The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-20
Service Briefs

VETERANS BENEFITS
Scores OF special benefits are
available for war veterans,
widows, and other relatives.
Consult Bayard Buehen. dlree.
tor Council OF Veterans A..
fairs, American Legion Home,
NJ 8 Huron ST.. YpsllantL
Mrs. Marie Curtis was pleasantly
surprised. Sunday afternoon, when
she received a telephone call from
her son, Sgt. Gerald c. Merritt, who
is stationed high up in the noun
tains OF Switzerland. Sgt. Merritt
has been In the service since April
10, 1912, and expects 10 come home
early in January. He has seen &C
ton in North Africa, Italy and Swift
zerlsnd.
Cpl. Arthur Rose. who spent %
months in the Aleutians and for the
past Is months has been stationed
at Camp Hood. Texas. has received
his honorable discharge and re-
turned home.
Lieut.. (s.gD John Evans. Mrs.
Evans and their daughter Mary
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G.
+. Campbell and Mrs. Nellie Dag.
gett. Lieut.. Evans has received his
honorable discharge from the Navy
at Hastings. Neb.. where he was
stationed as chemist at the United
States Ammunition Center. He has
gone to Parlin. N. j.. to accept a
position with the DUPONT Co. Be
fore the war he was a chemical en-.
gineer in the DUPONT factory at WI.
mington. III. Mrs. Evans. the former
Violet Campbell OF Ypsilanti, will
remain here with the Campbells un.
I'll her husband is located in Parlin
The following men received their
discharges from Camp Grant, Hi.
nois, November 10 and l6: Pfc
Archie l.. Rupert. 1892 Mckinley;
Pfc. Jack Vaughn. 4OS Jefferson
St; ia Woodrow W. Hansen, 616
S. Huron St: and T/5 Gordon A.
Bowman. 423 W. Forest Ave
1t. 90 Earl f. Klebba. 1918
Westmoreland Rd., and S &c Her
man Hanson, RID l, received their
discharges from Great Lakes, Iii.
nois, Nov. Is.
Tl5 Clifton F. Anderson. 2l3'
Ferris Street. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Anderson. who has been
serving in the S1Sth Aviation Engi.
neers Bn.. has been honorably dis.
charged from Fort Sheridan. III.
He went into the service in April,
1913. After training six months in
the States. he was sent TO the Euro.
pean Theater OF War :or :wo years.
Mr.. Anderson has the European
African Middle Eastern theater rib.
bon. four overseas stripes. good con-
duct medal and five battle stars.
He acquired his battle stars in the
major battles OF Normandy, North.
ern France. Ardennes. Rhineland.
and Central Europe.
His military occupation consist.
ed Of construction worker and de-
molition specialist. He did carpen-
try and concrete work. As a demoli
tion specialist he removed mines.
BOBBY traps using electrical detect
Ing devices and planted explosives
10 destroy bridges, buildings, and
equipment about to fall into the
enemy hands.
First Lieut.. Robert Bailey, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Bailey. 16 N.
Hamilton St. has been honorably
discharged from the Army Air
Forces at Camp Mccoy, Wis. Lieut..
Bailey entered the service in March
.194l, was at Fort Warren, Chey-
enne. Wyo., for two years, entered
the Air Forces April first, 1913.
served nine months as bombardier
va a OIL Will tue OH AIT FOICts
in the European Theater of Opera.
ton. has three air medals, five oak
leaf clusters. and has the Purple
Heart. He and Mrs. Bailey and son
are settled in their home on Hard
ing Ave.
T/Sgt Carl W. Braman, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlie Braman, POLL
pIarding Ave. has arrived in the
Estates from Saipan. He is expecting
20 be discharged soon after serving
three years in the Ordnance Divi-
sion.
1t. U.g). Edgar Whan. son OF
Mrs. Esther Whan. 42O w. Forest
Ave, is stationed in Tokyo with
Japanese language unit. A recent
letter told OF his experiences as an
interpreter a. different ports, and
OF visit to Hiroshima.