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Three DC. Area Men Promoted
To CoIonels; Five New Majors
District area men recently pro-

District area men recently pro-
noted include:
ARMY.
CoIonels.
Francis P. Miller. Fairfax: Va, in Eu-
James Albert Lee. ouartermaster Corps
Paul Morris Fits, jr:. AAF. lois North
Sixteenth street, Arlington.
sOuth fs Ms5 Eshfeenh nanse Street.
cdset2 Ralph road IpFnsy nHsyystMye M engineers md 43l'
road, Bethesda, in England.
Charles ,Hohein, .AAF, 9l5 North Kansas
seE aEnf1n sanan in he paapnas
81 80 Wisconsin avenue NV.
James Freeman: AAF, I East Thorn
James Wills, jr., Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice, 1920 Argyle tarrace NV.
Captain.
Fairfax Atherton, jr., 922 Delafield place
Frederick Watts, 3ol2 Park place NV
John, Kneipp Medical Corps, 300
Massachusetts avenue NV: N.W:
de6a GhaTss eHandra AAa PRESIDENTIAL
John Eden. AAF. 54i5 First street NV
Solomon Rotz. AAF, 800 Sixth street N e
-. HaIE H Iarias,nn Hennins' AAF' 1900 Key bouie-
strs!t RHszsll " Tate ,t5v II; AAF' 1920 Beecher
Georse Allen, Medical Administrative
Corps. 1923 Clifton street NV.
First Lieutenant.
John c. Brady. jr.. 9th AAF. 3b New
York ave, in France.
Leo Hunter. Quartermaster Corps, 1OC
East Nelson avenue, Alexandria.
Charles Moffett, AAF, 221 Waterloo
street, Warrenton, Va.
Irving Wort, AAF, 3916 New Hampshire
avenue NV.
Samuel Scheinman, infantry, 1927 Chevy
Chase Parkway NV.
Thomas. Street. AAF, 1908 Belmont
Melvin waldstein. infantry. 6o7 F
street NV.
Harold Thomasson. AAF. 1914 Rhode
Stanley Wafe. AAF. 2116 Huidekopel
Richard King. AAF. sol Bowden Build.
Jack woodward. AAF, BAL Seventeenth
Iiace NE.
=. 9 DIN Malone, AAF. 1884 Holbrook ter
Jack Neighbor, AAF. 1853 X street NV
street x.skliy NV. Coulter AAr' 1924 Newark
Burton Francis. Finance Department
James King. AAr; route !, Fairfax. "
son street, Arllngton.
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Gen. Moore Heads Iwo's
u. S. FIGHTER Command

