Milford chronicle., 1945-09-21

Sergeant Horace Wiley WAS hon
orably discharged recently from
Fort Dix, y. J.
Oscar Taylor, I. ). \. has been
honorably DISCHARGED and is now
home with his parents. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Oscar Taylor.
AT
Private Thomas w. Plummcr Is
spending tcn-day furl0ugh with
his parents. Nh and Mrs. tlarence
Plummcr and family at Slaughter
Beach.
Donald Deputy. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. AlOnzo Deputy. who has been
stationed at Camp Blanding. Flor
ida. is home on an ll-day tur-
Tough before returning to Camp
Meade. Maryland.
George Martin Hammond OF In
coin. son of Mrs Mary Poole. arriv-
ed home on Tuesday. September II.
after serving 80 months overseas.
He was stationed in the Iiawallan
Islands. He received his honorable
discharge from the Army last
week
With L. =. Army Forces ON New
Caledonia The McritOriOuS Ser
vice Plaque has been awarded to
the 51St Ordnance ammunition
Company OF which Private First
Class Louis II. Carpenter is a mem
ber. His wife. Mrs. Nellie ID. car
penter. lives at 307 Carlisle Lane,
Milford.
Willard u. Tease of the Army
Air Forces has returned To his
home after receiving an honorable
discharge. Willard reported tor
active duty on April .. 1912. After
extensive maintenance training he
was sent to England AT bomber
base. serving rs assistant crew
chief of a BIZ ground crew. ScrV-
ing > years and : months in the
FTO. he was returned to the States
via plane. granted 30-day fur
lough, and finally stationed at Pc
tcrson Field. colorado until his
release.
Staff Sergeant D0lphus MlIklnS'
who has made two trips to tne
South Pacific. writes interestingly
Of the day of the signing OF the
neacc ncgoiations His letter III
mart saws. "YPSterday was truly d
great day in every Americans lie.
TO me it was a little more impress
Sive than to the average person.
Six hundred B-29S flew over the
hattlcship "MissOuri" while the
surrender terms were being signed.
Our crew in our faithful snip
Toxic * O." was amOnS them.
To make il even more impressive
we flew over what was the city of
Toxic and saw the damage that
the many fire bombs caused. 1t is
impOSsihlp to believe the dcstruC-
ton caused by those fires. We saw
them started and heard the reports
but never dreamed that much
damage could be caused. From the
harhor to the suburbs, all lie III
ashes excepting a few modern
BUILDINGS in the heart of the city
and many of them remain to he
tnlv four walls OF course many OF
the ruins have been cleaned up
hut it is as if a large hulldozer had
lust rakcd everything clean from
the ground up. We were over the
island for two and a hall hours
and saw many other portions oi
HOnShu. The countryside IS just
the OpE0Sitc from the city Every
thing is So peaceful and quiet thai
i; hardly Gcoms like a WarinG land
The farms. fields and small town;
are laid ont to perfection. It was
truly an interesting flight for IL
and hcin2 only l500 feet We GOT ;
good birds eye view of it all. Nov
that the war is over We arc al
anxious to return to civilian life
None of the enlisted men of on
crew have enough points to sc
out The captains. CO-plOt and ma
vicatOr have enough for diSChar2
and expect to leave soon. Opera
tionS ceased September Is so tina
means no more flyin@. AT least fo
a while. We will have to wait on
turn tn 90 back home and hav
no idea about that 1t is chow tim
SO I had better close and he on m
way. even though it is far from be
ing like the meals | get at home
My regards to all. I'm fine. so don
worry. Love to- all. DOlphus."
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