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Evening star., 1944-06-11
Is Proves Lucky Number
For CAPITAL 7oi-Gunner

There were 100 enemy planes
waiting to Jump us at rendezvous.
They came at US like hornest out of
a hive, and the fax was so thick you
could practically walk on 1t from
burst to burst.
I'VE pushed through somehow" /"
he continued, "and just as we
dropped cur bombs on target FAX
knocked out the Nos. and en-
gines, and blew open the door Of the
ball turTet. The gunner almost fell
out without q chute.
II was banging away at the Tight
ers from my position In the tail and
didn't know how badly hit our ship
was. We started losing altitude at
the rate Of 500 feet . minute. We
began throwing overheard every
thing that could be torn loose.
"When we neared our field in
England" Candidate Blake went on,
I'VE all decided to ride the ship
down rather than bail out, because
We all had faith In our pilot. As
We lowered the landing gear, we
found the left tire had gone fiat.
"Fearfully, we all braced ourselves
for the crash, but before we could
get organized, the old Sky Wolf
had rolled In on her good wheel and
spun gently to comfortable stop" "
Evening star., 1944-06-11

NE, NE. sna a. Harry A. Cox b414 Hawthorne
To Midland Army Airaeld. Tex.
fe0ss 4 A.re fhRoVEsi E. Ward 1fos M aE E,ih rsass
To Overseas Replaeement Depot
Kearns, Utah.
Wendell L IN. Martin; l3 ritty-third PLACE
434s Ellicott street NV.
To AZ 4.s.s..s. s.sis Flying School.
VII .S.ss. ksrsaas s5s isss s:s
corpl Ernest ". cresson, s7os Forty.
third avenue: Cottage City, to Fort Knox
Ah ssa ss'y Anto1io e1Go SSissIon GiissIs,s
Ssasi G.ntsr sr, oIex) as instructor in the
s,nssssnth " S;s1s s,rss! NV e sespo!t Army Army
Ar sso fssis5ser 'f!ySss o4 f,
stree, street Sc to Perrin Field, Tex, for basic
corpl Max solow. s07 Emerson street
Camp Murphy. Fla '"A' oofpS 'en00i
.trs., IySr Ma,Paflsns; ,r;. M lsos E,shteen.h
Transport command. Great Fails Mont. To- AN
James e. Moulton, ,4al2 Quebec street
NV, NV e Ysie University Conn., for avia-
Edward N. Howard. 1877 Second street
Navy y-l2 unit training
William D, Long, 823 Morris place NE,
to Lubbock Army Air Field, Tex. for ad-
CALVIN W. Thompson, 3e17 Illinois ave-
nue. NV. to Painhrid1e Army Air Field
IS Second ION Af L. nshi Wiiisna s'n;ns crsmen a44o
Sixteenth street NV, to Plant PARK,
Tampa, Fla, following graduation as q
Elyins Fortress pilot at Hendricks Field
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Ii. Carr in Air Battle
With JAMS Over Truk

18th AAF, SOUTH PACIFIC
One Liberator, on which First 1t
Joseph E. Carr Of washington was
bombardier, in the 18th AAF fofma-
ton that bombed the japanese
through breaks in clouds over Truk
recently, returned to its base with
seven holes after Commute bat
tie with 20 to 80 Zeros.
AS Zeros rose to intercept the
formation, 1t. Carr, Twenty first
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, found a hole through which
he could see to bomb the Param
Island runway.
Zeros circled 1t. Carr's plane all
the way in. One fighter made four
passes at the Liberator, and the
gunners were nearly out OF ammu-
milton before the enemy turned
away. There were fiak-holes In the
rudders, the wing and the nose tur-
ret. Empty cartridges which flew
back from the leading plane shat
tered the windshield in front Of the
pilots seat.
1t. Carr, veteran of u missions,
said he had dropped 123,500 pounds
of explosives on enemy targets in
the South and Southwest Pacific.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Four Brothers in Armed
Forces, Three Overseas

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williams,
3o6 Thirty seventh street, Seat
Pleasant, Md, can boast four serv-
ice stars, with their twins and two
other sons In the armed forces,
three Of them overseas.
The 19-year-old twins are Marine
Pfc. Leonard G. williams, who has
been In the Pacific since March,
and Coast Guardsman, Leon VIII
liams, seaman second class, who is at
Lajeune, N. c., for amphibious
training.
Serving with the Navy are Robert
D. williams, 20, radioman third
class, who has been on sea duty In
the Pacific since last November, and
Seaman (First Class Eugene j.
williams, 81, assigned to the At
lantic.
Seaman Eugene williams, now
stationed at q receiving post in
North Africa, participated in the
invasions of North Africa, Sicily
and Italy. He won the Purple Heart
award for wounds received at Anzio.
While taking German prisoners from
the beachhead, his ship was sunk
in a storm, drowning IA of the crew.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Col. McCorkIe Destroys
Ten German Planes

