Milford chronicle., 1945-11-09


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George A. Webb. Seaman e..
who is home on %0-day leave. has
just returned from Pearl IIarbor
after being gone over Il year.
George is the son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Whitley Webb of Milford.
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Sergeant Richard Mills arrived
home on Tuesday of this week after
receiving his honorable discharge
from the Army. He has been sta
tion at Camp Wheeler. Georgia. His
wife the former Miss Bcrnicc
Jump. lives in Milford.
Technical Sergeant John II. ROg-
crS. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs John
II. Rogers. ST.. Of Frrdcrica who
has recently been DISCHARGED from
the Army. after being in the ser
vice for , and half years is home
with his parents now.
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Corporal F,uric NJ. Savage. Jr..
received his honorable discharge
from the Army on Thursday of last
week. lie has been in the Army
three years and two months. scrv-
ing part of that time overseas in
the European Theatre of Opera
tiOnS.
Lieutenant Thomas l.. Faix is .,
spending l2-day delay cnroutc ,
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Au- ,
gust FaiN. Lieutenant FaiX has re-
comfy been stationed at Yorktown.
Va. but will report To the l.. $
Navy Base in Philadelphia when he +,
return to duty
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Watson have :
received word from their son. Cor 4,
poral William j. Watson that he :.
mas arrived at Kicjo, Korea. with
the Army of Occupation Forces.
Corporal Watson had previously
been stationed on Okinawa. going II
overseas in May !,
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Private Oliver f. Hammond has :"
been spending ii l6-day furIoueh =
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. l.
Clarence Hammond of near Fred p
erica He is stationed at Fort Sill
IN Oklahoma with the field artil-
Iery. Private Hammond was grad
uatcd this year from the Milford =
High School $
Waples f.. Jester has arrived l.,
home. honorahly discharge from
the Army after two years in the :
service. IS months OF which were =,
spent overseas. Jester took an ac-
tlVc part in two campaigns with
the l25th Armurcd Engineers Bat
TALON of the lith Armorcd Division l.
which was by turn in both the Soy
enth and Third Armies Al the ter \
mlhatlon Of hosliliticS in Germany /.
ne was redcployed to the 2S27th
Combat Engineers Battalion. The -
over ~ years ruling gave him the IL
opportunity to return To civilian
life l..
Santa Maria. Azores John II. l.,
Moore. Jr., assigned to the S01st
Military Police Company here at
the l39lSt \. A. f. Base Unit ON
Santa Maria Island. was recently
promoted to the grade of corporal -
The new non-commiSSioncd officer
mas hecn overseas - months. most Il
OF winch were spent with the Air -
transport Command in helping to
achieve its fine record in cvacItatinc Ii
by air our wounded and combat
veterans from Europe CORPORAL l.:
Moore has been in the Army 30 l..
months and has II service points.
lie should return to his home in 1t
Houston, II. d.. very shortly. l.:
a.
Richmond. Va. \. \. +. Ncpara-
tloh MI Corporal Elmer u.
Hitch. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe l.!
{. Hitch. of S Delaware avenue. 1t
Milford. has been honorably dis Ii
charged from the Army Air Forces
after IS months of service. Corpor- Sc
al Hitch played vital part i'm vic Is
Tory. lie served as technical sup
ply man III England for - months. Is
lie has earned the European Thea
ire Ribbon with I battle stars. the SC
DISTINGUISHED Unit Citation. and Sc
the Good Conduct Medal Prior to
MS entry into the Army Air Forces Is
on August 20. 1912 he was en-
ploycd as Il high tension linrsman L(
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Navy Nurse Alice Carr Garrett. P(
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.,
Gardner. of POI McCollcy street.
WAS DISCHARGED from the is
|. ,. Naval Personnel Separation
Ccntcr. I. S. Naval Barracks. Wash
lngton, u. C.. on November |. She Pc
is the wife Of icIItrunnt - L. f,,,
rctt of III Donaldson avenue. Kcr
ems TcNas. She reported for active L(
duty in the Navy on July -. 1914. pc
Her last duty was AT the Naval Air
Station DiSpensary at Patuxcnt
River, Md She graduated from the LIS
Fairfax High School at Fairfax.
). C.. and received her nurses
raining at Tri-County Hospital
Training School Orangcburg. s. G.
AT pc
Lieutenant Homer II. Stavton
has been placed on inactive status LIS
II the Separation Center of Fort
ieorge G. Meade. Md. He is spend
ng his terminal leave with his
mother, Mrs. Emma II. Lank of 107
W. Front street, Milford. Lieu
enant StaytOn enlisted on Noycm- Is
Der 10, 1912. and entered active
iuty on April >. 1919. After basic
raining in Mississippi and CTD at pc
ne University of Pittsburgh. he
vas sent to Texas for flight train Sc
hG' where he was commissioners
second lieutenant in June. 1914
lieutenant StaytOn then trained in DN
NeW Mexico as a bOmhardipr for tho