Chippewa Boys Rest After Battling Japs

Above are shown 23 Chippewa Falls members of Battery C now seeing active duty against the Japanese on one of the New Guinea fronts. These are all of the local men left with the unit, others having been transferred to other units, with some of them still in this country. The Battery left Chippewa Falls in August of 1940. This picture was received from Bob Halbleib, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Halblieb. In his letter he says the photo was taken after the Battery has been relieved from combat duty and was "resting and training for better things." He said everything commending officer of the unit, had been awarded the Silver Star.

Shown from Left to right, front row: J. Bell, P. Greening, B. Halbleib, O. Girard, R. Door, Capt. Quirk, W. Harper. Second Row: A. Kaiser, E. Hedrington, R. Loiselle, D. O'Connell, W. Barrows, R. Whitcome, L. Price, G. Bateman; Standing; C. Rahn, D. Whitwan, H. Reiter, O. Zech, C. Abel. J. Buchanan, F. Turany, D. Dorr.