Evening star., 1942-05-10
Many Washington
Servicemen Given
New Assignments
Air Corps Members
Given Transfers; Cadets
Begin Flight Training

Begin Flight lroInIng
Men in the Army air forces re-
ceived most Of the promotions and
transfers announced this week for
the military services for men from
the District area. They were fol-
lowed by men in the Medical Corps.
Second 1t. James r. Peacock. Sill
yer Spring, who was commissioned
in April. has been assigned to the
air forces at Chanute Field, Ill Son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Peacock,
9714 Colesville road, he was a mill
tary pay auditor before joining the
Army.
Among the aviation cadets sent
to the Naval Air Station at Pensa-
cola, Fla, for flight training are
Frederick Faunce Edwards, son of
G. F. Edwards, 1876 G street NV:
Morris Arkin, son of David Arkin,
II Sixth street Sc; Samuel L.
Owens, jr., son of DR.. S. Logan
Owens, 2124 Leroy place NV;
Joseph Anthony Doyle. son of J. A.
Doyle, Chevy Chase, Md, and Cur
tis Sanford Harrison, former Will
son Teachers College student. All
of these cadets attended the pre-
liminary course at the Anacostia
Naval Reserve Base.
Assigned to Army Air Corps.
Charles P. Merillat, 29Os Twelfth
street NE; Hugh D. Mcneil, 1900
Bladensburg road NE, and Walter
P. johnson, Germantown. Md, were
named aviation cadets at the Army
Replacement Center at Santa Ana,
Calf, where they will receive pre-
l1minary work to become pilots.
navigators or bombardiers.
Aviation Cadet Graham Weigle,
Kensington, Md, was promoted to
sergeant in the Aviation Cadet
Regiment, Enid (Okla.) Army Fly
Ing School.
Pvts. FRANKLIN L. Tennyson, SIT
Sherrier place NV; Melvin L. Full
lerton, $500 Branch avenue Sc, and
Window c. Miller, Laurel, Md, re-
Gently were graduated from the
technical course at Chanute Field.
At Kessler Field, Biloxi, Miss, it
was announced Pvts. Conrad P.
Stoneburner, Arlington, and Bensel
Sells, 5901 Seventh street NV, have
started the 19-week airplane me-
chanic course.
Sheppard Field, Tex, reports Pvt.
Henry A. Schmitt, 1920 D street Sc,
graduated from the technical school
there.
Leaves Carlisle School.
Maj. Frank w. Govern, 1901 Ar
gonne place NV, has been detached
as commander of the Fifth Officer
Candidate School at Carlisle (Pa.)
Medical Center and assigned to a
two-month course at the Command
and General Staff School, Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.
First 1t. Edward Block, 370O Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, has been
transferred from the Reserves to the
Regular Army at the Carlisle base.
Sergt. James E. Lamb, jr., Kens-
ington, Md, has been transferred
from the l75th Infantry Service
Company of the A. P. Hill Military
Reservation to the officer candidate
school at Carlisle.
Capt. Paul L. Doerr, for several
years assistant professor of military
science and tactics for the Washing
ton High School Cadet Corps. has
been promoted to major, according
to WORD reaching friends here. He
was IN charge of the cadet regi-
ment at Central High School and
is now on active duty with the
Army in the South.
Charles Harvey Cooke, q native
Of this city, has been named a cap
tain in the 36th Armored Infantry,
Camp Polk, La.
Pvt. Prescott z. Brown, Silver
Spring, Md, has been detached from
service at the Enid Army Flying
School and sent to the school for
medical technicians at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
Goes to Great Lakes.
Clifford Preston, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Preston, 1903 Forty
third street NV, is at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station for
seamanship studies.
The Military Police Replacement
Training Center at Fort Riley,
Kans.. sends word James H. Morris,
7611 Georgia avenue NV, has been
promoted to technical sergeant.
Pvt. Joseph E. Judge, former
Treasury Department employe here
is at Will Rogers (OklaD Field at
tached to the recruit training air
base group.
Six from nearby Maryland are
among the aviation cadets taking
pre-flight training at Maxwell Field,
Ala. On graduation, they will go to
one of the primary flying schools
in the Southeast Air Corps Training
Center for the first phase of pilot
training
The six are Billy F. Fuller, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen B. Fuller,
and Donald V. Hunter, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald V. Hunter, both of
Chevy Chase; Thomas A. Parks, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Parks, Pts
Getaway; George V. Armstrong, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George V. Arm
strong, ST., Maryland Park. William
M. Pail, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee L. Ball, BerWyn, and Edmund
Robert Devlin, son of Mrs. Mary A.
Devlin, Bethesda.
Second 1t. Jack B. Harloe, son
Of Col. Barley M. Harloe, 1929 Forty
fourth street NV. has been gradu-
ated from the Gunnery Department
of the Armored Force School, Fort
Knox, KY, and has received a
diploma as qualified gunnery in
structor. He is permanently sta
toned at Camp Polk, La.
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