The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-01
Service Briefs

MEDAL mas Dtcn dNdIueu Ii.
Charles NJ, Merritt OF Milan. 1884
Plat Rd., for participation in more
than 80 hours OF operatlonal flight
as a transport pilot in the China
India-Burma theater, it has been
announced by the War Department.
1t. Merritt previously had received
the Air Medal.
The cluster vas presented at a
ceremony at the Romulus Army
Air Field, January q. 1t. Merritt
is now assigned to the Air Trans
port Commands Srd Ferrying Group
at Romulus.
Son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II.
Merritt OF Milan, 1t. Merritt en-
tered the Army in November l94l'
and served as an enlisted man
until February 1943 when he was
commissioned a flight officer, after
graduation from Army flying
schools. He returned to this coun-
try recently after more than a year
OF service in the Glib theater.
$50
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Walters
and family entertained Wednesday
evening at dessert honoring Sgt.
and Mrs. Lynn A. Porter, C/N
Helen Porter and Mrs. Kenneth
Porter.
Sgt Porter is stationed at
Laughlin Army Air Field, Del Rio,
Texas.
Mrs. Porter is a teacher Of mill
tary correspondence at the Civil
ian Training Department at the
Laughlin Army Air Field. CIN
Helen Porter is junior cadet nurse
in the Bronson Nursing Home,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
John F. Marsh, U.S.N.R, whose
post office is San Francisco, is in
the Seabees and therefore not In
actual combat although the work OF
the Seabees is OF utmost import
ance in keeping the front lines
going. Repair bases and units,
the loading and unloading OF ships,
construction and maintenance OF
air bass are among the jobs that
belong to the Seabees He sayS,
so far. my outfit has seen no &C
ton other than the dust and CRIME
Of hard work. And ii is just as nara
work, II not harder, than most oil
our combat units have. True, we
don't haze the actual enemy to deal
with but we do have to repair the
damage they do, that is, II they are
lucky enough to do any damage
Pvt. Kenneth NJ. Bush has com
pleted his basic training at Camp
Fannin. Texas. He spent week
.urlough with his mother. Mrs.
Edith Bush, and has gone to Fort
ord, California.
Second 1t. Norris G. Wiltse, Ut"
%. has arrived at Army Air Forces
redistribution Station No. ? in Mia
mi Beach for reassignment process
ing after completing tour OF daty |
outside the continental United
States. Lieut.. Wiltse, a supply OIL
Ger, completed one year with the
AAF in the European Theater OF
Operations before returning TO
America on Dec. 26, 1914.
A graduate Of Ypsilanu Hlgh
School in 1889. he was enrolled at
Michigan State Normal College
from 1889 to 1871. His parents ana
wife. respectively, Mr.. and MIS-
Norris Wiltse, and Doris G., reside
at SOB Washtenaw Ave.
Pvt. David V. Cummings, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Cummings Oh
sol N. Hamilton St, is somewhere
in England with the ll4th EVaeua-
ton Hospital. His letters have been
full Of praise for the English peo'
pie. I'VE had another swell dinner
TODAY. I can't get over what SVEN
chow we're getting. Never dld ger
such swell chow in any OF the Al
nv camps in the States. We nave
been getting AL care. was glad 10
hear that there vas snow III PSI
lanti this year. ! hope there VIII DC
four feet OF snow next Christmas
cause III be home! It's been quite
-rcid- here Nothing ike Mlchigah
hut the English say that It's cold. so
that makes it cold. BY the way ! M
raising a cookie buster. It's only
got three-week start but it's com
ing along pretty good Another
letter: Everything is still OK ana
like It here better than ever
wouldn't have missed coming over
here for the world. The chow Is
still excellent and the English peo-
pie show us wonderful hospitality.
It's sure got Mississippi beat 10
NV estimation. The war should De
fought in Mississippi instead OF
having this beautiful country blown
all to creation. Your Christmas box
arrived last night (Jan. 81.
Pvt. Robert c. Smith has nm
ished his training at Camp ROD
erts. California, and is spending
ten day furlough with his parents