Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-17
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placement training center for II
weeks of basic training. He has
been attached to the seventh train
ing regiment. He entered the army
last Feb. II. Before entering the
service he was a cement finisher for
the Macco company.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Holmes of 726
North Twelfth street. FL Centro. re-
ceived word that their son, Kenneth
Fl. Holmes, has been pro-
moted to sergeant. He is stationed
in the southwest Pacific. Their
other sen, Cpl. Lee Holmes has been
transferred to Camp Santa Anita
at Arcadia from FIT. Macarthur. He
has been with the military police
for the last 20 months.
Carlos Mitchell Mccall, acmm
with the navy, son of T. D. Mccall,
Imperial Valley pioneer, has been
aboard bomber where things are
happening in the Pacific war zone.
He landed in San Francisco and
will meet his father in San Diego
this week, the first time they have
met in two years. TIE navyman was
born and educated in Imperial
county.
Harry Gates, Jr., son of Mrs
Harry Gates of Brawley was COM
missioned a lieutenant in the army
air force on March l2 He was
trained at the advanced pilots
training school at Pecos, Texas. He
was born in BraWley and was
graduated from the University of
Southern California, being presi-
dent of his fraternity, Sigma Nu.
A new recruit at the naval train
ing station at Great Lakes, ILL.,, is
James Monroe Steakley, "a, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur
Steakley, 587a Commercial street,
Ell Centro. He is undergoing "boct"
training.
Pvt. William D. Clements, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clements, form
er Ell Centrans, arrived at the Uni
versity of Denver for a course of
instruction to last approximately
five months prior to his appoint
menG as an aviation cadet in the
army air forces western training
command.
Aviation Cadet Milton Console,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Console
of Ell Centro, has been transferred
from ontario to Stockton for ad-
vanced training in the army air
corps He was at Ontario for his
primary and basic training His
parents and his sister, Miss Ortha
Console, visited him at Ontario
before he went north.
Captain Calvert A. Moody is still
in Italy as group navigation officer
He has been in active service for
more than year, having seen ac-
tion in North Africa, Tunisia,
Sicily, and different places in Italy.
In a letter to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Moody, former Ell
Centrans now living in San Luis
Obispo, Captain Moody said that a
trip ever the battlefields of a year
ago now are in crops, part of the
battered country making speedy re-
covery. His address is Headquarters
340th Bomb Group, APO $50, 60
Postmaster, New York City, N. Y.
w. T. Lyons, Jr.. radioman third
class with the United States navy,
is in the hospital in Portsmouth,
Va. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. w.
T. Lyons, Sr., live in El Centro.
Sgt. William E. Henderson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P Henderson of
Holtville, is a radio instructor anC.
is stationed with the army air
corps at Avon Park, Florida.
Sgt. George Harris, Dr. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harris, ST., of
FL Centro, has been awarded the
Purple Heart. He was wounded
while on duty with the air corps in
England. Il hope,' he wrote his
parents, that I don't have occasion
to win another purple heart" He
is getting along very we'll at this
time, he said, having been dismissed
from The hospital after few days.
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