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Evening star., 1944-08-20

ei Sc AS. .1nere
has been no announcement of her
next duty.
The 1900 wAcS in the Medi-
terranean area are faring well, she
reported, and apropos of a Sc
nous problem concerning the corps
In this country she admitted that
"a small percentage have gained
in weight"
Col. Boyce explained about the
operations OF the WACs at a Penta-
gon press conference and gave a
womanlike reply when asked what
the girls wanted to do most after
tne war: Most of them want to
come home and get married." she
smiled. 'e
About 80 per cent Of the WAcs
formerly under her supervision are
WORKING IN communications, az ner
cent are performing clerical work
10 per cent have stenographic or
secretarial assignments and 10
per cent are attached to head
quarters or housekeeping" units.
!hey are scattered from the front
iines IN Italy to the remotely safer
posts In North Africa.
L have never seen finer team.
WORK than that displayed by the
men and women working together
IN the air forces communication.
centers," she said.
Col; Boyce's 18-year-old daush.
ser' Westray, E., has just finished
st; Margarets Episcopal School and
VIII enter Sweet Briar College. In
Virginia, this fall. Her mother. Mrs.
d. n. Mckay, and a sister. Mrs
=; r. bernsdorf1, live In Poolesville.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Flyer Believes His Trainer
Has Set Record in War

Staff Sergt. Myron C. Oliphant
47l0 Edgemore lane. Bethesda, Md.
native of Hawaii, believes his Linl
trainer plane has established q
record in this war.
The sergeant. who is now training
at the instrument trainer instruc.
tors course at Bryan Field. Tex.
was loaded with his Link trainer
onto a large plane last June ano
flown 1900 miles nonstop to a small
Pacific atoll.
Later. the Link trainer was shelled
by submarine and bombed by jar
planes. The small plane escaped
damage, although the trainer build
ing was hit.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
D. {. Soldiers Safari Kills
Wafer BuffaIoes in Tunisja

Twelve soldiers, veterans of the
Tunisian campaign, were able tc
work in a water buffalo hunt thai
rivaled the safaris OF Theodore
Roosevelt, Martin johnson anC
Frank Buck. according to a letter
submitted to The Star. In this
military but sportsmanlike safar
was Staff Sergt. Henry G. Conklin
2013 Columbia road.
The expedition was brief but ef-
fective. The two buffaloes were shot
not far from Mateur in q swampy
area near a mountain where the
game had been introduced by the
deposed Bey of Tunis.
Sergt. Conklin, who Is an expert
enced hotel chef, not only helped
kill one of the two buffaloes bagged
on the trip but took part in bleed
ing, skinning and quartering the
meat of one animal to take back tc
the Army base.
The other buffalo, weighing about
/ 500 pounds, was given to an engi-
neerlng outfit, which employed lO(
men to remove the carcass with
mechanical tools. The members oi
the safari were able, however, tc
get the meat Of the 120o-pouno
carcass back to the lory, although
most of them were covered with
gore in the process.
The water buffalo has been de-
scribed as the most dangerous OF
wild game. but those killed did not
have a chance" against the rifles
used by the hunters. The herd
"sentinels" made gallant stands and
died standing up in the mud after
their Inflated charges through high
grass. The soldiers fired In turn
except when lives were endangered
by the mad rushes of the game.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
CIoggett, Bock in U. S.,
Awaits Reussionment

1t. Col. H. c. B. Clagett, jr., 2230
@ street NV. back from a years
service with the 5th Air Force in
the Southwest Pacific, is awaiting
reassignment at the AAF Redistribu-
ton Station No. in Atlantic City,
N. j.
The B-24 bomber pilot wears the
Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion
OF Merit and Air Medal. Before
entering the air force he was a law
student at Georgetown University,
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Marines Taking Guam
Use Much Material
Left Behind by Japs
BY SERGT. JEREMIAH A.
OLEARY,

