The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-12
Service Briefs

Pfc. Arthur l.. Deyet, husband
OF Mrs. Loretta Deyet l0l n. River
Blvd, has been awarded a Bronze
Star by Major Gen. Charles Il.
&c. hardt, division commander, for
meriorious achievement. Private
Deyet is a wireman for the third
battalion headquarters, Of the 175th
infantry and has been stationed
in Germany.
The text OF the citation reads:
pfc. Arthur l.. Devet brought
credit to himself by heroic service
from Feb. %, 1914, TO Mar. Is. a
wireman with Hq Co. 3rd Bn, Pfc.
Devet was constantly with the lead.
ing rifle units laying and maintain.
ing wire. Many times he exposed
himself to direct enemy observation
and fire in order TO continue his
work. BY his untiring efforts, Pre-.
Devet was 2 great material aid
in maintaining total OF 27 mfees
OF unbroken wire communication
from Julich TO Munchen-Gladbach,
Germany. On many occasions, Pfc.
Devet voluntarily and beyond the
call OF duty. assisted In laying uou.
BILE lines in order to have positive
assurance that communication
would be adequate In the event enc
my shellfre disrupted the original
lines. BY his display OF, courage
and initiative In the face OF the
enemy. Pfc. Devet contributed ma
terially TO the success Of the at
tack.
Military Service"
by his meritorious record OF ser
vice In the face OF the enemy, Pfc.
Devet has brought credit TO him
self, his organization, and to the
military service.
William L. Southwark. ANN sc.
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Southwark, formerly OF Ridge Rd..
Ypsiland. who spent a "a day leave
with his parents. has now returned
to his carrier on the West Coast.
He participated in nine major bat
ties in the Pacific and has been In
service four years.
Mrs. Howard Fanslow received a
telegram and phone call from her
brother, Pfc Gordon Carey. Friday,
saying he had arrived In Charlie
ston, South Carolina and expected
to be mover within a few days to a
hospital nearer home. Pfc. Gordon
Carey was seriously wounded in
his right arm and shoulder March
Is while with the First Army in
Germany. He sent the Purple Heart
awarded him to his daughter. Flor
ence Carey who is very anxious to
see her Daddy, whom she has not
seen for 10 months
First 1t. Ulrich Gress has mott
fled his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf
Gress, OF his promotion to captain,
effective May /.
He is with the Military Intelli
gence Service and Was assigned. as
interrogation OF German war prison
ers.
His division was holding the Ger
man garrisops in the French ports
OF ST. Nazaire and Lorient from
where the Germans operated their
submarines in menacing the Allied
shipping lanes. There were over
10000 Germans in these two ports.
At the time OF the surrender of
the German armies, Captain Gress
was the official interpreter between
theAmerican and German stsffs in
that sector.
After the surrender documents
had been signed. one German staff
officer handed him his Mauser PTS
toll and a naval officer his dagger,
both OF which he will cherish as
souvenirs from a most significant
historical event.
Capt. Gress is now in the neigh
borhood OF Frankfort on the Main
awaiting assignment with the army
OF occupation.
T/5 Arnold W. Fensch. Belleville,
was one OF the first Is Michigan
soldiers returned from the Pacific
theater Of war under the Armys
point discharge system. He arrived
at Fort Sheridan. Ill.
1t. Ug) Harry ]. Conn, USCGR,
is continuing a Radar course In ST.
Simons Island, Georgia.
First 1t. Ken Cearakostas OF the
Army Air Corps, who recently re-
turned from England after many
flying missions over Germany, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Cearakostas, Iryington ST., De
troit. 1t. Cearakostas is a graduate
OF Michigan Normal College and re-
Gently visited his many friends
here.
Aboard a heavy cruiser in the
Western Pacific is Seaman, second
class, Alexander J. Yuhas, USNR,
whose wife lives at 1880 Hull
Rd.. Belleville. This cruiser Is a
veteran OF nearly every major raid
and bombardment from the Aleu-
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