1 4 0 5 1 0 5 4 De Cumber, P h ilip , Jr priv ate Headquarters Battery, 4 5 6 th Parachute P . A APO 469 c/o PM NYC Killed 4 /2 8 /4 5 Entered Newark Pompton Tpk. Mountain View Mr. & Mrs. P hilip De Cumber, parents §S8§| HI ■\ - ) ... we were per­ Phillip DeCumber mitted to read a very interesting , casualty lists ■letter the other day from a E i1™^yen dead, three worn Dutch boy . ,ot the DeCumber to ™ ? and eight libei Killed In Action family .... this <boy in the Dutch r a § n" ^ a m S°rViCe Mt. View Paratrooper Army 'had an understanding with Reported To Family As Phillip DeCumber .... about writ­ b ' f hll”, t Cumber, Mrs. Philij Killed April 27 in Germany ing .... and he wrote the family ; tr °f Mountain View. Pvt. 1st Class Phillip DeCumber .... and it was their .... job to I ^ vaten te rPe Cumber son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip De-. write this friend and tell Mm the A p r m28er AWa S ]i Cumber of Mt. View according to a sad' news . telegram received by the family on i thea(ei“d nferved in th e 1 ftt, ]ijs Pfv.War. as a i Tuesday made the supreme sacri­ if* firm nff1S a niel fice in Germany, April 27. i»f?o'al ^Michael am * Mai dealers, Mom Full particulars are not as yet available. Young DeCumber enlist- • ed in 1941 at the age of fourteen. For the last two years he was a paratrooper and prior to that an Air Cadet. S??'"urra?1e this Report DeCumber , !o government the r Killed in Germany ’^WnemVi0U5,y j . Pvt- Phillip De Cumber, Jr., a ■ & N kej paratrooper, was killed in action April 28 in Germany, according to word received by his parents, Mi and , Mrs. P. DeCumber, of th Newark-Pompton Tpke. 'He was a graduate of Wavn Township Junior High School. Hi father is a prominent businessmar ww M l.:r |Paterson Area Vets With 82nd I ■ Airborne Unit Coming in Today _. __ ... ... ... 1 Today is D-Day again for 30 cupation in the German capital. Paterson area soldiers of the 82nd On its colors, the 82nd Division i All American Airborne Division has the World War I streamers of which has fought through Sicily, Lorraine, St. Mihiel and Meuse- Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Nor­ Argonne. From World War II it mandy, Ardennes, Rhineland and wears battle participation stars Central Germany. for seven campaigns. They have But, instead of the blast of Ger­ been decorated by the Belgians, man Howitzers and the stacatto of French and The Netherlands. enemy aircraft machine guns, the Queen Wilhelmina gave the divi­ GIs will be greeted by the cheerful sion the high “Militare Willems faces of grateful Americans, the Orde,” for gallantry at Nijmegen, sonorous strains of an Army swing Holland, a decoration never award­ band and the never to be forgotten ed outside the Dutch Army and shores of the homeland they left only awarded once before. to defend April 20, 1943. Some of the men will be dis­ Their parachutes folded, the men charged while others will report to are due to land sometime today military installations after enjoy­ when the Queen Mary arrives at ing leaves and furloughs. the New York Port of Embarka­ Men of the 82nd from this area tion. The 82nd Division, under are:. ___ the command of Maj. Gen. James Private First Class Cornelius P. M. Gavin, formed the Army of Oc- Fells, Midland Park; Private Phlip DeCumber, Mountain View;, — ‘ 82nd Airborne Division Is Arriving Today On “Queen” Wth their last parachute folded, the 82nd, “At American” Air­ borne Division is coming home today on that stately lady of the sea, the Queep Mary. When the good “Queen noses into the slip and the boys troop down her gangplank, it will be their first step on the home­ land since Apr. 20, 1943 when they watched the coastline fade as their transport headed for the open sea and Africa. Caljed the “All American Division” because men from every State in the union, lots of them ‘ Dutch Army and only awarded from Jersey made up its ranks once before. and 82nd boys from every State Honors can only come to a di­ are sleeping today beneath little vision through the individuals 'white crosses in fields of Gela, who make its ranks and the 82nd Sicily; Salerno, Voiturno and carries this imposing list of per­ Anzio, Italy; Normandy, France; sonal decorations; two Congres­ Nijmegen, Holland; in the Ar­ sional Medals <of Honor, 79 Dis­ dennes of Belgium and at Mar- tinguished Service Crosses; 32 garten, Holland; where they fell. Legions of Merit; 894 Silver Stars The men of the 82nd have come and 2,478 Bronze Stars. The ! h I j home, victorious in two gruelling French have singled out for honor .fights for survival, the desperate 53 men; the British, 42; the Rus­ I battles fought on the Continent of sians 14, the Dutch, 73 and the Europe and their recent struggle Belgians 71. to remain as a regular United Counting The Cost States division when it was The cost of victory and honor learned that the .All American” for the 82nd ran high and the di­ was listed for de-activation. Their vision suffered 19,586 casualties survival was won by the many re­ during its 371 days of combat in quests, both from the men within the sharpest action of World War the division and people outside of II. In burial grounds throughout the organization, who knew its all Western Europe, men of the record, .fighting prowess, and ex­ 82nd lie resting from the fight, treme pride of unit. proof that “all Americans are w il­ Selected by Gen. Dwight D. Ei-i ling to fight and die gladly, for the senhower, as the unit that would ideals in which they beiieve, for most creditably acquit itself in their allies and for those whom Berlin for the Army and the they call friend. United States, the 82nd, under the Today the 82nd comes home. command of Maj. Gen. James M. Men who drew the respect-of Gen. Gavin, formed the Army of Oc­ George C. Marshall, chief of cupation in the German capital staff of the United States Army and the . pavements of Unter Den who wrote prophetically, in their Linden w ill miss the heavy tramp guestbook, when he visited them of their boots, now that the boys on Oct. 3, 1943: “An excellent start I have come home. ' j to what I know will be a great Division And Individual Honors finish. Men who drew the fear of Most honored division in the the enemy, among them, a ter­ United States, the 82nd Airborne rified German staff officer who has on its colors the World War I wrote in his diary, his fear of streamers of Lorraine, St. Mihiel “those devils in baggy pants.” and Meuse-Argonne. From World. Coming in today with the 82nd War II, it wears battle participa­ are 340 parachute a n d glider tion stars for Sicily, Naples-Fog­ troops from New Jersey. Some of gia, Rome-Arno, Normandy, Ar­ these will leave their “baggy dennes, Rhineland and Central pants” behind and go home to Germany. They have been deco­ civilian life while others will re­ rated by the Belgians, French, The port after enjoying leaves and fur­ Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina. loughs. gave: the division the high “Mili- Men ol the 82nd from this area tare Willems Orde,” for gallantry!' are: at Nijmegen, Holland * 3 decora- Private First Class Cornelius P. tion never awarded outside th ei£el*s- Midland Park; Private Phlip I DeCumber Mountain View:/.