Col. Charles M. McCorkle, COM
manding Muxtang group Of the
18th AAF IN 1tAly, recently shot
down two MesSerschmitt 1905 and 4
Focke- Wolfe 100, to become one OF
the fighter aces Of the Mediterra-
mean theater, with 10 enemy planea
destroyed.
>Col. McCogkle, whose mother lives
at 2700 Connecticut avenue NV,
also has been awarded the Silver
Star for gallantry while leading
Spitfires with the TActtcal Air Force
last January.
His plane badly damaged ~ tiak,
he WAS breaking away from the for
nation when ne spotted u enemy
fighters diving toward Allied terri
tory. Col. McCors1e Rid his posi-
tion, 60 he would not confuse his
own pilots snd delay their intercep-
ton Of the enemy planes, and led
the attach which dispersed the
enemy formation. Tx~
Then, observing q German fighter
to his left, Col. McCorkle attacked.
despite extreme difhculty II, rnaneu-
vering his aircraft. He shot the
plane down. 8
Col. McCorkle attended Brown
School In Chevy Chase and Coluni-
bian Preparatory School here. In
1896 he was graduated from West
Point In the field artillery and later
transferred to the Air Forces. His
father, the late 1t. Col. Charles M.
McCorkle, served with the general
staff in Washington in 1929.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Transfers Announced

To Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, i'll.
:. Theodore a: Litovitz. 5311 Second street
Hus ls was Ssss 1hf fis-
q Fss ssa Foss g.ss ps;. Dsss EsDh s. Es%a
+ Sshwsi.z, ss4i + street 6; E.; william
sa aq hector G s ohieIlon hnos Apen s stston stone
William R. Masness' 7o7 Jefferson street
To Maxwell Field. Ala.
qsSTss chsn1Es 1929 street snsiI, NV rs.a
ivsRu. W. psssFs Tssr K sS.y sS. es3ssssa ss Us
Sss:'{ sess ssss el:s: sn E;Iser hs!s:s
@esoaa @ !f19 es street etfs3 Harry re
1858 Spring road NV: Thomas "; Left
as Esn l4s 49, YoHns stTsss paee esors
jack B. oNeil. 1885 Biitmore street NV;
}sms' sRn neai aes sss Is srest ssrf aee ehsEs
ssyss NV rdss4s u Tssy IsGs M1ls
avenue NE.
To Chiidress Army AirheId, Tex.
william L. Lieber,. 4404 Thirty ninth
street NV, and Langdon H. Mayhew. llol
Maryland avenue NE.
To AAF Bombardier school, Big
Spring, Tex.
william H. Colsten, bl6 A street NE:
and James r. Cole. 55l6 Redford road
Green Acres, Nd.
To Cochran Field, Macon, Ga.
Maurise r. Hardy. H.. t409 Tuckerman
place 81 'cc cottss. ciitsy. iit Nd. I'd 'n''''''sn''
To Garden City Army AirnsId, Kans.
Stuart c. Davidson, a23s 3 street NV.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Twins Get Together in Britain
After Trying for Two Years

Twin brothers Sollie and Sam
Isakoff finally caught up with each
other in the Army at = 9th Air Force
Service Command Unit in England
It took almost two years, q letter
to President Roosevelt, q chase
across the Atlantic and the official
sanction Of 1t. Gen. Jimmy Doc
little.
TITS . long story" said Sollie
whose wife lives at 234 Upshur street
NV. I'VE knew that provisions
were made by the Army to have
twins In service stationed Ut the
same camp, but we didn't know what
to do about 1t. 50 Nom wrote I let
ter to the President"
The War Department answered
the letter and last October Sam Wa
transferred to the Syracuse IN. "
air base, where Sollie was stationed
II guess that is where the story
should end continued Sollie, "but
I never got to zee Sam at Syracuse
II had applied for overseas duty and
Evening star., 1944-06-11

