HEADSTONE says 2nd Lt US Army Air Corps WW2.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Aug 29 1944 “Lt. Eddy Gets Posthumous Air Award” (excerpt)
STAMBAUGH-Among six Michigan officers and enlisted men missing in action or killed with the army air forces during the present war whose next of kin have been presented awards for outstanding records made by their men in the line of duty is 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy of this city.
Awards were presented Saturday, August 26 at a special ceremony at Selfridge Field, Mich.
William H. Eddy, father of Lt. Eddy, attended the ceremony, held at 2 p.m. in front of base headquarters, and received the posthumous award of the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in eight flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943.”
The complete citation read:
“Pursuant to General Orders, Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, 1944, the Air Medal was awarded to 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy for meritorious achievement while participating in eight aerial flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943. Lieutenant Eddy was lost while on a patrol mission near …. His service as a fighter pilot was marked by a high degree of courage and skill in combat flying.
“Lt. Eddy having made the supreme sacrifice in defense of his country, presentation of the Air Medal is made to his father, Mr. William H. Eddy, Stambaugh, Michigan.
OTHER AWARDS [a listing of other men follows]
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter May 19 1944 “Lt. Jack Eddy Killed August 18 On Jap Mission” with photo (at right)
2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, 21, fighter pilot, this week was officially reported killed in action last August 18 while on a mission over enemy territory in the Southwest Pacific war theater. He had been overseas since April 1943 and was previously reported missing in action.
The wire, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy, 429 Third st., Stambaugh, gave no details of Lt. Eddy’s last mission but stated a letter would follow.
The wire read: “The Secretary of War desires that I send his deep sympathy to you in the loss of your son, 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, who was previously reported missing in action. Report now received states that he was killed in action 18 August 1943 in Southwest Pacific area. Letter follows.
Dunlop, acting adjutant general”
Lt. Eddy was born in Stambaugh March 31, 1923, attended the Stambaugh schools and graduated from the high school with the class of 1941. He enlisted as an aviation cadet on March 30, 1942, and was called for training in June.
He took his preliminary training at the Santa Ana, Calif. army air base and after receiving his wings and second lieutenancy at Yuma, Ariz. in March 1943, spent a three-day delay en route visit at his home.
After operational training at Hamilton Field, Calif., he was sent overseas. His last letter was received about 10 days before the first telegram informing his parents that he was missing in action. In the letter he wrote that he was well and happy and glad to be in real action after his long months of training. He had already been on several missions over Jap territory.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Attilio Cerasoli of Stambaugh, the former Mavis Eddy, and Mrs. Leo LaBocki, the former Mercedes Eddy. Mrs. LaBocki is now employed in San Diego, Calif., while her husband Cpl. Leo LaBocki is serving with a port battalion of the army in the same war theater as Lt. Eddy.
PHOTO CAPTION: Dead: 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy has been officially reported killed in action on August 18 last in the Southwest Pacific theater. A fighter-pilot, 21 years old, he was first listed missing in action. See page 6 for story.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Jan 7 1944 "15 Dead In County In World War II" (excerpt)
Fifteen Iron county men have been killed in the line of duty with the armed forces during the second world war, an official Casualty Roll released yesterday reveals.
The roll listing all known casualties also includes six men who have been reported missing in action and six men who are known to be either Japanese or German prisoners of war.
Six of those killed in action are from Crystal Falls on the east side and nine are from west side communities. All except two of the men reported missing are from the west side and three of the prisoners of war are from the east side and three from the west side.
Some of the fatalities have resulted from active combat while others are results of accidents while in training.
MARINE LATEST Iron county's first casualty was Second Lieut. L. Richard "Dick" Contardi of Iron River, killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1942 while on a training flight over Cecilton, Md.
