Evening star., 1945-05-31
On the Roll of Honor

VI IVEIOE
last month from a German prisoner
of war camp in Central Germany,
MS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
s. Lonas, ia Lafayette avenue,
Laurel, Nd, said. Af that time
American columns were only Is
miles away. Mrs. Lonas said.
Member of the 45th Infantry Di-
vision, Pvt. Lonas was first In a
prison camp in East Prussia. He
has been overseas since January.
l943
A native of Mount Jackson, Va.
Pvt. Lonas attended high school
there and worked for the Agriculture
Department at Beltsville as a mes
senger. He entered the service in
March, 1912.
! Pvt. George c. Belsinser, 80
former Government Printing ONCE
employe, was liberated April IA from
Staiag AZ and is now in England
waiting to come home, according to
letter dated May 16 he wrote his
wife, Mrs. Mary Rose Belsinger, 326
Twentieth street NE.
Listed today as missing in action
by the Owl. Pvt. Belsinger was
with the 59Oth Field Artillery Bat
talon of the 106th Division and had
been missing since December q
during the Battle of the Bulge.
During that time he was wounded
and lost his right arm
Mrs Belsinger said her husband
has sent her numerous souvenirs,
among them Nazi dress sword
and hunting knife, Nazi flag and
bayonet, wooden cigarette case
and secret paneled box that held a
rosary thought to be made of amber.
Born and educated in Baltimore.
Pvt. Belsinger came to Washington
IN l941. He was member of the
National Guard for five years before
he resigned, his wife said. He was
inducted into the Army in January
1914, and went overseas the following
November. The BelSingers have a
5-year-old daughter, Mary Rose
Mrs. Belsinger works for the Mari
time Commission.
SISergt. James f. Magruder, %,
ball turret gunner on Flying For
tress, who was captured on his elev-
enth mission, was liberated May 2
from Stalag 4, it was officially dis
closed today. Sergt. Magruder's
mother, Mrs. Florence Magruder,
lives at 701 N street NV.
Missing over Germany since Feb
ruary IS, 1914, Sergt. Magruder
holds the Air Medal and Oak Leaf
Cluster. He went overseas in No
vember, l943 his mother said, and
is now on his way home.
Sergt. Magruder was born here
and attended school in Culpeper, |
Va. He was mechanic for the
Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore
before he went into the Army Air |
Forces in September. 1912 His
mother is employed by the Palace
Laundry.
T/Sergt. Gordon A. Zimmerman,
2l, flight engineer, was liberated |
April l6 from Stalag 4 and is now
home with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emile zimmerman, 1910 North |.
Twenty third road, Arlington.
Overseas since April, 1914, Sergt. |
Zimmerman had been reported |
missing in action since July 16, |
when his plane went down over |
enemy territory.
He was graduated from Gonzaga
High School and attended George
town University before he entered
the air forces in February, 1943 He
was born in British Columbia, Ca
NADIA. but came here when a child.
He has two brothers in the service,
Harry A. zimmerman, petty officer
&c, at the Naval Research Labora-
tory here, and Pvt. William Zim-
mermann, with the air forces In
Florida.
Sergt. Zimmermann's name was
included on an Owl listing of men
liberated from Germany.
Gunter Ezra Fowler, chief special
list, U. S. NJ R., who was captured
by German paratroopers May Is
during a raid on the Yugoslav
mountain camp of Marshal Tito, was
liberated April % from Stalag 3S3
by American forces. He is now
home on 60-day leave, according
to his wife, Mrs. Irene Katherine
Fowler, l3 North Hillside road,
Greenbelt, Md. Specialist Fowler
was listed on todays casualty re-
lease as missing in action.
The 37-year-old Navyman was
overseas % months. He was a pho
tographer with the Los Angeles
Herald Express before he went into
the Navy in May. 1912, Mrs. Fowler
said. Specialist Fowler was born in
Colorado and attended school in
1ngleWood, Calf Mrs Fowler is an
employe of the Owl. They have
14-year-old daughter, Arlene
Fowler.
S/Sergt Vernon Haines. 30, whose
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Haines. lives
at 1920 Wilson boulevard, Arling-
ton, was liberated from Stalag lob
on April %, the War Department
made known today.
A member of the 18th Infantry
Division, Sergt. Haines was taken
prisoner December is. He went
overseas last October
Born in Vandegrift, Pa, Sergt.
Haines was graduated from high
school in Winchester, Va, and
worked for the Safeway Food Store
in Arlington before he went into
the Army two years ago. Mrs.
Haines is an emnlnue of the Nauu