by the time he got there I was In
the middle Of the ocean. Sam then
applied for overseas duty and was
shipped tn December"
The brothers, both. corporals, ar
ranged to meet in England through
letters.
"On my first 48-hour pass I spent
all my time trying to find Sam,
Sollie recalled. mo luck. Finally
we met in London, the first. time we
had been together since September,
when Sam attended my wedding.
6ollie spoke to the comm4ndins
oficer Of his 9Th AAF quartermaster
truck company and Sam explained
the situation to the commander Of
his 9th Air Force ordnance unit. A
transfer, approved by Gen Dooiittle,
commander Of the 8th Air Force,
was effected.
Corpb. Isakon nov work side by
side in an ordnance depot to keep
the bombs rolling to the fighters Of
the 9th Air Force.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Jap Prisoner Amazed
|At Kindly Treatment

ABOARD A COAST GUARD
MANNED SUPPLY SHIP, CEN
TRIAL PACIFTC.--A wounded Jap
captured on one Of the Marshall
atols, expressed high glee because he
thought he vas on his way to
America.
Paul A. Eckhardt, pharmacist q
mate, graduate of Columbus Uni
versity in Washington, was in closer
contact with this. shrapnel-laden
prisoner than any of his shipmates,
and he chuckled as he recalled the
amusing antics OF the jumpy Jap.
Captured by detachment Of Ma
rines, the Jap had no desire to join
his ancestors, Eckhardt explained.
He was one of a family of 10, well
educated and spoke English fairly
well.
The humane treatment he re-
ceived from the Americans puzzled
the fellow, Eckhardt said. For al
most two weeks he got the same
care for his wounds as the Amer
leans did.
when he first was placed on a
stretcher and carried to a boat on
the island" Eckhardt said, che told
me he thought he was going to be
tossed overheard. He was amazed
when he not only was brought
aboard but was Immediately taken
to sick bay for treatment"
Every time any one gave the pris-
oner something he would bow and
thank him, and he actually wept
when he left the ship for transfer
to an Army hospital.
Eckhardt doubted whether his pa
rents or his girl would appreciate
the Jap's parting salutation to him.
"As he was about to 60 down the
gangway with me-" said Eckhardt,
he turned and said Paul, you are
my blood brother"
Evening star., 1944-06-11

United States and preparation 4or
the invasion.
Second 1t. Thrift b. Elgin. jr.
husband of Gladys n. r. Elgin: Sec
ond 1t. william Kaplan, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Kaplan; 1t. Wilbur
B. O'Brien, husband Of Mrs. Frances
". OBrien; Second 1t. Donald r
Murray, husband Of Mrs. Virginia
Murray of Arlington: 1t. D. j. Scho-
field, 8 Grove avenue, Falls Church
Va; 1t. Michael r. O'Reagan, 2s1o
p street Sc; 1t. Henry G. Stockell
jr., 5024 Lowell street NV.
Flight Officer Case B. Rafter, 2l1A
Wyoming avenue NV; Technician
Fifth Grade Harrison johnson, los
G street S.W.:: Sergt. Harry M. Nor
ris, T702 Blair road, Silver Spring,
Md; Sergt. Frederick H. G. Bick-
ford, jr, OF Chevy Chase, Md;
Sergt. Dominic G. Leogrande OF
Brentwood, Md, and Sergt. James
N. Lithgow, 313 Fourth street NE.
Maj. Donald L. Stetson, former
staff member of the personnel di.
vision OF the ofiice Of the Secretary
of Agriculture, Is intelligence officer
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Col. TiIIman Honored
For Work in Sicily
Other Awards

Col. John p. Tillman, 3917 Benton
street NV. has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal in the Mediter-
ranean theater for meritorious serv-
ice as finance officer from May,
is43, to January. 1914, including the
Sicilian campaign. Col. Tllman
was cited in particular for his work
to aid the Allied military govern
ment in organizing for the distribu-
ton Of Allied military currency in
Sicily.
Col. Tillman, who was commits
stoned from the ranks in Panama
during the last war, has served "a
years in the Army and has two Of
ficer sons In the South Pacific.
The Legion of Merit has been
awarded Capt. James p Clay,
q. s. N, 3062 Porter street NV, by
Vice Admiral II. Kent Hewitt, COM
mander Of United States naval
forces In Northwest African waters,
for outstanding services as COM
mander OF an escort group during
the Allied landings at Anzio and
Nettuno, Italy, In January"
Capt. Clay was cited for leader
ship which aided the successful am
phibious assault by providing effec-
tive surface and aircraft protec-
ton to the conveys. After the
landings had been completed, his
force screened the transport anchor
ages and gunfire support area, and
furnished escorts for conveys re-
turning to the reloading ports,
A 1922 graduate of the Naval
Academy, Capt. Clay was attached
to the staff of Admiral Ernest j.
King at the Navy Department be-
fore reporting to the Mediterranean
theater.
Earns Two Awards.
First 1t. Lytton II. Gibson Of Falls
Church, Va, bombardier-navigator
on B-24 Liberator, with Is combat
missions on his record, recently was
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Sergt. Botemon Fights
BIoze in Ammunition

