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By copt. J. P. Fitzgerald

Celia to pick up some Of their equip
ment. AS the trucks were coming
back they were madly tagged by
three soldiers, SO they stopped to
see what the trouble vase Imagine
their surprise and joy-they were
three of the four men who were still
unaccounted for from the bombed
ship. They had been put on a boat
to guard prisoners going back to
Africa and had had a tough time
getting back to Sicily.
When they were picked up they
were looking for us-bumming down
the road asking every one they saw
if he knew where our unit was.
They had been rolled up in blankets
asleep on the side of the road when
we passed that morning. One of
them remarked that though he'd
often cussed the unit, he knew now
what 1t was to be in foreign coun-
try away fro mthe boys that he had
fought side by side with, and though
later on he might do little gripping
he never wanted to be away from
the-eutfit again Needless to say,
1 was extremely happy to see them
every one was back now except the
one man I mentioned before and
these boys also said that they
thought that he was in hospital in
North Africa, only slightly hurt.
We stayed here only two nights,
then early one morning we moved
up near Emma to guard very i'm
portant road junction. So far we
were still rear area johnnies";; we
had made the invasion, but since
then we had been we'll behind the
lines. We felt sure that this couldn't
last long, our experience in Tunisia
had shown that we were a combat
outfit, and We were right in this
opinion.
Continued Next Sunday.)
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them to bases in the South Pacific
and into the Guadalcanal campaign.
Forced to Withdraw.

them to bases in the South Pacific
and into the Guadalcanal campaign.
Forced to Withdraw.
Pfc. Cohen, the exception. quit
his law practice shortly after the
attack on Pearl Harbor, enlisted
and went into the Solomons as an
infantryman. His most trying ex-
perience was on the night of the Llu
River fighting. when he and six
other observers, stationed at a
listening post 600 yards in front of
our lines, had to withdraw because
the Japs. about to attack, had in
flltrated the positions.
Il was assistant SQUAD leader" he
recalls, land as such, held up the
rear. Well, I can tell you I with
drew the entire 600 yards crawling
backward" He is the son of Mrs.
Bessie Cohen. He was graduated
from Mckinley High School and
National University Law School, and
is a member of the District Bar
Association.
Sergt. Bernstein, Roosevelt
alumnus, was attending Columbus
law school when he was called into
service. His brother, Norman, "a, is
overseas with the Army. They are
the sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Bernstein. Sergt. Cardano is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Car
dano and was completing his final
year at Eastern High when the re-
serve battalion was called up.
Four Cissels in Service.
Together with his twin brother
Maurice T., jr., staff sergeant,
Sergt. Cissel left his Silver Spring
farm and entered active duty. They
were chosen for different assign
ments and last saw each other in
May, 1912. A younger brother,
Richard, 20, was wounded serving
with the marines. and a fourth
brother, Jack. %, is with the Army.
Platoon Sexgt. Allen drove a de-
livery truck for laundry in civilian
life. His wife, Helen, lives at SGT
South Lee street, and his parents,
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course handful of men have all the
money aboard ship. At night when
the moon is bright all the stars
seem to come down to the ship for a
chat with the boys. Today they
had initiation ceremonies when we
crossed the equator.
Life aboard ship is somewhat
conflning. We get up every morn
ing at $50 to stand the alert; tor
pedoes like to get shot at 6:45 to 7
a. m; then breakfast mot bad) and
we lie around and talk on deck until
1920; boxing matches until 11:30;
sandwiches and fruit and world news
braodcaSts, and then lie around in
the sun and smoke and talk until
chow at $50. Then We lie around
until alert at dusk and 60 to bed
at $3.50 pm. During the day we
have an enlisted mems band, which
plays well. We have made very
dangerous crossing without any
trouble whatsoever"
Make Own Swimming Pool.
On the island. he continues:
This morning after chow all the
fellows in my tent, which we call
Happy Hollow went down to the
brook, where they have erected a
dam and provided nice swimming
pool. Below the dam we washed our
clothes, just like the natives. 1 also
took bath while I was laundering,
quite relief from saltwater show
erS.
IF you could only see the looks
on the faces of soldiers when they
receive mail and the almost heart
rending disappointment in the faces
of the soldiers who do not receive
any, you would know how vital it is
to send mail regularly. Today the
most heroic stunt 1 performed was
eating those darn dehydrated eggs.
Try it some time-you will be sure to
earn the Purple Heart Medalw
| And later:
THE island Is almost entirely COW
cred with coconut palm trees and
nuts are all over the ground. The
tent live in has a wooden floor and
is completely screened in. It is COM
paratively free from insects. We have
little harmless lizard that runs I'D
and down the screens and eats flies
and mosquitoes. He's a cute little
thing and I'm going to try to tame
him and bring him home with me.
Swim in Old Volcano.
Yesterday we went swimming in
an extinct volcano crater-very nice.
The water was clear and the crater
was very deep. It's exciting being
here where things are happening
after all those months in the various
camps at home. You should see the
collection of pictures these Army
Air Forces men have-really aston
ishing. And you should see the pic
lures painted on the aircraft-they
make me blush!"
Pfc. Shapiro was married four
days before he went overseas three
months ago. He was auditor for the
General Accounting Office in WASH
ington before entering the Army last
April.
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Soldier Informed He Won
Suit in Supreme Court

