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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12

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Evening star., 1944-09-10
Infantry Officer Is Thankful
For Credit Given Foot Soldier

The foot soldier in France is
grateful to the folks at home who
realize the difncult job being done
by the infantryman, wrote Wash
ington omcer In q recent letter to
The Star.
Second 1t. Sam Di Blast, ~, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Di Blast,
1912 Fifteenth street NV, went into
France In the invasion and knows
what it is to walk, fight and live
in mud and dirt"
'The other day as I was walking
through field in France" he wrote,
"just on the outskirts of big city
which we had taken two days earlier,
I noticed an old Infantry journal
lying In Junk pile. As reading
material is scarce I pocketed it.
Upon looking through the mag
azine twoo days later I noticed an
article from The Evening Star,
which gave the infantry praise for
the job 1t is doing. Your article
went on to say that the infantry ID
the outfit that h always there to
finish up the job, and believe me q
tough job 1t Is.
over here We all realise that the
ah forces have done . wonderful
job and are due al the credt that
has been given them since, II II
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Flying Groups Mileage
Near 100000

The road to victory is a long one,
according to First 1t. Carl w. Muel-
Ter, "a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig
Mueller, 70l Dahlia street NV, and
the other pilots of his Thunderbolt
fighter group stationed In England.
In fact, since their overseas duty
began, this pilot group has flown q
distance equal to 20 trips to the
moon and back. Led by 1t. Col.
Ben Rimerman Of Omaha, Nebr., the
group, which recently celebrated its
first anniversary in combat over
Europe, will shortly reach its 10000
000-mile mark.
One of the original four fighter
units sent to England to combat the
Luftwaffe under the banner Of the
9th Army Air Forces Fighter Com
mand, this group began combat
service in August, 1s43, and has
since scored more than 200 victories
over the German Air Force.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
G|s Build Tent Home
Full Of Modern Cadets

A tent can be luxurious-four mer
In an Air Service Command sigma,
company In Italy have proved it.
Charles Boyle, 8l6 c street NE.
and his three buddies began con.
struction with salvage materials ano
local accessories and now have all
the comforts Of home-that is, prac.
tically all.
Belly tank crates form the fou,
sides and salvaged mosquito netting
affords ventilation without fiies. A
large clothes closet with glass doors
Is priced possession, as well as two
good sized tables around the tents
center pole, an electric light over
each table, a homemade electric fan
and a socket for their electric razors
A reconstructed German radio
captured in Africa, brings them
radio programs Of nearby CT sta
ton, and since theirs is the only
radio that can pick up this station
10 speakers and headsets, as well q.
a microphone. have been plugged
into the set, and broadcasts are sent
over the company area at frequent
intervals.
A white puppy, Vino Bianco, gives
the place that lived in look" but
the boys still aren't satisfied.
with hot weather in the ofing,
declared Boyle, we're thinking OF
Installing refrigerator. And dont
think we won't get it."
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Begging and Scratching
Held Necessities in India

Begging and scratching are the
national pastimes In India" Mai.
Kenneth Baird wrote In . letter to
Charles D. Beaschler, choir director
ct New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. They are also q necessity"
he added.
The former choir member wrote
Of "the nth, laziness snd ignorance
here"
"The taxis are driven by sikhs
with turbans and Van DYKE boards.
A group Of them standing around q
taxi look like the 10 thieves, and
according to hysterical reports from
rumored survivors, they undoubted-
ly are.
when walking down the street
you may see two natives meet and
shake hands. Then they squat In
the middle of the sidewalk. IN every.
body's way, and In full view Of the
populace. You would imagine .
fight was in progress, for one holds
an open razor In his hand; but no.
1 1t u only the local barber shop open.
ing for the day. Barnum was sure
right and Cooks Tour has made Q
fortune selling trips to this cotn-
try"
Mr.. Beaschler writes monthly let
tiers TO Al the servicemen vino were
I'm his choir. Maj. Baird was IT..
toned ct the Army War College b.
f0ra hA went over0ena.
Evening star., 1944-09-10

