Evening star., 1945-03-25
ID. {. Service PeopI'
Stationed al Posts
All Over The World

MAI. John II. Schrader, jr., whose
wife, Mrs. Martha A. Schrader, lives
at 3133 Connecticut avenue NV,
has arrived at headquarters, Pana-
ma Canal Department, for duty with
the Panama Coast Artillery Com
mand.
Maj. Schrader has been assigned
as executive oficer Of 1t. Col. Page
H. Northrop's antiaircraft automatic
weapons battalion.
First Sergt. Charles r. Skidmore,
brother Of Mrs. Mary L. Feagler, GAL
Massachusetts, avenue NE, and Pvt.
Robert w. Barrett, son OF Mrs. Mary
Barrett, Is H street NV, are men,
bers of the 348th Field Artillery Bat
talon, which has taken an impress
sive toll Of German armor in its 157
days in combat on the 5th Army
front in Italy.
Sergt. Charles d. CAN'T, 1920 r
street NV, Is a member of a 10
months-old mortar battalion, known
as the Chemical Mortar Battalion,
now battering It's way deeper into
the Nazi homeland after six months
OF fighting across France and Bel
GUM.
Sergt. Charles Carlson, 1925 Sta
pies street NE, is a member of the
45th Ordnance Company, now oper-
ating on the United States 7th Army
Alsace front.
First 1t. Harry e. Schwarz, staff
officer, whose wife, Mrs. Harry e.
Schwarz, lives at 1923 Montana ave-
nue NE, Is a member of the 125th
Field Artillery Battalion, which re-
Gently tossed its 250,000th combat
round into the final German bar
rier before Italy's Pc Valley.
Pvt. John C. Yates, 47l2 Fifth
street NV, and Pfc. Alison s.
Dowty, 513 Tuckerman street NV,
are members of the 81st Mechanized
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
probing German defenses before
Italy's Pc Valley as it nears the end
of its third year overseas.
Maj. Charles P. Clark, jr., bat
talon executive, whose wife, Mrs.
Charles P. Clark, lives at Apartment
3, 3010 Wisconsin avenue NV, is a
member of the 403d Field Artillery
Battalion, which smashed a wealth
of German installations recently in
the path of 5th Army Doughboys
who took mountain overlooking
the Pc Valley in Italy.
Second 1t. Joe E. Weber, 1919 G
street NV, bombardier. has been
assigned to the Tiger Stripe" B-26
Marauder group of the 9th Air Force
and is now flying bombing missions
from a French airfeld formerly oc-
cupied by the Luftwaffe.
Pvt. Donald o. Wolf, 5215 Western
avenue NV, has recently been as
signed to the 398th Infantry of the
Tooth Infantry Division and is now
serving with the organization on the
7th Army front in Western France.
Pvt. Frank Giardina. whose wife,
Mrs. Margaret Giardina, lives at
100 Gales street NE, has recently
joined the veteran 142d Infantry
Regiment of the 36th Texas" Divi-
sion fighting in France.
wi AtAIIfdfu SVlCss lDbI I6dE1-
dolph street NV, has arrived in
italy and Is on duty with 18th Air
Force Heavy Bomber Group.
Trained as a radio operator gum
ner on B-24 Liberator bomber,
Corpl. Jones is now a member of
veteran group which has flown more
than 1875 combat missions against
strategic targets in Southern Europe
and the Balkans. He entered the
service in December, 1912. He won
his gunner's wings at an Army Air
Force flexible gunnery training field.
One Washington area woman and
two men are now stationed at the
64th General Hospital, in Italy, Al
lied force headquarters announced.
They are First 1t. Betty Lee Bush,
1850 Harvard street NV; Maj. Rob-
ert j. Reedy, 900 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NE, and Technician, Fifth
Grade, Charles E. De Pue, 1907 Dor
sett place.