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Evening star., 1944-03-12

NV, at Station Hospital, North Camp
Bobby W. Turner, Air Corps, PA Thir-
Morris Freidson. Air Corps, 900 South
Fairfax, Alexandra. Va.
Second Lieutenant.
William J. Malloy, Air Forces, 1904 S
non.d s. swnse neT 4qrf xr Foqa.s gs Far
ragut street NV, at New York University.
Coxswain-Navy.
Edward G. Council, 14l7 D street NE,
at Staten Island. N. Y.
Technical Sergeant.
Frank H. Jackson, Air Forces, 1o6 Ray
land.
stsr Sergeant.
Donald G. wyman, Air Forces, gunner,
4435 P street ", in ENGLAND
NE, with antiaircraft artillery at Camp
F. Emmett Mcmahon: Air Forces; 421o
Third street NV, at Greensboro, N. c.
Sergeant.
Horace E Allen, 1921 I street Sc. at
Avon Park Army Air Field Fla.
Frank B. Bush. Air Forces, 416 High
street Chevy Chase, Md, at Greensboro,
John w strachsn, Air Forces, 5ele
Nebraska avenue NV, in England.
oscar L. Branch, 60o6 Thirty-third
street NV, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
James B. Hamilton. Ala T street NV,
4 + 5eele = Mead Army Service Forces Depot
Frederick C Hon. aIol Pennsylvania
avenue Sc with 81 General Hospital, at
John T. Moore, Air Forces, AS Kings
court NV, at Frederick Air Field. OKLA;
avenue N W, Frederick Air
- joseph M Poteat, Air Forces. 14ls
Eieyenth street NV, at Frederick Air
John Il. Daniel. sll Sixth street NV,
in China Burma India Theater OF War.
Apprentice First Ciass)-Navy.
Paul E. Bowman, Gaithersbure, Md, at
Navy Training Station, N. Y.
Pharmacists Mate Third CiasS-Navy.
Frank A. Tyler. tr., l49 South Adams
street sire Roskviile Nd. at Sampson Navy
Harold H Levi, jr,, 1910 Macomb street
NV, at Sampson Navy Training Station,
N. Y
Private First CiasS
Warren NJ Ratclf. Military Police,
1927 Lyman place NE, at Camp Stone
man, Calf.
Ordered to Active Duty.
First Ii. Jack DieneI, Dental Corps
47u2 Georgia avenue NV.
Coi; Edwin J. Rose, Medical Corps
Capt; Norman Paul, Medical Corps. 727
Fern place NV
First Il. Alfred r Lapin, Medical CORPS
900 Nineteenth street NV
Col Herman c. White, Medical Corps,
2T4o Twenty ninth street NV.
Army Appontment-First Lieutenant.
Charles j Runner. Medical Corps, 264l
Fifteenth street NE
Welford T. Hill. Medical Corps. 1913 V
street NV.
Joseph P, Martin, Medical Corps, 77e
Fairmont street NV.
Frank b Johnson, Medical Corps 1877
street NV.
BENJAMIN Jones. Jr., Medical Corps,
1924 Irving street NV
Joseph F Dyer, jr. Medical Corps, 10Y
o street NE
Evening star., 1944-03-12
D. {. Men Land on Island
Before Air Assault Ends

BOUGAINVILLE.-With the ini-
tial marine attack on this island,
the reconnaissance party, including
1t. Col. Edward H. Forney of 4 Ok
ford street, Chevy Chase, Md, and
1t. Comdr. w. c. Maloy, U. S. N,
of 4420 Edmunds street NV. landed
about 200 yards north of Cape Toro-
kina while raiders were still blast
ing the Japs from their pillboxes
only few yards from the beach.
Intent on locating a position to
set up antiaircraft guns and a COM
mand post, the party of five pushed
through the jungle growth until
they reached an obscure trail pre-
pared by the raiders.
After Col. Forney had located a
position for the temporary oper-
ating area, they began digging fox
holes, clearing away underbrush
and establishing a communications
center. In a few moments radio
communication was set up and
ready to contact the group COM
manders along the beach, who
moved their guns into positions for
action.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Lucky Break Lets Fortress
Lund at Night in Tropical Storm

