The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-29
Service Briefs

I lC. NlDDs mas Uetu Inhu6 sergeant.
Technician fifth grade Richard X.
Caul, son OF Mrs. Melita Caul, 1905
Collegewood Drive, is a member Of
the 4th Machine Records Unit OF
the Seventh Army and for his indi-
vidual contribution to the units
accomplishment will wear the Mer-
itorius Service Unit insignia. a
golden yellow wreath on his right
sleeve.
Arthur Charles Vroman. IS. sea
man. second class, USNR, recently
arrived at the Naval Training Cen
ter, Norfolk, Va, to undergo train
ing for duties aboard a new de-
stroyer OF the Atlantic Fleet. He
has completed a period OF training
at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, Ill. S &c Vroman Is
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Vroman, l54l Sudbury 81.
Sailors OF mercy are the hun
dreds OF hospital corpsmen at L. S.
Naval Hospital. Aiea Heights,
Oahu. T. H, who care for the cas-
ualties from the Pacific battle
areas. One OF the trained corpsmen
is Edwin NJ ~ pharmacists
mate, second ciass, USNR, VITO aas
been at that hospital II 1onths.
He formerly was stationed at Nav
al Hospital, Great Lakes, III.
His wife lives at col Miles st,
and his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Mill, live at 40s Huron Riy-
er Dr., Belleyille. lie attended Lin
coin High School in Ypsilanti and
before entering service in June,
1912, worked at the Eloise Hos
pital.
Everett NJ. Chappell, 10, was re-
Gently promoted from staff to tech
meal sergeant at an Eighth Air
Force bomber station. England. He
Is radio operator on Bit Flying
Fortress.
Sergeant Chappell. the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett NJ. ChappelL
1917 South Congress St, holds the
Air Medal for fmeritorious achieve
courage and skill
during aerial combat. Before enter
ing the AAF in July 1913. he was
student at Roosevelt High School
The Michigan airman is men,
Der Of the saith Bomb. Group, unit
of the Third Air Division, the diyi-
sion which received distinguished
unit citation for its now historic
England.Africa shuttle bombing OF
Messerschmitt aircraft plants at
Regensburg, Germany.
Ellis Bernard Freatman, Jr, was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Army Of the United States
at Fort Benning, Ca, upon success
ful completion Of the OFFICER
Candidate Course at the Infantry
School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
1t. Freatman is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis B. Freatman, OF DO
West Michigan Avenue.
The new lieutenant was indicted
into the Army on February 10,
1913, and served with the Military
Police and Infantry Q.R.T.C0 be-
fore going to Officer Candidate
school four months ago. He held
the rank OF private before being
commissioned.
The new officer Is a graduate OF
Ypsilanti High School and attended
Michigan State Normal College.
Melvin Vernon Nowlin, %, fire
man. first class, is stationed at the
Atlantic Fleets Motor Torpedo
Boat Squadrons Training Center
Melville, r, I. Before joining the
Navy. he was employed by the
Ford Motor Co, Willow Run Bomb
er plant.
Sgt wesley Burrell, son OF MT.
and Mrs. Ray Burrell, was in Parls
on We Day and described the con-
ditions that he saw there, TO ms
mother and father in a letter. lie
called Champs Elysees seeming,
bowling mob through which he and
bis companions had TO elbow their
yav for a mile or So. He said that
the streets were filled with vast
mob of people, singing. dancing
and shouting, and that he was lot
tunate enough to have a color MIN
with him so he will be able to Drins
the whole picture back to the Unit
ed States. He is with the 965th ora
nance Company, now somewhere IN
Germany.
Mrs Philip WILDER received a
very interesting letter from her
brother. Cpl. Howard J. Bush, VINO
ia stationed in Germany. In de-
scribing his experiences since DelnG
sent overseas, one oil the mos,
thrilling was on the trip over. AZ
took us two weeks to come across
and they we're hard weeks TOO
when we we're coming in one nlgn'
il vas so darn foggy you couioh
see a thing. had just got off guard
when something hit our boat. II
was about 5 o'clock In the morn.
ing Boy! Everybody was out OF
he'd and dressed in a second. we
didn't know what had nap
pened. The boat kept going and we
/ found out later another boat nae
rammed US. We pulled into tht
channel off South Hampton and
some Navy guys came out anc
inspected our boat. We were IT
! -. ,,o apd that's Whert