She was buried with full military honors next to her husband, Maurice, at the Chewelah Memorial Park Cemetery in Chewelah, Washington. [A DP is defined as a person outside the border of their home country when WWII ended.]. Serving in divisions of infantry, armour and a fledgling airborne force, they fought on three continents in Africa, Europe and Asia. The 97th called in an artillery attack on the wooded area and approximately 50 Germans surrendered. Trained in the military as an Aviation Metalsmith, Harry’s first assignment was on the USS Lexington. It provides in-depth information about the Ballinger crew and the experiences of other downed American airmen in WWII Europe. In violation of the Treaty of Versailles Germany absorbed Austria in March 1938. [85], Congress had not authorized the gift of supplies delivered after the cutoff date, so the U.S. charged for them, usually at a 90% discount. His casket would travel by train from New York City and arrive in Newton Falls, Ohio, on January 31, 1949. GRS claimed the remains of Soldier Dead from a unit, along the road side or battle ground. The Weimar Republic had ended, and so began the rise of the Third Reich which lasted until May 1945. She was also awarded the World War II Victory Medal, and the US Army 104th Evacuation Hospital received a Presidential Unit Citation Award. The George Cross was awarded by King George VI to the people of Malta to “bear witness to the heroism and the devotion of its people” during the siege of Malta. It included a plan for the division of Poland. After the last of its fuel was drained from the ship, Ohio split in half and sank in Grand Harbor. In Walter Yust, ed., "17 Billion Budget Drafted; Defense Takes 10 Billions. Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, and other WWII history locations. In time, opinion shifted as increasing numbers of Americans began to consider the advantage of funding the British war against Germany, while staying free of the hostilities themselves. The comments were brought to the attention of the German government and Chancellor Hitler. The 104th Evacuation Hospital remained in the Southport and Churchtown area for four months. Rationing began in February 1941. The first evacuation hospital setup was Sainte-Mère-Église, France. Two torpedoes hit the port side of the Lexington at 1120 hours to be followed by another two bombs. Temporary Cemetery 4655 and travelled by train to Antwerp, Belgium. The third aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, was preparing to leave San Diego, California, following an overhaul at the Bremerton, Washington, Puget Sound Naval Yard. The book Stay the Rising Sun by Phil Keith has an extremely detailed narrative of the sinking of the USS Lexington and the Battle of the Coral Sea. [35] With the outbreak of war these plants switched from civilian to military production and locomotive production ended virtually overnight. He was in reality a Gestapo spy. 2nd Lt. Charles H. Hoover, Pilot, 381st BG. Supplies that arrived after the termination date were sold to the United Kingdom at a large discount for £1.075 billion, using long-term loans from the United States. 2009. стр. Frank told his son the news. He was 17 years old when he joined the US Navy in 1940 and had not graduated from high school. Both Otto and Hanna had shared a love of the play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. After the Fall of France during June 1940, the British Commonwealth and Empire were the only forces engaged in war against Germany and Italy, until the Italian invasion of Greece. And he needed to find foster families, hostels, or other organizations to care for the children. Fourth protocol period from July 1, 1944 (signed April 17, 1945), formally ended May 12, 1945, but deliveries continued for the duration of the war with Japan (which the Soviet Union entered on August 8, 1945) under the "Milepost" agreement until September 2, 1945, when Japan capitulated. If the deceased was unable to be identified then a form that allowed for fingerprinting and dental records was used and inserted into the Soldier Dead file. Many returning servicemen after WWII decided to stay in the US military either on active duty or in the reserves. In their communications with each other at Ravensbrück Otto and Hanna would recall past times in their lives. Her name was Lieutenant Janina Lewandowska. Gaining control of New Guinea would have isolated both Australia and New Zealand from their allies in the South Pacific. She studied law and political science in Berlin, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; and Oxford, England. They supplied 80% of the fuel used by bombers, tanks, jeeps and ships during the War. Otto Kiep earned a Bachelor of Law degree in London, England, and a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Leipzig in Germany. Originally, the American policy was to help the British but not join the war. In 1958 Ed would be promoted to Regional Historian for the Southeast Region of the National Park Service working out of Vicksburg. Pyrenees guide Emile Delpy worked with MI-9. The 97th ID crossed the Sieg River in Germany on April 7, 1945, and joined the Battle for the Ruhr Pocket (April 1 – 18, 1945). Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. Dr. Kiep was summoned back to Germany and had a personal meeting with Hitler. 3, S. During April 1945, Congress voted that it should not be used for post-conflict purposes, and during August 1945, after Japanese surrender, the program was ended. The US Army 97th ID was sent (first) to the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Thank you to the Bearss family, Robert Desourdis, and Nova Science Publishers, Inc., for use of the Bearss family photograph. There was a big lock on the hatch going into the Gedunk. … A list of personal effects were included if any were found on the body. Flak had most likely hit the aircraft under the radio room, and there was a fire. After Poland was attacked by Germany on September 1, 1939, the Germans cancelled the ninth train. A Prague Post article on July 4, 2015, stated, “The first candles on the platform from which trains with Czechoslovak children of Jewish origin were leaving appeared a few hours after Winton’s death was announced.”. [24], A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $575 billion in 2019)[26] was involved, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S.[2] In all, $31.4 billion ($360 billion) went to Britain and its Empire, $11.3 billion ($130 billion) to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion ($36.7 billion) to France, $1.6 billion ($18.4 billion) to China, and the remaining $2.6 billion to the other Allies. On the Allied side, there was almost total reliance upon American industrial production, weaponry and especially unarmored vehicles purpose-built for military use, vital for the modern army's logistics and support. He was last seen moving toward the back of the plane to locate the spare parachute. Thank you to German historian Dr. Susanne Meinl for assistance in locating information sources and in the research for this story about Otto and Hanna Kiep. It is an indication of the extent to which the British have been able to pool their resources with ours so that the needed weapon may be in the hands of that soldier—whatever may be his nationality- who can at the proper moment use it most effectively to defeat our common enemies.[74]. SGT Kubinski’s casket, draped by an American flag, was met by the James Funeral Home and The American Legion. In turn, this would have allowed the German commanders to escape at least some encirclements, while forcing the Red Army to prepare and conduct many more deliberate penetration attacks in order to advance the same distance. When a soldier was located after death, every attempt at identification took place. 1st Lt. Ballinger and S/Sgt. Canada's Mutual Aid program sent a loan of $1 billion and $3.4 billion in supplies and services to the United Kingdom and other Allies. On April 10, 2010, Poland President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, high-ranking Polish military leaders and government officials were flying from Warsaw, Poland, to Russia to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Katyn. *The USS Hermitage (AP-54) was a US Navy troop transport ship in WWII. Secret Cipher Telegram. By 1909 the family had moved back to Germany and lived in Ballenstedt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Democrats. When Mac heard he would soon be drafted, he decided to return to Kentucky because he wanted to enter the military from his home state. In 1945–46, the value of Reciprocal Aid from New Zealand exceeded that of Lend-Lease, though in 1942–43, the value of Lend-Lease to New Zealand was much more than that of Reciprocal Aid. Mac said in his interview that “surrendering is an art” that may or may not be successful. To: The War Office. In a 2011 oral history interview with the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, Colonel Harold F. McDonald, US Army Reserve (Retired), shared his experiences during WWII. B-17 shot down over France on July 4, 1943. Serving British military officers were told they could attend the ceremony but were instructed not to wear a uniform. Thank you to Warren Carah for his support in the research for this story. For further information on the WWII experiences of Maurice Alm and May Buelow Alm email wwii@crytalsw.com. On July 15, 2017, his and his wife’s ashes were “buried at sea” from the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan with