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a 4th Infantry Division dispatch
from German revealed

a 4th Infantry Division dispatch
from German revealed.
Wounded prisoners of many ma
tIonalltles, including six Americans
and one Englishman, were liberated
when the town surrendered to Ist
1t. Harry w. Rose, 73O Third street
NV, and his four 22d Infantry
Regiment wiremen. 1t. Rose and his
men cleared away some obstacles
and Jeeped into town before they
realized it still belonged to the Ger
mans, the lieutenant said. But in
few minutes the white flags were
out, the burgomeister was ready to
do business, and the Krauts in town
had taken to the woods" They
rounded up 38 in the woods and be-
fore nightfal there were 10 prison.
ers, plus the 965 in hospitals.
S/Sergt. Daniel E. Murphy, 25, of
Twentieth street and Florida avenue
NV, tail gunner on Liberator
based in Italy, has flown his 5Oth
combat mission, and 1st 1t. Aldino
A. Antonioli, 81, of 1912 H street
NE, Liberator co-pilot, recently
completed his 25th mission.
A Coast Guard-manned LIST re-
ported by the Navy as sunk in the
Philippines, is "afloat" and par
ticipated in operations against the
Japs on the west coast of Okinawa.
1t. J. A. Baybutt, 3731 Thirty-ninth
street NV, skipper of the vessel,
said they were in the initial assault
landings on the beach from a close
position off shore.
1st 1t. Roland H. Brady, 26, pilot
of the Flying Fortress Red Hot Rid
ing Hood" directs the training of
new flyers assigned to the 490th
Bomb Group in England. His home
is at $500 Allison street, Mount
Rainier, Md.
Maj. Robert S. Seller, 1922 @
street NV, has been appointed
commanding officer of bomb
squadron in the 467th Bomb Group
in England. He was formerly squad
ron operations officer.
In the 406th Infantry Regiments
race to the Rhine they used jeeps,
motorcycle sidecars and even a fire
truck with a siren to carry their
heavy weapons. T/Sergt. Robert H.
Clatterbuck, 642 Fifth street Ne,
platoon sergeant, led the motorcade.
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/ 7,
the back fence and such chores, are
learning to copy the works of the
masters. In addition to acquiring
skill in the classical forms of ex-
preston the veterans are also being
schooled in the practical phases of
| art, such as interior decorating,
showcard writing, window display,
cartooning' and scenic design.
Army medical authorities are
high in their praise of the art
classes for their value from a thera-
peutic standpoint-aside from the
vocational value.
Drawing releases emotional ten
sion," explains Landsman, "and
thus helps speed the recovery of
our pupils"
Landsman SCOTS at pleas that IT
can't draw. I don't have any tall
ent."
Anybody who can write can
draw" he says. "We prove this to
our students in three lessons. With
self-confdence established, the road
is wide open, then"
Landsman has been assigned to
special duty with the Treasury De-
partment on several occasions to
participate in War Bond promo
tional post design. These assign
ments have been in conjunction
with his former boss in civilian life,
Bert M. Sarazen, who is chairman
of the National Retail Advertising
Committee for the Seventh War
Loan campaign. The Landsmans
reside at 6301 Sixteenth street NV,
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$50 feet deep and 300 feet across,
with a level floor. From the floor
and the sides sulphur fumaroles
gushed out hot gas, although the
volcano itself has not erupted in
many years, I am informed. Also
to the south I could make out the
outlines of Minami family through
the haze but was unable to see Kita
Two to the north.
After the broadcast was taken
care of at the cemetery where about
half of the 1000 dead Marines lie
buried, the padre, the correspondent
and myself got an enlisted Army
photographer, assigned to us, to
drive us around the island.
Roads Like Creek Beds.
We drove up the east coast and
saw the terraced dunes of volcanic
dust where our boys had fought
SO hard after making the initial
landing and then began making the
gradual ascent into the rocky coun-
try 1t resembles a mountain back
home after a cloudburst or wash
out There were caves galore and
every now and then we would pass
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volcanic ash and from the air
had seen the numerous pock marks
which had marked countless bomb
hits and explosions. But the north
ern one-tl1ird was quite rugged and
rocky country, as I shall describe
in a moment.
Events which were to crowd on
the heels of each other were not
long in starting after my arrival.
We were in weapons carrier being
transported down to Island Com
mand headquarters when one of
the cripples came in, got out of
control somehow and veered off
the runway, striking three P-51s
and grading machine. The fire
that followed was one of the most
spectacular I had seem up to that
moment. For the following hour or
so the .50-calibre ammunition ex-
ploded all over the place, sounding
like a Chinese New Year celebra-
ton. Smoke pluned skywards a
mile into the air and then mush-
roomed out into a dark umbrella
I heard that no lives were lost i'm
mediately, although one may have
died later.
Visits Surabachi Crater.
I reported to command head
quarters and was billeted in the area
which was almost at the base of
Mount Surabachi. Looking at that
volcanic cone gave me the creeps