CAMP LUNA. N. MeX-Pvt. Mil
ford Springer, former principal at
torney for the Federal Power Com
mission. was waiting in line for his
monthly pay-S50, less insurance.
bonds and family allotment deduc-
tions-when he was informed the
commission had won a S3,600,0 900
lawsuit based on a brief he filed
with the Supreme Court in a pub
lie utility rate case before entering
the service.
The decision upheld the commits
sion's order reducing natural gas
rates by S3,600,000 annually in Ohio
and Pennsylvania. Pvt. Springer
first tried the case before the FPC.
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To Enid Army Air Field, Okla. for Basic
Course.
Robert L. Cunningham, Norman M Green
and Harry A. Layne.
To United States Maritime Service Train
ing Station, st. Petersburg, Fla.
Harry H. Blue and William B. Schneider
Of Washington and Leighton Stuart Bishop
OF Chevy Chase, Md.
To United States Navy PrefiEht School,
Athens, Ga.
Stanley n: Allan, John v, Healy. John
P. Cissell. Butler E. Shook, all of Washing
Of Takoma Park i Willam @ J. eoSer oSeral Of hay Ar
lington and Freeman G. Prior of Falls
Church.
To Perrin Field, Tex, for Basic Pilot
Training.
Cadet Howard F.. Jesneck of Cottage
mond OF washington.
Miscellaneous.
Second 1t. Stanley F. Patten. jr.. to
Robert P. Warner to Thunderbird Field
II, Phoenix Field, Ariz.
James w. Whitesel and George A. Fergu-
son ont to Pratt Institute. N. Y, engineering,
., Sc Second It. Ryder C. Ray. to wendover
II; Alfred R; Hales, ir.. to Antiaircrafe
~~--~-'
Charles NJ. stringer, jr., James w. Deter
ana Carl j: Gjelhaug, to Greenville Army
Air Field. Miss.
!. Madison B. Porter. jr., to Naval Air Sta
ton, Dallas, Tex.
James F. Sheehan, Arlington, Va, to
Naval Air Station, Bunker Hill. Ind
Corpl. John H. Lanham, Vienna, Va. to
Fort Knox, Ky.
.. Warrant oficer q. 81 John E Barnett
to ordnance department, Fort Myers, Fla
:, Pvt. Frank S. Marshall jr., Arlington,
Va. to Antiaircraft Artillery School, Camp
Pvt John B. Dewey to Cincinnati U.
Asst program.
Charles H. Won -Drehle to CAA War
Training School at Moravian College, Beth
Second 1t. Ralph C. Mann to Harding
Field. La.
:, Joe Stanley Ferguson to Merchant Ma
rine Basic School, San Mateo, Calf.
Rudolph Joseph Turco to Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, I'll.
William M. Simmons, Arlington, to Balm
bridge, Army Air F-,ld. Ga.
Adolphus Wise Hawkins. jr Culpeper,
to the Navy Viz at University Of Vir-
TO Sioux rsils IT, baE9 Xrms 1dGssI All Field lis for
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Promotions

