Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-11
Our Men in Service

dence of the influence of the church.
That is in contrast with what we
heard in the States. However, in the
finer homes there is also plenty of
evidence of the NaZi influence. We
see lots of Poles, CZechS, Russians,
and French-loL5 OF them moving
along the roads. The German peo-
pie are apparently well fed in COM
parison with those We saw in France,
Belgium and Holland In France the
children were pitiful, thin and
rickety. There was little or no meat
for them there for four years. Ger
man children seem we'll fed. The
fields are all cultivated. The people
in the cities and towns are already
cleaning, up and rebuilding :"
After 81 months in an army vet
erinary unit, Major r. F. Bolenbak-
er was discharged and is now ad-
justing himself to civilian life. He
left the United States for overseas
duty aboard a plane from Miami,
Florida. crossed Africa, and was on
duty in Burma, being stationed at
Mitykyina just before starting for
home. He left there last November
20, flying to Ledo, to Agra, to Bonn
bay. He took boat there for Mel
bourne, Australia, and thence to
Wellington, New Zealand, through
the South Seas to San Pedro. He is
back on duty in his veterinary hos
pital in FL Centro and declares he
likes civilian life better than ever.
Staff Sergeant Jim Clark, for
merly connected with the Post
Press circulation department, is
back in the United States after a
long tour of duty with the army in
Italy.
First Lieutenant Robert j. Jantsch,
20, recently reported for duty at the
El Centro Marine Air Station, at
tached to the bombardier and air
| gunners school as pilot He and
his wife, Geraldine, live at 652
Adams street, FL Centro.
Still in the tropics is the word
frCm Corporal Tommy Brents, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Max BrentS of
El Centro. He is believed to be in
the New Guinea area. He is on
the lookout for Hugh Ritter, Ell
Centro paratrooper somewhere in
the Pacific zone. He saw Junior
Danenburg recently and learend he
was to leave for nome.
Convalescing at the naval receiv-
ing hospital in San Francisco is
Marine Private Floyd J. DeArmond,
10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess De-
Almond, 763 Park, El Centre. He
was wounded by mortar shell frag-
ments while taking part in an ad-
vance with his unit of the third
marine division on Two Jima. This
leatherneck is a veteran of. Guam.
He entered the marine corps in
March, 1914.
Ensign c. E. Cooke, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Cooke of Imperial
area, has been in the navy three
years and is serving. in the Atlantic
area. His sister, Lieutenant Lucille
Cooke, is an army nurse recently
transferred from Ft. Lewis, Wash
ington, to Brigham City, Utah.
Il am now stationed somewhere
in Germany and have been doing
some fighting during the last month
or two" Private Jack Springer of
the seventy-ninth division wrote
his grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. T.
A Driskill of Imperial. Il don't
know why but 1 think I'm enjoying
this little trip over to Europe. The
fighting hasn't been near as bad
as 1 expected and my Buddy, Bill
VanHorn of BraWley, and I are
staying in swell German residence
with electricity, hot water, and all
the convenienceS a guy could ask
for. I'm just hoping Uncle Sam
will leave us here in Germany for
cccupational duty Instead of send
ing us on to Japan. I sure don't
want to have those Jap bullets buzz
ing around too close. 1 never did
like those yellow skins, anyway. But,
remember, if 1 do 60 I'm going to
bring home few things and souv-
enirS to show where I've been and
how I got them. This war is just
about finished so III be seeing all
OF you soon"
Among those graduating recently
from an intensive course Of gun
ner's mate training at the navy
service schools at Great Lakes, Illi-
nois, was Melvin M. Womack, 18,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Womack,
1910 Euclid, Ell Centre.
Carroll G. Campbell, SKID 1Ic, El
Centran, recently left for the south
Pacific He had been stationed at
North Island, San Diego, for three
years before being sent overseas. His
wife, the former Pauline Cooke, and
tGeir small daughter are living with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. E.
Cooke of Imperial, while Campbell
is away.
After two and a half years in the
south and central Pacific, Joe Bad
ger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
Badger. Sr., of El Centro. is home
for 30-day leave. He is sound
man second class in the navy He
has been in the service three years.
He attended school in Ell Centro,