The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-01
Service Briefs

aNallNplo Tor war veterans,
widows. and other relatives
Consult Bayard Buehen, dlree-
ter Council OF Veterans AZ.
fairs, American Legion Home,
III s Huron ST., Ypsllantl.
1t. Hugh X. Adams received his
separation papers from the Navy
Jan. "a at Jacksonville. Fla.
Cpl. William II. Raymond, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Raymond. received
his honorable discharge at Camp
Atterbury. Ind. Jan. % and re.
turned home next day. Cpl. Ray.
mond served three years and nine
months, OF which two years and
four months we're spent overseas
in England with the 609th Ordnance
Base Armament Maintenance Bat
talon.
Former T/Sgt. Robert Cain who
spent his slxty-day terminal leave
at Miami Beach and Washington,
d. c.. has returned to Ypsilanti and
has taken a position with the Auto
mobile Club OF Michigan.
Since his discharge from the Ar
my at Fort Myer, Va, Sgt. Cain
and his wife and son Robert. Jr.,
have been with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. Cain, 2155 W. Mich
igan.
T/Sgt. Cain has been back from
overseas long enough to forget
some OF the unpleasant features
OF being prisoner OF war-but ne
will never forget how happy he and
his fellow prisoners we're to hear
the sound OF American artillery on
the night OF April 2S, l94e. After
one hundred and eight days and
nights urder the German heel, the
boys were liberated on April 90.
The prisoners had been herded from
camp to camp ahead OF the Amer
lean advance. Sgt. Cair, who was
with the 18th Armored Division had
to walk as we'll as the rest and Il
wasn't fun. They were liberated In
the vicinity Of Munich and in spite
Of the hardships. the country i'm
pressed Sgt. Cain as being very
beautiful.
The Red Cross met the prisoners
as they were being marched away
from the front and fed them. After
being liberated they sailed from lie
Havre, France, on the John Erick-
son and arrived in the States May
20. 1945.
Sgt Cain received his basic train
ing at Camp Campbell, Ky. He was
in combat for five months and was
in engagements a. Ludwigsburg,
Hammelburg. Nuremberg. and
Morsburg. and was taken prisoner
on the Siegfried Line. With his
unit he received the Croix de
Guerre, Frances highest honor to
a soldier for valor In face OF great
danger. Fighting with both the
seventh and third infantry he won
the European Ribbon with three
bronze stars. Combat Badge and
the Purple Heart, the latter for
wounds received while destroying
radio equipment in the face Of fire.
$50
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Anderson
are in Ypsilanti making plans :or
his return TO the employment office
Of Central Specialty's division of
King Seeley Corporation where he
was employed before entering the
service. Mr.. Anderson left in June
1912 and has seen service both In
Europe and Japan. Mrs. Anderson
was in the Waves. He will assume
his duties about March ].
Seaman nc Austin J. Norton, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Norton,
Lowell ST., has arrived at San Pc
dro. Calf, aboard the U. S. Bunker
Hill from Guam where he has been
stationed for four months. He ex-
poets TO arrive home late in Feb
ruary when he will receive his dis
charge.
WAC Katheryn Loesell, daughter
10 DR.. and Mrs. Clarence NJ. Loesell,
ITO Sherman st., is home on a
Is day furlough from Kennedy Hos
pital, Memphis. Tenn. In honor OF
Miss Thelma Lutz, Miss Loesell
will entertain at a shower Satur-
day.