The first official Casualty Roll follows:
CASUALTY ROLL
DEAD
Kauko Kalerno Mannio…….C. Falls
John George Chervo ……….C. Falls
Urho Takala …………..Crystal Falls
Michael Marinin ……...Crystal Falls
Eugene M. Oswald …...Crystal Falls
L. Richard Contardi ……..Iron River
Marshall O'Berg ………...Iron River
Lloyd Hansen …………...Iron River
Warren Harding …………Iron River
Norman R. Pigeon ………Iron River
Robert H. Jensen ………..Iron River
Stanley Glemboski……...Stambaugh
Raymond Kukoski……...Stambaugh
Tony Shubat ………………Caspian
MISSING IN ACTION
Thomas Brzoznowski …..Gibbs City
Sidney Mattson ……………….Nash
Jack B. Eddy ……………Stambaugh
Lawrence Ross ………..Crystal Falls
Roland Cossette ……………...Alpha
Bernhard Salmela ……….Stambaugh
PRISONERS OF WAR
William O'Berg …………Iron River
Florek Lehto ………………Caspian
Silvio Gasperini ………..Stambaugh
Earl Hill ………………..Stambaugh
Robert Tower ………..Crystal Falls
Robert Tokoly ……….Crystal Falls
OBITUARY of Mavis Manning 2001 (buried Resthaven) says William [Jack] Eddy was her brother who died in World War II.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Aug 29 1944 “Lt. Eddy Gets Posthumous Air Award” (excerpt)
STAMBAUGH-Among six Michigan officers and enlisted men missing in action or killed with the army air forces during the present war whose next of kin have been presented awards for outstanding records made by their men in the line of duty is 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy of this city.
Awards were presented Saturday, August 26 at a special ceremony at Selfridge Field, Mich.
William H. Eddy, father of Lt. Eddy, attended the ceremony, held at 2 p.m. in front of base headquarters, and received the posthumous award of the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in eight flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943.”
The complete citation read:
“Pursuant to General Orders, Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, 1944, the Air Medal was awarded to 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy for meritorious achievement while participating in eight aerial flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943. Lieutenant Eddy was lost while on a patrol mission near …. His service as a fighter pilot was marked by a high degree of courage and skill in combat flying.
“Lt. Eddy having made the supreme sacrifice in defense of his country, presentation of the Air Medal is made to his father, Mr. William H. Eddy, Stambaugh, Michigan.
OTHER AWARDS [a listing of other men follows]
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter May 19 1944 “Lt. Jack Eddy Killed August 18 On Jap Mission” with photo (at right)
2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, 21, fighter pilot, this week was officially reported killed in action last August 18 while on a mission over enemy territory in the Southwest Pacific war theater. He had been overseas since April 1943 and was previously reported missing in action.
The wire, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy, 429 Third st., Stambaugh, gave no details of Lt. Eddy’s last mission but stated a letter would follow.
The wire read: “The Secretary of War desires that I send his deep sympathy to you in the loss of your son, 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, who was previously reported missing in action. Report now received states that he was killed in action 18 August 1943 in Southwest Pacific area. Letter follows.
Dunlop, acting adjutant general”
Lt. Eddy was born in Stambaugh March 31, 1923, attended the Stambaugh schools and graduated from the high school with the class of 1941. He enlisted as an aviation cadet on March 30, 1942, and was called for training in June.
He took his preliminary training at the Santa Ana, Calif. army air base and after receiving his wings and second lieutenancy at Yuma, Ariz. in March 1943, spent a three-day delay en route visit at his home.
After operational training at Hamilton Field, Calif., he was sent overseas. His last letter was received about 10 days before the first telegram informing his parents that he was missing in action. In the letter he wrote that he was well and happy and glad to be in real action after his long months of training. He had already been on several missions over Jap territory.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Attilio Cerasoli of Stambaugh, the former Mavis Eddy, and Mrs. Leo LaBocki, the former Mercedes Eddy. Mrs. LaBocki is now employed in San Diego, Calif., while her husband Cpl. Leo LaBocki is serving with a port battalion of the army in the same war theater as Lt. Eddy.
PHOTO CAPTION: Dead: 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy has been officially reported killed in action on August 18 last in the Southwest Pacific theater. A fighter-pilot, 21 years old, he was first listed missing in action. See page 6 for story.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Jan 7 1944 "15 Dead In County In World War II" (excerpt)
Fifteen Iron county men have been killed in the line of duty with the armed forces during the second world war, an official Casualty Roll released yesterday reveals.
