davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-09-19
D. {. Flyers Complete
Courses al Air Force
Units Throughout U. 5.

Richard. E. Hamilton, jr, 5475
T'hirty-first street NV. and John
P. Turner, 626 Twenty second street
NV, have been commissioned sec
ond lieutenants in the Army Air
Forces Reserve at Luke Field, Ariz.
Charles Joseph Bech, native of
conquered Luxembourg, recently was
commissioned from the Arrny's ad-
vanced pilot school at Lubbock, Tex.
His father is Foreign Minister in
Exile for Luxembourg and was Pres
ident of the duchy from 1885 to 1897.
Will A. Medlin, son of Robert G..
Medlin, 21l9 H street NV, and
Benjamin F. McCarty, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. McCarty, Al South Park
drive, Arlington, Va, have been COM
missioned second lieutenants upon
completion of the advanced flying
school at Williams Field, Tex.
Three Washingtonians recently
were graduated from the Advanced
Single Engine Pilot School at
Spence Field, Moultrie, Ga. They
Evening star., 1943-09-19
D. {. Officers Raised
To Majors in Panama;
Douglas Promoted

Capts. Marshall T. Britton, whose
wife lives at 1921 Alabama avenue
Sc, and Gordon H. Livingston,
whose wife resides with his par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. Robert Livines-
ton at 5o03 Wakefield road NV.
have been promoted to majors In
the Canal Zone.
Called to active duty in August.
1912, Maj. Britton, after short tour
OF duty at the War Department. was
assigned to Panama. He was en-
ployed as mechanical engineer
by the War Department in civilian
life.
A graduate of the University of
Maryland, Maj. Livingston was
called to active duty in February.
l941. After attending the Ordnance
School at the Aberdeen Proving
Grounds. Md, he was stationed at
the Nancemond Ordnance Depot.
Portsmouth, Va, before being as
signed to Canal Zone duty in Jan.
uary, 1912.
Corpl. Douglas Now a Sergeant.
Corpl. Henry H. Douglas. 3712
Massachusetts, avenue NV, for
merly member OF the staff of the
Library of Congress, has been pro-
moted to sergeant at the Canal. He
is member of the 9Th Air Force
press relations office.
He was librarian for the American
Merchant Marine Library Associa-
ton and editor Of the New York
Times Index before coming to the
Library of Congress where he re-
mained for five years as consultant
on materials having to do with the
Far East, chiefly China and Japan.
He was also active in the work of
the American Committee for Nom
Participation in Japanese Aggres-
sion, as we'll as the Washington
Committee for Aid to China.
Gabrielli Promoted.
Quentin j. Gabrielli, SO, OF 38l5
Benton street NV, a member of
the Seabees, has been promoted to
specialists mate second class at
Evening star., 1943-09-19

tended McKin- Capt. r. 8. Jordan.
ley High School and the University
OF Maryland. His brother, Richard
A. Jordan, 1921 Eighteenth street
Sc, Is member Of the Metropolis
tan Police force.
Second 1t. George L. Harris, hus-
band Of Mrs. Elaine Harris. 2105
South Lynn street, Arlington, Va, is
serving as an administrative officer
with the Air Transport Command
IN India. A graduate OF the Uni
versity Of Washington, he was COM
missioned in the Army in April of
this year following graduation from
the Adjutant Generals Oficer
Candidate School at Fort, Washing
ton, Md. In civilian life 1t. Harris
was q research associate with the
Institute of Pacific Relations and
he4A40s q committee of senior col
Nge md high school administrators
Tor the purpose Of writing q syllabus
on the Far East.
Sergt. Bell in Persia.
Sta6 Sergt. Robert L. Bell, who
formerly was employed at Walter
Reed Hospital, has arrived in Persia
for duty. The son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. A. Bell, Goldvein. Va, he resided
with his cousin, r. G. Milstead, 624
Eleventh street NE, while working
in Washington.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

