Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-24

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enlisted last September 7 and has
had four months of technical
training. -. /
Sun Valley Is the present address
of Ray Schultz, shipfitter third
class He is taking commando
training now He was transferred
to Sun Valley frcm Davisville, r.
l., where he had been stationed
since he returned from Newfound-
land.
George Grassland, 10, seaman
first class with the navy, is home
for visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs w. w. Grassland and
ether relatives and friends in Ell
Centro. He has been on tanker
in the Pacific war zone, having
been in the navy for year. George
has lived in El Centro all his life
and attended the schools OF the
city.
Honors we're accorded David
Joseph Hayhurst, 20, ccxswain
with the naval reserve, for his
splendid conduct in action and was
nit tot 1Hro Ia
was among the men who manned
their battle station almost without
rest for week. Of action during
the attack by German bombers,
torpedo planes and submarines
when the allies invaded Italy. The
citation was "for bravery and de-
votion to duty as a member of the
armed guard unit anchored in the
harbor cf the Palermo" His ship
joined convey going toward Glib
raltar. It was attacked by 25 Ger
man torpedo planes. The men on
the ship repulsed the enemey and
shot down four planes. The ship
successfully lodged two aerial
tcrpedoes, making emergency
Julll W dSOld lit CiC"
prevented the effectiveness Of the
attacks and contributed materially
to the job done By the armed
guard.
Thomas c. Feency, ycoman Sec
ond class, whose family lives in
Ell Centre, is now an integral men,
ber of the amphibious forces of
the navy. At the conclusion of
his preliminary training at the
amphibicus base at Camp Bradford
near Norfolk, Va, he has been
assigned to a crew for active duty
Edward L. Kenny. Jr, has been
made a sergeant with the army
engineers in Iran. Recently he
went on seven-day leave to many
points of interect in that part of
the world, the sightseeing being
1aid fer by the army.
Frank Gillett, son of Mrs. Paul
Payne and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Gillett. has joined the
navy. He attended school in CAL
exico and Imperial His maternal
grandmother is Mrs. Lottie Mason.
Aviation Cadet Fred Higginboth-
am, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
L. Higginbotham of Ell Centre. was
graduated to the advanced flying
school at ALICE army air field at
Victoria. Texas. He completed
basic pilot training at Majors Field,
Texas.
Jerry Port, storekeeper first
class with the navy, wrote relatives
in Ell Centre that he left Africa
and is now in Italy. He attended
the opera Aida" He couldn't
understand the words but the
music was wonderful.
Pfc. Alex Romero, who has been
with the army in Alaska three
years, is visiting friends in Ell
Centre. He came tc El Centro
especially to see Mrs. Lcla Gonzalez,
who reared him.
In a letter to the Post Press,
Pfc. Oscar Cohen. who is stationed
at Fort Stevens, Oregon, wrote
that he has passed through most
Of the good old U. S. A. and can
truthfully say that no state is
better than California or any
A group of United States army
engineers, toughened by the fire of
battle, arrived in England to help
train other engineer soldiers fer
the invasion of western Europe
Among them was CPL Elton Fox
of Ell Centro. They have been in
the thick of the ncrth African
campaign, much of the time pre-
ceding the main body Of infantry
men to which they were attached
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