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DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

Emily B. Saltonstall, radioman 1/c,
daughter of Senator Leverett Sal
tonstall and Mrs. Saltonstall, yester-
day became the first WAVE in the
Potomac River Naval Command to
T be awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. 1t was presented to her by
Capt. Herbert w. Underwood, COM
manding officer of the United States
Naval Barracks during captains
inspection at 8 am.
! M/Sergt. Jeanne Merrick, 23l;
North Stuart street, Arlington, G.
poets to arrive home soon after
months overseas with the WAC )
She is now in Cairo, where she
served as secretary to the chic!
signal officer at Africa Middle East
theater headquarters.
1t Mary C. Conrad, 1927 Church
street NV. is serving in ETC
headquarters finance office at Held
elberg, Germany. She entered the
WACS two and half years ago and
went overseas last month.
Two members of the WAC clerical
detachment at the AAF Regional
and Convalescent Hospital at Miami
Beach. Fla, are Pvt. Barbara D
Gumbel. 1922 Greenwich parkway
NV, and Pvt. Jean E. Blanchard
806 Massachusetts avenue NE
Pfc. Margaret T. Costello of Wash
ington recently was assigned te
Troop Carrier Commands Sedalia
Army Air Field, Warrensburg. Mo
Prior to entering the service she
vas employed here as waitress.
ITALY.-TI5 Gwen Herbert, III
Jefferson street NV, Washington
/ led her softball ten to the cham.
pionship in Italy when she neld tn.
opposing team to 6 runs while col.
lecting IA, one of which Ti5 Herber
scored herself with a home run
She pitched for the 2664th WAC
Company. champs of southern sec
ton of Italy.
! American Red Cross Workel
Esther A. AHarrah, 1911 Nortf
Abingdon street, Arlington, Va
serves with the 225th Station Hos
pital staff at Peninsular Base Head
quarters. She has been oversea
since last September.
ITALY.-On duty at the larges'
military switchboard in the Med
iterranean theater-the Freedom
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| Pacific Storm
Rated Top Thrill
| By D. C.. Pilot

Marine 1st 1t. Paul S. Livingston,
81, of 1484 Newton street NV, has
had some exciting moments as pilot
of Mitchell medium bomber in Pa
cific combat, but an encounter with
a 75-mile typhoon was probably the
toughest, he said recently after COM
ing home on furlough.
1t. Livingston and his fight mates
met the gale off the Philippines
after completing detached duty
assignment and en- route back to
their home base. They were just
out of Tacloban when the gale sud-
denly enveloped their formation.
THE planes were tossed about like
feathers" he said. ITO make things
worse the bombers we were flying
had seen better days. With the
terrific wind rocking the craft. we
expected to see our wings ripped
off at any moment"
However, the planes weathered
the storm and returned to base
safely, without serious damage to
the planes.
1t. Lovingston came home via
the Marine Air Depot at Miramar,
Calf, to be with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Livingston, at
the Newton street address. He plans
to return to duty at Quantico, Sep
tember 10. He holds several medals
including the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
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Credited with shooting down one
of the 80 japanese planes destroyed
by BLACK Macs Killers" a record
breaking Pacific night fighter squad
ron, Marine 1t william K. Treynor
"a. Of 62l B street NE. is now based
at the Marine Air Depot, Miramar,
Calf, during leave and reassign-
ment.
Flying 1877 missions in 400 combat
hours during his tour in the Central
and Western Pacific, in Hellcat
fighters, 1t. Treynor took part in
the defense of Okinawa and flew
several night strikes against Jap
held islands in the Northern Ryu-
kyus.
1t. Treynors victory was over a
Jap twin-engine bomber In the still
of the night about 100 miles of Oki-
nawa.
The squadron is named after its
skipper, 1t. Col Marion M. Ma
gruder of Lexington. KY, who
studied RAF night fighter tactics
during stay in England during the
blitz.
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to be in an area which would per-
NIT mailing subsequent to october
IS may be deposited for mailing
at date selected by the sender.
Don't mail a package If the re-
cipient Is on his way home. If
there's any reason to believe he or
she may move to a new location
soon, wait until you can mail the
gift to the new address. If neces-
sary, write asking the recipient
for a letter requesting the gift,
should the new address not reach
you until after the October Is dead
line.
Boxes can't weigh more than
pounds or measure more than Is
inches in length or 36 inches in
length and girth combined.
Pack in boxes of metal, wood,
solid fiberboard. or strong double
faced corrugated fiberboard, testing
at least 200 pounds. Unless COM
pletely packed and tightly filled
boxes are apt to be crushed.
Evening star., 1945-09-09

