Milford chronicle., 1945-07-13

Pvt. Elisha W. Townsend left
for overseas dtuy on Monday after
spending few days at homo and
with his two daughters. Miss Laura
Lee and Judith Anna Townsend.
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Flight Officer Benjamin b. Belts
26. son OF MIR. and Mrs. Lauder /
Belts. OF Fredcrica. recently re
ceived the wings and commission
of navigator al Hondo Army Air
Field, IIondo, TeN.
Mr.. and Mrs Raymond wilkins. i
of Milford. received word this .
week from their son Ernest. who
was seriously wounded in action
May 1t on OkinaWa. stating that
he is improving nicely i'll 4 hos
pital in Hawaii.
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With L. =. Army Forces on New
Caledonia IL The Meritorious Ser
vice Unit Plaque has been award /
ed to the Ordnance battalion OF
which Private First Class Raymond
Bailey is member. Private Bal
ley's mother. Mrs Lucy +. krider.
lives at Il. ID. No. /. Milford. Del.
SOmeM here in the Pacific Will
liam Emory. machinist's mate. 3rd
class, of 700 s r. Front St. Mil
ford. has been advanced 10 his
present rating aboard Il new 10
OOo-ton hattlcship which has been
participating in recent carrier
task force strikes against the
Japanese homeland
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Cadet Nurses Joan and Frances
IIenrion. twins from Milford Memo
rial Hospital School OF Nursing.
are among the group serving their
senior cadet period of six months
at the TiltOn General Hospital.
Fort Dix. ~ j. They like Army
life so much that they plan To ap-
ply for commission in the Army
Nurse Corps after graduating with
their class from the Milford hos
pital. they said
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William Swain seaman first
class. L. $. ~ r., ~. son of Mr..
and Mrs Hyland Swan. OF Can
non. has arrived at shoemaker.
Calf, the worlds largest naval
receiving station q unit of the t.
:. Naval Training and Distribu
ti0n Center, for reclassticatiun
and further assignment Swain
has seen II months of sea duty
in American. European and Paci-
tic waters.
Charles tlwood Reed stewards
mate first class. son of Mrs. Min
ME Reed Thorn. Milford. who was
wounded April Is in the Pacific is
hospitalized in San Francisco. He
was wounded in the left shoulder.
He enlisted in the Navy two years
ago and received boot training at
Bainbridge. He served in the Pa
citic battle area for q year and
has been i'll several naval actions
Before entering the Navy he was
employed at Fort Miles near
LeWCS. '"'''' 80 'j'~
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Arriving on the Island only four
days previous. Cpl. Gal" G.. Grove
located his brothcr-in-laW. Lieut..
Harry B. O'Rcar. after Il tWo-day
search. Without even knowing
that Lieut.. O'Rear was in the Phil
ippines he began his search by
looking up the 315th General Hos
pital Unit, then walking. hitchins
and inquiring he accomplished his
purpose Needless to say there was
much rejoicing cpl Grove sends
best wishes to all his friends.
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Lieut.. John Edgar Ingram. L. 5
y. r.. who has been overseas will
PIT squadron the past il months
has arrived hom" for 30-day
leave with his wife, the former
Miss Mary Ewing. of Rehoboth
and their small son. Jack. Jr.
whom he had never seen. Lieut.
Ingram was first sent to New Or
leans on his arrival in this coun
try about two weeks ago. He il
the son of Wilson Ingram of Lewe
and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Ingram of LeWes.
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Mrs. Alvin BLACK received
letter from her brother. Sgt Bud
dy" Grover Schulcr, saying h
had very pleasant surprise re
Gently when his brother. Sgt. Pau
w. Schulcr. visited him in Mar
#eillc. France This was the tirs
time the boys had met in fv
years Buddy has had three year
of service i'll the army. serving tw
years Of the time overseas. Par
has been in the service for fix
years and overseas Il little NOR
than one year He has been sta
toned in Belgium. but was recent
~ moved to France
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headquarters, 18th tAF, Philil
pines William H. Austin. son
Mr. and Mrs Henry l.. Austin. /,
West Third Street has been pr,
NOTED To technical sergeant. II
is an aerial engineer with the fan
ed Long Rangers" B-24 Iibc
atOr group of the 18th AAF. Owe
seas for eight months, Sgt Aust
has flown on missions over Borne
and the Celebes. AS part of Il
Jungle Air Force" the soldier
bomber unit has helped to bait
the Japs from Guadalcanal
China. Sgt. Austin is a gradua
of Dover High School. He cnter'
service in June l943.
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