A 5th Army ordnance soldier
Sergt. John P. Bateman, 220 Douglas
street NV, recently assisted in ex-
tinguishing a flaming ammunition
depot on the Anzio beachhead, a 5th
Army dispatch from Italy reports.
Advancing through a barrage OF
German shellfire to within 5 feet of
the exploding ammunition chests,
Sergt. Bateman and a flve-man crew
battled the fire. Under enemy she'll
ing, they extinguished the blaze be-
fore 1t could spread to nearby stores
of ammunition.
Sergt. Bateman was praised by his
commanding officer for his heroism
in saving the ammunition. He has
served in Italy since Salerno and
was stationed in North Africa last
year.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
ID. c. Hero's Nomesoke
Troins at Same Post

Aviation Cadet Vincent B. Co.'S
tello, 19-year-old nephew and name
sake of the World War hero, has
been transferred to Spartansburg,
s. c., where his famous uncle re-
ceived battle training more than
Is years ago.
Pvt. Vincent B. Costello, for
whom the American Legion Cos
tello Post was named, was one of the
first District men killed in the World
War. His namesake, who was a
Navy Yard employe and lived at
4215 Twelfth place NE. before he
joined the air forces, will take pre-
fight training at Wofford College
in Spartansburg.
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Courses COMPLETED
1t Medical Field Service School, Carlisle |,
Barracks, Pa,

At Medical Field Service School, Carlisle
Barracks. Pa.
First 1t. Gerald M. Barbour, $500
Fourteenth street NV; First 1t. George
I; Weller, jr.. 1898 Cathedral avenue NV
First 1t. George w. G. Lopez, 1905 Girard
street NV; First 1t, Frederick S. Perry,
ai2 street NV, and First 1t. Henry
W. Robinson, jr., 1901 Harvard street NV
At Fort Knox, Ky.
Charles V. Bevis, 43l6 South Thirty
fourth street, darlington. Arlington, Va;
John J. Humphrey, 1924 Eighteenth street
NV; George L: stillwagon, 8sl6 Four !.
ttsenth street NV; Pfc. James r. Hall of
vienna. Va; Vernon Burton OF Burtons-
vile, Nd
At Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
Robert T. Gildden. 30O5 Otis street NE (:
NE; stephen A. White jr.. 1881 Book
road Sc; Walston l.. Locke, jr, 3219
Eleventh place Sc
At Naval Air Technical Training Center,
MeMnhis, Tenn.
Corpl; Daniel 4 Rollins, 6z3 Franklin
street NE, and Robert A. O'BYien, 1871
Appleton street NV.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Chaplain Visits Holy Lond

Chaplain Thomas L. Farrell, 10
Seventh street NE, and 13 other 5th
Army chaplains serving in Italy re-
Gently visited the Holy Land for the
first time, travelling 5,195 miles In an
Army transport plane.
The pilgrimage, arranged by the
5th Army commander, included
visits to Bethlehem, the Garden OF
Gethsemane, Nazareth, the Holy
Sepulchre and the Mount Of Olives
Evening star., 1944-06-11
D. 6. Ambulance Driver
Dodaes Nuzi Shells

Perry Culley, 2812 Connecticut
avenue NV, American Field Serv-
ice ambulance driver serving with
the Polish Army in Italy, recently
escaped injury when a German shell
hit his medical station, killing sew
eral physicians and patients.
Culley was leaving the station
with a load of patients when the
Germans began shelling the plainly
marked hospital tents, the Polish
Telegraph Agency reports. He
parked his ambulance around a
bend In the road and the shells
exploded few yards away.
When the shelling ceased. Culley
assisted in evacuating the wounded.
He is one Of seven Americans work.
ing with the Polish as ambulance
drivers.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