Brig. Gen. Ernest M. Moore, 2115
P street NV. commanding the 7th
Fighter Command, led the first flight
of fighter planes to land on Two
Jima's Motoyama No. l Field, be-
ginning the land-based fighter op-
erations less than 750 miles from
Tokyo, 7th Fighter Command dis
patch from Two Jima disclosed.
Gen. Moore and other pilots flew
from bases in the Marianas to the
newly repaired Jap airstrip on Two
while Marine ground forces were still
fighting enemy troops on the north
ern tip Of the island.
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o7Gs Gssrsld s6I.5 5BiShnell, Quartermaster Corps
M Masrader Soash wayns oyust street HsS AEtnstqn
boulevard, Chevy Chase. Md. ~o' 0faoie'
N "a James 5n 11s1s Bqsk' AAF' a525 Third stree
pessoaS s5%Sel street rsFelsR Nv 'r infantry 1sS;
toni 5aih * Gihfam0erlain' ifsY AAF, Rosslyn Arlins
Robert Meagher, AAF. 500 North payn,
street John N EKloman; ,jr,, AAF, 1928 Sixth
NJ Rudy Mueller, AAF. 7o1 Dahlia stree
Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
rrsnesey Wesley Carder, jr, Dundalk, Md, ir
1ds dshn James Sian LansbIrgh, Medical Corps. Bill
Henderson williams, Medical corns. 7o-
IIwenty,-fourth street NV, at earlis,,
o,aHs Richard Ranney, Medical Corps, 30 Ole
racks po' poao' Arlington, at Carlisle Bar.
John Pleacher. AAF, 1929 crittender
street NV, at Hondo Field. Tex.
Appointed FliEht Omcer.
Iane rraneiS RstbsIaay Payne; AAF' 5ooe Hampder
ar at 81 Hspds sopts rfd Rdss
street. Alexanpdria, st Hondo Field, Tex Tex
coese eWsePse Pssk kstns'h' Ma Army Service Forces
.venus snsglsf sM A 1,.y ss17 Cleveland
Thirty-second street NV, in Germany
Andrew Lazzari, AAF, 22S Second street
NV. in Italy.
Technical Sergeant.
William H. Van Week, 4127 Eighth
Tigers" in China, tail gunner in bomb.
er squadron.
Sergeant.
Lawrence Sage, infantry, 1924 seconc
street s.W., a, italy. '-
Edward Gibbs, Ordnance Department
326 e street NE. in New Caledonia.
Esker Rice. Army Service Forces, $500
Twenty-Mth place NV, in Luxembourg
Sc
BENJAMIN p Arnold, 2O21 Fourth street
NE, with 10th Air Force in Burma
MARINE CORPS.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Thomas E. Bourke. 1855 Monroe street
NV, at Quantico, Va.
Sta6 Sergeant.
Richard johnson, 24O7 Fifteenth street
NV in the PhiliEEpal1RsYs Epa1Y
storekeeper First Class.
James Kennedy Irelan, s3S Madison
street NV.
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days OF attack, from which there
were only 80 survivors out of unit
that landed with more than zoe
men. All his officers were either
killed or wounded. On two occasions
gunnery sergeant had to assume
command of the company. Pvt
Brown himself saved the life of one
wounded officer, carrying him ST
yards through enemy fire. Pvt
Brown wrote his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs Horace C. Brown, he escaped
without scratch.
1T was rough, but I can still kick,
he wrote.
I Rifle Jammed.
He told Josephy of one of the
fiercest moments in the fighting
the taking of fortified point of the
second Motoyama Airfield. in which
half of his platoon was wiped out
/ Just before we attacked that
corner he said, Il shot a Nip
The empty cartridge stuck in my
rife and wouldn't eject. I had to
run 100 yards across the open air.
field with a useless rifle.
/ ut was hell's corner-a rocky
ridge lined with Jap pillboxes anc
fire trenches. The Nips had a cleal
view of us as we ran toward them
They picked some of us off, as We
dove for cover.
Il Lit behind a little rise In the
sand, about foot high. lay there
with my heart pounding I was
never more scared in my life
saw my buddies all around me
stretched out in the open, trying te
wriggle behind any kind of cover.
| The Japs," he said, "criss-crossec
us with machine gun and rife fire
from their pillboxes ahead and or
each side. I asked the fellow next
to me for ramrod and tried tt
clean my rife I was really shaking
Any minute I expected a bullet tt
hit me-
It just got the stuck cartridge out
when rife bullet whizzed past my
cheek. I dropped my arms and lay
motionless. I thought some jar
had spotted me and was trying t.
pick me off. I pretended to be dead
Buddy Gets Hit in Face.
"My cheek was on the sand, anc
I could see the fellows in my pla.
toon getting hit one after the other
There was a terrific racket from The
machine gun fire. I saw one of my
buddies next to me get hit in tht
cheek. Blood flowed down his face
Peck, our corpsman pharmacist.
Mate Third Glass Howard E. Peel
of Peace Dale, R. -, crawled ovel
and started to fix him. I watched
Peck as he lifted up my buddy's
head. Then, right before my eyes
another bullet hit my buddy. He dice
instantly.
I'll never forget that sight," Pvt
Brown said. THE corpsman almost
got hit, too. A bullet tore through
the sleeve of his combat jacket. He
lay the dead man down and duckec
into hole.
"A few minutes later Jap mortars
began to fall among us. They hit
lot of men who had no protection
We had to do something. My grour
leader jumped up with a grenade
in his hand He rushed at a Jar
trench where rif1emen were picking
us off. Just as he dove for the para
pet a bullet hit him. He dropped the
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Sc, a motar gunner with the 91st
Powder River" Infantry Division
Cavalry Reconnaissance Troops, on
the 5th Army front in Italy.
Coming suddenly upon German
machine-gun nest preparing to open
fire on his patrol, the citation said,
Pvt. Brigham attempted to fire at
the enemy with his machine gun.
Due to the cold it would not func-
ton, so he rushed the position, hurl-
ing his weapon into the face of one
German and knocking him uncon-
scious, and making a flying tackle
to bring the other down. After fu-
rious fist fight he knocked the other
unconscious. then escaped amid
the confusion of hostile mortar
shelling.
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Two Shooting Good,
Too, Carney Says on
Gettinq Dads Letter