Returning from a bombing run
over Rabaul about 1;30 o'clock one
morning, the Flying Fortress in
which Sergt. Alfred E. johnson was
gunner ran into tropical electric
storm over the Owen Stanley Noun
tain Range. One Of her four engines
had been shot away.
I'VE we're up about $4,000 feet"
Sergt. johnson, 504 Seventy second
street NE, related. I'VE were
hopelessly lost. We knew we were
going to run short of gas, but
climbed to $4,000 feet by throwing
out guns and ammunition, but the
storm was just as bad up there" :"
They had been up II hours to get
to their targets and it was more
difficult returning.
A streak of luck finally brought
a small break in the clouds, and
through it the field searchlight
beam appeared. The Fort landed
safely. The next morning when
the crew inspected the ship they
found not even enough gas left in
the tanks to wipe off one engine.
A veteran of 46 combat missions,
Sergt. johnson went to Australia
with the first American combat
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Chinese Befriend FLYER
Forced 10 Bail Out

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-"Sinking
that Jap cargo vessel off the Indo-
China coast was cinch," First 1t.
Kit H. Williams. 370l Massachusetts,
from Washington, D. c., declared re-
Gently in an interview.
''She was an 5000 tonner. There
was no fighter opposition and prac-
tically no flax She was a sitting
duck, and six bombs did the trick.
She listed, veered into land and sank
in a few hours.
But bailing out was no picnic. I
hit the silk after our bomber had
been shot up over Hainan Island.
I landed in Southeastern China, and
1t was strange country to me. But
the Chinese acted like old friends.
They've got very little, but a Yank
flyer is welcome to it all. One fam
lily gave me its most cherished
possession-a small lump of brown
sugar. 1t took me six days to hike
back to base"
In another raid on Hainan, 1t.
Williams was wounded seriously
when a .30-caliber explosive shell
blew apart as he bent over his
bomb sight. He was hospitalized for
six months with severe wounds.
Now awaiting new assignment
with the air forces at this redis-
tribution station, 1t. Williams is q
veteran of 27 combat missions and
wears the Purple Heart and the Air
Medal.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Tank Crew DESTROYS
IS Jap Pi||boxes

Members Of a Marine Corps tank
crew, commanded by First 1t.
Charles A. Markham, 80 Plattsburg
court NV, destroyed Is Jap pill
boxes in single mile run here.
1t. Markham's tank was among
those which moved into a recent
battle when a network of Jap pill
boxes and Howitzer emplacements
were begging down a marine at
tack. His tank encountered, acci-
dentally, Jap 10 nm. mountain
Howitzer, which registered a di-
rect hit on the American tank at
10 yards. The shot hit the armorei
bow of the tank and bounced off.
The tank didn't even slow up, but
rtmbled on to crush the Jap gun;
and four man crew beneath it. Fir-
ing right and left, members of the
crew knocked out Is pillboxes be-
fore they halted.
'The light tanks we used on the
Canal would have been blasted to
bits by that one shot," commented
1t. Markham, who fought in light
tanks on Guadalcanal.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
With the ChopIoins

different now for I am a Christian
and God is with me regardless Of
what happens.
Refused to Discard Testament.
| Later when this same major made
la forced landing In enemy occupied
Territory, those who aided in his
lescape advised him to divest HIM
self of everything that rnaght lead
Ito his Identification He insisted,
however upon retaining his New
Testament which he read through
several times during his periods of
hiding. Upon rejoining his squadron
he told its members that from the
promises Of the Scriptures he OBJ
tanned the courage that brought him
through.
The major has declared: ''It took
the war and the nearness Of death,
when I looked into those blazing
gun-barrels tearing pieces from my
ship, to make me feel the need Of
God" And it took a chaplain to
explain how the need might be met.
There are strange stories coming
out of this war-stories of the heroic
endurance of men. There will be
place, too, for the records OF
American chaplains, not alone be-
cause they have shared in the perils
and hardships of these fighting men,
but because often in the hours OF
their weakness they have directed
them to power and spiritual peace.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
LIS. Cooke and Thompson
Tell Of New Ireland Raid