velopment of such plans. Should
future war occur, the midshipmen
and cadets who take this training
will become the officers directing
the campaigning. Cooperation will
be far more easily renewed among
those who have already worked to-
gether than among officers who are
largely strangers to each other.
The natural desire of other parts
Of the country to have a naval
academy is understood by naval
authorities and they believe they
have solution to that problem.
Admiral Denfleld's statement on the
future plans of the Navy laid par
ticular emphasis on the need to
keep a live. going NROTC program
operating throughout the country.
More than so colleges and univer-
sites have been selected as centers
for the training. 1t is proposed that
after two or three years in the
NROTC course, the cream of the
students be sent to Annapolis for
two or three more years of special
lied training.
The suggestion has even been
made, arising out of criticism of
the quality of some of the candi-
dates sent to Annapolis, that all
potential midshipmen first attend
an NROTC school where the unde-
sirables could be screened out. This
would eliminate the attrition under
which the academy loses a per-
centage of every class for deficiencies
in scholarship and character which
are disclosed as the course pro-
crosses.
1t has been pointed out as means
of relieving Congressman of political
embarrassment that If all candidates
for the Naval Academy were first
sent to an NROTC school, none need
be designated principal or alternate,
that all would be on an even footing
with a competitive exam at the con-
clusion of the reserve course deter
mining the winner of the appoint
ment.
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DISTINGUISHED Flying Cross.

stinguished Flying Cross.
JAMES, Frederiek, W.. Seaman 1Ic. y, s.
Navy patrol bomber strikes on Marcus
Island which broke UP a Jap attempt
to mass planes for an attack on U. s.
Marianas bases.
Cluster to Bronze Star.
INoFF, SISergt. Samuel. $50 Fourth street
Gus % occasions M s'Uo to enemy f1 IRE in m order to
direct his mortar sections fre,
MITCHELL, Capt; Robert M. 2514 Four
ment as s.ei p.ratrooper Esm pei WITH with the ilth
Airborne Division in connection with
fighting outside Manila February ID.
Bronze Star.
HANSON, Marine Mai. Arthur B.. 723
California street NV. for leading pa
Georgia avenue NV. for removing vital
truck before it sank beneath him oif
sPEXkE. It. comdr: eeorse E, U. s. N.
achievement at okinawa. as air ofncer
during sustained operations against the
HEINI. Marine 1t. Co. Robert D. ir. e4oo
California street NV. for meritorious
training oficer for naval sunhre of the
3rd Marine Division during the Volcano
MORGAN. Col Clifford v. Washington,
1or meritorious service in connection
CLARK, Il. Col; Anson D, 4741 Reservoir
road NV, for meritorious service in
suppSTs 2p2I ST1 Of COMBAT operations in Italy
Trinidad avenue NE. for heroic and
meritorious achievement in Germany as
supply officer, bringing up ammunition
company was beating of major count
WILD, It, Harold A., ouartermaster Corps
torious achievement against the enemy
at Leyte and Mindoro. in the Philippines
LOMBARDY: 1t. Russell A. .6O3 Gallatin
Landau, Germany. March "a, in bravine
intense enemy artillery and small arms
fire and advancing over dangerously
PENN, Pfc. Arthur, 1919 Otis place NV
for meritorious service in combat in
worked 10 days without relief as litter
bearer, carrying wounded to safety under
sAVIN. Mai william H., s152 Thirty first
street NV; for meritorious service as
:, & siyil affairs ofhcer IN Lsshorn, Italy.
REpD; Corpl Kenneth ", l1os M street
BuRsTE1N. corpl. Lucien, 1881 Fifteenth
western Ssrst. sse for esmasEn pasispaton in the
Street NV; for 1n meritorious 3or M service vice a,
commanding general of the 9TH Fighter
Wing in the Pacific from July /, 1914
1sorf. MO Fa' ssrss. sse' Samuel. $50 Fourth
when, in the face of enemy fire during
attack. he went forward with disregarA
to his own safety to direct comrades to
shelter. Later he reorganized them and
reported to those higher in command.
BARNARD. Sergt. Joseph, 1909 Thirty
Ardennes Forrest January 2s. He
crawled forward with a hand grenade
and light machine gun to attack an
enemv machine nest After rainin1
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SUGGESTIONS on Mailing Christmas Packages Overseas

