Milford chronicle., 1944-02-25
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MacDill Field
Tampa, Florida
! Dear Mr.. Townsend:
I'm sorry to have to ask you to
please change my mailing address
of the Chronicle. get the Chron-
icle every week and thanks to you
and your staff it sure does feel
good to get news from home every
week.
I'm in the Third Air Force at
present and have been assigned as
first radio operator and waist gum
ner on a BIZ Flying Fortress. At
ter finishing my operatiOnal train
ing i expect TO be in the Eighth
Air Force and go to England.
Well Mr.. Townsend, hardly
know how to express my appreci-
alton to you for the paper. so I'll
just say thanks a million"
My present mailing address is:
Corporal Francis w. Postles
32751S94 A. S. n.
4SSth Bmb. GRIP.
Casual Det
MacDill Field
Tampa Florida
Sincerely
Francis W. Postles
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William r. Murphy, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Murphy.
Clarke avenue, Milford. was recent
ly promoted from private to private
first class. Private Murphy is in
enemy aircraft detection work with
18th AAF Fighter Command Sig
nal Unit now serving in the South
Pacific. Prior to entering the AAF.
Private Murphy was employed by
E. l. dupont de NemOurs. Nylon
Division, Seaford. He attended the .
Signal Corps Message Center /
School at Camp Charles Wood, Ea-
tOntOwn. n. j., and the Aircraft De-
lection School at Drew Field, Tam
pa. Florida. before shipping over
seas. Private Murphy's wife, Mil
dred Kent Murphy, resides in Eel
ton.
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Gale G. Grove. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Grove, of $40 North
Washington street. Milford. enlist
ed in the Army Air Forces as a can
didate for air combat crew train
ing. He is now a student at the
Milford High School and will be
on a reserve status in the Army
until called to active duty for pre-
aviation cadet training after he be-
comes is years of age and COM
pletes his current school term.
Grove was enlisted by the Aviation
Cadet Examining Board in the post
office building in Camden, n. j.,
which serves South Jersey and
Delaware.
Staff Sergeant William Field has
returned to the Army Air Base at
Greenville, S. C.. after spending a
15-day furlOugh with his wife. Mrs.
Irene Field. and parents. First Ser
geant Claude Field. retired. and
Mrs. Field, First Sergeant and Mrs.
Field have three other sons in the
Army, Corporal Allan Field at Mac
Dill Field. Florida. and Sergeant
Fred Field at Fort Bliss. Texas, and
Sergeant Robert Field at Camp Alb
bott. Oregon.
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Aviation Cadet Herbert NJ. HaZ- {
lard, 20 years old, of Lewes, has {
his basic flight training
IT the Coffeyville, Kan. Army Air ]
Field and has gone on to an ad-
fanced field at Victoria. Texas. !
where he will finish his cadet {
raining and win his wings in the
Army Air Forces. Cadet Hazard is
he sOa of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry p. {
Hazard of Route l. Lewes.
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Private Edward H. Warren. |
Route 2. Box 80, Milford, has re- p
emily returned from active duty !
'verseas. and is now patient at
General Hospital, an b
Army Service Forces installation, II
he Army's largest general hOspi- b
al. Il
A% c.
Ensign and Mrs. Charles Murphy e
re the proud parents of a son born L
n Memorial Hospital on Wednes- t.
ay, February %. He has been L
amed Charles Murphy. Ill. Mrs. h
1urphy will he remembered as the a
Ormer Jean MulhOlland. tC
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Harry l.. Hill, seaman second o.
lass, returned to Sampson. N. Y,
fter spending 81 days with his par D.
nts and daughter. On his return to N
ampson he will be assigned to r
choOl for training for petty officer
ating. "
George Stokes, U. S. N, studying d
Mt. st. Mary's College. at EN- oi
lettsburg. Md, is spending this fl
'eek with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 81
!. NJ. Stokes and will return Sun h
ay tt
Staff Sergeant Richard Hudson G.
as returned to the Army Air Base m
t Lake Charles, louisiana, after W
a fifteen-day furlough G
18th relatives in Milton. lie
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Staff Sergeant George COwan of W
artery F, 19Sth C. A., has returned
ONE after spending 23 months in F.
lie South Pacific. He left the bat th
Try in December. M
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Jimmie Hammond, U. S. N, is a gi
ctim of measles at the home of al