Falls Church and Alexandria fly
ers took part in a recent low-level
attack on japanese installations at
New Ireland, rated one of the best
of its type yet delivered against the
enemy.
1t. Lemuel D. Cooke, former Navy
quarterback, said the fighters were
unable to get over Rabaul because
of the weather, so they picked New
Ireland targets because I'VE didn t
want to come back without socking
a Jap somewhere. Mrs. Cooke lives
in Falls Church.
1t. g. g. Allen B. Thompson of
Alexandria told the Associated Press
you could see small pieces (of ack
ack) winking as we came in at about
$50 miles an hour"
The fighters dived from an over
cast sky at $500 feet and sprayed
the area from so low an altitude
that they had to pull up to avoid
hitting the trees.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Transfers

To Yale University, New Haven, Conn, as
aviation cadets-William Wallace jr.,
Richard H. Rawdon, James L. Becktel,
Philip L. Rice, James w. Girard, jr., and
Thomas S. Wilson.
To Greensboro. N. c., for preaviation
traning-Walter R, Cannon, Ermanno
A. Pratt, Charles S. Sondheimer, Eddie
G. CrandaN, Richard NJ. Buckingham,
Paul E. Moody. Richard I. Wade. Harry
6. Graeve, Harold V. Snyder, cecil E.
Biting, Francis G. Shirley, De Witt c.
Felter. Edmond S. Hageage and John F.
Clark.
To Army Air Forces Training Command
Radio School, Sioux Falls, S. OAK
Edward H Garrity, John w. Dunn, Lester
A. Lawrence and Eddie Sullivan.
To Keesler Field, Biloxi, MsS.--John W.
Murphy and Daniel F. McCaferty, jr.,
Tor preaviation classification, and John
R, Butler for airplane mechanical train
ing,
To Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola,
Fla. for inferno edia te-JameS E. o. IT,
burzi, Ir.; John c. Falls and Richard c.
Dyer
To Texas A. and M COLLEGE for preaviation
and Pfc. Joseph A. Marley.
Inward G. Moore and Porter H. Bow
To Altus Army Air Field. Okla, for ad-
vanced pilot training-Jesse B. Tindall,
jr., and James r. Fitzgibbon.
To Pensacola, Fla, Naval Air Training
Center-Aviation Cadets Curtis S. Mil
Ter, James T. Hagan, william Bailey,
Charles J. Klingman, Francis E. Beeton,
Harry A. Estes, ir., and Bernard Borrow.
Evening star., 1944-03-12

200 sixteenth South. Arlington, Va.
:, Austin, F Pohl. Finance, G5l2 C, Mary
Charles R Calls ii All Ai4 COPS, 5fo 1907 Co.
lonial avenue. Alexandra, Va.
=, zar arthur M 4. DessaV; 0uartermaster Corps.
WiIiism IS' D 'Foc Foote, e. Medical Corps 1851
Mintwood PLACE NV at Base Hospital,
- Robert 6 Williamson. Air Corps. 1917
kearney street NE. with 9Th Air Force AT
Albrook Field Canal Zone
Collese ''''''' wa
stephen st h B Lane. 0uartermaster corrs,
Leo H. MGsmoh, Medical Corps, 5 Rail-
road avenue. Hyattsyille, Md.
', John " oBoyle. Infantry, sos Frank
I'm street, Alexandria, Va
strSe1 WliliS Is / DOxey' Signal Corps 3ls Fifth
Norton c. Cook. ouartermaster Corps,
$500 Seventh street North, .Arlinston, Va.
=, !, Edgar caswell; 4l9 Shepherd street
NV, now IN Norfolk, Va
Joel T. Broyhil, infantry, 500 North
Eoison street. Arlington, Va, at Fort Ben
First Lieutenants.
roFs Boris Isl Bla, jr vouartermaster' zoos
oR6 Robert gt,,o, H Melvin, r. ouertermaster.
Madison GRea' street GGJ'%siS slEhaI CORPS "o'
o,d HagEy cE..ta H GTaef' III. 5E Ensinsers' 7s@l
Ro6ert j, Garter Air corps 100 Taylor
street NV. at Perrin Field, Tex.
Medical Administrative Corps.
Aloysius J. Ganey ir., Air Corps, 1923
North Capitol street.
James " Coughlin, Air Corps. 1911 A
street Sc
Jack Ward, ouartermaster Corps, s
Manor Circle. Takoma Park, Md.
Annie H. Beaudry Engineers, 2127
South Uhle street. Arlington. Va
Peter S. Drakos. Engineers, 4301 Sew
entefnth street NV.
John H. Daniels, Finance, 1905 Thirty
fourth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Brig. Gen. Stuart Godfrey
Awarded Legion of Merit

