The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Service Briefs

/ Raymond f. oyer has been pro.
NOTED to Sergeant at Camp Rob
/ erts, California. an Infantry Re.
placement Training Center. ffe is
/ assigned TO Company d. 18th Bat.
/ TALON where he Is serving as pla-
toon sergeant and instructor.
Neils Schmidt. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Schmidt, 513S w. Mich.
igan Aye was wounded in action
in Germany November %. 1914.
Staff Sgt Schmidt was with the
Ninth Army.
Lleut D. e. Kidder finds that
the submarine on which he is, is
we'll equipped to satisfy most OF
the men on board. He says that air.
conditioning. current motion pic
. lures, slot machines, several radios.
and yictrolas are enough to occupy
the mems minds as much as posi-.
bic. He says, Nowhere can be
found a better service OF fine we'll.
trained men. proud OF their boat,
the work done, and anxious to get
at the work to be done. And may
il be that the work will end soon"
He received the remembrance of
the GoodtelloWs with appreciation
lie lived in the present Willow
Run Area previous to entrance into
the armed services.
Sergeant Raymond H. Vorce, an
instructor in the gunnery school al
Las Vegas. Nevada, is spending
his furlough at the home OF his
parents.
Flight Officer Lawrence l.. Por-
ter, who received his wings as an
Army Air Pilot at Foster Field,
Texas, February /. 1915 is a grad.
uate OF Ipsilanti High School, class
OF 1943. He took his basic training
at Jefferson Barracks and attended
Capitol University at Columbus
Ohio, Pre- Flight School at San An
tonic. Aviation Cadet Center, Pri-
mary flight training at Cuero, Tex
as, Basic Flying at Majors Field,
Texas and advanced at Foster Field
where lie is returning after a Is day
furlough for further training.
X. w. Porter attended the. grad
uation at Foster Field, making the
trip home with Flight Officer Por-
ter
Pfc. Clyde d. Higginbotham. with
an Engineers regiment, has been
in the European theater OF opera
lions since April OF 1914. Since he
has been there, his regiment has
built a 565 foot bridge over the
Seine River at Fontainbleu, com.
pleting the whole thing in six days,
and many other smaller Bailey"
bridges. He says. "Al OF us are like
the rest OF the boys over here, we
want to get the job finished and
return to a decent life back in the
Good Old USA.
Cpl. Milo Hubbell in the Pacific
area. was very grateful to the |
Goodfellows for their thoughtful |
ness at Christmas time.
Pvt. James K. Hornbeck was glad !
to receive the Christmas remem- /
brance from the Goodfellows and |
regretted that his thanks was de-
layed by several changes OF his
address during the past few months
He says. Il wish that I could ex-
press the feeling a fellow gets |
when he receives message from /
someone or some organization |
from his home town who is kind |
enough to take the trouble to send |
a word OF cheer TO those OF us |
who are away from home and
friends at a time like this. | can
only say that it goes a long way
toward bringing happiness to LOT
Of very homesick boys during this
holiday season"
Everett NJ. Chappell. Jr, 10, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Chappell,
1917 s. Congress St, BIZ Flying
Fortress radio operator and gun
ner, has been promoted from cor
poral to sergeant. Recently arrived
in the European theater OF opera
ions, Sgt. Chappell has been as