Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-28

squadron. He was grac uated from
Central Union High school in Ell
Centre and later from the UNIVERSE
two-months flying course at Long
two-months flying cohrse at Long
Beach, spent year at Pensacola
and another at Corpus Christi. Still
later he was on the coast patrol
and engaged in transporting planes.
His brother. Charles, is in the mer-
chant marine and has been for sew
eral years.
David Hand. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. II. HanC of Imperial, recent
ly was given the rating of radio
technician first class. He has been
lately has been on kangaroo hunt.
He wrote his parents that he ex-
reets TO marry an Australian girl
j. B. McNeece, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. j. B. McNeece, Sr., is at
tending a radio technicians' school
at Del Monte. He is a navy seaman
first class. He has been in the
service since last November and
for a time was in training in
Chicago.
Captain Fred oWers-Heald, is
a flight surgeon in the army air
corps. He is in India anc is kept
busy caring for the men in his
care.
1T certainly is wonderful to get
rug" T/3 Robert Holt wrote his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Holt
in FL Centre. He is staying at a
private home and when he took the
room had his first bath in a tub
since he arrived in England last
December. He was delighted to dis
cover that a couple living across
the street from the place where he
rooms had lived in Santa Barbara
at one time. 1T is muddy here 10
months out of the year he wrote
so give me Imperial Valley every
time" His brother, Bert, is sea-
man second class and left Wednes-
day of this week for Farragut, Ida
no, after a week at home. He is
taking his navy training there.
While at home he insisted that his
mother make the beds navy style"
At an eighth AAF bomber sta
ton in England, Corporal Harry F..
Osburn, AZ, of Ell centro is Flying
| Fortress armament worker. He as
sists in keeping the guns and gun
, turrets in the big AAF bombers
clean and in good mechanical con-
dition for operation by the flyers
against enemy aircraft in Germany
and Nazi-occupied Europe. He also
helps load high explosives anc in
cendiary bombs onto the FortresSeS.
He vas indueted into the AAF Oct.
?, 1912 and received his basic train
ing at kearns. Utah. He attended
armament flying school at Lowry
Field. Colo. Before he enlisted. Cpl.
Osburn was engaged in farming in
the III Centre area.
Second Lieutenant Bill Christian,
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Christian,
+ left for Maryland Thursday after
a visit with his parents and friends
IN Fl Centre. He came west from
+ Van Dorm. Miss. where he has
been IN infantry training camp.
After a i5-day visit with his par
ents. Mr. anC Mrs Eddie Palmer
Of Fl Centre. Edgar Palmer return
ed 20 the navy training school at
Farragut. Idaho he has just COM
pleted boot camp and viii be as
signed to new duties when he reach
ed Farrasut
Il. tJGl Victor Hetzei. son Of Mr..
ana Mrs. Leo Hetzel of RI CentrO
Is taking a navJ communication
training course AZ Harvard uniFer-
sity. He has been In the service two
years. lie wrote that ne works 10
hoars on week days. elgh. hours on
Saturday. and has Sunday Off 10
visit places OF historic interest
Private Bill Byrl Gray. son of
Mr. and Mrs william n 0ray Of
Holtville. has been transferred -
the ERIC a. p Leonard Wood.
Mo. from the i548th service unii
of the army specialized training
program at the University oi Ken
lucky. Lexington. X
Among the non n-commls i1neI af-
ficers graduated a. he chemical
warfare center. EdgeNood Arsenal
Md. was Technical Sergeant Dolph
L. Green OF HoltYllle siuales in
the course he Iuzt finished rangea
from offensive and defensive taE-
tics of gas warfare % prevention
and treatment Of gas CASUALTIES b