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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1943-05-05

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Evening star., 1943-11-14

1T sure is relief not to worry
about planes bombing and straflng,
and worry about where we're going
to fight next"
Letter From French Hosts.
While in Algiers, Pfc. Magnanelli
stayed for time with French fam
lily there. Mr.. and Mrs. Magnanelli
received a letter from their sons
hosts, written in French, express
ing their enjoyment of his visit.
I'VE have not had the pleasure
OF meeting you," the letter was
translated in part, but we have
spent happy moments with your
nice Pierrot Peter), whom we can
never forget. We did our best to
replace his father and mother, to
make the separation easier"
The letter described a Fourth of
July celebration, in which French
and American soldiers alike partici-
pated.
I'VE hope some day to know you,"
it concludes, land France will never
forget what America has done for
our country"
The Magnanellis have another son
in the Army, Pvt. Frank Magnanelli,
jr., who is in England. Another son
George expects to enter the service
soon.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
AIexondrion Writes of Findino
U. 5. Vets in Captured Town

A f1rst-hand account Of how an
American officer met Sicilian World
War veterans who had fought with
the United States Army and re-
turned to their native land is given
in excerpts from letter written re-
Gently by Capt. George M. Riser,
artillery observer, of Alexandria, Va.
He describes the incident as fol-
lows:
'The show here in Sicily was
rather interesting even If we did
have to hustle to keep up with it.
One experience I had you might
like to tell the Fort Stevens Post.
I was with the doughs when they
took city on top Of a high hill
We arrived on Jerry's heels, but
he had already vacated. The popu-
lation saw US coming up the hill.
We were sweating like horses, but
when We arrived the people were
lined up with cold water, wine and
bread, practically forcing 1t on us.
I'VE stopped for q breather, and Z
Sicilian came up to me and In good
English introduced himself and said
Evening star., 1943-11-14

II u y l IL VI
Everett, Wash, wrote the text OF
the soldiers message in a letter to
Mrs. Long, as follows:
Dear mother, I am speaking from
a prisoner-of-war camp near Yoko-
hama. / am in good health and
getting along well. I received a
radiogram from Sister Winifred re-
Gently. Give my love to sister,
brother, nieces and nephews.
II am waiting patiently to be with
you all in the near future. 1 have
received no mail as yet. but hope
to soon. Give my regards to the
Youngs and Mrs. A. M. Sargent Of
Fairfax, Va.
May God be with you all as He
has been with me.
Your ever-loving son. Vernon" !"
Mentions Ernest Irving.
Long gave the names Of four other
American men, including the son Of
Mrs. Beatrice Bell Irving, 4007 Con-
necticut avenue NV, Ernest Irving.
Mrs. Hagedorn included them in her
letter, asking that Mrs. Long write
to their relatives She said she
monitors Radio Toxic daily, and
tries to send on every name, and
commented that the boys ask for
parcels of candy, milk chocolate,
tobacco and pipes, fruit cake. safety
razors and blades, to be sent through
the Red Cross.
Long, a graduate Of Eastern High
School, made his home with his
sister. Mrs. Rush Sayre, $40 Six
teenth street NE. He entered the
service about three years ago.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Serqt. Norman Awarded
Air Medal for Patrol

SAN JUAN, P. R.-Sergt. Ray
mond Norman, son of Mrs. Annie
Bryant Norman, AIS New Jersey ave-
nue. Sc, has been awarded the Air
Medal here for meritorious achieve
ment while flying antisubmarine pa
trolls in the Caribbean theater with
the possibility of encountering fire
from enemy ships"
Sergt. Norman received the award
for 200 hours operational flying
time. Accomplishment of many OF
the missions in which he partici-
pated, the citation said. was made
during unfavorable weather condi-
tions.
Sergt Norman entered the service
in October, 1941, at Camp Lee, Va,
and is now combat crew member
of one of the Antilles Air Command
planes.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

South Pacific was entirely unex-
pected.
Another fellow and I were Just
standing and talking. We were only
about this far apart" he said,
measuring about 2 feet with his
hand. I'VE turned and started to
walk away when a bullet came right
between our ears. I guess it was
a Jap sniper, but we didn't stay
around to find out" he grinned.
After five months on the island
Corpl. Russell has developed one
phobia-coconuts. He doesn't care
if he never sees another. Stricken
with malaria last December, he was
sent to Australia and from there
came to the States In July. He l.
now on guard duty at the Navy
Receiving Center.
In addition to the Silver Star
Corpl. Russell wears the Presidents
citation for the first marine division
at Guadalcanal, the South Pacific
theater campaign ribbon and the
pre-Pearl Harbor service ribbon. On
November II he will have served
four years with the Marine Corps
His brother, John B. Russell 26
seaman, first class, United States
Coast Guard, is stationed in South
Portland. Me. He has been in the
Coast Guard for over a year.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Eighth Army News Contains
Fuvorite Film Controversy

