The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-23

Harold Bennett.
ice in the Marshalls, Tarawa. Sal,
pan, Two Jima and many others.
He is a former resident here and
was employed for many months at
the Bomber Plant. He enlisted in
the Marines, and left for San Die
go, Cal, December /, 1912.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Harmon have
received a letter from their son,
Ems. l.. d. Harmon that he has
ben moved to Oceana, Va.
First Lieut.. Robert Cessna and
Mrs. Cessna, Lansing, have been
visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. p. f. Skinner and fam
lily and Lieut.. Cessna's grandmoth-
er, Mrs. H. b. Carpenter, who is
spending the winter here. Lieut..
Cessna. a pilot on a B-2i, is on
furlough after having completed
90 missions over the European
theater OF war. He wears the dis
tinguished flying cross, three Oak
Leaf Clusters, the presidential CT
tation and several battle stripes.
He is to report at Miami, Florida,
April S, for reassignment.
please try and forget about me
and the war. If anything does hap
pen to mel at least will have
died for something worthwhile. Tn
til a person has been over here he
doesn't know what we have in the
United States
This is an excerpt from a letter
written by Pfc. Henry walden, %,
former student at Lincoln High
School. who was killed in action
Feb. 26, with the Third Army in
Luxembourg. He was the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walden, Tecum-
sch, former residents OF this yiein-
ity who survive besides four sisters
and five brothers.
Pfc. Vernon Barber. who was sta
toned at Camp Hood, Texas, mas
received a medical discharge. He
will make his home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Fitzgerald.
Pfc. Leander J. Miller. OF Box 50,
Willow Run Village, is now pa
tent at the Army's Gardiner Gener-
al Hospital 500 East Hyde PARK
Boulevard. Chicago. Illinois, it was
announced today by Colonel Jonn
II. Hall. commanding officer OF the
installation.
Pfc. Miller is being given general
medical treatment and was trans
ferred to Gardiner on March ~
from Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island, New York.
pvt. Emil f. Johnson, 1890 Colt
side Rd.. is one Of the bridge bulld'
ars OF the 3i3rd Engineer Regi-
ment,. following the advance OF L.
s Seventh Army troops in 1t. Gen.
Jacob L. Deyers' 9th Army Group.
Tbey have opened approximately
600 miles of supply lines from iAe
Riviera to the Rhine.
Robert F. Court, Fireman &c
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. court
1902 Pearl St. is now at Guliport,
Miss. where he is attending Diesel
Engine School.
Pfc. Roger J. Heath, stationed IN
Germany. received the Goodfellow
gift three months late, fact whlch
he blames on his constantly chanB-
ing address. He is in the thick ot
fighting and says that the worst
situation that he has been in 10
date was the watch on the Roer
River. He has been awarded the
combat infantry badge.
Mrs. Keith ID. Mann has received
word that her husband. Lieut.. jig.
Mann. commanding officer OF an
T.. c. l.. has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for distinguish
ing himself by -meritorious service
during an invasion in the PACING
theater.
Miss Elizabeth Stoble received
letter wednesday from her nephew.
SfSgt. Laurie Stobie He is at
tending an officers training school
somewhere in France. He had
been in Luxembourg before this
transfer.
Pfc. Layton Stoddard was in
hospital in Italy at the time the
Goodfellows' Christmas gift wa
sent to him but he left the hospita
before II reached him and it fol
lowed him to five different places
being received in France Marci
Il. lie says. 1T makes me very
happy TO be thought OF by my
friends back home while SERVING
over here"