Wertz, Robert E. - 1946

Army Men Coming Home
Robert E. Wertz Awaiting Discharge From Army

With the Army Forces Western Pacific, Manila—T/4 Robert E. Wertz  is attached to the 29th Replacement Depot, where he is awaiting transportation to the United States and subsequent discharge from the Army. The son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wertz of West Ninth street, Bellwood, he was inducted into the Army on July 31, 1944, was trained in the 753rd Railway Shop Battalion and sailed overseas from San Francisco on February 14, 1945. Since that time he has participated in activities on Luzon. His overseas service has earned him the Asiatic-Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons.

Mrs. R. Wertz, his wife, and their two children, reside at Tyrone.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 14-Feb-1946, Page 1, Column 5