Many Washingtonians will re-
member Iris Honey" O'Brien, for
mer girl vocalist with the Paul Kane
Orchestra at Glen Echo Park.
1t was in February, 1912, that Miss
OBrien abandoned evening gowns
and a formal singing career to be-
come WAC stenographer. Christ
mas eve of last year she was sent
to Africa. Soon after she arrived
some one discovered she could sing
as well as type. So, between tipping
and dictation, she began her second
career as a songstress.
This time, she had no orchestra
for background, and her audience
was not dancing couples, but tired
men, sitting around in a field, OF
wounded men, in convalescent hos
pitals. She found she need not try
to keep her repertoire up with the
Hit Parade, for, she writes, the SOL
diers all want to hear "St. Louis
Blues" 'Embraceable YOU" ano
other old blues songs.
But it isn't her stenography or hel
singing that will keep her away from
Glen Echo.
Today, her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
William p. OBrien, of 835 Fourth
street NE, are announcing her en-.
gagement to 1t. William Shea ol
Council Bluff, Iowa.
1t. Shea met Pfc. O'Brien at {
WAC dinner party in Africa. He ha!
heard her sing, he has been q con,
valescent in a hospital and had hel
visit him, but they agree that neithe,
Of these jobs should keep her from
starting her third career after tn,
war.
No, victory won't bring Honey
OBrien back to Glen Echo. She.
going to raise q family and settl,
down." she says.
Evening star., 1944-09-10

weren't for them, this would be he'll
twice over instead Of just a living
hell. We are more than grateful
that the people back home also real
ize that the foot soldier should re.
ceive a lot Of credit for what he goes
through.
MY men prompted me to write
this letter and in closing they asked
me to quote . few lines of q poem
to show you how we feel ovef here
"The following is taken from Stay
With Me, God:
"Tm but the son my mother bore
A simple man and nothing more.
But-God Of strength and gentle
ness
Be pleased to make me nothing less
Help me again when death is near
To mock the haggard face of fear
Then when I fall, If fall must,
My soul may triumph in the dust
A native OF the District, 1t. d
Blast entered the service in No
vember, 1942. He has been serving
overseas for six months. He for.
merly was . student ct Washington
Lee University, where he playet
baseball. A brother. First 1t. An.
thoiy d Blast, y stationed In Eng
land.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Marine in Touuh
Spot on Saipan

BY Tech. Sergt. Fred Feldkamp.
a Marine Corps combat cor
respondent.
SAlPAN, Marianas Island Ode.
|layeO.-The tight spot that Marine
FIRST 1t. John H. Magruder III. 2221
wyoming avenue, will remembe,
Longest is the four-man patrol he
led into the Japanese Headquarters
command post in Saipan, where they
discovered probable total of SOC
Japs, secreted in caves, watching
thelr progress with great interest.
The patrol was searching for the
bodies Of two Jap admirals who were
oeheved to have committed hara-
klrl after the Japs' UNSUCCESSFUL
oanzai attack on July Z.
I'VE went down into a ravine past
number Of caves" said the lieuten-
ant. I'VE found ourselves in what
mad been the Japanese headouar.
ters command post"
But they hardly expected to find
the place alive with Japs. The
tloopS winch had cleaned out that
area had had time only to take care
OF the floor Of the canyon, without
investigating each individual cave.
1t was just before dusk. and the
party hadn't been in the canyon long
before they came upon a jap with a
game leg. whom they took prisoner,
Shortly thereafter they encountered
another Jap who didn't see the lieu
tenants party. When he did he fled
neiore he could be killed or cap
tured.
I'VE noticed that the caves on the
sides OF the canyon were small and
alive with Japs," the lieutenant
stated. And the country gener-
any was not particularly inviting for
1our-man party"
That night .Japs from the canvon
attacked marines In the area and las
Japs were killed or wounded. The
following day 164 more were ac-
counted for by marine patrols. and
that night there were 80 more Jau
casualties.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Sergts. Hurk and Romer
Return From Overseas

Tech. Seret. Walter p. Hark of
1894 Devonshire place NV, Tech.
Sergt. Richard p. Romer of 26l6
Tenth street NE. and Pfc. Ber-
nard j. Drury Of Mechanicsville,
Md, recently returned from overseas
are now stationed at the Army Air
Forces Redistribution Station No. 2,
Miami Beach, Fla. for reassign-
ment.
Sergt. Hark was q B-24 engineer
and few 50 missions in II months
In the Southwest Pacific. He holds
the Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Air Medal With two Oak Leaf
Clousters.
Sergt. Romer was with q tank
farm supply for II months in Africa
and Italy.
Pic. Drury was with . service
squadron for n months In England,
Africa, Sicily and italy.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Terrible Trio Locates
Enemy Stronq Points