the Army Air Col. Charles J. Hoy.
Forces Technical Training Com
mand at Miami Beach, Fla.
ITS ugly and horrible basically," !"
Col. Hoy said of his work, but that
thought never enters my mind"
Col. Hoy's pen was shaken by
American artillery as he wrote a
description Of the maneuver that
Joined the United States and Brit
ish forces
That was one of my biggest
thrills he wrote.
One OF my companies was work.
ing its way through gaps in the
enemy lines. We were in the Ell
Guettar area. The enemy was still
in position, but If we could get in
the rear of him and race on to
Gabes or the 9th Army. his position
from FL Guettar to Faid Pass would
fail quickly.
Il could see this company moving
cross-country. 1t cut south for the
road-and when it hit the road it
was just like watching your fayorite
halfback get out in the open.
4 gave orders to 1t to let 'em roll
and the company went down tn.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Three Naval Air Cadets
Shifted at Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, N. C. Naval
Aviation Cadets John James Curtis,
son of Mrs. George M. Curtis, 319
Shepard street NV, and Anthony
cambridge Kennedy, son of Mrs. A.
K. Kennedy, $40 Culpeper street,
Warrenton, Pa, have completed
training at the Navy Preflight
School. Cadet Curtis will report to
the Naval Air Station at Memphis,
Tenn, for primary fight training.
Cadet Kennedy has been ordered to
the Naval Air Station at Olathe,
Kans., for his primary instruction
Naval Aviation Cadet Harry A.
Estes. jr. whose parents reside at
1875 B street Sc, has reported here
He completed Naval Flight Prepara-
tory School at Charlottesville, Va,
and was transferred here from the
War Training Service School at
Salem, Va.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

bia pike, Arlington, Va; David Cor
don Flint. husband of Margaret
Jessup Flint, 1901 Macomb street
NV; Joseph Sylvester Brown, hus-
band of Lois Sago Brown, 1926 Ames
street NV, and Jesse Culberson
Bowyer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim
P. Bowyer, 4l6 Farragut street NV
Gerrity, Caskie Graduated.
Second Its. John F. Gerrity, son
of Mrs. Kathryn F. Gerrity, 1916
Davis place NV, and Marion M
Caskie, jr. son of Marion M. Caskie
Chevy Chase, Md, recently were
graduated from the Field Artillery
course here at the Marine Corps
Schools and have been assigned to
duty with a combat organization
1t. Gerrity is a graduate of George
town University and 1t. Caskie at
tended the University Of Alabama
Law School,
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Nine men from the Washington
area recently commissioned second
lieutenants will graduate Wednesday
from the 32d Marine Reserve OFF,
GERS course at Quantico, Va. They
are: Second Its. Joseph William
Herman, son Of Mr. and Mrs John
A. Herman, 1918 Michigan avenue
NE; Frederick William Wilson
husband of Mary Foley Wilson, 1882
Tunlaw road NV; Carl Max Viner
husband of Mildred Pomeroy Viner
l16 Ingraham street NV; Samuel
Thomas Robertson, jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. S, T. Robertson, 1926 Fair
mont avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Second Its. Kenneth Olds Gray
son Of Comdr. and Mrs. Lloyd r
Gray, U. S. N, 1886 Brandywine
street NV; Carl Francis Coe, hus-
band Of Peggy Peer Coe, l94l Colum-
Evening star., 1943-09-19
CorpI. William A. Benner
Promoted to Techniciun

CAMP PICKETT, Va. Corpl
William A. Benner, %, whose wife,
Mrs. Audrey B. Benner, lives at lois
Kearney street NE. recently was
promoted to technician, fourth
grade, here. He is a member of the
military police detachment.
Sergt. Benner attended Mckinley
High School and the University of
Maryland, where he was track and
football player. Before entering the
service in July he was an audit clerk
in the General Accounting Offlce
He is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles j. Benner, 30l0 Seventh
street Sc.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

I received one of the most
thrilling phone calls Of my life yes
terday.
II picked up the receiver and an
swered Charge of quarters. Corpl,
1arsagni.' -
The adjutant on the line said
That word corporal rather under
rates you. You are now first SER
geant.'
We'll, that is just about as great
an honor as any enlisted man can
wish for. OF course it is a 24-hour
job, requiring alertness.
I'm the proudest man In the
|, Army"
Sergt. Bargagni has been in the
service for 20 months. He attended
st. Johns College and was formerly
Government inspector of jeeps at
Detroit, Mich.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

