The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-07-19

News items about Union
COunty's boys in the armed SER
vices of the United States, for
publication in this column, are
invited by the Journal. COntri-
buttons should be mailed to the
Service Editor of the Journal,
or telephone to Mrs. w. E.
Behrens, Phone 4-2671.
NEW ADDRESS:
Pvt. Jay C. Holloway 45006361,
Co. D., 3rd Ing. Bn, BITS, Fort
Lewis, Washington.
Cpl. Vaughn L. Jackson, 18th
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
Mechanized, returned home Mon
day after year of service over
seas, in England, France, Belgium,
and Germany. Cpl. Jackson is a
veteran of the Battle of the
Bulge, the Hurtgen Forest and
the Roer, crossed the Rhine at
Reruagen with the First Army,
ad the Danube with the Third
Army After his 30-day furlough,
a part of which he will spent in
Washington and Baltimore, Cpl.
Jackson will report to Camp At
terbury, Indiana, to be assigned a
temporary station in the United
States.
HEADQUARTERS, 18TH AAF,
Philippines-Staff Sergeant Max
F. Vance, 18th AAF Pacific veter-
an, is returning to the United
States after completing 80 months
of duty in the South, Central and
Southwest Pacific.
AS an administrative specialist
with the Long Rangers" crack
Jungle Air Force heavy bomber
group, Sergeant Vance has partici-
pated in ten major campaigns
throughout the Pacific.
Beginning at Guadalcanal, the
Long Rangers carried their is
land hopping offensive against Jap
airdromes, installations and ship
ping throughout the Solomons, into
the Admiralty Islands, up through
the coast of New Guinea to the
Netherlands East Indies and on
through Borneo and the Philip
pines into French Indo China.
Prior to entering the AAF ir
December, 1871, Sergeant Vance
was graduated from New Dover
high school and later employed by
the Edwards Transfer Company,
Columbus. He holds two President
ial Unit Citations and the Asiatic-
Pacific campaign ribbon with ten
battle stars.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Vance, his
parents, reside at Marysville.
S/Sgt. Jack l.. Edelblute, after
spending a 30-day furlough with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A
Edelblute, of Ostrander, left or
Saturday, for Camp Atterbury, Ind
From there he will be sent tC
Drew Field, Tampa, Fla, for re-
assignment.
Sgt. Edelblute served as a gun
ner on B-24 bomber, in the Euro
pean theater, for eight mon,hs
having completed forty-three miss
ions with the 18th Air Force. He
wears three battle stars, the E
T. o. ribbon, and the air media
with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
S/Sgt. Bob Mcbride, who has
been an instructor at the Air Base
at Kingman, AriZ., has been trans
ferred to the B-29 school at La!
Vegas, Nevada, for additional train
ing. The school at Kingman ha.
been closed.
S/Sgt. Mcbride is the son o
Mrs. j. A. Maugans, of OStrander
His address is: S/Sgt. Robert S
Mcbride, 35627050, L.V.A,A.F.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Miami Beach, Florida, July 10
Tec-5 Richard B. Graham, %, sor
of Urban A. Graham, of MaryS
Vile, Ohio, has returned from ser
vice outside the continental United
States and is now being processec
through the Army Ground anC
Service Forces Redistribution Sta
ton in Miami Beach, where hi
next assignment will be deter
mined.
Cpl. Graham served six months
as a topographic craftsman in th'
European theater of operations
While there he was awarded tht
European campaign ribbon will
two battle stars, and the Comba
Infantryman badge,
Army Ground and Service
Forces Redistribution Stations ar
located in various parts of tn,
United States. Military personne
returning from overseas are pro
cesSed through these stations be
fore assignment to military or
ganizations and installations with
in the United States.
During the period that returnee
stay at an Army Ground and Ser
vice Forces Redistribution Station
they are given a painstal<ing oc
cupational and physical clasifica
ton as well as physical and denta