Milford chronicle., 1945-05-04


flWo"d II. Wchb. son Of Mrs. Re
Ia Webb is n0W AT home aftc,. .fc-
rtNlnS Il lionorahlc Dischar2c
'i"m til" t. ;. Army Nr enlisted III
Nay I"Il ami Mas Sent overseas in
January l'I'. served in Africa.
Italy, and Island OF Sardinia cam
pal@h. II" Was returned to States,
III March I1ll. after spcndine
sometime in the hospital he was
stationed at Fort Brass. North
Carolin" until he roccicvcd his dis
thdrS2 in March l9tJ.
The SECOND bronze cluster To his
DISTINGUISHED Unit Badge has been
awarded to PIE. Russell q. Hudson.
husband OF Mrs Frances \. Hud-
son of llaG~huro. as a member OF
the veteran 15lSt Honhardlncn1
Group. Private hudson. am air
plane mechanic OF E-34. arrived
m TN" Mediterranean theatre in
May. l9lf. The lll>t received its
latest batlc deco .tion for an Au-
gust - attack on the Alarkcrsdort
ArdrOmc. EionnH Austria. It's Drc-
viouS TWO battle strramcrS were ion.
l3th Air Force missions over Reg
"nShurg. Gcrmamiy. ANA Plocsti.
Itomania
Mrs. j. Albert Miller received
word from hcr husband. Pie j. Al
bert Miller OF the Army Ain Force
Mountain Home. Idaho. that he had
been promoted 10 corporal ON April
lG. Before his promotion ne was
one Of The members OF thr crew
that won tn" running overnight
cross country "trip as hcin4 the jnp
crew OF the month. awarded each
month for crews setting uutStand-
Ing Tying Records Crew lu6l9 and
C!oW ll3l% Squadron T-n. Major
John y. Skala. assistant troon
commaNdcr. announced as winners.
he winning crews were permitted
To take a Loco mile ni9ht after
submitting their proposed flight
plan and estimated time OF .lrpur-
tur" tu the Supervisor OF Flving
Training, M1jor Earn NJ. Longacrc.
Jr. for approval. Members Of Crew
Hob an" Lieutenant Duane Me
Ahcney. \. g., DcIhrlt Steele. G..
r.: Lieutenant Albert Smcal. b:
Lieutenant Edward Noskal. y;
torporals Edward UU0ck. r.: Ed
ward Fj"ttorN, Il. o.: Robert Chad
dcrdon. y. c.; Pics j. llhcrt NH
Ter. i. c., Grover Stuart. ". g..
and G"n"rusO CIccOuc r. G.. Win
ming crews were selected hy deter
minatiun of in" tl@hl Section Com
manGor. Commandment of crews
{ Director of Ground Trimming. III
rector ul Opcrationa and Trainiug
Imd staff Officers. Selection or
winners is based upon lisriplin,
and the greatest number OF mis-
SionS and minimumS completed.
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ItudcEts were permitted to have 4
/ pen rHi through the exchange ul
letters between boys and girls oi
foreign countries. Fred Grrcnlv. ot
harrington. Wrut" to- Eruhm Jacob.
OF Rotterdam, Holland. That WAS
before The invasion of Holland h\
the Germany. No letter came from
Brahm until he WAS liberated by
| the Americans His first lcttcI
written in English since then fol
lows:
Somewhere in Germany
March .. l"I:
Dear Fred:
It's long since wrote Won last
but that does not mean that com
plctcly forgot you Now You will
wonder who may I've the ON" that
writes you from somewhere in
Germany. cause You do not know
InyhOdy in thiS...... land. DO Won
remember i'm 1910 you correspond
ed with DutChman? Well. that
Dutchman is |. There WAS a long
time that passed since then and the
experiences | had in that time were
not Of the best. 1t began in 1919
when the German DESTROYED Oul
town and my mother and sisters
were SO badly injured that tleN
will never hc able 10 march again
That was a hard blow. but not the
only one received. for in lHll
was forced tO go to Germany tt
work there. Since then ! have berI
in Germany and can tell you ,har
II was hell. But ROW the american.
came here. | hid in cellar fol
TWO days, cause the ferries wanted
ne ana the others to eVaCuatc witt
hem in case we did not do SC
We would be shot. but they wcr,
in TOO much OF Il hurry to think q
MS and forgot us Now I'm liher
. Ited. 1t is the best thing | ever
, experienced in my life. 30 yol
know what it will mean to b,
without food. always being hungr,
for two years. what it does mean,
, TO nave a spy At your back whcr,
| ever you go. to Get kicks and blow:
f and not be able TO give them back
} Now we are going to show tn,
Germans a bit of what we expert
t enced ourselves here in this los
: paradise. And now. how are you
t are You a soldier. or are YOU still
at home? | hope you will writ
soon as possible, | will make Al
end to this letter with all 900,
wishes for you and your family.
Your Dutch friend.
? Brahm Jacobs
Fred is a. +. w. , G. in the Navy
, and his wife lives in Jacksonyill,
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