road at between 80 and 40 miles an
hour. My whole battalion went
through and away We went! Jerry
was still in the rear of us now, but
he was in hell of a fix, as part Of
our armored division was follow
ing me.
I'VE joined the 9th just as their
reconnaissance regiment was at
tackled by German column. We
helped them and as soon as we met
swung north.
MY battalion has captured more
than 1900 prisoners since March.
We are anxiously waiting to turn
this battle into Dunkirk."
Col. Hoy went on to Sousse amid
the greetings of French people hv-
ing along the route.
I'VE were the first Allied troops
they had seen in many a year. They
started getting out their French
flags, and one old gent well over
80 came out In his old French uni
form"
Col. Hoy's wife Clara and their
small daughter live at 1908 Connect
icut avenue.
His older brother, Sergt. Hoy, was
superintendent OF the Senate once
Building when the now lieutenant
colonel was Senate page boy back
in the 1920s.
Sergt. Hoy, Georgetown Uni
versity graduate who won a law
degree at National University, also
has been an investigator for the
Department OF Agriculture and chief
of marine property for the United
States engineers in Trinidad.
He now is the soldier who books
all trucks. staff cars. reconnaissance
cars and jeeps for use Of ofiicers
and troops OF Basic Training Cen
ter No. 8.
OF Col. Hoy's successes in North
Africa the sergeant says proudly:
Always knew my kid brother
! would make good"
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Surgeon Saves Lives
OF Two Army Flyers;
Other Pacific Notes

Lives Of two Army pilots whose
planes were shot down during q
Japanese bombing attack on Munda
were saved by 1t. Raymond Chinn,
flight surgeon In the Marine Corps.
The pilots, names not revealed,
were rescued by New Georgia ma
tives. When information as to their
whereabouts reached Guadalcanal,
1t. Chinn was sent in Navy plane
to give medical treatment and re.
turned them to q base hospital.
: Details of the expedition across
the South Pacific Seas and the loca-
ton Of the injured Army flyers were
outlined IN a report by 1t. Charles
Matthew, jr, Marine Corps public
relations ofncer. He said 1t. Chinn
found one pilot had broken back
and the other broken shoulder.
1t. Chinn Is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Chinn of 8 Seventh
street Sc. His wife, Mrs. Mae
Chinn, and 2-year-old daughter live
at the same address. Mr.. Chinn, q
former battalion chief in the Dis
trict Fire Department, retired sew.
eral years ago.
A graduate of Eastern High
School, 1t. Chinn studied medicine
and surgery at George Washington
University. He served his INTERN
ship at Sibley Hospital and the
Reading (Pa) Hospital. While
resident physician at Columbia Hos
pital in December, 1941, he enlisted
in the Navy and about 10 months
later transferred to the Marine
Corps. He was ordered to the
South Pacific last January.
1t. Kent Promoted.
1t. William I. Kent, 26, husband
OF Mrs. Jane r. Kent, 2101 Con-
necticut avenue NV, has been pro-
NOTED to captain in the Marine
Corps in the South Pacific. Capt.
Kent landed on Guadalcanal with
the first contingent of Marines and
served throughout the campaign.
Shortly after his unit left, he was
assigned to an engineering outfit
and became regimental adjutant.
His commanding ofiicer is Col. Har-
old E. Rosecrans, 4607 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Capt. Kent Is graduate Of Epis-
copal Academy, Philadelphia, and
Dartmouth College. He was tex
tile manufacturer before enlisting
in the marines in March, 1941. He
was commissioned at Quantico the
following January.
Gaines Gets Purple Heart.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

eve landed at Licata, Sicily, July
IA. Going into action Immediately
we moved westward and have hard
ly had breathing time since. Our
battalion's guns played an impor-
tant part in the capture of Agri-
guento on the 18th, I think it was.
We were moving SO fast we lost
track of time.
I'VE have moved on from there,
but everywhere we find the Sicilians
very friendly and great number of
them speak English fiuently, having
lived in New York.
"All of them are equally bitter
against Mussolini and all Germans,
who have taken everything to eat,
wear, grow, trade or sell. They are
ever so grateful when we give them
any part of our sparse ration &c"
or "K"
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Ii. Letham Decorated
In North Africa

