The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-07

heCTcdllOn p'lIulHS.
S-9-Adu't Dance Glass, Commun-
ity build.r
iting his home on Merritt Rd. He
will report in Maryland, March IL.
Pfc. Robert Russell who was With
General Patton's Third Army has
been awarded the combat infantry.
mans badge. In a recent letter he
said, I'VE were committed to battle
Feb. 7. 1915, and entered the Saar
River at Esternach and went into
Germany Things were tough for
the first few days but soon cooled
off" Pfc. Russell entered the serv
ice last April and received his train
ing at Camp Roberts, Calf, and
Camp Mccoy, Wisconsin.
Mrs. L. A. Pearson has received
word that her husband, Pvt. La
Verne Pearson Is in a German
prison camp. 1t is the first word
that she has received directly from
| him since November %, 1914, say
ing that he had been in his first bat
! tie and was back for a rest. He had
| said at that thine that he was well
and that he and Pvt. Louis Nit
chell were still together. Pvt Pear
son. and Pvt. Mitchell were induct-
ed into the service May /. 1943.
and were sent to Fort Mcclellan.
Alabama, where they remained until
the end OF September. They came
home on a furlough together and
/ then went to Camp Meade, New
Jersey, from where they went i'm
mediateley overseas. On December
IS, 1914, Mrs. Parson and Mrs.
Mitchell received kilograms stats
| ing that their husbands had been
missing in action since November
| 2S. Pvt. Mitchell has not as yet
heen located.
Mrs. Major Glenn has received
word from her brother, Paratroopei.
Edward Pocialik, that he Is now
safe after having been with the
trapped 101 Paratroop Divisions in
Bastogne.
Cpl. Vern Glenn who is in an
anti-aircraft outfit with the Ninth
Army under the command OF Lieut..
General William Simpson, sends his
regards to relatives and friends and
says his outfit is now leading all
other anti-aircraft divisions OF the
! Ninth Army in the number OF
planes shot down. His mother, Mrs.
Myrtle Glenn, lives at ST. LaMay
St.
Sgt. William j. Kerr, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Kerr OF.
125 College Place is currently as
signed to the AAF Redistribution
Station No. 4 at Santa Ana Army
Air Base. Sgt. Kerr, an engineer
gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator in
the Asiatic Pacific Theater OF OPP
erations. entered the service July
10. 1912. and went overseas in Feb.
ruary, 1914. He has been awarded
the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon
with four Battle Stars, the Air
Medal with three oak leaf clusters
and the Presidential Unit citation
He has completed II missions.
Two enlisted men from Ann Ar
Dor. who are serving in the ground
forces OF 18th AAF Pol Mustang
fighter group in Italy, have this
month completed two years OF over
seas duty IN the Mediterranean
Theater OF Operations. They are.
Sergeant Floyd II. Bradshaw, $50
Doty Ave, and Sergeant Ward w
Boettger, els Turner Park Court
Sgt. Bradshaw's father resides at
20 Lincoln St, Ypsilanti, Sgt. Boeit-
ger is an aircraft armorer in ms
| group.
Sergeant Roger r. We'll, q, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond r. We'll,
| 341S-A Texan St., st. Louis, MO, Is
a member OF a Fifteenth Army Air
Force Liberator Group recently ac-
corded the Distinguished Unit Cita.
ton for a particularly successful
bombing mission against the Floris-
dorf oil retineries at Vienna, Aus
tria. Members OF both ground and
air echelons were included in the
citation.
We'll works in the Bedical de-
tachment OF his group. He attended
the Roosevelt High School ana
worked for the Acme Fast.Freight
Co. before his induction in January.
1913. lie arrived overseas last
March and holds the Theater RID
bon with two Battle Stars in add
ton TO the Distinguished Unit
Badge. His wife, Mrs. virginia
We'll. resides at Route 4. Box 4.
SJSgt. John W. Sample, whose
wife. Mrs. Ruby I. Sample, resides
at POS Normal St., is turret gun
ner with B-2i Liberator bonn
bardment group stationed in Italy.
His group has flown more than 4Oo
combat missions. Sgt Sample Is a
graduate OF Ypsilanti High School.
lie entered the Armed Forces in
April. 194i, and received his wings
at Tyndall Gunnery School, Fla. lie
loined his present group Feb. ..
1945. and has flown several combat
missions. He wears the Good Con-
duct Medal and the European-Afri'
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