Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Page 6 Verhovay Journal_ February 28, 1945 ADVICE TO VETERANS (Continued from Page 4) qualifies . The Veterans Administration or the USES has these booklets for distribution. * VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Disabled Veterans who are entitled to receive a pension are also entitled to vocational rehabilitation. This includes tuition, books, a $50.00 monthly subsistence or more if there are any dependents. WHERE TO TURN FOR ADVICE Well—meant suggestions will be plenty—full but not all of them will hold water. Veterans are urged not to act upon hear—say of well—meaning friends and relatives but to turn for advice to either of the following agencies: a. ) Veterans Service Committee, b. ) Selective Service Board, c. ) Red Cross. MEDICAL CARE. At present the United States Government runs 94 hospitals and more are planned. All veterans are eligible for free care (hospitalization, treatments etc.) when needed. STATE HELP. Some States have made provisions of their own for aiding their veterans, others have not. A dependable lawyer will be able to furnish information. Those States which have made provisions for aiding their veterans, do so in addition to all that the U. S. Government does. PROVISIONS NOT FINAL. The provisions and possibilities enumerated above are not final. That means that as the war goes on and the. legislature develops further plans, even more advantegous provisions my be added to the G. I. Bill of Rights. Nothing will be taken away from the veterans that already has been granted to them and, therefore, the provisions listed in this report are effective at any rate. However, we will endeavor to keep you informed of further developments and in the event the existing laws will be improved upon, such improvements will be reported to our membership. We suggest that families of the members of the armed forces cut this article out and keep it on file for future reference, adding to it all future reports, pertaining to the same problem. Every Veteran is expected to make use of the rights granted to him by the legislature and he should patiently follow the course indicated in this article, instead of turning for advice or help to other sources. BS BUY WAR BONDS a v e sir PFC. JOHN A. FAUER In the last issue of the Journal we published a short report of the death of Pfc. John A. Fauer, the 116th Verhovayan who died in the service of his country. Since then we received his picture and also a detailed report from Director Richard Phillips, manager of Branch 356, which is published herewith. Hardly had Branch 356 recovered from the shock of the news of our first war casualty, when information was received of the loss of Pfc. John A. Fauer, which makes him the second member of Branch 356 to make the Supreme Sacrifice. Although Pfc. Fauer was not a young man as soldiers go, (he was 38 when he met his death), he nevertheless was inducted into the United States Army in August 1943. Initially he served at Camp Walters, Texas, until January 1944 when he was transferred to Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas and stationed there until May, from which point he was sent to Camp Rucker, Alabama, for further training in infantry tactics. He was classified as a cook and rifleman and had received medals for excellent markmanship. In November 1944 he was transferred to New York for embarkation to the fighting zone, and November 24th found him at sea on a troopship. Shortly thereafter they disembarked at Southampton and he was soon assigned to a clerking post in the Army P. X. The circumstances surrounding his less have just been revealed by the War Department. His death was the direct result of the sinking by enemy action of an American troopship in the European Theater, which had previously been announced by our own Secretary of War Stimson with an appalling loss of life. This action occurred on Christmas Day, and it is presumed that Pfc. Fauer may have been grievously injured and unable to help himself in swimming to safety, as it was known that he was an expert. From reliable sources it has been learned that the troopship was torpedoed during the time it was engaged in carrying troops from an English port to the zone of battle. Pfc. Fauer was bom in Hungary, Arad Megye, Féltőt, on December 19, 1906, and was brought to the United States in 1911 by his parents who emigrated to this country. They settled in Bloomingdale, Illinois, but moved to Detroit in 1920. In civilian life he was an automobil mechanic and a boring mill operator, but his love for mechanics soon made him give up his job in a war plant and accept a position as manager of a local service station, which he thought would offer a better opportunity and brighter future. Soon thereafter, he was inducted. Had he lived, Pfc. Fauer would have been able to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary on August 22, 1945, as he married his wife, Mary, in 1925 in Detroit, and his greatest wish and desire was to be home for this happy occasion. He leaves behind to mourn, his wife; his mother, stepfather, sisters and brothers and their families; also innumerable friends and relatives, who shall never forget his senso of duty and devotion to his Country. It is our hope that such heroic, service and sacrifice will be forever remembered, and that our sympathy may help assuage the sorrow of his widow and help her bear the burdens of the years to come. 120. S/SGT. STEVE TOTH S/Sgt. Steve Toth, a veteran of Cassino, was killed in action on November 22,. 