The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-12
Service Briefs

ESQ Carpenter Road, Is receiving
his initial Naval indootrination al
the L. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Illinois.
The Nays new insignia for en-
listed naval aircrewmen, wings OF
silver and gold, was pinned this
week on Frank Lester Rowe, ~,
seaman first class (AMMD, whose
home address is Ri. ], signaling
his completion OF intensive opera
tional training at Naval Air Sta
ton, Jacksonville. Fla.
Everett NJ. Chappell. Jr., 10,
radio operator and gunner on a
BIZ Flying Fortress, has recently
been promoted from sergeant to
staff sergeant at an Eighth Air
Force Bomber Station. England.
Staff Sergeant Chappell, along
with his promotion. has won the
Air Medal for "meritorious achieve
ment-coolness. courage and skill
during Eighth Air Force bombing
attacks on NaEi strongholds in the
path OF Allied troops advancing on
the Western front
The Sergeant Is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Everett NJ. Chappell, 1917
South Congress st. Before enter.
ing the AAF in July, 1913, the air
man was graduated from Roosevelt
High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer King. 504 ".
Hamilton St., received one OF the
best gifts a mother could ask for.
when S nc Clyde King arrived
home on a surprise leave from San
Diego, California. where he is sta
toned at the Naval Educational
, Office. Mr.. and Mrs. King also re-
ceiyed word from another son, Pvt.
Eugene. who is somewhere in the
Philippines, that he Is well, had
, lust received his gift from the
Goodfellows. and was very happy
TO get it.
Lieut.. Robert B. Shepherd OF
Myitkyma. Burma, is spending his
80 day sick leave with his mother.
Mrs. ]. d. Shepherd, and brother,
lack Shepherd. and family. AT the
end OF his leave he will report TO
Thayer General Hospital, Nashville.
Tenn. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams
have received word from their SON
Pvt. Gerald Williams. stationed IN
the Netherlands East Indies. saying
that he is suffering from a leg
wound.
James A. Fleming has completed
his boot training in the U. S. Navy
at Great Lakes, H., and is spend
ing his nine day leave with MS
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Fleming.
Word has been received that
John c. SQuiers has been promot'
ed 10 full lieutenant. He il sta
toned at the Astoria, Oregon, AIT
Base.
Sgt william II. Robbins, a. Of II
S. Adams St, a veteran OF 80
months overseas service ana Oh
hard fighting in New Guinea and
the Philippines, has been assigned
IN an ARMY Ground Forces Here's
Your Infantry" demonstration unit
one OF which will be at Briggs
Field Normal College campus, May
16 sgt Robbins. who was ma
chine gun squad leader IN tine
famed 32nd Infantry Division, mas
been awarded the Purple Heart for
a battle wound, and the COMBAT
Infantryman Badge for exemplary
conduct in action against the en-
emv and in addition TO his Asiatle'
pacific theater ribbon with three
campaign stars is authorized TO
wear the Philippines Liberation
ribbon. He also has the right 10
wear a Distinguished Unit Badge
amblematic Of the unit citation
earned by his battalion In the fSpu'
an campaign.
Seaman PC Francis r. Davis Is
spending a 10 Gay leave with his
narents. Mr. and Mrs. William
Davis 1856 Ecorse Rd. He entered
the service in January 1945 and Is
stationed at Camp Peary, virgil
mia. A..
armed services: William and Rich
ard. both with the Navy IN the
South Pacific, and Robert with the
Armies in Germany.
Sgt. Donald Rust, son OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Mark Rust, eos Ballard 81"
was wounded in action on OklnaWa
e. about April 20, in the right arm
and left hand. He is now on the
Mariana Islands in a hospital. Sgt.
Rust entered the Marines August
1912 and went overseas in January
1913.
chi stanton W. Dusbiber, whose
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. william Dus'
biber. reside at III s. Prospect St,
ia one OF the highly trained spe'
cialists. whom the Army Air Force
has schooled to meet its very COM
plex needs. He is an aircraft cleo
trician, a task OF considerable i'm
portance. in the Service Squadron.
Prior to his entrance into the Ar
nv in January, 1913, he was en-
Moved as tool designer and pre-
cision inspector. by the Ford Motor
Co. Dearborn. He is a graduate OF
Ypsilanti High School, class oil
1871, and has been serving over