Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

Steven Draper, U. S. NJ. NJ. re-
turned to duty on. Monday after
spending some time here with rela-
tives.
Word has been received here by
Mrs. Warren Young of the safe ar
rival of her husband, Private
Young in New g Guinea %
Master Sergeant Eugene C.
Smith, Jr., of Atlanta. Georgia,
spent several days in Milford with
his aunt, Miss Mabel Smith.
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Warrant officer Willard C. Jack
son of Fort Velvoir, Va, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry W. Jackson of Milford.
Captain and Mrs. George S.
Grier, 3rd., of Fort Eustis, Va.
were guests of their parents, MIR.
and Mrs. George S. Grier, last
week.
Sgt. Edward Murphy is spending
a furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugune Murphy. He ar
rived home on Sunday from Louis
lana.
Sam Marshall. L. S. n. stationed
at Naval Hospital Hospital in Phil
adelphia was the weekend of his
parents. DR.. and Mrs. S. NJ. d.
Marshall.
Sgt. William V. Sipple has re-
turned to Langley Field Va, after
spending a ten-day furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
V. Sipple.
Sergeant and Mrs. Wilbur War
ner of Camp Chaffee, Arkansas,
have been spending a 14-day leave
with his mother, Mrs, J. W. War
ner, and relatives and friends.
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Sergeant John Dickerson after
spending three days with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs, Edgar Dicker-
son of Milford, has returned to his
NJ P. Headquarters Detachment at
Fort Jackson, S; 9.
James {. Hudson, C. NJ. Bic, of
Milton. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Hudson, is home on 30
day leave after spending l6 months
on the Aleutian chain. He will re-
turn back to Camp Parks, CalifOr-
mia.
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Warrant Officer Thomas Wal
lace Burn is spending a short fur
Tough with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Burn. At present Of
ficer Burn is stationed at Gulfport
Field GulfpOrt, Mississippi. on one
of the fast torpedo boats attached
to the air field there.
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Sergeant Robert Fl. Field, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Field of Milford,
has finished his training at the
Parachute School, Fort Benning,
Ga. The course included four
weeks of jumps from n plane in
flight and one night jump involv-
ing a tactical combat problem on
landing.
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Pfc. Lester J. Mitchell is spend
ing a 21-day furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Mitchell
of Pennington. Pfc. Mitchell has
been in service overseas for al
most two and a half years. He was
one of the members of the old 19Sth
Coast Artillery. He will report
back to Camp Butner, n. c., for
further assignment.
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Mrs. Dannie Lawson had as her
breakfast guests on Tuesday NOR
ming, Technical Sergeant and Mrs.
James Salisbury of Pomona, Cali
fornia. Mrs. Salisbury was form
erly Miss Esther Bullock and n
staff nurse of the Milford Memorial
Hospital before her marriage last
Esther and Jimmy are
home on a 15-day furlough.
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Technical Sergeant Lester Har-
ris, former resident of Milford, and
an employee of II. r. Phillips. re-
Gently returned from England.
where as a member of Flying
Fortress crew. he participated in
25 missions oyer Europe. During
the course of his missions, he was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Air Medal and three
Oaf Leaf clusters. He is now spen-
ding a few days at Mrs. Viereck's
on East Front street. 4
Aviation Cadet Charles Dale Lin
go, Jr., MillsborO boy training in
the A. A. F. for his combat pilots
wings, is shown in this picture
ready to climb into his plane for a
training flight at LOdwick School
of AerOnautics, Lakeland. Fla.
where he is undergoing his prim-
airy training covering elementary l
and acrobatic flying. The schools l
Official designation is the 2160 A. &
A. F. Base Unit, under Army Air
Forces Eastern Flying Training
Command. Maxwell Field, Ala. c
Cadet Lingo, son of Mr.. and Mrs. a
Dale Lingo, Sr. Millsboro resi- 7
dents, Joined the Air Corps shortly !
following his graduation from: t
AIillsboro High School in 1943.