Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-10

ever gets back to Imperial Valley
he would never complain again. His
brother. John H. Holt, seasman first
class tradio technician) is with the
navy at Treasure Island.
A-C Samuel Newton Fisher, was
among 10 highest in trial gunnery
of a class of fighter pilots graduated
November 2U al Luxe Field, AAF
Training Command advanced flying
school. Fisher qualified as an eX-
pert while receiving aerial gunnery
training at Gila Bend Air Field,
sub-base of Luke Field. Fisher was
critically injured in an airplane
crash September 81. l943, and af-
ter six months in a hospital re-
turned tc complete his aviation
training. His wife, the former
Goldie Viola Darby, lives at 1858
Columbia, San Diego, California.
Fisher attended Central Union
High school and FL Centre Junior
college. where he won letters in
basketball. baseball and track.
Staff Sergeant William j. Deaver
of 69l Vine street, Ell Centro, is
soldier with transportation
corps harbor craft company operat-
ing in a French port and is spend
ing his life on tug boats, barges,
floating cranes. and sea mules"
Since they are neither soldiers nor
sailors, the men in this group call
themselves "Sailjers.
Mrs. Jack Fox went to Sacra-
mento to met her husband, Jack
Fox. ships cook first class, when
he arrived home after spending 20
months with the navy in the South
Pacific. They expect TO be in I'M
perial Valley for Thanksgiving. He
was a football and basketball star
while in high school and at st.
Mary'S.
IT'S over three years since l saw
Ell Centro,' Captain Lyle HartZell
wrote from Luxembourg where he is
serving with an engineering bat
talicn. III be glad to call it home
again. Things are not going quite
so fast as they did for while but
all is we'll over here
Paul HinshaW, electrician first
class with the navy, has returned
to Washington, D. c., after visiting
in FL Centro and other valley cities
lC days. He has been inStructing
in fire control school for some
time. He attended school in Holt
vile. Shortly after HinshaW was
transferred from the school in
Washington, Athol Hallman, an
other Holtville man, was assigned
While serving with the Fifth army
in Italy Private First Class David
Acuna of CaleXico, California, is a
member of a 35Cth Infantry Regi-
ment rifle platoon which recently
captured a hill on the Fifth army
front from which the enemy had
held up q battalion's advance for
two days. One of the 88th Infantry
Divisions Blue Devils Acuna was
instrumental in securing the posi-
ton. in which the platoon killed
four of the enemy, captured eight
and put four machineguns and five
machine pistols, as we'll as several
rifles out of action. In the assault
of the position, the Yanks circled
around the left flank Of the hill for
700 yards. Heavy vegetation and
light wind enabled them to reach
the rear of the hill before they
were observed. AS soon as the pla-
toon'S movements were noticed, the
enemy opened up with machinegun,
machine pistol and rifle fire on
their left flank. Two squads then
opened fire on the enemy positions,
pinning the Germans down while
the other two squads advanced up
the hill. AT the points of their
Garand rifles, the men of the 35Oth'
rooted the ferries from their shall
low slit trenches and machinegun
emplacements atop the hill. Only
one of the Americans was wounded
in the assault, when hit on the
foot by a conclusion grenade. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jose Acuna,
live at 403 3rd street, Calexico.
Gene OSWalt, son of j. Sterling
OsWalt, was home for a visit in Ell
Centro last week. He left Wednes-
day for Great Lakes, Illinois, where
he is in training with the navy.
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