Canby Our Town- January 2014

A special section of the Canby Herald January 29, 2014

when CANBY went to WAR

From 1941 to 1945, Canby-area residents served this country when a world went mad with war
Dan Nadeau.
at the Mare Island Naval hospital
April 13, 1941
H. Wendall Patch, son of Mr. Oct. 8, 1942
Major Arthur Clark, son of Mr. Neal had been stationed on a
after seeing much action in the May 1, 1944
Purple Heart awarded posthu-
and Mrs. Horace Patch of Canby, received his wings and was and Mrs. D.G. Clark, was shown on a Paramount News Reel ques- U.S. destroyer for about three years. When he saw it pull into South Pacific.
mously to Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mann honoring their son, Lieut.
awarded a commission as lieu- tioning pilots in the U.S. Army port, he lost no time in contacting Oct. 21, 1943
Elwyn F. Mann, who was killed
tenant and rating of pilot in the Army Air corps.
Air Corps upon their return from a flight somewhere in England.
Neal and a grand reunion was held.
Lieut. Harold G. Eilers, husband of Mrs. H.G. Eilers of Portland and in action over Italy November 19, 1943.
son of George Eilers of Aurora,
April 24, 1941
Ellyn F. Mann, 26, son of Mr. Nov. 12, 1942
Aurora P.G.E. manager John A. Dec. 10, 1942
Lewis Elmer Kraft, 20, son of was reported wounded in action in the North African area.
Oct. 19, 1944
Pfc. Dan Fleischhauer, of
and Mrs. R.M. Mann of Canby, Enschede left for the navy and Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Kraft, was Aurora, serving with Marine
graduated from the Air Corps Advanced Flying school at was succeeded by S. Parzy Rose of Silverton. Enschede was the reported missing in action some- where in the south Pacific. He Dec. 16, 1943
Lieut. James Plant of the Army Signal Corps, hospitalized on one of the islands in the South Pacific.
Stockton Field, Calif. and was fifth to leave the Aurora office and his brother Herman had Air Corps was reported missing in
commissioned a second lieu- tenant.
within the past few months to enter the service.
joined the U.S. Navy last summer with several other local youths the European theatre of war.
Oct. 26, 1944
Corporal Melvin Gilmer, son of
including Glenn Pottratz, Alvin March 16, 1944
Mrs. C.L. Kropf of Hubbard, was
May 22, 1941
Richard Willie Melum, 22, of Dec. 3, 1942
Sergeant Herbert L. Fleishman, Nadeau and Jim Amundson.
Purple Heart award and citation was posthumously awarded to reported missing over Germany.
Canby, was chosen for training as son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dec. 17, 1942
Mrs. Agnes Pottratz honoring her Staff Sgt. Carl R. Carlson was
a midshipman in the United States Naval Reserve.
Fleishman, was featured over radio news flashes as one of six George W. Towner was report- ed missing in action, according to son, the late Stanley A. Pottratz, F.C. 3/c, U.S. Navy, who was reported wounded in action in the
rescued when the bomber they a telegram received by his wife, killed in action while serving on European area.
Sept. 24, 1942
Markee twins, Kent and Keith, were flying in was shot down by anti-aircraft fire deep in axis terri- the former Elvira Shields. Mr. Towner joined the Merchant the U.S.S. Astoria.
Nov. 16, 1944
Aurora boy, S. Parzy Rose, II,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Markee, enlisted in the Medical tory near Gabes, Tunisia.
Marines in early summer, leaving March 30, 1944
Aircraft Radio Tech. 1/c, Navy,
Reserves, and received their Alvin Nadeau and his brother Portland May 6, for active duty.
Lieut. Elwyn Mann killed in action over Italy. He was among arrived back in the United States
appointment as second lieutenants Neal met up somewhere in the Oct. 7, 1943
the first local boys to enter serv- from the South Pacific war zone and telephoned his parents, Mr.
in the U.S. Medical Administrative Corps.
South Pacific about a month ago. The boys, both former C.U.H.S. Neil Nadeau, one of the first local boys to enlist in the Navy, ice in the Army Air Corps.
and Mrs. S. Parzy Rose.
students, are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
arrived in California for treatment
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