Milford chronicle., 1945-04-27

Word has been received by Mrs.
Mia Martin of Lincoln that her son
Pie William J. Martin Jr., is in
Germany. Pic Martin has received
the Combat Infantry Badge
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TCChniCian fifth class Willis l..
Rogers, son of Mr.. and Mrs Rcedy
Rogers. has recently been awarded
the Combat Intdntryman' Medal.
Cpl. Rogers is with the eleventh
ArmOrCd Division of General Geo
:. Patton $ Third Army, in Germ
any
Herbert G. Jump was recently
promoted To his present rank of
first lieutenant and transferred to
headquarters battery. He is some
where in the Philippines and has
moved so much that he is just now
getting the August and September
Chronicles.
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Capt James Levin I.atChun. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry LatChum,
who has ECcn Rcgimcntal Adjutant
lcry, Fort Bragg. ~ c.. has been
transferred to the Inspector gen
erals department and assigned to
duty at Camp Robinson, Little Rock.
Arkansas.
Corporal William W. Roach, son
of Mrs. Ethel Roach of Milford, hay
ing displayed exemplary behavior,
efficiency. and fidelity since his
entry into the Army Air Corps in
March 1912. has been awarded the
Good Conduct Medal at Paine Field,
Army Air Base of the Fourth Air
Force at Everett, Washington.
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18th AAF In Italy r Sgt Eari
r. Obicr, Greenwood, photo teachi-
elan. has been authorized to wear a
second bronze cluster with his
Distinguished Unit Badge as Il
ground member of the veteran
151st BOmEardmcnt Group II. Sgt
Ohirr arrived in the Mediterranean
thcatcr in December 1913. as a
member of his present libCratOr
group which is now under the com
mand of Col. Leroy l.. StcfonoWiC2,
WildrOSc. y. -. Sgt Obicr entered
the army October l6. 1912 He re-
CCivcd his army training at Lowry
Field. His mother, Mrs. Catherine
Ohicr. lives at the Greenwood ad-
dress.
Lieut. Homer Stayton a bom-
bardier in The Air Force. who some
time ago won distinction hy plotting
Il plane 1000 miles back to its
base, and successfully landing it
with the engines and landinG-gcar
crippled, after the pilot had been
wounded ON Il bombing mission over
Singapore, has been promoted from
second to first lieutenant. His
mother. Mrs Willard Lank, of Mil
ford. received a letter from him
recently telling her of the promo
ton. Lieut.. Stayton'S father. the
late Homer Stayton. ST.. was one of
the early aviatorS of this section.
and was connected with the Easton
Airport.
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First Lieutenant Norman +, Lord
OF Milford is member of the 337@d
Service nit. Lexington, Virginia.
and included in the Meritorious
Service Unit Plaque awarded to the
School for Personnel Services. on
April II by Mayor General Joe y.
l'alt0n. Director of Personnel, Ar
my Service Forces. Official prcscn-
tation of the plaque will he made
by General Dalton at later date.
The citation read as follows:
In accordance with the ur0Vi-
SionS of War Department Circulars
No. ftJ and 421. 1914. a MCritOrious
Service Unit Plaque is awarded. ef-
tcCtivc this date, to the unit desi2-
Lated as the School for Personnel
Services. to include the HeadQIar-
tcrs, School for Personnel Ser
vices; School Detachment: WAC
Detachment; and the 3313d Service
mt. tOr service performed DURING
the period hJanuary 1914 to date"
Colonel William H. QuartCrman.
Commandant of the School, an
nouncCd tie award to all military
personnel. and expressed his con
2ratulatiOnS and thanks to all who
made this recognition possible.
lieutenant Lord is an instructor
in the Athletics and Recreation De-
partment of the school.