Evening star., 1945-07-31
|G|s' Return Promises
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Reunion in 4 Years


Reunion in 4 Years
A new list of servicemen from
the Washington area returning to
the United States was announced
today, and to at lesat one Washing
ton family 1t brought promise of a
family reunion after four years.
Additional names Of passengers
on the transports Argentina, Gen.
trail Falls Victory, Exchange, the
John Ericsson and the Queen Mary
were reported today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris D. Burka
of ITO Otis place NV, first learned
In The Star that their son, TIA FL
lis l.. Burka, %, Is scheduled to ar
rive on the Queen Mary Thursday
after ~ months overseas.
Second Son Arriving.
Today The Star informed Mr..
Burka, who operates a grocery at
the Wardman Park Hotel, that his
second son, S/Sergt. Irving A. Burka,
"a, is due today on the transport
Exchange after IA months as an
artillery observation pilot with the
7th Army.
His son-in-law; Capt. Hyman
Feldman, rs, whose wife Is the
former Rena Burka, recently re-
turned after three and half
years in the Pacific with the Army.
Wounded at Leyte, Capt. Feldman
later took part in the invasion of
Okinawa.
Irving, who enlisted two weeks
after Pearl Harbor, will come home
with the Presidential Citations, the
Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster,
his father said. Ellis was COM
mended twice for his service with
an antiaircraft battalion in North
Africa, Sicily, Corsica, France and
Germany.
3 More Men Return.
Nine members of the 18th Air
Force from the Washington area ar
rived on the transport Argentina for
furloughs before redeployment to
the Pacific. They are:
S/Sergt. johnson T. Heare, jr.,
1904 @ street NV; Pvt. Roy l..
Nash, 2212 First street NV: Capt.
Joseph r. West, 1921 Washington
boulevard, Arlington; Pfc. Robert C.
Ducksworth, AIS North Monroe
street, Arlington: Sergt. Simon
Forte, $50 Spruce street; Capt. Rob-
ert Ashman, 1906 South Capitol
street; Pfc. Richard T. Thrift, lot
Upsal street Sc: S/Sergt. Everett
B. Cavanaugh, 1885 Potomac ave-
nue., and Pfc. Eugene F. Gallerizzo,
2010 Fourth street NE.
Due in on the Central Falls Vic
tory at Hampton Roads today are:
Pfc. Edward r. Snow, 1919 Po-
tomac avenue: Pvt. Joseph Culloty,
1850 Grant street; 1t. Shelby H.
Trappey. jr., 1925 Spring road;
S/Sergt. Roger H. Frye, 1908 U
street NV; SiSergt. Samuel Will
liams, 5495 Ninth street NV; Pfc.
George Bitar, 1905 Eleventh street
NV; Pfc. Michael F. Driever, 100
Twelfth street NE, and Pfc Wilmer
L. Peverill, 1908 Duke street. Alex
andria.
Others Due Today.
The following men are expected to
arrive in New York today aboard
the Exchange:
Sergt. Charles r. Williams, jr.
1912 Burns place Sc; Corpl. Carl
L. McQuarrie, 1917 Rhode Island
avenue NV: Corpl. Henry Mofett,
jr., 1882 Bay street S. E.; Pfc. Del
lon L. Meehan, l74 Anacostia
road; Pfc. John M. Taft, 1853 Gera-
mum street NV; Pic. Walter M
Stansel, 5006 First street NV;
Capt. James E. Jones, jr., 705 Ogle-
thorpe street NV; First 1t. Rob-
ert S. Dinger, 1918 Kearny street
NE; First 1t. Joseph w. Kenny,
705 Oglethorpe street NV; Sergt
Dale r. Blackmer, 1888 I street
N. w., and Pfc. James S. Freeman,
334 N. Columbus street, Alexandria
A joint list of veterans Of the 5tfl
Armored Division and of smaller
units due on the Exchange and on
the John Ericsson, expected later in
the week. includes:
First 1t. Robert S. Singer, 1915
Kearney street; Col. James M. Ep-
perly, 2100 Connecticut avenue
NV: Col. william e. Shambora
2l16 South Kent street, Arlington;
Maj. Clarence Dodge, jr., 2204 Kal.
Drama road; Capt. Thomas Donald.
son, 1870 wyoming avenue; Capt
Elmer D. Mueller, 8l8 North Edge
wood street, Arlington.
Also Pfc. Maynard H. Whitney
2735 South Uhle street, Arlington
IMiSergt. Edmund w. Fetter, Hotel
Washington: I'd Lieut.. Robert r.
Me- cClarren, 1913 Forty-second place;
Sergt william j. Custard, 632 Tew-
kesbury place; Sergt. Robert II.
Mizell, 4522 Avondale street. Be-
thesda: Pfc. John F. Smith, 1927
Hobart street; Capt. William E.
Rsley, jr., 2240 North Wakefield
street. Arlington; Lieut.. Col. Robert
-. MCDondlQ, j., IZV< HOLY SIreet, {,
Capt. Everett N. Palmer, 1048 North
Daniel street, Arlington: Tvs
Clarence e. Roadifer, 305 St. Asaph
street, Alexandria; TIA Paul Keyser,
5f2 Fourth street S.W.
Sailor Home on Leave.
Carpenters Mate 2/c Alfred s.
Troutman, a, OF 314 Second street
NE. is home on leave after %
months in the South Pacific. He
took part in the invasion of Guam
and later served in the Marianas.
Returning from overseas for fur
Tough, 734 troops arrived at Camp
Patrick Henry yesterday.
An additional list Of soldiers re-
turning from Europe on the Queen
Mary, expected In New York Thurs
day, includes 20 men from nea.-
by Maryland and Virginia. The list,
not necessarily complete, follows:
Sergt. Donald X. Boden, 1904 s.
Chelsea lane Rethesda Md. Pfc