Marine Capt. Robert B.
Carney, jr., 25, company COM
mander to the 28th Marines,
the regiment which captured
Mount Suribachi, got a letter
from his father, Rear Admiral
Robert B. Carney, telling about
the vacation the admiral en-
joyed in Georgia.
A Marine Corps combat cor
respondent said the admiral's
letter remarked that the shoot
ing in Georgia had been
excellent.
Its been pretty good around
here, too" his son said.
Admiral Carney is chief of
staff to Admiral Halsey. Capt.
Carney lives at the Kennedy
Warren.
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sion's field artil-
lery, and Corpl.
R. M. Rogers OF
1920 T street
NV, with a 5th
Division quar-
termaSter unit,
have told Of
their participa-
ton in letters to
their families,
while Pfc. Horace
c. Brown, jr.,
riheman, of 924
G place NV, is
described in a
special Marine
Corps dispatch
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6UTeeC e., IN
Rome.
1t. Leonard S.
Bradley, infan-
try, Gl8 North
T W e n t Y fifth
road, Arlington,
in Europe.
Lit. Col. r .
N e W ii Lusby,
4005 North Fifth
street, Arlington,
in , civil affairs
opera t ms in
France d u + ing
the first 80 days
of the invasion
An nv on, ti,,o
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Horrors and Thrills
OF Two lima Told by
Washington Marines

Descriptions of the fierce and
bloody fighting that marked the
toughest battle in Marine Corps
history have come from three Wash
ington Marines who took part in
the attack on Two Jima.
1t. Preble Staver of 4215 Forty
ninth street NV, with the 5th Divi-
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Col. Lloyd j.
Ankeny, 220 Rit-
tenhouse street
NV, for meri-
toriouS service
in connection
with military
operations"
Col. George w.
Smythe, Arling-
ton, Va, COM
n1ander of 47th
Infantry Regi-
ment, in Ger
many.
Comdr. p a u l
Laverne HI & h,
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Shop at Ana
costa, for "mer-
itorious series of
acts" while raid
ing enemy posi-
tionS and ship
ping on Marcus
and Wake, in the
Mari a n a S, Bo-
nins. Carolines,
and the Philip
pines. His moth
Cr lives at Rlcn-
nOnd, Va. In
his tour of duty
in the Pacific
he completed 38
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Thompson With Deuces

PHILIPPINES Delayed - Ma
rine I'd 1t. John R. Thompson, %,
Washington, D. c., recently arrived
in the Philippines and joined the
Flying Deuces Squadron Of the 1st
Marine Air Wing group as fighter
pilot. He is the son Of. Mrs. Laura
E. Thompson, So T street NE.
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D. c. Men Are Servinq
In Chinese Combat Outfit

CHINESE COMBAT COMMAND,
U. S. ARMY. - Corpl. Stanley j.
Gorski, "a, formerly assistant fiscal
manager of Public Buildings Ad-
mlnlstration, Washington. D. c., is
serving wit ha signal detachment of
the Chinese Combat Command in
South-Central China.
He participated in the Salween
campaign on haison team at
tached to the Chinese Expeditionary
Force, which succeeded in driving
the Japs from Southwestern Yum
nan Province, thereby making pos
sible opening of the StilweI Road.
Technician Fourth Grade Robert
c. Mauck, 29, whose wife resides at
4308 haywood drive, Mount Rainier,
Nd, is being returned to the United
States to attend officers candidate
school after 20 months of service
with communication unit.
Mauck has two brothers in the
armed forces, First Sergt. G.. w.
Mauck is serving with the infantry
at Camp Hood, Tex, while Seaman
Second Class E w. Mauck is
aboard the USS Bray, destroyer
escort.
Pvt. Roland A. Cline, %. who was
milkman in Washington prior to
1912, is with a hospital unit in
the command.
Pvt. Arthur Sinclair, 7440 Geor-
gla avenue, has arrived at the
Army's Oliver General Hospital in
Augusta, Ga, and is now a patient
in ward 25, dispatch said He was
overseas with the military police.
S Sergt. Fred ID. Bartlett, %. Of
1919 Sixteenth street Sc, is re-
turning home on leave after 10
months of combat operations in the
European theater. He was an aerial
gunner in a 9th Air Force light
bombardment group in France.
He graduated from Anacostia
High School in 1910 and enlisted in
the Army in May. 1912. His wife.
Mrs. Gladys R. Bartlett, resides at
the Sixteenth street address.
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Second Oak Leuf Cluster

