Evening star., 1945-02-08


Corpi. Carter ssrgt. King
| PrisoneD Prisoner)
| lily. His wife. Mrs. Willie Lee Ben
nett, and parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Haskell o. Bennett, live at 7004
F street, Seat Pleasant, Md.
A graduate of Bladensburg High
School, Sergt. Bennett worked for
Murphy's store. He was assistant
manager in Wildwood, N. j., at the
time he entered the Army, March,
1943. He went overseas last October.
His brother, James, is a paratrooper
stationed at Fort Benning, Ga.
Prisoner
First 1t. Richard C. Snyder, %,
Thunderbolt fighter pilot, son of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Howard M.
Snyder, 2101 Connecticut avenue
NV. is prisoner of Germany,
the War Department announced
today. 1t. Snyder was first re-
ported missing in action September
18.
1t. Snyder was born at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., and attended
Hotchkiss School for Boys, Mrs.
Snyder said. He was graduated from
West Point in 1943 He went over
seas last August. He is unmarried
A brother, Col. Howard McC.
Snyder, jr., operations officer on
the Goth Corps staff, was wounded
at the same time It. Snyder was
reported missing. Col. Snyder has
now returned to duty, his mother
said.
Before going overseas 1t. Snyder
was a test pilot of a new model
fighter plane at Dayton, Ohio. Gen
Snyder is assistant to the inspector
general of the Army.
Tech. Sergt. John B. Oyster, %,
son Of Mrs. Lillian T. Oyster, 1890
Rhode Island avenue NV, is
prisoner Of Germany. the War De-
partment has announced. He was
taken prisoner September 27 after
an air raid over Germany, his
mother said. ~
Radio gunner in the Air Corps,
Sergt. Oyster has been in the Army
two years, Mrs. Oyster said. He
was born here and is a graduate
Of Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School. He was sales representaS
tive for Horace Ward. GIT Fifteenth
street NV, before he entered the
service. Sergt. Oyster holds the
Air Medal with several Oak Leaf
Clusters
Two brothers are also in the
service, Master Technical Sergt.
Richard w. Oyster, marine, sta
toned at Cherry Point, N. c., and
1t. Thomas G. Oyster, Marine Air
Intelligence, in the Pacific. Mrs.
Oyster is employed by the Civil
Service Commission.
Second 1t. Robert G. Lancaster.
%, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E.
Lancaster, 1851 Langley court NV.
Mclean Gardens, is a prisoner of
Germany, according to the War De-
partment. He was taken prisoner
September 20, Mr.. Lancaster said. At
first he had been reported missing
on that day.
A pilot in the Air Transport Com
mand, 1t. Lancaster went overseas
last June. He entered the Air Corps
in June, 1912, and received his COM
mission the following March, his
father said.
1t Lancaster was born in Brook
lyn and attended school in New
Rochelle, N. Y; Hotchkiss School for
Boys and the University of Penn
sylvania. He worked at the British
Food Mission here where his mother
now works. A brother, William G.
Lancaster, is with the Navy ROTC
at Harvard. 1t. Lancaster's father
is associated with the Foreign Eco
nomic Administration.
Capt. Thomas b. Finan, jr., 80,
infantryman, whose sister, Mrs. F.
De Sales Mudd, lives in La Plata,
Md, was taken a prisoner of Ger
many, September 10, the War De-
partment announced today.
Born in Cumberland, Md, Capt.
Finan attended Georgetown Uni
versity and Maryland University
Law School, his sister said. He was
in Maryland Attorney General Will
liam c. Walsh's Office before he went
into the Army three years ago last
June. He went overseas in June,
1943.
Capt. Finan's wife, Mrs. Isabel
North Finan and 2-year-old son,
Thomas B. Finan III, live in Cam
bridge, Md, Mrs. Mudd said.
Pfc. Robert D. Foster, 20, infan-
try, son of Arthur B. Foster, 1876
Glenbrook road, Bethesda, Md, is
a prisoner of Germany, the War De-
partment made known. Mr.. Foster
said his son was taken prisoner
September S.
Overseas since June. last year,