Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

has been OIL
cially reported
as dead by the
Navy Depart
ment. His widow, s
Mrs. Mary Ellen ~
Polston, and his B
Is month old ~ n
son, Albert, jr., ss S OH
live at 3718
Twenty fourth s:s:SgyI
street NE. ~
Ensign Polston
had been over
seas six months Ensign rsiston.
before his plane crashed and hat
completed 20 missions, Mrs. Polstol
said. He was a Navy Yard drafts
man here before he went into tn,
Navy in April, 1912.
He was born in Moberly, Mo-, ant
was graduated from Tech Higl
School here. Ensign Polston.
mother, Mrs. Erma P. Lane, lives a.
25l5 Thirtieth street NE.
Decorations
Capt. Sheldon O. Suess was post.
humouSly awarded the Distsn.
guished Service Cross for "extraor.
binary heroism in action near LAW.
can, Luzon, Philippine Islands, from
April to II, 1945," the War Depart.
ment announced. The medal wa
presented to Capt. Suess' widow
Mrs. Margaret Ann Suess, yesterday
afternoon at the Pentagon. Mrs
SuesS lives at Woodley Park Towers
The Infantry Captain was cited
for occupying and holding an i'm
portant ridge. Despite enemy ma
chine gun fire, constant enemy OBJ
servation and fire from a higher
ridge, he boldly moved among his
men to organize and consolidate
his company's position before dark
ness. Following a mortar barrage
however, the enemy penetrated q
breakthrough, endangering the en-
tire company. the citation said
Capt. Suess, though he knew he
might be mistaken in the darkness
for japanese, left his foxhole and
personally led reinforcements to
completely repulse the enemy. Food
and ammunition were low and out
side assistance could not be ex-
pected, yet the captain determined
to hold the vital ridge at all costs.
He was successful in driving of the
japanese after two more assaults,
but the next morning, as he rose
from his foxhole, he was killed by
an enemy sniper. Through his "in-
spring leadership" however, Capt.
Suess enabled his men to hold out
against great odds and drive OH q
threat to the TANKS Of two divisions.
Brig. Gen. Carl A. Brandt, COM
handing general of the 18th Bomb
er Command, 18th Air Force, received
the Distinguished Service Medal for
serving with great credit and dis
tinction" in directing a comprehen-
sive training program while COM
handing the Far East Air Forces
Combat Replacement and Training
Center.
Gen. Brandt, whose father, Col
Alfred Brandt, lives at 3677 Upton
street NV, also was cited for lead
ing his bombers4in a series OF bril-
liantly conceived operations" in The
Philippines and Borneo as com.
manding general Of the 18th Bomber
Command. a dispatch from Manila
revealed.
Brig. Gen. william F. Heavey, 20
Engineer Special Brigade COM
mander, received the Legion OF
Merit for exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of out.
standing services in the Southwest
Pacific area from December Is, 1913
to December Is, 1914" during which
time the brigade participated In the
New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
and Philippines campaigns, an 9th
Army Headquarters dispatch from
Yokohama. Japan, disclosed.
Gen. Heavey's home is at 917
Eighteenth street NV.
Six other Legion of Merit awards
were presented to men from this
area, according to the War Depart
ment. They are:
Col. Eugene M. Foster, General
Staff Corps, sos Pickwick lane
Chevy Chase, Md, for services
March 9, 1912, to June 30, 1913, as
chief of the fund ALLEGATION and
control branch, ONCE of Fiscal Di-
rector, and from July /, 1913, to Sep
TENDER II, 1915, rs chief of the ifs
cal control branch in the same
office.
Col. Harry b. Hambleton, 4123
Military road NV, as chief of the
gauge section, Once Of the Chief OF
Ordnance, from August, 1941, to
July, 1913.
Col. william McChesney Martin
of 2444 Massachusetts avenue NV.
who served as assistant to the exec.
Iutive of the Munitions Assignment
Board from April, 1912, to Septem.
Der, 1915.
Col. Clifton A. Pritchett, Genera
Staff Corps, of Baltimore, who served
as chief OF staff, Military District o.
Washington, from May 80, 1912, tt
September 2, 1915.
Col. Adam E. SchlanSer of 224!
Mountain View place Sc, post sur.
geon of Fort Riley, Kans., from july
| l, 1912, to June Is, 1945.
Col. Charles E. Shepherd, Genera
Staff Corps, of $500 Little Fall