A Washington man, 1t. Barney B
Taylor, led and organized . patrol
unit in France that has earned the
title 'The Terrible Trio"
1t. Taylor described q 16-houl
visit Of the trio to the enemy lines
where he and his comrades
equipped with weapons, knives, am
munition and six cans Of K rations
were fired upon as soon as they got
within small arms range Of the en-
emy. However, they were able to
spot five machine gun nests md one
mortar emplacement.
1.-TWO hours after we returned to
our outfit and made our report,
said 1t. Taylor, "our aircraft bombed
these positions to bits, and Jerry
doesn't live there any more"
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Furious Fighting Of Porotroopers
Inside France Told IN Letter
D. G. Mans Chute
Wrapped Around
High snsion Wire

Pfc. Schuyler Wolcott jackson
Jumped behind enemy lines In
France with the first wave Of para
troopers five hours before the Nor
mandy invasion offlcially began and
he has written his parents, giving
them = flrst-hand account Of his
outfits part In the battle.
Although In his letter he relates
In detail almost everything that
happened from the time he jumped
until he was returned to England,
Pfc. jackson did not tell how he
risked his life in protecting that
of his commanding officer, for which
he has been awarded the Bronze
Star.
Overseas since last September.
Pvt. jackson wrote that on Satur-
day, June 1, his outfit was all ready
to 60 when they were notified that
their mission had been postponed
due to bad weather. The next day,
however, they were wished the best
Of luck by Gen. Eisenhower as they
boarded the planes that were to
taxi them to France.
I'VE were the spearhead Of the
whole show" he wrote. 'It took q
couple OF hours to get the planes
into formation, and when they all
made the rendezvous. we started of. /"
After an uneventful trip across
the Channel the paratroopers ran
into their first fax when they were
over the coast Of France. About
S miles inland" Pfc. Jackson wrote,
ut started getting heavy and $he
tracer bullets were flying at us.
Glad to Be Out Of Plane.
"The plane was bucking and
lurching and you could almost have
stepped out and walked on the
stun. The planes soon broke forma-
ton and how we missed getting hit
I don't know.
"At last the word came to Jump.
I never was so glad to get out of .
plane In my life. I had . perfect
opening and my chute wrapped
around 4 high-tension wire Just
before I hit the ground 80 had a
cO1b ldIlulIiS.
ST got out Of my chute in record
time and ran into five of our boys.
Together we went after the Jerry
machine-gun nests that were laying
1t into us. We knocked two Of the
nests out and then all hell broke
loose. We had to get out Of there
In hurry. Every one didn't-a
half hour later there were only two
Of us left. We hid In a barn until
daybreak.
I'VE discovered by our map that
our drop zone was miles away, so
We went to look for some Of the
rest of the men. About an hour later
we had met up with quite a few
more paratroopers and had gath
cred a fairly sizable force. We were
harassed most Of that morning by
snipers, but did not run into any
large body Of the enemy until about
4 o'clock that afternoon.
Prisoners in Old Monastery.
Three Of us were on q reconnais-
sance ahead OF the others when we
ran into an enemy patrol of %
men. Each Of us had MI rifles
the best rifle in the world, and we
emptied clip after clip at them, kill
Evening star., 1944-09-10
lNew Ship Named
Number - by
Id. G.. FLYER

. WITH THE 18th AAF.-The num-
ber 13 is not frowned upon by 1t
Myers ]. Reynolds, q pilot with q
famous 18th Air Force PAT Thun-
derbolt outfit in the Mediterranean
theater.
His ship, "No. 49," suddenly caught
fire while returning from bombing
mission over the city Of Grossetto, In
Northern italy. He ditched the
plane In the sea approximately 20
miles from home base and two hours
later was picked up by an air-sea
rescue unit.
Today 1t. Reynolds has q new
ship. L big number as" Is predom-
inant on either side Of the cowling. =
1t. Reynolds wife, Nancy. resides
ut 4520 Macarthur boulevard, Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1944-09-10

