The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-22
Service Briefs

Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Coe, and
Mrs. Harold Coe were in Chicago
over the weekend to see 1t. Harold
Coe. who was brought TO Gardeners
General Hospital. in Chicago from
Paris, France. 1t. Coe. who was
wounded on March Is in France,
was serving with the infantry OF
the Seventh Army. He entered
service in December, 1912. and was
sent overseas on October 6. 1914.
He attended Ypsilanti High School
and was formerly. employed at the
Motor State Products Company.
1t. Coe has three brothers who
are in the armed forces. Pfc. Man.
ford Coe, Jr., 81. Is with the Signal
Corps. He was sent overseas last
week. He entered service on August
80. 1914, and was formerly a fore
man at the Willow Run Bomber
Plant. Another brother, Pfc. Ken
meth Coe, 20, is serving in Austria
with the Third Army. His parents
have heard from him recently, and
he states that he Is fine. Pfc. Coe,
who attended Ypsilanu High
School, was formerly employed al
the Central Specially Company.
The other brother. S &c Ray.
mond Coe, is stationed at Alameda
Air Base, Calf. He has been in
service since December, 1943.
With the Fifteenth U. S. Army
in Germany Sgt. William Y. Bal.
lard, Jr., 24l Emerson St., Route 4.
Is the 293rd veteran combat soldier
from the 106th (Lion) Division TO
be returned to the United States
for discharge under the War De-
partment rehabilitation and re-
adjustment plan. Sgt. Ballard has
assembled a large number OF de-
mobilization points for overseas
service and combat decoration.
Margaret c. Cottrell, SPAR,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Cotton A.
Cottrell, 1855 Lowell ST., is stationed
in Alaska.
Pvt. Hugh c. Speer, 20 year old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. V. S. Speer,
IA s. Washington St, has been
awarded a battle star for his par.
ticipation in the Ninth Army's
drive to the Elbe River in Ger.
many.
Pvt. Speer entered the service,
August 25, 1914, and went over.
seas last February. He crossed
Holland. France, Belgium, and mosi
OF Germany.
Staff Sgt. Wendell G. Anderson.
Sth Air Force, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Anderson, Ferris St. Is
home on 30 day furlough. Sgt.
Anderson, who has been in England
the past eight months. has % mis-.
sions to his credit. Sgt. Anderson
is to report at Fort Sheridan, H.,
at the end Of his furlough.
For heroic action in connection
with military operations against
the enemy Sgt. Lawrence Z.
Glass, %, son OF Lawrence Glass,
Sr., 2049 E. Michigan Ave, has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal by order OF Major General
w. M. Hoge, commanding the
Fourth Armored Division. Sgt.
Glass while in battle near Natten.
helm, Germany, seeing that two
men in a tank destroyer had been
wounded, went to their aid in his
peep, despite his chances OF in
jury or death and succeeded in
bringing the two men to a first
aid station. Sgt. Glass is a radio
operator with the 704th tank de-
stroyer battalion. His division has
received the Presidential Cita.
ton.
Captain Lewis Fleuelling, assist
ant ROB Training Officer at Lang
ley Field, Hampton, Va, was one OF
the first Americans to use Radar
in World War Two and his ship
led in the first raid over Emden,
Germany, according 10 the Langley
Field newspaper. He was one OF
four men chosen from the Eighth
Air Force, then stationed in Eng.
land, to go on detached service to
the British Pathfinder School. The
captain and his buddies were learn
ing all about Radar via British