The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Lt. Whipple (Former NI State Teachers College Student) Is German POW
From the November 21, 2018, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1943, 75 Years Ago.
"Mr. and Mrs, H.C. Collin of 223 Gurler street this week received a card from Lieut. Donald E. Whipple, better known as Gene, a former student at Northern Illinois State Teachers College, now a prisoner at a German camp.
"Lieut. Whipple was a member of the air forces and was shot down over Bremen. He was reported missing April 15 and the card received this week is the first word his DeKalb friends have had of his whereabouts. The card was written on July 12 and was received in DeKalb on October 27. He states that he is feeling well, is being treated satisfactorily and desires to hear from his friends in the vicinity."
I was unable to find out anymore information on this man.
--GreGen
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