Russian victories in the Crimea
above the English advances, and the
second sheet is filled with an article
on Russia by the Archbishop of
York and a column by the Soviet
commentator Ilya Ehrenburg.
The third page is devoted to mis-
cellaneous news. Comments on
resting places in Italy for tired SOL
deirs and on postwar English plans
for peoples parks and hostes on
the British Isles occupy a promi-
nent place. English jokes, fash
paragraphs from world capitals, and
discussion of the bill introduced
by Representative Patman, Demo-
crat, of Texas, providing three
months pay for servicemen upon
discharge completes the page.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

Tunisia. The first place we hit was
Kasserine Pass. We lost six men
there, wounded. From there we
went to Ell Guettar. which is below
Gafsa, with orders to push through
to Gabes. What a hell hole that
was. We were bombed, strafed and
what not.
The infantry went into the hills
for II days fighting the Germans,
who were we'll fortified. Well, the
1lth night we went into the
front lines to relieve them, and
brother, what a night that was. They
threw everything at USES, NOR
tars, grenades, etc. You see, they
were making their retreat and threw
all that fire to cover it.
We were lucky-we didn't lose a
man, though their artillery and
mortar fire wasn't over twenty yards
from us. One guy jumped in a fox
hole and an 88 went in with him,
Evening star., 1943-11-14

ne was a naturalized American,
fought with us in the last war and
had gotten caught over here by ths
war.
1T seems that there were several
others in the vicinity like himself,
and when they couldn't return home
they got together and formed an
American Legion post there (sub.
rosa, Of course). They had all been
members of the Legion back home.
He showed me his membership card
printed in English. Then he point
ed to a group Of well-fed, we'll.
clothed individuals, very glum look.
ing, all of them and said: The Fas.
cist bosses. They used to run this
town. but we're going to run It now
And, by golly, at last reports the
American Legion post Of -, Sicily
was actually running the town.
incidentally, correspondent
from The Washington Star was at
headquarters few days ago, and
told him this s ry."
Thomas r. Henrys article on
Mas sub5ect appedred IN The
Star September 49,
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Back From the Wars
Marine Helps Stop 9 Jap Tanks
During Enemy Night Attack
Sniper's Bullet
Passes Between
Himself and Pal

Corpl. Charles B. Russell, II, was
awarded the Silver Star Medal "just
for knocking out a few Jap tanks
at Guadalcanal and by few Jap
tanks he actually meant nine.
The son Of Mrs. Charles Russell,
6617 North Nineteenth road. East
Falls Church, Va, Corpl. Russell
was a member Of the first division
Of Marines to land at Guadalcanal.
II didn't land with the first
group" he said. II went in in the
afternoon. From the boat we watched
them bombarding the island and 1t
was a lot of fun, but then the Japs
started bombing the ships and I
decided 1t wasn't so much fun. I
guess I was scared"
Most of the Jap attacks came at
night, the young marine declared.
II didn't get much sleep while I was
there, and when I did sleep it was
on top Of the ground within easy
reach of a foxhole."
The first real action in which
Corpl. Russell participated was that
Of Tenaru.
II guess it was about or 2 o'clock
in the morning." the marine related.
I'VE were along river about rs
yards from the beach. I was asleep
until I heard two explosions. The
Japs had knocked out two of our
guns with hand grenades. They had
landed about 80 yards up the beach
and were coming in waves. Well, we
just started blazing away and
guessed we knocked out about 1000
that night"
The action for which Corpl. Rus
sell received the Silver Star was at
Mentanica when his battalion was
attacked by nine Japanese tanks.
THAT fight really started in the
afternoon, I guess he said. "A few
tanks came out into line but we
turned them back with few shots.
About midnight they came back.
We could hear them but it was a
few minutes before we could see
them. And then, there they were,
about 100 yards away from us on
the sand spit. We blazed away and
got nine of the tanks.
"A few of the Japs got away, but
we didn't take any prisoners. Most
of them were burned in their tanks"
he added.
Three antitank guns took part in
the action. Five men manned Corpl.
Russells gun, of whom one was
killed and another wounded. There
were five men on each of the other
guns and of the entire group eight
were awarded the Silver Star, he
said.
The closest shave Corpl. Russell
had all the time he was in the
Evening star., 1943-11-14
|Woshingtonions
In Quontico
Graduation List

