The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27

TLSGT. RANDOLPH L. HAIR
WOOD received his honorable
discharge from the Army All
Forces on Monday at Lowry
Field, Colo, according to a re,
lease received today. He enter,
ed service in early April, 1912
and after initial training. ha:
been stationed at Lowry since
Spring, 1912, as an instructor in
the chemical warfare school. Sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Harwood
of st. Clair Shores, he is mar
ried to the former Gertrude
Walter of Mount Clemens. They
are expected to drive home. Sgt
Harwood was an Automobile
Club representative working ou,
OF the Mount Clemens office be-
fore donning a uniform.
TWO BROTHERS, Cpl. Carl
Nieman and Edward Nieman.
Seaman &c, met Saturday OF
last week in Hawaii, their first
meeting in two and one-half
years. Mrs. Edward Nieman and
three children live on Clinton
street. They are the sons Of MIR.
and Mrs. Edward Nieman, Rom
go Plank road, who have third
son, rs Stanley A. Nieman in
service ia years, who is now in
France.
MIR. AND MRS. E. w. EGLE,
2l5 South Gratiot avenue, have
heard from their son, Pfc. Erwin
w. Egle, Jr., now serving with
the ammunition ordnance bat
talon of the 10th Army under
Gen. Joseph Stillwell in Okin-
ava. He has been in service n
months and overseas five months.
He recently received a battle
star.
TWO BROTHERS whom the
war kept separated three and
one-half years are in Mount
Clemens together this week,
comparing notes on their service
careers with their family listen
ing avidly. They are Pfc. John
E. Osbo, %, who spent seven
months as a prisoner of war in
Germany, and his brother, T. 5
Oscar Osbo, "a, veteran of 81
months overseas. They are sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sigvard Osbo.
178 Coleman avenue. Pfc. John
Osbo, an ,infantryman, is mar
rietd, and lives at 159 Coleman.
He is home for a week, after
POW furlough and redistribu-
ton processing at Miami Beach.
Fla, before going on to Fort
Niagara. In service two and one
half years, he was overseas II
months, and wears two battle
stars, the Purple Heart, a unit
citation, the Combat Infantry
mans badge and the Good Con-
duct badge. His brother has been
in service 38 months, and wears
seven battle-stars for his serv-
ice with an ordnance outfit in
the First Infantry Division. He
is home for eight days prior to
discharge at Fort Sheridan.
RAYMOND TROMBLEY, 20,
boatswain mate l/c, has arrived
home with a discharge after 81
months in uniform. He spent a
year stationed in the West Indies,
and wears the Good Conduct
Medal. Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry j. Trombley, 125 Huron
avenue, he is married to the
former Charlse kelson. They
are living temporarily on the
North River road. He plans to
join his father in the contracting
business.
1T. WILLIAM A. MANAHAN,
Psi Mustang pilot, is now in
Germany with the 55th Fighter
Group Of the Ninth Air Force.
His wife lives at 385 Cass ave-
nue., Mount Clemens, and his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A..
Manahan make their rome in
Romeo. Before entering the AAF
in January, 1943, 1t. Manahan
attended Central Michigan Col
lege at Mount Pleasant. Before
joining the 55th, 1t. Manahan
flew 45 combat hours in the
Eighth Air Force, and was
awarded the Air Medal.
JOHN c. KEPSEL, fireman
nc, 20. was one of 80 wounded
Marines and sailors who receiv.
ed the Purple Heart in an out.
door ceremony at the U. S. Nav
al Hospital at Great Lakes, last
week. His wife lives in Crosse
Pointe, and his mother, Mrs.
Tenia kepsel, at SO Yeamans
street.
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