OLEhHY,
4 Marine Corps Combat Correspondent
Formerly on The Star Stan.
GUAM Delayed Marines to-
I. day captured the headquarters OF
y the Japanese general commanding
the enemy division defending Mount
Tenjo.
y The enemy command post, cum
: ningly hidden from the air in a
. wooded revine, fell tc troops under
First 1t. Maurice Austin, 68 Waldo
street, Holyoke, Mass, after a week
of constant fighting over the ridges
and ravines of Southwest Guam.
= The Jap general\lost at least two
of his battalion commanders, a
=. good part of his officers, and prob
ably half of his troops in the weeks
fighting. Enormous quantities Of
: military supplies were captured in
. tact by the advancing marines.
Fate played sorry joke on the
japanese when the enemy COM
mand post was taken. Carrier
pigeons-used extensively by the
Japanese forces for carrying mes
sages-are still alighting in the Jap
headquarters in the friendliest man
! ner. Messages are attached to their
legs in small capsules. One mes
sage, signed by a Jap lieutenant,
said in part: Il have no excuses to
offer for yesterdays setback"
Pigeon fanciers among the ma
rines are making pets of some of
o the Jap birds.
Al New Tires and Gas.
The Japanese general left quanti-
ties of booty behind in his hasty
fight. The marines found At new
automobile tires, pickup truck,
drums of gasoline, an enormous
quantity of quinine and other medi-
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Korean Boy Is Smallest
Hero of Morionos Campaign
By SERGT. DAN LEVIN,
A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent
r ran-,,erlr Of 0ooh N Street n w

A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent
Formerly of 1925 N Street NV.
TINIAN CDelayedD-The smallest
hero in the Marianas today is Haiku.
He is an 8-year-old Korean boy,
and he carried his baby brother
born four days ago in a cave on
Tinian Island-2 miles to marine
stockade.
Haiku and his mother and father,
with other Korean civilians, hid in
the cave while the japanese re-
treated and American artillery
combed the island. During that
terrible period of hiding and wait
ing the baby was born.
A marine interpreter called down
into the cave and finally the
Koreans came out. the women weep
ing historically and the men hope
full, but afraid Hakus father sup
ported his mother and Haiku carried
the baby
saw the procession of Koreans
moving down a pine-lined hill
toward the stockade-Women carry
ing jars and baskets of clothing on
their heads, with babies strapped
to their backs, men carrying other
goods, little boys striding jauntily
along and little girls skipping hard
to keep up. Last Of all came a
marine M. P carrying naked little
3-year-old Korean girl in his arms
and Haiku squeezing his baby BROTH
er to his chest.
The Koreans are preparing to
move again, toward the beach Haiku
Is darting back and forth between
the waiting truck and the stockade,
helping out by loading the family's
worldly goods into the truck. Some
of the bundles are as big as he is.
Responsibilities of manhood came
early to Haiku.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Copts. Hanson, Collins
Meet on Suipun

Capt. Arthur B. Hanson of 940l
Old Georgetown road, Bethesda,
crawled out of foxhole on Saipan,
and whom should he greet but his
friend, Capt. John Paul Collins of
4003 Twenty-first street NE.
The two marines enjoyed talking
about mutual friends here.
Capt. Hanson was on the island
through the entire battle for Saipan,
and his friend, Capt. Collins, former
assistant principal of Eastern High
School and later principal of Ana
costa Junior High School prior to
his re-enlistment, is assigned to
civilian affairs work there IN con-
nection with marine assault land
ings.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

1t. Col. Gordon Hittenmark, for
mer Washington radio announcer, Is
now the announcer on a weekly pro-
gram In the American Red Cross
Club In Cairo, Egypt, which features
the informal recording of voices of
American service men and women for
rebroadcast to the folks back home.
Col. Hittenmark, a public relations
officer, Is stationed at military head
quarters in the Middle East.
A mobile recording unit brings its
microphone and recording machine
onto the "starlit rooted" dance floor
at the Red Cross Club where soldiers
and WACS relax away from their
Army duties. Music for the dance
and background for the recording Is
provided by local Royal Air Force
orchestra. The recordings are re-
leased to home State radio stations
then rebroadcast to the people at
home.
Mike fright is a common reaction
Evening star., 1944-08-20

