Evening star., 1945-05-13

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parades and ceremonies.
The processing continued all day
yesterday.
Pvt. Mallory, little red HEADED
Irishman who had been working
before the draft for a Washington
garage, now closed, was told his wife
was driving to Fort Meade to meet
him
Il know it," he said. shes prob.
ably here now. She'll wait" he
added later without showing the
slightest sign of impatience through
the long waiting. He married April
% in Washington during his fur.
Tough. She is the former Evelyn
Payne, Marshall, Va.
Pvt. Mallory was with the 1st
Armored Division, which fought or
the Anzio beachhead and later
went into Rome.
His wife was waiting for him in
a sedan parked near the barracks
when he finally got his discharge
about 4:30 pm.
Shaking All Over.
Staff Sergt. Robert E. Croce, 1886
Massachusetts, avenue NV, one OF
the last to be discharged last night
was SO stirred by what was hap
pening to him that he was shaking
all over.
Unlike the other soldiers, Sergt
Croce had not been home. He found
it hard to believe he was in Amer
lea, harder to believe that he was
about to be discharged from the
Army.
Monday he was in Cairo, Egypt
and was flown back for his rota-
ton leave. He could have come
right home to Washington where a
28-months son who walks a lot
and talks little-a son he has never
seen is waiting for him. But he
thought that if he once got home
he never could go back to an Army
post during his leave-not even go to
Fort Meade to sign furlough papers.
So he went to Fort Meade first
There he got the good word Friday
Sergt. Croce was driving a truck
in Egypt, supplying the beginnings
of the 9Th Air Force before the
Battle of Ell Alamein, when the
Luftwaffe were straf1ng American
conveys and it looked as though
Rommel was going to take Egypt.
His father owns a liquor store,
wants to retire and have Sergt.
Croce take it over, he said.
Pfc. Dillon A. Newcomb, 6401 E
street NE, VINO worked for the
Pennsylvania Railroad before the
draft, also was with the 34th Di-
vision in Africa and Italy. His
mother, Mrs. Ollie Newcomb, lives
at the E street address.
Three From ColOred Units.
Three of the Washington point
discharges were members of colored
units overseas. S/Sergt. James H
Bradley, 200 New York avenue NV,
had served with the 98th Engi-
neers clearing minefields at Gafsa
and Ell Guettar and repairing the
demolished docks of Naples. Floyd
Barnes, 2435 street NV, was with
the 3257th Quartermaster Corps
Company. He worked on an ammu-
milton dump under enemy shell fire
at Anzio. Joe E. Grimes, 408 L
street Sc, served below the Equator
in the Pacific on an island supply
post.
Among the last to be discharged
was Pvt. Bernard H. Quirk, IS, whose
sister, Mrs. w. H. Dunham, lives at
8712 Colesville road, Silver Spring
He is from Cincinnati.
M/Sergt. Harold B. Lawson, 30,
of 342 Main street, Laurel, Md, a
veteran of the 29th Division land
ing on Normandy beach on D-day,
lost both his father and his mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Lawson,
while he was home on furlough. He
was discharged yesterday with 100
points. His father died IL days
after he got home. His mother died
13 days later. His wife, Mrs. Leola
Lawson, lives at the Laurel ad-
dress.
Also discharged yesterday were