Evening star., 1945-05-06
Col. ChambersPr Praises
|vaIor Of Men al Iwo;
Returnees Located

Iulc LII. NOl. Ju6tlCc M. Cu8IuDcfB,
$50 Quebec place NV. They didn't
deliberately try to commit suicide
as they had previously done in other
fights. They were out to kill as
many Marines as they could before
they were killed themselves"
Col. Chambers, who was shot
through the left lung February q
on Two, Is now in United States
Naval Receiving Hospital. San Fran
cisco. He was commanding omcer
OF a battalion Of the 25th Marine
Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and
was at a forward observation post
on the third day Of the battle when
he was shot In the chest, q dis
patch said.
The colonel, former director Of
personnel for the United States
Maritime Commission, explained
that Two was no place for tactics
or general strategy. THE reason we
won that island" he said, "is be-
cause the individual kid Marine is
resourceful and willing to die If nee
essary to do the Job assigned him.
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best fighting men,"
One Of those fighting kids" at
Two was Marine Pvt. William S.
Logan, 1416 Michigan avenue NV.
He was one Of three officers and 1913
enlisted men who were moved from
Mare Island, Calf, to the Naval
Hospital at Philadelphia for hos
pitalization closer to their homes.
The sailors and Marines were
wounded during the conquest of
Two
1t. Robert L. Meyer, 1921 Kalo-
rama road NV, has been trans
ferred from his station as engineer
ing officer aboard destroyer with
the Atlantic Fleet and ordered to
report to the commandant OF the
1st naval district for a new as
signment.
After 40 missions as a B-24 pilot
in the Central Pacific, 1st 1t. Harry
w. Anderson, 1860 Lanier place
NV, has reported for duty as a
pilot instructor at the AAF Train
ing Command Radar School at
Langley Field, Va.
y 1t. q. g. Francis E. Davis, 4308
Russell avenue, Mount Rainier, Md,
and Ensign Richard C. Smallwood,
1908 Fortieth place, Hyattsville, Md,
Navy pilots, have returned from
tours of duty in the Pacific. 1t.
Davis, pilot of a Navy Avenger
torpedo-bomber, helped smash Jap
shipping, planes and air installa-
tions from Indo-China to Tokyo.
Ensign Smallwood few a fighter
plane in strikes against the enemy
in the South China Sea and in air
campaigns that paved the way for
the Palau, Philippines and Two Jima
invasions.
| After being evacuated from over
seas. four local men have arrived
at Oliver General Hospital, Augusta,
Ga. They are: Sergt. Talbot Honey,
125 Ivanhoe street SW.; TI5
Joseph w. Smith, 1925 Orren street
NE: Pfc. Arno S. Mcclellan, 162
Raleigh street Sc, and Pvt. Harvey
T. Sharrow, 1921 K street Sc.
A veteran invader of the Mar
shalls, Guam, Peleliu, Leyte anc
LuZon. Coast Guardsman Manuel
Castro, 8l0 Twenty-fourth street
NV, has returned to the States
after 10 months of combat duty
in the Pacific aboard an invasion
supply ship.
Keith Ray Thompson, watertend-
er 2/c, U. S. N. r., is at the Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va, to be
trained for duties aboard new de-
stroyer of the Atlantic Fleet. He
has seen action In the Pacific and
China Sea. His home IS at 224o
Evarts street NE.
On his way home to 1902 Seven
teenth street NV, after 18 months
in the China Burma theater, is
T/Sergt. Theodore Dunaway.
Merle L. Creel, aviation ord
nanceman &c. U. S. NJ. 1872 Mon
tague street NV, has returned from
eight months combat duty in the
Pacific. He served as turret gun
ner in a Navy patrol bomber and
took part in 43 missions.
Pvt. Frederick T. Allen, 1011 H
street NV, and 1st 1t. George E.
Gilbert, 1902 Knox road, College
Park. Md, have arrived at redis-
tribution centers In North Carolina
awaiting reassignments to duty. Pvt.
Allen spent IS months in the Euro
pean theater and 1t. Gilbert 20
months
Two men who have been admitted
to hospitals: Pvt. Homer E. Knicely,
806 Atlantic street Sc, in Moore
General Hospital, N. c.. formerly
with the 7th Armored Division in
Europe, and Pvt. Lawrence Z. Sui
livan, Lanham, Md, in Woodrow
Wilson General Hospital, Staunton,
Va. Both men were wounded in
action.
1t. Taylor Assigned
1t. Barney B. Taylor, infantry,
has been assigned to the special in
formation section, headquarters,
Army Ground Forces. He has been