The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-07

targets In Germany and occupied
Europe.
Corporal Anderson attended Ypsi.
land High School. He entered the
service in July, 1913, and was grad
uated from Yuma, Arizona, Gun
merry School, His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Anderson, live at the
same address,
A letter from IT'S Marvin Bait.
cell, with Patton's Srd Army is par.
ticularly interesting. as they are
CHARTERED in captured German
town. He says:
Il am writing this letter with
better light, because we found an
old battery, and one OF the fellows
charged it up and rugged up an
electric light. 1t isn't too bright,
but Is better than any we have
had for awhile.
IF you want to see me, Nom,
please come to this German hotel
where we are. Don't bother to ask
the desk clerk-he isn't there. AS
for the desk-that went out during
a recent barrage. Don't take the
elevator, because there isn't any.
AS for the stairs, well, they're
gone too. You'd better take the lad.
der that goes up in the middle of
what used to be the lobby, up to
where few rooms are still com
plete. I'm in No. 20 and l have a
bed, table and a chair. Also a
stove. All the comforts possible,
even running water when It rains!"
Captain Keith l.. Crimson. pilot.
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Gimson.
105 n. Hamilton ST., was given a
well.earned vacation in Rome by a
18th AAF BIS bombardment group
on Corsica.
Mrs. A. w. Ziegler has received
q letter from her son Cpl. Edward
E. Ziegler written Nov. %, saying
that he landed in the Philippines
Nov. IA. He has been in the jungles
of New Guinea for the past 16
months. He said that it Is pretty
rough in the Philippines, and will
be so, until the Japs are gone. He
said he is not far from the front.
and that they have to be careful
about staying in their tents to avoid
the Japanese snipers. He said the
natives are very good TO them. They
have a drink called tuba, made
from coconuts. He said that the
people live in huts and are in need
OF food and clothing. A very few
OF them can speak English. He
says he has had lots OF salmon.
bananas and tomatoes Cpl. Zieg-
Ter has been overseas, 81 months.
Miss Elizabeth Stobie has re-
ceived a letter from her nephew.
Staff Sgt. Laurie Stobie in France.
that he had been injured Nov. II
and was hospitalized for conclusion
from heavy artillery. Soon after
getting his letter she received a
telegram from the War Depart
ment stating the same facts. and
adding that he has received the
Purple Heart medal. Sgt, Stobie
wrote also that the physician who
cared for him is a DR.. Stobie, De-
troit, a graduate OF the University
Of Michigan but apparently not a
relative.
Lloyd Green, who has been in
the quartermasters' division for
two years and four months, writes
that he has left the Hawaiian Is
lands
John wynn. left Wednesday
morning for Fort Sherman, having
enlisted.
Staff Sergeant Guy Ayerill, son
OF Mrs. Florence Baldwin, is now
in France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ferguson
have received word from their two
sons in service. Capt. Arthur +.
Ferguson wrote from the South
west Pacific area that he expects
to be home for Christmas and New
Years, or possibly sooner. He will
bring his dog "Whiskey" with him.
S NC Donoean Ferguson wrote
that he has been to visit his aunt
and uncle in Seattle, Wash.