Captain,
F. F. Draper, Wilson lane, Bethesda,
Md, with a marine engineer company in
the Southwest Pacific.
First Lieutenant.
Christopher j. San Fellipo, jr., 2Og C
street Sc. at Fort Miles, Del.
George M. Terry, 5512 Brite drive Be-
thesda, Nd, with the air forces in Pan
anna Canal
Second Lieutenants
Matthew j. Finn, 1872 Twenty-second
street NV, at the Midland. Tex, Bonn
bardier School.
John Mccormick Sisson, 1882 Columbia
road NV, at Deming Army Air Field
Bombardier School, NJ Mex.
George D: Stallings. 5146 Nebraska ave-
nce, at Midland tTex.D Eomba rider School.
Sidney Hollander. 935 Kennedy street
NV, at Childress (Tex) Bombardier
School.
son Of Capt. .Georse M. Jackson. 1905
Fifth street NV, at Pensacola, Fla.
William L. SAtwater, jr, 1901 Sixty
fourth avenue. Cheverly, Md, at Pensacola,
william j. Ions Marine Corpsl, 2215
street NV, at Pensacols.>
Charles P. Thomas 1t Fort Knox fKyo
o. c. 3.
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finished, the top is covered with
mud.
At this landing strip 1t. Ballen-
tine had set our CP next to the
airfield ration dump, which was run
by only two men. We had seven
men, and since the kitchen was
still in North Africa, we had to cook
our own meals. In the case of. tx"
rations we did nothing, &c" rations
we warmed, but food was better over
here than it had been heretofore;
we frequently received "U" rations,
which are boxed 70 rive men and
are very good, but which necessi-
tate some cooking. We Immediately
invited the two guards to eat with
us, which invitation they gladly ac-
cepted, and told us that we need
not worry about rations, they would
see that we got only the best. And
they did. That was a wonderful
setup. OF course, our cooking uten-
sils were homemade, all were made
from gas cans that we got there on
the field.
1t lasted only four days-then the
battalion moved to an airfield near
Agrigento to reassemble before 60
ing out on an entirely new mission.
This airfield was guarded by anoth-
er ack-ack unit, and, just for fun,
some of our boys went to visit them
pretending to have just landed fresh
from the States. The other outfit
really was fresh from the States;
this invasion was their first war ex-
perience, and the stories that they
told our boys about it were astound-
ing. Some of our boys who listened
to them swore that they would never
brag again about what we had done
they realized what utter fools they
would sound like to any one who
had been through the same thing.
But what amused lis most was the
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Rockville Soldier Louds
VuIor of Men in ItoIy

ITALY.-Pfc. Robert E. Lee, 914
Grandin avenue, Rockville, Md. re-
Gently sent home the Purple Heart
he received after being wounded
here in october. Now back in ac-
tion, Pfc. Lee wrote his wife, Mrs,
Virty c. Lee, and his mother, Mrs.
Maybelle Lee of Rockville, that he
suffered head injuries when a bullet
went through his helmet.
Uncle Sam has some real SOL
diers," he wrote. You never hear
murmur from those boys who are
suffering in the hospital"
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1t. Irion Reossigned
After 9 Months at Seq

1t. Henry G. Irion, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Irion, 3736 Alton
place NV, after spending nine
months at sea in command of the
Navy gun crew aboard an Ameri-
can merchant vessel, has returned
to the United States. During his last
voyage ne visited ports in England
Ireland, Iceland and the Caribbean.
Prior to entering the Navy in Sep
tember, 1943, 1t. Irion was asso-
ciate counsel for the Federal Com
munication Commission here. His
wife, the former Marian Gerth, and
2-year-old son live at 800 South
Royal street, Alexandria, Va.
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the Air Corps squadron that was
at this field; they were wonderfully
glad to see us, greeting us with loud
paens OF great joy-they were the
same squadron that had been at the
airport at Algiers when we were
there and they thought that we were
the only ack-ack unit in the entire
army.
Because we had gotten all of our
transportation and one of the other
batteries had not, we had to send
some of our trucks back to near
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HAS never seen
his d a u G h t e +,
Donna, born De-
Cember 7, 1912.
He is a . radio
g u II n er. H j s
brother, Donald,
is a naval air
cadet who will
report to Corpus
Christi, Tex, for
further training
after spending a
t u + | ou g h at
home. G a d e t
H j loc X is a
former all-high
basket ball and
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Cluster to the
Air Medal at
Pierre A r m y
Base, S. D.
The a " a r d,
p r e S e n t e d to
Sergt. Daddys-
man by 1t. Col.
James r. Du
Bose, jr., COM
manding officer,
was made for
successfully COM
pleting over 200
hours long range
over water anti
S u b m a r | n e
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II. r. SHlltn, 1880
Randolph street
NV, was third
man in a large
graduating class
here at the Navy
p r e t | i 6 h t
S C h ool. H e
missed by only
.007 the high
mark of previous
battalions, scor-
ing 3.66 (4.0 is
perfect. Cadet
Smith has been
ordered to the
M e m p h / S
(Tenn.) va !
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InstoIIment Three

