The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-08

bbN' Ia '" ShNo Ahhsoc mas NIlllcD
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Pau
Husse, that he is located at Bacl
Neuenshr, Germany. about sir
miles from the Rhine River. near
Remagen. He said that he is In
good health and expects to return
home IN the late fall. He has been
in service four years and three
months.
Cpl. Forest McCorkle. in a hos
pital in the Philippines with his
condition considered satisfactory
has been assisned.to the Red Arrow
Dfvis Tod. q pr sSfcL dt Sis iIastAsSdnt,
ed In battle on LuIon, May IA, and
has received two Purple Hearts and
an Oak Leaf Cluster. Overseas
since March, he is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Charles McCorkle OF In
dianapolis who resided here from
1910 to 1914. During training Cpl
McCorkle received IL marksman
ship medals and a certificate for
expert rifleman.
Pvt. Robert H. Cooley, Marine
Corps, is spending his 80 day sick
leave from the Naval Hospital at
Bethesda, Md, in the city with
his wife. and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Cooley. He was In a bat
tie at Two Jima, and on Mar. IL
was shot in the arm by a Jap snip
er. He was flown from Two Jims
to Pearl Harbor to Oakland, Cal,
then to Bethesda, where he is re-
ceiving treatment. On returning, he
will undergo a nerve operation. Be,
fore entering the service in June
1914. he was employed at the Bomb.
er plant and at River Rouge. He ia
graduate Of Roosevelt High
School. He left for overseas in No
yember, 1914.
Although the coast OF Two Jims
was shelled for hours before the
attack, It seemed as though the
hills were alive with Japanese ma
chine gun nests when he arrived
Pvt. Cooley said. Bullets came
from hundreds Of small caves built
with openings Just large enough &c
allow muZzles OF guns to swing
from side to side as gunners might
wish. 81 was in a fox hole with 9
buddy with whom had bunkeC
throughout training" be said
when he attempted to see what
was happening to other nearby
men. He had barely raised his head
above the edge OF the fox hole
when a sniper's bullet caught him
sQuarely in the forehead, instantly
taking his life"
A short time later, Pvt. Cooley
said, he was advancing with others
of his contingent h~n bulle'
struck him in the ). piercing
1t and shattering IL was
about a half hour L. he wai
picked up. given fir nd sem
on his way TO hosp"
How a small area could be sc
completely shelled and yet shelter
enough men to fight as the Japan
csc did on Two, was a marvel hare
to understand. Many we're killed
of course, and many machine gur
nests destroyed, but there wer'
enough left to take a heavy toll o
lives after troops landed, he said
How the machine gunners liyet
in the tiny smoke-filled gun nests
was also hard to understand. ONT
by one the nests were cleaned gu
with grenades, flame throwers an
direct bomb or shell hits. Amer
lean troops took cover as a nearb.
area was bombed and then ad
vanced to fight till the area mex
further on was similarly bombed
Advances in this manner were SLOW
but successful and the island wa
finally cleared OF enemy troop
and turned into a valuable station
to be used for drives further int
Japanese territory.
| MTH. hdTltg ONhOSh hos
word from her nephew, Pfc. Jane
Preston. who is with tank batta
ion IN the Seventh Army, now sta
toned near Munich, Germany. h
said they are being fed very we
and have had several venison sur
pers. They have been quartered
houses. but are now in torme
beer garden not far from Hitler
former hideout. His stauoner
came from Berchtesgaden.
Capt. Howard Clark, stationed
Fort Lewis. wash, returned toda!
after spending his Fl day leave VIII
his family, here. He was accompar
led by Mrs. Clark and two children
Judith and Claris. who Will max
their home at olympia, Wash.
Sgt. George Thorne, brother
Mrs. Harold Youngs, Huron Rive
Dr.. who has been confined 10 .Su
lag Abb. a prisoner OF the German
for the past IL months, was liberia