The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-06-14


He attended Hagerstown High
School and took an active part in
school affairs. He was also promi-
nent in church work at the Enan-
uel u. B. Church. Prior to the
war he was in the life insurance
business.
His wife and two daughters are
now living in Glenwood, Ill. He
has two brothers in the Army.
With The AAF Engineer Com
mand In Italy-Cpl Earl G. Hays,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Hays,
Smithsburg, Md, has travelled over
5000 miles in two years with an
airfield- building aviation engineer
battalion in the Mediterranean
Theatre.
Arriving in Africa while the
Tunisian campaign was at its height
when airfields were desperately
needed, the battalion, in 1900 mile
convoy, rushed through the Atlas
Mountains to Tunisia. In addition to
bringing with them their bulldozerS
and earth moving machines, many
of them were drafted to drive over
$50 truckloads of 500-pound bombs
to airfelds already in operation be-
hind the front. One week after they
arrived in Tunisia, the first fighter
plane landed on runway built by
them.
After constructing airfields in
support of the final push in Tunisia,
they built bases to support the
Sicilian invasion, completing them
in record time. At one of these fields
they were instrumental in saving
three CATS, when these planes, lost
at night on the return trip from
dropping paratroopers in Sicily,
made landing on the runway they
lit up with Jeep headlights as a
quick thinking emergency meas
ure.
LISTS carried them to Italy after
that country had been partially oc-
cupied, and they have since con-
structed and maintained the bases
used by the 18th and 18th Air
Forces in pulverizing the Nazis.
A truck driver, Corporal Hays
was employed by the National Lead
Co., Waynesboro, Pa, before enter
ing the service.
Capt. John S. Hollyday, son of
Mr., John D. Hollyday, Funkstown,
who is with an anti-tank artillery
unit in the South Pacific, has been
promoted to Major.
Entering the Service as a private
a short time after the Jap attack
on Pearl Har5or, Major HollydaY
later was assigned to an officers
training school from where he
graduated as a second lieutenant.
He has been overseas for the past
two years.
Here is news of the three sons of
MIR. and Mrs. Harvey D. Kline, HOO
South Potomac street Carroll,
Richard and Robert.
Flight Officer Carroll E. Kline,
pilot of a BIS, is at present sta
toned at Greenville, S. c.
Air Cadet Richard Kline is TAX
ing course at the Navigation
School at San Marcos, Texas, part
of the training that leads to a COM
mission in the Army Air Forces.
Pvt. Robert D. Kline, who was
wounded in action, arrived back in
the States from overseas on May
18th, is now home on 30-day fur
Tough.
The two sons of Mrs. Mary Kline,
Is Frederick street-Pvt. Paul Kline
and Pfc. Harold Kline-recently met
overseas for the first time in two
Years.
Paul, who is stationed in Austria
with the 101st Airborne Division,
heard that Harold was based at
Munich, Germany, about 125 miles
away. So he got leave, drove the
125 miles and the two brothers were
able to spend the night together,
writing their mother that they had
a swell reunion.
James Maurice Moore, 10, seaman,
first class, USNR, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Moore, Sharpsburg, Md,
has arrived at the Naval Training
Station, Norfolk, Va, to undergo
j training for duties aboard new
destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet He
has completed a period of instruc-
ton at the Naval Training Center,
cambridge, Md.
Before enlisting in the Navy, he
was employed by the Central
Garage in Sharpsburg He was grad
Il