The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-11-29


WITH THE ARMY FORCES, IVES
TERN, MANILA - Sgt. Jesse E.
Barnes, whose wife, Mrs. Jessie
Barnes, and their two children,
Jessie, 8, and Shirley, 10, reside at
40 Mcdowell avenue, Hagerstown,
sailed recently for San Francisco
aboard the S. S. General Pope.
Sgt. Barnes, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. C. Barnes of Roxobell, North
Carolina, attended school there, and
in Kelford He has one brother,
Raymond, serving in the Navy.
Inducted into the Army in Sep
TENDER 1941, Barnes, upon compile
ton of his training, sailed overseas
from San Francisco Since that time
he has served in Luzon in the Philip
pine Islands His overseas service has
earned him many campaign ribbons
and 50 Discharge points.
ed. Note: The S. S. General Pope
locked last week, so the sergeant
will probably be discharged and
home in the near future).
Sgt. Ralph Y. Bowers, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Yost c. Bowers, 610 West
Washington street, and husband of
the former Miss Elizabeth Starkey,
received his honorable discharge
from the Armed Forces at Newton
D. Baker Hospital on October 10 and
is now attending Columbia college
here. The former sergeant, who was
wounded in action, has the ETC
ribbon with Battle Star, the Purple
Heart medal, the Expert Infantry
Badge and the Good Conduct medal.
Arthur M. Churchey, seaman, first
class, 436 Carrolton ave, Hagers-
town, Md, and James D. B. Nield,
seaman, first class, 1926 South Can
non ave-, Hagerstown, Md, served
aboard the troop transport USS
GENERAL JOHN POPE, a ship
which the Navy now has revealed
saw every continent but Antartica
during her two years of wartime
travels
The vessel almost got to Antartica,
too, when she was forced to leave
her course to evade a Jap wolf pack
of submarines while on voyage
from the States to Bombay.
Commissioned in July, 1943, the
GENERAL JOHN POPE transported
more than 100000 military person
mel, displaced persons and repatri-
ated Americans over 100000 miles of
three oceans and seven seas to and
from almost all the ports of the
world.
Sgt. Robert c. (Bob) Hixon, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman c. Hixon.
Paramount, has been discharged
from the Army Air Forces through
the Fort Meade Separation Center
and has returned to work with his
former employers, the J. B. Fer
guson Co, Engineers, in Hagerstown.
Sgt. Hixon served with the 404th
Bombardment Squadron (Heavy).
where he was photo intelligence
craftsman. His discharge made it
possible for him to return to Ha-
gerstoWn for the first time since
entering the service SO months ago
= 80 months of which were spent
overseas.
He is entitled to wear the follow
ing awards: Good Conduct, Amer
can Theatre, Asiatic-Pacifc Thea
tire, with battle stars, and the Presi- +,
dental Citation.
After the fall of Japan, Sgt. Hix-
on was sent on a surveying expedi-
ton 70 miles north of Nome, Alaska. |
For his services there, he received a
commentator signed by Col. Ken
meth E. Ristau, Corps of Engineers.
Cpl. Clifford G. Kershner. son of
Mrs. Elsie Kershner, 829 Florida
avenue, was ,honorably discharged
at Fort Meade on November %, and
is now making his home with his
sister, Mrs. Clifford Cunningham,
2O8 North Potomac street.
Corporal Kershner had served !
three years in the Army Air Forces,
with Is months overseas as top tur-
ret gunner on the Darling Darlene"
B-24. Credited with II missions
over Germany, he wears the ETC
ribbon, Oak Leaf Cluster, seven
Battle Stars and the Good Conduct
medal, and also received two nresi-