Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11
Our Men i'm the Service -

purported to be gems but could
have been glass :. C. 1t is monsoon
here now and unless you watch
everything like a hawk, mildew gets
it am here only temporarily
and will be leaving soon to join my
outfit
William Ward Hurlburt, II, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ward H. Hurlburt
OF 3l9 B street, Brawley, has en-
listed in the navy in San Diego and
sent to the naval air station at
Jacksonville, Florida, for training
as a combat air creWman. He en-
listed as a seaman second class He
IS a graduate of BraWley Union
High school and before entering
the service was employed in a SER
vice station. His family has lived
in Brawley 80 years.
James S. Carson has Joined the
worlds most powerful air force as
a bomber pilot. On August a he
received his army air force silver
wings and his commission as a Sec
ond lieutenant.
Ensign T. M. (TeO Smyer re-
Gently received his wings at Corpus
Christi, Texas, and is now taking
operational training at Daytona
Beach, Florida. He is navy fighter
pilot. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Smyer, former Ell CentranS,
are now living in San Diego. His
grandfather, E. K. PopO Reynolds,
lives in Ell Centre. Ensign Smyer
is a former Post-PreSs carrier boy.
Over in San Diego Forrest Dom
aid Damron, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Damron of Ell Centre, reported
for military duty Tuesday. He has
not been assigned to a station yet.
His brother, Lieutenant Milton
Damron, is an army pilot held by
the Germans as a war prisoner.
Two OF the sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. SloVak of 362 Holt, Ell Centre.
are attending military schools. JUL
luS, diesel engineer first class in
the navy, is attending midshipmen
school in New York. He partici-
pated in the invasion of Bougain-
Vile before he was returned to the
mainland. Pfc. Tom Slovak. who
contends the war cannot he won if
everyone stays in the United States.
Is attending an army vehicle school
IN Georgia. He likes mechanics and
has a license to drive all types of
army equipment.
Among the graduates at Moore
Field, Texas was Aviation CaGet
Richard r. Johnston, son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. r. Johnston of 1856
Broadway, Ell Centre. He received
his wings and was commissioned a
second lieutenant.
Lieutenant Colonel William w.
(BilD Jones of E. Centre has been
appointed station commander of
the B-24 Liberator heavy lombard
ment group in which he previously
served as group operations officer,
deputy group commander, and air
executive officer. He is veteran
of numerous combat missions, in
Guiding attacks on Bremen, Osna-
brtck, LudWigshaVen, Saarbrucken,
and Friedrichshaven, Germany. He
was awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross for outstanding perform
ance in leading a bomber formation
to an important target at Brunswick
III spite of constant attacks by
enemy fighters.
Master Sergeant Henry Marcot
OF 521 Olive street, Ell Centro, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. M. Marcot, was
awarded the army Good Conduct
ribbon for exemplary behavior,
fidelity, and efficiency" during more
than a years service in the army.
He is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash
ington.
Corporal Roy Snider, on his first
furlough in 10 months, is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Martha Snider,
and his sister, Mrs. L. L. Hauch
on Barbara Worth drive. He is
stationed at CroWder Camp, Mis-
Sourl in the army signal corps.
First Sergeant Lloyd E. Hollings-
worth, brother of Mrs. r. F.. Bolen-
baker of Ell Centre, is due to return
to the United States soon from
the southwest Pacific theater of
operations where he has served 81
months with the army quarter
master corps.
Lieutenant (jg) Donald Young, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Young of
Ell Centro, is back in Africa again
after being stationed at Brooklyn
Field, New York, for four months
while on atlantic patrol. He was in
Africa last year. He flies a Catalina
plane. Lieutenant Young submitted
to some high powered razzing re-
Gently in Africa during a re-broad-
cast OF a program given at the Ell
Centre marine air station by Bob
Hope, the razzing dealing with
Hopes description of Imperial Val
ley climate and scenery.
Arthur r. McAnally of 800 North
Eighth street, Ell Centre, has been
promoted from private first class
to corporal. He is stationed at an
eighth air force Liberator station
in England, having been overseas
since March of this year. Corporal
McAnally is a refueling operator
with B-24 heavy bomber group.
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