Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

ton, Va. On October 80 he was
sent to California, thence to Aus
tralia, which he likes very well.
He would be very glad to hear
from his friends. Contact Mrs. H.
G. Cissel at Gaithersburg for How
ards address.
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Sgt. Richard S. (Stokes) Moul-
den of Rockville was wounded in
action in Germany December Is,
his parents, Mr.. and Mr.. j. Albert
Moulden, have been notified by the
War Department.
Sgt. Moulden, whose wife and
four-year-old daughter June live
at Rockville, has been in the Army
for more than two years and has
been oversee for the last four
months. He was graduated from
Richard Montgomery High School
in Rockville prior to entering the
Army and was employed by the
County as a surveyor.
Pvt. Franklin H. Carlisle, 20, a
native of Dickerson, was wounded
in italy in October and is recuper-
ating in hospital in Italy, he has
written home. His mother, Mrs.
Viola Carlisle of Washington, said
he recently sent her his Purple
Heart. Pvt. Carlisle entered the
Army early in 1943. He went
oversee last March.
| Tech. Sgt. Robert Downs, son of
Mrs. Agnes Downs of Brookeville,
was listed this week by the War
Department as wounded in action
while fighting in the Southwest
Pacific area.
Having reported at Biloxi, Miss,
at Keesler Fields unit of the Ar
my Air Forces Training Command,
Pvt. Erven William Butt, husband
of Mrs. Erwen w. Butt, Rt. A,
Rockville, is awaiting reassign-
ment to new military duties.
i
Pfc. John Curtis of Garrett Park,
with the 32nd Infantry Division in
| the Philippines, crawled up close
enough to lob in a grenade which
| wounded the Jap gunner in one
hour battle with the Japs on Leyte
Island in which the final score
! was: SO dead Japs for the Yanks
\ to a goose egg for the Nips. The
operation, in which 26 Yank In
| fantrymen took part, covered about
I 500 yards, and took a little over an
4 hour. The patrol captured three
I heavy machine guns, 10 lights ma
feline guns, 20 knee moftars, dozens
/ of rifles and a pile Of ammunition.
II sa7M .aTainAI4 aGe aniA
iA Ruth Rebeccas Myers "a, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Myers,
Rockville, was enrolled recently at
the Naval Training School tYoe-
man-W) on the Iowa State Teach
tefs College campus, Cedar Falls,
4 Iowa. After she successfully COM
4 pletes her theoretical course she
| will be sent to other duty stations
where, after actual experience in
practical Navy job, she will have
the opportunity to qualify for a
petty officer rate.
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| Cpl. Rodney A. Miller, son of
DR.. and Mrs. William G. Miller of
Gaithersburg, who has been over
sea for over a year, was transfer
red from India to Assam for a
month prior to being flown over
the Hump" to China where he is
now assigned.
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William o. Young, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Young of
Germantown, was commissioned an
Ensign in the Naval Reserve and
designated a Naval Aviator re-
Gently at the Naval Air Training
Base, Pensacola, Florida. Having
completed his intermediate train
ing, he will be ordered to duty
either at an instructors school for
further training, or at an opera
tional base.
\
| Marine Sgt. Townsend Howes,
who was evacuated from Guam
following an attack of malaria
and dengue fever is at home on
furlough. He spent several months
in West Coast Hospital. After
visiting with his mother, Mrs.
Blanche Howes, Unity, and his 10
year-old daughter, Jean, in New
York, Sgt. Howes will report to
Norfolk. He expects to be dis
charged shortly.
| S/Sgt. Frederick Bickford is
spending a 21-day furlough with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
P. Henderson, in Rockville after