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The East Hartford Gazette
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
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Private Ernest J. Moreau, a truck driver in an aviation engineer regiment, has served 18 months in North Africa and Italy, building air bases for Allied forces against Nazi tyranny. Son of Fred and Mrs. Moreau of 75 Woodbridge Avenue, he entered service in September 1942 and earned two campaign stars and the Good Conduct Medal.
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Private Ernest J. Moreau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moreau of 75 Woodbridge Avenue, is a veteran truck driver of 18 months service in North Africa and Italy with a crack aviation engineer regiment.
Their slogan, "Expect Anything," these driving GI's are the backbone of the engineer command, whose responsibility it is to build and maintain the many air bases for Allied air power.
With long hours, totaling thousands of miles driving distances over French Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Italy behind them, drivers like Moreau have contributed a vital service in the all-out battle against Nazi tyranny.
Employed by the Savol Chemical Company of Park Avenue prior to his entry into the service in September, 1942, Moreau wears two campaign stars on his European-African-Middle East theater ribbon and has also been awarded the Good Conduct Medal.
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September 1942
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Private Ernest J. Moreau serves as a truck driver in an aviation engineer regiment, building and maintaining air bases in North Africa and Italy, contributing vitally to the Allied war effort against Nazi tyranny after entering service in September 1942.