group ClUeQ py SeIkt. '. r. Oaiu~eh'
the President for its historic bomb
ing of the Mehlembau aircraft as
sembly plant in Brunswick, Ger
many.
This group also participated in
the England-to-Africa shuttle bomb
ing attack on Messerschmitt air
craft assembly plants in Regens-
burg. Germany, in August, 1943, for
which second presidential citation
was awarded.
Staff Sergt. Austen v. Minks, 26,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Rinkler
of GIG Kennedy street NV, has
been presented the DFC for out
standing contribution to the success
of bombing attacks on key targets
OF the German war machine.
Sergt. Minks Is also member of
the group which received the presi-
dental citation for the England-to-
Africa shuttle bombing. In addition
to his present decoration, he holds
the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School, Sergt. Minks was employed
at the Navy Yard as an optical
grinder before he entered the serv-
ice in August, 1912.
staff Sergt. Herbert c. Wright,
whose wife, Mrs Virginia Wright,
lives at 4209 Crittenden street,
Hyattsville, Md, recently was award
ed the DFC for extraordinary
achievement in aerial combat.
Tail gunner on the Bit Flying
Fortress Miss Yvonne, Sergt Wright
has completed 80 bombing missions
over Germany and occupied coun-
tries.
Sergt. Wright was formerly en-
ployed as police officer here. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Wright,
live in Walkersville, Md.
Weisner Rescues Gunner.
Staff Sergt. Charles c. Weisner,
Hyattsville, Md, has been awarded
the Soldiers Medal for rescuing a
gunner badly injured in an air.
plane crash at Camp Ham, Calf =,
on June 3.
Although the gasoline tanks were
exploding. Sergt. Weisner disre-
garded the intense heat and the
danger and, assisted by another SOL
dier, cut openings in the rear section
of the plane and rescued the gun
ner.
Pfc. Everett G. Smith, 20, whose
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carter r.
Smith, live at $40 Eighth street Me-.
Il authorized to wear the Distin-
guished Unit Badge for . presiden-
tial citation Of his infantry rife
Evening star., 1944-09-10
ID. {. Marine Is Last
To Quit Guam Ridge
BY Staff Sergt. J. E. Hague.


A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.
GUAM Oelayed) One Of the last
men left on the ridge during the
heavy Jap counterattack July 26, q
marine artilleryman stayed in his
foxhole on the hill until his tommy
gun jammed. Then he picked up his
radio. withdrew to another gully and
told the artillery to fire on the posi-
ton he had just left.
Before he left the marine, Pfc
Jessie C. Stephens, 20, of 28 Seaton
place NV, Washington, killed three
Japs with his tommygun and got q
fourth with q grenade.
Il was lying in my foxhole when
grenades and mortars began Drop
ping all around me-" he said. But
I'd got used to them the previous
nights, so I was half asleep when
heard some Japs screaming and yell
Ing. I saw some one-I don't know
who 1t was-empty his carbine right
into the faces of three Japs.
Most Of the fellows were gone
from the ridge when I saw three
Japs bayonet a machine gunner. ]
sat IN my foxhole and killed the
three OF them with my tommy gun
I saw another one and I tossed q
grenade at him. I'm sure got him
My gun jammed and I figured then
1t was time for me to .leave, too"
He took both his pack and radio,
struggling with them down the steep
cliffs. On the way down he helped q
wounded oh1cer to the bottom Of the
draw.
There he set up his radio and told
the ARTILLERY command post the Japs
were swarming about his old posi-
ton. Fire was brought down on the
spot at once.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Seret. S. W. Smyth Visits
Brituin's SuIarove Manor

Sergt. 8. w. Smyth, 4105 Wis
consin avenue NV, was in the first
group Of wounded American soldiers
to visit Sulgrave Manor. the ances-
trail home Of George Washington's
family, Northamptonshire, England
A letter from the chairman of
the Northampton Friendship Com
mittee and the Chronicle and Echo
reported the visit of the 30 conva-
lescent Yanks.
Sergt. Smyth was hit in the leg
by shrapnel over Berlin. Despite
severe damage, his Flying Fortress
returned safely to its base.
Sulgrave Manor was sold to the
Washington family by Henry VIII
in 1889,
Evening star., 1944-09-10
.Copt. LuurioIo Greets
Wounded in EnqIund

Wounded soldiers returning to
England from France are greeted by
Capt. Francis j. Lauriola Of 1927
Sixteenth street Sc, a chaplain In
an American Army general hospital
As each group arrives, Capt
Lauriola personally offers assistance
in any way possible. He visits the
seriously Ill, sees all patients before
they 60 to the surgery and holds
regular services in the hospital
chapel.
Evening star., 1944-09-10