1944, in Italy, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Toth, 11723 Wallace, Chicago, 111. was notified Department. by the War He was born in Wasson, 111., on February 6, 1915, and lived in Chicago for 16 years. He graduated from the Fenger High school and was employed by the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., before entering the army on June 24, 1943. Five months later, in November 1943, he was sent overseas and took part in the battle for Cassino. Last April he had pneumonia and was hospitalized for a month. Upon his recovery he returned to his outfit. It develops that he died a hero’s death, for he was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for courageously exposing himself to intense enemy fire before losing his life in Italy. Besides his widowed mother, he leaves a brother, Joseph, a water-tender, second class, in the Navy, now on convoy duty in the Pacific; a sister, Elizabeth, and liisv grandmother, Mrs. Susan Toth. His father, Joseph Toth Sr., died four years ago. S/Sgt. Steve Toth was a member of Branch 96, Chicago, 111. He is the first heroic dead member of this branch, and the 13th Verhovayan to lose his life on the Italian front. In behalf of the membership of the Verhovay F.I.A., we express our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Toth and her family in their bereavement. May they find some measure of comfort in the knowledge that Steve died in an attempt to save his comrades from, the murderous, fire of the enemy. He gave up his life so that others may live and in the hearts of these who saw him die the hero’s death he will continue ta live. TWO BROTHERS KILLED ON THE WESTERN FRONT The following announcement is made with deep grief in cur hearts for it is about two brothers who were killed in action, only eight days apart, on the bloody battlefield in W'estern Europe. One died on New Year’s day and the other followed him on the 8th of January. The Keskeny family of 30030 Beverly Rd., Wayne, Mich., is the first Verhovay family to lose two sens in this war... The shocking news of this double tragedy was received with the deepest sympathy by the Home Office staff... our hearts go out to the unfortunate mother and father of these heroes who have fought many miles apart but whose souls have met in the great Beyond ... Upon reading this news, many Verhovayans will send the bereaved family a note of sympathy, fully knowing that no human kindness can assuage the sorrow caused by such great loss. May God give strength to the parents to bear the undescribable weight of this tragedy and may all the sympathy the membership of our association can offer help them to overcome the first shock of this catastrophe... the greatest one yet to befall a Verhovay family. Up to this time cur association has 120 families which each had lost a son in military service. The 121st bereaved family of the Verhovay, however, lost TWO sons on the field of battle and, therefore, the tragedy of the Keskeny family calls for all the sympathy and understanding friends and fellow members can offer. 121. FREDERICK E. KESKENY Frederick E. Keskeny was born in Mankin, Mich., on February 4, 1919. He was a member of Branch 486, Romulus. Mich., and is the first heroic dead member of that Branch. According to the telegram, sent to his mother by the War Department, he was killed in action cn New Year’s day in Belgium. He was the 46th Verhovayan to lose his life on the Western front in Europe. 122. LOUIS S. KESKENY Louis, the younger brother of Frederick, was born in Wayne, Mich., on November 28, 1923. He too was a member of Branch 486, and is the second heroic dead member of our Branch in Romulus, Michigan. He was killed in action on the 8th of January, 1945, in France, according to a telegram received by this mother who within eight days had lost both of her soldier sons. Louis Keskeny is the 47th fatal casualty of the Verhovay on the Western front in Europe. Conscious of our helplessness in the face of such a shocking tragedy, humbly we offer our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family. It is easy to say that we hope they may find some measure of comfort in tlte assurance that their sons have met death in the service of mankind and that they have served nobly and unselfishly, but we realize that there can be no comfort for such great loss. All we can do is to assure the Keskeny family of our lasting sympathy and gratitude for the great sacrifice this family has been called upon to make. May God who had tried them sorely give them strength also to live on knowing that in their sorrow they share the cross of the greatest part of mankind that throughout the last years lived in the agony cf losing all that has been its most precious possession. 123. MICHAEL LASKOVICH Mrs. Irene Laskovich, of 283 Pine Street, Jersey City, N. J., received notice from the War Department that her son, Pvt. Michael, was killed in action in Luxembourg, on January 25, 1945. Michael Laskovich was born in Jersey City, N. J., 'on August 11, 1945. He joined the army on June 13th, 1944 and after one month’s service already was awarded the Infantry Badge. He visited his home last October for a few days and was shipped overseas the following month. Serv(Continued on Page 7) .................. '■IWMIf-lMMUBMaH—
