The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-12
Service Briefs

Lieut. Theodore c. Schaible,
USNR, and his vile are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Schaible, Ann Arbor, formerly
prominent in Ypsilanii. He has been
with carrier force IN the Leyte,
Mindoro and Luzon operations.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Schaible will leave
soon for Pensacola. Fla, where
he has been assigned 10 shore
duty.
PVT George 5. Nakamoto, a for.
mer employe at Charles McKenny
Hall, is in the Third Battalion Of
The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a Jap
anese-American unit which is en-
gagged in difficult warfare in the
French Alps. With many months OF
intense mountain fighting in Italy
and the French Vosges behind H.,
the battalion augments skill with
experience.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilkens, 57l
DAVIS St. received a letter recently
from a Captain Hepburn from the
924th Ordnance Heavy Automotive
Maintenance Company, the same
company to which their son, T )
Robert belongs. In his letter he
said Il know how interested you
must be in what We are doing in
France and am sure you are anIi-
Gus and concerned about Roberts
activities. Let me assure you that
we are nicely located and have tn 4
best OF facilities for our type or
ork as well as above average liv-
ing conditions. Robert is in the
best OF health and continues TO
work in his usual good manner He
IS an excellent soldier and am
proud to have him in our unit for
his standard OF cooperation and eff
forts are what We need TO help win
the war
Mrs Bert Lewis (Genevieye Fox
who has spent the past two years
in the Southwest Pacific. especially
Guadalcanal. was expected to arrive
at the home OF her mother, Mar. 10.
in ST Louis. Mo. Mrs. Lewis was a
member of the physical education
department. OF the Michigan State
Normal College before going over-
seas.
Sgt Barry Afford laboratory
technician, is in France.
United States Army Hospital re-
ports that Feb. %. Pvt Edward
l.. Harcourt was making norma
improvement
Mrs. Joseph Steere, who has been
spending several weeks in Norfolk,
Va. with her husband Lieut.. JOS
eph Steere. has returned 10 be with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harolc
Lauback, Detroit, and Lieut.
Steere's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. X.
w. Steere. this city.
Kathryn Jane LOesell. ITO Sher-
man St. a member OF the Women's
Army Corps recently left First
WAC Training Center, for duty
with the Army at Halloran Genera
Hospital, Staten Island, \. Y.
Marylee Cummings. %. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lee f. Cummings,
sol " Hamilton ST. was graduated
from the Naval Training School
eomgn-N) on the Iowa State
Teachers College campus, Cedar
Falls, Iowa
Ensign Bernard r. Smith. Ism.
R. OF l25 Miles St, lpsilanu, has
returned from a tour Of combat
iUty as plot OF a Navy fighter
plane based on an aircraft carrier N
the Pacific.
Attached TO the fighter squadron
or Air Group ~. he flew a Grum.
man-built (HeilcaD (F6F) Most OF
his total OF 40 missions were for
Photographic purposes. The pic
lures that he took OF enemy install
iations and damaged targets we're
o; great value to his air group.
During his intensive war cruise,
Air Group ~ struck at Formosa.
Luzon. Leyte. French Indo-China,
the South China Coast, and Nansei
Shoto. lie was also in the thick OF
the historic Second Battle OF the
Philippine Sea.
He took part in one particularly
heavy smash at enemy shipping off
Luzon which resulted in the sinking
OF the entire force consisting OF
three 4000.ton landing ships and d
destroyer escort. In that action
Ensign Smith made repeated
strafing attacks on the vessels.
The son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roy G
r. Smith OF Ypsilanti, ne is married
to the former Rhoda Smith of Mi
IAN. Mich. lie was commissioned
naval officer in May, 1914.
Pfc. Vernon c. Hammond, 1921
: Congress Ct. recently was award.
ed the blue and gold badge signify
ing membership in the 350th Bat
lie Mountain" Regiments Second
Battalion. which received the Dis