64th General Hospital -- unreferenced newspaper articles

              34lh Chaplain Reporls
To tlome Fronl 0n Ols
CHICAGO, Arig. ti-Senice men
at th€ front a,r'e nct interested in
pc,litics anci "they axe depending
on honle folks to ca,rry on in the
American way tol. which tbey ar€
fighting," Capt. Albert J. Hoff-mann.
former 34th Divisjon. chap-lajn,
declar€d yesterclay jn an ad-dress
before the Cathc'lic Order of
For.estcrs-
Chapiain Hcf fma.rrn hcjlds the
Silver Star, Djstinguish€d Se,rvice
Cross and Purple Heart. TIe suf-fered
the lo,ss of a Jeg )ast Nov. 7
under fire at. S€nta Maxj Oljvetta,
Ita.ly.
"Fighting men lcol< with bitter-ness
on reports of strikes in war
plants and worder jf these enemies
at hcme rea.lize the ha.t'nr they are
doing," he ad(!ed.
Helper of ihe Helpless
Chaplain -\lbert J. Hotlmann. .i5. hstr
seek becrme the most decorated L.S.
chaphin of \\'urld \\'ar II. Thc Romrn
Crtholic priest. Hho fornterly had r parish
in Dubuque. losa. received thc Distin-guished
Scrvicr Cro-*s. He had rlrcadl'
bcen given thc Purple Ileart and the Sil-vrr
Star. Chaplain Hoffmrnn reccived his
three medels for his heroic rescue of
u'ounded men (onc of thenr r (ierman)
under uithering shcllhrt.
Nhjor Gencrai ''iorirrrrr'l'. Kirk. L'.S.
Arml Surgeon (;rneral. NcDt to Battlr
('reek. NIich. to pir thc U.S. s -.econtl
highrst honor on ('hrplain Hoi{mann. uho
is convalcscing in Percl.fones (ient'ral
I{ospital. He crrrre unscathcd through thc
l'unisirn rnd Sicilirn crmpaigns. lost his
cit lrg and sufir'rtcl stverc rvountls iu the
righting rrear Crssino.
The j4th Division's Corl;oral Jrtrres I'.
Iiouche gavc rn e1'ervitness report of Chrp-lain
Hoffmann in aclion: 'Our brttalior
wri ordered to trke Hill 4go. the smaller
hill ncar I{ill 6o9. One of the lellows
hcld rot hit. \\'c could hcer hinr ntorn-
( tt,rxt-l:s Hollttr-lr
k Ls ol htroi.tn trt contuttttflutt
ing rnrl tuo nredics tricrl to reach hinr.
hut thel could nut bccausc o[ lhi, rnenrv
nlrchinr'-gun t'irc raking thr arcr.'l'hc
l)oor qu) kept crllinq rrlcl t*o othcr
nrtt]ics lricd lo tlrke r slrl) rt i1. l)ut th(\'
t:ouldn t rerch him. t.ithtr.
''Thcrt I'-rther Hoffmrrut got u1r. llc
urlkccl crlnrll up thtrt thrriugh thr hail oi
ntachinc-gun bullt{s. and in a littlc lhilr
he crnrg lnck carr;,ing thc rvoundetl man.
He got his captrin's lrrrs rnd Silvcr Star
ior that. 'l'hree da1's before he stepped on
thr minc Ithis cost hint his lt'g l. he canrt
lrrtk ortt nrorning. tclling evcrlonc that
thc L,crnrD gullllers !\'ere $ild shots. Ont
qi their morlrrs. he rssertcd. hrd nrissccl
hinr bl stlert feet. Thai's the say hc was
- )rughing. joking and kidding around.
but rerlll getting things clone. too. Hr
coulti mrrch righl tlotrg Nith the toughest
guls irt our outlil."
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