Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-17

previously had a presidential unit
citation. Since December, 1t.
Wilkinson has been stationed at
New London. Conn., as an in
Structor at the navy'S sub school.
About two weeks ago he left for the
Pacific again. Mrs. Wilkinson spent
the winter in New London with her
grandson and his wife and their
son, Eugene Dennis. The latter two
are now living in San Diego with
her family
Norman E. Snow, S2c, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Glenn H. Snow, was home
on leave recently from the naval
training center in San Diego. Part
OF the time he visited his grand
mother, Maud Snow in Riverside
He has completed his training at
San Diego and is awaiting assign
ment. He was a student at Central
Union high school before enlisting.
/ For exceptional service while
overseas, S/Sgt Thomas j. McFad-
den was presented with the Air
Medal from troop carrier command
in a recent ceremony at Sedalia
Army air field Mo His wife, Betty,
lived at 38l Olive street, Ell Centro,
before joining her husband in War
rensburg several months ago.
ia Harold L. Butcher received
his discharge from the service this
week, and is expected home Satur-
day, according to word received by
his wife, Loretta. Sgt. Butcher
spent IL months in the European
! theater as a driver He has been
in the service for seven and half
years.
Pvt. Charles o. Dearborn, whose
brother Milton Dearborn, lives at
1866 Adams street, has finished a
troop train feeding course at the
parent school for bakers and cooks,
at Fort Riley KanS. His station is
at Camp Roberts and he has been
in the service nearly four years,
with % months of overseas duty in
the south Pacific.
First Lieutenant Ira Rhodes, son
of Mrs. Charles Rhodes of El Cen
tro, who is in an air force reinforce
ment depot in England, has re-
ceived a unit citation from Gen
Spaatz and is now privileged to
wear the meritoriOuS service unit
insignia The citation was for ef-
ficiency in receiving and assigning
to duty all air force reinforcement
personnel as we'll as perfecting the
procedure for redeployment Prior
to being assigned to this unit 1t
Rhodes has completed 35 missions
over enemy territory in a heavy
bomber. He entered the service i'll
May 1912, and has been overseas
since June, 1914.
Sworn into the naval reserve in
San Diego this week, Henry Ytur-
ralde, II, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ytur-
ralde of CaleXico is waiting his call
to active duty. His brother, Raul
Yturralde, is a private first class in
the army.
Pvt Tom G.. Hall, STA Adams
avenue, has been awarded the ex-
pert infantryman badge at the in
fantry replacement training center
at Camp Fannin, Texas, for pro-
ficiency in weapons, tactics, physical
condition and leadership The badge
authorizes a pay increase of SIS
monthly.
S/Sgt. Edward L. Kenny Jr., sur
VeyOr- r-engineer in the European
theatnr for % months, arrived by
plane in New York this week and is
expected in El Centro for a visit.
Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate
Fred Merrett MhoOn, whose wife is
the former Evelyn McGrew of Mel
GLAND. is plane captain and turret
gunner in a navy Privateer which
recently shot down two Jap planes
while patrolling the Malayan coast,
ITO miles north of Singapore. Earl
ier this year. while on patrol near
the japanese mainland, Mhoon's
plane damaged three enemy mer-
chant ships The gunner's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Mhoon of
San Diego. He has a two months
old daughter, Judith Elaine.
PFC Angelina Fusi is enroute
home from Europe with the 35th
infantry division which in ten
months battled across the Elbe river
to within AZ miles of Berlin The
division ended its occupational du-
ties in Germany in July and went
to redeployment camp near Reims.
Pvt. Fusi is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Alex Fusi of Holtville and holds the
infantry combat badge with three
battle stars on his ETO ribbon.
T/Sgt. Frank w. Scott has re-
ceived the Air Medal for meritorious
!