when I placed myself in the posi-
ton of an invading Marine and
visualized the Jap gun emplace-
ments there. I thought, "Impos-
sible!" when 7 saw it and still am
nearly incredulous-yet there are
other incredible things on that
island also.
The next morning I managed to
Wangle jeep and drove to the top
of Mount Surabachi. I gazed down
into the crater uhjel, ie ,,arbope
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1884 K street NV, for action over
Germany.
1st 1t. James H. Monroe, bonn
bardier, 4748 Wisconsin avenue NV.
in the 9th AAF attacks over Ger
many.
Sergt. Robert T. Urban, bombar-
dier, 1871 r street NV.
S/Sergt. Jesse A. Jones, jr., 100
Third street NE, while taking part
in recent 9th AAF bombing attacks
on Nazi airfelds and railroad mar
shaling yards.
Capt. Bernard A. Hawkins, 312
Tenth street NE, with the 10th
AAF in Burma.
Air Medal
1st 1t. William B. Doyle, jr., 1906
Kirkwood road, Arlington.
1st 1t. Willis c. Dean, Arlington
1t. Lewellyn Evans, 3o10 Gains.
vile street Sc.
1t. Morris A. Hit, Marshall, Va.
1st 1t. Lindsey M. Sylvester, l8O4
Thirty-seventh street NV.
Sergt. william F. Hake, 812 Madi-
son street NV.
Sergt. Richard }. Wyche, 15oC
Trinidad avenue NE.
LIST 1t. Stanley G. Y. Lee, 4l2l
Ninth street NV.
I'd 1t. John T. Maloney, 37lC
Military road NV.
Flight Officer Melvin L. Bur-
roughs, 4402 Thirty first street
Mount Rainier. Md
I'd 1t. Vernon J. Simmerman, Psi
Mustang fighter pilot of 401 Six
teenth street NE.
I'd 1t. Donald Cameron, so Elm
street, Takoma Park, Md, pilot in a
18th AAF. B-24 Liberator group.
I'd 1t. ames F. Brown, jr., bonn
bardier, 4316 Tenth street NE.
I'd 1t. Guy b. Shepard, pilot, 300a
Thirty-fourth street NV.
Flight Officer Ebert v. Edwards
Bit Flying Fortress pilot. 1926
Third street NE.
Sergt. Leslie M. Mcneil, tail gun
ner, 22l9 Naylor road Sc.
I'd 1t. Benjamin p. Blaine, jr.
bombardier, 1245 South Carolina
avenue Sc.
Brig. Gen. william J. Flood, CHIEF
of staff of the 7th Air Force, 3511
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
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Construction and Repair Company
for helping build the longest Ameri-
can railroad bridge over the Rhine
River in Germany
Capt. Charles L. Blair, 1912 Man.
chester lane NV, of the 5th In
fantry Division Artillery for dis
tinctive services.
SISergt. Henry E. Brogdon of the
552nd Engineer Heavy Platoon Bat
talon for assisting in successful ex-
periments on the erection and oper-
alton of submerged river cableways
He lives at 1862 Lewis street NE.
First 1t. Peter ]. Joyce, motor Of
ficer, 314 South Carolina avenue
Sc. He has participated in the
Normandy, Northern France, Bel
GUM and Germany campaigns.
1t. Col. Russell G. May, 622 IN
graham street NV, while serving
as commanding officer of truck
battalion in the Combat Support
Wing responsible for the storage
and transportation Of bombs, am
munition and supplies for the in
vasion Air Forces.
Col. Edward S. Shattuck, 1850
Lanier place NV, for outstanding
service and bravery on Luzon.
1t. Col. Levi w. Smith, jr., of the
Roger Smith Hotel, for action on
Peleliu Island last September when
he organized part of an engineer
battalion as an infantry unit and
directed it in holding off a strong
japanese attack even after he was
wounded.
Maj. Norman NJ. Barrett, 500
Goddard road, Bethesda. while in
charge of the Planning and Produc-
ton Control Section of strategic
air depot where planes of the 9Th
AAF undergo maintenance.
Capt. Peter F. Snyder, jr., 2015
Lanier drive, Silver Spring, Trans
portation Corps, for service as con-
troll officer, 9th Traffic Regulation
Group from May Is, 1914, to July
Is, 1914. He worked long hours
studying channels of traffic and
other control features in planning
for the movement of troops and
material.
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minutes III Sofpi. nuFkhArot.
the target. Then we had trouble
with the engines. The engineer
fixed one, then another started.
He was fixing that when the first
went out, so we were with two out.
The pilot didn't know whether
to go on or turn back. We were far
behind the formation, so we got rid
of some of the bombs.
We were going to try to catch up
to formation, but we were attacked
by German fighter. He knocked
out the radio system, so l don't
know exactly what happened, but we
got the bail out" signal. All I re-
member about the jump is that it
wasn't half as bad as I thought it
would be.
When I finally hit the ground I
landed on the side of mountain
T looked around. There was valley
and some kind of a factory there.
saw some guys walking guard, so
made mad scramble up the noun
tain as fast as my legs could carry
me. I did not know what coun-
try I was in, but thought l. was
in Germany.
I walked the rest of the day,
staying in the woods and out OF
sight. When it got dark, I pushed
snow away from three pine trees
put boughs down and curled up and
tried to sleep. I did this three days
and nights.
On the third day, I ran into ar
old man. Tried to talk to him
Finally found it was Slovakia.
went on, as I couldn't talk to him
Came to another valley, which wa!
bad for me, and had just made W
my mind to go around it when
heard a whistle. I turned and there
were three guys with guns pointing
at me. They searched me and triec
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Brothers Meet at Two;
Smiths at Okinuwu

