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B-6 Saturday, May 11, 2002 Green Bay Press-Gazette LocalState 1 Man, 99, promoted to colonel Demolition workers spark fire on Main Street I Gov. Scott Mc-Callum also proclaimed Thursday Col. Herbert Smith Recognition Day in Wisconsin. Smith was 16 years old when -L space Smith tle Buna. There, his battalion of 1,200 men and other 32nd Division soldiers fought the first U.S.

Army offensive operation in the Southwest Pacific. One week into the battle, Smith was among three soldiers wounded by a mortar shell. He spent five months in the hospital. Smith's service both in the peacetime National Guard and the wartime 32nd Division was exemplary, Blaney said. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by order of Gen.

Douglas MacArthur for heroism in action at Buna and, in 1990, Gov. Tommy Thompson awarded him the Wisconsin National Guard Distinguished Service Medal. Since Smith turned 90, he has written three books. He said his secret to a long life is drinking two glasses of burgundy wine a day The Associated Press NEILLSVILLE For his 99th birthday, Herbert Smith got what he had waited almost six decades for. The Wisconsin Army National Guard promoted the lieutenant colonel to colonel in a Thursday ceremony at the Neillsville National Guard Armory.

Smith said he didn't know what to do with his new standing. "It doesn't have any military duties associated with it," he Maj. Gen. James G. Blaney, adjutant general of Wisconsin and commander of the Wisconsin National Guard, elevated Smith to his new ranking after he spent 59 years and four months as a lieutenant colonel.

"It was entirely too long to be a lieutenant colonel," Blaney said. he enlisted in the Wisconsin State Guard on June 12, 1919, while the Wisconsin Guard's 32nd Division was part of the occupation force in post-World War I Germany When the 32nd Division was mobilized for World War II, Smith went overseas with most of the division to Australia. In October 1942, then-Maj. Smith was assigned commander of 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry, as the battalion began a grueling, 100-mile march over Papua New Guinea's Owen-Stanley Mountains into the Bat Press-Gazette Green Bay firefighters quickly doused a fire Friday at a former cannery on the city's east side. Green Bay Fire Department Capt.

Tony Lison said workers inside 1429 Main St. were using a torch and a grinder as part of a demolition project during remodeling and ignited fiberglass insulation inside the building and were unable to extinguish it. The workers ran to a nearby flower shop and called the fire department about 3:30 p.m. Fire crews were able to douse the flames before they spread through the structure. Because the building is under renovation, fire officials listed no damage on their reports.

The two-story brick structure is being renovated by developers Michael Schwantes and Gary Van Sistine. They are planning upscale business and apartments in the building. A. Lunch Dinner 7.S9 Children (Under 12) I Dinner i i Frl. Sat.

Dinner till 9:30 3.85 Lunch Under 2 years are i rux Sat. Sun. Dinner All Day 7.89 Green Bay firefighters responded Friday to a fire at a former cannery currently being renovated on Main Street. A torch and grinder ignited insulation, but the fire was put out quickly. B.A.

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