The roll listing all known casualties also includes six men who have been reported missing in action and six men who are known to be either Japanese or German prisoners of war.
Six of those killed in action are from Crystal Falls on the east side and nine are from west side communities. All except two of the men reported missing are from the west side and three of the prisoners of war are from the east side and three from the west side.
Some of the fatalities have resulted from active combat while others are results of accidents while in training.
MARINE LATEST Iron county's first casualty was Second Lieut. L. Richard "Dick" Contardi of Iron River, killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1942 while on a training flight over Cecilton, Md.
The first official Casualty Roll follows:
CASUALTY ROLL
DEAD
Kauko Kalerno Mannio…….C. Falls
John George Chervo ……….C. Falls
Urho Takala …………..Crystal Falls
Michael Marinin ……...Crystal Falls
Eugene M. Oswald …...Crystal Falls
L. Richard Contardi ……..Iron River
Marshall O'Berg ………...Iron River
Lloyd Hansen …………...Iron River
Warren Harding …………Iron River
Norman R. Pigeon ………Iron River
Robert H. Jensen ………..Iron River
Stanley Glemboski……...Stambaugh
Raymond Kukoski……...Stambaugh
Tony Shubat ………………Caspian
MISSING IN ACTION
Thomas Brzoznowski …..Gibbs City
Sidney Mattson ……………….Nash
Jack B. Eddy ……………Stambaugh
Lawrence Ross ………..Crystal Falls
Roland Cossette ……………...Alpha
Bernhard Salmela ……….Stambaugh
PRISONERS OF WAR
William O'Berg …………Iron River
Florek Lehto ………………Caspian
Silvio Gasperini ………..Stambaugh
Earl Hill ………………..Stambaugh
Robert Tower ………..Crystal Falls
Robert Tokoly ……….Crystal Falls
OBITUARY of Mavis Manning 2001 (buried Resthaven) says William [Jack] Eddy was her brother who died in World War II.
HEADSTONE says 2nd Lt US Army Air Corps WW2.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Aug 29 1944 “Lt. Eddy Gets Posthumous Air Award” (excerpt)
STAMBAUGH-Among six Michigan officers and enlisted men missing in action or killed with the army air forces during the present war whose next of kin have been presented awards for outstanding records made by their men in the line of duty is 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy of this city.
Awards were presented Saturday, August 26 at a special ceremony at Selfridge Field, Mich.
William H. Eddy, father of Lt. Eddy, attended the ceremony, held at 2 p.m. in front of base headquarters, and received the posthumous award of the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in eight flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943.”
The complete citation read:
“Pursuant to General Orders, Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, 1944, the Air Medal was awarded to 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy for meritorious achievement while participating in eight aerial flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943. Lieutenant Eddy was lost while on a patrol mission near …. His service as a fighter pilot was marked by a high degree of courage and skill in combat flying.
“Lt. Eddy having made the supreme sacrifice in defense of his country, presentation of the Air Medal is made to his father, Mr. William H. Eddy, Stambaugh, Michigan.
OTHER AWARDS [a listing of other men follows]
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter May 19 1944 “Lt. Jack Eddy Killed August 18 On Jap Mission” with photo (at right)
2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, 21, fighter pilot, this week was officially reported killed in action last August 18 while on a mission over enemy territory in the Southwest Pacific war theater. He had been overseas since April 1943 and was previously reported missing in action.
The wire, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy, 429 Third st., Stambaugh, gave no details of Lt. Eddy’s last mission but stated a letter would follow.
The wire read: “The Secretary of War desires that I send his deep sympathy to you in the loss of your son, 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, who was previously reported missing in action. Report now received states that he was killed in action 18 August 1943 in Southwest Pacific area. Letter follows.
Dunlop, acting adjutant general”
Lt. Eddy was born in Stambaugh March 31, 1923, attended the Stambaugh schools and graduated from the high school with the class of 1941. He enlisted as an aviation cadet on March 30, 1942, and was called for training in June.