QUANTICO. Va.-Seven Wash
ington area men recently were grad
uated recently from Marine Corps
schools here. Four were commits
stoned second lieutenants in the
Marine Corps Reserve, and three
were from Reserve Officers Glass.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Ralph A. Bard was guest speaker.
The men commissioned were Sec
ond Its. James M. Crane, jr.. %, of
1904 Idaho avenue; Joseph P. Ondek,
27 whose wife lives at 4403 Fourth
street SW.; Leroy D. Rabe, %,
whose wife lives at 2150 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, and Richard P. Will
liams, 81, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. P.
Williams, Alexandria, Va.
Graduated from Reserve Officers
Class were Second Its. Thomas B
Baden, "a. son of Mr.. and Mrs J. H
Baden, 4440 Nichols avenue: Carle-
ton Penn, I'd, 81, son of 1t. Col and
Mrs Carleton Penn, U. S. M. c..
Quantico. Va, and Francis F. Towers
20. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Towers,
331l Lowell lane NV.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

British soldiers in Italy appear to
to be interested almost as much in
their favorite movie as in the war
itself, the November l issue of the
9th Army News, now in the possess
sion of the Library of Congress,
suggests.
The controversy. raging in a
column on page four called Reds
Show Talk, puts Sunny" featuring
Ann Neagle; Laugh Your Blues
Away" with Jinx Falkenburg;
"Scatterbrain,' with Judy Canova,
and "Ellery Quen's Penthouse Mys-
terry" in the lead in this No. 20,
Vol. issue, published by Mobile
Printing Section 871 of the Printing
and Stationery Services in Italy.
Bari movie houses are offering
"Presenting Lily Mars" with Judy
Garland, and 1T Started With Eve" "
with Deanna Durbin.
Pages one and two are devoted to
battle reports and review of Rus
sia. The Soviet doings are ap-
parently Of great interest to the
Tommie. for the. paper places the
Evening star., 1943-11-14

Well, that night the Jerry bombers
and torpedo planes came over and
then all hell broke loose. Ack-ack
fire from dozens Of ships, bombs
falling all around us, torpedo planes
zooming around the ships just a
few feet above the water. What a
show, fireworks galore.
'The bombers didn't do any DAM
age, but torpedo plane headed for
us and laid a fish which blew up
the stern of our ship 1--WE got him,
thought and that was when we
started to get scared That night
the other ships pulled into Algiers
harbor to unload, the rest of the
troops the next morning, but our
ship was out of commission so we
were left all alone.
Late the next morning the Jerry
came over again for the kill and
there we were, a beautiful target;
they couldn't miss-and they didn't.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

-Four bombs were dropped and the
fourth one hit us right through the
middle. It exploded in the engine
room. Boy, what a racket that made.
Naturally the boat began to sink,
so we were ordered to abandon ship.
I managed to swim to a life raft
and we made shore two Hours later,
and pretty near got it then be-
cause We hit the rocks with plenty
rough water. I was the only one
in the raft that came out with a
few scratches. The rest came out
with all kinds Of broken bones.
"A French kid saved me. I hit
the rocks three times. and how I
didn't get killed is beyond me. The
fourth time this kid reached out
and grabbed me. I rejoined my
outfit three days later.
I'VE stayed in Algiers three
months and had a good time. The
third month we were ordered to
Evening star., 1943-11-14

but 1t was dud. That guy was
shaking for three days after that.
Another guy decided the foxhole he
was in wasn't just right, so he raced
to another. AS soon as he got there
an 88 shell landed in the first fox
hole he was in and blew it all to
hell. For him that was a miracle.
After that battle we got three
days rest and then got orders to
move again. This time we went
north to Sedjanene and relieved an
English division.
Then came the last big push. OF
all the fighting done, that was by
far the toughest. We pushed from
Sedjanene to Mateur, and from there
to Bizerte, with mountains all the
way. Boy, mountain fighting is the
toughest of all. Bizerte is a mess;
the whole city has been leveled off.
I came out without a scratch, and
I thank God for that.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Seven D. c. ARTILLERY
|Officers Graduated

CAMP DAVIS, N. C.-Seven men
from Washington recently were
commissioned second lieutenants in
the Coast Artillery Corps Upon COM
pleting the officer candidate course
here at the Antiaircraft Artillery
School. They are:
Its. Sterling R. Garwood. 4607
Connecticut avenue; Ernest F.
Mechlin, jr.. 3026 @ street NV;
John w. Keller, 1901 Trinidad ave-
nue.; John E. Curry. $40 Acker street
NE; Clifford A. E. johnson, 5615
Eighth street NV; Chester Kneller,
l400 Van Buren street NV, and
Leonard E. Witkin, 1913 Benning
road NE.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
6 Men From D. T.. Area
Win Wings as Pilots;
I Artillery Grads

