The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-16

Mrs. L. ]. Blosser, 313 Maryland ave
nue., who entered the service on Oct.
"a, has been transferred from Fort
Meade to Camp Croft. Carl, who
was truck driver before joining up,
writes home that he likes army life
OK. His address is: 33665154, Co. A,
.37th Infantry, lib, Camp Croft,
South Carolina
S/Sgt. Ned A. Bowers of the
Army Air Corpsson of Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian Bowers, 1913 N. Locust street,
has returned to the United States
after 18 months service overseas in
the Asiatic-Pacific theatre of oper-
ations. After reporting to Camp
Pinedale, Cal, he will spend leave
at his home
Pfc. James r. Brennan, husband
of Mrs. Thelma Brennan, Clear
Spring, has been awarded the Purple
Heart for wounds received in action
near Paris, France, on August %,
according to a special dispatch to the
Globe-I Independent from the Public
Relations Section, European Theater
of Operations, U. S. Army.
The two sons of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
o. Cottingham, 808 Hamilton boule-
vard-William o., Jr., and David
both of whom have recently been
home on leave. now have new adj
dresses.
Lieut.. VIM. o. Cottingham, Jr.,
who returned about month ago
from active duty in Alaska and the
Aleutian Islands, is now attached to
an Army Air Base in South Carolina.
His address is: 215 South Edisto ave-
nue., Columbia, S. c.
David T. Cottingham, who has
been taking the Navy VIZ training
at McBryde College, Columbia, S. c.,
for the past year, has now ben trans
ferred to pre-midshipmen's school
in New Jersey. His address is:
U.SN.R. Pre-midshipmen's School,
Asbury Park, N. j.
Joseph F. Elgin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Elgin, 181 Summit avenue
and husband of the former Miss
Mary Hollinger, was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the Army Ord
nance Department on October %,
upon graduation from the Ordnance
Officer Candidate School at Aber-
deem Proving Grounds, Maryland
Lieutenant Elgin, who entered the
Army in January 1943, graduated
from Hagerstown High School in
1888 and later attended the Univer-
sity of Maryland. Before entering
the Service he was employed at
Fairchild's.
William S. Fisher, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John R. Fisher, Fountain Head
Heights, has been Promoted from
the rank of Second lieutenant to
first lieutenant, it was recently an
nounced by the commanding general
of the Eighth Air Force.
Lieutenant Fisher is the pilot of a
BIZ Flying Fortress, and is a veter-
an of many of the Eighth Air Forces
huge daylight bombing assaults
against the Nazi war machine. He
has participated in missions against
Kassel, Frankfurt, and Cologne,
which were carried out with excell-
ent results and greatly aided our
ground forces.
Prior to his entry into the Army
Air Force, in 1913, Lieutenant Fisher
was a student at Hagerstown High
School, where he was a member of
the varsity football team.
Cpl. Carroll Gelwicks, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas.F. GelwicEs, GLIB N.
Mulberry street, arrived home from
the Aleutian Islands on November z
to enjoy 30-day furlough with his
parents. At the expiration of his
leave, he will report to Tampa, Fla.
The promotion of Robert S. Ham
maker, son of Mr.. William E. HAM
maker, of Funkstown, from the rank
of second lieutenant to first lieu
tenant was announced by 1t. Col.
Robert w. Burns, commanding Of
ficer of the 351st Bombardment
group in special dispatch to the
Globe-Independent from an Eighth
Air Force bomber station, England.
Lieutenant Hammaker, % years
old, BIZ Flying Fortress navigator,
is a veteran of more than a score of
bombing attacks on enemy Europe.
His targets have included Berlin,
Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart, Augs-