Brig. Gen. Stuart c. Godfrey, 3703
Thirty third place NV, air engineer
of Gen. Marshall's staff, has been
awarded the Legion of Merit by Mai.
Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, Amer
ican air commander in Southeast
Asia and air commander, Eastern
Air Command.
Graduated from West Point in
1909, Gen. Godfrey has served in the
Corps of Engineers for 80 years. He
was captain on the staff of the 1st
Army in World War I and then
served with the Army Of Occupation
in Germany.
Before leaving for India last De-
cember, Gen. Godfrey was stationed
in Washington. directing the growth
of the aviation engineer component
of the Army Air Forces. Under his
supervision the development Of
transportable steel landing mats,
now used in every theater of opera
tions, was conducted.
Evening star., 1944-03-12

peen IN Cn1nd Tor ~ months.
Morris and Moser Advanced.
Other promotions announced last
week include Maj. Edgar Morris, jr.,
to lieutenant colonel and First 1t.
Karl j. Moser to captain.
Col. Morris, in England since July,
1912, is the son of Edgar Morris, ST.,
who recently was named chairman
Of the District Welfare Board.
Formerly head of the commercial
department of Western High School
and principal of the Western High
Night School, Capt. Moser is now
post exchange officer, building Gus
todian and mess officer at 4th Air
Force headquarters, San Francisco.
Calf. He formerly resided at 1904
Loughborough place, Chevy Chase,
Md.
Maj. Ord Preston, jr., USMC, in
the Southwest Pacific, was advanced
from the rank of captain recently,
according to word received by his
father, Ord Preston, ST., president
of the Union Trust Co. Mai. Pres
ton formerly resided at 1922 r street
NV.
Numerous Other Promotions,
In addition to the above
mentioned promotions, three other
District lieutenant colonels were
made full colonies. five majors ad-
Evening star., 1944-03-12

some remote jungle of the Pacific.
Few barracks can boast of such pic
tureSque bull sessions"
The new commanding officer is no
stranger to these yarn-swapping ses-
sions. He can tell in detail the story
of the battle for Tulagi, where he
served as chief of staff to the assist
ant division commander in the ini-
tial assault For his work on that
island, he was commended by the
President "for bravery and devotion
to duty under adverse circum-
stances"
Into the barracks recently came
men fresh from the battle for
Tarawa. Already present were ma
rines who participated in campaigns
from Guadalcanal to Bougainville
and Cape Gloucester.
So cosmopolitan is the place that
Master Sergt. Frank c. Kubick Of
Richmond, Va, runs his mess hall
hotel style. Men who miss regular
breakfast are permitted to order
their egg from the chef direct
sunnyside up or scrambled.
Many of the men arriving at the
barracks lack clothing. Such men
are turned over to Maj. j. w. Black
of TIC South Glebe road, Arlington,
Va, for re-outf1tting. The major, by
the way, claims to be the first man
In the corps to attain the enlisted
rank of quartermaster sergeant on
his first enlistment.
But the man who nurses the big
|gest headache is Corpl. John v.
Morgan of Trenton, N. j. He Is re-
sponsible for unscrambling pay ac-
counts which have gone unsettled
for months while the men wandered
from island to island.
Evening star., 1944-03-12

