3 Potterville Brothers in Service
Mr.and Mrs. E.D. Manchester of Potterville have three sons in the service
- all Army men. Cpl. Willard M. Manchester entered the Army in July
of 1941, left for overseas a year later and is now with a Medical unit
in Italy. When he left this country, he landed in England and sailed
from there for the North African invasion. He also took part in the
invasions of Sicily and Italy. "Wid" is a Towanda High School graduate
where he won his varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball.
He also played second base for the Potterville and Towanda town baseball
teams. Pfc. Emmett W. Manchester joined the Army in November of 1942,
graduated as an expert mechanic from Keesler Field, Miss,. later transferred
to the enlisted reserve corps and received his honorable discharge in November
of 1944. Pfc. Gilbert C. Manchester entered the Amphibian Command
in September of 1942, trained at Camp Edwards, Mass., at Camp Gordon, Johnston,
Fla., and Fort Ord, Calif., and sailed from there to Australia. He
is now a radio operator somewhere in the Southwest Pacific.
Towanda Daily Review - circa 1945 |
