The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-28
Service Briefs


son, Ala Emmett ST.. has left for
New York after spending a ten day
leave at the home OF his parents.
He is stationed at Manhattan
Beach, Brooklyn, New York. So. M.
&c Hendrickson re-enlisted on
November !. for an additional two
year term, after completing his or.
lginal enlistment OF a three year
term on that date. His parents
had just spent a week visiting him
In Brooklyn, when he secured his
leave, and returned home with
| them
Technical Engineer Robert r.
Swain, OF Eglin Field, Fla. spent
Sunday with his family at the home
OF Mrs. w. p. Bowen.
Seaman &c Robert J. Houck.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Houck,
returned to Notre Dame, Indiana.
Sunday morning after spending a
p day leave here. His group OF 81
young men are now en- route TO ST.
Mary's, Calf, where they will be
stationed for six months of pre-.
flight training in the U. S. Naval
Air Corps.
Pvt. Virginia C. Hughes, 611 st.
John ST., who is serving with the
Women's Auxiliary Corps in
France. has been awarded the Good
Conduct medal by General Allen
r. Kimball, Headquarters Com
mandant for Headquarters Euro
pean Theater OF Operations.
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Pfc. Eileen L. Baltzell, Wac, has
sent word to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Baltzen, that she is
now stationed in New Guinea. Her
barracks Is in a coconut grove
near the ocean, and the girls are
busily preparing to make their quar-
ters attractive and comfortable. "If
| only had a few things from my
room at home, | could work won.
ders," she wrote. Some of the girls
are ingenious creatures and can
make their areas attractive with
almost nothing. | have a packing
case for n dressing table, and two
boards with pole in the middle for
clothes closet. We sleep on can
vas cots, with our mosquito net
ting tucked in all round. We take
atabrene for malaria control, and
our skin is yellow, but We are try.
IN n dam OIL n
1t up. The natives wear sort of
sarong with ends trailing to the
ground, and they have pinkish or
orange colored hair, from some
method of dying they use They
wear lot OF the junk jewelry from
America. We call them Fuzzy Wuz-
zies."
I'VE dress just like the boys,
and it will be a long time before
We see much of our skirts again.
Life here is a lot different from
the States, but l am trying to ad-
just myself as fast as l can"
Yeoman Martin Baltzell has been
transferred to Yerba Buena Is.
land, Calf, and expects to be home
on leave in two weeks.
I It's Marvin Baltzeli. with Gen.
Patton's Third Army in France,
writes that he recently received a
box from home, and enjoyed the
sweets it contained, as such things
are not found in France.
Edward L. Baltzell, 2l5 N. Pros
pect St, who was removed to Vet
Grams Hospital, Dearborn, on Nov.
8 for observation and treatment, Is
reported in fair condition. He will
undergo surgery when his condi-
ton permits.
Mr.. and Mrs. William MUMMY
gave a Thanksgiving dinner and in
addition to their immediate family
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Silas
Miller, Mrs. Mumbys parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Wilson and daugh-
ter Bonnie Jean, Wayne, and Tech.
Sgt. Lee Peterson, who Is here on
furlough. after completing 35 bomb.
ing missions from England, and his
wife, Virginia, and Dean Holt from
Rutland, Iowa. In the evening the
young people attended the theater
in Ann Arbor
Sgt. Robert w. Peyton. "a, OF 2l4
Oak ST., has arrived at Army Air
Forces Redistribution Station No.
2 in Miami Beach for reassign-
ment processing after completing
a tour OF duty outside the continen-
tai United States. He served as a
BOA mechanic and crew chief dur
ing 81 months in the Middle East.
He worked as a bartender and en-
gineer before joining the AAF Nov,
"a. 1871. His wife, Velma, lives at
the same address.
Technician Fourth Grade Wood
row w. Struble, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. julius ]. Struble, Is cook
with car company whose drivers
have covered more than two mil
lion miles with only four serious
accidents in two years overseas
Sgt. Struble has been overseas n
months, wears the Mediterranean
Theater Ribbon, the American De-
Tense Medal, and has been award
ed the Good Conduct Medal.
Staff Sergeant Harold w. Coles
81, ball turret gunner, OF Milling