Evening star., 1944-11-29

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s''>. in 1900, receiv.
Col. Hamilton. ing commission
In the infantry two years later. Dur.
Ing the World War he trained troops
in various parts Of continental Amer
lea. He retired from the service in
1889 but was recalled to duty in
1910 to assist in the demobilization
Of the Civilian Conservation Corps
On completion of the task in 1912
Col Hamilton planned, organized
and became director of the Service
Installations Division of the Office
of Quartermaster General.
Col Hamilton was placed on the
inactive list on October l.
First 1t. Morton COrcoran Eustis,
SO, who was killed in action August
13 in France. has been awarded post
humously the Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Silver Star for gallantry in ac-
ton, according to a dispatch from
the I'd Armored Division in France.
His mother, Mrs William Corcoran
Eustis, lives at 1884 Twenty-eighth
street NV.
The citation states that on August
13 1t. Eustis was given the mission
of crossing French river with a
platoon of medium tanks and IS dis
mounted men. with utter disre-
gard for his own personal safety,
and under small-arms fire, he rode
on the turret of the leading medium
tank in order to best direct the ad-
vance" the citation said.
HE was always present at the
point when contact with the enemy
was made His courage and habitual
contempt for the enemy was largely
responsible for the success of his
platoon"
1t. Eustis formerly was associate
editor of the Theater Arts maga-
zine. He was the grandson of the
late Levi P. Morton. Vice President
during the Benjamin Harrison ad-
ministration and one-time Governor
of New York. He also was grandson
of William Wilson Corcoran, founder
of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art.
Pvt. Roy M. Frye, 23, son Of Mrs
Katherine F. Cramer, SOB F street
NE, recently was awarded the Sill
yer Star for gallantry in Italy which
included killing eight German SOL
diers, according to a dispatch from
the 88th Blue Devil" Division, 5th
Army
When Pvt. Frye's battalion was
being forced from defensive positions
on hill he picked up his machine
gun and box of ammunition and
raced to new position for effective
fire against the enemy, the citation
stated. The Germans closed in to so
yards and inflicted many casualties
on the American troops.
Pvt. Frye, with complete disregard
for the enemy fire, opened up with
his gun at point blank range, the
citation continued. He killed eight
of the enemy and forced the re-
mainder to withdraw from the hill.
Although he was wounded in the
counterattack, he steadfastly re-
manned at his gun until the Ger
mans had been driven back.
His mother said today. Pvt. Frye
phoned last night from the General
Hospital at Charleston, S. c., to
announce his arrival in this country.
He sustained a wound in the leg and
a broken arm, he told her, but he
did not mention the award.
Pvt. Frye is a native of Lovetts-
vile. Va, where he worked on a
farm before entering the Army in
August, 1912. He was sent overseas
last December.
Rear Admiral William M. Fechteler,
48, whose wife lives at the West
chester Apartments, received the
Distinguished Service Medal for his
direction of landing operations in
the Southwest Pacific, the Associated
Press reported.
Admiral F'echteler, who is a native
Of San Rafael, Calf, was cited as
attack group commander during
landing operations at Los Negros on
February 20, Humboldt Bay, April %,
and as attack force commander at
Bayak, May 27, Noemfoor Islands,
July 2, and Cape Sanapor, July 80,
in the New Guinea area.
Brig. Gen. John H. Gardner, whose
widow lives at 1719 Thirty-seventh
street NV, posthumously was
awarded the Legion of Merit, the
War Department announced today.
Maj. Gen. H. c. Ingles, chief signal
officer, presented the medal to Mrs.
Gardner yesterday at the Pentagon
in ceremonies attended by chiefs of
the Signal Corps services and other
associates Of Gen. Garner, who, at
the time of his death, was assistant
chief procurement and distribution
service, Office of the chief signal
officer.
Gen. Gardner was commended for
Exceptionally meritorious conduct"
as head of the Signal Corps aircraft
radio laboratory and later as director
of the corps aircraft signal service.
He is survived also by son, John,
who is private in the Army, and a
daughter, Frances, who is an ensign
in the WAVES.
At formal retreat ceremonies at
Boiling Field yesterday, Col. Robert
C. Wimsatt, commanding officer,
presented the following medals to
next of kin.
Tech. Sergt. Thomas H. Shadrick,
81, who was killed in action in the
South Pacific in July, 1943, was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross with two Clusters and the Air
Medal with two Clusters. His mother,
Mrs. Eleanor Lomax, 1905 Tenth
street NV, received the medals.
Second 1t. Donald G. Wallis, %,
who was killed during his seventh
mission over Europe, was awarded
the Air Medal. His father, Leonard
G. Wallis, 1872 Ontario place NV,
IL