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\ TVS Julia M Hogan, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. John M. Hogan, $40
West Franklin street, who enlisted
in the WAC on October 81, 1912, and
has travelled around quite bit since
she arrived in Italy last June, is
now in Egypt. In a recent letter to
her parents, Technician Hogan de-
scribed Egypt as being rather a
dirty place" and also wrote that
she hopes to be coming home SOON
ON THE DESTROYER TRANS
PORT GEORGE w. INGRAM IN
JAPANESE WATERS - Glenn L.
Bowman, seaman first class, USNR,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Bow
man, Sr., 16 T.. Potomac ST., Williams
port Maryland, was one of the crew
men who took part in a double cele-
bration on this ship when surrender
of the japanese was announced.
The dual celebration was occas-
Toned by the fact that the surrender
came on the second anniversary of
the ships commissioning. In her two
years of action, the INGRAM has
figured in operations in the Atlantic,
the Mediterranean and the Pacific,
travelling 125,000 miles, or the equiv
alent of five times around the world.
Making 10 Atlantic crossings in
less than Is months, she lost only
one ship to enemy torpedoes - a
disabled landing ship which was
sunk during daylight submarine
encounter off the Azores.
ON THE USS LEVY IN THE PA
CIFTC - J. l.. Hyde, fireman, first
class, whose home is at 1886 South
Potomac st, Hagerstown, Md, is a
member of the crew of this destroyer
escort, which participated in the first
unconditional surrender of Jap-held
territory to the United States.
The LEVY, her guns ready, played
the role of watch dog in the lagoon
while Old Glory was run up over
Mile Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The ceremony was the climax of
dramatic week for the ship. She was
the first American warship to enter
an enemy-held lagoon when she
picked up Capt. Masonori Shigan,
commander of the garrison, to sign
the surrender terms of Capt. II. S.
Grow, USNR, of Greenville, Mich,
Commanding Officer of nearby Ma
juro.
Since she was commissioned in
May, 1943, the LEVY participated in
actions at Truk, Satawan, Ponape,
Guam, the Palaus and Leyte.
ON THE CRUISER LOUISVILLE
IN THE PACIFIC - Roland w. Nc
Kenzie, gunner's mate, son of H. M.
Mckenzie, SO North Mulberry, Hag-
erstown, Md, was at his station on
this ship when news of the final
capitulation of the Japanese was an
nounced over the loud speaker in
afternoon, August IA.
1t wasn't riotous reception with
which the crew greeted the news
The feeling was rather one of re-
lief, because the tension had been
so great in the closing days of the
war.
Following the announcement
Capt. Rex. L. Hicks, Commanding
Officer, of 1000 Cathedral ave-, Wash
ington, d. c., addressed the crew. ex-
planning that the war would not be
over for the Navy until every
Japanese soldier and Naval unit had
ceased hostilities.
Gosh, wish l were back in the
old hometown. I'll bet they're really
tearing the place to pieces" was the
A~SA~bASAA VI AANe11J dDOdTu.
Cpl. Harvey H. Miller, son of Mrs.
Marvin Miller, 207 Garlinger avenue,
is member of the 10th Infantry
Division, to which 1t. Col. Ryoichi
Tozuka, commander of 100 Japanese
on Panay Island, surrendered on
September l. Corporal Miller was
a member of the honor guard at
the surrender ceremonies.
Col. Tozuka and his party of "a
were the vanguard of 1900 troops
and civilians scheduled to follow
within a few days. Twelve hundred
came in the next day from the
central Panay mountains where for
several months they have been iso-
lated by 10th Division units.
Said Col. Tozuka later: 'Tt is re-
grettable that we lost. Our defeat
was caused by your material and
chemical superiority"