The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-22
Service,B Briefs

Robert and Donald August, who
were recently discharged from the
Army. after four years overseas
service. brga work Thursday as
mechanics for the Greyhound Bus
LINES, In Detroit. They have been
here with their mother. Mrs. Ed
ward Livingston, sol w. Michigan
Ave, since their discharge.
Captain Joseph ]. Mccarthy. Chi
cago. a former resident OF Michigan.
visited his brother-in-law, leonard
Young, Ann Arbor, assistant to the
prosecutor. briefly. Wednesday.
Captain Mccarthy. who holds many
medals topped by the Congressional
Medal OF Honor, Is on terminal
leave from the Marines, having
been discharged recently from a
service hospital In Chicago. He
was awarded the Medal OF Honor
for leading his group agains. heavy
machine gun fre. which, as stated
In his citation, proved to be the
deciding action in the battle for
Two Jima. Capt. Mccarthy also
holds the silver star for action on
Saipan.
He will enter the Chicago Fire
Department, shortly as a captain.
Capt. Benjamin W. Davis, son OF
Mrs. Emily Davis, 70i Pearl St., was
placed on inactive duty at Fort
Sheridan, Ill. February is, after
nearly AZ months Of service. and Is
now at his home here on terminal
leave. Capt. Davis left. the States
for the European Theater OF Op-
eations in November, 194S, and re-
turned in septeuber, 1945.
Seaman Second Glass David Lamb
returned to his ship LIST 752, at San
Francisco Wednesday after spend
ing an eight day leave with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lamb,
Westmoreland Rd. He has seen
service in the South Pacific Theater
Of Operations mad will be only in
active service for a few more
months as his ship Is in the pro-
cess OF being decommissioned.
SISgt. Florence Hirschmann re-
turned to Gouvernors Island, n. u
Wednesday after spending a five
day pass with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hirschmann OF Linden
Place. SiSgt. Hirschmann Is sta
toned at the Second Service Com
mand Headquarters
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harwood'
have received a letter from their
son. Pvt. Harrison Harwood. saying
that he had landed In Tientsin, Chi
ma. He went across on the U.S.S'
Wakefield. The day he landed l.
was 20 degrees below zero.
He was graduated from Lincoln
High School, last June. and enlist
ed in the Marines after school was
out He went to Paris Island, Sept.
l, 1945, for his boot training.
William Kring, 709 Carver Ave,
has been separated from the Army
Air Forces at the San Antonio DIS
trict. A.AF. Personnel Distribution
Command. Lee r. Perry, 30l Maple
St.. and Lucius II. Bennett, $40 =.
Huron St.. were discharged at the
Great Lakes separation center. Feb
ruary IS. Harold d. Leverett, 1920
Carpenter Rd., and Thomas N.
Swope, 1888 Stony Creek Rd., were
discharged at the Camp At.eroury
separation center. Feb. Is.
Pfc. Paul Lee, son OF Lee Wing,
has returned home after serving for
three years with the Army Air
Force He received his basic train
ing at Greensboro, N. c., and was
then sent to the Technical School
at Gulfport, Mississippi. For sew
eral months he was attached to the
U. s. Air Force Division OF the
Douglas Aircraft factory at Long
Beach, Calf.
He was discharged from the Army
at Camp Tanning at Tyler, Texas.
and arrived in Ypsilanti Wednes-
day. He plans to go to trades school
and specialize in aircraft produc-