other unit thought that it was now
"battlewise," and we were to come
in to relieve them so that they
could go back to the States as in
structors. We already knew what
chance they had-the same that we,
who have had as much, if not more,
battle experience than any other
ack-ack outfit in this theater-
none. We didn't disillusion them.
OF course. what we should have
done was to have referred them to
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letters 10 his
wife, Mrs. Anne
S h apiro, 1850
E u lid street
NV.
On board a
t r a n S port he
wrote: The trip
so far, except for
the beau t / full
sunrises a n d
sunsets, has been
uneventful. The
first few days a
few big crap and
poker ga m e S
kept the boys
aYrn1Icol o,,r, ~
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when it dinhed
in the English
Channel while
returning from
an attack on
Kiel. The men
were picked up
by a British de-
stroyer and re-
turned to their
own base dressed
in RAF uni
forms. Immedi-
ately they in
Spected t h e / +
regular Fortress,
the ID arlin'
nnly, ~ ,1-L,aI
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head, Md, is top
turret gunner on
a Flying Fort
ress crew based
here, now carry
ing out opera
tional missions
over Germany
and enemy-o
cupied Europe.
He participated
r e C e n t ly in
b o m o l n 6
missions to Bre-
men; Solingen,
Rhineland metal
city; Kiel, i'm
portant German
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Ensign HerI in Ohio

COLUMBUS, hio-Ensign Rich
ard E. Herl, 81, son of DR.. and Mrs.
o. E. Herl, 1401 Oglethorpe street
NV, who recently was comrnls-
stoned in the Naval Air Corps as
Corpus Christi, Tex, is now sta
toned here with the Ferry Com
mand. He is former student at
! Ohio State University
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Newsmop Executive

AUSTRALIA.-Lt. John r. Ken
nedy, 459l Nebraska avenue NV is
in charge of the news from wo-ld
war fronts printed IN Newsmap
weekly folder distributed 10 one
out of every so American soldiers in
the Southwest Pacific
Evening star., 1944-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs C. G. Allen, at 31l
Duke street, Alexandria.
Corpl Allen. no relation. was a
greenskeeper at the Washington
Golf and Country Club Two of his
brothers are in the service: Ralph,
81. with the Merchant Marine, and
Edward, 20, with the Navy at sea.
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Public Relations Officer

Corpl (Technician 5th grade)
James r. Nicholson, 1920 Fifteenth
street NV, recently was appointed
Public Relations representative for
his unit, an Ordnance Depot COM
pany stationed in the Peninsular
Base Section in Italy.
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appointed would
express it mild
ly. I had thought
that Sicili a n
towns would be
somewhat lik
the Eur o p can
part of Algiers-
modern, c lie a n,
and those on the
sea, col or f u !.
Celia was the an
titheSis. Squalid
is about the only
word that I know
that would de-
scribe it. All the
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patrol" He was SerEt. Daddysman.
acting as radio operator and aerial
gunner in heavy bombardment
crew. Prior to his entry into the
service, Sergt. Daddysman was activ
in amateur radio operations in
Washington.
Evening star., 1944-01-30

