Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1945 Page: 1 of 20
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Ninety-second Year
Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, Texas, August 16, 1945
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THE WAR IS OVER!
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WE DID IT AGAIN!"
Number 22
And Johnny is coming marching home! Whether "Johnny"
is a soldier, sailor, flyer, or marine, he has done his part
in bringing final victory, and peace to the world again.
After almost four years of long, hard fighting, he has fin-
ished his job, and to him we owe the final end of war.
Well do we remember the beautiful, warm Sunday after-
noon. when clear, peaceful blue skies gave no indication
of the dusti urtion that was raining f*om them - - - when
the Hawaiian Islands and Pearl Harbor were dream places
wi* hoped to visit someday, and the Philippine Islands were
too tat *w-«v to think about, and we had never heard of
Saipnn or lw Jima or Okinawa. When we listened to
the ra^o end -vondered fearfully what the future might
hold.
And the long, black weeks that followed with the fall
of Corregidor and Midway and Wake, and the occupation
of the Philippines, and the long chain of Japanese conquests
in the Pacific. The blitz on England, the shove-back to
Stalingrad, the fall of France. Black, prayerful days, when
our hearts could see no light. Long hard days when the
people on the home front wrked dggly, determinedly.
Then the gradual swing back toward victory, with the
re-taking of island after island in the Pacific, the Russians
stand at Stalingrad and their march toward Berlin, the
landing of the American troops in Africa, their invasion
of Italy through Salerno, the fall of Rome, and greatest
of all D-Day, and MacArthur's return to the Philippines.
Through all of this, and much more, we have lived during
the period of World War II, bearing it only because of the
determination that this must be the final war.
Through these past ten hiliarious days, we have watched
breathlessly the maturing of events that brought about the
final realization of our prayers and dreams; but as the days
go by, and we start upon the task of readjustment to normal
living, we must not forget those dark, hard days. For only
through the vivid memory of these experiences can we hope
to create a lasting peace.
LT. TRIGG IS
AWARDED BRONZE
STAR
1st Lt. Kleber M. Trig#, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Trigg of
Bastrop, was awarded the Bronze
Star Medal for meritorious ser-
| vice during campaigns in the
Rhineland and Central Europe.
! Lt. Trigg is serving with the
! 35tsh Infantry Division, as Platoon
Leader and Forward Observer.
Following is the citation which
he received in recommendation for
j the Bronze Star Medal:
To First Lieutenant Kleber M.
\ Trigg, Jr., 0926225, Cannon Com-
pany, 320th Infantry, for meritori-
ous service in connection with mll-
LT. KLEBER M. TRIGG, JR.
itary operations against an enemy
of the United States in Holland
and Germany from 11 February to
8 May 1945. Throughout all c >ni-
bat operations of his unit during
this period, Lieutenant Tritr?,
platoon leader, performed his dut-
ies as such in an outstandingly
meritorious manner. His disre-
gard for personal safety in jften
crawling dangerously close to the
enemy lines for better observation
in directing fire upon emplace-
ments and troop concentrations
aided immeasurably in the serl-es
of successful operations conducted
by his battalion. His zealous de-
votion to duty honors Lieutenant
Trigg's tharacttr as an officer.
Entered military service from
Texas.
By Command of
BRIG.-GEX. FUTCH
RESTS BETWEEN
BATTLES WITH
JAPS
Aboard an Aircraft Carrier in
I the Pacific—J. .1. (Jimmie) Trigg,
I GM :i-C, son of Mr. and Mrs. K.
I M. TriiiK of Bastrop, is back at
the business of fighting Japs after
a recent three-hour rest period
on one of the Navy's "recreation
islands" in this war zone.
J. J. TRIGG GM 3-0
The "recreation islands" have
' been ft up on tiny a tolls in give
| Xa* v men a few hour- to rata*
| between battle-.
J The crewmen of this carrier
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1945, newspaper, August 16, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237023/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.