warning of gradual approach we had
expected. Instead. we heard their
hobnail boots striking the ground
and looked up to see them charging
not five yards away"
Il think it was really the surprise
element that saved the day." Hill
continued. They were charging all
right, but they didn't know just
where they'd find us. We knew. 1t
doesn't sound like much, just five
yards, but it was all the difference
then. We acted on pure instinct
from that instant on"
Germans Start Falling.
Hong shot three of the Germans
before they had had time to hit the
ground" Another rif1eman fired
effectively into a group of Germans
while they were preparing to bring
their deadly machine pistols into
play.
The squad leader forestalled an
incipient barrage that might have
decided the battle by turning his
tommy gun on the operator of a
Nazi "burp" gun (so-called because
of the sound it makes as it belches
forth volley of projectiles) and the
artillery observer gave a good ac-
count of his carbine.
A rifleman fired instantly at one
German at the first sound of hob
nails and turned to charge two
others who hadn't yet grasped the
|situation.
Some one killed a German officer
by rifle fire as he stood poised to
send pistol bullet through Hill, who
had maneuvered to point behind
the Germans and was firing from a
prone position while pretending to
be dead soldier.
The clash of this small group of
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Torpedo's S Blast Failed
To Iqnife D. T.. Mans Shin

How his ship recovered from q
Nazi torpedo hit and sailed into port
a few hour later was told recently
by Seaman CFirst Class LIE Roy D.
hacker, U. s. N. R., at the new Or
leans Oa) Naval Armed Guard
Center.
1T must have been the luckiest
|torpedoing of the war" grinned the
young seaman, who expects a few
days leave before shipping out again
as a Navy gunner on an American
merchant ship. ''
I'VE were carrying an inflammable
|cargo-but didn't burn. Our am
munition was bent U-shaped, and
some of our machine-gun ammuni-
ton was crammed together until it
looked like an accordion-but it
didn't explode. The men on the bow
gun were dunked clear under the
surface when we were bumped. They
just about had to swim out OF their
gun-but no one was hurt badly
just few injuries.
"They told us the ship would have
sunk if we'd have been another 10
miles out. They pumped her out as
soon as we docked.
There was a patrol plane in the
vicinity. Half dozen others showed
up in a short time and the sub was
afraid to take another crack at U.s."
he added.
The torpedoing occurred some
time ago in the Caribbean
Bynacker is the son of Mrs. Mar
garet Craun, 403 Oakwood street.
Also on the ship was Arthur L.
Brown, 81, seaman first class, U. S.
N. R., Arlington, Va. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Brown, 1900 Lee
highway.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Rear Gunner Blasts
Zero Over RabauI

BOUGAINVILLE Delayed. -
When Zeros jumped a formation
of marine dive bombers during a
raid over Rabaul, Sergt. Eugene A.
Groshon, %, rear gunner, of 1017
Elizabeth street NE, blasted one
down in flames and with his tracers
forced others to turn away, permit
ting his own plane to escape un-
damaged.
Sergt. Groshon's plane had
slammed home it's bomb on a gun
position and was pulling out of the
dive when the Jap fighters attacked.
Il saw seven zeros in one bunch, p"
the Washington marine said. Then
one peeled off and started down on
us. could see his tracers.
Il bore-sighted his engine through
my sights and squeezed the trigger.
I hit him the first burst. But he
kept coming. He was so close !
could see the meatballs on his wings
Then suddenly he turned over
on his side and his whole belly was
exposed. I pressed the trigger hard
er than ever. He never got off my
sight.
I'm a minute he rolled over on
his back and flames shot out all
over him. He fell straight down
and the pilot never had a chance
to get out"
1t was the Washington gunner
18th bombing mission, seven of
which have been over Rabaul
Antiaircraft fire has damaged his
plane several times.
His mother is Mrs. Louise J.
Brooks of 1912 Eleventh street NE
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Rupertus Gets
Jap Generals
EosyC Chair

CAPE GLOUCESTER, New Brit
ANIMAL Gen. William H. Ruper-
tus. Marine Corps, 1882 Van Ness
street NV, has a wicker easy chair
at his headquarters here-formerly
the property of Maj Gen. Mat
sudashita, Imperial japanese Army.
The marines here got a fair idea
of how a japanese general lives in
the jungle when they seized the en-
emy headquarters several miles from
the beach while moving inland Gen.
Matsudashita had three-deck
dwelling built of red imported
spruce. Hardwood stairs and floors
were inlaid with Oriental designs.
A four-poster imported bed on the
second floor had a mattress inches
thick.
A wicker chair among the i'm
ported furniture still In the build
ing was sent to Gen. Rupertus with
the compliments of 1t. Col. Lewis
B. Puller, Saluda, Va, whose patrol
made the find.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
D. {. Marine Spearheads
Attack on Hill $50