"A Dlt Lcrruy-
ing, Mr.. a n d
M RS. Fra n k
Magnanelli of
| 1901 Chelten-
ham drive, Be-
thesda, admit,
but at the same
time they are
glad to be con-
tributing to the
liberation of
Europe, particu-
larly of their
native Italy.
John, who is
%. h as b e e n
with the Army
Air Force Engi-
neers in h e
S outh Pacific
for he pas t
three months.
Pfc. Peter. "a,
who has been in
the service for
three years with
the Army engi-
neers, partici-
pated in the
A fric an and
Sicilian cam
paigns. w hile
he was in Paler-
mo. Sicily. he
met his mothers
sister for the
first time. He's
n ow in Nor
mandy.
Pfc. Alfred. 20,
also is in the
Army engineers,
participated in
the French in
vasion after
b e / n g in III e
service for 10
months.
George, l8. a
private, is with
the infantry in
F ra ce after
being overseas
only one month.
Both natives
OF 1t a ly. Mr..
and Mrs. Mag
nanelli h av e
b e e n in t hi S
C o u n try for
many years, he
N years ana she
30. Mr.. Mag
nanelli, W h o
served in the last
war with the
United S t a t e S
A r m y is an
employe of the
G ov er n m e n t
Printing Office.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Invitation to Party
Dec. 6, 1941, Greets
D. C.. Man at Guam

AGANA, Guam Delayed
When Marine Corpl. Jack
White. formerly a taxi driver,
of 4219 Twenty-ninth street,
Washington, reached the Plaza
de Espana in front of the Gov
ernment House yesterday as
marine forces occupied the
wrecked capital of this island,
he picked up a printed invita-
ton which f1uttered to his feet
from one of the blasted build
ings.
The invitation read as fol-
lows: You are cordially invited
to attend an Informal Hospital
Corps party in honor of Comdr.
A. H. Cecha, (M. c. U. S. N, on
Saturday, December 6, 194l.
From pm, =? At Recreation
Beach"
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Veteran Flyer Lauds
|vaIor Of Mechanics
while Under Fire

1t. Gen. Alvan G. Gillem II, for.
merly Of Washington and . veteran
fighter pilot commander with tho
18th and 18th Air Forces has re-
turned to this country after l3
months Of overseas flying. His
squadron first took part in the
Daeppe attack and later In the land
ings in North Africa, Sicily, at
Salerno and Anxio.
For shooting down three German
planes and participating In 100 op.
irrational hours Of combat flying.
Col. Giilem received the Distin.
guished Flying Cross with one Oak
Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal With
IL clusters.
He was born in Nogales, Ariz..
and attended Mckinley High School
in Washington while hts father. now
Maj: Gen. Alvan G. Gillem, r., was
professor Of military science and
tactics at the University of Mary.
land. He was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in
1910. Col. Gillem,s present home In
Columbus, Ga.
As commander of the fighter
squadron Of the 18th Air Force. Col.
Gillem was based on a hastily con-
strlcted strip in the tight confines
fof the Anzo beachhead for weeks,
and came home with one impression
more vivid than any other that he
gained In l3 months overseas, he
said.
43 Days Under Fire.
There is no praise too great for
the GI airplane mechanics" he told
a War Department interviewer.
For 43 days these men were under
German shellfire night and day.
They had lots of Purple Hearts for
wounds received in the front lines
and on the beachhead."
At Salerno, he said, the ground
mechanics worked on planes never
knowing when they would be called
to fight of a German counterat-
tack. I'm spite of all the shellfire.
lack OF parts and rugged living con-
ditions, these men kept our planes
flying" he said.
Col. Gillem said the mechanics
were so good that in % missions he
had no engine trouble.
The squadron commander had
many narrow escapes. Once, flying
over Bologna, Italy, while escortino
bombers with three other fighter
planes, "a German fighters came
toward them.
Taking the only way, we sailed
right through them" he explained.
They must have figured that q
pilot who would do that had lots Of
lighters behind him, so they fed. 1
shot down one"
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Miller Talks Gridiron
Tactics Despite War
BY SERGT. BILL BURNETT
Marine Corns N,rnh..