Capt. Lloyd r. Humphreys, 3505
Thirteenth street NV, has been
decorated with the Air Medal and
two Oak Leaf Clusters. He is pilot
of a Catalina flying boat in the
Snafu Snatchers, rescue outfit OF
the "Fightin' 18th AAF, which has
battled the japanese from Gaudal-
canal to China.
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commander, was
a W a r d e d t h e
Oak Leaf Clus-
ter to his Dis
tinguished Fly
ing Cross. He
was decorated
for his skill in
returning a n d
landing his bad
ly damaged Lib
era t or W t n
three wounded
men aboard.
Pfc. Horace ID.
Brig h a m, 693
Maine a V nh o
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meritorious achievement while par
ticipating IN bombing missions over
Western Germany.
An Invader armament gunner
Sergt. Collier has flown more than
26 missions. The 416th Bombard-
ment Group of the 9th Air Force, to
whom he is assigned, is engaged in
attacking supply and communica-
tions targets in close cooperation
with the United States Ground
Forces drive into GERMANY.
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Sergt. William A. MCGOWAN, jr,

30, OllISu oldL6S
Army, son OF
A m e r i C a n
League Umpire
Bill MCGOWAN
and Mrs. Nc
G O. W a n, 6143
Thirtieth street
NV. has COM
pleted a 21-day
furlough a f t e r
35 months in
Europe. He left
for Miami Tues
day to be reas-
signed.
S erp Nc
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jury and death
to cooking beans
with the vol
cano's heat.
Pvt. Brown
a cor d in G tc
Staff Sergt. AL
vim M. Josephy
jr., a Marine
combat corre-
spondent of 280C
Woodley GA G
NV, was with
the Sd Marine
Division. H / {
shattered CON-
pany was re-
lieVed after II
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from the island as surviving a
bloody fight in which half of his
platoon was wiped out.
All three men told of foXhole ad-
ventures of various kinds, from in
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North Madison street, Arlington
for service as commanding officer 81
a close-in fire support ship operat-
ing in the Pacific June Is to August
2, 1914.
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Maj. Garrett Praised
By Gen. Kruger for
Philippines Mission

Making a landing a full three
days before the main invasion, Maj
Robert w. Garrett, 1861 Crescent
place NV, who was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal was the first
man to set foot on Dinagat Island
Philippines Islands. His gallantry
and his complete disregard for his
own safety" stated 1t. Gen. Walter
Kruger, commander of the 9Th
Army, were great contributing fac
tors in the success of the larger op-
erations against Leyte
Maj. Garrett commanded the
force that landed on Dinaga, Ho-
monhon and Suluan The mission
was difficult and hazardous. 1t was
vital to the safe passage of the
task force through enemy-con-
trolled waters, for all japanese
radar, lighthouse and communica-
ton units had to be destroyed and
the enemy annihilated"
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First Oak Leuf Cluster

1t. Col. Roy L. Reeve, 7l5 Twenty
second street, Arlington, a 18th Ali
Force SnlladrOn
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Air Medal