SPENCE FIELD, Ga.-Six men
from the Washington area recently
won their wings and were commits
stoned second heutenants in the
Army Air Forces upon graduation
from this advanced angle-engine
pilot school. They are:
Fred John Mayer, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred A. Mayer, BIS Jefferson
street NV, q graduate Of st. Johns
High School: Charles Sebastian
Voigt, jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles s. Voigt, sr., 4555 Grant
road NV, who attended Wilson
High School; william Kenneth
Crawford. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Crawford. Bowie road, Laurel,
Md, who attended the University
of Maryland.
Richard Charles Scott, who at
tended the University of Virginia
and formerly was employed by the
Glenn Martin Co.; John Blair Fitz-
simmons, who attended Eastern
High School, and William Ames Al
den, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett A..
Alden, 4511 Harling lane, Bethesda,
Md, who was graduated from the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

exception of aviation gasoline. and
supplies common to all services are
under his supervision, as well as
salvage activities and graves regis
tration.
Col. Cordiner, left the University
Of wyoming to enter the Naval
Academy, from which he was grad
uated in 1908. He served two years
in the Navy before resigning to join
the Army. He was chief Of trans
port for the Quartermaster Depart
ment before being assigned to the
Southwest Pacific in December, 1912.
Col. Cordiner has two children, a
daughter and a son who Is now a
lieutenant commander in the Navy.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Briefs Ploys in Band

CINCINNATI, Ohio.-Pfc. Henry
w. Briefs, son of DR.. G. A. Briefs,
4 Kenilworth street, Chevy Chase,
Md, Is alto horn player in the new
band here. where he is a member
of an Army specialized training pro-
gram unit at the University of Gin
cinnati. A graduate in foreign serv-
ice of Georgetown University, Pfc.
Briefs is taking the foreign area and
language study course here.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Miller in Mundo Action

SOUTH PACIFIC Staff Sergt.
James H. Miller, 30, whose sister,
Mrs. Evelyn Beach, lives at Station
A, Conduit road, has been serving in
this area approximately II months.
He has been in New Zealand, the
Fiji Islands and Guadalcanal, and
has seen combat recently at Munda.
1nducted in May. 1941, at Be-
thesda, Md, Sergt. Miller is supply
sergeant for an ordnance company
here. He formerly was employed by
the Rosslyn Steel & Cement Co. of
WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

of a Ere n c h
child who saved
him from being
dashed against
the rocks after
his ship was
torpedoed the
day it landed at
Algiers for the
African inva-
sion.
In a letter to
his brother, Pfc.
John Magma
nelli, who is sta
toned with the
Air Forces at
NHorcl, Eio16 bn
Evening star., 1943-11-14

Corps was little
known. Tod a y
he is a COM
miSsioned S &C.
ond lieutenant
fighter pill O t
with six Jap
planes to his
credit-the first
pilot in his unit
to become an
accredited ace.
Second 1t. Al
vim j. Jensen,
%, Of 1896 Elev-
enth S tre e t
NV, has just
logged his 200th
Evening star., 1943-11-14

Z
tells of the experience, and of the
rest of mis- part in the invasion. Ex-
cerpts from the letter follow:
"As you already know, we made
the invasion here in Africa, land
ing in Algiers. That was the day,
plenty of action. The boys made
the beach that morning, had a little
battle but not much.
IT was still on board ship and was
scheduled to land the next day.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
}. G. Men Aid Troinees

MASSACHUSETTS STATE COL
LEGE-Three Washington men are
now aviation students in a College
Training Detachment (aircrew) here.
They are Frank A. Moran, 1919
sherwood street NE: William H.
Orndorff, 226 Jefferson street NV,
and First Sergt. William J. Quigley,
2603 Fourth street NE.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