Master Sergt. John A. Letham, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Letham, ia
Park Crest drive, Silver Spring, Md,
has been decorated in North Africa
with the Legion of Merit for "ex-
ceptionally meritorious conduct in
the performance of outstanding
services" and promoted to the rank
of second lieutenant in the Ord
nance Department. .-..
1t. Letham, who attended Central
High School and Mount Washing
ton Academy, Baltimore, Md, was
formerly employed by the Potomac
Electric Power Co. Inducted into
the Army In March. 1941. he re-
ceived training at Camp Lee, Va:
Camp Holabird, Md; Atlanta Ord
nance Base. Ga, and the Louisiana
maneuvers.
The citation accompanying his
decoration reads:
John A. Letham, master sergeant,
Ordnance Company (motor vehicle
assembly, for exceptionally meri-
torious conduct in the performance
of outstanding services. BY his in
genious observations and technical
suggestions, Master ,Sergt. Letham
has made an unusual personal con-
tribution to the successful develop
ment and efficient functioning of the
ordnance vehicle assembly plant in
French Morocco. His resourceful-
ness, enthusiasm and tireless appli-
cation to duty have been an inspi-
ration to all his comrades and are
reflected in the remarkable pro-
duction rate of this assembly plant.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Ice are Pvt Cadet r. E. Smith.
George M. Smith, at Miami Beach
ella. Air Forces Gunnery School,
and Capt. Ernest w. Smith. with a
Camp Chaffee (ArkD Tank Division,
Its. Sidney B. Finlay, Is, 2200
Nineteenth street NV. 4 and Ken
meth F. Hodson, %, son Of Col. and
Mrs. F. B. Hodson, 1903 Porter street
NV, recently were graduated from
the Army Air Forces Navigation
School at Hondo. Tex.
1t. Raymond E. Linthicum, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest j. Linthicum.
1916 Somerset place NV, was
graduated from the bombardier
school at Kirkland Field, N. Mex.
Pfc. Charles NJ Parkins, husband
Evening star., 1943-09-19
1onneman Ends Course;
Robinson Gets Navy Ratinq

LONG ISLAND, N. Y.-Harry F.
Tonneman, 10, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry I. Tonneman, 1924 Eighth
street NV, recently was graduated
from course in the overhaul of
aircraft engines conducted by the
Army Air Forces Training Command
at Stewart Technical School. A
graduate of st. Paul's Academy,
Tonneman was employed by the
Borg g-Warner Corp. prior to his in
duction into the Army last March.
Earl Howard Robinson, formerly
of 4008 First street S.W.. has COM
pleted Naval Hospital Corps ap-
premiership and has received his
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Letters Best Morale Builders,
Declares D. c. Army Officer

my worst fear is not of enemy
fire, but that my loved ones at home
might be i'll or in trouble of some
kind and I wnuld be powerless to
aid them, ana my main want is let
tiers from those at home. Mail is
the best morale builder this Army
has"
So wrote First 1t. Gordon F.. San
defur, former employe of The
Star, now with Gen. Patton's Army.
Son Of Orville F. Sandefur, 20 Sea-
ton place NV, he attended McKin-
ley Tech High School and South
eastern and Johns Hopkins Univer-
stiles.
On his trip overseas, 1t. Sande-
fur's ship was in a collision" and
put IN at Bermuda for two weeks.
Another ship arrived and took the
men on to Casablanca. 1t. Sande-
fur wrote:
Evening star., 1943-09-19

y. n. SACllACAloo,
10 F If t y
fourth avenue,
Hill S i d e, Md,
has been serving
overseas for a
year and Is now
some W h e r e in
South America.
A graduate Of
Maryland Park
High School, he
W as formerly
e m pl o y e d by
Western Electric
as a t e ! e t y p e
specialist. Tor
U1@
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Corp. Charles
H. Gaines, as, OF
t h e M artn e
Corps, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D.
M. Gaines; 1904
North v cite h
street, Arlington,
Va, was award
ed the Purple
Heart Medal for
wounds suffered
at Guadalcanal.
He was a casu-
atty in the Tu-
la 81 sanpaign,
two days after
landing. A ma
tive OF Chester,
s. c., G orpl.
Gaines has been
IN the Marine
Corps two years.
His brother,
Corpl. David M.
Gaines, who was
! n d u c t e d five
months ago. re-
Gently was home
on furl o u 8 h
from Fort Fish
er, N. G. Mrs.
David M. Gaines
lives at the
Veitch street ad-
dress.
Pacific Vet.
r ROllSh whose
Evening star., 1943-09-19

ish Morocco, and Capt. R. M. Conlyn.
Capt. Andrew G. Conlyn, 81, on
duty in England.
Capt. William Conlyn was form
erly employed by the Railway Mail
Service. Capt. Robert Conlyn is a
former employe of the District Gov
ernment Highway and Bridges Com
mission. Maj. Conlyn was formerly
associated with the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad as city passenger
agent. and Capt. Andrew Conlyn
was with the water service. of the
District government.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Prendergost Completes
Gunnery School Course