a 21 gun salute at the location in the Coral Sea where the USS Lexington (CV-2) sank in WWII. Harold F. “Mac” McDonald passed away on June 14, 2012. Operation Cartwheel was a major Allied plan to neutralize and then to isolate and bypass Rabaul (far eastern end of island of New Britain) as the Allies moved northward towards Japan. By train from California to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. As Mac and his company advanced into Germany they encountered groups of displaced persons (DP) fleeing west, mostly Polish and Czech slave laborers who were forced to work in German armament factories. On September 18, 1944, 750 gliders from the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment would land in Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. He said his group had a period of time to wait until their turn to evacuate, so they went to the “ship’s service store soda fountain,” also known as the “Gedunk,” and ate ice cream. On March 4, 2018, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s expedition crew of the Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel discovered the wreckage of the USS Lexington (CV-2) 76 years after being sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Local civilian workers were called in to dig graves and bury the dead. Crowley, Leo T. "Lend-Lease". A military physician told him that he could get a medical discharge. Oral History Interview with the National Museum of the Pacific War, in Fredericksburg, Texas, on August 6, 2013. It was their social status that landed them in front of NKVD execution squads. Malta did have some military advantages before WWII began. It was reported that the hull was glowing “cherry red” from the fires. First protocol period from October 1, 1941, to June 30, 1942 (signed October 7, 1941), Second protocol period from July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943 (signed October 6, 1942), Third protocol period from July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 (signed October 19, 1943). If we had had to fight Nazi Germany one on one, we could not have stood up against Germany's pressure, and we would have lost the war. Thank you to historian Dr. Vernon L. Williams, Director of the East Anglia Air War Project, for his research assistance. * The 45 page Final Report of the Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and the Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre can be found at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435078695582&view=1up&seq=1. Upon selection of a site, they plotted the cemetery. The bodies, some in Polish uniforms, some with their hands tied behind their back, were stacked in layers 12 bodies high in an approximate 92 feet long and 52 feet wide pit. A post WWII US Congress investigation would concur with the US suppression charge in 1952. Harry remarked in his interview that the oil on the water was about two inches thick and difficult for smaller boats to even pass through it. Also, they noticed the “battle tested” 101st put their trench knives in their boots. He would posthumously be awarded the Medal of Honor. SGT John J. Kubinski was buried in Plot F, Row 3, Grave 50 at U.S. In the 1980s, former Ballinger crew member Paul McConnell visited La Coulonche. Mac said they were “very impressed” with the 101st and learned the importance of redundancy. Bombardier 2nd Lt. George C. Williams’ parachute accidentally deployed inside of the B-17. Dr. Otto Kiep was arrested at his home at Taubertstrasse 15, Berlin-Grunewald on January 16, 1944, at four o’clock in the morning. October 22, 1943. It is undoubtedly true that hindsight is much easier to follow than foresight, but it is equally true that much of the material which this committee unearthed was or could have been available to those responsible for our foreign policy as early as 1942. 1776, 55 Stat. The oil refineries were of important strategic value to Japan just as the Ploesti (now spelled Ploiești), Romania, oil fields were to Germany. The ship took about an hour to sink. Having several shore assignments after the Enterprise, then First Class Petty Officer Electricians Mate James Phinney would be in Houston, Texas, when he heard WWII ended. With limited visibility in the area of operations, neither the Americans nor the Japanese were successful in immediately finding the opposing enemy carrier force. Our Fortresses and Liberators take off from huge air bases built, equipped and serviced under reverse lend-lease at a cost to them of hundreds of millions of dollars. While working at Sun Shipbuilding, Mac tried to join the Merchant Marine and the US Navy. [63], Warsaw 1945: Willys jeep used by the Polish First Army as part of U.S. Lend-Lease program. [58], Roughly 17.5 million tons of military equipment, vehicles, industrial