Evening star., 1945-04-07

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men from the District area
haze been reported killed.
in Germany. He has been overseas
since January.
1t. Fisher. native of Cumberland,
Md, attended Wilson High School
and the Valley Forge Military
Academy, where he was member of
the enlisted Reserves. Called to
active service in June, 1943, he was
commissioned in August, 1914.
I'd 1t. Philip w. Tawes, %, whose
wife, Mrs. Peggy Tawes, lives
at Sill TWenty-ninth street NV,
was wounded for the second
time March S in Germany when a
bullet grazed his left side, but re-
turned to combat several days later.
He is the son of the State Con-
troller of Maryland J. Millard Tawes.
After being wounded September
IA in Germany, 1t. Tawes was out
of action for three months while
recuperating. His unit recently re-
ceived the Presidential Citation for
action at st. Lo. 1t. TaWes was
born in Crisfield, Md, and was a
member of the ROTC at Maryland
University. He has been overseas
since last May.
Pfc. Albert F. Fessenden, jr., 10,
former Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School student, was seriously
wounded February 81 on Two Jima
and is now at base hospital in
! the Pacific. He is the son of Albert
F. Fessenden, ST, an employe of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, and
Mrs. Fessenden, 470l West Virginia
avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Born at Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
| Pvt Fessenden entered the Army in
November, l943. The Two Jima &C
ton was his first since shipping
overseas with the Marines last
August. His two brothers also are
in the service.
Pfc. Samuel Bogorad, 38, former
Washington attorney and son of Mr..
Henry Bogorad of 17l9 Twentieth
street NV, was wounded in Febru-
airy, his father has been notified.
cards home from hospital in Eng
land, where he is recuperating. He
was inducted into the Army before
Pearl Harbor, but later was released
as overage. Directly after Pearl
Harbor he again entered service and
went overseas in 1914 with the Sig
nal Corps of the 9th Army. A grad
uate of Central High School and
George Washington University un
dergraduate and law schools, Pvt.
Bogorad was born in New York City
He has lived here for 80 years.
Sergt. Richard A. Haig, whose
wife, Mrs Juanita Haig, and 6-year-
old daughter live at 1892 Burns place
Sc, was wounded for the second
time in Germany on March 2 and
is recuperating from an injured
right arm at hospital in England.
He previously was wounded Novem-
ber 90 but returned to the front
after 10 days disqualification.
Sergt Haig was born in Wash
ington and attended the Abbott
Vocational School. Before entering
the service in January. 1914, he
was employed at the Corcoran Art
Gallery. He has been overseas since
July.
Ernest Rayburn. ships cook, &c,
received broken hip in the Philip
pines fighting last January and has
been returned to the West Coast
for disqualification, according to his
wife, Mrs. Mildred Kay Rayburn,
9lO Domer avenue, Takoma Park.
Md.
Before entering the service in
March, 1914, Cook Rayburn oper-
ated Rayburn's Restaurant at 1927
North Capitol street. He was born
in Ashland. KY, and attended
George Washington University. The
couple has a child, Ernest Ray
burn, jr., 8.
Sergt. Hans G. Hirschland, %,
whose wife, Mrs. Elizabeth M.
Hirschland, lives at $50 Varnum
street NV. was wounded February
q while serving with the Marines
on Two Jima.
Sergt. Hirschland has written his
wife from hospital in Hawaii that
the Two Jima action, which was
his first, was the worst thing" he
has ever experienced but he is get
ting along fine now" Before going
overseas last July, Sergt. Hirsch-
land was stationed at the Navy
Yard here and later the Naval Air
Station. He enlisted in the Marines
in October, 1889.
Pvt. Joseph G. Brenner, 10, son
of Mrs. Walker V. Brenner, Alb
South Pitt street, Alexandria, Va,
was wounded March Z in Germany
and is now hospitalized in France.
He has written his family he was
about to cross the Rhine with his
Ranger unit when a German sniper
shot him in the shoulder. He says
he is getting along fine and hopes
to get back to the front lines soon
in the hope of seeing another BROTH
er, Pfc. Richard Brenner, now serv-
ing in Germany.
Pfc. Robert Foss, o. was wounded
February 26 on Two Jima and is
now in hospital in the Pacific, his
wife, Mrs. Florence Foss, 4407 Ord
street NE, has been informed. He
was attached to the Sd Marine Di-
vision and had seen action on Guam
and in the Marshalls before going
to Two.
Pvt. Foss came to Washington
from Chicago about seven years ago
and attended Elliott Junior High
School here Before entering the
service September l, 1943 he was
employed at the Office of Emer-
gency Management. Mrs. Foss
works at Hechts Department Store.
Corpl. Robert Myer Raves, 25,
whose wife, Mrs. Maxine Raves,
lives at Edmonston, Md, was
wounded for a second time on
March 10 in Germany. He was
first wounded October % in France.
His wounds, according to word
received. are slight and he is on