KINGMAN, Ariz.-Corpl. Bert T.
Prendergast, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas E. Prendergast of Winthrop
House, 1927 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, recently was graduated from
the Flexible Gunnery School here,
receiving his sergeant's stripes and
wings. He previously completed a
course in radio at Sioux Falls, Ariz.
Sergt. Prendergast will now be
assigned to Bit bomber squadron
for overseas training as one Of .
crew of 10 men,
Evening star., 1943-09-19

lne UrSG contact
with the British
9th Army in
Tunisia.
Col. Hoy made
the modest ap-
praisal of his
job in a letter
written April "a
to his 38-year-
old brot h e r,
j O h n C. Hoy,
S e r 6 e a n t in
charge of trans
portation at Ba-
sic Tl'a i n in 6
Center No. 8 OF
Evening star., 1943-09-19

hOuldh. Alaska.
Formerly W it h
WPA, the Labor
Department and
the post office,
he enlisted in
July, 1912. He
was active in
sports in the
District, having
been a former
semiprofessional
a n d m / n o r
league catcher.
He attended the
Corcoran Ar t
School life class
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Veterans Of Pacific
Return to Duty

Ensign John jerks Mitchell,
U. S. n, and 1t. Robert A. Mitchell,
Army Air Forces, sons Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert A. Mitchell. Ontario
Apartments, have returned to duty
following q short leave with their
parents.
Ensign Mitchell was member of
the crew Of the Wasp when it was
torpedoed by the Japanese and is
believed to be the only survivor of
his gun crew. He was standing
almost directly above the place
where a torpedo and bomb ex-
ploded and was thrown some 30 feet
IN the air by the explosion. He suf-
fered only broken leg.
1t. Mitchell, a bombardier on a
Flying Fortress which participated
in the Battle Of Midway, has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Ensign Mitchell is a graduate of
the United States Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

are Capt. Roscoe
B. woodruff, jr,,
form erly of
Washington, son
of Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. R. B.
woodruff; 1t.
Herbert E. Fritts,
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John H.
Fritts, 2413 Third
street N E, and
1t. Richard S. @.
Reid, 106 Thorn.
a p pl e street,
c h evy Chase,
MD con pf AR
and Mrs. George
Conrad Reid,
Evening star., 1943-09-19

bourne avenue,
Silver Spring,
Md, purchased
in his absence
by his wife, Mrs.
Mariana Conlyn.
B O. h officers
are now on duty
at Fort Van
Dorm, Miss.
TWO o t h e r
sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Conlyn also
in the service
are Maj. Pear
son C. Conlyn,
80, now in Span
Evening star., 1943-09-19

James S. Long, son of Mrs. Carrie S.
Long, BOIL Porter street NV, re-
Gently completed the aerial gunnery
course at Harlingen Field, Tex.
Aviation Cadets Francis Dieuaide
son of Mrs. Eloise S. German, 2101
Connecticut avenue NV, and Ray
nond Robert Burrows, son of Mr..
and Mrs. R. H. Burrows, 33 East
Woodbine street. Chevy Chase, Md,
recently were graduated from the
primary flying school at Fort Stock
ton, Tex.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

and Mrs. Charles
E. Smith, live at
627 Orleans place
N E. recently
completed pri-
mary pilot train
ing at Coleman,
Tex, and has
been transferred
to Perrin Field,
Tex. He was a
former electri-
clan at the Bu-
reau of Engrav-
ing and Print
ing. Two broth
erS in the sery-
Evening star., 1943-09-19

of Mrs. Marian
j. Parkins, 702
South T W e nty-
8 e con d street,
A rli ngton, Va,
has been pro-
NOTED to cor
poral at the
Army Air Base
at Ep h I a t a,
Wash.
A v | a t i o n
Cadets Karl E.
keyeS, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph E. Keyes,
81 G a ii a t in
-&~-4 ut WY 4
Evening star., 1943-09-19
1t. Dietrich Completes
Army Supply Course

