Milford chronicle., 1945-01-19

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Mrs. Jennie Lopez has received
word from her SON s Sgt Elmer
+. COverdale. someWhG.' in Ger
many. that he is g. * and doing
fine.
J. WELDON Dicke..%ou : l G.. has
returned to his ship after spend
ing'a few days with his wife He
had just returned from Il trip to
Belgium.
Sgt. II. Townsend HolstOn re-.
Gently spent Through with his@
wife. Virginia. in Milford. He has
been stationed at Coffcyville. Kan =
>as. ~ the Army Air Field thcrcI4
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Word has been received b MIR.
and Mrs. William Cavanaueh OF
D1tcr that their son, Bill. is now
Euspitalized in England with frost
bitten feet Bill was fighting with
the "AirbOrne" troops in Northern
france and in Belgium. He 9radu-
ated from Milford High School and
was president of tie class OF lH43.,
Word was received GI the safe
arrival of Sgt Edgar ". Lyons OF
the Medical Corps at base ho>a4
piral somewhere in France He
has TWO more brothers in service.
TO Ralph Lyons whGi Just re-
turned last October 1. ON 81
months OF overseas duty. and h'er-
non Lee Lyons. ) e. Navy They
are The sons OF Mr. and Mrs Yer
non Lee Lyons Of Milford
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Miss Thcima MullolIand uf Mil
ford received from her brother.
Staff Sergeant Charles Mulh0lland.
box OF German souvenirs. includ-
ing q large German flag. which was
captured in enemy territory by
Charles and ten other members OF
his squad staff Sergeant MulhOl-
land is recovering from bullet
wounds of the leg and arms which
he received from action in Ger
many in a hospital some where in
England.
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Seven lower Delaware men. mem
hcrs OF the :':;71th "WoiVerinc Reg
Imcnt OF the >5tl. InvisirF., which
recently took Mou. Il Prat :gie in The
Gothic line on the Fifth Army
front III Italy. follow. Corporal
Harry W Cannon. cook Dagsb0ro:
Private Martin r. Bergland. rifle
man. Dover: Private Thomas S
Evans. rifeman. F'rankford; PFC
Percy 7. Pussy. medical technician\
Laurel STAFF Sergeant Charles r
Osada. supp i; sergeant LewCac
staff Scrge;H 4 John G. Hall. TIA
loon scrgeaI Milford and Private
Francis r. Layton. riheman. Mil
ford
18th 4 ny Air Force In Italy
Sgt Alvin V. Carmean. ~ years
old. of RID No l. Harhesfn, Del
enginer-gunner on a B-2f .iher-
ator bomber has been awarded the
Air Medal. ~ ordina to m an
Mouncmemcnt by the 16th Air
Force.
In the words OF the citation. The
award was made for meritorious
achievement in aerial fight while
participating in sustained Oper-
atiOnal activities against the en-
envy" Sgt Carmean entered the
service June >. f943. He is now
stationed at a 13,h r. Force heavy
bomber base in ItaIy, in Il group
commanded by Col Thomas W.
Steed. of Etowah. Tenn
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Award of the Air Medal to Ser
geant Atwood r. Timmons. % years
old. son OF Mr.. and< Hrs Fred V
Timmons. Millsboro. Del. has been
announced by Mai. Gen. Howard G.
Davidson. Commanding General.
Tenth A. Force. FAC.
\ B-24 aerial gunner-en&4hee Ger for
the famous Seventh Reimbursement
Group of the Tenth Air Forge that
operates against Z Jals iii the
lldia-Burma theater. Sgt. Timmons
has been in the armed forces -
months. having spent the past six
mChths in this theater of operations
He has Is combat missions and 10G
combat flying hours to his credit
The newly-awarded soldier al
tended MillsbOro High School. and
was formerly employed by Glen L.
Martin. installing De-lcer boots.
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Pfc. Donald Masten. % son OF
Sherry Masten Of Milford. was
wounded on December H. in Ger
many for the second time.
Private MaSten. Il veteran of the
former l9Sth Coast Artillery ReGi-
ment, has served in both the Paci
tic and GrOpean theatres. He ser.
we'd for 22 months i'm the South Pa.
cific, and returned to this country
whore be was stationed for some
time before going to Europe in
August
His sister. Mrs Ella Hautnsi or
Of Milford, received the Purple
Heart Medal awarded him last Fri
day. He also has an Oak Leaf Clus.
ter.
He was wounded for the frs
time on November II, and vas re-
turned to his outfit after being
hospitalized His second wount
was received in fighting with the
First Army in Germany.
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Officer Promoted
Word has been received bv Mr.
and Mrs. Robert RiCardS of P,idon