CAPE GLOUCESTER. Corpl
Ralph S. Rogers, $40 Eighth street
NE, was one of the men who spear
headed the marine attack which
took Hill $50.
Hill $50, according to Marine
Corps Correspondent Jerry OLeary
former Star reporter, was a tough
nut to crack. The Japs were dug
in on the slopes and top. They
had light artillery pieces as we'll as
machine guns. In one day, marines
plougfed their way to the top up
a 45-degree slope of mud and jungle.
1t was viewed as surprising that
the marines, dead tired from 20
days of campaigning, took $50 as
quickly as they did. The colonel
commanding the force which made
the assault said he could have
held 1t against an army.
Evening star., 1944-03-12
Marine Ace Bags
; zeros in 4 DAYS

BOUG GAINVILLE Delayed -
Shooting down his third japanese
Zero in four days and his fourth
in three weeks, Maj. George H.
Poske, marine fighter pilot from
Washington, D. c., has qualified as
a marine ace
He bagged his first Zero January
10, when he took the air for the
first time since shrapnel from an
enemy antiaircraft broke his right
ankle last fall.
All of his most recent victims fell
while the 27-year-old marine flyer
scissored protectively over large
formations of marine and Navy dive
bombers and torpedo bombers at
tacking Rabaul.
The Zero that made him an ace
was torn to pieces by Maj. Poske' S
machine-gun bullets when it at
tempted to bring down a struggling
torpedo bomber
Il turned in and fired a few
shots at long range" he related.
The Zero went into a chandelle
in an effort to escape and I ran
down on him. Pieces of wing fell
off. The Zero rolled on it's side and
went in upside down"
Maj. Poske shot down his other
zeros January %, February 10 and
February IL.
His wife, Sandra, lives at 5702
Fourth street NV. Washington,
D. c.. his mother, Mrs. Margaret B.
Pocke, at 10l West Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase, Md, and his father,
George H. Poske, at GIT East Thirty
fourth street. Indianapolis. Ind.
Evening star., 1944-03-12

men, not more than 35 on both sides,
started activity along the entire
company front.
A charging infantryman on the
|neighboring slope ran head on into
five Germans, instantly killed two
and captured two others, the fifth
man succeeding in escape.
Artillery Shells Fall Close.
Somewhat removed from this grim,
closed combat, nervous German ar
tillery and mortar crews set off a
drenching barrage that sent shrap-
mel into the bodies of American and
German infantrymen alike. The
45th Division artillery replied with
a barrage of shells which landed as
close as so yards in front of the
American infantry. and their fire
was augmented by that of 18 chemi-
cal mortars, which suddenly opened
fire from their concealed positions a
few thousand yards back of the line
on the left flank.
The American rif1emen were given
close support by a Comm mortar
section that dumped more than 1000
rounds just over their heads and
into the enemy approaches to the
infantry fight.
Heavy weapons crews tossed 81 nm
mortar shells into the same field.
AS the shelling diminished, the
remaining German infantrymen
withdrew, carrying most of their
wounded and many of their dead
and aid men and litter bearers came
forward to care for the American
casualties.
The third platoon dug in and held
the contested crest until after dark
when, in accord with orders, they
moved back to line extending into
adjacent units on either side.
Evening star., 1944-03-12

Col. Robert C. Kilmartin, jr., a
veteran OF Guadalcanal, is the new
boss of this marine clearing house.
He recently succeeded Col L. w.
Whaley. 3051 Idaho avenue NV,
who has been in service 81 years and
has now been assigned overseas. AS
sisting Col. Kilmartin is Sergt. Mai
C. o. Hanford, formerly of Indian
apolis, Ind.
To keep track of these migratory
marines the barracks has what cor
responds to a hotel house organ, a
small photo-offset newspaper called
The Breeze, edited and published by
Seret. Henry D. Cohen, Jersey City,
N. j., and Pfc. Carleton j. Smith
Poughkeepsie. N. Y.
No longer is it novelty for two
marines to meet here and resume a
conversation begun months ago in