Milford chronicle., 1945-09-14

Staff Sergeant Charles NJ. Gle
ments. who has been i'll the ETC
for about TWO years, spent the past
Weekend with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs David A. Clements He
is now stationed at New Castle Air
Base
Corporal Samuel Welch has re-
ported to Camp Dix. y. j., for re-
assignment. after spending a 30
day Through with his wife, Mrs.
Agnes g. Weilch here. Corporal
Welch returned to the States ON
August ,. after serving six months
in the European Theatre with the b
ll2th Infantry 18th Division. He
is the holder of the ETO ribbon
with two battle stars and the Com
bat lnfantryInan' Badge ana Il
Good Conduct Medal.
AT
Aboard L. :. Destroyer in the
North Pacific Joseph r.. Derrick
son. Electricians Mate. third class,
t. 5. ~ r., son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Howard j DerricksOn. l0l East
Fourth street. Milford. has the du-
ties of running the ships motion
picture machine while III port. He
prOCureS the movies from the Navy
Movie Exchange and also gets
training films for various divisions
from the Training Aids Library.
DerriCkSOn. Il veteran of IT. bonn
bardments made by this POO ton.
il months old dtstarOyer against
the kuliles, Japan's chain of nor
thern protective islands. has been
in the Navy since February. 1919.
He attended the Navy school for
electricians in cambridge, Md.
Petty Officer DerricksOn. who also
maintains the upkeep of his Derry
protector. formerly worked at Re
hObOth Beach. as prOjectiOniSt
and plans to return To the same
sort OF work upon leaving the ser
vice He says the men like must
cal comedies best of any prOduc-
tons. The movies are shown in the
afternoon and III the evenings in
the ships mess hall. Derrickson at
,
Y three brothers. one. Harry. who i,
: in the Army Air Corps. He tool
4 part IN the African campaign
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+ The following letter was rectiv
n ed by the Milford Chronicle Ghi
d week from William G.. Emory, Man
. ; e, son of Mr. and Mrs CLARENCE
t Milford, who is ON the e. $ )
o Missouri:
Il Tokyo Ba
r. Milford Chronicle Publishing co.
Il Milford. Delaware
d Dear Sirs:
It Well, | am Il long way from HON
d now. here | lie in Tokyo Bay W
II are about twenty-five miles frOl
). the town OF Tokyo itself. | can
d tell you how long have bee
l. here because they haven't told I'll
l. public yet. AS We came in hen
le from Sagami Wan IVAN meal
is Bay about four hours from. Toky
IL itself. the famous mountain of f.
be- juyma, didn't have any snow on
!
mountain itself is very large al
is very pretty too. The COUNT
% here is very rugged at some place
ID. but at others it is very nice
ed cant get over how modern Il
r. cities and towns are here. They Il
in very much mp to date and have :
Isl the modern conveniences as I
as States have The water here
y. three different cOlors When
TO came in here it was Il deep gree
rs, now it is greeniSh yellow. Most
Ter the land is from volcanoes til
ed have been going off for numh
En- OF years SO far | have only seen
Ies few Jap people What ones | ha
III seen are very friendly The o
:; that | talked to was 4 mprCha
re- ship skipper. He had been in /
it'll States for number of years.
tty far | have been to the Philippl
be Islands. Ulithi Island. Two jim
lit Okinawa and now Japan itself.
ltil hope to 80 to Europe when
40, out OF the Navy. which nc
VI will be very soon. The MissO
iCh has eleven Jap planes to its ere
30, and four island bombardmel
VI That is very good for a battlesl
29's noticed in the Chronicle that '
ant had me down as a machinist IN;
A. Well. | am Il mail man.
ley Sincerely,
WILLIAM EMORY