Four Washington area men-two
Of them brothers-are serving with
the Marines at Two Jima and Oki-
nawa, a recent dispatch said.
Sergt Douglas E Thomas and Pfc.
Earl w. Thomas, Takoma Park, met
for the first time in IL months
during the battle of Two. They
talked through one night, despite
the battle raging around them.
Corpl. Henry F. Smith, 1109 G
street Sc, and Carmel F. Smith,
208 E street NV, no relation, were
member of shore party helping to
unload supplies and ammunition.
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through the sinking VapOrS OF a
deteriorating dead Jap. Then on
the northern and eastern. curve ]
began to regret the trip. Our driver
who was the only one armed, took
the three passengers, sitting exposed
in jeep with the top down through
some of the worst roads have ever
seen. I would as soon try to drive
up the bed of a dry trout stream
There were times when we actually
dead ended by boulders in our
path and had to back over stones
that would have stalled anything
but jeep. Mine fields still exist
and patrols were few and far be-
tween-so it seemed to us. Occa-
sionally We would run across a
few men working over one of the
caves with guns at the ready.
After more than an hour in that
horrible country the driver got us
back to sandy road on the west
ern side of the island which by that
time looked like the Pennsylvania
turnpike to me. We came on back
by the prisoners camp and passed
several more fumaroles on the way
back to the southern end. Of course
we saw the airflelds completed and
under construction and the intense
activity at those places.
1 was happy to clear out of that
area, and by 10 am. of our third
day I was on another Marine trans
port headed back for Guam.
Cloud Dots Minami's 81"
Fifteen minutes later we passed
Minami again, but this time it was
almost directly beneath my right
elbow, so to speak, and although we
had climbed to nearly 5000 feet I got
an excellent view of this magnificent
cone thrusting up to 5000 feet be-
meath my heels. A big, willowy
cloud clung to the pinnacle as if re-
luctant to drift away, so I did not
get a glimpse into the Crater itself.
At about 2 pm. local time we sat
down at Saipan again, and there I
found shadow in wrecked build
ing to watch more B-29s coming in
just as I had last year, when
went out with (Arthur) Godfrey
to record the first strike of these
bombers against Tokyo. For two
hours We waited around in swelter-
ing heat before we took off again
and hoped over to Tinian, which
had seen many times on my two
previous trips out here but where
had never actually set foot. Our
visiting Tinian, however, was merely
gesture, as We were only there 10
minutes Here again B-29 activity
was probably greater than at any
previous place seen. 1t is a magnifi-
cent spectacle to see these things
take off in routine fashion from
Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Two
each one mighty armada but all
planned to join or take specific tar
gets under fire. After Tinian we
soon passed about 3 miles off the
coast of Rota, which we never both
cred capturing, but which has been
isolated. 1t is a fairly large island,
perhaps 8 miles long, with noun
tains and much vegetation, and
then, surprisingly soon - within a
matter Of minutes-Guam was in
view, with its thick growth of palm
trees and green mountain ranges.
Incidentally, the day returned a
press release indicated that during
the previous week about $50 Japs
were killed and some 200-odd pris-
oners we're taken on Two. believe
If
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First Oak Leaf Cluster
To the Air Medal