I'd 1t. John NJ. Kloman, 1928 Sixth
street NE, pilot of B-24 Liberator
bomber, for sustained operational
activities against the enemy.
Alvin A. Plotkin, aviation radio
man &c. now stationed in the radio
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NV, with a 18th AAF B-24 Lib.
orator bomber group, cited for out
standing performance of duty.
! Commentator With Ribbon
OrviIIe La Vern MADISON, CHIEF
yeoman, U. S. N. r., 1929 K stree
NV, was commended for outstand.
ing service while the Third Flee
was engaged in a series Of often.
sive missions against the enemy or
| the Nansei Shoto Islands, Formosa
Luzon- Visayas- -Mindanoa areas il
the Philippine Islands, French Indo.
China bases and Hong Kong Can
ton-Hainan areas.
1t. Clay Wilson Bailey, U. S. N.
Arlington, Va, for services as flee
radio officer on the staff Of the
commander during a series of highly
successful offensive missions.
Commentator
Corpl. Gene A. Corso, 329 Quincy
street NV, with the United States
Army Transportation Corps ir
France, was one of 80 recently COM
mended for efficient service in trans
porting for the British armies over
$4,000 tons of supplies from BayeuS
to Brussels during 30-day period
1st 1t. Leroy Stanley Guy, tank
destroyer battalion, 5707 Fortietf
avenue, Hyattsville. Md, in Ger
many. 1t. Guy was commander OF
a platoon that captured 100 Ger
mans and killed more than a l0(
between November % and 20.
Pfc. Harris Spooner, jr., 624 H
street SW., member of the intelli
gence and reconnaissance platoon OF
headquarters company, 326th In
fantry, in Europe. While shells
dropped so close that the shrapneI
cut his clothing to ribbons, Pvt
Spooner repaired three sets OF
frozen wires to get communications
going between his battalion and the
regimental command post.
Ist 1t. Robert N. Noman, post
humously, for meritorious service ir
combat on the 5th Army front in
Northern Italy. His mother, Mrs
Maude E. Noman, lives at l4l0 Hop
kins street NV. He was member
of the 92d Buffalo" Division. As
reconnaissance platoon leader, he
consistently displayed superior abil-
ity to carry out any assigned mis-
sions. He personally conducted many
patrols to insure that vital regi-
mental contact was always effected
SfSergt. Mathew P. Roach, 260'
Third street NE, for merltorious
achievement in action. He is serv-
ing with an engineer combat bat
talon of the Tooth Division on the
7th Army front.
Pfc. Arthur H. Rosenfeld, 2703
North Capitol street, for valorous
conduct in action against the enemy
while fighting with the Sd Infantry
Division in Italy.
Staff Sergt. Louis H. Bergmann
22O9 Washington Circle NV, fol
heroic achievement in action on the
5th Army front in Northern Italy
Although wounded, Sergt. Berg.
mann, serving in the 87th Noun.
tain Infantry Regiment of the l0tf
"Mountaineer" Division, led hi:
squad in a movement which out
fanked the Germans, resulting il
the seizure of an Apennine Noun.
tain ridge, the units objective.
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Distinguished Unit Honors

Three Washington area men with
a 9th Air Forces flghter-bomber
group have been awarded Distin-
guished Unit Battle Honors. They
are:
Sergt. Harry E. Ostrosky, 1910 T
street NV, administrative clerk in
"Panzer busters" squadron.
Pvt. Francis Reading, 6814 Allen
town road, Anacostia, a mechanic
and assistant crew chief on one OF
the PAT Thunderbolt planes.
Pvt. Sidney r. Jacques, 1000 Con-
necticut avenue NV, clerk for the
ground forces liaison ofdcer to the
group.
C0rpl. Carleton L. McCobb, an ar
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Complete Yeur Overseas

ITALY.-Fourteen former resi-
dents of Washington, D. c., recently
completed one year of overseas
service with Negro aviation en-
glneer battalion:
Staff Sergt Willie A. Faison. staff
Seret. Leroy W Blake. Corpl. Technician
H Reed. d. corp. Technician Alton o. Nelson. 9i J.
Corpl. Techniclan Henry L. Thomas, Corpl.
Techniclap Francis E. Rooerts. Pfc. Leroy
lam T Rollins, jr.; Pvt William A Car
penter Pvt William H Chase jr: Pvt.
Harry Cofleld and Pvt. Mathew NJ Morton
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Bronze Stur

