Evening star., 1945-05-29
On the Roll of Honor


Travers PIC. Smither
erated) tLiberated)
IChase, Md, has been freed from a
German prison camp, his parents
were officially notified yesterday. A
letter from Pvt. Morrison also re-
ceived yesterday disclosed that he
had arrived at the RAMP camp
near LIE Havre and expects to be
on the way home in few days.
He wrote that he was captured in
the Battle of the Bulge on Decem-
Der 16 when the Germans surround
ed first aid station, where he had
been taken to be treated for bull
let wound He said he recovered in
two weeks and. after confinement in
several prison camps. reached Muhl-
berg, north of the Elbe, where he
was liberated BY the Russians on
April %.
On May II he reached the Amer
ican lines at Halle
Pvt. Morrison is a graduate of
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
and attended Hobart College in New
York, Maryland University and
George Washington University be-
fore entering the service. His father
is lawyer.
1t. Charles c. Carlin, son of Mrs.
Annie Macon Carlin. 53l8 Colorado
avenue NV, has been liberated
from a German prison camp after
being lnterned since September,
l943, when the Flying Fortress in
which he was navigator was shot
down
A graduate OF Western High
School. 1t. Carlin was attending
the University of California when
he joined the air forces at the out
break of the war. He has the Pur-
pie Heart, Air Medal and two cita-
tionS.
I'd 1t. Milton Il. Abernathy, ~
navigator on a bomber when it
was shot down February s, 1914
over Germany. has been liberated
and hopes to return to the United
States in time to witness the gradu-
alton of his brother Winston S.
Abernathy, from the Naval Academy
next week, he has informed his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Aber-
nathy. 932 Burns street Sc.
He is the holder of the Air Medal
and Oak Leaf Cluster and his unit
of the 9Th Air Force has the Presi-
dental Citation He was graduated
from Anacostia High School and
went into the Army in the summer
of 1912, going overseas late in l943
Sergt. Carl F. Travers, 81, whose
wife, Mrs. Alice Travers, lives at 200
SKty-ninth street, Seat Pleasant,
Md, has been liberated from a Ctr
man prison camp, it was revealed
by the Red Cross. He was reported
missing December 2l in Germany.
Mrs. Travers said she received
letter from her husband after being
notified by the Red Cross. in which
he said he was getting fat again.
A native of Prince Georges
County, he attended Maryland Park
High School and was employed at
the Veterans Administration before
entering the service in February,
1943. He has been overseas with the
infantry since October. p.
Tl5 joint. Federline, %, son of
Mrs. Mary Federline, Grove avenue 4
Washington Grove, Md, was liber-
ated recently from a German pris-
on camp, it was disclosed today by
the War Department.
He had been in the Army since
November, 1912. and was taken pris-
oner last November while fighting
with the 9th Army in Belgium. He
was graduated from Sherwood High
School, at Sandy Spring, Nd, and
was employed by Bethesda plumb
ing contractor when he entered the
service.
Pvt. Clark w. Doveh. 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Dovell, Silver
Spring, Md, who had been captured
by the Germans December is. has
been liberated, according to the War
Department.
His father is member of the
Montgomery County Police Depart
ment, stationed at Rockville. Pvt.
Dovell is graduate of MONTGOMERY
Blair High School. He has been IN
the Army since 1912 and overseas
since last October.
I'd 1t. Harry A. Thompson, whose
wife. Mrs. Louise R. Thompson, lives
at 1889 North Mckinley road, Ar
lington, has been reported from a
German prison camp, where he has
been a prisoner since November.
A native of Arlington, 1t. Thomp-
son is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry A. Thompson, ST., of SPOT
North Nineteenth street He at
tended Westinghouse High
School
A PAT pilot, he entered the serv-
ice in January, 1943, and went over
seas last August. Made prisoner
after his plane was shot down over
Germany he was confined in Sta
lag IA.
Pfc. w. Harvey Smither, "a, son
OF Mrs. Bertha E. Smither of Rich
mond, Va, who formerly resided at
308 Taylor street NV, cabled his
mother from Europe yesterday Safe
and well; see you soon" The mes
sage followed by five days the re-
ceipt of postcard dated February
13, informing his family that he was
prisoner of war in Stalag 5-A. He
first had been reported missing after