The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-17
Service Briefs

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PFC Clare Oltersdorf arrived
here Thursday from South Caro-
lima where he is stationed with the
infantry, and will spend a 10 day
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Oltersdorf, 1856 Mause
Ave.
Mrs. Frank Lidke, Jr., has re-
Gently received a cable and letters
from her husband. Capt. Frank
Lidke, who is still in Australia. He
mentioned that his company OF the
Signal Corps entertained Mrs. FL
eanor Roosevelt on her recent visit.
Pvt. Fred w. Rodenberg has been
spending ten days with relatives
and friends during delay en- route
to Wisconsin. For the past three
months Pvt. .Rodenberg has been
taking flight engineer training with
the Chicago and Southern Airlin.s,
Memphis. Tenn. He received his
Crew Wing. While in Tennessee.
Pvt. Rodenberg received a medal
for good copSNct while III Sayyice
for the past eighteen months.
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Pfc. Dale c. Smith, son OF Mr..
and. Mrs. Lee Smith, 2l5 s. Prospect
St, Ypsilanti, upon orders OF Mai.
Gen. Alven c. Gillem, Jr., chief OF
the Armored Command, has re-
ported at the Armored School, Fort !
Knox, Ky, to take a special course |
in the Wheeled Vehicle Depart
ment.
Robert E. Ensign, seaman second |
class, has returned to Great Lakes
Training Station after spending a
10 day leave with his mother, Mrs.
Bessie Ensign, 1923 y. Wizard Rd.,
after completion Of boot training. |
Upon return he will go to a sub
marine school.
Robert Santure, son OF Mr.. and |
Mrs. Albert Santure, East Mich |
igan Ave, is still in North Africa,
has been very busy and has moved
three times since landing in June.
He and his buddy have their tent
pitched under a cork tree surround
ed by mountains. There are olives, |
figs, and grapes which grow in |
abundance and taste good. He was
surprised to find Lyle Litchard |
over there and they were together
one week. Then both were moved. |
Robert writes Of doing big
washing, getting the water from a
creek and boiling the clothes in |
five gallon caps.
The boys have to shake their |
blankets often as small lizards |
crawl into them during the day.
Robert is in good health and is
anxiously looking for a box and
pictures from home.
PFC. Donald Chadwick. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Chadwick, IA !
n. Grove St, has been sent to his |
new station at Englewood, Cal. af- !
ter having spent the past two
months in a Los Angeles hospital. |
While he was in the hospital his
mother received word OF his prog |
ress from the Red Cross. PFC.
Chadwick is in the battery and |
coast artillery.
Staff Sgt. Fred Mckenzie. former
ly an employe of the Ypsilanti |
Daily Press. in writing from the |
"ex-Duce's ex-empire" where he has |
been since July Is, says that, previ-
Gus to his landing in Sicily, he had |
spent three nerye-wracking days |
and nights on board ship lying off |
the coast. He witnessed the first |
Allied assault on Fortress Europe. |
He wrote that for two days and |
nights from the deck OF the bomb |
lighted ship he watched the dust |
and smoke boil away from the
beach and roll off into the hills
vivid pictures long to be remem- |
bered. The one and only thought OF |
the boys over there is Lets get it |
over with in a hurry and get back |
home"
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James Edward Bosnian, grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Epsmith, 1927
Sweet Rd.: Arthur Harold Porter
field. son Of Mr. and Mrs. John Por-
terrified, 1904 Prospect St; Clyde
Kay King, son Of Mrs. Katherine
King, 504 n. Hamilton St; John
Joseph Wills. Jr.. son of j. j. Wills,
1903 Pearl St; Roy Edward Russ,
son Of Edward Russ. All Maple ST.,
and Arthur Bernard Campbell, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs Earl l.. Campbell,
6077 Superior Road, have arrived
at the Farragut, Idaho. L. S. Naval
Training Station to begin their
training in the Navy for the Job OF
whipping the Axis. At the compile
ton OF this training, they will be
given an opportunity to qualify for
one of the Nays many service
schools.
First Lieut.. George Kittle, opera
tor commander at Colman Field,
Texas, has been spending a brief
leave with relatives near Detroit.
His grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Ha-
zelton. spent day with him there.