Each box should be securely tied
with strong cord, preferably by four
separate pieces, two lengthwise and
two crosswise, knotted at crossings.
Sealing the flaps with gummed tape
where they meet strengthens the
box but the use of such tape alone
is not satisfactory since the tape
loosens if exposed to moist at
mosphere.
Use the latest, most complete,
most accurate address. Addresses
must be legible, in typewriting or
ink. It is preferable that the out
side address be hand printed direct
ly on the wrappers of the boxes
rather than on labels pasted to the
wrappers, since the labels fire.
quently fall off when subjected to
moisture. 1t is highly desirable
that slips of paper containing the
names and addresses of the sender
and addresSee and list of the con-
tents be inclosed in the parcels.
In addition to the name and ad.
dress Of the sender. which Is re.
Evening star., 1945-09-09

exchange-WAC Pvt. Imogene G.
Higgins, l4l3 Girard street NV. is
member of one of the WACS'
best-known companies. Since the
first WACS were sent to North
Africa in January, 1943, WACS
have been used exclusively on the
great 20-section communications
board. Now centered at Casenta,
Italy, the company is currently
taking inventory preparatory to
inactivation
INDIA.-Ruth Royce, 4643 North
Thirteenth street, Arlington, Va, is
Red Cross worker at the goth
General Hospital in Assam, India
Overseas since December, 1s43, Miss
Royce is in charge of theatrical
productions and arts and crafts
projects at the hospital.
GERMANY.-Ruth Ferguson, $40
Lexington place NE, Washington,
D. c., was one Of four Red Cross
girls who worked feverishly for a
week to prepare the Stuttgart Red
Cross Club for it's opening recently,
and the gay celebration was worth 1t.
More than 5,100 doughnuts were
consumed during As minutes. The
celebration was high lighted by such
entertainers as Jack Benny, Ingrid
Bergman, Martha Tilton and Larry
Adler. Men of the Tooth Division,
stationed in that area, filled the
halls and bathrooms of the club
which is located in the city opera
house quarters.
FRANCE.-National headquarters
of the American Red Cross has an
nounced the arrival in France of
three residents of the Washington
area to serve as Red Cross staff as
sistants: Frances G. Williams, Sill
Prince street, Alexandria, Va; Jane
IS. Vance, 1901 Connecticut avenue
NV. and Bernice J. Sobizyk. On
duty in France as Red Cross
clubmobile worker, Mrs. Helen Fries,
$40 Massachusetts, avenue NV, re-
Gently visited the 821st Tank De-
stroyers near Reims.
ROME. Ga.-Pvt. Lyla Meisel-
man. 1907 Saratoga avenue NE,
Washington, D. c., graduated from
the medical clerks course at Bat
tery General Hospital here and has
been assigned to duty in one of the
installations offices. Four broth
ers are in the service.
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Associated Press News Feature,

