Evening star., 1945-07-08
Jap BafiIeship FLAX
Fails 10 Stop Flyer;
D. {. Men in Pacific

ID. Walker, %, U. S. N. r., of Semi
nary Hill, Alexandria, was the bar
rage thrown up by the battleshir
Yamato and her supporting ships
before she was sunk early in April
he said in a dispatch from the
Pacific.
Pilot of Navy plane, 1t. Walker
said that every gun on her was
firing at us-even the 16-inch guns,
A couple of destroyers were along
side her pumping lead into the sky,
too"
Despite the fire, he took his plane
in at 300 feet, flying directly over
the Yamato, and got hit on a
cruiser nearby.
-Four Washington men are men,
berS of the postal staff of the Fleet
Post Office at a naval base at Pearl
Harbor which daily handles 1,5o0,-
900 pieces of first-clasS mail and
$500 space tons of papers and par
GELS for naval personnel in the
Pacific. They are 1t. Russell L.
Stiner, 1908 Kansas avenue NV;
Joseph ID. QuattrOne, mailman &c,
1000 Buchanan street NE; Robert
HartseIl, mailman SIC. GOT Twenty
second street NV, and Thomas F.
Joyce, mailman &c, 709 QUINCY
street NE.
Supervision of the loading and
discharge of thousands of tons of
ammunition and high explosives at
Guam from merchant ships has
been assigned to Coast Guard Off
GERS under the command of 1t.
EIdred G. Dickinson of Washington,
D. c., according to the Coast Guard.
Lyle William Burt, water tender
sc, shared in a United States
hattleship's victories in the Pacific
when she pounded the enemy during
four major shore bombardments and
whipped Jap feet units in two ma
jcr naval engagements in the
Philippines. The Navyman, who
lives at "a Todd place NE, is re-
sponsible for the water supply and
during general quarters he is sta
toned at one of the 16-inch gun
turrets.
Ensign Harold NJ. Marks, 25, and
Bernard A. Lowry, pharmacists
mate 1ic, 33, are members of an air.
sea rescue group whose sole purpose
is to locate and rescue Army and
Navy flyers forced down at sea, a
dispatch from the Marianas dis
closed. Often flying deep into en-
emy territory, the men take part in
long patrols and heroic rescues at
sea, it was said. Ensign Marks lives
at 248 Walnut street NV, and Phar-
macist's Mate Lowry makes his home
at 1928 Eastern avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
AS members of the crew of Ism
(R) -189, Eugene Goodwin, fireman
&c. 1706 Gales street NE, and
William Morgan Remsburg, store
keeper &c, 8511 Georgia avenue
Silver Spring, were in the thick of
the Okinawa battle from beginning
to end. Their rocket-firing landing
ship brought down three Jap planes,
assisted on another and blew up
three of five Jap suicide boats which
attacked during a night patrol.
Small Boy" as the ship is called,
carries in her rockets two and half
times the firepower of 45,000-ton
battleship at close range, the Navy
said.
AS assistant supply officer, 1t.
q. g. George E. Father, U. S. N. R.,
$3.50 Jocelyn street NV, is serving
aboard one of the newest aircraft
carriers, according to the Navy.
1t Flather, who is also disbursing
officer, sees that all pay records
are accurately maintained for all
hands on board and is responsible
for handling thousands of dollars,
it was said. In action the lieuten-
ant directs a crew of antiaircraft
gunners.
Charles John O'Meyer, radioman
2Ic, 512 Silver Spring avenue. Silver
Spring, helped shoot down four Jap
planes in 10 minutes during pre-
invasion bombardment of vital en-
eny base at Okinawa.
Five area men are serving aboard
the u. S. S. destroyer Sigourney in
the Pacific which has met the Japs
in more than 20 engagements from
the Solomons to the Philippines. The
men are: Hudson L. Dudley, chief
radio technician, 8l2 Sheridan street
NV; Vernon n. Sanford, seaman
1/c, 1915 Pennsylvania avenue Sc;
William Donnelly, jr., fireman 1/c,
400 North Frederick street, Airing
ton; George L. Patrick, fire control
man &c, 4036 Twenty-ffth street,
Arlington, and Eugene NJ. Dicken-
son, fireman 1/c, 719 South Pat
rick street, Alexandria.
Harold F. PringIe, aviation metal
smith l/c, los Fifth street NE,
took part in the bombardments of
Two Jima and Okinawa. He has
the job of gun loader during combat.
1t. q. g. Roy BRAND Cowdrey,
6317 Woodside place, Chevy Chase,
Md, is a member of the crew of
the destroyer U. S. S. Sterett, some
where in the Pacific, which has COW
cred 100000 miles.
First 1t. James r. Mcqueen, ir.,
%, of 1913 o street NV, has been
assigned as pilot of P-38 Lightning
Id the 5th AAF Fighter Commands
9th Group.
1t. ii. g. H. A. Mcintyre, jr., 729
jefferson street NV, served as
communications officer in the Beach
masters Transport Division at Two
Jima. He was wounded while land
ing communication gear in the face
Of enemy fire, the Navy revealed.
En- route home for a rotation
leave, Coxswain Williston C. Palmer,
210 North Irving street, Arlington,
estimates that he has seen 10000
miles Of sea duty since he left his
craftsman desk at the War De-
partment to enlist in the Coast
Guard over 81 months ago.
Coast Guardsman John F. Han
cock, radioman SIC, 201 Avenue E,
District Heights, Md, is now seeing
duty aboard Coast Guard cutter in
the Pacific. His vessel ranges the
vital sealanes, guarding men and
supplies bound for advanced fight
ing fronts,