At Navy Pre-F1iEht School. Chapel Hill
N. c.
Peter J. Klaphaak, -4054 Fessenden street
N w. and Alfred Biheld Riley, 4607 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
At Fort Benninx tGa0 Parachute School.
Bruce X. Good. 4O1O Thirty seventh
street, Mount Rainier Md, and Wilson
Everhart, 4413 MONTGOMERY avenue, Be
thesda. Md.
Miscellaneous.
Corpl. Stephen L. Silvestro. 4s40 Fort
Tottts;sn,. Tottsn, drive NE; ,,,, at Army Air Forces
1t. Robert L. Edwards of Hyattsyille.
Nd. at Four.engine Pilots Transition
ENSIGN Charles W., Lanham, jr.. 11l5
Fourth street S.W.. at Naval Reserve Of
hcers' Indoctrination School, Tucson, Ariz.
Dennis NJ. simmons. .4501 cheItenhsm
drive. Bethesda, Md. at Navy Pre-Flisht
Pfc: Ernest L. oartright, e27 New York
ter. HdssGoed Arsenal, s%asr' IA. "Af'''' cen
John B. Deyis OF McLeaa, W.. ~ IST
Bradford, Va.
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fore eniisting in April, 1912. He is
credited with 81 missions.
The Air Medal and the Oak Leaf
Cluster In lieu of an additional Air
Medal were awarded Staff Sergts.
Benjamin o. Townsend, 2l26 Con-
necticut avenue NV, as aerial gun
ner from December 8 to %, 1943,
end Arthur B. Campbell, jr., n Ran
dolph place NV, aerial radio opera
tor-gunner from December is to az,
1913, with the 18th AAF in the
South Pacific.
Evening star., 1944-06-11
Technical Sergeant
Becomes General,

To colonels and privates alike,
Tech. Sergt. Thomas P. Poore, 1904
Yuma street NV, is "the general"
at 9th AAF Thunderbolt base in
England.
The general explains that 1t hap
pened in Florida camp. He was in
charge of a 30-man crew when an
officer asked who was the head nom
commissioned officer. Me" said
Sergt. Poore. I'm the general
here" And the title stuck.
Sergt. Poore, former chief clerk
of a Washington auto parts COM
pany, is in charge of materiel with
q fighter unit.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

1907 Nineteenth
street Sc, CO.
pilot of a 18th
AAF Liberator,
has been award
ed the Air Medal
for "meritorious
achievement In
fig h /" ver
Northern Italy
and Germany. A
former student
of the Anacostia
High School, he
was employed at
the Naval Tor
pedo plant In
AleXandria be-
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1t when he says, God bless Amer
ica,'" Pvt. Walter Cook wrote to
the President.
The Tommy, who wrote that the
skill and patience of the hospital
physicians and nurses had made
him "a fit man once more" was
one of Gen. Bernard L. Montgom-
ery's North African veterans.
The White House forwarded the
letter to the Surgeon Generals
ONCE which, in turn, sent 1t to Col
Morse with a personal commenda-
ton to him and the hospital staff.
A native of Washington and one
of the earliest physicians to enter
on active duty with the Army Med
ical Corps, fully year before Pearl
Harbor, Col. Morse has served in the
Mediterranean area since the early
stages Of the North African inva-
sion. He was in the Medical Re-
serves in World War I and is a
graduate of Georgetown University
School of Medicine. Earlier he hac
attended Georgetown College anc
Princeton University.
Col. Morse is the son of Mrs. Alex.
ander Porter Morse. His wife, who
resides at 2023 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. was formerly Alice Beauregarc
OF New Orleans, a granddaughter O.
the famous Confederate general.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

1Of the 9tn Air
Force Base Air
Depot Area. He
recently received
his majority.
Members Of q
quarterm a s ter
unit which has
felt the intensi-
fed push Of in
vasion prepara-
tions as the bulk
Of ammuni Ito n
plies arrive e d
from Amer 1 c a
are: Staff Sergt.
A n d re W j.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

