Evening star., 1945-02-25
District Writer Finds
II Area Men Fighting
With Marines on Two

With Marines on Two
Seventeen District area men are
nghting on Two Jima, according to
dispatch forwarded by Staff Sergt
Bob Cooke of >1404 Tuckerman street
NV, a Marine Corps combat cor
respondent. It was the first news
many families had received in re-
cent weeks about their kinfolk.
Sergt. Cooke noted the following
marines:
Maj. Robert H. Davidson, Capt
John w. Bowman, 1t. John C.
Scott, 1t. John C. Baker. jr., 1t
John G. Finegan, Second 1t. James
A. Brown and Staff Sergt. Claude
B. Wyne.
Also Sergt. John S. Daleske
Corpl. Charles o. Johnson, Corpl.
George E. Strobel, Corpl. William
r. Embrey, Pfc. John H. Hickerson,
Pfc. Arthur K. Murdoch, jr., Pic.
James Brecht, Pfc. William L
Foust, jr., and Pvt. Bernard c.
Downs. Navy 1t. Edwin M. Duer-
beck also was listed.
Naval Academy Graduate.
Capt. Bowman, 25, of 5415 Moor
land lane, Bethesda, Md, graduate
of the Naval Academy, is now serv-
ing as regimental communications
officer in the 4th Division. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Reed
Bowman of Sikeston, Mo, and mar
lied on october 10, 1912, the former
Miss Eleanor Noyes Hempstone
daughter Of Capt. Smith Hempstone
U. S. NJ, and granddaughter of
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Star, and the late Mrs. Theodore w.
Noyes.
Capt. Bowman has been in action
at Roi, Saipan and Tinian, He re-
ceived the Bronze Star for his work
at Saipan, where he was assistant
Junior communications officer. He
has a son. John w. Bowman, ir.,
little over year old, whom he has
never seen.
Maj. Davidson, %, of 1925 Nine
teenth street NV, was an instruc-
tor at Quantico before going over
seas about year ago, it was said.
Maj. Davidson is the son of 1t. Col.
E. w. Davidson, U. S. A.
1t. Duerbeck, 38, of 2137 Suitland
terrace Sc. was attached to the 4th
Marines in the civil affairs section
as representative of the Navy, ac-
cording to his wife. A native of
Chicago. he worked here from 1888
to 1912 with the Federal Public
Housing Authority.
Basket Ball Captain.
1t. Brown, %, of 217 jefferson
street NV enlisted in the Marine
Corps following his graduation from
Georgetown University in Septem-
ber, 1943. He is also a graduate of
Gonzaga High School.
1t. Finegan, "a, of 1707 Columbia
road NV, graduate of Harvard
University in 1912, joined the ma
rines the following year. He was
captain of the basket ball team
while at Harvard. He was awarded
the Bronze Star for bravery on
Tinian.
Sergt. Wyne, "a, of 1431 Ames
place NE, a graduate of Eastern
High School, worked for Fruit
Growers Express Co., 1101 Vermont
avenue NV, before entering the
Marine Corps in 1912.
Corpl. Enbrey %, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Embrey
and has been in the Marine Corps
since July, 1912. He went overseas
a year ago last month"; He is a
Mckinley High School graduate. A
brother. Sergt Charles Scott En-
brey, 20, also marine, recently re-
turned after 18 months in the South
Pacific as an aerial gunner.
Wounded on Saipan.
Pvt. Foust, %, is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William L. Foust, 4003
Garrison street NV. He was
wounded last June in the invasion
of Saipan and returned to his regi-
ment in December. A brother, Sec
ond 1t. Marvin Gilmore Foust, 81,
marine pilot, was killed September
81, 1943, in an accident at Day.
tona Beach, Fla.
Pvt. Fousts' wife is Mrs. Marga-
net Foust, 525 Somerset place NV.
Corpl. johnson "a. is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie johnson, "a
Sixth street Sc. They received
two letters from him today. One
letter described the meals the ma
rines were to receive the day be-
fore the invasion but made no COM
ment.
Corpl. johnson has seen action at
Roi, Namur, Saipan and Tinian
since entering the Marines in Janu-
ary. 1943.
Charles Brecht, 2O2O Fourth street
NE, father of Pfc. Brecht, 10, said
he hadn't heard yet whether his
son received the watch he sent as
Christmas present. Pfc. Brecht, a
native of Washington, attended high
school here and joined the Marines
in May, 1943. He has been on
Saipan and in other Pacific en-
gagements
Home addresses of the other men
on Sergt. Cookies list were given as
follows:
1t. Scott, 1906 Thirteenth street
NV.
1t. Baker, 31o1 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc
Sergt. Daleske, 222 First street Sc.
Corpl. Strobel, 1885 E street NE.
Pfc. Hickerson, 1914 Ross place
NV.
Pfc. Murdoch, 1873 Kelsey street.
Pvt. Downs, 16 Thirty third street
Sc.
| Readers Guide
| Sunday, February rs, 1945.
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