Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-14
Our Men in the Service

Wednesday was 4 great day for
Mrs. Earl Davis of the McCabe dis
trict. On that day her son Ernest
W. Stauch. third class radio opera
tor on a destroyer escort, tele-
phoned her from Elizabeth, New
Jersey. He called from his grand
mothers home. He had seven days
leave and spent it in New York and
with his grandmother, Mrs. Jose
/ phine Petell in Elizabeth. He was
born there. 1.e told his mother he
had seen many interesting things at
sea and while overseas. He likes
the navy. Tell my friencs." he
said, that I think of them He
already has been overseas twice and
was due to leave soon for his third
trip. As soon as she completed that
call the long distance operator told
her she had a call from Los An
geles. This call came from her
ether son, Pfc. Raymond Stauch.
He is an army mp. stationed in the
Los Angeles area. He said he en-
joys his work and likes the army.
He recently returned from San
Francisco where he said he almost
froze. Give me good old Imperial
Valley sunshine anytime" he said.
Aviation Cadet James F.. Bailey
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. James F..
Bailey of 666 He'll, Fl Centro, has
,NlA ~ Nc,A fYNf, af
Gardner Field and has been sent to
ar advanced training school to fin
iSh his pilot training When he
completes his course he will De COM
miSSioned a second lieutenant in
the army. He attended Central
Union High school in El Centro. In
March he was accepted as an avia-
ton cadet at San Diego. His father
is a veteran of World War No. /.
Technical Sergeant James A. Nc
Keen returned to Camp Polk, LOU
iSiana, this week after spending a
20-day furlough with his wife in
Holtville. His wife is living with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Euckel in Holtyille
Jesse E. (PatD Bush, electricians
mate first class in the naval re-
serve, reported to the navy pre-
fligh: school at Athens, Georgia,
fol intensive physical training and
ground school study. The course,
at least three months long, is
if1O q c IN hn
stages of flight train.ig Tor future,
navy, coast guard, and marine COM
bat pilots. He emerged from a box
ing tournament the champion mid
dleWeight champion of his regiment.
Bush, formerly OF 780 Hamilton.
graduated from El Central Union
High school in 1886 and attended
San Diego State college two years.
He completed naval flight prepara-
tory school at Natchitoches, LOU
iSiana, and was transferred to
Athens from the CAA war training
service school, Kilgore, Tex. He
served q months in the Caribbean.
AT an eighth AAF composite sta
ton in England, Second Lieutenant
Tom Daniel OF El Centre recently
met two old friends from Imperial
Valley, Sergeant Gordon Stewart,
and Corporal Shipley F.. Estes at
the staten where the lieutenant is
an advanced tactical flight instruct
or. Lieutenant Daniel has been
with the AAF since Feb. 1943. He
was stationed at Wickenburg, Ari-
zona, during primary flight train
ing, moving to Pecos, Texas, Will
lamS Field, Arizona, and finally to
Santa Rosa, California air base
where he flew Aircobra P-39s be-
tore coming overseas. Sergeant
Stewart works in the utilities sec
tlon OF the base ana is one of those
responsible for keeping the build
lngs and field in first class condi-
ton for flight operations. Corporal
Estes, in the transportation sec
ton, handles incoming calls for the
JeepS, trucks, and busses, that speed
the movement Of men and supplies.
Lieutenant Daniel is a graduate of
Central Junior college, and Central
Union High school, His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Daniel, live at
1850 He'll street, e. Centre.
A little matter of monsoonS took
up considerable space in the last
letter written home by Major R. F..
Bolenoaker. The Ell Centre veteri-
marian is in Burma with the army
now. He described how little rivers
rise five feet in an hour. 1t may
De mandy but ne is getting tired of
doing his laundry in these little
rivers. There is plenty of water to
wash them in but it takes several
days to get his clothes dry. His
laundry work can't take long. He
admitted he wore only trousers and
shoes. The major said there are
some Japanese prisoners and their
horses kept at the place where he is
stationed. The horses" he wrote.
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