Show I Sheets Repay War Heros Hero's Debt to Belgians Belgians Belgians' WINCHESTER MASS Repaying Repaying Repay Repay- ing a wartime debt Col John HanIon Hanlon Hanton Han- Han ton lon Winchesters Winchester's war hero has presented presented pre pre- seated each of 24 villagers in Hem Hem- Hemroulle roulle Belgium with a pair of During the critical days of the Battle of the Bulge In 1944 1 Colonel Hanlon had promised the villagers he would discharge the debt after they had given their Irreplaceable b be ts to camouflage his para para- I chute infantrymen who had dropped onto the surrounding snow-covered snow fields Colonel Hanlon credited the villagers' villagers sacrifice with saving the lives of many men in the parachute Infantry Each of the sheets presented to the villagers was marked with the name of a Winchester donor More than sheets also were presented to the old peoples people's home borne of nearby Bastogne |