Evening star., 1946-02-05

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wartime Serv- sS*
ices, it was an
nounced today.
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partment cita- @ |Ss:s||
ton of the in
ventor's accom- SN
lplishmentS says
in part that he l1l9 = fSs=s
furnished pro- Col. Lewis.
fessional leadership to achieve ex-
ceptional records in the develop
ment of rifle grenades, hand gre-
nades and fuses for both weapons. -
due in major part to his skillful
direction" the citation continues,
special highly technical projects
were successfully completed, result
ing in greatly increased effective
ness of these items used by our
troops"
Well known in Washington mill
tary and scientific circles for many
years, Col. Lewis lives with his
wife and young son at 1919 Hobart
street NV. Recently released from
active service with the Army, he
is now on terminal leave.
Inventor and developer Of the
Army hand grenade fuse, for which
he received a special citation about
two years ago, Col. Lewis is asso-
ciated with the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, and is
la member of the New York Acad-
emy of Science, American Chemi-
cal Society, American Physical So
ciety and the honorary scientific
fraternity, Sigma XII. He is the
author of more tnan 100 scientific
articles, the best known of which
is CONFUSION, Flames and Ex-
plosion of Gases"
1t. Col. Howard A. Van Auken,
India Burma theater surgeon, whose
home here is at 228 North Thomas
street, Arlington, recently was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
his "untiring efforts and outstanding
ability (which contributed greatly
to the control of communicable
disease in the theater," the Army
announced in a dispatch from New
Delhi.
"As commanding officer of the 9Th
Medical Laboratory and theater con-
sultant for medical laboratories" the
accompanying citation states, Col.
Van Auken - succeeded in
organizing a theater-wide service
for sanitary control of water and
food supplies and the investigation
of outbreaks of intestinal diseases,
which resulted in appreciable low
ering in the incidence of epidemics." ;"
Corpl. Michael F. X. Dolan, U. s..
M. C. R.. Sill Nebraska avenue
NV, has received the Bronze Star
Medal for heroic achievement with
the 9th Marine Division on Oki-
nawa last April 16. his family here
has learned.
During an attack by his company
on a strongly defended enemy po-
sition when the advance of his line
was held up, Corpl. Dolan rushed
to wounded comrade lying in
position exposed to enemy fire and
covered this Marine by effective
counterflre against the enemy, the
citation accompanying the award
states.
He remained with the wounded
man until his platoon was able to
advance, thereby saving his COM
rades life and aiding materially"
to seizure of the enemy position.
Returnees
Names of additional District area
men returning at various East and
West Coast ports early this week
are reported by the Associated
Press.
Almost so Washington veterans of
Pacific service arrived at San Fran
cisco yesterday aboard the transport
Gen. Ham:
TVS Richard E. Martin. 2s0 oallstin
sennIx rosd Nf sserr a aisha1d d'ss
DupmSTs %s,,,. sss Fifteenth street Sc:
nonas. ISIS sisss pise. NV. NV ssIes ssRss R.s
James Hpes i Cole cog 1855 esTssa sasn sHess
corpl. James e.. Hartman, I73s corcoran
isass' ssfsst NW 'fRs' ps ssn 1913 1s
corcoran street NV: Pfc. Reginald Bur
Sls l2S PorS SaTrS5uSs Place sW Pfc
and Pfc. Roy I. Mcdowell. $40 Kenil-
81 oss t. Lewis. s771 ,.ss Gay ls s,ssss
sTsst W. sas Eessnf oyss ts ss
ns srss Street sw 6 Edd sass gSsen
SampbeIl. so4 & street Sc: RS Emmett
Fs @ Wsist!sins Essinsn sI1eei ssssoa s
place NV. T4 Matthew Mcdaniel. 81.
a99 Strsss Ne .si.1t T4 Gsorsf ssnw,sn
Bells. .aoe6 Webster M street NV: TLs Georse
GTSmb; aSn ~ 1850 Capitol avsnne NJ: TL5
Mann e. 't5sss Stanton aE ns
dress siven:. Pvt. clarence Mccsrse. ssss
n. plitman G42o 50sd Madison @ sVenae a1s; NV
ass Ssrs sE Msnds ssrpt l. S4.ase Ms5sn mo1
dleton, .,211 Sixteenth street Sc. and
TIA William Marier, 109 East street BE.
Nearby Maryland and Virginia
men aboard the Gen. Haan included
Willie J. Woolen. culpeper: sISergt. Henry
| D. GLADDEN.. Arlington: TI5 Burns w
johnson. Arlington; SISerst. Samuel a
Wolf, Warrenton; Pfc. Harry +. Crockett
| Alexandria; Corpl. Oswald Z. Poindexter
Alexandria; TIA Charles H. Jamison. Dick.
erson. and Corpl. Norris Culley, Hyatts-
| vile.
The transports Pomona Victory
and Betty Zane, docking at New
York yesterday, returned these Dis
trict men for whom no street ad.
dresses were given in the Associated
Press report:
4 TISergt Robert B. Darden, S/Sergt
| BENJAMIN T. BURY, T{5 Russell O. Size
more, TIA Frank B. He'll Capt. William M
johnson II; 1t. Ralph b. Rug jr.: Tfi
James J. McCarron. Tl5 Art g. Craven
TfSergt. John r. Bargin. Pfc. Jack Welch
Pfc. Willie C. Wood, Pfc. Alfred Statlel
and TfSergt. Frank M. Gogalski.
| The two transports returned thes,
NEARBY Maryland and Virgins
veterans:
sergt. Glenn A.. Little, jr.. Bel Air: TT
Erwin L. Wood. Alexandria; Pfc Boyce J
Wallace, Alexandria: TJSerst. Jane
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