The Ely miner., 1943-03-25
NEWS ABOUT
SERvIcEMEN

Edward D. Klun has been graduated
from the non-commissioned officers
staff course at Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
and has been given a technician, grade
five, rating. The course is designed to
qualify enlisted men of the chemical
warefare service to fulfill the duties OF
non-coms In the chemical sections OF
division. corps, army staffs OF the
army ground forces. the air force, and
the service Of supply. The studies
range from offensive and defensive
tactics of gas warfare to prevention
and treatment Of gas casualties.
Raymond w. Nyman Is one OF 80
army air corps men from Minnesota
enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan college, Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, as part of their pre-
flight training. They are members OF
the 82nd detachment college training
unit and will receive academic, physi-
cal and fight instruction.
| Pvt. Richard A. Mcfarland is now
at the University of Minnesota taking
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the ASTD unit 3700, Co. A, Sanford
Hall.
There are from Is to 20 Ely boys
at Camp Campbell, Ky," declares Pvt
| Martin Starkovich, Co. D, 9th Armd
Rgt.. APO "A, 10th Div. (The Miner
suggests that they use this address to
"find" each other.)
Some of them are Pvts. Leo Kuzma
Fred Kaplan, Kerntz, Koschak, Grahek
Bolka, Meshe, Zgainer, Anderson, LIE
Roy, Kotzan and a few others whose
names I cannot recall. I also hear
that Matty Grahek, Steve Trotnik and
Victor Perushek are here.
'Tt sure is a little Ely
"It is raining pitchforks here, but
we Ely boys always come back fresh
and frisky, ready for the next morn
ing to come. (Private Starkovich had
this slogan written across the top of
his letter: "Ely Men Make Good.")
'Kuzma, Kaplan and myself are in the
same barracks.
I'VE march about Is miles daily, and
it sure is fun. We are 18 miles from
the nearest town, and, boy! could
go for a good drink of-water. Water
tastes like corn here. There isn't a
bit of snow, and I sure was glad to
take off my long Johns as were the
others All of us here are volunteers
from the Feb. IS induction"
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Naval Aviation Cadet Joseph John
Yakich has reported to the navy's pre-
flight school at Athens, Ca, for train
ing. He will undergo three months OF
physical conditioning and pre-fhght
training in academic and military sub
jects before being transferred to navy
flight centers for progressive air train
ing preparatory to joining a combat
unit. Son of Louis Yakich, ST., he
was graduated from Memorial high ir
1898 and enlisted In the navy in 1910.
He can be reached at the navy pre-
flight school, Athens, Ga.
Pvt. Louis A. Rebol, Co. c, 1st Bin.
AFRTC, Fort Knox, KY, sends his re-
tgaruS 10 ms 1r1enoS.
1t. w. M. Somero, former city en-
gineer, is now attached to the medical
inspection office at station hospital
AAF, IT'S, Sioux Falls, s. D.
Pvt. Eugene Filson is now at 1928 E
57th st., Chicago, and Is attending the
University of Chicago for an intensive
training course in electronics spon-
sored by the army signal corps, accord
ing to word received by the VFW.
Pvt. Frank M. Kalan has arrived at
Northwestern State college, Alva, Okla,
for course of army air force instruc-
ton lasting approximately five months
prior to his appointment as an avia-
ton cadet in the army cir force. Upon
completion Of the course he will be
classified as pilot, navigator or bomb