Evening star., 1945-07-28
36 District Area Men
Are Returning Home
From European War


Another 36 veterans of the Euro.
pean war are coming home to the
Washington area. Their names
were reported today among arrivals
and expected arrivals by plane anc
ship.
Eighteen District men are sched.
uled to arrive today in New York
aboard the Army transports Santa
Cecilia, Noah Webster and Rich
ard Rusr. The S. S. Fairfax also
is due in at Hampton Roads, Va.
with one man from Fairfax ano
another from Alexandria.
The Marine Raven will bring /;
District area men into Hampton
Roads Tuesday. Three men, in
cluding Col. James E. Hatcher OF
614O Thirty first place NV, ar
rived by plane.
Col. Hatcher, who landed at Ls
Guardia Field, reached his home
last night. Former chief of the In.
vestigation Division, Civil Service
Commission, he led the unit of the
SD Infantry Division which tool
Heidelberg, Germany.
Expected at New York.
The 18 expected in New York
today-a list not necessarily com.
plete-are:
Corpl, Merle E. Bell, 325 A street
NE; Pfc. George D. Hobbs, 81;
Eleventh street NE; Pvt. Charles
H. Harrington, 208 Eleventh street
NE; T/3 George H. Coffman, Gle
G street S.W.: Pfc. Jessie R. Jack
son, 1905 Georgia avenue NV; TIA
Edward D. Rogers, 5214 Central ave-
nue. Sc; T/5 Lester B. Steward
el0 R street NV.
Also T/5 Robert Adamson, 112C
Rhode Island avenue NV: Pfc
Jesie Reed, 1743 Swan street; Pvt.
Robert w. Greenhow, 2705 S. Bruce
place; Sergt. Willie j. Baskin, 1119
G treet NE; Sergt. Willie G.. Rob-
inson, 1917 Eleventh street NV;
Corpl Amos w. Lee, 2614 I street
NV; SlSergt. Preston Hursey 824
Second street Sc; Pvt. Samuel l..
Montgomery, 1855 Half street SW.;
Pvt. Pruitt Miller, South street
NV; Pvt. James L. Thompson, 3467
S, Kenpel street, Arlington, Va;
TIA Fred j. Pfohl, 1908 Flower ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md
Aboard Marine Raven.
The l3 on the Marine Raven in
clude:
SISergt. Finley P. Maeder, 2745
Twenty-ninth street NV; Pvt. Will
liam C. Rursley, 719 Third street
NV: TIA Marion G. Terry, 4643
Brewer place NV; T/5 William w
Gillis. 608 c street NE; Pfc. Del
bert Benjamin, 308 Seventh street
NE: Pfc. Alison S. Dowty, 919 L
street NV; Pvt. william Edward
address not given; T/5 Henry w.
Gilliand, $500 Military road NV;
Pfc. Joshua Robinson, 327 l. street
NE; Pvt. James F. Taylor, 1924 w
street NV.
Also TI5 Joseph p Dudley. 809
Fourth street Sc; Pfc. J. woodrow
English, 709 South Fairfax street,
Alexandria; 1t. Col. Wilmer K. Ben
son, 1904 Wellington road, Alexan-
dria.
Arriving today on the S. S. Fair
fax are T/5 Bentley Apperson, 1O4
Myrtle street, Alexandria, and Pvt.
Carlye Robin, Route 2, Fairfax.
BY plane to Presque Isle, Me,
came MiSergt. James c. Window,
30, 2020 Windham lane, Silver
Spring, Nd, and Sergt. Raymond
Riley, jr, 2l9 Upshur street NV.
Sergt. Window Returns.
After 18 months with an observa-
ton battalion on the European front
Sergt. Window, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Window, returned wear
ing four battle stars and the bronze
star for gallantry.
The S. S. Joseph Eastman, with
21 rotational troops, and the S. S.
Richard L. Gatling are expected in
Hampton Roads tomorrow. On the
Eastman are men from eight quar-
termaSter laundry companies, two
groups of military police and ele-
ments of the 49th Signal Heavy
Construction Company.
Six members of the Army Air
Forces, who have returned from
overseas, are awaiting reasignment
at AAF Redistribution Station No. 2,
Miami Beach. They are:
Maj. Bernard A. Schwartz, 5 Nc
Kay circle; Maj. Freeman F. Bates,
1891 Langley court NV; 1st Lit.
John T. Hopkins, ir., 1916 sherwood
street NE; 1t. John w. Herrick,
1919 Cobalt road; Sergt. Robert E
Dunn, 118 Twelfth street Sc; Pfc.
Bernard E. Emmert, 1874 Meigs
place NE.
81 More Discharged.
At Fort Meade, Nd, "a more
Washington are men have been hon.
orably discharged from the Army.
Five WACS and five soldiers also
were released at Fort Dix, N. j.
Mai. Horace B. Ritchie, jr., Ar
lington; Capt. John A. Noel, Wash
ington Capt. Lois c. Stephens,
Washington; lst 1t. Richard K.
Chapman, III, Arlington; lst 1t.
John F. Noonan. jr., Takoma Park,
Nd S/Sergt. James r. Abshire
2007 North Court House road, Ar
lington: Pfc. Thomas j. Farragher
1921 K street NV; Pfc. Frederick
w. Kassebaum. 1905 North Washing
ton boulevard, Arlington; S/Sergt
Russell o. Derf1inger, Beltsville, Md;
Sergt. Schuyler w. Jackson, 2840
McGill terrace NV; Sergt. Harry
S. Hussey, $500 Otis street, Mount
Rainier, Md; Sergt. Charles w.
DePriest, 1887 Eleventh street NV
Pvt. John A. Gateau, 1883 w street
Sc; Pvt. Clifford C. Hammond,
1908 Ontario road NV; Pfc. Joseph
M. Washington, SAL Twenty-firs
street NE; T/Sergt. Howard w.
Wiseman, 7742 Frederick road,
Hyattsville, Nd; Pfc. Clyde j. Gates,
1921 Monroe street NE; TIA James
V. Blandford, Piscataway, Md; T/5
Thomas E. Trainum, 913 Hamlin
street NE. Sergt. Walter w.
Brandt, 1912 FairvieW road, Silver