Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-10
Our Men in the Service -

Ronald Morrison, yoeman seconC
class. naval reserve, is in the nava
hospital in Balboa park, San Diego
He was at sea for a long time be.
fore being sent to San Diego.
Interesting news from the Fiftf
army in Italy was that Jose B
Rodriguez. son of Mrs. AleyondrG
/ Rodriguez of S39 Fifth street, Ca.
leXico. has been promoted to ser
geant. He is a squad leader Will
the eighty fifth CT Custer division
of Lieutenant General Mark w
! Clark
1t was announced from an Eighth
air force Liberator station in Eng
land that Second Lieutenant Will
liam F. Davis. who attended Gen.
tral Union High school in Ell Gen.
tro. was assigned to one of the
Liberator groups there and is new
flying in bombing attacks over tar
gets in Germany and occupied Eur
ope. He is assigned 10 a group
commanded by Colonel Lorin L.
johnson. This group made its Tooth
mission in support CT the initial
landings bv Allied forces in Nor
mandy on D-Day and was cited by
the commanding general of the
second bombardment division for
distinguished and outstanding SER
vice ON these five score missions.
Ebert Lee Newton of Imperial
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the army upon COM
pletion of an officer candidate
course in the infantry school at
Fort Benning, Georgia. He is a
son of E. Newton Of Imperial. He
was indicted into the army March
25, l941 and served with the 30th
field artillery regiment. He is a
graduate of Imperial High school
and Central Junior college in FL
Centre.
Surprising his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. j. Havens of Westmorland,
when he arrived here Unexpectedly
last Saturday was Cpl Charles H.
Havens, who will be on furlough
until November 81. He has fin
| ished paratroop training at FIT. Ben
ming. Georgia, where he won his
wings. He expects to go overseas
| soon.
Rick Hendricksen visited his par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hendrick-
sen last week end while on leave
from the navy at San Diego, where
| he is attending an advanced school.
/ Cover nment officials sent Mrs.
Max Zinn of El Centro the Purple
Heart awarded her husband, Private
| Zinn. who was wounded in combat
in France last August 8. He is in
a hospital in England and is hoping
| tc be back in the United States
by Christmas A piece of shrapnel
| shattered his right leg when a shell
| burst near him He wrote that
: he will have to have one more Op-
Grafton after he returns home.
| T-5 Charles H. HavenS. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Havens of
!! Westmorland, has won the right to
wear Wings and Boots" CT the
army paratroopers. He completed
| four weeks of training during which
| time he made five jumps. His
brother, George Francis, MOMM
l-c, is serving on PIT boat in the
South Pacific. Another brother,
Pfc. Harold, is acting supply ser
geant at Camp Roberts. They are
sons CT Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hayens
of Westmorland.
George Grassland, seaman first
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
Grassland of $50 South Seventh
street, El Centro, spent l5-day
leave with his parents and sister,
Miss Virginia Grassland. He has
returned from the South Pacific
and has to report back to san
Francisco for orders.
l FTlVdUc L-Oll OOuSido 'NiiNSFHS4
Smith of the army air corps recent
ly was graduated in electronics at
Chanute Field, Illinois, and now is
attending school at Boca Ration,
Florida. He was stationed at Cha
mute Field from September l8 to
October %. He lived in BraWley
but his wife and baby are living in
"a lii kNn tc n
Friday was a great day at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Shultz
of Ell Centro because their son, Billy
Shultz, petty officer third class, ar
rived home from the naval station
at Pasco, Washington, for visit
with his parents and sister, Ruby.
Staff Sergeant Pat j. Thomas,
former Imperial school student and
a driver for Geribaldi Brothers be-
fore he entered the army, is now on
duty with an army quartermaster
truck unit in the South Pacific. His
organization is responsible for the
movement of vital supplies from
supply dumps to the docks so that
it can be loaded and shipped News
of his present whereabouts came
from New Caledonia. He entered
the army December l6, 1912, and
was shipped overseas in August OF
1914.