He took his preliminary training at the Santa Ana, Calif. army air base and after receiving his wings and second lieutenancy at Yuma, Ariz. in March 1943, spent a three-day delay en route visit at his home.
After operational training at Hamilton Field, Calif., he was sent overseas. His last letter was received about 10 days before the first telegram informing his parents that he was missing in action. In the letter he wrote that he was well and happy and glad to be in real action after his long months of training. He had already been on several missions over Jap territory.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Attilio Cerasoli of Stambaugh, the former Mavis Eddy, and Mrs. Leo LaBocki, the former Mercedes Eddy. Mrs. LaBocki is now employed in San Diego, Calif., while her husband Cpl. Leo LaBocki is serving with a port battalion of the army in the same war theater as Lt. Eddy.
PHOTO CAPTION: Dead: 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy has been officially reported killed in action on August 18 last in the Southwest Pacific theater. A fighter-pilot, 21 years old, he was first listed missing in action. See page 6 for story.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Jan 7 1944 "15 Dead In County In World War II" (excerpt)
Fifteen Iron county men have been killed in the line of duty with the armed forces during the second world war, an official Casualty Roll released yesterday reveals.
The roll listing all known casualties also includes six men who have been reported missing in action and six men who are known to be either Japanese or German prisoners of war.
Six of those killed in action are from Crystal Falls on the east side and nine are from west side communities. All except two of the men reported missing are from the west side and three of the prisoners of war are from the east side and three from the west side.
Some of the fatalities have resulted from active combat while others are results of accidents while in training.
MARINE LATEST Iron county's first casualty was Second Lieut. L. Richard "Dick" Contardi of Iron River, killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1942 while on a training flight over Cecilton, Md.
The first official Casualty Roll follows:
CASUALTY ROLL
DEAD
Kauko Kalerno Mannio…….C. Falls
John George Chervo ……….C. Falls
Urho Takala …………..Crystal Falls
Michael Marinin ……...Crystal Falls
Eugene M. Oswald …...Crystal Falls
L. Richard Contardi ……..Iron River
Marshall O'Berg ………...Iron River
Lloyd Hansen …………...Iron River
Warren Harding …………Iron River
Norman R. Pigeon ………Iron River
Robert H. Jensen ………..Iron River
Stanley Glemboski……...Stambaugh
Raymond Kukoski……...Stambaugh
Tony Shubat ………………Caspian
MISSING IN ACTION
Thomas Brzoznowski …..Gibbs City
Sidney Mattson ……………….Nash
Jack B. Eddy ……………Stambaugh
Lawrence Ross ………..Crystal Falls
Roland Cossette ……………...Alpha
Bernhard Salmela ……….Stambaugh
PRISONERS OF WAR
William O'Berg …………Iron River
Florek Lehto ………………Caspian
Silvio Gasperini ………..Stambaugh
Earl Hill ………………..Stambaugh
Robert Tower ………..Crystal Falls
Robert Tokoly ……….Crystal Falls
OBITUARY of Mavis Manning 2001 (buried Resthaven) says William [Jack] Eddy was her brother who died in World War II.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Aug 29 1944 “Lt. Eddy Gets Posthumous Air Award” (excerpt)
STAMBAUGH-Among six Michigan officers and enlisted men missing in action or killed with the army air forces during the present war whose next of kin have been presented awards for outstanding records made by their men in the line of duty is 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy of this city.
Awards were presented Saturday, August 26 at a special ceremony at Selfridge Field, Mich.
William H. Eddy, father of Lt. Eddy, attended the ceremony, held at 2 p.m. in front of base headquarters, and received the posthumous award of the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in eight flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943.”
The complete citation read:
“Pursuant to General Orders, Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, 1944, the Air Medal was awarded to 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy for meritorious achievement while participating in eight aerial flights over the Solomon Islands from 6 to 18 August 1943. Lieutenant Eddy was lost while on a patrol mission near …. His service as a fighter pilot was marked by a high degree of courage and skill in combat flying.
“Lt. Eddy having made the supreme sacrifice in defense of his country, presentation of the Air Medal is made to his father, Mr. William H. Eddy, Stambaugh, Michigan.