>ofps Comoat Correspondent.
GUAM Delayed DESPITE or
maybe because of his week Of in.
tense action since the start of f,rht.
Ing here. Whitley" Miller wanted IN
talk about football this morning
he balanced himself on . three
legged chair in the ruined town NJ
Agana and asked questions and
made prophecies about his fayorite
game. o''V'
Now Marine First It. Vernon n
Miller, the blond former MARYLAND
University back. still gives much n,
ms spare thought to football. he
talked long and Interestingly on It
with his front lines only q few feet
away after sleepless night of wait.
ing for prowling Japs.
Maryland will do all right. he
confided, "once the manpower short
age Is over. There is a man IN the
marines right now who has a chance
to get the coaching Job. I think he
can handle 1t. Our old spirit viii
always help"
1t. Miller. a Terrapin buIvark
from 1889 to 194l, is one Of the few
Maryland athletes Of that period Who
did not join the parachute troons
ne says he's glad he picked the
marines.
wish I knew what happened to
Perish Mondorf and Joe MiIrnhv :"
ne said. They were both In III.
oackneld with me. Joe-you remem.
Der the dash man-and / altrnated
at one half. I hear about Tommy
IN q while"
1t. Miller has become q father
since leaving the States last March
His wife. Mrs. Doris Hughes Miller.
now lives at 6303 Broad Branch road.
Warrington. HIS parents are resi-.
dents OF 1720 Maple Shade lane,
Richmond, Va.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Sergeant.
John Baker: Air Force. 1910 Twelfth
street NV. in Mediterranean.
Robert NJ Lyon, 2O4 Fillmore drive,
Silver Spring, Md.
Elweod W Schuler, ir. ss22 Rosart
Corporal
Allen P. Gately. l15 Potomac avenue
s. E. with 5th Army in Italy.
Oscar Hickman. 1891 Trinidad avenue
NE. with 5th Army in Italy
John W. Keogh, 34O7 Twenty-ninth
street NV. At Camp Barkeley. Tex.
Ralph <. Shumaker, 4QQ7 Connecticut
Boyd =. Arnett, Bethesda, Nd, at Myrtle
Beach Field, g. c.
James M Beck. 81 Adams street NV,
at Camp Barkeley, Tex.
NAVY.
Commissioned Ensign.
Phillip Keller Maloney, Naval Air Corps.
$3.50 Ridgewood avenue Chevy Chase, Nd.
william Theodore Keen. Naval Air
Corps, 134S G street Sc
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Dudley Commissioned

Charles Fiske Dudley III, 10,
whose parents live at 329 Farragut
street NV. has been graduated
from the Bombariers' School at
Midland, Tex, with commission of
second lieutenant. He was gradu-
ated from St. Johns School last
: year. His younger brother, George,
recently enlisted In the Navy.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

ZZ1 Il s I r e e t
NV, received
the DFC for so
missions as tail
6 u mn er on a
B-24 bomber of
the 9th Air Force
in England.
Capt. Robert
Curtis. formerly
Of 1885 Thirty
n | n t h S tre e t
N. w., hird =
ranking ace in
t h e Mediterra-
mean t h e a t r,
was a awarded the
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Red Cross Aide Tells Impressions of Combat Weary Troops