hour Of combat flying in the South
Pacific.
On April S, during his first trip
to combat zone, 1t. Jensen, then
staff sergeant, shot down two
Jap ZeroS in running dog fight
over Guadalcanal. In his second
trip, he doWned three more.
This latter fight took place while
on a Photographic escort mission
to the Shorthand Islands in the
Solomons group. Sixteen marine
fighter pilots in his squadron were
attacked by 80 zeros just as they
reached their objective. The first
to fall before the guns of 1t. Jensen
was a Japanese float plane. A few
minutes later he shot two Zeros
off the tail of one of the fighter
planes in his squadron.
Jensen Sets Up Targets.
A few weeks later, while on a
bomber escort mission, 1t. Jensen's
group Of four fighters was again at
tackled by 80 Jap Zeros. With only
one gun working, he managed to
shoot down one of the attacking
Zeros. When this gun finally quit
cold, 1t. Jensen reversed positions
with his wingman. First 1t. Hartwell
v. Scarborough Of North Carolina.
With 1t. Jensen setting up the
targets, 1t. Scarborough shot down
three more Zeros. 1t was in this
fight that 1t. Scarborough became
the second accredited ace in his
marine fighter unit. He had shot
down two Jap planes In the April S
fight.
1t. Jensen has participated in ap-
proximately Is combat escort mis-
sions and raids over enemy positions
in the South Pacific. Outstanding
was a recent strafing mission to
Kihili Airfeld, japanese base on
the southern tip of Bougainville
Island in the Northern Solomon
Islands group.
Starting out with fighter planes
from his squadron late one after
noon, 1t. Jensen became separated
from his formation in thunder
head"
Then the Clouds Lifted.
About an hour later, after fighting
his way through the storm clouds,
he emerged to find himself alone.
He was just few short miles from
Kihili airfeld.
There was little for me to do but
to continue on to my objective" said
1t. Jensen. "I was sure that would
find the rest of my squadron in the
vicinity.
II brought my Corsair down to
tree-top level, skinming over steep
hill fanking the airfield runway.
"At the near end Of the runway
were II large Jap bombers. I opened
up with all my guns. Two of the
bombers Immediately burst into
flames. One blew up, starting a huge
fire.
"At the very far end of the run
way. saw at least 10 Jap Zeros
parked wingtip to wingtip AS I flew
in with blazing guns could see the
heads of several pilots sticking out
Of the cockpits. saw my tracers
strike home. In few seconds, two
of the zeros were burning flercely.
Il made one more run, sweeping
the entire field with my guns. ]
don't think missed plane"
Fifty miles away, on his way home
the pilot looked back. Two huge
columns of smoke could be seen from
the Virinjtv of Kihi1i Eield
1t. Jensen enlisted in May, 1910
He won his wings as a marine avia-
tor in August, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Reomy at Cherry Point

CHERRY POINT, N. C.-Sergt.
Richard M. Reamy, Marine Corps,
whose wife and daughter live at
5253 Forty-third street NV, is sta
toned here. The son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard s. Reamy, Hyattsville,
Nd, Sergt. Reamy joined the ma.
rines in September, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

spoke on q re-
cent broadcast
from a prison
camp near Yo-
kohama, Japan.
Mrs. Long has
received nearly
40 letters from
persons who
heard the broad
cast, an d ha 5
been sent a rec
ord Of the tran
scription by a
firm in Califor-
MIA.
Mrs. Carl
n q o q n orn of
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Reffit Gets Leuve

SAMPSON, N. Y.-Seaman, Sec
ond class, Joseph Paul Refflt, son
of John B. Refit. Boyds, Md, has
been granted leave following COM
pletion of his basic training here
at the Naval Training Station.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Tukes Refresher Course

GREAT LAKES, Ill.-George E,
Morgan, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Morgan. 35l0 Legation
street NV. recently was graduated
from months refresher course in
radio at the Naval Armory in Chi
cago.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

ply, whose vile
lives at the
H I 6 h | q n d S
A p a r tments, is
responsible for
maintaining the
overall supply Of
food, clot h ! n 6
a n d equipment
for Gen. Mac
Arthur's S soldiers
in the South
west p CT ic
area.
All m o tor
t r ansportation,
petroleum prod
Evening star., 1943-11-14

is omcer in
charge Of Navy
recruiting nd
induction 70 r
Virginia, with
h e a d gu arters
here.
A native of
w a s h / n g ton,
Comdr. Kessler
served six years
with the Marine
Corps, S e e i n 6
service in many
p a r is. of the
world, including
China, the Phil
ippines and Ha-
yryo{f
Evening star., 1943-11-14
Rokenbrod Gets Medal

NORTH CAMP HOOD, Tex
Technical Sergt. Paul E. Rokenbrod,
20 N street NV, and Sergt. Theo-
dore March, 218 Emerson street NV,
have been awarded the Army Good
Conduct Medal.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
kessIer Heads Navy
Recruiting in Virginia;
Byrd Expedition Vet

RICHMOND, va.-Lt. Comdr,
Charles L. Kessler, Naval Reserve.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy p. Kess-
Ter, 1896 Macarthur boulevard NV.