I'd 1t. Peter Scott, posthumously
Received by father, William Scott
U. S. A., retired, 4481 @ street NV
at Boiling Field during ceremonies
last week.
1st 1t. Patrick I. Fenlon, 2131 Fiji
teenth street NV, co-pilot on the
crew of Bit Flying Fortress, for
courage, GOODNESS and skill" during
a number of 9th AAF attacks on
German military and industrial tar
gets.
Flight Officer Harry d. Collier,
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Flyer Forced to Bail Out Tells
Of Hordships AVOIDING Capture

The tolloDing is from q letter
by Corpl. EdlUin A. Burkhdrdt,
Dho a1as previously reported as
missing in action over Ger
many"::
I hope you have heard by this
time that I am all right. I am feel
ing fine with the exception of stom-
ach trouble due to the good food
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Definition of Seubee

"a Seabee is soldier in a sailors
uniform, with marine training and
doing civilian work at WPA wages"
This new definition appeared in
Cross Cut, weekly paper of the 12lst
Naval Construction Battalion some
where in the Mariannas, copy Of
which 1t. q. g. John P. Smith, jr.,
sent to his wife, Betty Hotel Smith,
who lives at Loch Arbor Gardens
in Alexandria.
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l am now get
t / n G, as for
m on t h S I had
such poor food,
and now my
stomach C a MT
take good Amer
ican food.
I guess you
would like to
know about the
| a S t f o u r
m o n t h S. w e
took off Decem-
ber IT. Every
thing was okay
until about 10
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P c k TT, Va.
guided by T/5
George Lands
man, 81, who be-
fore he donned
Uncle Sans uni
form was head
ILLUSTRATOR for
Hecht's Depart
ment Store.
U n d er T|5
L a n d S mans
careful tutelage
men whose near
est artistic ex-
perience pre-
viously had been
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Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster
To the Air Medal