AAF FIyluB cOT-
tress group. A graduate OF West
point in 1888, he is q senior pilot
With more than 1000 hours Of flying
time. He Is the son OF Maj. Gen.
Karl TruesdeIl. who Is now stationed
at Leavenworth. Kans.
First 1t. Richard O. Rabb. q
year-old son OF Stewart w. Rabb,
42oS North Pershing drive, Arling-
ton, Va, is now flying . high-alti-
tude Mustang fighter with the 9th
AAF over Europe.
Sergt. John M. Hoffman, l4l6
Ridge place NE, was one OF the
first men to volunteer when q recent
call was issued for more lombard
iers. He formerly helped load 9tn
Air Force B-26 Marauders with
bombs in the armament section OF
a medium bombardment squadron.
Two Marrow Escapes.
Twice within few seconds, Sec
ond 1t. Leonard B. Sussholz, "a
year-old navigator on an 9th AAF
Flying Fortress, barely escaped Ger
man antiaircraft fire. He was In
the plexi glass nose Of the Fort,
looking out to identify the target,
which was an industrial factory In
France.
One flax shell burst just outside
the nose. 1t crashed through the
window, Just missing the lieuten-
ant. and smashed the instrument
panel beside his head. Another shell
burst took of the escape hatch door,
and he ducked into the hatchway
for safety.
THAT mission really kept me
Jumping" the navigator said.
His wife, Mrs. Barbara j. Suss-
holz, lives at 1923 Fourteenth
street NV.
With Troop Carrier Squadron.
First 1t. Stewart r. Bennion, son
of MIR. and Mrs. Clyde II. Bennion,
1850 Lanier place NV, is adjutant
Of . Troop Carrier Squadron with
the 9th Air Force, United States
component Of the Allied Expedition
ary Air Force. A graduate OF
George Washington University, he
was with the Bureau OF Indian AZ
fairs here and has served in North
Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Tech. Sergt. William II. Tew, 1904
Sheridan street, Riyerdale, Md, vet
eran of two years In the European
theater, pieces together numerous
aerial photographs to make one
huge map Of enemy occupied terri
tory at an 9th AAF Composite sta
ton. He did the same type Of work
in the Department Of Agriculture
before entering the Army in jan
uary, 1912.
Coast Guardsmen Charles Darl-
ington, lila e street Sc, and Elton
Harville. 108 Sixty-first street NE,
were assigned to coast guard
manned landing craft which carried
Allied invasion forces to the French
coast on D-day. @,s rssas,r,.
1t. Col. Lawrence Wilkinson, 1917
Thirty-fourth street NV, had "the
gigantic task of setting up the en-
tire ordnance procurement system
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q ",
street S.W.; staff Sergt. william e.
Stubbs, 1914 Corcoran street NV;
Technical Sergt. william H. Doug
lass, 1926 New Hampshire avenue
NV: Technical Sergt. Ernest Hal
ton, 533 Gresham place NV.
,Corpl. James A. Dodson, 1892
Hunter avenue Sc; Corpl. Richard
|Dawhorn, 1754 Euclid street NV;
Corpl. Francis Y. Payne, 1880 U
street NV: Pfc. James r. Onley,
1912 D street NV: Pfc. Annual %.
Scott, 1910 Twenty fifth street NV;
Pvt. James M. Diggs, SIS Kenyon
street NV, and Pvt. Ralph c.
Roseborough, 142 Adams street NV.
Pfc. Frank J. Hermann, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil O. Hermann, 5107
Fifth street NV. recently arrived
overseas and Is serving with the
engine repair section Of an Air
Service Command depot.
1t. Walter G. Williams, IS, OF SAG
Connecticut avenue NV. commands
mobile tire repair outfit for COM
bat vehicles on the fighting line
which has been recently actiyated
in England.
Redesigning Of the unit was as
signed to 1t. williams, an expert In
tire repair with many years of civil
ian experience. Ingenious systems
Of ventilation, improved methods Of
repairing tires wet from battle
ground muck and better adaptation
Of machinery contributed to the
success Of the mobile unit, which is
now q model for other ordnance
units.
Trouble Shooter.
Sergt Sidney Eackloff, 80, Of 93s
Longfellow street NV, works as
trouble shooter on the assembly line
Of unit which loads Flying Fort
resses with bombs by means Of new
service trucks.
Pfc. Louis Shlomowitz, n, of 485
Wabash avenue NE, Is general me-
chanic in the assembly plant.
CorpL Charles K. Keane e315s New
Jersey avenue S.E- prepares reports
Evening star., 1944-06-11

crew Of the U. s.
B lock Island,
aircraft carrier
sunk in the
North Atlantic
in May.
His paren nts,
Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Padgett,
are XII ously
awaiting " or d
from him. The
N Wy has as
sured them that
his name Is not
on the casualty
list.
Evening star., 1944-06-11

from the surgeon
general, prompt
ed by an appre-
ciatiye lie t ter
W t t e n by a
wounded British
soldier to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
THE trea t.
ment that I re-
ceived in my six
weeks stay in
this hospital will
forever live in
my memory, and
t h ere is one
British sol d ier
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