Although American fighting men
are being speeded home as rapidly
as possible following the end Of hos
tilities, many thousands of men will
remain on foreign duty through
Christmas. The rules given here for
sending Christmas parcels to them
are taken from the Postal Guide.
The rules govern mail sent via an
A. P. o. or Fleet Post Once in care
of the postmaster at New York,
N. Y; San Francisco, Calf: New
Orleans, La, or Seattle, Wash, or
an A. P. o. in care of the postmaster
at Miami, Fla; Presque Isle, Me-,
or Minneapolis, Mimi, or through a
naval installation or station in care
of the postmaster of Seattle.
The only time you can mail q
parcel overseas to an Army person
without written request from him
or her is between September Is and
| October l5-the earlier the better.
Evening star., 1945-09-09

quired, inscriptions such as Merry
Christmas" Please Do Not Open
Until Christmas" Happy New
Year." with Best Wishes" and the
like, may be placed on the coverings
of the parcel in such manner as
not to interfere with the address,
or on a card inclosed Herewith.
Books may bear simple dedicatory
Inscriptions not of a nature Of per-
sonal correspondence. Stickers or
labels resembling postage stamps
are not permissible on the outside
of parcels.
Mark your parcel Christmas Par
eel"
Perishable matter will not be ac-
cepted, and the sending Of fragile
articles should be discouraged.
Intoxicants, inflammablc materials
Cncluding matches of all kinds and
lighter huids), and poisons, or COM
positions which may kill or injure
another, or damage the mails, are
lunmailable.
Evening star., 1945-09-09
Plan Joint Maneuvers.

Parcels to the Pacific Islands, Asia
or the Middle East should be mailed
not later than October /.
Christmas cards for Army per-
sonnel overseas may be mailed at
any time but patrons must mail
such cards prior to November Is, If
they are to have a reasonable ex-
pectation of delivery prior to Christ
mas. The War Department advises
that greeting cards for soldiers over
seas must be sent in sealed envelopes
and prepaid at the first-class rate.
Since Navy, Coast Guard an6
Marine Corps personnel may re.
ceive parcels without a request al
any time of the year, it is not the
policy of the Navy Department tt
encourage the mailing of parcel.
during any particular period of tint
each year. The Navy Department
suggests, however, that parcels in.
tended as Christmas gifts be mailes
not later than October Is ane
that parcels for personnel known
Evening star., 1945-09-09
Awards to D. G. Area Men

the German sun sun he turned it on other
yania avenue Sc; for workins three
ser aHsTs aS to e.poon 40 British Raj fvan. bnm
bombs, sometimes carrying litters as far
as mile through mud and water from
street NE. for meritorious service in
q e9of nurfs in isy
chusetts avenue w, for heroic achieve
SMITH MsTns .1.s, T. Nshan toT lss
nre the Japs laid down on Two Jima
Sounded as st he The mouth Mne 81 xns
KAISER. 4. L. Henry, e4o7 Fifteenth street
cRoekETT S Marine ly t. coi eofi&ishs Richard H
his work prior to and during operations
asainst The Jsps on Leyte from July "a
S. Troy street. Arlington, for meri-
ttori9uS seryics on Two Jims when he
sTAvER, Marine 1t Preble. 42l5 Forty
ninth street NV. for serving as, an
lery hre on enemy targets thai were
HOOKER T1serst Wallis 6, 54o5 r
street NV. for meritorious service in
Mareh ETa8fe 60 Sesmsns may s. ia45 nnd Austria fro"
MoRELAND. - serEt. aH John o. 400 Forty
ninth street csp,oI Heights Nd 5ta tq'
1914, when. under attack by a numeri-
cally, superior enemy force during, 4
patrol, he rushed the. enemy, hurline
volume of accurate FIRE with his rife
enabling the mer of his patrol TO with
AINSWoRTH, Ii, Raymond L.. 4327 Sec.
ond street NV, for service in Italy.
| Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal.
| Blaine street NV, for operational mis-
sions in the Southwest Pacific Theater
Second Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal.
BARNES, 1t. William H. 1922 Reno roac
| NV, for meritorious achievement while
participating in aerial attacks agalns
the enemy.
Oak Leaf Cluster TO Air Medal.
FINLAY. 1t. Sidney B.. 900 Nineteenth
street NV. for meritorious achievement
while participating in B-@9 combat mis-
1Eca second place e INV NV ere'r for mertor,ouI ri
| achievement while participating in B-2s
combat missions over Japan.
| Air Medal.
MAUTNER, corpl Robert W. 301O Gains
Nlllt SLIcct ST. iOE II
B-29 combat missions over Japan.
FECOWICZ, 603 Sixty-eighth street NE.
for meritorious achievement during |;
| bombing attacks on German milttsr!
| and industrial targets when he was en-
| gineer and gunner on B-24 LiberatoI
! of the 18th Air Force in Italy.
MADDEN, Capt. Robert l., 2l0 Grea
Falls avenue, Falls Church. for servic,
J as pilot on special flights over Ger
! man territory during the closing month!
( of the European war.
! CONNOR. Capt. Edward H. III, 1921
Warren street NV, for participation
in long-range fighter missions agains
Japan.
Evening star., 1945-09-09
Annapolis
Continued From Page CID