Impressions of combat weary
troops returning to England from
France are recorded in letters from
Red Cross Worker Helen Briggs, who
greets the men almost as soon as
they dock.
Miss Briggs, who is called "Pucky"
by her family and friends, wrote her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Briggs,
1911 Spring road NV, about ar
Evening star., 1944-08-20

ator group, won
his Flying Cross
for outstanding
skill in leading a
b o m b er group
t h a t destroyed
an important oil
refinery in Ro-
mania.
Col. Harold w.
Bowman of Ar
lington, Flying
F or ess base
commander, has
received the Oak
Leaf Cluster to
the DFC for the
mission he led
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Y II ! z q v e I o
await another
assignment.
Col. B oyce,
who was an Of
fcial In the
Federal Works
A g e n c y 1 n
the Capital be-
fore she turned
to war pursuits,
would like noth-
Ing better than
to return to her
former post or
at least another
assignment ov.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

ices in Italy. In
a service con-
Quoted by his
chaplain in an
Italian village
for the towns
people and SOL
diers. he sang a
solo in Italian.
The sergeant,
" h sc If e
L ura lives at
1858 Maple View
place, has been
singing for chap
ell services every
Evening star., 1944-08-20

ranging 10 meet
the train when
she heard a IA
miliar regiment
of paratroopers
was due. For
two avs she
"sweated 1t out"
waiting a n d
catnaping.
ITO make, this
frustrating story
short " The
boys were really
thrilled to be
back in the little
one - horse vii
lape again. Most
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Under Former Communder

Marine First Sergt. Archie M.vale,
brother Of Miss Jalva Vale, 4l20
Edmond street NV, once more Is
nghting, under one of his World
War commanders now that Mai.
Gen. Clifton B. Gates has assumed
command Of the 4th Marine d.
vision.
In the last war Sergt. Vale fought
In France under Gen. Gates when
the latter was q second lieutenant.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

decorated with the Bronze Star fol
military achievement In Normandy
A veteran OF the invasions of Al
giers, Tunisia and Sicily, Col
Stumpf participated In the 9th Di-
visions dash across the Cherboure
Peninsula.
Marche In Sicilian Campaign.
Pfc. william T. Marche, 4800
Rhode Island avenue NE, won the
Bronze Star for support of combat
operations during the Sicilian cam
paign.
Pfc. Marche, q radio operator with
the I'd Corps on the 5th Army front
In Italy, together with two men from
q communications section, repaired
the line from a gun position to an
observation point under heavy shell
fire and made it possible to fire an
important mission.
Corpl. Thomas E. George, 26, Ord
nance Department, received the
Bronze Star for gallantry in action
in Italy. He is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert T. George, sos Oneida
place. NV.
Pvt. Alton N. Jones, son Of Mrs
Myrtle Jones, Chain Bridge NV.
was presented the Bronze Star on
the battlefield In Normandy on July
%.
As member Of an engineer team
he led q tank toward its objective
Hill 1872. on July IL. When the tank
and accompanying infantry were
pinned down by direct enemy fire
he fearlessly exposed himself to OBJ
tain hand grenades with which he
forced the enemy to abandon posi-
tions and surrender.
Second 1t. Emmet B. Lyle, 1882
North Stafford street, Arlington, won
the Bronze Star for leading a day
light patrol into enemy territory tc
draw enemy fire to locate positions
Although engaged by a greatly
superior force. 1t. Lyle succeeded ir
drawing out the enemy and with.
drawing his patrol with but one
casualty. Later the same day he
voluntarily led another patrol te
rescue the seriously wounded mem.
Der OF his earlier patrol.
Lauded for Attack on Sub.
1t. Comdr. George D. Hoffman, 80
has received a letter of commenda.
ton from the Secretary of the Navy
and the Legion of Merit for a sue.
cessful attack on q submarine. HI
was commanding officer of the de.
stroyer U. s. S. Cory, which wa.
announced lost during the Nor.
mandy invasion.
| His mother, Mrs. Helen D. Hoff
man, lives at 2349 Ashmead place
NV. and his wife, Ensign Ware
Hoffman, lives at 4410 Fessender
avenue NV.
Marine 1t. Col. William N. Nc.
Gill, 1908 South Columbus street
Arlington, veteran of IS months In
the Pacific, was commended fol-
directing activities in such a
manner that communications were
maintained unimpaired through the
campaign" He was officer in charge
of marine divisional signal section
and message center on Bougainville
from November, l943, to January OF
this year.
John M. Bowie, aviation machin-
lists mate, second class, of Benning
received letter of commepdot{oY,
for courageous conduct as crew
member of a Navy patrol plane ir
action against an enemy submarine
in the Caribbean Sea-"
Air Medal Awards.
Staff Sergt. John D. Fitzgerald
jr., whose parents live at 307
Evening star., 1944-08-20

