The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-16
Service Briefs


tor Council OF Veterans AZ,
fairs, American Legion Home,
III s Huron St., Ypsllanti.
SiSgt Wendell Anderson, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson, 2l3
Ferris St. has been honorably dis.
charged from the AAF at Sheppard
Field. Texas, after 21a years of ser
| vice.
Sgt. Anderson served overseas for
eight months in the European thea.
ter as a waist gunner with the
S92nd Bomb Group. He has been
awarded the Air Medal with three
oak leaf clusters. the Purple Heart,
and the ETC ribbon with three bat
tie stars.
He is a graduate OF YpsIlanti
High School.
TfSgt. Donald L. Fleury, 545
Elder St.. Is en- route to a staging
area to be honorably discharged
from the Armed Forces. He has
been assigned to the European Div.
ision OF the L. S. AAF Air Trans.
port Command.
Sgt. Fleury was stationed recent
ly at Berlin's Tempelhof airdrome,
commanded by Major General Rob
ert NJ. Webster. He has been over
seas since June 1913 and has been
stationed in Bovingdon, England.
Paris and Berlin.
Seaman nc James 8. Leslie has
rejoined in New York his ship, the
USS Howard w. Gilmore, a submar-
inc tender, on which he served In
the Pacific. When the ship landed
In San Diego, the men who lived in
the West were landed there. while
the others went on to New York
Seaman Leslie was given a 30-day
leave. so was able 10 visit his sis
tiers Elaine and Adrienne and his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Les
lie, in Pasadena. Cal After part OF
his leave was spent. he and his
parents came on to Ypsilanti. where
he visited his sister. May. and many
other relatives before going on to
meet his ship In New York. The
Elmer Leslies will stay here for a
few weeks.
Cpl James P. Gathers, 1908 Grant
St., Ypsilanti, was discharged from
Mcclellan Field. Calf, after three
and a half years in the Army Air
Forces. He was overseas in the
Asiatic-Pacifi theater with the 18th
Bomb Squadron as a Combat Intel
ligence MOO from June 5, 1912 to
September 80. 1915. He was en-
ployed at Butterfield Theaters be-
fore entering the service. He is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cath
ers,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brady have
received a letter from their son,
MOMM SIC Erie Brady that he had
just arrived at Okinawa, having
been assigned to the repair ship
Amphi:rite. He says they escaped
serious damage in the typhoon but
had two bad days. Erie had served
eighteen months on the LCIG and
had a thirty day furlough before
returning to California for re-as.
signment He has been in service
two years. This letter was he first
word from him since he left for
California after spending his fur
Tough here.
Joseph c. Browning, FIG, US.
Mr., husband OF Josephine NJ.
Browning. 1913 Perrin ST., and Ed
win NJ. Mil. PhM &c. USNR, hus-
band Of Ruth L. Mill, POI Miles St,
are on their way home.
Mill and Browning are two OF the
400 high-point veterans whom the
Magic Carpet is bringing back TO
the States aboard the U.S.S. Texas.
The Magic Carpet" left Pearl
Harbor Nov. and was due to arrive
in San Francisco the 18th. Passen-
gers will go directly to the Separa-
ton Centers nearest their homes
to obtain their discharges.
Charles II. Shaffer s &c, 81
Elder St, and Earl NJ. Swisher Jr.,
FIG. received their discharge Nov.
IL from Great Lakes Separation
Center. Ill.
First 1t. Veronica NJ. Savinski.
daughter OF Mr.. mad Mrs. Stanley
Savinski. $500 futile Hill Rd.. has
been placed on the inactive duty
list by the AAF School OF Aviation
Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas.
She completed over three years OF
service and has Is combat points.
1t. Savinski as an Air Corps
Flight Nurse evacuated sick and
wounded soldiers from three OF the
major battle areas in the Mediter
ranean Theater OF Operations dur
ing 1913 and 1914. She was awarded
the Air Medal.
She was graduated from the Mer.
cy College of Nursing, Detroit. in
1871 and worked at the st. Joseph's
Hospital in Ann Arbor. until she
entered the army in August. 1912
She volunteered COR FLIGHT Nurse
and trained at Bowman Field. Ky.
! and wen. overseas with the S02nC
Air Evacuation Squadron.
Prior 10 her release from the Ar
my. 1t. Savinski was a member o
, the teaching staff Of the Depart
ment Of Air Evacuation at the AAI
School OF Aviation Medicine, Sal
Antonio, Texas.
Sgt. W. A. Horner, Camp Grant
l l \, 4. i've NJ