The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-30
Service Briefs

widows. and other relatives.
Consult Bayard Buehen. dlree-
tor Council OF Veterans A.
tslrs, American Legion Home,
III s Huron ST., YpsllantI.
Sgt. Frederick RawlInson was dis.
charged from service at For. Sher-
idan, ILL.,, Friday. and has returned
home. He had been in service three
years and five months and for the
past year has been in China. Korea
and Oknawa. His wife and children
have been here in the meantime.
Grant Lewis. Jr. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Lewis. 943 Sheridan
Ave. Is visiting his parents. He re-
Gently received his discharge from
the Army, after serving .wo years
with the 18th armored command
with Patton's Third Army in Eng.
land. France, Belgium, Germany.
and Austria.
Cpl. +. Warren Cakes, Jr.. 20s
Emmett St. has returned home from
Fort Sheridan. ILL.,. where he re.
ceived his honorable discharge.
Cpl. Oakes served for two years
with the Army Air Forces in the
Pacific. He was In Radar and saw
service a. Kwajalein. in the Mar
shalls and on Moloka and Kauai
in Hawaii. He came home by plane
from Honolulu.
Harry II. Barth, S5 Hewitt Rd..
and Harold ]. Hill, 226 Prospect
s., were discharged from the Fort
Sheridan Separation Center Janu-
airy 24.25.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank Baker are
visiting at the home OF Mr.. Bakers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Baker
for few days. Lieut.. Baker is sta
toned at Fort Sheridan. I'll. Cpl.
Arthur Baker has received his dis.
charge from Camp Atterbury. Ind.
and with Mrs. Baker. has returned
to Ypsilanti where they will make
their home.
Pfc. James Garfield. son OF Mr..
and Mrs. I. A. Garfield, y. Adams
ST., is stationed at the Z. s. General
Hospital. Naples. Italy. Pfc. Garfield
received his training at Camp Rob-
inson. Little Rock. Ark. He Is Is
years old and had had one year In
medicine at the University OF Wis |
consin when he entered the service
He was sent overseas November IS, |
sailing for Italy on the U.SS. Gen.
Richardson with requirements for
the S2nd Division Fortunately for
him the officer In charge OF his
group found that he was Interested
In medicine and placed him In the
technical laboratory at Naples and
he feels that this experience Ia
worth at least two years OF college.
The hospital Is situated. on a blur |
overlooking the Bay OF Naples and |
Is one OF the finest buildings in the
city, having escaped the bombings
Pfc. Garfield describes the accom-. |
modations and food in the hospital |
as excellent. He passes grea. deal |
OF time with small Italian boy
and Is teaching him italian in ex-
change for lessons In English.
II. Robert f. Power has returned |
from two years service overseas
and Is now on SO day terminal |
leave before being discharged
1t. Power Is the son OF Mrs.
James A. Power. Elm ST.. and re-
ceived his basic training at Camp
Seattle, Wash. From there
he was sent to Alaska and while
there was recommended for Off.
GERS Training School at Fort Mon
mouth. He went to Harvard Univer.
sity where he was given a refresher
course in French and German.
From Camp Reynolds, 1t. Power
was sent overseas and saw combat
with the 102nd Infantry Division.
They were in action in Northern |
France, Ardennes, the Rhineland. |
and central Europe. He was then |
attached 10 the military government |
at Munich. During the time he was |
overseas 1t. Power was active with |
the intelligence department and
travelled extensively as his linguis-
tic ability was o. value.
He was not able to see Berlin as
that was out OF bounds for anyone
not attached to the occupational
troops. He however had chance
10 cross .he Elbe River and arrived
at a concentration camp while the
Germans were still burning the bod
les OF war prisoners. He also spent
a furlough in England, flying from
Paris and London in a B-54 trans
port plane.
He wears the American-Pscific
and European Theater OF Opera
tions Ribbons with battle stars and
the Combat Badge.