The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
Service Briefs

| MT. huu MRS. ManfOrd Coe, ST.
were happy to have with them
Mothers Day two Of their three
sons In service.
Pfc. Manford Coe. Jr.. OF the Sig
nal Corps. left for Philadelphia
Sunday night after a furlough OF
~ days. His wife and four children
met him here TO spend the furlough
with his parents. Only by being
given extra time was he enabled
to see his brother.
Raymond w. Coe, Seaman &c.
arrived Thursday from Alameda
Naval Air Base with his wife and
baby for q 10 day leave. After a
year and a half service, this Is his
first time home, since February.
1914.
Second Lieut.. Harold Coe, an.
other son. hospitalized in France
after being wounded March 10, is
gaining and has been awarded the
Purple Heart.
Henry L. Van Ripper, son OF Mrs.
Henry Van Ripper, sis N. River ST.,
recently was graduated from the
Aviation Electricians Mate School
at U. 8. Naval Air Station, Jackson
Vile. Fla, and was promoted to
Seaman First Glass (AEM) in the
U. S. Navy.
Entering the Navy Aug. 20, 1914,
he received his recruit training at
Great Lakes. H., later being trans
ferred to the Naval Air Technical
Training Center here.
Van Ripper Is now a qualified
Aviation Electricians Mate and will
probably see service with a Naval
Air Unit
Two Ypsilanti men have won new
decorations for participating In
bombing Germany. the War Depart
ment has disclosed.
Sergeant Kenneth ID. Brown. tail
gunner OF a B.24 with the Eighth
Air Force, has been awarded the
Air Medal for "meritorious achieve
ment over enemy territory. re-
flecting credit upon himself and the
armed forces OF the United States"
according to a citation by his com.
handing officer. Col. A. W. Reed.
For similar accomplishments. the
second Oak Leaf Cluster was add
cd to the Air Medal OF Sgt. Joseph
d. Crescio, recently promoted to
the rank OF technical sergeant,
Sgt. Crescio has been In the sery-
Ice since January, 1913. having been
trained in Texas, Nebraska, Call.
fornia. Illinois and Arizona. He
wens ole. ssSs al C2,htl4~g, -Ni.'l
The % year old flier IL a graduate /
OF ST. Thomas High School, Ann Ar.
Dor. and the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. |
Joseph Crescio. 3l4S N. Prospect
Road.
Sgt. Brown, son OF Mrs. Maude |
Wright, zee Outer Lane Ave. VIII
low village, has been in service
since March. 1914. His wife and two |
daughters live in Alma.
Promotion OF Pfc John +. Perdue
OF Hq. Hq. Detachment, Section :.
to the rank OF Corporal was an
nounced today by Brigadier Gener-
al John T. Kennedy, Commanding
General Of Fort Bragg. Corporal |
PerGue is the son OF Mrs. Maggie
B. Anderson, Az Hawkins st. Fort |
Bragg officials stated that his pro-
motion was based on leadership |
ability and attention to duty.
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Word has Just been received BY
Mrs. Edith Bush, this city, that her
son, Kenneth M. Bush. has been
promoted from private to private
first class and is still stationed 10
the Philippines.
Mrs. Herman Wiederhoft was the
recipient, Saturday, OF a dozen red
roses for Mothers Day, a gift from
her son. Tech. Sgt. Charles H
wiederhoft. who is with the First
Army in Germany.
Alvin white. son OF DIR. and Mrs
H. B. white, 30S N. Ballard St.. Is
here on a seven day leave from
the Army Transport Corps, Foreign
Service.
Mrs. Charles Harden received a
telephone call from her son. Cpl.
Kenneth Harden, who Is in a hos
pita,, In Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Sunday. He wished her happy
Mothers Day and told her that he
was progressing nicely. Cpl. Har.
den was In the Marine Corps and
had been wounded In the battle OF
Bougainville. He is now going to
Engineering School at the hospital
where he has been for almost q