Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-06

her husband, T5 William House. had
been awarded the GOOD Conduct
medal for faithful and exact per-
formance of duty and whose be-
havior has been such as to deserve
emulation. An enlisted man must
have an efficiency and character
rating of Excellent" before becom-
ing eligible for this award. Word
of the award was sent TO Mrs. House
from her husbands commanding
officer. House is with an engineer
ing division and has been overseas
Is months.
Around the nation and back again
Ted Kipf of Holtville has completed
the circle. He has been on special
service for the navy and now is
stationed at the Holtville naval air
station for several weeks.
Sales of war bonds at the LIBERIA
tor station in England which is
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
William w. tBilD Jones of Ell Gen.
tro. exceeded 100000 during the
past month This sum represented
a high average war bond purchase
for every man on the base.
Raul Barrigan, Ir.. electrician
third class in the navy is home for
a 30-day leave with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Barrigan. Sr.,
in Ell Centro. He has been in four
major battles and has four citations.
He has been in the Pacific area for
Is months. He surprised his par
! ents when he arrived home as
they had not heard from him for
| four months. George. another son of
Mr. and Mrs. Barrigan, is stationed
,, at Coronado with navy amphibious
unit. Robert, another son, is an
aviation metalsmith at Aancostia,
Maryland. He has been in the service
four years, has four citations, and
is chief petty officer.
Technical sergeant Edward A.
Jordan of El Centre is member OF
a COMMANDMENT group which, with
its division. has been cited by the
President for a bombing attack on
targets in Germany January IL,
1914. Sergeant Jordan is an aerial
gunner and engineer of BIZ Fly
ing Fortress and has been in the
European theater of war for year.
He was employed by the Pacific
Motor Transport company before he
entered the service.
Word has been received that Ser
geant Boyd B. Moss, formerly en-
ployed by the Imperial Ice and
Development company in Ell Centre,
was awarded the army Good Con-
duct Medal for efficiency, fidelity,
and exemplary behavior. He served
in the AleutianS for the last q
months and participated in the in
itial landings that began the drive
to oust the japanese from Ameri-
can soil. He was an assistant squad
leader in an infantry company.
Mrs. Myrtle Kilgore of Brawley
is trying to keep the letters going
to her family. Cheerful Kilgore is
with the WAVES and is in boot
camp in New York. Leonard Kilgore
is seaman second class in the
SeabeeS. Sergeant Charles Kilgore
is with the fourth marines and has
been in the Pacific area since the
first of the year. After seeing action
on the MarShalls, Siapan, and Tin
ian. he became i'll and was sent to
rest camp. He found out where
Leonard was and the two brothers
has a reunion somewhere in the
Pacific area. They had not seen each
other for nine months before their
Pacific reunion.
At Fort Benning, Georgia, Paul
William N. Smith of Ell Centre has
| been commissioned a second lieut.
! enant in the army. He completed
officers training course. He was in
Quoted into the army July q, 1943
| and served with the Rainbow div
ision. After graduating from BraWley
! Junior college. Smith was connected
with the border patrol. He has no
! living relatives.
Among the graduates at Panama
| City. Florida, was Aviation Cadet
| Daniel J. Mitosinka, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Mitosinka of Ell Centre,
He finished a course at the air
forces flexible gunnery school. When
he graduated he received a pair
of silver wings that signify he is
ready to take his place as member
of the combat crew of an AAF bonn
ber
The B-2i iberator bomber squad
ron in which Corporal Arthur r..
McAnally of FL Centre is a re.
fuelling operator recently was cited
for distinguished and outstanding
performance of duty from May IL
to July 18." During that period,
without loss of aircraft or crew,
the squadron lin face of intense
anti-aircraft fire and formidable
enemy opposition" bombed 20 tar
gets in Germany and "a targets
in enemy occupied Europe. The
squadron was further cited for ten
acity Of purpose, efficiency, deter
mination, and devotion to duty In
addition to marking up the excep-
tional record of 54 missions without
loss, the squadron during that per-
iod led all other squadrons of its
Liberator group in the number of
heavy bombers dispatched into bat
tie.