Evening star., 1944-09-02
Wounded

~ III 1tdIy. Iile war OcpdI CNlenC AAs
notified his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Irwin Curtis of Kensington. In hi.
last letter home he wrote he suf-
fered shrapnel wounds in both leg.
and was still unable to walk al.
though he was convalescing
Pvt. Curtis, who was 20 years ole
yesterday, is a native OF Kensington
He graduated from the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School and Co.
lumbia Tech Institute, where he
specialized in radio. before he en-
tered the service August IA. 1943
He has been overseas since May.
A veteran Of three engagements
Pfc. Curtis participated in the bat
ties for Naples and Rome and the
drive on Leghorn before he was
wounded A brother. Pvt. Eugene
Curtis, l8, is stationed at Fort Nc
Clellan, Ala.
Corpl. Donald w. Robinett, rs
son Of Walter C. Robinett. 6O3 ]
street NE, was wounded In the
left leg and right arm June IL
while fighting with the Marines on
Saipan. his father has learned.
-Four Marines were lying in a fox
hole at 3 am on the third day OF
the invasion when shrapnel killed
three OF them. Corpl Robinett was
unconscious four days. He was re-
turned August 20 to Long Beach
Calf.
Corpl. Robinett, graduate OF
Mckinley High School. worked in
the street lighting division of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. for six
years before enlisting in September
1912. He went overseas in November
l943 and participatedsin the Mar
shall and Gilbert Islands fighting.
Sergt. Kenichi Nishimoto, 81, OF
Ill Carroll avenue. Takoma Park
was wounded on July 4 in Italy. A
Japanese American, born in Stock
ton, Calf, he had lived in Wash
ington year before volunteering
for the Army in April. 1913. At the
time he joined the Army, he was
employed by the War Relocation
Authority as placement official.
The War Department informed
his wife, Mrs. Florence Nishimoto
that his wounds were slight. At
the time they we're married, in 194l,
both were employed as social work.
ers by the California State Relief
Administration.
Sergt. Nishimoto's parents immi-
grated from Japan and established
hotel at Stockton. His father died
few weeks before Sergt. Nishi-
moto was inducted into the Army
His mother is at relocation center
IN Arkansas. A brother, John Nish-
imoto, is just finishing basic training
in the Army in Florida.
Missing
Sergt. James Porter Davis, jr., "a
son Of the Office of Price Admins.
tration regional administrator ano
Mrs. Davis, 3701 Massachusetts ave.
nue. NV, has been missing in action
in France since August g. the Wal
Department notified his mother.
Born in Marseille, France, where
Mr.. Davis was American consul
Serat. Davis one desire was to gel
into the front lines in France, his
mother said. He enlisted in the
Army Medical Corps In November
1912, and requested that he be sent
to France.
Sergt Davis moved with his fam
lily to Washington II years ago and
was graduated from Western High
School and ROTC Junior College
In Dahlonega. Ga. He worked as a
Star carrier and later in the per-
sonnel department at Lockheed's
aviation plant in California.
Mr.. Davis, who Is head of the
ninth OPA region. returned from
Alaska last night and heard for the
first time that his son was missing
Prisoner
STAFF Sergt. Jerome r. Robertson,
81, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Robertson. 1346 D street NE, Is q
prisoner Of war In Germany, the
War Department has notified his