Milford chronicle., 1944-06-09
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News of Our Boys and Girls in Uniform

i Albert French, U. S. Army, ha
been spending a furlough witt
Mrs. French and his son.
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Norton Leverage, U. S. Navy
stationed at Miami, Florida, il
spending a liberty with his wifi
and son.
Sergeant Theodore Townsend
was transferred from Aberdeen
Proving Grounds. Md, to Camp
Flora, Miss, and left on Monday
for his new post, after spending a
short furlough with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send. Mrs. Townsend, who has
been working in the administra-
tive office at Aberdeen. returned to
Milford and will be at home with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Has
well Pierce, for the present.
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Harry L. Hill. Jr., Seaman 1Ic,
R. d. 1, Milford, was graduated
from the Navy's Gunnery School at
the Naval Training Station at
Sampson, N. Y, this week and now
awaits assignment to sea duty or
to a Navy shore station. Selected
for the school by series of apti-
tude tests given during recruit
training, he has received instruc-
tion in care and use of small arms,
machine guns. anti-aircraft guns
and the big guns of the fleet. He
has been trained in optics, hand
ling of explosives. firing of depth
charges and torpedoes.
Az
Naval Mine Warfare
Test Station
Solomons, Md.
Dear Sir:
The weekly issue of the Milford
Chronicle has been arriving regu-
larly and l wish to sincerely thank
YOU for the great service you are
doing in distributing this paper to
me and all the other people that
are away from home.
l enjoy reading every word of
the paper. And again, may | thank
you with sincere appreciation for
sending me the Milford Chronicle.
Yours sincerely,
S. F. 2Ic Daniel W. Capehart
AZ
Anzio Beachhead. Italy
Dear Sir:
am writing this letter to show
that l appreciate you sending me
your paper. l have already received
two copies and am looking forward
to getting more in the future.
During my travels through North
Africa and Italy, l have had the
opportunity to read newspapers
from many different parts of the
United States. but none of them
can take the place of my old home
town paper, THE Milford Chron-
icle."
Reading news from his home
town is the most enjoyable thing
to a soldier overseas. l am sure
most any soldier will agree to
that.
May l say again that l appre-
ciate your thoughtfulness in send
ing me 1.-The Milford Chronicle.
Very sincerely yours.
Private F. c. Timmons
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Corporal Leighton r. Calhoun.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph W. Cal
houn, of Lincoln, was graduated
last week from the Army Air
Forces Flexible Gunnery School,
Laredo Army Air Field, Laredo,
Texas. a member of the AAF Train
ing Command. He is now qualified
to take his place as member OF
bomber combat crew. Along with
his diploma, he received pair OF
Aerial Gunners silver wings and "a
promotion in grade as brief gradu-
alton exercises. He was prepared
for his place in Americas stepped
up air offensive by cOmprehen-
sive six weeks course in every
phase of aerial gunnery warfare.
Besides learning to fire every type
weapon from camera guns to the
deadly caliber so Brownings. he
studied turret manipulation, air.
craft Identification, stripping and
reassembling of machine guns
while blindfolded. He climaXed the
course by air firing on towed tar
gets.
Sgt. Edward r. Scott, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herber +. Scott of HOus-
ton, is now overseas and has par
ticipated in a course designed to
bridge the gap between training in
the states and soldering in an act
i've theatre of war. at one of the
Air Service Command Stations
known as Control DepOts Sgt.
Scott was carefully prOcessed by
experts who make
certain that he was well fitted for
the job assigned him. Security
training, personal hygiene, a talk
by a Special Service Officer in
forming hi m of facilities for
lealthful recreation and a lecture
by the Chaplain are all in turn a
part of the soldiers preparation
or duties overseas. His next
station will be one from which
Americas fighting planes take off
% smash the Nazi war machine.
Before entering the Army he was
employed as a maintenance work
sr by the Pennsylvania Railroad
'Ompany.
lisitOrs commented at excellent