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Lt. Guenther Burrer
Receives Army Discharge
2nd Lt. Guenther A Burrer, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Burrer, is back from overseas and has received his army discharge after 5 years of service.
He wears the EAME ribbon with seven battle stars and a bronze spearhead, Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon, Presidential citation, good conduct medal, and a Dutch and Belgian
Fourragére.
During his thirty months overseas with a paratrooper division he saw initial fighting in Sicily, Normandy, Holland the Ardennes Forest, the Rhineland and Central Germany
[Fredericksburg Standard, Fredericksburg, TX, 7 November 1945, Wed, Page
4] Mrs. Guenther Burrer, the former Miss Ruby Mann, arrived last week from the East Coast where she has been with her husband Master Sgt. Guenther Burrer, who
sailed from New York for his new assignment in Germany.
Mrs. Burrer will remain at her mother, Mrs. Tillly Mann’s home, until she goes to join her husband in Europe. [Fredericksburg Standard, Fredericksburg, TX,
24 April 1946, Wed, Page
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Prevention Of Barbarities
Big Job Now
2nd Lt. G, A. Burrer Writes Sister
In a letter written to his sister two days following the cessation of hostilities in Germany, 2nd Lt. Guenther Burrer, told Mrs. Julius Ebert that for once and all we finished the job as far as hostilities go, but our big job now is to prevent reoccurrences of this barbarity.
Lt. Burrer, who in March 1945 was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on the field of battle
in Germany, after having come up through the ranks since his enlistment as a private in 1940,
knows of what he speaks for he has been with a famed paratroop division
through the battles of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany..
Yes, I’m willing,” his letter stated, “to do my share on the prevention
of barbarity too, as long as I can go to bed in the evening assured that I shall not wake up in the midst of exploding shells, machine gun bullets and dive bomber attacks. That and the fact that my buddies lives be spared is the greatest consoliation [sic] the end of this slaughter can bring.
“I am enclosing a copy of our paper, issued on V-E Day, and I wish every person in America could read the description of funeral services held in front of the Ludwigslust Lutheran church for the 200 starved victims of a German concentration camp.
“If every man, woman and child North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France could have seen what I have seen and Germany. the past twenty-five months I have been overseas, I can assure this would be a better world to live in.
[Fredericksburg Standard, Fredericksburg, TX, 30 May 1945, Wed, Page 1] |
Sgt. Guenther Burrer Visits Here
Alter 3 Years in Germany
Master Sergeant Guenther Burrer, an Army veteran of 8 ˝ years, who has spent the last three years with the U. S. Army Occupation forces in Germany, serving with Military intelligence in Stuttgart. is home for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Burrer.
Sgt. Burrer, who fought with U.S. forces in Germany during the war and saw much of the country after
fighting ceased, stated that the nation had made great strides towards rebuilding during the past year,
This year, for the first time since the war, good crops are being harvested in Germany. Food and clothing, although still rationed, are once more available. Prices on most commodities are high.
The currency reform instituted in the American, French and British zones last year, Burrer stated, was one of the big strides in helping the country regain its footing. Prior to the currency reform, he pointed out. a standard carton of American cigarettes sold at $27; when he left, they were selling at $8.00 per carton.
Sgt. Burrer urged Americans to support their government and its officials. The work we are doing in Germany through funds made available to us is the biggest single factor in the rehabilitation of that nation, he added.
The matter of displaced people is still one of the great problems in Germany, especially in the three zones outside of the Russian. Some months as high as 13,000 displaced persons come to the Stuttgart area. Church organizations, through their relief agencies, are doing a great work and certainly deserve the support of the people here in America, he concluded.
[Fredericksburg Standard, Fredericksburg, TX, 30 Mar 1949, Wed, Page
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