Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-18
-Our Men In the Service

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and his brother, Roscoe, in Cali
patria, while in Imperial Valley,
Monroe attended CaleXico Union
High school.
At Camp Blanding, Florida, Prl-
Vate Daniel H. Seldom has been as
signed to duty at the infantry re-
placement training center. He was
returned to the mainland from the
Aleutian theater of operations under
the armys policy of rotating men
On overseas duty whenever possible.
He was made a member OF the per-
manent staff handling training and
administrative matters in the train
ing of infantry requirements. His
mother is Mrs Nancy Sheldon of
Seeley. Sheldon entered the service
in 1910.
In San Diego Dewitt Hendrick-
sen, IT. year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Hendricksen of 712 South
Fifth street, El Centro, enlisted in
the navy and assigned to the train
ing center here. He attended Cen
tral Union High school in Ell Centro.
Pfc. Frank w. Dixon, son of Mrs.
Grace Dixon of Ell Centro, has been
transferred from Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri, to San Luis Obispo.
He is in the armored infantry of
the army and has been acting COM
pany clerk the last few months be-
fore his transfer Dixon wants to
get back into the field again as he
grew tired of office work. He en-
tereC the service last February He
is a graduate of Central Union
High school and attended the Uni
versity OF California at Berkeley
before enlisting. After that he was
in army college training at the Uni
yersity of Kentucky.
Il bought a cup of fresh warm
milk today Second Lieutenant Bill
Christian wrote his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Christian, from Some
where in France, and it reminded
me OF being on the farm in Imperial
Valley. He is with an infantry ci-
vision.
Among the graduates at PecoS,
Texas, recently was Chester Ken
meth Sharp, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Earl Sharp of Fourth and
Pine streets, Holtville. Sharp re-
ceived his oi:vcr Wings and was
commissioned a second lieutenant.
The new pilot completed course
in t"in-engine aircraft. He was as
signed to PecoS from Lemoore, Cali
fornia. He is a former stuCent Of
Holtville Union High school.
Captain Norman E. Dupont of SIS
Wensley, Ell Centre. recently handed
over a total of $1,000 worth of war
bonds to put his Lowry Field, Col
orado squadron over the top in war
bond sales. Captain Dupont, who is
adjutant Of section @ at Lowry, sold
a total Of $l2 400 worth of bonds TO
the enlisted men in his outfit during
the fifth war loan drive. An op-
tometrist in El Centro when calico
to active duty in the summer of
1912, he has two sons in the army.
Lieutenant Norman II. Dupont is a
pilot and Forrest II. Dupont is an
aviation cadet at Santa Ana, Cali
fornia.
Sergeant William Sunstrom. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sunstrom
Route 2, Box 20, Ell Centre, has writ
ten TO his parents from Honolulu
where he was transferred from
Attu. For his services at Attu he
has been awarded the Bronze Medal.
He Is in his third year in the army.
Among the graduates at Aloe
army air field at Victoria, Texas.
was Toby Elster of Calipatria. At
his graduation he was made a sec
ond lieutenant.
Willie Troy Lyons, Jr, radioman
third class, Is home on leave, visit
ing relatives and friends in Ell Cen
tro, Holtyille and San Diego. He
Is radioman ON a boat out of
New York. His parents are Mr..
ane Mrs. Willie Troy Lyons, St,
of FL Centro.
Second Lieutenant Thomas j.
Daniel, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Daniel Of Ell Centro, has been flying
his P-33 lightning fighter on high
level bombing missions behind Ger
man lines. The group with which
he flies was one of the first to
employ the new precision bombing
technique. The twin-engined fighter