Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-08-11
THE ARMY
BULLETIN
BIZ SIC Ed Brown

Dack Wnen ner boy departs Tor
Uncle Sans Army are precious
tears. Perhaps the boys themselves
are unaware as they proudly look
forward to their military stay in
the service, that Nom stands in her
doorway with prayer on her lips
that God shall see her son through
and that the army shall be proud
to call her son real soldier. Dad,
too, who fights to hold back his
feelings, embraces his son and in
his choked-up voice, wishes him
"God speed ahead" Words of ad-
vice like "Study hard save your
money" and Don't forget to go to
church" seem to stick with the boys
as they wrestle with their over
night grip and wave their good
byes before journeying to the local
recruiting office and the oppor-
tunity facing them.
Three local young men, whom
l am convinced will prove sue
cess in choosing the Army as their
training ground for the next sew
eral years, were Donald F. Depew,
18, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E.
Depew of Gaithersburg; Hubert
Harden, 18, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Harden, Route 5, Rockville;
and Roy T. Tyler, 18; son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ollie Tyler of Route 8,
Rockville. The eager trio, anxious
to stick together, signed up Mon
day morning at the Rockville Re-
cruiting station for duty with the
Armored Cavalry. They boarded
the train at Union station early
the same evening with twenty other
Washington area enlistees, headed
for basic training with the 3rd
Armored Division at Fort Knox,
Kentucky. Good luck, boys, and re-
member the advice of Nom and
Dad Study hard Save your
money and Go to church on
Sunday.
Army maneuvers aren't quite
like that of a Sunday picnic along
Rock Creek, but from all indica-
tions one local enlistee appears to
be enjoying the rough out-of-doors
maneuvering area near Stuggart,
Germany. He is William A. Dove,
Jr., whose parents reside near
Derwood. Bob, a Field Artillery
man, is a member of the 1st In
fantry Division, now on occupa-
tional duty in Germany. A gradu-
ate of Sherwood High, class of
'48, Bob joined the ranks of the
Army two months after receiving
his high school diploma. He recent
ly enrolled in a USAFI course on
advanced mathematics.
Charles L. Whirley, III, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Whirley, Jr.
of Gaithersburg, recently gradu-
ated from Leaderships School at
Fort Dix, and is now recruit in
structor with the training school
there. An ardent baseball player,
Charley is a regular member of
his company's ball team. His COM
plete tour of duty has been at Fort
Dix since his enlistment at the
local recruiting office in May,
194S. He recently was home on a
15 day leave during July.
z.
Ex-Sergeant Isaiah "A. Jones, of
Route 2, Germantown, shed the
conventional. Army khaki during
June after spending nearly IA
months in far-away Korea. A
member of the 7th Infantry Divi-
sion, young Jones, in summarizing
his eighteen month enlistment,
proudly praised the historic "blue
banners" of the 7th Infantry and
the "know-how" he received by be-
ing a member of that organization.
One of the unforgetable memoirs
he shall alway treasure, was the
time during the early part of 1949
when he was awarded the distinc-
ton of being the lightweight box
ing champion of the Armed Forces
in Korea.