Walt in his own words explained the mishap… “It was in February…they sent me with a white truck. I was the driver and I had a helper. A white truck loaded with beans and sugar to the devastated area in Soissons. Well, I went out of Paris and it started to snow. I got up part way and I burned out a bearing on the truck, close to a watchman’s shed…So, the orders were never to leave your truck. Sugar and beans were gold. So the helper was supposed to go, and I’d stay with the truck. There was this little watchman’s shed…and I sat with the watchman. I sat two nights and no help came. So, the third day I was so tired, so sleepy, that I left my truck and walked up to this town and ordered a meal. Then I got a bed and I flopped into this French bed. And I slept clear around the clock. “And then I went back and my truck was gone…I didn’t know what had happened…I got a train to Paris. When I got into Paris, I found out the story. This helper got into Paris and went out that night before he reported to the headquarters…and got drunk and he was drunk for two days. Then he finally reported and he came to find me. I was gone and he picked up the truck. So I was court-martialed. They brought me up before this board, and…the greatest disgrace would be to be kicked out of the Red Cross, you know… “Then this fellow that I had worked for…came to my defense…He was almost like my attorney He said ‘Look, this boy sat there for two nights.’ He said ‘What happened to the helper?’ He said, ‘Have you court-martialed the helper?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He was in the brig. So they let me off.” Walt spends roughly a year in France. He strongly believed his time and experiences made him a better man, better equipped to handle what lay ahead. His occurrences also increased his affections and respect for the men and women in the armed forces, and that is why when World War II began, he committed all his studio’s resources to help the war effort. He truly believed he was a Success because of the time he spent in France. DISNEY'S U.S, ARMY RED CROSS PICTURES IN WWI' DISHONORBLE DISCHARGE WAS REINSTATED TO HONORABLE BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN 1966 WHERE DISNEY DIED SHORTLY THERE AFTER .FROM A MASSIVE STROKE.

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ZEMKE'S WOLFPACK Vancouver Man On Combat Flight 2nd Lt. Cherednik AN 8th AIR FORCE FIGHT- ER STATION, England,. Nov. 12 (Special)-2d Lt. Pete 0. Cheri ednik, 26, fight- er pilot from Vancouver, Wash., has com- pleted, an oper- ational training course and be- gun combat flying over Eu- rope in a P-47 T h u n d e r bolt. plane., He is now engaged. in escorting heavy bombers, divc- Lt. Cherednik bombing a n d strafing G e r- man targets. 'Lt. Cherednik rc- ceived his wings .and comis- sion upon' completing advanced flight training at Phoenix. Ariz. Prior to his enlistment, he was a marine electrician in Vancouver. He was graduated from Vancouver High School and later attended University of Portland. His wife,' the former Marian Clark, resides at 4106 Fir Street Vancouver, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Demetry Cherednik 1917 Harney Street, Vancouver, Washington *** Promotion of Pete D. Chered- nik, husband of Mrs. Marian Cherednik, 4106 Fir st., Van-! couver, from second to first lieu- I tenant has been announced by Brig. Gen. Jesse Auton, com- fighter wing, according to re- manding general of the 65th re- ports this morning. Lt. Chered- nik is the wing security officer, and he *served a tour of duty as a. pilot with the Eighth air Force. His mother, Mrs. D. Cherednik, is a resident of 1917 Harney Street of Vancouver, Washington. *** Aviation Cadet Pete Cherdnik, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cherednik 1917 Harney st, has com pleted his basic flying training at the Merced Amy Air Field, Calf., an announcement from the I field says, adding, he will now; proceed to an army advanced: flying school to attain his silver pi1ot wings. An award for establihing a new physical fitness record among aviation cadets at Luke mark I Field, Arizona,, was made to Lt., Peter D. Cherednik, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cherednik, 1917 Harney street at the AAF. Training Command school. Lt. Cherednik also received his commission as a second lieuten- ant and his pilot's wings at the same time. The award was based on his record of one hun- dred and fourteen body lifts, twenty-three chin-ups, and the three hundred-yard shuttle run in forty-four seconds, Lt. Cher- ednik attended Vancouver high School and University of Port- land, where he played football. *** Lt.. Pete D. Cherednik of Van- couver is now statiolled at Bruning Army Air Field, Neb., where he is receiving training in the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane. A graduate of Vancouver high school, he was employed at Kaiser yard prior to his en- listment in the army in Octo- ber of 1942. In April of this year he won his commission .at Luke field, Ariz. Lt. Cherednlk, 1917 Harney st., and his wife, Marion, also resides in Vancou- ver, * * * From air service command sta- tion in England comes infoma- tion that Second Lieutenant Pete D. Cherednik, son of' Mr. and Mrs. D. Cherednik of 1917 Har- ney st., recently completed an orientation course designed to bridge the gap between traimng in the states and combat sold- diering against the enemy in France. At the air service com- mand &ation Lt. Clierednik at- tended a series of lectures giv- en by veterans of this command, which included instruction on chemical warfare defense and pertinent tips on staying healthy ln a combat zone. Before enter- ing the AAF he was employed as an electrician by the Kaiser shipyard here. ***

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