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The Spearhead
Volume I, Number 1 — Greiz, Germany — 29 June 1945
Pages scanned: 8

Names
• Alterman, Hyman
• Anderson, Rudy
• Annis
• Barbara, James M.
• Barnes, Jack
• Basten, Erwin
• Bilodeau, Richard
• Boerem, Richard D.
• Bokuniewicz, Joseph R.
• Bruner, George E.
• Buck, Donald
• Busch, Howard W.
• Cathey, Hardin
• Cazanave, Daniel V.
• Coleman, Samuel E.
• Collins, Charles R.
• Colman
• Cullinan, Gardner B.
• Czarnetzka-Pernau, Elvira Ilya
• Czarzewitz, Elizabeth
• David, Cecil K.
• DeTar, Francis E.
• Devon, Alfred
• DiCorcia, Wm.
• DiPietro, Hannibal
• Dolan, James F.
• Dolan, Joseph
• Doles
• Dranginis, Frank J.
• Edison, Ernest J.
• Eitel, Robert
• Elgosin, Emid D.
• Elmes
• Erkkinen, Paavo
• Finn, Patrick J.
• Fisher, George E.
• Frey, Arthur J.
• Fulton, Bert
• Gaylor, Ruth
• Geil, Donald
• Gerry, Henry E.
• Giese, George H.
• Gisherman
• Gordner, Henry L.
• Gordon
• Gormely, Joe
• Grace, Tony
• Green, Kurt E.
• Grobmeyer
• Halgren, Peter N.
• Harrison, Peter
• Hartman, Carl
• Hill, Noward
• Hoellerich
• Hollberg
• Horning, Clyde
• Johnson, John L.
• Kapanowski, Martin
• Karuth, Fred
• Kasinski, Tiny
• Kayser, Francis W.
• Kelly, Bill
• Kenyon, Kenneth
• Kettler, Jack F.
• Kittleson, Carl J.
• Krauter, Donald W.
• La Rocco, Anthony A.
• Lenzo, Albert P.
• Lyden, Mike
• Machiko, Wm. B.
• McGinnis, Lawrence M.
• McIntyre, Hal
• Mears, Myron A.
• Mette, Clarence A.
• Michaels, Oliver A.
• Michalowski, Mike
• Mitchell, Red
• Moder
• Morgan, Newton J.
• Morris, Robert R.
• Nelson, James J.
• O’Brien
• O’Brien, Donald
• O’Meara, Bill
• O’Meara, Walter
• Pate, Verne E.
• Philliber, Wm. V.
• Pizzaloto, Rosario
• Rae, Robert
• Rentscher
• Ringbloom, Horace E.
• Riordan, Thomas M.
• Rodgers
• Roser, Harry
• Rosseter
• Sahr, Paul
• Schmidt, William R.
• Shankman, Morris T.
• Showers
• Shuler, George A.
• Sinclair
• Smith, Wm. J.
• Smollok, Evan
• Stoffregen
• Swanson, Axel
• Thomas, Bernard
• Vasile, Paul J.
• Vexler
• Walker
• Wanto, Andrew
• Westine, William R.
• Yerkes, Dawson E.
• Zisman

Photo – The members of the band – reading from left to right: FRONT
ROW: Lt. Carl Hartman (Conductor). Pfc. James M. Barbara (D Co.).
Pfc. Albert P. Lenzo (I Co.). T/4 Erwin Basten (F Co.). Pfc. George
H. Giese (H Co.). S/Sgt. Carl J. Kittelson. Pfc. Wm. B. Machiko.
Accordian Soloist (A Co.). CENTER ROW: Pfc. Richard Bilodeau
(G Co.). Rosario Pizzaloto (Medics). Pfc. Robert Eitel (Hq. Co.). Pfc.
Noward Hill (F Co.). Pvt. Jack Barnes (H Co.). Pfc. Donald OBrien
(F Co.). REAR ROW: Pfc. Francis E DeTar (C Co.). Sgt. Fred Karuth
(F Co.). Pfc. Robert Rae (G Co.). Pfc. Alfred Devon (Medics).
Pfc. Wm. DiCorcia (Cn. Co.). Pfc. Donald W. Krauter (B Co.).

T/Sgt. James J. Nelson injured

Photo – Lt. Myron A. Mears is shown (above ) receiving the Distinguished
Service Cross from Major General William R. Schmidt, 76th Div.
Commander, in a recent ceremony, Also decorated were, from l ft
to right, Lt. George A. Shuler, Bronze Star, T/Sgt. Paul J. Vasile ,
Bronze Star, and Pfc. Patrick J. Finn, Bronze Star.

Colonel George E. Bruner,

What do they think of American GI in Germany:
RUTH GAYLOR – Brooklyn, N.Y.
ELIZABETH CZARZEWITZ ( Elzbieta Czarzewicz ) – Warsaw
ELVIRA ILYA CZARNETZKA-PERNAU, Estonia

EVEN THE CAMERA CAN’T CATCH HIM
Shown above is Chaplain Wm. V. Philliber, the running preacher
of the 417th Infantry