ing 10 and capturing IS, eight oi
whom were severely wounded. Most
OF the prisoners were young kids
around II and one looked as II he
could not be over Is. We interned
them In our make-shft prisoner OF
war inclosure in an old monastery
"The fourth day we attacked q
town where the Germans were really
dug In and they had been reinforced
with one Of their own crack para
chute regiments. After 30 hours OF
furious fighting through inundated
areas we drove them out and took
the town. In that drive I lost two
OF my best buddies and for the first
time I realized what hell war Is. ]
have killed and have seen dead
Germans all over the place, but to
see your own buddies go. kind o,
eats your insides out.
Next Headed for Cherbourx.
I'VE then took up a defensive DO.
sition on the other side of the
newly captured town and STAYED
there until reinforcements came tc
relieve us. When they did we headed
Tor Cherbourg, mopping up snipers
and stragglers on our way. We ate
steak, drank wine and had plenty
OF cognac. The strain was of, and
IT felt great. We went through the
German fortress at Cherbourg. I,
Is a miniature Gibraltar. The Ger.
mans should have been able to hold
out Indefinitely there, but their mo.
rale was pretty low, and they had nc
means OF getting reinforcements.
The Cherbourg Peninsula is prob.
ably one Of the toughest fighting
areas on any front. It is full Of
small fields with deep gullies anc
hedgerows and lots OF inundated
land. But nothing can stop thi.
American Army. It's great! Anc
so are our British buddies fishtina
alongside"
Called TO Serve in 1912.
A graduate of Western High
school, Pfc. Jackson lived at 284(
McGill terrace NV. until as a mem.
Der OF the District National Guarc
ne was called to active service ir
1912. He became a sergeant In thu
military police, but he wanted to b<
sure he would get plenty of action
SO he transferred to the para.
troops, even though it meant h.
mad to become a private again.
His father, Capt. John P. jackson
U. s. N, Is on duty at the Navy De.
partment here.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
ID. c. Man on Petrol Sees
Nuzi Tonk Column Pass

Pvt. Norman Vigderhouse, son OF
MRS. Mary Vigderhouse, 5O25
Seventh place NV, and two of his
ouddles recently were on a recon-
naissance patrol on the 5th Army
front in Italy when they noticed
tanks approaching.
Far forward of their foremost
lines, Pvt. vigderhouse and his COM
panlons decided to take cover in a
ciump Of bushes until they could
Identity thu approaching armor.
The target proved too big for
them, and crouched in the bushes.
they watched q whole column of
German tanks rumble along the
highway only few yards away.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Five Others Win DFC.

w al lSllUOIl, Nd., +,
radio operator
gunner on an
9th Air Force
Bit Flying For
tr ess, received
the pFC for
"e x t raordinary
q c h / e v ement"
during a score of
heavy bombing
attacks on enc
my targets In
Germany a n d
NaZi-held coun-
tries Of Europe.
His group Is
Evening star., 1944-09-10

1t. Meyer Tuplsr. out one engine.
He tried to keep up with the forma-
ton, when he was suddenly informed
by the ball-turret gunner that gaso-
line was running out through the,
bomb bay. FLAX had broken the
fuel transfer line to No. 8 engine.
To prevent fire, 1t. Tupler cut
that engine-both engines on one
side were out. FLAX also had dam
aged the controls and the automatic
pilot, and the fuselage was full of
holes.
Over the English Channel the
lieutenant asked his crew If they
were willing to try to get to England
or If they wanted to bail out. All
agreed to stay with the ship.
Struggling constantly with the
injured Fortress. 1t. Tupler nursed
it back to England. The crew again
agreed to take a chance on landing
at their home field rather than bail
out with their radio operator seri-
ously injured.
The approach to the field was per-
feet, but 1t. Tupler lost control,
going down the runway and the
ship started to careen wildly across
the grass.
Crash crews and ambulances set
out after it-expecting the plane to
burst into flames or crash.
Amazingly enough, the ship stayed
on an even keel and the crew raced
out Of 1t like rabbits, grabbing the
pilot and yelling, What a landing!
Terrific! And the second one on two
engines"
Five Others Win DFC.
Five other men from the WASH
ington area have also been awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
1t. George R. Rausch, Psi Mus
tang fighter, whose parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Rausch, live at 32ll
Columbia pike. Arlington, has been
awarded the DFC for "meritorious
achievement in aerial flight"
The citation said 1t. Rausch
80 had accomplished with dis
tinction, as pilot, more than so COM
bat missions over enemy-held terri
tory of Northern Burma. = - =" 1t.
Rausch was formerly employed as
clerk for the FBI.
Tech. Sergt. David A. Rector, 81,
Evening star., 1944-09-10

n airy achieve
m e n t" W h lie
participating in
heavy bombing
attacks on Nazi
military and in
dustrial targets.
The young air.
man, whose wife
lives at 1927
T h ir t e e n t h
street NV, also
holds the Air
M e d al with
three Oak Leaf
Clusters and is a
member of the