supplies, and food were shipped from the Western Hemisphere to the USSR, 94% coming from the US. Francis E. Owens, Waist Gunner, 381st BG. Hanna Kiep was arrested later that month. After Poland was overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 those Poles able to escape established a government-in-exile in London. Moscow. Flight Engineer and Top Turret Gunner T/Sgt. Stateside training concluded in California. Most remaining Allies were largely self-sufficient in frontline equipment (such as tanks and fighter aircraft) by this time but Lend-Lease provided a useful supplement in this category and Lend-Lease logistical supplies (including motor vehicles and railroad equipment) were of enormous assistance. Admiral Canaris, initially supported Hitler, but by 1939 he and other anti-Nazis were working secretly to subvert the Nazi government. The Allied escape group consisted of seven Americans and seven French military officers. The Lend-Lease agreements with 30 countries provided for repayment not in terms of money or returned goods, but in "joint action directed towards the creation of a liberalized international economic order in the postwar world." Pilot 1st Lt. Olof M. Ballinger, Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. John M. Carah, Navigator 2nd Lt. Paul H. McConnell, Tail Gunner S/Sgt. In 1981 he was named Chief Historian of the National Park Service. Domenic Mozzetta of the 97th ID, 387th Infantry Regiment, Company B when before midnight on May 7, 1945, he shot at a German sniper near the town of Klenovice in Czechoslovakia. on September 16, 1944. But listen, one cannot deny that the Americans shipped over to us material without which we could not have equipped our armies held in reserve or been able to continue the war.[45]. After the fall of communism Poland would become the independent and free Third Republic of Poland. 151 Wing in Operation Benedict, to provide air defence of the port and to train Soviet pilots. In 1946, the post-war Anglo-American loan further indebted Britain to the U.S. Lend-Lease items retained were sold to Britain at 10% of nominal value, giving an initial loan value of £1.075 billion for the Lend-Lease portion of the post-war loans. Эксмо. The Italian Naval Fleet surrendered in Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta. Collection points would be established so the combat units could assist in the collection and identification of Soldier Dead. Washington. The destroyer USS Phelps was ordered to sink the Lexington for several reasons: (1) the ship could not be saved, (2) the US Navy did not want the Lexington to become a trophy for the Japanese, and (3) the US Navy did not want it discovered that the ship had been lost — at least not at that time. One of the bombs exploded and caused a series of explosions as other bombs and ammunition aboard and near the plane also blew up. He was transported to the U.S. Army 24th Evacuation Hospital, which at that time was working out of the Saint Maarten Kliniek (Clinic) in Nijmegen, Holland. These actions were ordered by President Franklin … October 1, 1951. T/Sgt. The Soviet air force received 18,200 aircraft, which amounted to about 30 percent of Soviet wartime fighter and bomber production (mid 1941–45). Lieutenant Colonel John M. Carah, US Air Force (Retired), would later write a book Achtung! The British population emerged healthier than it had ever been before, and families had been educated in putting nutritional, frugal meals on their tables. Pfc. Mac’s company took up a defensive position across the Rhine River from Düsseldorf, Germany. May said casualties “poured in” by ambulances and litters tied to jeeps on Sunday, December 25, Christmas Day. In return, the U.S. was given leases on army and naval bases in Allied territory during the war. The Baltkapanan oil refineries on Borneo were of significant value to the Japanese for wartime fuel supplies. The aircraft carrier United States Ship (USS) Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed “Lady Lex,” was the fourth United States (US) Navy ship to be named after the American Revolutionary War 1775 Battle of Lexington. Historians write that a British sensitivity to Stalin, the pro-communist government set up in postwar Poland, and the start of the Cold War may account for the Clement Attlee government to exclude their wartime ally from the parade. Not all Soldier Dead were identified because of the condition of the body when it was received by the GRS. Mac said a band was playing the Glenn Miller song Sentimental Journey when the ship left. The road was of vital importance as British armored units advanced north from the Belgium and Netherlands border with the objective to reach the bridge at Arnhem. TNA WO 193/580, Hector Mackenzie, "Transatlantic