The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-08-01
Service Briefs

Consult Bayard Buehsn, 'dlree-
tor Council Of Veterans A.
fairs, American Legion Home,
ut Q. Huron St., Ypsilantl.
Pfc. Raymond Royal. who is in
Austria, was injured recently when
a horse ran down a mountain into
. jeep in which he was riding. His
head was lacerated and the tend.
ons In his fingers were injured. He
10 being moved to q hospital about
$50 miles from there to Germany.
A son was born to Pfc. and Mrs.
Royal July 23 at the st. Jossph's
Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, weigh
ing six and one half pounds. He
has been named Raymond Bennie.
Sgt. W. A. Horner, who IL with
the 103rd Infantry Division band
and has been stationed at Innes.
bruck. Austria. for the past few
months. wrote that he was starting
for home. July 8.
T-Sgt. Donald L. Fleury, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo ]. Fleury, SAB
Elder St.. has been helping to pro.
vide air transport facilities at the
Big Three meeting at Potsdam. T.
SGT. Fleury has been stationed
throughout the international con.
ference At q Berlin airdrome with
a special unit Of the European Di.
vision. This Organization hand.
picked the most expert personnel OF
all types from its bases in Europe
to staff the airfield where digni.
taries arrived for the talks and
where q special air courier sserv.
ice has been operated. T.Sgt.
Fleury was assigned to the special
Job from his permanent base in
London.
Fireman Second Glass Darrell
Chamberlain OF the Merchant Ma
rines 10 visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Duane Chamberlain. 40e N.
Hamilton st. for two weeks fol.
lowing South American trip on
which his ship docked at Trinidad
and Dutch Guiana.
Sgt. Peter Piotowix ia home
from overseas and is spending q 80
day furlough with his sister and
brother-in-law. s1l Norris St. Be-
fore he went into the Army he
worked at the United Stove Co.
A-C Hugh Ableson, USNR, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy F. Ableson, Z.
Forest Ave, has passed his naval
Air Corps examination at the Uni.
versity OF Georgia and is now TAX
ing a mid.semester examination.
He has three more months Of train
ing on pre.flight service before
completing the course.
Robert Fletcher. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Fletcher received his ap-
pointment to the rank of Ensign
USNR on July 80 at the Abbott
Hall. Northwestern University at
Chicago. He 10 spending his leave
with his parents. prior to duty and
instruction at MAS Dallas, Texas.
Wings OF the aerial navigator Of
the Army Air Forces went to grad
yates Of the 33rd graduating class
to train at the AAF Training in
stallation, San Marcos Field, Tex
as. Among the graduates to re-
ceive a commission as second lieu
tenant is Harold Duane Harris. 10,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Har-
ris, 512 N. Hamilton St., and hus-
band OF Mrs. Marion Harris, 1l17 S.
Congress st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ball, daugh-
ter, Sally, and son, Pfc. Jon Ball,
Trenton, were Sunday guests OF
Mrs. Harold Gaudy. Pfc. Jon Ball,
who is with the medical corps. is
home from England on a 30 day fur
Tough before going to the Pacific
area.
Casualty OF a Jap suicide adven.
ture on Okinawa, Cpl. Eldon D.
Cavanaugh. "a, is recovering in an
Army general hospital on Guam.
Cpl. Cavanaugh was driving
weasel when two Japs directly in
his path suddenly decided to blow
themselves up. Fragments Of the
srenades which destroyed the two
Japs, hit Cavanaugh. A veteran Of
Attu. Kwajalein and Leyte, Cava-
naugh has been fighting with the
7th Infantry Division since July,
1912. His wife, Dorths, lives at
231 Ferris st.
Elwood William Anderson, gun.
ners-mate third class, USNR, serves
aboard the USS Birmingham in the
Pacific. This ship has been fight.
ing the Axis from the invasion OF
Sicily to the battle OF Okinawa.
His wife. Roxanna, lives at EOS
Perrin st.
1t. Edward c. Czopek, USNR. has
completed more than 20 missions
with a Navy air squadron in the
Pacific.
1t. Czopek previously saw action
In the Aleutians. He took part in
the invasion OF Attu, and had .s5
patrols to his credit before he left
the Aleutians.
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