The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-05

Flying Fortress, and Is a veteran OF
many daylight precision bombing
assaults with the 457th Bombard-
ment Group OF the Eighth Air
Force. He is graduate OF St.
Thomas High School, Ann Arbor,
and prior TO his entry into tho Ar
my Air Forces on January 8. l94S,
he was employed by the New York
Central Railroad.
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Captain Donald c. Hayden, %,
has been awarded an Oak Leaf
Cluster TO his Distinguished Flying
Cross, previously won, and equiva-
lent TO another award OF the medal
for his leadership on three Eighth
Air Force Bit Flying Fortress
bombing missions over Germany.
He demonstrated outstanding air
manship while serving as comman
der in the air OF squadron forma-
tons OF Fortresses during bombing
attacks against railway yards at
Darmstadt and Ulm and an air
craft engine factory at Munich. He
is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Faron
w. Hayden. 706 West Cross st.
Cpl. Lloyd II. Green, son OF Mr..
land Mrs. William n. y,.fsIa, -. =
Prospect St. is returning homie for
a furlough after being in the Pact
fic Ocean areas IS months. He was
indicted in July. 1914, and has
battle star for service on Tinian.
He has also served on Oahu In the
Hawaiian Islands.
Mrs. Harold fowler, $40 Ann st,
received a newspaper clipping from
her husband who Is stationed in
Alamoradgo, New Mexico, which
stated that he bowled a perfect 300
game. Pfc. fowler has been at Ala
moradgo Air Base at the Mainten-
ance Building for nearly a year.
His 800 game was the third game
that he played that day. the other
two being 1874 and 22S respectively
Pvt. John c. Pillsbury has COM
pleted his basic training at Camp
Gordon, Georgia, and has recently
been transferred to Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Maryland, where ne
will have an eight to IA weeks
course in technical training in the
Ordnance Corps.
chi. Milo Hubbell is still in the
ouartermaster's division In New
Guinea, where he has been since
going overseas.
Seaman nc Ernest Ouellette
writes home that he Is on an air
craft carrier in the Philippine area
Fireman &c Virgil Ouellette OF
the submarine corps has been
Japanese prisoner for two and one
half years. His mother not long
ago received card stating that ne
was fairly well. His prison camp
is near where the Americans are
now fighting.
Cant. Richard Kruse, who fleW 10
Michigan on a special mission that
allowed him several days at home
was on Saturday and Sunday eve
nings guest OF his parents-in'laW'
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Hammond,
and Sunday accompanied the Ham
mond family to the airport snow al
Romulxs. Tuesday he returned 10
Langley Field. Va.
Staff Sgt. Henry Wojda was re-
cent caller at the home OF his cous-
in. Mrs. Bernice Button, 245 Emer-
son st. He has been overseas eleven
months with the Fifteenth AIT
Force, based in. Italy, serving as a
gunner on a B-24. Staff Sgt. Wojda
has survived fifty combat missions
over dangerous enemy territory
After "a months in the Pacific
Ocean areas, staff Sgt. Gerald a.
Cook whose wife lives al 1851
Richmond. Willow run village ana
whose parents reside at 3716 Lin
coin Ave, Detroit. Is homewaru
hound for a furlough. He has
five year-old daughter, Patricia
Ann. =, IL
Sgt. Cook experienced "a ar
raids during nine months on Sal'
nan and was also under enemy
Smelling and strafing. He has served
in the Hawaiian Islands In addition
to being on Saipan.
Agnes II. Simms S &c has ar
rived for q 10 days leave at tne
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
q L. watts OF 423 N. Washington
St Seaman Simms OF the waves Is
with the Hospital Corps and is
now stationed at the Naval AIT
Base. Edenton. n. c.
Sgt. Wilbur John Hickman son
of Harley ]. Hickman, 576l Geddes
Road, was graduated from the In.
listed Motor Course, Class w. al
Fort Riley. Kansas. Sergeant Hlck,
man was indicted into the Armed
Forces october Is, 1910 and re-
ceiyed his basic training at camp
Livingston, Louisiana. he mas
served a tour OF duty in the South
west Pacific and wears the Presl-
Dental Citation Ribbon. Prior 10
his Induction he was employed by
Ford Motor Co.
, Pvt. Alec Brown, who has been
a patient at Percy Jones Hospital
Center since February is expecting
a medical discharge this week. He