Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Pfc. Donald Masten was slightly
wounded in Germany on November
IL.
Pfc. and Mrs. Wilson Porter OF
Camp Lee, Va, are spending an s.
day furlough with his sister and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Rob-
erts.
Word has been received that
Corporal .Eurie NJ Savage Jr., safe
ly arrived in Southern France on
November IL from Corsica. Fie
spent one year in LaMaddalena,
Sardenia, three months in Palermo,
Sicily and four months in North
Africa.
Aviation Cadet John VI. Fleming,
2S, whose wife, Audrae, and daugh-
ter live in Milford, has arrived at
the basic school at Perrin Field,
Texas for 10 weeks of intensive
training which will lead to gradua-
ton as flying officer in the
mighty Army Air Forces. He came
here from primary training at
Coleman, Texas.
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Sergeant Joseph H. Emory, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Emory of
Milford, has recently been promot-
ed to his present rank at Fort
Miles. Lewes. He is with Search
Light Detachment. Sergeant Emory
was inducted into the National
Guard on January %, 1871 and
since that time has been stationed
at Fort Miles. Before entering the
service he was employed at the
Dupont Nylon Plant at Seaford.
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Staff Sergeant Ralph f. Scott. of
Milford has been serving in Eng
land for nine months as an arma-
ment flight chief He supervises a
crew of seven airplane armorers
in the inspection, maintenance and
repair of all weapons on flight OF
Psi Mustangs. They make a close
check of the armament mecha-
nisms before and after each bomb
er escort or strafins mission
against the enemy. 5 Sergeant
Scott attended Milford High School f.
and was employed as a collector
for p. f. Collier and Sons, Balti-
more, Maryland. Holder of the
Good Conduct Medal. he is the son ,
of Mrs. Eta l.. Scott. 3S ~ Walnut |
St. Milford
Sergeant John &. Hall of Milford |
who is serving with a division OF
the Fifth Army in Italy recently
helped wage a last ditch battle
which sent German attackers back .
to the safety of their own positions
in Northern Italy. (
With only one non-cOmmissiOned b
officer left surviving after the Ger /
man attack. remnants of Halls
company elected to dig in and re-
sist the numerically superior Ger
mans. Their courage and determi- .
nation won out and the NaZis were !
put to fight
Hall, former employee of the J.
Holland Prettyman grocery store,
entered the army in May, 1912. A
brother, Buell. Hall. also is in the
service. Their father. Mr.. J. Willis
Hall lives in Milford.
Sergeant Hall. who has recently
Ieen promoted to his present rank.
was previously wounded in the
lighting of Italy. He recovered and
'ejOined his unit.
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Sergeant Tom Atkins. Corps of
writes in "a V-letter
rom somewhere on the European
'rOnt saying he wants to be re-
to all the boys and
ldds:
Il have been reading in the pap
rs where the wives of the soldiers
ire up in the air about their hus-
'ands having their picture taken
With French girls. That might be
rue. but sure don't know what
Army they are in, because here
hey don't even allow us to speak
o civilians. | must admit there are
ONE good looking girls over here,
ut one can never know if they are
riend or foe. So l guess the little
women don't have too much to
FOrry about.
We have been reading a lot about 4;
he manner in which the Army will
e discharged after the war. If
on get any dope on that put it in
our paper and we will have more {
q discuss over here"
The letter is signed, Just Pals: {
'ergeant Tom Atkins and Master ,
ergeant l.. Dean" q