Evening star., 1945-11-04

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Pc. Charles ! 4 Tairsll, $3.50 xi.n.Sxn
$500 800 -Four foartssasS sls street INV. NV. a cssas
W., West, 1880 Fhirmont street NV;
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Whippie. 46o6 sixteenth street NV;
Capt, Donald B. Clark. 1404 Tuckerman
street N.Y. sfg.:. Get John 3s 800 R,Sa. ESs.
Walter e. Jones. 461 Delaware avenue
seynS W S0.P .leet HsTEK NV !. stin psnns sSso
CAPT. Clifford v, Evans Ias south Hber.
sTss stsis sSsr spnas and
Davis, s56 North Kentucky street, Ariins-
District area Naval discharges:
gilbert Hyatt. 33Is Ninsteenth street
4216 Third street NV. and Anna Barbara
Albright, 5622 Thirty ty-second street NV.
Decorations
Maj. Gen. Carter B. Magruder re-
Gently received decorations from
the United States, Brazil and
France in recognition of services as
assistant chief of staff, GA, at
Allied Force Headquarters, Mediter-
ranean theater, dispatch from
Caserta, Italy, revealed. The Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished
Service Medal was the American
award presented Gen. Magruder at
ceremonies held at the Royal Palace
| in Caserta.
The commanding general of the
Brazilian Expeditionary Forces in
Italy decorated Gen. Magruder with
the Order of Military Merit, Com
mander Degree, for cooperation
given Brazilian troops.
Two French awards, the Croix de
Guerre with Palm and the Medal
of the Legion of Honor, we're given
Gen. Magruder for services in sup
plying the forces in the invasion
Of Southern France.
Gen. Magruder's wife, Mrs. LOU
ella Magruder, resides at 608 North
Lincoln street, Arlington.
Maj. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitxer,
chief of staff, Allied Force Head
quarters, Mediterranean theater,
was honored by the British govern
ment with appointment as Honor
ary Companion of the Most Honour
able Order of the Bath, according
to information received from
Caserta.
The citation was prepared bv
Field Marshal Sir Harold r. L. G.
Alexander before his departure from
the Mediterranean theater for his
assignment as Governor General of
Canada. He commended Gen. Lem
fnitzer for his work as senior Ameri-
lcan oficer on the British staff and
for his brilliant execution of his
responsibilities" ,S :
He played a large part in the
negotiations which led to the cspituE
lation OF the German armies the
citation said.
Gen. Lemnitzer's wife, Mrs. Kath-
rine T. Lemnitzer, lives at 5429
Connecticut avenue NV.
i Col. Clifton A. Pritchett of Arling-
ton recently was decorated with the
Legion Of Merit at the of1ice Of
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Young, COM
mandfng general of the Military
District of Washington, it has been
announced.
Col. Pritchett was honored for
service from May 80, l942, to Sep
tember 2, this year, as chief of
staff of the Military District Of
Washington during its expansion
from a peacetime to a wartime or
ganization.
Col. James A. Casteel of Airing
ton, now with the occupation forces
in Tokyo, has been awarded the
Legion of Merit. He was cited for
materially contributing to the sue
cessful accomplishment of the mis-
sion of the Military District Of
Washington as director, Military In
telligence and assistant chief of
staff, G-2, from September IA, 1912,
to October II. 1945." In this ca
pacity, Col. Casteel was response
BILE for intelligence and security
functions of the Military District of
Washington with additional duty as
provost marshal.
Capt. r. Kent Loomis, U. s. N,
has been awarded the Legion of
Merit for his work as commander
of submarines on the staff of Ad-
miral Christie at Perth, Australia.
Capt. Loomis, whose mother, Mrs
Charles Brooks Smith, lives at 1850
Harvard street NV, was cited for
his outstanding service as engi-
neering and maintenance officer. He
was "untiring" in his efforts in SUI
pervising the maintenance and over
haul of ships of the force, fitting
them with new and special equip
ment, 1t was said.
Capt. Loomis was graduated from
Central High School and the Naval
Academy.
/ 1t. q. g. Wesley Robertson,
whose mother, Mrs. Mary Robert
son, lives at 1408 Forty-fourth
street NE, was awarded the Dis
Itinguished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
in recent ceremony at the Hutch
inson (Kans.) Naval Air Station
his family has learned.
The citations accompanying the
awards, signed by Admiral Chester
| w. Nimitz, praised 1t. Robertson's
Outstanding service with q photo
reconnaissance squadron on Guam
Mrs. Robertson said.
LIST 1t. Robert r. Craig, Is, son o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis J. Craig, 272(
George Mason drive, Arlington, re-
ceived the Distinguished Flying
Cross recently at Yuma (Ariz.)
Army Airfield, the Army announced
i A veteran of 20 missions owe
Europe as a B-17 navigator, 1t
Craig was specifically cited TO,
extraordinary achievement while
participating in two heavy lombard
Iment missions over Warnemunde
4 Germany, April 0. 1914, and Politz
Germany, April II, 1914, in leadini
/ his formations to targets despite ex
tremely adverse weather conditions
and attacks by the enemy.
II Cant. Merle Van Metre. U.S.N.. o