keeping two academies functioning
officials are as firmly opposed to
the plan of a divided academy, in
which the midshipmen would study
two years at one and two years at
the other, as they are to the sug-
gestion of two four-year academies.
One of the traditions of the Naval
Academy and one which has played
a vital part in the development of
the spirit and character of the
officer personnel is the supervision
by the upper-classmen over the
lower and the gradual development
of the ability to command The
close association of the midshipmen
throughout their four years prepares
them for life in the Navy. in par
ticular the intimately related life
aboard ships at sea. Unlike the
average college or university grad
uate who quickly loses contact with
his classmates, the Annapolis grad
yates are in a restricted field OF
activity, one in which esprit de corps
is a primary essential. They are
taught that what dishonors the in
dividual dishonors the Navy. Navy
officials feel that the high sense OF
duty is in part due to the four-year
association at Annapolis with its
long history and its traditions.
A further argument against the
plan for a second academy is ad-
vanced as a result of the develop
ments of the past war and the
agitation for unified command in
emergency.
Plan Joint Maneuvers.
Under the projected training OF
the future provision is made for
Joint maneuvers with the West Point
cadets and the cadets of the Coast
Guard Academy, Amphibious war
fare has demonstrated the need for
such maneuvers. Proximity Of the
three academies facilitates the de-
Evening star., 1945-09-09
Promotions Include
Coils. Wells, Sti|son
Serving in China

Two District area men were pro-
NOTED to colonies and five to lieu
tenant colonels, it was announced
during the week.
The colonies: Carl Stilson, e12
Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, and
Walter H. (Cappy) Wells, 1911 North
Edison street, Arlington, Va. Col.
Stilson is headquarters fight
surgeon with the 14th Air Force in
China. Col. Wells is assistant chief
of staff, CO., in Running.
Promotions to lieutenant colonels
included Jay L. Hoffman, Arlington,
now in England; Donald E. Ferriss,
AAF, 1901 @ street NV; Emmons
M. Sanford, Finance Division, 1928
Dale drive, Silver Spring, Md;
George A. Patterson, Adjutant Gen.
erals department, 6340 Utah avenue
NV, and Benjamin Simon, 3720
Nichols avenue Sc, at Mason Gen.
eral Hospital, Brentwood, N. Y.
Others promoted included:
ARMY.
Major.
william P. Miller, engineers, Washing
Lester NJ. Haddad. transportation, 5se3
Chevy Chase parkway.
Captain.
Charles W. Lucas, AAF, 7Oe Princeton
wi ,,WiIliam M. N9onan. AAF. sss Long
Jan. James n; pSonohoe. Is AAF, 2sl4 Forty
John =: o.Brien, AAF. s71s Blaine
drRs EspG Ghfxy x ehass ohtrem Ma aAr, 400 North
Veitch street, Arlington.
dryin diHas Signal Corps 5000
john E Posue, Signal Corps. 1882 D
Darrell l. johnson. 5th Air Force serv-
' william HaPd NJ Noonan, S'ases Also SS sss Long
fellow street NV.
First Lieutenant.
cut kay syfngi n YOU YUuns in asds asd5Rspy yAdmnisra
tv5 5a9ss eaED 5 7SS asF%71a 7A sEfs fso
Georse s WOOD; ordnance. 1853 Twen-
Albert TT W. r. Jones. AAF. 1885 First street
Westel B. Wallace, AAF, 2o11 F street
Monroe p. GINS. ensineers. 1882 Fort
Hollis 3. Brown, AAF. 61oo Blan road
Robert I Guier, infantry, 1903 Plyers
Nil r1sd Ksnsnston SnssnsS No Cameron
street. Silver Spring ga;.b Nd. .n.,n..r, ,A,a
N0cia clarke t0 + HARPER, . AAF I7SS otis street
Nelson D. Reitsnider. Medical Admins
trative Corps, 5O7 S. Market street. Fred
Clarke H Harper, Ac, 1876 Otis street
NE
Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Forrest P Lutters, AAF, los Glenbrook
road, Bethesda, Md, In CHINA.
Staff Sergeant.
John D. Kurtz, III. military police, 23o
Rheas 1Sand anek aysnuf NE AAF r paec 5 pney
James C. Burkett AAF, III street
NE, in Southwest Pacific.
Sergeant.
Truman j. Keesey, AAF. % Boston ave-
nue. Takoma Park Nd on OK 0kinaws
Sidney j. Duckett, AAF, 11O9 New Jer-
sey avenue NV. at Chico Field, Calf.
Technician Fifth Grade.
John B. Fowler. AAF, 1903 street
Edward Ed "a aAl 4. watts s Ac, 1904 Lewis ave-
hue Sc.
Leo W. Bury SOS 1924 Thirteenth
Private First Glass.
Norris c. Wade, infantry, 5417 Eighth
street NV, in Pacific.
NAVY.
Coxswain-
Thomas r Clarke, formerly with Bra
lillian Embassy, aboard escort carrier in
Atlantic.
Petty Oficers.
man W / &c. aboard the u. s. S. Guam,
Carl w May, 1901 Mozart place, to
signalman sc, aboard a destroyer.
Seaman First Class.
Lawrence b Reed. Round Hill, Va,
aboard the O. S. S. Bon Homme Richard
in the Pacific
Evening star., 1945-09-09
IL Local Officers Listed
In Medical Class

