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Note: The following article appeared in the Beloit Daily News:
VETERAN OF PATTON ARMY SERVICE IS HERE ON FURLOUGH Pvt. Russell Fiese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene G. Fiese, 2849 Riverside Drive, has arrived home after being in service overseas the last two and a half years.
In service with Gen. Patton's Army, he saw his first action in the invasion of North Africa with a unit of combat engineers. He was with them in the invasions of Sicily and Italy. At the landing of Corsica he transferred to a bombardment group in the army air corps. The invasion of southern France was next, and then he went back to Italy and in the fighting up the west coast.
The Beloit soldier wears seven combat stars, the good conduct medal and presidential unit citation.
Pvt. Fiese can tell many stories about American soldiers and actions nearly throughout the Mediterranean theater. As a combat engineer his outfit landed at every beachhead as soon as the infantry obtained a foothold.
The toughest action his company saw, he said, was at Oran in the invasion of North Africa. The landing was made at night. Next, he remembers, the nights and days were a matter of bombings and strafings. After the North African campaign, he continued, two ships close by in the convoy to Naples were struck and sunk. He negotiated the entire Mediterranean war without mishap.
Pvt. Fiese entered service three years and two months ago. He landed in the states Jan. 13 after a trip across the Atlantic on a fast ship. He is on a 30 day furlough. When it ends he will report to Ft. Sheridan, and he expects his reassignment to take him back to Italy. He is 25 years old. Before joining the army he was employed at the Warner Electric Brake Corp.
His brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Mandera, Bremerton, Wash., arrived here a few days ago to be with him during the furlough.
He was married once before marrying Gloria and has two daughters from that marriage: Deidre Collins, Betty Palm. I ( Vicky Stocks) do not know where these children are.
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