which were spent at Camp Edwards, Mass., and Camp Stewart, Ga., teaching Anti-Aircraft fire control. The last six months he served as an interpreter in prisoner of war camps in Florida. Paulus is interested in a civilian overseas assignment.
Pvt. Rudolph Klassy has returned to New Glarus having received his honorable discharge. He served for several years in the South Pacific area and took part in a number of the early major battles. For the last few months he has been stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
S 2/c Violet Virginia Hefty, who was stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas, has received her honorable discharge. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hefty.
S/Sgt. Donald Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hamilton, Verona, has been discharged from the Army. He served with the Army Air Corps as a waist gunner and saw action in Italy.
Capt. Huldrich Kammer, who was with a medical unit in Italy, has returned to this country and is presently visiting his wife in Minneapolis.
Lieut. Edward Vollenweider, Lake Charles, La., was at New Glarus and Madison for a brief visit on Saturday and Sunday.
Lt. Col. Gilbert Strickler recently sent home a large box of souvenirs from Europe. German knives, forks and spoons, flashlight, insignia, medals, knives, German helmets, swords, bayonets, flags and other articles. They are on display in the Strickler Meat Market window.
Wallace P. Barlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barlow, Monticello, was advanced from Lt. (jg, junior grade) to Lt. (sg, senior grade) on May 1. He is in his fourth year as a pilot, having served as instructor, and for the past several months as co-pilot of the personal plane of the Navy Secretary Forrestal. Lt. Barlow is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Zweifel, New Glarus.
<strong>Lieut. Eugene Stuessy is Seriously Wounded</strong>
Lieut. Eugene Stuessy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuessy, was seriously wounded on April 30, in a letter written by him to his wife, the former Helen Mae McQuillen. Serving with a chemical warfare unit in the 77th Division, he had previously seen much action in Guam and the Philippines. In service since September 1941, he had been overseas about 18 months. He won the bronze star for service on Leyte. The letter, dated May 14, said he had suffered wounds in an arm, in his jaw, other head injuries and wounds in both legs. One leg was later amputated below the knee. He also said that he expected to be in the States soon. In an earlier letter, dated April 26, Lieut. Stuessy had said that he was in back of the lines after taking part in some heavy fighting. Lieut. Stuessy attended the University of Wisconsin and was employed in the New Glarus Hardware Store before his induction into the armed forces. His wife and son, Craig, have been making their home with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. D. McQuillen.
<strong>S/SGT. Clarence Hauser</strong>
S. Sgt. Clarence Hauser, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hauser, of New Glarus, has returned home, having served Uncle Sam for a total of 40 months and had a credit of 40 points and a credit of 94 points under the discharge system. Clarence was a gunner on a B-29 bomber and was stationed in England for about nine months. He has 35 missions over Germany to his credit. His wife resided at Madison during his absence.
<strong>Pfc. Edwin Gammeter</strong>
Pfc. Gammeter, who saw service with General Hodges’ First Army in Europe, was drowned in Germany on April 30. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Gammeter, Primrose township. Pfc. Gammeter enlisted in March 1941, spent two years in the Aleutians and had been in Germany since January.
<strong>S/SGT Gerald Disch Home</strong>
S/Sgt. Gerald Disch arrived last Thursday for a two week’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Disch. Gerald enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps in August 1942. He left the States in March 1943 and served in the pay-master department in the Pacific area for 26 months. He was stationed at New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and the Russell Island Group. He ran across the following area men while in the South Pacific area: Art Zweifel, Marshal Ingwell, Ernest Hofer, Bernard Staley and Frank Farmer. Although never in any active fighting, Gerald has had many interesting experiences during his stay away. He arrived in the States several weeks ago, first visiting with his wife and daughter in California before coming here. He will leave here again June 5th and will report at the Marine Base San Diego, Calif., where he expects to be for some time. Gerry said, “That old town hasn’t changed much during my three years away, except that the kids have all grown considerably. I hardly knew my own brother.”