Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-02
Our Men in the Service

Sam Morgan is in the air force sig
nal corps stationed i'll France. He
has been overseas for 18 months.
Corporal James Morgan is with
General Patton's Third army in
Europe.
Aviation Cadet Lewis (BudD
Brown successfully completed basic
flying training at Stockton Field
and will proceed to advanced flying
school. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lew Brown of CaleXico and Bonds
! Corner.
Bill Pinnell, aviation student at
Sheppard Field, near Wichita Falls,
Texas, arrived at the home of his
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Pinnell,
in Ell Centro this week for 16-day
leave.
Had a nice bull session with DR..
! (Captain) Fred PoWers-Heald the
other day." Lieutenant A. r. De-
Vore wrote frcm India. HE is
! flight surgeon and is stationed near
! here. 1t was fun to visit with come
one from Ell Centre. He is the first
man 1 have ever seen from home
since I left February l. 1912. 1t has
been over three years now. Some
times it doesn't seem nearly that
long. Other times it seems like 30
years" Lieutenant DeVore is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. DeVore OF Ell
Centro and before entering the
service was job printing manager
and advertising man with the Post
! Press.
Private Neal Macurda wrote his
family he has crossed the equator
and is in the Southwest Pacific. He
left here in January ON an army
transport and hasn't gotten any
where yet He's in the infantry.
Marine Corporal Ferdinand A..
Kops. husband of Mrs Luella ".
Kops of 735-B State street, Ell Cen
tro. has returned to the United
States following IA months OF duty
in the South Pacific. Member Of the
Third Marine division, he fcught
last at Guam. The veteran has been
granted a furlough and Will spend
| it at home.
/ T/5 Thomas E. Walker, formerly
stationed with an armored flelo
artillery at Camp Bowie, Texas, Is
somewhere in the South Pacific. He
wrote his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
w. Walker of Seeley.
Corporal Warren r. Brown, son
of Mrs. Ava Brown, 588 He'll Ell
Centre, is telephone maintenance
man with fighter control unit OF
the fifth air force fighter command
in the Philippines. Corporal Browns
outfit plays a vital role in serial
defense of airdromes and army
installations in the Pacific. Fighter
planes are directed in flight for the
interception of attacking enemy air
craft, then guiGed safely home again.
The corporal entered the army in
December 1912. He has been IA
months overseas.
Coast Guard Ensign John E. Kear-
ney is serving as gunnery and COM
missary officer aboard coast guard
manned freight supply vessel in
| the Pacific combat area. His ship
carries vital material of war to in
yasion points for the fighter ships.
His wife, the former Elizabeth Mey-
e.. and his son, Michael are living
in Ell Centre while he is away.
Lieutenant Merle E. Cosand, navy
medical corps, son of Mr.. ano Mrs.
e N. Cosand of Imperial, spent two
/ hours with his parents and friends
this week while en- route from Har-
ward university to Monterey. He
! took a course in military govern
ment at Harvard. His wife and two
boys were with him in Boston but
stopped off in Illinois instead of ac-
companying him west. Cosand is a
doctor.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Baxter OF I'M
perial received letter from their
son, Staff Sergeant Orval E. Bax-
ter. who is serving with the infan-
try somewhere in France. He said
he had seen lots of places he liked
better, especially when German
shells are coming thick and fast.
He said he would like to sec some
good ole California sunshine. They
also heard from their other son, R.
L. Baxter, seaman second class, who
is in the Marianas. He also is well
but will be glad when this thing Is
over and he can enjoy some more
California climate. This letter was
the first they had received from him
since last December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nolan heard
from their son, Oscar H. Nolan. He
is with the third marines and has
been overseas 26 months. While he
was on Guam he contracted malaria
fever and was in a hospital until
sometime in December. He is back
On duty now and longing for Cali
fornia sunshine. They have another
son, Odell Nolan, who is in the
navy. He said he was terribly sea-
sick going across Their daughter
Ruth D. Nolan, is with the coast
guards. She took training in Florida
and is now at Atlantic City, New
Jersey, fer her final radio training
She expects to be transferred to thu
west coast soon.