April 30. 1945: Yanks Seize Munich Beer Hall; Ninth Contacts Russian Forces

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Mrs. Amanda Leventry

Ebensburg Malta Dames

Pfc. Edward Bromund

Staff Sgt. Lillian Bromund

Pvt. John Gesko

Birth Notes:

Mr. & Mrs. John Cramer - daughter

Mr. & Mrs. Morrell Stouffer - daughter

Mr. & Mrs. Marion Yon - son

Sgt. & Mrs. Louis Sedei - daughter

Pvt. & Mrs. Charles Podolak

Cpl. & Mrs. Ralph Bethal - son

Sgt. & Mrs. Robert Burke - son

April 28, 1945: Reds Crash to Heart of Berlin; Yanks Close on Munich, Seething in Revolt

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April 27, 1945: American and Russian Armies Meet; Yanks Invade Austria; Berlin Totters

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April 26, 1945: Third Army Rolls Down Danube Valley

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Pfc. Harold Shepley

Pvt. Ernest Fisher

Pfc. Fred Hanson

Sgt. Mike Volpe

Cpl. Joseph Rollo

First Lt. Robert Kurtz

Tech. Sgt. Paul Weaver

Cpl. Russell Tetters

Pfc. Samuel Mento

Cpl. Robert Lewis

Sgt. Nicholas Getzey

Joseph Uhler

Sgt. Edward Sukenik

Tech Sgt. Bernard Brown

Pfc. William Pratt

Sgt. William Rhoades

Pfc. William Mock

April 25, 1945: Berlin Is Crumbling Block by Block; Allied Armies Invade Alpine Redoubt

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Cpl. Cloyd Berkebile

Cpl. Roger Rogers

William Bassett

J. Leroy Weller

William Troyan

Agnes Lamb

Theodore Swanson

Miss Elizabeth Kaufman

Miss Rita Dahl

April 24, 1945: Junction of U.S. and Red Armies Near; Russians Tighten Encirclement of Berlin

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Franklin High School

Staff Sgt. Michael Hovanec

April 23, 1945: Reds Bore Toward Heart of Berlin

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Helen Price - Log Cabin Art Show in New York City

Pvt. Leonard DeRosa

Joseph Toth

James Ribblett

Mrs. Margaret Markel

Alexander Longo

Tony Malspina

Otto Gene Brown

Linda Lewis

John Mertle

George Kabor

Mrs. Nadine Taranto

Ezra Spotts

John Wilson

April 21, 1945: Germans Report Massive Russian Forces Are Fast Enveloping Berlin

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Pfc. Wilbert Nelson

April 20, 1945: Americans Fight Into Nuernberg; Russians as 12 Miles From Berlin

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Elmer Barnhart

Adam Koch Jr.

Pfc. Edward Bell

Pvt. Harry Machinsky

Michael Machinsky

April 19, 1945: Leizig Falls; Organized Resistance In Ruhr Smashed; Cut 'Hideout' Routes

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Domminick Fleissner - Photographer

Wallace Holliday

April 18. 1945: Patton's Third Army Bisects Germany, Crossing Border Into Czecho-Slovakia

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Wedding Bells:

Blough - Arthur

Pringle - Storey

Routch - McKernan

Schiffhauer - Repko

Emeline Oldham

April 17, 1945: Americans Capture Plauen and Fight Hard to Extend the Elbe Bridgehead

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Pfc. Joseph Skalek

Slovak Citizens Club - Frank Pentrack

Birth Notes:

Mr. & Mrs. John Clemenceau - daughter - Linda Lee

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Abraham - daughter

Cpl. & Mrs. Louis Solomon - son

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Murtha - daughter

Pvt. & Mrs. George Dilling - daughter

Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Burk - daughter

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shaffer - son

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Horner - twin daughters - born 52 hours apart

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April 14, 1945: Wartime Washington Offers Last Sad Farewell to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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April 13, 1945: Roosevelt Dies; Truman in Office

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