COLUMBUS, Ohio.-Second 1t.
John r. Dietrich, All Cunningham
lane, Chevy Chase, Md, recently
completed course In depot admin
ktration and supply at the Army
Service Forces Depot here and re-
turned to his regular duty at the
Richmond ASF Depot, Richmond,
Va.
1t. Dietrich received his commits
sion in the Quartermaster Corps In
February, 1o43. He 10 the son Of
Mrs. Ada M. Dietrich, Bremen, Ind.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Stoff Seret. K. o. Leitch
Promoted at Camp Lee

CAMP LEE. Va.-Staff Sergt.
Kenneth o. Leitch, 1921 Otis street
NE, has been promoted to technical
sergeant here at the Quartermaster
Replacement Training Center He is
a chief clerk in the enlisted person.
mel division.
Formerly employed at the National
Cash Register Co., Sergt. Leitch was
inducted at Camp Lee in August,
1941. He is a graduate of Strayer
Business College and Benjamin
Franklin University.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

teach men of the fleet how to night
fires aboard ships. During the
height Of the Battle Of Midway
with enemy fire coming from all
sides. he and two assistants were
flown to the badly burning carrier
Yorktown.
Landing on decks enveloped by
flames, the three men garbed in as
bestos suits led the ships crew in
extinguishing the flames. They
risked blazing oil in some quarters.
Later, while the ship was limping
into port with the fire out, it was
torpedoed and sunk.
1t. Kirchmyer had another excit-
ing experience on September 7.
when his wife cabled him that he
had become the father OF third
daughter.
Warrant Ofncer Trey, who is sta
toned at Jersey City with q Coast
Guard harbor fire fighting detail,
participated recently in a race
against death in New York harbor,
when a burning explosives-laden
freighter threatened to blow up on
the water front.
Serving in the wheelhouse of one
Of the tugs which pulled the boat
out Of the harbor, Trey risked death
for several hours during the perl
lous trip from pier between Jer-
sey City and Bayonne to the open
vatArs oY Tnmkinsvi1le Staten re
land, where the freighter finally
was sunk. Throughout the trip
down harbor, the men or the tug
played water on the burning freight
er as heat and flames threatened
them.
Trey later told friends that the
freighter went down so fast it was
necessary to chop the tow lines with
q hAtchet.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

mOntnS service
with the Engi-
neering Corps in
Trinidad. They
are Capts. Will
liam j. Conlyn,
jr., 33. and Rob-
ert M. Conlyn,
25. Form e r
members of an
engineering reg
iment Of the
D is t ct Ma
tional G u a r d,
b o t h o fl c e r S
have seen active
duty since be-
Evening star., 1943-09-19

geant an ad-
vance y of six
grades.
he son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A.
J. B a r 6 a & n / =,
1918 wellington
d rive, Chevy
G h a Sc !, M d .
Sergt. Bargagni,
who has been in
I n d la for Is
months with the
Air Transport
Command, told
1t this way in a
letter to his
mother.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

parents live at
1872 B street NE,
is a Marine
G orps torpedo
pilot, one of the
first. He and his
squadron made
h i S t ory" on
G u a d a | c anal
against the Jap
communicating
forces. 1t. Roush
is a graduate of
H u n t i n g t o n
High School and
Marshall College
in Huntington,
w. V.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

now stationed at the st. Adams
Naval Hospital here:
His brother, Leon E. Robinson, "A,
fire controlman, first class, U. S. N,
has been on duty aboard an air.
craft carrier since 1910 and wears
. number of service ribbons denot-
ing the 10 Pacific engagements in
which he has participated. One rib
bon is the Presidential Unit Citation
which was awarded the personnel Of
his ship for outstanding service since
Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

rating OF phar-
maciSt's m a t e,
third class. A
graduate of Ana
C os t ia Hi g h
School, he was
employed by the
Bureau of In
ternal Revenue
until his enlist
ment in the Ma
val Reserve last
N o v e mber. He
received "b o o t"
training at the
n a v II training
station at Great