1st 1t. Clarence H. Middleton,
$50 King street, Strasburg, Va, for
bombing attacks on Germany Mill
tary and industrial installations and
on battle areas in cooperation with
Allied ground force.
S/Sergt. Louis L. Oddenino, turret
gunner on BIS. 1888 Iowa avenue
NV, for attacks against military
Installations at LAWS, Italy.
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met in the Philippines after four
years separation.
They are Pfc. Leonard P. and
T/3 Frederick M. Graebner, sons
of Mrs. Elizabeth Graebner, Vienna,
Va. both Of whom attended schools
in Washington. Fred found Leonard
in a hospital where he was recoy-
ering from an injured back.
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Second Oak Leuf Cluster
To the Air Medal

S/Sergt. Jesse A. Jones, jr., 100
Third street NE, ball turret gun
ner with the 490th Bomb Group, a
Bit Flying Fortress unit of the
9th AAF.
S/Sergt Raymond M. Lent, 1643
v street NE, ball turret gunner
with the 9th AAF.
S/Sergt. Robert T. Urban, 1871 r
street NV, an armored gunner on
a Bit bomber.
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had to tell him their father had
died.
Letters had been written to VIII
liam but he had moved so much
the information never reached him.
The two corporals are the sons of
Mrs. Florence F. Elmer, 434 Warner
street NV.
George is home on convalescent
leave after three years in the Pa
fic with the Signal Corps.
Two Vienna (Va.) brothers also
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Gold Star in Lieu
or Second Bronze

Capt. John F. Welsh, 3710 Harri-
son street NV, for tactical skill as
commander Of a destroyer division
in Task Force So during the first
battle of the Philippine Sea last
June. The citation describes his
conduct as brilliant"
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18th Oak Leof Cluster
To the Air Medal

T/Sergt. Roland M. Day "a, White
Hall, Md. received his 10th, 18th,
18th and 18th Cluster won for serv-
ice with the 18th Air Force in italy.
He is now stationed at Boiling Field.
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Oak Leuf Cluster
To the Bronze Stor

Pfc. John A. Calvin, 1887 Oates
street NE, with the 9th Infantry
Division in Germany, for exposing
himself to enemy observation, cross
ing an enemy minefield and re-
establishing communications under
murderous artillery and mortar fire.
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Brother, at Reunion, Is Told
OF Death Of Father

When Corp1. George F. Elmer, jr.,
met his brother, Corpl. William G.
Elmer, for the first time in three
years in the Philippines recently, he
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Art Study Used as Medicine
At ConyaIescent HOSPITAL

Hidden artistic talent is being
discovered among battle hardened
soldiers under treatment at the
Convalescent Hospital at Camp
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Fifth Bronze Star

T/Sergt. william F. Yates, 9 Ale
gheny avenue, Takoma Park, Md,
for service in five major ETO cam
paigns.
Sergt. William c. Long, 80 Fifth
street NE, for service in five major
ETO campaigns.
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A Tour of Islands at War
Volcanic Cones Thrill Former Reporter;
Crippled BIG Burns Landing at Two