the Y-Force operations stall. train
ing and equipping Chinese COM
munications troops. He was re-
Gently awarded China's coveted
Order of Yum Whei. The citation
praised his tact and diplomacy IN
establishing cordial relations with
the Chinese.
1st 1t. Burton F. Hood, jr.. l505
Kalmia road NV, member OF a
cannon company, for outstanding
bravery and heroic achievement
from December II to December 70
In the vicinity of Fraulautern, Ger
many.
While advancing between Frau
lautern and Ensdorf, he remained
at his observation post under Sus-
tanned mortar fire. He later moved
forward to a position from which
cannon fire could be directed
against an enemy pillboX hinderlng
the attacking ritlemen. Although
driven from the building four times
by German 88-millimeter fire, he
returned after each barrage and, by
skillful adjustment of fire, silenced
the pillboX and permitted the in
fantry to continue advancing.
lst 1t. Werner Kurt Kern, con-
struction officer, 332d Engineer Gen
eral Service Regiment, in Germany
He has participated in the Nor
mandy and Northern France cam
paignS.
Capt. Robert NJ. King, 1919 Kan
ava street NV, a staff officer OF
the 936th Field Artillery Battalion
serving on the 5th Army front lr
Italy. He personally established OBJ
servation posts and made frequent
visits to see that personnel in the
posts were furnished with adequate
supplies and equipment. Their fire
brought destruction to large quantl-
ties of enemy equipment and to
personnel. He helped in selecting
new gun sites, often under hostile
fire, and rorganized units to stimu-
late the advance of forward ele-
mentS.
Corpl William G. Sanders, 26
1884 Fort Stevens drive NV, fol-
''meritoriouS service in France If
connection with military operations
against the enemy" between August
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HAPPY E DAY TO HERR HITLER-Wth the compliments of
Lberator the 18th AAF in Italy Hitler should
have had trouble finding this 2ooopound egg it was
laid in his yard. Standing their tribute Cleft to
right Corp j. Butcher, Columbus Ohio; Corpl James R.
Brooks NV Sergt Joseph Vujnovich
KennyWoOd, and Pvt Albert Martin, Brooklyn, N Y
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and was part of crew which scored
direct torpedo hit on Jap battle
ship as well as direct bomb hit on
large enemy carrier.
I'd 1t. Anthony A. O'Brien, 1906
North Quantico street, Arlington
for fighting over Germany. A navi-
gator of Bit Flying Fortress, he
participated in bomber combat op-
erations over Germany and Nazi
occupied Europe.
Three area men have received the
Air Medal for completion of 15C
hours of operational flight in trans
port aircraft over the dangerous
and difficult India China air routes
where enemy interception and at
tack was probable and expected
They are: 1st 1t. Douglas G. TiIley,
pilot, 1929 Connecticut avenue NV;
Pvt. Charles L. Finzel, aerial radio
operator, 445 Newton place NV;
Sergt. Wilhelm H. Inman, aerial
engineer, 35 Anacostia road NE.
I'd 1t. John w. Lindsay, a pris-
oner of war in Austria, awarded at
a private ceremony in the office of
Col John M. Hutchinson. Mrs.
Betty Jeanne Lindsay. 1906 East
Capital street, accepted the medal
on behalf of her husband
I'd 1t. John L. Crickenberger, 10,
1910 Ames street NE, awarded at
18th AAF heavy bombardment base
in Italy. He is serving as navigator
on a B-24 Liberator. He is a men,
ber of combat unit which has tai
lied more than 230 mission against
strategic enemy targets in Nazi-
occupied Europe.
Corpl. Walter T. Woodhouse, 10,
1889 Newton street NV, for meri-
torious achievement while partici-
pating in aerial flight against the
enemy. He is a tail gunner on a
B-24 with the 18th AAF
Corpl. Richard D. Slater, I'll
Bucknell court, Alexandria, tail
gunner in veteran 18th Army Air
Force heavy bombardment unit sta
toned in Italy.
I'd 1t. Charles M. Hochberg, 100
George drive, Arlington, navigator
with a B-24 Liberator heavy bonn
bardment group.
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officer of G-5 staff section of the
Forward Echelon of the Communi-
cation Zone, Col. Lusby played an
important part in the planning and
the operation of the invading army S
machinery for handling civilian
problems in Normandy.
Third Oak Leaf Cluster
S/Sergt. Charles B. Collier, 81, Ar
'hngton, Va, at an A-26 Invader me-
6ium bomber base in France for
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Distinguished Flying Cross

1st 1t. Norman 5. Couper, %, son
of Mr.. ard Mrs. A. Couper, 3511
Ames street NE. won his award
AS a pilot for the 80th Fighter
Group, a P-47 outfit known as the
Burma BansheeS, which operates
against the Japs in the India Burma
theater. 1t. Couper has made IS
combat missions
During a recent decoration cere-
mony held at the advanced airbase
of the All-Negro Mustang Fighter
Group. 18th AAF in Italy. 1st Lit.
Wendell NJ. Lucas, "a. flight leader
and Psi Mustang fighter pilot re-
ceived the Air Medal His older
brother, S Sergt. Elliott w. Lucas,
26, enlisted ground member and
engine specialist, WAS awarded the
Bronze Star for direct support of
military operations against the
enemy" during the same ceremony.
The Lucas brothers live at GOT
Fifthieth avenue FairmOnt Heights,
Md,
Evening star., 1945-04-08

RETURNED FROM TWO JIMA
Marine Pfc. ROLAND HUI
SANDER, 20, suffered a concus-
sion when he spent six sleep
less days and nights as a
machine gunner on Two, but
he is making up for it in Navy
Hospital, San Diego. He was
among the first group of
wounded Marines and Navy
men to return. His home is at
812 Otis place NV.
Evening star., 1945-04-08

mament specialist, 1915 Riggs place
NV, with a 18th AAF B-24 Lib
orator bomber group, cited for out
standing performance of duty.