Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-18


Away over in Casa Blanca in Afri.
ca two El Centre boys enjoyed an
unexpected reunion. Lieutenant
(jg) Don Young, son of Mr.. ane
Mrs. Frank Young, $50 Euclid, anc
Ensign Joe Northrop, son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Earl Northrop of the El Centre
area, talked long and rapidly about
school days in Ell Centre, their fam.
lies, and mutual friends. Lieuten.
ant Young is plotting a navy Cata.
lima on patrol in the Mediterranean
area on his second tour of duty
overseas. He was overseas nine
months, returned home, and a year
ago went back for his second tour
Ensign Northrop is serving aboard
q navy destroyer and has been in
the Mediterranean since last Decem-
her. He IS first assistant to the
chief engineer. They are trying to
arrange another meeting.
Three Imperial Valley 17-year-old
youths, all with one or more broth
ers in the armed forces, have en-
listed in San Diego as Apprentice
Seamen in the Naval Reserve. They
are Henry Legaspi, son of Mrs. M
r. Legaspi, of 7G7 Giles street, Cal
exico; Edward Gene McClord, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Nc.
Clord, of Plaster City, and Charles
Andrew Graham, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. M. Graham, ,of Brawley.
Recruit Legaspi joins his brother.
Victor E. Legaspi. in. the navy. The
latter holds the rating of yeoman
second class. Young McClord has
two brothers, William E. Mcclord,
and Stephen McClord, who are pri-
Yates in the army. Enlistee Graham
has a brother, Byron Graham, who
is a lieutenant in the army air
corps
Clyde Donaldson, seaman first
class, wrote his wife in Imperial
of meeting Turman Womack in the
Pacific area recently. Donaldson
has been at sea six months and
took part in the invasion of Two
and Okinawa His brother, Gene,
is stationed on Guam. They are
sons of Mrs. Sadie Donaldson of
Imperial.
At an Eighth air force bomber
station, England, a third Oak Leaf
Cluster to his Air Medal has been
awarded Staff Sergeant Lewis r.
Nichols, 10, El Centro, for courage,
GOODNESS and skill'' while participate
ing in bombing attacks upon mill
tary, rail, and industrial targets in
Germany. Sgt Nichols is ball
turret gunner on an Eighth air
force Bit Flying Fortress. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart, 494
Olive street, El Centro, he graduat-
sd from Central Union High school.
Private First Glass Ernest Hayes
Gibson, whose mother, Mrs. Bert
F.. Gibson, and sister, Miss Doris
Gibson, live at 1867 He'll, El Certro,
has joined the veteran 143rd infan-
try regiment of the 36th Texas div
ision now fighting in Germany.
Private First Glass Herbert Hughes
former deputy sheriff of Imperial
county, is half through a special
six-week training course at Ft. Sam
Houston, Texas, after which he -ex-
poets to be sent back to Stockton
He is taking a course in criminal
investigation. His wife and son, are
in El Centre but plan to spend the
summer with her mother in Los
Angeles
Staff Sergeant Gilbert C.. Garcia
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike M. Gar
cia of 1886 Walnut, Holtville, is act
ing as platoon sergeant while the
regular man is home on leave. Ser
| geant Garcia is stationed somewhere
J in the Philippines. Mr. and Mrs
Garcia received word recently that
their other son, Private First Glass
Armando E. Garcia, is back in Ger
many.
Robert Milton Kennedy, II, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Kennedy, of
443A Heffernan street, Calexico, en-
listed in San Diego as an apprentice
seaman in the naval reserve and is
awaiting his call to active duty.
Sergeant Gail Miner is home
from Ft. Ord for visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Miner
He will visit relatives and friends
in the Los Angeles area before re-
porting back to Ft. Ord.
Il am situated in an old German
house with my radioman, observing
! for the mortars," Lieutenant Laur-
: ence C. Cook, son Of the late John
Cook and Mrs. Cook and former
teacher at Harding school. "Oui
division has been on line now for
70 days SO we are pretty tired as
well as shot up. It's plenty rough
20 worry for 10 days whether you'll
live through the next days attack
or push. We are supposed to be on
line for six days and then go back