Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-06-12
5erWcemen We Know
BY Sgt. Ed Brown

niy's Engineer Officer Candidate
School at Fort Belvoir. Eds com
pletion of the 22-week course gives
him a commission as a Second
Lieutenant in the Corps of Engin
GERS.
SERGEANT WILEY DOBB1NS
of 10 Monroe Street, was home re-
Gently for twenty days from his
electronic instructors assignment
at Lowry AFB, Denver Colorado.
EDWARD C. WRATTEN, radio
man, third class, USN, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph B. Wratten of 16
Thomas Street, Rockville, is en-
joying the sea and the sunny
weather in the Caribbean while
aboard the transport hi USS
Chiffon.
JAMES J. ERTTER, Musician
third class, SIN, is serving aboard
the flag ship, USS Worcester, now
on a cruise in the Mediterranean.
While enroute, Jim was with the
Task Force that witnessed the ia
tai sinking of the USS Hobson
when she collided with the veteran
WASP in Atlantic waters in April.
CHARLES H. WEASE of Route
p, Germantown, is home on leave
after serving for eighteen months
ir Korea with the End Division.
Corporal Wease will report to Fl.
Meade for reassignment this week.
DONALD SMITH, Airman Third
Glass, USAF, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis w. Smith of tbs Brent Street,
Rockville, came home last Thurs
day on an emergency leave to visit
his mother, now recuperating from
a recent illness. Don is stationed at
Davis Monthan ALB, Tucson, Ari-
iona, and will return to his western
tour of duty Sunday.
CLARENCE MEARSON, whose
W i fe, Arlene, lives on Route 2,
Rockville, recently arrived in Ko-
rea and was assigned to the 5th
Regimental Com b at Team. His
unit has supported every division
in Korea since arriving in the COM
bat zone in August of 1861. Hear
son entered the Army last October
and received basic at Camp Cor
don, Georgia. He graduated from
Richard Montgomery in 1919. His
Mearson, also live on Route 2,
Rockville.
ELMER J. DAVIS, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Timothy Davis, Route 2,
Rockville, is serving with the TIN
Infantry in the west-central Sec
tor of the front in North Korea.
Davis, rifeman of the 31st In
fantry Regiment, received training
at Indiantown Gap.
WILLIAM r. MATHERS, air.
man., USN, of 521 eBall Avenue,
Rockville, is aboard t he aircraft
carrier USS Leyte. The Leyte, a
$4,000 ton Essex class carrier, has
served in both the Korean n d
Mediterranean waters during the
past 10 months.
FRANKLIN d. HASH, Seaman
recruit, USN, so nof Mrs. L. V.
Hash of Route 5, Rockville, is
spending a few days at home after
completing navy boot" training at
San Diego. Frank entered the Navy
March 18th of this year.
PROMOTED = Two brothers,
former graduates of Lincoln High
School, were recently promoted to
Sergeants while with the Air
Force. The airmen brothers, sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cole Harper of
Falls Road, Rockville, are SAM
UEL AND RONALD HARPER.
Sam, stationed at Camp Stoneman,
California, was promoted to Staff
Sergeant while Ronald, stationed
at Mountain Home ALB, Idaho,
was upped to Sergeant.
ON LEAVE = Two more Lin
coin High graduates on duty with
the Air Force, are home on Is day
leaves. They are HOWARD COLE
MAN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. T.
Coleman of Lincoln Park, and
CHARLES HARPER, son of Mrs.
Joseph c. Harper of Poolesville.
Coleman is a heavy equipment OPP
orator at Amarillo AT Base, Tex
as, and Harper is currently an
aatomotive technician at San Mar
cos AFB, Texas.