Generosity: Canada's 'Billion Dollar Gift'to the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Benjamin B. Fischer in a paper, “The Killing Controversy: Stalin’s Killing Field,” wrote, “Those who died at Katyn included an admiral, two generals, 24 colonels, 79 lieutenant colonels, 258 majors, 654 captains, 17 naval captains, 3,420 NCOs, seven chaplains, three landowners, a prince, 43 officials, 85 privates, and 131 refugees. Harold Franklin McDonald was inducted into the US Army on February 11, 1943. On December 20, 1926, Hanna gave birth to their first child, a son, they named Nikolaus Friedrich Albrecht Kiep. Reverse Lend-Lease policies comprised services such as rent on air bases that went to the U.S., and totaled $7.8 billion; of this, $6.8 billion came from the British and the Commonwealth. They worked on both sides of enemy lines in the mud, rain, deep snow, jungles and on beaches in their recovery efforts. An early snowstorm blanketed the Pyrenees with about three feet of snow. Actually, they usurped the functions of the Office of Censorship and by indirect pressure accomplished domestic censorship which was not within the jurisdiction of either of these agencies. Omar’s cousin Hiram “Hiking Hiram” Bearss was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1901 for extraordinary heroism during the Philippine-American War (February 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902); Hiram Bearss was also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1918 for his valor in WWI (1914 -1918). The American evaders: Major William T. Boren, Pilot, B-26 Marauder, 387th BG. The US Congress Select Committee on Katyn Forest Massacre 1951 – 1952 *. [7] The British Expeditionary Force lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign, and, following the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, abandoned much of its military hardware. Owens was in a nearby aircraft cleaning the guns when he saw a man who was still alive lying on the ground in the explosion area. Hanna had written the word BRIDGE on a note card and held it up to the glass window. The only modern heavy bomber the USSR had was the Petlyakov Pe-8, and it only had 27 such bombers at the start of the war, with fewer than 100 produced until 1945. After Stalin’s broken promise to hold free elections in Poland the country would become a satellite state within the “sphere of influence” of the Soviet Union. He then found the spare parachute in the plane, put it on, and jumped. The guides tried to revive the three men without success. Omar Bearss would read history books to his boys on subjects including WWI, the American Civil War, and the US Marine Corps. In 1948 he accepted a job with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Paris, France. The 97th ID arrived in Yokohama, Japan, on September 25, 1945. One of SGT Kubinski’s nurses at the 24th Evacuation Hospital was Lieutenant (LT) Josephine Pescatore. [In January 1993 Czechoslovakia in a peaceful dissolution would be split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.]. [The last official shot of WWII in the ETO was credited to Pfc. It was abandoned twice and re-boarded twice. Ninety-five B-17s were deployed for the mission. May recalled they were generally helpful, but the German nurse prisoners of war could be uncooperative. The eight Patten brothers would all return home when WWII ended. McDonald ordered the Germans to line up in a column of two, and they marched out of the forest into the town where Mac’s unit was waiting for the surrendering Germans. McDonald trained as a combat infantryman and was assigned as a gunner in a five-man mortar squad with the US Army 97th Infantry Division (ID). Malta was a naval and military fortress that was essential to the Allies. Hanna Alves was born February 10, 1904, in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is possible a family’s soldier had been buried overseas for two or more years before the family was notified of the location. May never married again. [53], In total, the U.S. deliveries to the USSR through Lend-Lease amounted to $11 billion in materials: over 400,000 jeeps and trucks; 12,000 armored vehicles (including 7,000 tanks, about 1,386[55] of which were M3 Lees and 4,102 M4 Shermans);[56] 11,400 aircraft (4,719 of which were Bell P-39 Airacobras)[57] and 1.75 million tons of food. It was refitted, renamed the SS Conte Biancamano, and again sailed as a luxury liner until 1960. It was particularly upsetting to Frank hearing of the sinking of the United States Ship (USS) Nevada; Frank was a sailor on the USS Nevada in WWI. The submarine commander Captain Cloarec ignored the order, sailed to Malta, and joined the Free French Naval Forces. A crew member on a ship reported being emotionally overwhelmed by the greeting of