Evening star., 1945-07-29
Air Force Contingent
From District Due on
Transport Wednesday

several washington Air FOrce OF -
hcers and men are listed to arrive
in New York Wednesday on the
transport Alexander and Thursday
on the Queen Mary. Names of 54
Washington men arriving on the
Queen Mary were carried in The
Star Friday.
Among those on the new list is
Maj. Joseph r. Didden, 80, of 139
Twelfth street Sc, an officer of the
Air Forces ground service. Mai.
Didden, a graduate of Catholic Uni
versity in architecture, was asso-
ciated with his father, George Did
den, an architect, before Pearl
Harbor.
Also arriving is Corpl. James E.
st. Clair, 23, of 1865 Oates street
NE. He went overseas on the Queen
Mary two years ago. He was cap
tain of cadets at st. Johns Military
School.
T/Sergt. Francis F. Riddle, 1922
Vista street NE, another arrival,
was chief wireman with the list
Troop Carrier Command, 434th
Group, 9th Air Force, in France
and Germany. He is a graduate of
Mount Rainier High School and was
working for the telephone company
before he went in the Army.
Another Washington man back
from the 434th Group is S/Sergt,
Thomas M. Branzell, 34l5 @ street
NV. He was a crew member of
troop transport plane and his
group was given Presidential Cita-
tion for dropping paratroopers in
Normandy on D day.
Scheduled to arrive in New York
are: Sergt. Charles NJ. Huntington,
1914 F street NE; Pvt. Earl K.
Eliza, Arlington, Va; 1t. Almon H.
Maussand, 1888 Sixteenth street
NV; Pvt. Myron J. Kieffer, l4l7
Sheridan street NV; T/Sergt.
Joseph T. Kominsky, 1879 Downing
street NE; S/Sergt. Joseph c.
Follin, 4915 Alton street NV; Sergt.
Henry Magelitz, mo address
Corpl. Joseph D. Rounsaville, 1922
34th street NV, and Corpl. Will
liam A. Jeffries, 28l7 Harrison street
North, Arlington, Va.
Others to arrive Thursday on the
Queen Mary are: T/Sergt. Louis w.
Gebicke, 1916 Emerson street NE;
Sergt. James E. Howard, 1914
Lamont street NV: Second 1t.
Louis C. Schowe, $40 E street NE;
Pvt. Pulaski Battle, 3l45 Buena
Vista Terrace Sc; TIA Ellis L.
Burka, ITO Otis place NV; T/5
Thomas j. Mason, l740 street Sc;
T/5 David M. Stolar, $40 F street
NV; Capt. Earl J. Sterbenz, 1920
Wisconsin ave. NV; T/5 Harvey E,
Ruben, 704 Otis place NV.
First 1t. Oliver cambridge, 1888
Anger place Sc; Pfc. John H.
Beasley, 410 Ninth street S.W.; Pfc.
John H. Beverley, 1741 First street
NV; Pfc. Andrew E. Gaines, l44
First street NV; Pfc. Willie J. Hill,
sr.. 5l55 Sheriff road NE; Pvt.
Richard Bassette, l1l07 U street
NV; Pvt. Chester Ham, 6l8 Elev-
enth street NE; Pfc. Lonnie l..
Cooper. 406 Fourth street Sc; Pvt.
TlCIldIO II. "llldulS, 111f oICSCiio
road Sc; Sergt. Emory M. Abbott,
2714 Twenty sixth street NE: Sergt.
Charles A. Blackson, 1000 Cathedral
avenue NV; Pfc. Lewis J. Brown,
1920 Sixteenth street NV; Pfc. Earl
G. Lindsey. Oil Hamlin street NE;
Pvt. Jack D. Meadows, 502 F street
NV; T/5 Ernest F. Crooks, 5000
Ninth street NV; T/5, John C.
Fretwen, 2126 r street NV; T/5I
John j. Leggett, 5028 Hanna place
Sc; Pfc. Henry Heise, 233 Fifteenth
street Sc
Maj. John F. Graham, 1910 STRAIT
ford road, Bethesda, Md. arrived
yesterday at Camp Patrick Henry,
Va. He crossed on the transport
Exceller Also on the Exceller were
Pvt. Clarence Wilburn, 206 King
street. Alexandria. Va, and Pfc
Philip M. Lewis, 1914 w street Sc.