The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-05

une D. FenNeS5ey. O4 ' spencer ave- ! nue, in Waterbury. has arrived a the Oliver General hospital here . and has been assigned to duty. He is i a member Of the Army's Medical de- | tachment.
 An Aleutian Base-Robert Powell, husband of Mrs Ann Powell Of l 1873 ThomastOn avenue, Waterbury, | Conn, has recently been promoted to sergeant. Sgt. Powell is a heavy equipment operator with an engineer unit and has been stationed in the Aleutians for the past seven months. He attended the Ft Belvoir, Va. Truck Drivers school before en- barking for overseas duty. Sgt. Powell was inGucted into the Army at Ft. Devens, Mass. in March, 1914.
 Pvt. Maurice R. Bessette, son of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Bessette, 294 Mill street, is member of an avia- ton engineer battalion in the Mari anas which have speeded up the bombings of the Japanese homeland by their work on B-29 Superfort facilities in the Pacific islands. an Army release states.
 Pvt. Bessette has been in the Pacific theater since June, 1944, and holds the Bronze Star. He was employed by Waterbury Ingersoll prior to entering the service.
 Corp. George w. Crowder, serving with a Transportation Corps Port Company in the European theater Of war, recently received the Good Conduct Medal. He is tke son of Rev. and Mrs. Bonnie CroWder His father is pastor Of the Zion Baptist church.
 Pfc. Arthur L. Wholey, Jr., P. is now hospitalized in Europe as the result of wounds sustained in Ger many April 6, but he killed the sniper whose bullet pierced his hand, according to word received by his parents, MT. and Mrs. Arthur L. Wholey, ST, 42 Crescent street. Pic. Wholey won several medals for expert craftsmanship while study ing at Niagara university. where he was a pre-medical student pre- Vlous to entering the service in 1943. Going overseas last Novem- Der. he was assigned to the First Army.
 His brother, Cpl, Gerard Wholey has been with an Army unit in Ice land since December, 1943. A brother and sister were recently commissioned officers. They are Second It. Ruth w. Goodenough. serving with the Army Nurse Corps, and Ensign Robert w. Goodenough. U. S. N. R., the children of MT. and Mrs. Robert L. Goodenough, 2e Ponham street
 It. Goodenough, now stationed at T1lton Proper hospital, Fort Dix, N. J., will arrive in Waterbury to- day to spend a leave with her par ents. She is 8 graduate of Wilby high school and the Muhlenberg hospital, Plainf1eld, N. J. Prior to enlisting in the Army Nurse Corps. she was attached to the nursing staff at Vassar college, Pough- keepsie, N. Y.
 Ensign Goodenough, stationed at Cambridge. Mass, entered the serv- ice July l3, 1943, and received his | commission at Northwestern Uni versity, Evanston, H., March 29, 1945, after training at Yale univer- sity for year. He is a graduate of Crosby high school and attended Grove City college, Grove City, Pa.
 Willard A. Booth, son of MT. and Mrs. Clarence N. Booth, Watertown has recently been promoted to staff sergeant at U. s. Troop carrier base in France. A graduate of Wa
 tertown high school, and a former employe of the American Metal Hose O., Sgt. Booth is now & mechanic C-47-Skytrains in the Troop Car YiAr- hnPeeA which fn6Yn the IT. S.