The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Service Briefs

tor Council OF Veterans A.
fairs, American Legion Home.
III 8 Huron St., YpsiiantL.
Cpl. George Curtis has returned
from Europe having seen service
in ~ foreign countries with anti.
aircraft gun battalion. 20 months
of his SO months in service spent
overseas. Places In which he saw
service we're North Africa. Scot.
land. Ireland. Wales, England.
France. Luxembourg. Belgium
Switzerland, Germany, Poland and
Austria.
Pfc. Paul L. Ciscoe. 527 Hamil.
ton ST. Is one OF l.s47 high-point
Army veterans whom the Navy Is
returning to the States for dis
charge aboard the U.S.S. Lavaca,
an attack transport.
Sgt. Robert Youngs. Army Air
Force. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
II. Youngs. Holmes Road. has ar.
rived at Norfolk. Va. after two and
one half years in service. Training
at Chanute Field, Chicago, Sgt.
Youngs saw service In Montana.
Idaho. and the European Theater
OF Operations. He wears Combat,
Victory and European Theater Rib
bons with three battle stars, and
the white band on the shoulder
worn by those who saw service
with the French troops.
Sgt. Youngs returned home on
one OF the smaller ships that had
trouble from leakage. and was Fl
days at sea. Sgt. Youngs received
his discharge at Camp Atterbury.
With four sons in the service MT.
and Mrs. William y. Davis, Ecorse
Road. have had their share OF well
coming home and saying good bye
in the past month. This week Cox
swain Richard f. Davis left TO Join
his ship the L. 5. S. H. w. Gilmore
after a SO day leave, which he
spent with his parents. Wednes'
day Fireman &c Francis X. Davis
arrived home on a % day leave
from Hawthorne. Nevada. With
him was his brother. Arm. NC
William F. Davis who has recently
been discharged from the Navy al
Bremerton, Wash. William visited
his brother at Hawthorne while en-
route home. From Germany came
A report this week that fourth
son, Cpl. Robert n. Davis is on ms
way home. These boys have all
seen service overseas.
Eight Ypsllanu men we're
discharged from the Atterbury Sep.
aration Center this week. Now CIV
ilians are: Pvt. Robert J. White
1906 Grove ST.: list Sgt. Darwin [.
Youngs. 9095 Huron River Drive;
TIA Arthur F. Jones, 43S End Ave-
sisgt. Jack F. Kaufman, 1908 w.
Michigan Ave; Pfc. Howard II.
seitz; Sgt, Wayne J. Keelan, SOi
Garland Ave; Sgt. John F. Dawson,
BOX 406; TIA George NJ. Evans, Sl2
Monroe Ave. Three men received
discharges from the Fort Sheridan
separation Center. They are: Pvt.
ernest Shoner. 1924 Martz Rd.;
TIA Dale c. Smith. 2l5 s. Prospect
St; TI5 william r. Wolf, 81 Miles
st.
Elvyu Bailey, Ypsilanti. a medi-
cal supply clerk in Field Artillery
Training Detachment No. 2, Field
Artillery School Troops at Fort
Sill. hasc been promoted to star
sergeant. Mrs. Bailey and son. El-
wyn Bailey III, 8, reside at 7OS
Cambridge Road. Before entering
the service, Sergeant Bailey was
employed by the Advance Manufac'
turing Company, Detroit. Sergeant
Baileys brother, Corporal Donald
Bailey, is with the ST. Army Air
Forces Band at Nome, Alaska.
SC nc Arthur G. Baggett, $3.50
Whittier Road. and MOMM &c
tT) Charles G.. Lucas. 1888 Maple
wood Ave. received their discharg-
es at Great Lakes, H., January 10.
When First Lieutenant Charles
W. Leverett arrived home after ~
months service in the European
Theater OF Operations almost the
first person to greet him was MS
eighteen months old daughter JUDY
whom he had never seen. Judy, with
her mother, the former Dorothy
Gross OF Dexter. is at the home Oh
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold X. Leverett. Carpenter I'd.
1t Leverett was commissioned
second lieutenant while in training
at Camp Barley, Texas, and won
promotion on the battle field while
serving with the Medical Corps.
He received the Bronze Star Medal
and a Presidential citation after
rescuing a wounded patrol leader
in Italy. For a short period he was
attached TO a French Unit and ar
ter We day was sen: to Germany
where he had charge o. eleven
hospitals which we're occupied by
prisoners 70 war in the Nuremberg
area. At Thanksgiving Pfc. Harold
Leyerett who was serving In Aus
tria hitch-hiked into Germany and
had dinner with his brother at
Kulmbach. 1t. Leverett wears the
European Theater Ribbon with two
battle stars and the Victory KID
bon.
Henry Il. Bartholomew, 70, sea
man. first class. UsNR. 2079 Brad
ley St, has arrived at San Diego
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