OTHER AWARDS [a listing of other men follows]
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter May 19 1944 “Lt. Jack Eddy Killed August 18 On Jap Mission” with photo (at right)
2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, 21, fighter pilot, this week was officially reported killed in action last August 18 while on a mission over enemy territory in the Southwest Pacific war theater. He had been overseas since April 1943 and was previously reported missing in action.
The wire, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Eddy, 429 Third st., Stambaugh, gave no details of Lt. Eddy’s last mission but stated a letter would follow.
The wire read: “The Secretary of War desires that I send his deep sympathy to you in the loss of your son, 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy, who was previously reported missing in action. Report now received states that he was killed in action 18 August 1943 in Southwest Pacific area. Letter follows.
Dunlop, acting adjutant general”
Lt. Eddy was born in Stambaugh March 31, 1923, attended the Stambaugh schools and graduated from the high school with the class of 1941. He enlisted as an aviation cadet on March 30, 1942, and was called for training in June.
He took his preliminary training at the Santa Ana, Calif. army air base and after receiving his wings and second lieutenancy at Yuma, Ariz. in March 1943, spent a three-day delay en route visit at his home.
After operational training at Hamilton Field, Calif., he was sent overseas. His last letter was received about 10 days before the first telegram informing his parents that he was missing in action. In the letter he wrote that he was well and happy and glad to be in real action after his long months of training. He had already been on several missions over Jap territory.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Attilio Cerasoli of Stambaugh, the former Mavis Eddy, and Mrs. Leo LaBocki, the former Mercedes Eddy. Mrs. LaBocki is now employed in San Diego, Calif., while her husband Cpl. Leo LaBocki is serving with a port battalion of the army in the same war theater as Lt. Eddy.
PHOTO CAPTION: Dead: 2nd Lt. Jack B. Eddy has been officially reported killed in action on August 18 last in the Southwest Pacific theater. A fighter-pilot, 21 years old, he was first listed missing in action. See page 6 for story.
NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter Jan 7 1944 "15 Dead In County In World War II" (excerpt)
Fifteen Iron county men have been killed in the line of duty with the armed forces during the second world war, an official Casualty Roll released yesterday reveals.
The roll listing all known casualties also includes six men who have been reported missing in action and six men who are known to be either Japanese or German prisoners of war.
Six of those killed in action are from Crystal Falls on the east side and nine are from west side communities. All except two of the men reported missing are from the west side and three of the prisoners of war are from the east side and three from the west side.
Some of the fatalities have resulted from active combat while others are results of accidents while in training.
MARINE LATEST Iron county's first casualty was Second Lieut. L. Richard "Dick" Contardi of Iron River, killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1942 while on a training flight over Cecilton, Md.
The first official Casualty Roll follows:
CASUALTY ROLL
DEAD
Kauko Kalerno Mannio…….C. Falls
John George Chervo ……….C. Falls
Urho Takala …………..Crystal Falls
Michael Marinin ……...Crystal Falls
Eugene M. Oswald …...Crystal Falls
L. Richard Contardi ……..Iron River
Marshall O'Berg ………...Iron River
Lloyd Hansen …………...Iron River
Warren Harding …………Iron River
Norman R. Pigeon ………Iron River
Robert H. Jensen ………..Iron River
Stanley Glemboski……...Stambaugh
Raymond Kukoski……...Stambaugh
Tony Shubat ………………Caspian
MISSING IN ACTION
Thomas Brzoznowski …..Gibbs City
Sidney Mattson ……………….Nash
Jack B. Eddy ……………Stambaugh
Lawrence Ross ………..Crystal Falls
Roland Cossette ……………...Alpha
Bernhard Salmela ……….Stambaugh
PRISONERS OF WAR
William O'Berg …………Iron River
Florek Lehto ………………Caspian
Silvio Gasperini ………..Stambaugh
Earl Hill ………………..Stambaugh
Robert Tower ………..Crystal Falls
Robert Tokoly ……….Crystal Falls
OBITUARY of Mavis Manning 2001 (buried Resthaven) says William [Jack] Eddy was her brother who died in World War II.
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