CARLISLE, Pa.-Graduates from
the Medical Field Service School
August 80 included:
1st, 1t. William J. G. Davis, NC, 1901
Lowell street NV.
1st 1t. Peyton R; Evans. NC. 5000
Forty-fourth place NV.
Capt. Jose Chirinos, NC, 1920 Sixteenth
street NV.
lst Ii George Krieeman, NC. 235
Orange street Sc
1st 1t. Bernard Millof, NC, 1922 Wis
consin avenue NV.
:. 1st 1t. Charles v. Pate. NC, 2aos
Naylor road Sc.
ist 1t, Joseph H. Watson, NC, $3.50
Partridge lane.
1st 1t James e Hamill. NC, 1923 st.
Elmo avenue, Bethesda, Nd
list 1t. Marvin E. Drew. DC, 3l2 Long
branch parkway, Takoma Park: Nd
1st Lit Clayton w. Kelly, DC, 80 Maple
avenue, Takoma Park, Nd.
1st 1t. George W Sprehn NC; sos Ken
1st 1t Harle 3. Grover, NC, 1908
South Ends street, Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1945-09-09
D. c. Coast Guordsmen
Luuded by Cupt. Leumy

For outstanding performance OF
duty in handling landing craft dur
ing the Okinawa invasion three Dis
trict Coast Guardsmen have been
awarded special letters of COM
mendation by Capt. Frank A. Leamy
Alexandria, commanding officer of
their assault transport.
Commended we're: Eliot A. Killer,
%, motor machinist's mate &c,
2301 Connecticut avenue NV;
Rudolph Shorb, 49, seaman 1/c, 31e
Thirteenth street Sc, and Robert
E. Ptomey, 20, seaman 1Ic, 1924
Thirty Fourth street NV
All three previously have seen
action in the invasions of Normandy
and Southern France.
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Gewhr and Schroder
Teaching in Reich

Two University of Maryland pro-
fessors are members of the faculty
at the new Army university center
at Shrivenham, England. DR.. Wes-
ley M Gewhr, 453l Lowell street
NV, and DR.. A. L. Schrader, 63l9
Woodside place. Chevy Chase. are
among l30 civilian instructors Sc
lected to teach more than $500 stu
dent soldiers enrolled in the school
The Army university is headed
by Brig. Gen. Claude M. Thiele OF
Washington.