the Maltese people that day. At night they often heard US reconnaissance planes overhead trying to locate German positions. The USS Lexington is now the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. Roosevelt's Soviet Protocol Committee was dominated by Harry Hopkins and General John York, who were totally sympathetic to the provision of "unconditional aid". Two hundred and sixteen men had been killed in action. Canada operated a similar smaller program called Mutual Aid. It was better that the troops didn’t encounter the remains of Soldier Dead very often, lest the fear and panic they already felt increase, making them unable to do their job effectively. During early February 1941, a Gallup poll revealed that 54% of Americans were in favor of giving aid to the British without qualifications of Lend-Lease. The 401st Glider Infantry Regiment participated in the June 1944 Normandy Invasion (codenamed Operation Overlord) landing on Utah Beach with the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division. The location of Malta was considered too susceptible to enemy air strikes should Italy become a belligerent in a future conflict. One of the greatest differences with prior wars, was the enormous increase in the mobility of armies. [6], In 1939 however – as Germany, Japan, and Italy pursued aggressive, militaristic policies – President Roosevelt wanted more flexibility to help contain Axis aggression. (Attention! Harold McDonald and asked to bury the German dead before they left the area. They had become friends in Washington, D.C., when Hanna was posted there with the German Embassy. Also on May 7 aircraft from the Lexington and Yorktown sunk the Japanese light aircraft carrier Shōhō. Germany invaded Poland September 1, 1939. The Lend-Lease Memorial in Fairbanks, Alaska commemorates the shipment of U.S. aircraft to the Soviet Union along the Northwest Staging Route. The British shared technology included the cavity magnetron (key technology at the time for highly effective radar; the American historian James Phinney Baxter III later called "the most valuable cargo ever brought to our shores"),[13][14] the design for the VT fuze, details of Frank Whittle's jet engine and the Frisch–Peierls memorandum describing the feasibility of an atomic bomb. for providing information on Navy terminology and Navy life. Bailed out of B-17 August 16, 1943 near Paris, France. Harry W. Bauscher were killed in action that day. Harold Brunson Bailey was buried at the Lancaster Memorial Park in Lancaster, South Carolina. Britain’s WWII Polish ally was not invited to take part in the parade. On March 16, 1933, Dr. Kiep spoke at a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in honor of German mathematician Dr. Albert Einstein. The men had a system by which they worked on the stripping line to handle effects so they would be returned to the owner’s family. In a note to Hanna, Otto recalled a passage from the book: “… soon we shall die and … be loved for a while and forgotten. There were three US aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet at that time. The oral history interviews of James Phinney and Julius Harry Frey are in the museum archive. And then the war began for the US Army 104th Evacuation Hospital. A documentary Nicky’s Family was released in 2011. Testimony heard by the committee substantiates this belief, and if such an investigation is conducted another object lesson might be learned. One of the convoy ships, Ohio, carried 10,000 tons of aviation fuel. By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945. 468. The coralline limestone archipelago of Malta became part of the British Empire in 1814. ], The Solf Circle. 3. They were married December 14, 1925, at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. You will be reading about ice cream again later in this story. Маслов В.А. The USS Wasp would make two trips ferrying Spitfires. 5. Aircraft crashed in France September 21, 1943. [nb 2][9] Sympathetic to the British plight, but hampered by public opinion and the Neutrality Acts, which forbade arms sales on credit or the lending of money to belligerent nations, Roosevelt eventually came up with the idea of "lend–lease". The 1st Marine Division would deploy to New Guinea to plan the assault on Cape Gloucester in New Britain, Territory of New Guinea. Unit personnel were moved by truck to a secure area until it was safe to return. Tehran Conference November 28 – December 1, 1943. Aircraft were trying to land, others trying to take off, some planes landed and were shoved over the side, and others were sent to land on the USS Yorktown. Overall, the Polish military was the fourth largest Allied army in WWII after the Soviet Union, United States, and Britain. 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