The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-09-30

son Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Hutson, of
Kitzmiller, has been graduated from
the Army Air Forces Flexible Gun
merry School at Fort Myers, Fla. Now
qualified as an aerial gunner he will |
continue his training in navigation |
as an aviation cadet. Upon compile
ton Of this training he will be
awarded commission as second |
lieutenant and join a bomber crew
for overseas duty Hutson was a !
deputy collector Of internal revenue !
before entering the army, fifteen
months ago. He was previously sta
toned at Monroe, La
Pfc. VIM. F. Humberson, of the
18th Division of the 9Th Army in
Sicily was promoted to Corporal
recently, his parents at Friendsville
have been informed
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Walter R. Wicklow sc &c. son of !
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wicklow, |
Friendsville, who had been stationed !
at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island. is /
now with the 109th Battalion. care
Fleet Post Office at San Francisco,
California.
Staff Sgt. John f. Frazee, who
recently returned from serving in the
Southwest Pacific area, is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Frazee, !
Selbysport. Sgt. Frazee was a gun /
ner on a Flying Fortress, which !
scored direct hits on an enemy tanker !
near Wewak, New Guinea. The plane
then made a bombing run on the air
drome and installations at Wewak. |
He was awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster
for mertorius achievement while par |,
ticipating in aerial flights. /
Mrs. Kenneth Beckman, Alder
street, Oakland, has received word /
that her husband has landed safely in
England. Beckman is a fifth grade J
technician and was formerly located
at IndiantoWn Gap, Pa, with an az
mored division. He is son Of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Russell Beckman. Another
son, Clets Beckman, is in the Sicily
theatre of operations.
Pfc Darwin L. Reese, 20. son Of
Mrs. Emma Reese Frantz, of Selbys-
port. was graduated this week from
an airplane mechanics school oper-
ated by the Army Air forces training
command at Roosevelt Field, N. Y.
This is his third stage of training in
the New York area Of the training
command. Earlier he attended the
Academy of Aeronautics at LaGuar-
dia Field, N. Y, and the Casey Jones
School of Aeronautics at Newark,
New Jersey.
Pfc Irwin f. Beckman Swanton,
member of a battery Of field artillery,
stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. has been
awarded the Army Good Conduct
medal, for fidelity through faithful
and exact performance of duty, eff
ficiency and behavior that deserves
emulation. Pfc. Beckman is a son of
Mr. and Mrs Louis Beckman, of
SWanton, and was employed by the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper COM
pany at Luke before he entered the
army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Wilburn, Jcn-
nings, have been advised that their
son, Pvt. Clark Wilburn, who is with
an engineers replacement regiment
at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, has
been awarded honors for proficiency
as an expert rifeman.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Codding-
ton have been notified that their son,
Pvt. Harry Coddington, has arrived
safely in North Africa. He is with an
anti-aircraft unit of the U. S. Army,
and until recently had been stationed
at Fort Eustis, Va. Another son.
George E. Coddington, Jr, is with the
Navy Scabecs, somewhere in the
South Pacific
Paul Johnson. with the L. S. Army