Evening star., 1945-06-17
D. {. Men Mentioned
In Dispatches Telling
OF Fighting in Pacific

the hancock, N. w. BelIIlOIe, j.,
serving as an aviation machinist's
mate. His wife and daughter livt
at 4611 Georgia avenue NV. Pre-.
viously, Belmore has served aboare
the carriers Ranger and Sangamon
Four local men have won addi'
tional campaign stars fighting
ABOARD a heavy cruiser off Okinawa
Seaman &c Thomas Bender, 362t
Twenty-fourth street NV; Seaman
1ic William Griffin, 2l1 First stree
NE; Storekeeper &c George Oyster
$50 Rock Creek Church road NV.
and Seaman 1Ic John White, l52-
East Capitol street.
Cook &c R. Morris Jordon, 352(
Center street NV, serves in the Pa
cifs aboard a cruiser.
Drop Planes OFF Okinawa.
Aboard a light cruiser in the Pa.
cific, Fireman 1/c Elmer Cartwright
1903 Branch avenue Sc. has beer
taking an active part in the in
vasion of Okinawa. On similal
ship, 1t. G.g) William T. Bell, 16ls
Jonquil street NV. helped shoot
down four Japanese planes in II
minutes during pre-invasion bonn
bardment of Okinawa.
Radarman &c Charles z. McVean
jr., "a, of 1913 East street S. E., re-
Gently completed is months actor
in the Pacific aboard a destroyer
high lighted by the Philippines
campaign, the fighting in the
Ryukus, the occupation of the Palal
and Ulithi groups and the battling
in the Marianas.
Another District man aboard 6
destroyer, Seaman 1/c Henry Walter
Johnson, SIS M street S.W., has
seen plenty of Pacific action, be-
ginning with the landings at Saipan
Serving aboard the destroyer U
S. S. McNair is 1t. J.g) Lloyd B
Seville. TOT Van Buren, street NV
This ship specializes in blasting
enemy shore emplacements.
Wilmer l.. Hawley of Culpeper
Va, serves as an electricians mate
aboard the destroyer U. S. S. Muir
ray. The Murray rescued eight
American pilots shot down at sea.
The U. S. S. Gansevoort on Pa
cific patrol, includes among hel
crew Radioman &c John Earl Bur
CESS, jr., 5018 Sherrier place NV.
Sonarman &c Philip S. Ingberg
7O18 Hampden lane, Bethesda, nov
serving aboard a destroyer, ha!
spent 40 months in the Navy, mos
of them at sea. His first 13 months
we're devoted to antisubmarine pa.
trolls and convoy runs in the Car
ibbean Sea and on the Atlantic
In the spring Of 1914 he was sem
to the Pacific.
On Ship Off Okinawa.
Raymond Kiroy, 1431 U street
NV. came within range of Jap
planes when his battleship an
chored close to Okinawa. The crew
Lives close to the anchor so
they can weigh and maneuver
whenever enemy planes approach.
From the bridge of a battleship,
Chief Yeoman Joel R. Liebling, 1869
Rittenhouse street NV, saw as
many as five Jap planes crash in a
day as the enemy tried unsuccess-
fully to halt a preinvasion lombard
ment of a japanese island. One en-
emy plane was shot down within
1000 yards of the ship.
1t. Robert G.. Cummings, U. S
N. R., 2720 Wisconsin avenue NV.
recently participated in his second
campaign aboard battleship in the
Pacific As assistant navigator.
Seaman &c David S. Roberts
104 East Walnut street, Alexandria
fought at Okinawa aboard battle
ship that has been in service for 80
years without being hit by enemy
shells in all it's action-packed years
Metal Worker Kills Jap.
Marine Pvt. Francis w. Murphy
a metal shop worker on Okinawa
picked off a Jap with his rife al
200 yards. Although sharpshooting
is little out of his line, Pvt. Muir
ply drew a bead on the Jap just
in time to prevent enemy bullets
from coming his way. Pvt. Muir
phys wife lives at % Fifteenth
street Sc.
There was little sleep for the Japs
on Okinawa, thanks to the planes OF
the I'd Marine Air Wings RED
Devil Squadron. 1t. Richard A
Duvall of Rockville, Md, has been
an active participant in nightly
raids designed to harass the Japs
dug in on the southern end of the
island.
First 1t. Philip R. Sheridan, lis
D street Sc, is fighting on Okinawa
with the "Bisons' artillery battalion
of the famed 9th Infantry Divi-
sion. 1t. Sheridan serves as a COM
bat naison officer.
Recently at a small, lonely Amer
lean outpost in the Aleutians me-
mortal services were held honoring
the men who gave their lives at that
base and who are now buried there.
Included in the naval detail which
took part in the ceremonies was
Seaman &c Charles r. Cook, 2025
Thirty-eighth street Sc.
Aid Air War in Philippines.
Corpl. Marcelino H. Rodill, jr.
1902 Thirty-third street NV.
whose father once lived in Manila
helped free the Philippines capital
Serving as a gunner aboard an A-2C
with the Sky Lancers," Corpl. Ro-
dill fought over Corregidor and Ba.
taan. A brother, Pfc. Benjamin
Rodill, well known boxer and ar
overseas champion, was killed in &C.
ton in Germany.
Corpl. John F. Mattos, 1862 Ten.
nyson street NV, recently was as.
signed to the "Air Apaches," 6
crack bombardment group of the
5th Air Force now based in the
Philippines.
Serving in the same air force with
a medical unit, Sergt Marvin E,
Cowell, 4303 First street S.W., as.
sisted in experiments with DDT in.
secticide at a New Guinea airbase
The unit is now in the Philippines
Flying his Navy Avenger plane
through ack-ack at 500 feet-some
times even 100 feet-Ensign Jane:
M. Wells, 1912 Sunderland place
NV, operates his specially equip.
ped photo plane from a support car.