Milford chronicle., 1945-06-08

Willard Potter. S c. spent the
weekend with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. b. W. Potter. OF near Milford.
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Pvt II. Russell Argo has re-
turned to Fort Knox, Ky, after
spending an emergency furlOugh
with his family here
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Sergeant William Y. Sipple, sta
toned at Mitchell Field is spend
ing a fifteen day furlough with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs William V.
Sipple at their cottage at RehobOth.
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Major Oliver James, who for the
past three years has been in the
South Pacific with a hospital unit.
is expected home today for a visit
with his parents, DR.. and Mrs. Oil
YER V. James.
Major Frank Donovan lust re-
turned from the Italian campaign.
has been greeting friends i'm Mil
ford. He and Mrs Donovan are the
guests of Mrs. Maudc Abbott at her
home near Lincoln.
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William Welsh, L. S. Army. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs Richard Welsh. of
Frederlca, has received honorable
discharge after serving more than
three years overseas. Another Fred
erica boy. Norman Boone. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boone, also
has been discharged after having
been overseas several years.
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S Sgt Fred Ncllums. wife of
Mrs. Alice Nellums. and daughter.
Fredressa. left Sunday. June ,. for
Spring Hill. Tennessee. where
they will make their home. S Sgt. |
Nellums has made the required
points and has been h0norably dis
charged from the Air Force. Mrs. |
Nellums was formerly Miss Alice /
Cleaver. of Milford
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Recently at Guam the Jewell /
brothers, John and Whitley met. /
John is machinist's mate c on a
supply and casualty ship and
Whitley is hospital assistant G.
stationed at Guam 1t was the first
time the boys had met in almost ,
years. Sergeant Kenneth Jewell.
another brother is in Austria. They
are sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
jewell
Another meeting of two Sussex
County boys has taken place in
Germany recently This time the
participants were Pvt. Penn Isaacs
of Lincoln, and Cpl Glen HASTINGS
OF Delmar. Del. Although they did
not know each other before the
war they found that they have sev-
eral mutual friends back home"
They have been in the same. outfit
for some time. but ii was only
short time ago that they met.
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SO many Milford boys have gone
into service that the vastness of
the Pacific area has become -
cross road for our BOYS. George
Stokes. on an aircraft carrier re-
cognized Milford boy on sal
wage boat just pulling away and
his call Hi, Bettsie" brought I'D
hand in greeting and it was Paul
Belts. The boys met the next dav
and talked of home and friends.
George has been in that area since
August of last year and it was un-
til February he saw familiar face.
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Word has been received that
Pfc. William a. Minner. the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos AIinner of Eel
ton. has been awarded the Combat
Infantry Badge by the commanding
officer of the 1S6th Infantry for
exemplary conduct in action
against the enemy during the Hol-
landia, Dutch New Guinea Opcra-
tiOn on May ). 1914. Private Min
ner received his training at Camp
Wheeler. Ga. and has been over
seas eighteen months Before his
he was employed at the
DUPONT nylOn plant at SeafOrd.
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Sergeant Robert HOch. 10 years
old. son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. X. Hoch
of Rridgcvlle. B-26 radio operator
gunner. was recently awarded the
lourth oak leaf cluster to his Air
Medal Sergeant IIOch has com
pleted 20 bombing missions with
the Ninth Air Force over bridges.
troop concentrations. communica-
tlon centerS, and other tactical tar
gets III Germany. lie is member
OF the 322nd Bomb Group. Ami
hilatOrs. the pioneer Ninth Air
Force Maraucr group. Sergeant
Hoch entered the Army in October.
l943. and was sent overseas i'm De-
cember of the following year.
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Headquarters, 18th AAF. Philip
Sergeant William II
Austin. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
l.. Austin. of 1903 West Third Street
has been awarded the Purple Heart ;
i"r injuries sustained during com
hat over enemy territory. Sgt. Aus s
tin is an engineer on Liberator
bomber of the 18th AAAF, veteran
Jungle air force that has battled the
JapS from Guadalcanal to Indo- :
China. He was graduated from the
Dover High School He entered
service June %, 1913. at Fort Dix.
received his army training at
kcssler Field. Miss. San Diego.
Cal. and Harlingen. Texas. Ser
gcant Austin has been overseas
since October 21. 1914.
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Cadet-Midshipman Homer l.. Bry- !
an. 10 years old, son of Mr.. and
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