The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-20

PVT. KEITH l.. SUTTON i
receiving his basic training a
Camp Robinson, Ark, accord
ing to a letter to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Sutton.
WORD has been received tha
1t. Col. James Z. Spier, on army
duty in the China-Burma-Indis
theatre of operations for the past
two years, has been promoted to
the rank of full colonel.
SERGT. ARTHUR f. HAIR
DEN, Richmond, is serving some
where in France as a radio
gunner with the 396th Bombard-
ment Group, a twin-engine BIG
Marauder unit. Sergt. Harden,
whose home is at 1856 Main st
in Richmond, is participating
with other members Of Corbin' S
Crusader group in aerial raids
against Nazi installations. rail-
way bridges, and communication
lines ahead of Allied army
ground forces on the German
front.
PVT PAUL J. NERMETTE,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Ver-
mette, 255l Coleridge avenue,
has been assigned to the AAF
Training Command Radio School
at the Sioux Falla Army Air
Field. Sioux Falls, S. D., for
training as radio operator
mechanic. Upon completion Of a
26 week course, he will be fully
trained to take his place as a
member of highly skilled
bomber crew of the Army Air
Forces.
CORP. DELMAR w. MUSCH-
ACK, Route No. /, of New Hav-
en-. Mich, is one of the Keep
EN- Flying" personnel COM
minded by Lieut.. General James
H. Doolittle for teamwork with
the pilots of the 357th Fighter
Group, who recently broke
Eighth Air Force records by
downing 56ha Luftwaffe inter-
ceptors in the air and one on
the ground in single days
combat near Berlin. Corp.
Wuschack is heavy duty equip
ment operator with service
squadron at the Psi Mustang
base in England. He operates
all the heavy duty equipment
necessary for repairing and NOV
ing of the planes. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wuschack.
PFC. ERWIN c. THOEL. U. S.
Army Infantry, has arrived in
the United States from overseas
and is in the Billings hospital
at Indiana. He was wounded IN
action in France, August 9. PFC.
Thoel hopes to be home on a
furlough soon. according to a
telephone call to his wife
recently.
AIS ROBERT L. DENEAU,
u. S. A. A. c., and wife left for
Perrin Field, Texas, after an 18-
day furlough visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Den
eau of Utica and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. L. Shaw of Moross avenue.
WORD HAS BEEN RECEIV-
ED by Mr.. and Mrs. Carom
Steeh, ga Lincoln avenue, that
their son, Victor Steeh, u. S.
Infantry, is now stationed at
Camp Robinson, Ark.
S. &c CHARLES r. PAR
IRISH. u. S. Navy. stationed on
a destroyer in the South Pacific
area, wrote his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Parrish, 3005 Harper
avenue, Route 4, that since his
arrival overseas he had been on
the following islands: Pearl Har-
Dor, Marshall, Guam. Saipan,
Marcus and the Philippines. Sea-
man Parrish entered the service
in May, 1914, and Immediately
following his boot training
left the states for service over
seas. He. with his unit, received
a Presidential Citation for ex-
ceptional meritorious conduct.
LIEUT.. RICE A r D c.
THOMPSON has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal. for serv-
ice over and above the call of
duty. it was announced recently.
A resident of this city before
entering the armed forces, Lieut..
Thompson is a veteran of cam
paign in the South Pacific, in
France and in Belgium.
Sandburg Memorial
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