SOUTHWEST PACFIC-These from the Washington
area serving combat military policemen here: Front
Platoon Serg Edward Allen o. of 527 South
Alexandria, Va Second eft to right Platoon Sergt Alvin
E. Bernstein, o. of 4415 Georgia avenue N.
Cardano a. of 1920 street SE Sergt Cse
1413 Forest Glen road. Silver Spring. Md. left
right Corp Lloyd O. Allen 81 of 1919 North street
East Falls Church, Va and Pfc Louis Cohen Otis
place NV Official Corps Photo
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Doddysmon Is Awarded
Oak Leaf Cluster

Master Sergt. James H. Daddys-
man, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Daddysman, 537 Seventh street Sc,
recently received the Oak Leaf
Evening star., 1944-01-30

was grounded the day of the ditch
ing.
m we had been flying this ship"
Sergt. Winstead remarked, lit would
have brought us home even with
four dead engines"
Two Years in England.
Tech. Sergt: Nelson Hillock, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Hillock,
452l forty-fifth street NV, has
been stationed here two years and
Evening star., 1944-01-30

baseball player in Washington.
Dorsey Sponsor of Party.
Chaplain First Ltd Edward S.
Dorsey, 1912 Seventh street NE,
was a Red Cross party sponsor, the
show given by American soldiers for
English children. The children sang
carols, saw a movie and enjoyed
small gift and candy and gum.
Doughnuts and hot chocolate were
served.
Higgs Takes Swim Course.
Pvt John R. Higgs, TIC Eleventh
street Sc, is among United States
soldiers in Britain who recently
completed a course in functional
swimming for combat operations
near London.
The men learn to jump, fully
clothed, with steel helmet and rifle,
from 20foot diving board; to
swim as far as IS yards under water
with full>equipment; to plunge into
a burning oil surface and swim
through it.
Stress is placed on the use of i'm
provised materials-such as bar
racks bags for water wings and
gasoline cans and logs as floats. In
addition, the soldiers are instructed
in the use Of rubber. dinghies and
Mae Vests"
Those completing the course are
sent back to their organizations as
instructors. Combat swimming"
has been included in the basic train
ing of field forces
Takes Course at Cambridge.
First 1t. Donald w. Rush, GALS
Thirty-first place NV, recently
completed a brief course at Cam
bridge University which was de-
signed to foster Anglo American
understanding. He attended the
course while on leave from his
general service regiment. 1t. Rush
was employed by the District High
way Department before the war.
COckerham Is Gunner.
Sergt. Roy w. Cockerham, Indian
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Shurpshooter's Budoe

Staff Sergt. Clarence r. Wingrove
won the sharpshooters badge for
MI carbine rifle at Memphis. Tenn.
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Morale e-BuiIdingForce
OF News From Home
lis Told in Letter

Life aboard transport and on
a South Pacific island has been de-
scribed by Pfc. Emanuel J. Shapiro,
member of a bomber squadron, in
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Cadet Smith Ranks 3rd
In PrefIiqht Class

ATHENS. Ga.-Aviation Cadet
F. A. Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
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Air Station for primary flight train
inc
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Boeing BIG
5uperbomber
Assembly Methods
Created War Bird
Bv DAVID ]. WILKIE

DETROIT, June Is - (P) -
Widened assembly line in the
big De Soto division plant Of
Chrysler Corporation have been
rolling out Sub-assemblies for
the powerful Boeing B-29 SUPER
bomber.
The section being mass pro-
duced by the application of au-
tomobile assembly technique is
the entire front end,-something
like 20 percent of the entire
craft - including the big nose
cabin section, leading edges for
the wings and coWling covers
for the engines.
Chrysler also is producing
Wright 220O-horsepower, 18
cylinder engines for the plane at
lis Dodge Chicago plant. 1t has
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faster and longer at high alti-
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II was in the DeSoto plant
that Chrysler began making the
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ton Of the Martin B-26 Ma
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BIG production lines one by
one and installing lines for the
B-29 work. Today De Soto en-
ployees are engaged solely on
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than double present output
which has been described as
" large
Some idea of the complexities
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Superbomber may be gained
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fuSelage cabin section is larger
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In the cabin are various de-
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titudes, besides accommodations
for a sizeable crew, navigation
al instruments and armament.
There are some three miles Of
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while approximately a mile of
tubing winds through the unit.
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the medium bomberS.
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