The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-23
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SERVICE NOTES

rrIZABETHTOWN, an. ~.
hbiD from twenty Elizabethtown
NeWs men and women serving
'e e'osd and in the United States
so a. the armed forces was recelV-
~ VI there this week. -
ed 'DN clarence W. Fisher, son OF
IT, Ansel Fisher, of Elizabeth
MIS-, has recently been promoted
low" E;rst Lieutenant. He is serving
'o ' +be AAF, pilot Of a PAT Thun-
verb located in N o r t h e + n
r1 william Karl Whitfield, son
W ~, and Mrs. W. R. Whitfield,
o. 1S,l l has recently join
o. Ds 18th AAF B-24 Liberator
ea ,,n overseas. He entered t h e
so0 ad services in October, 1943.
avs 5rrs J. 0. Hall received second
nd from her son, 1t. James c..
e ep who was taken prisoner by
h NC Germans on September 10, 1914.
T ~. card was German f o m
! l..I october 8. He stated that he
VS. really lucky to be here.
sq Sure will be glad when
iI can tell you about it,
Pvt. Clarence Layton, who was
u.o,mded in the leg in France on
ocsmber 7, has written his wife
t5st he has been awarded the Pur-
Mo Heart He spoke in high praise
ri tbe activities of the Red Cross
and said this humanitarian organi-
4aton had done everything pos
.ible for his comfort.
COM Gordon B. Kinlaw, son of
Mr. and Mrs. j. +. Kiriaw is sta
toned in Melville, R. L. He recently
rpceived his promotion to COM,
liter having served many months
al sea
If ig) Leon D. Smith has been
nroynoted TO full lieutenant in the
+ S Navy, and has been trans
terred fr o m Gulfport, Miss. to
Washington D. c.
Ii. Richard White, U. S. NJ, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r S. White. He has recently re-
turned from two years service in
the South Pacific.
Frank Williamson. Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Williamson, has
completed the basic flying training
course at the Murana Army Air
Field. Tucson, Ariz. After brief
visit at his home, Cadet Williamson
reported to La Junta, Colo, where
he will complete the last phase of
his cadet training and receive the
silver wings of a pilot in the AAF
Hubert L, OWen,9 son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Owen, Of Elizabethtown,
was graduated from the Allie Army
Air Field. Victoria, Texas, in De-
oember and is now a flight officer.
Pfc Thomas M. Owen, who has
been in the Station Hospital, Plant
Park, Tampa, Fla, with a foot in
Jury, spent few days leave with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. J.
Owen.
Pvt. Henry Bostic, a member of
the M. P. detachment at Camp Nc
Cain, Miss, is spending short
Through with his mother, Mrs. R.
D. Marshall who married the for
mer, Miss Alice Cross, is stationed
somewhere in England" Pvt.
Marshall was in Kentucky prior to
going overseas.
Captain Chatam c. Clark is TAX
ing special course at Yale Uni
versity in Japanese.
1t. Oliver Carter is in Washington
D. c.. assigned to the Judge Advo-
cate Office.
Ensign Ben. w. Greene, son of
Mir. and Mrs. C. w. Greene, is in
the South Pacific. He was recently
wounded but is reported improved.
Lit. Gg> Norman B. McCulloch,
son Of Mrs. E. F. McCulloch, is
serving in the South Pacific. He
mas been overseas eighteen months.
Pvt Harry Womble recently
wrote mis- family that he had ar
rived safely in England.
PIC Fred D. Fisher is stationed
at heesler Fld.. Miss.
capt ". c. Monroe, son of Mr..
ana Mrs. c. Monroe, was recently
married at Camp Bowie, Texas.
PVt S. Marley George is station
"a at Aeesler Field, Miss. Pvt.
george recently visited at home
WIN MS wife, the former Miss Au-
dry Melvin