Excerpts from letter By It. H. g. Alexander R. Preston
u S. ~ r., Writen April 2S It. formerly
the staff of The STAR
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ID. {. Area Men Win
Many Awards for
Service Overseas

tinguished Flying Cross, earned for
aerial achievements in the Mediter-
ranean zone, were presented to Capt
John P. OReagen (P-51 pilot, 29lO
P street Sc, at Key Field, Miss,
it was announced recently.
The Distinguished Flying Cross
was awarded for participating in a
photo mission over Nice. Capt.
O'Reagan had to leave the target
because of intense antiaircraft fire
and a damaged camera, but later
he got the camera working and
returned to Nice to get the photos.
The antiaircraft fire shot away
four feet Of his right wing and
part of his controls, but he COM
pleted the run and returned to the
base.
1st 1t. Lindsey M. Sylvester,
1904 Thirty-seventh street N. W.,
Super Fortress commander, won the
DFC for executing a ditching at
night. En- route to Saipan 1t. Sill
vester was forced to land his B-29
at sea. His men assembled on life
"a 10 dilo dll Wclt icSCueu.
1st 1t. George c. Youngman III,
pilot, 1920 Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
won the DFC for completion of 300
hours of operational fight in trans
port aircraft over dangerous India
China air routes.
T/Sergt. william H. Tew, aerial
photographer on Bit Flying
Fortress, Riverdale, Md. at an 9th
AAF station in England, won the
DFC. A veteran of 80 missions, he
has flown in ETO 2h years. He
holds many other awards.
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Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster
To the Air Medal

T/Sergt. Charles w. Haselden,
1923 R street NV, top turret gun
ner on Bit Flying Fortress in
the 351st Bombardment Group.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

WhAl, 1904 new musical series starring
Woody Herman and his orchestra, with vocalist
Frances Wayne.
WT0P, S:00-A new spot for Dick Haynes
and Helen Forrest.
VOL, 9:00-Psula Stone is mistress Of tere
monies on this discussion program dealing with
romantic problems.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

on THE Air TONIGHT.
WMAl. 7:00-'Womsn Purchasing Power
and Job" is The Topic.
WT0p, 7:o0-BuresS Meredith and Helen
Hayes in "chopsiieks."
VOL. 7:45-TommY Harmon begins week
ly commentary on Sports.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

WhA, 9:30-Ssrgs Koussevlizky opens III.
Sbelius Festival with the composers symphony
No. I" and his lone poem. Swan Of Tuonsls.
VOL, 10:00-"La Bohsme," SUMO by Marion
Claire and Richard Tucker in English.
W0p, io:t5-singsr Ray Mckinley Garry
Moore. ex.Warden Lewis tswes appesY.,
The Valley settler., 1945-12-21
LOCA ERIE f 5

\ l. J couple of flood lights have been install ed over the Skating Rink south of the School House.
 Angus s;oKochnte is home for the Holidays. Peter Sandvik and Je elnar Kerttula, who are attending The University Of Alaska, are home Tor the Holidays. Harry Campbell has been di scharged rocentl, and is at home vi tn his family again. There were so many Pa lnerites in Anchorage on Monday or this week, .that one wondered how Palmer was getting along. It rather looks as if Te will have "a white 6hr st1a s including uhito trees. Tho frost is certainly hanging heavy on the trees again.
 The Wasilla school cne to Palmer Friday afternoon for the Chri st1nas program. |c arc vory glad they made this encouragement.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY
Handbook Of Practical Enyiish.


A good word to watch is aggra-
vate. The literal meaning of the
original Latin word, aggravatus, is
ito add to burden" hence, figura-
lively, to increase; to intensity; to
make worse.
Aggravate, in the meaning of ito
irritate: to exasperate," is not yet
admitted as good literary usage and
careful writers and speakers will do
well to avoid it.
Not, His constant whistling ag-
gravates me-" Improved: His con-
stant whistling irritates (exasper-
ates, annoys) me.
Avoid: Her insolence resulted in
my aggravation." Better: Her in
science resulted in my disapproval.
Avoid, Il am very aggravated. -
Improved: am very much annoyed
tirritated. exasperated.
How to use aggravate correctly:
The noise aggravates Increases
my nervousness.
He aggravated his illness by his
failure to follow the doctors in
structlons.
Note-In the legal term "aggra-
waited assault" the meaning is not
"an assault resulting from exaspera :
ton or from being taunted or chal-