The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-15
Service Briefs

three OF their sons in service
Cadet Midshipman Warren Kidder
who has been stationed at the mari
time school in San Mateo, Calf.
telephoned his parents Sunday eve
ming. He has been assigned TO a
ship and doesn't expect TO return
to the United States for several
months. He was in hopes he would
be able TO see his brother Herbert,
who has been in the Southwest Pa.
cific, before leaving.
Mrs. Herbert Kidder received
word from her husband, Master
Sgt. Herbert Kidder, Sunday, that
he and 1t. Burrel Chase, formerly
OF Ypsilanti, had arrived in San
Francisco. Both are members OF
the 32nd Signal Corps, and have
served IN Australia and New Gui-
nea for over two years. 1t Is be-
lieved other Y%psilanti boys re.
turned with them.
1t. (JG) and Mrs. Donald Kidde-
and infant son spent a week with
1t. Kidder's parents during his
leave. 1t. Kidder was graduated
from the submarine School, New
London, Conn. July /, and his new
assignment will be at Portsmouth,
n. II.
Cpl. Clarence ]. Utley, 81 Holmes
Rd.. has successfully completed his
training for noncommissioned Off.
e at the Chemical Warfare Cen.
ter, Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Cpl. Utley attended the Michigan
State Normal College and was a
clerk at the Ypsilanti Savings Bank
before his induction into the Army.
Eugene F. Field. IS. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard f. Field OF 24S8 Z.
Michigan Ave; and Paul F. Jane
son, 30. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
s. Jameson, OF 10000 Martz Road,
who have reported TO the pre-flight
school at Maxwell Field, Alabama,
an installation OF the AAF Training
Command, to begin another phase
OF their training in the L. s. Army
Air Forces.
An Eighth AAF Bomber Station,
England. July 15-Sergeant Dale j.
Kelly, 20, OF Ypsilanti, waist gun.
ner on a Flying Fortress. has been
awarded the first Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Air Medal. The presentation
was made by his group commander,
Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr.. at this
Eighth AAF base In England. Sgt.
Kelly Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
D. ]. Kelly OF 1852 Quincy Court.
Prior to entering the AAF In Feb
ruary, 1912, Sgt. Kelly was EN-,
ployed as an armament installer by
the Ford Motor Company in VIII
low Run. He received his gunner's
wings in August, 1943, at King
man, AriL.
Pfc. Wendell G. Anderson has ar
rived at Pueblo Army Air Base.
Pueblo, Colorado, for combat crew
training. Pfc. Anderson left Lin
coin, Nebraska, where he was sta
toned for a few weeks for classify.
cation.
Pfc. Robert w. Goss, wounded In
the Anzio beachhead March II, is
hospitalized in Memphis. Tenn, and
says: Its good to be back in the
United States" according to a let
ter received by his mother, Mrs.
William Goss, 21S n. River st.
Pfc. Goss was graduated from Ypsi-
lanti High School In 1912 and was
employed at the Ford Bomber Plant
before his induction into the Army.
He left for overseas in Septem.
Der.
Cpl. Robert Mcclure, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. II. II. Mcclure, Is sta
toned in China, where he has been
since the first OF this year. Mr..
and Mrs. Mcclure receive word
regularly from their son, who is q
craftsman in the Army Air Corps
engineers.
Mrs. Ernest Arthur left Friday
evening for the East, where she
planned to spend several days Wis
iting her husband CM nc Ernest
Arthur. Her brother, Pfc. Fred
Gathers, who has been at Hamilton
Field, since he returned from the
Aleutians last year, Is expecting to
be transferred. He spent a Is day
furlough at home recently. return
ing to camp the latter part OF June.
Herman Kersey, 311 First Ave,
has received a letter from First 1t.
Charles r. Arnold, praising the
work and spirit OF his unit, OF which
Sgt. Kenneth Kersey 10 a member,
The letter in part stated, Il am
elated to have Sgt. Kersey under
my command, and although 1t took
a war to aid in his development,
assure you upon his return you
will find him a keen, healthy, and
o thoughtful man" Sgt. Kersey
who was among the first Ypsilantl
boys TO go into service, attended
Y~psilanti High School, and was for
merry employed at the Ford Motor
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max c. Bennett re-
ceived a telegram from the Inter
national Red Cross, stating. Re
port Just received through the In
ternstional Red Cross states that
your son, Staff Sergeant Donald T..
Bennett is a prisoner OF war OF the
German government. Report furth'
err states wounded. Letter OF infor'
nation follows from the provost