Evening star., 1944-10-19

located the garrison outside OF Cher
bourg and decided to call for the
sound truck to seek its surrender. 1t
was reported to be the first time
that technique had been used.
Col Mcmahon became fluent in
speaking German after the last war
when he spent four years with the
Army of Occupation. During his
last year there he was editor of the
Army's official publication, Amaroc
News.
Born in Ohio, he was reared in
Indianapolis and graduated from
De Pauw University. He began his
Army career in 1917 when he entered
officers training camp at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison in Indiana.
Col. Mcmahon was on duty in
Washington with the War Depart
ment general staff from November,
1910, to March. 1912, when he be-
came assistant military attache at
the American Embassy in London.
He remained there until last June
when he joined the invasion forces
in Normandy as a regimental COM
mander
His daughter, Janet, who was born
in Germany, is secretary to DR..
Celso r. Velasouez, Ambassador of
Paraguay. His son, Bernard B. Nc
Mahon, jr.. is in OCS school in
Camp Barkley, Tex.
News that Col. Mcmahon has
been awarded the Silver Star came
to Mrs. Mcmahon yesterday a few
hours after she received his Purple
Heart in the mail.
1t. Benjamin c. Mccartney, %,
son of the Rev. DR.. Albert ]. Nc
Cartney, pastor of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church, was seri-
ously wounded in Italy on Septem-
Der %, his parents have been in
formed by the War Department.
1t. Mccartney, bombardier of a
Marauder 'B26) based in Sardinia.
was in Italy in September reporting
on the pin-point bombing of rail-
road yards and military installations
and was one of the first Americans
10 enler FlOrence.
His letter describing the havoc
wrought in that cultural center,
written while the Germans still held
a large part of it, was published in
The Star Sunday, September "a.
He was awarded the Air Medal
for accurate bombing of the rail-
road yards Of Rome.
1t. Mccartney was in Oslo as a
graduate student when the Germans
captured the Norwegian capital. He
returned to this country and was
teaching English at the University
of Wisconsin at the time of the
Pearl Harbor attack. He enlisted
in the Air Corps.
He is graduate of Princeton,
class of 1888, and took his masters
degree at Harvard. His brother, A.
Noble Mccartney. is naval lieuten-
ant on an Lei abroad His father
served as naval chaplain in the
first few months of American par
ticipation in the war.
Pvt. William J. Russell, "a. son of
Mrs. Mamie Russell, 612 Ninth street
SW.. was wounded July 26 in
France, according to War Depart
ment announcement, but since has
returned to active duty. A tank
gunner, he has been awarded the
Purple Heart.
A native of Washington, Pvt.
Russell attended jefferson Junior
and Mckinley High Schools. Be-
fore he entered the service January
7, 1912, he worked at the War De-
partment here. He was sent to Eng
land in August, 1943, after training
in number of camps in this
country.
Pvt. c. ]. Nehr, %. son of Jacob N.
Nehr, 1712 w street Sc, was re-
ported wounded in action in the
European theater in the War De-
partments casualty list today. He
received shrapnel wounds in both
legs and his right arm July Is In
France, but is convalescing in hos
pital in England, his father has been
informed.
Pvt. Nehr, who went overseas in
May, participated in the Normandy
invasion.
Born in Philadelphia, he grad
uated from high school there before
he came to Washington with his
father in 1941. He enlisted in the
Army March 10, 1912, and was sta
toned for a while at Fort Myer after
receiving his basic training at Fort
Meade. Later he became a student
at Auburn under the Army Special
lied Training program. but resigned
when he asked to be sent overseas.
An infantryman, he has been
awarded the Purple Heart.
Pvt. Chester Nusenko, %, received