Pfc. Ralph Gohn, Jr., of Marietta, U. S. Army, was killed in action June 16, 1944 in France. Husband of Helen Gohn, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gohn, Sr. Entered the service April 28, 1942 and trained at Camp Wheeler, GA, Camp Davis, NC, Camp Johnson, FL, and Ft. Dix, NJ. He held his company's marksmanship record and went overseas in February 1943. Received Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Harry Bitzer, kneeling at front, celebrates V-J Day with fellow Navy crewmen and friends including, at far right, his wife Margaret Uhland, her sister, Kathryn Uhland Sloat, second from right, and Harry's sister, Fianna Bitzer, second from left. Photo was taken while Bitzer was stationed in Wildwood, NJ during World War II. The Bitzers lived on West Lemon Street in Lancaster.
Newly married, with her husband in the infatnry in Germany, Polly Abel moved in with her parents in Philadelphia and took a job at radio station WDAS, where the office teletype buzzed all day long with war news. On March 13, 1945, Polly, standing second from right, joined fellow broadcasters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for a shakedown cruise on an LCI.