COllO dCHleVe-
ment July %.
He is in the
Medical Corps S
and landed with
the 29th Divi-
sion in Nor
mandy.
Col. Mercer c.
Walter, W h o S e
wife lives at 5000
Til d e n street
NV, won the
Bronze Star for
service as assist
ant c eff of
staff during the
I'd CorpS' 18th
Evening star., 1944-08-20

of the soldiers. They know the
danger of combat, but little micro
phone throws some Of them into the
paper knee stage. The knowledge
that my voice is going to reach
Nom and Pop or Mary and the
kids" makes the recording a moving
experience for men far from home.
Five to eight service men and
women participate in each l5-minute
recording, and they are selected
from one particular State or one
city in each State. The recording
is released to the State broadcasting
studios and then rebroadcast after
the families of the participants are
notified as to the day and hour the
recording will be on the air.
Similar recordings have been made
at the American Red Cross Clubs in
Alexandria, Egypt, which is the leave
area for omcers, nurses and enlisted
personnel from both combat and
nOncOmhat areas
Evening star., 1944-08-20

OF them said, Just think how home
will be If We are SO glad to get back
here. There were many loved faces
missing, but many, many more came
back to- US hale and hearty.
I'VE had the snack bar open all
day with free coffee and doughnuts
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Army drive from Minturno to
Rome. His reports of enemy situa-
ton were notable for their terse-
ness, lucidity and consistent accu-
racy," the citation said.
1t. Col. Robert H. Stumpf. 1914
Evening star., 1944-08-20

sunday since he Serst. Lonheart.
came overseas and sometimes sings
at as many as i've services in one
day.
His heavy bombardment group
has been cited twice by the Presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

NE, has been
awarded the Air
Medal for "su-
perb perform
ance in tn e
initial phases OF
the invasion of
t he European
continent" as a
9th Air Force
Troop Carrier
co m b a t crew
member.
The Air Med
al a lso W a S
a " a ard cd the
following fyerS:
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Singing in Chapel Rites
In Italy Thrills Serqeont

Staff Sergt. Louis Lionheart's big
gest thrill has not come through
his SO combat missions as photog-
rapher gunner, but with singing
| for. oh nal .ar., 80
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Col. Boyce Returns to D. C..
After Year in Africa

After a year overseas as WAC
staff director for the North African
theater. 1t. Col. Westray Battle
Boyce has returned to Washington
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Four Magnane|Ii Brothers
Fighting 10 Free Europe

How does 1t feel to have four sons
on the firing line-thre in France
and one in the South Pacific?
Evening star., 1944-08-20

noncombat areas.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-11-02
Old Lamplighter
Has A Birthday

"The Old Lamplighter,"
author of the Horse and
Buggy Days" column, a regu-
lar feature of The Globe
Independent, had a birthday
on Tuesday, October 81 =
Halloween. How many birth
days? Well, when we asked
him his reply was, IF any,
body is sufficiently interested
to ask me, l will be glad to
confide it to Them" and then
he added, I'm not too old to
vote for Dewey"
Not infrequently The Old
Lamplighter has been asked il
he really lit lamps in the
streets of Hagerstown. Con-
Tossing that he did not, he
added that he did, however,
study his lessons (now known
as homework by the light of
a fat lamp or the Pickering
flame of tallow candle, both
of which had to be frequently
snuffed.
Happy birthday, Benny, and
many, many more of them.