Evening star., 1952-08-21
Here and Abroad:


eran will be decorated for gal
lantry in action at $50 pm. to-
morrow in the Marine Barracks
Eighth and I streets Sc.
Marine Sergt. Halsey w. Smith
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey
Smith, 2318 South Nash street
Arlington, will receive the Silver
Star medal and review a cere-
monial parade.
The award is for heroism on
the night of April 9. Sergt. Smith
was on a raiding party into enemy
lines when his group was trapped
Heavy mortar and machine gun
fire wounded 81 of the "a men
One was killed.
Sergt. Smith, wounded by shell
fragments himself, helped carry
his wounded comrades down the
hill. across a stream and back to
his own lines, despite continuing
fire.
He learned of the award Tues
day. Home since July 8, after
serving his hitch and an addi-
tional six months, he will enter
Hampden-Sydney college, Va.
this fall.
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Among the 36 WAVES stationed
in London, England, who last
month celebrated the 10th. ami
versary of the women's entrance
into the Navy. were three Wash
ington women:
Lois p. Bergman. chief yeoman
daughter of Mrs. Martha Berman
STA Sixth street NV.
1t. u. g. Edith Nj. Blauvelt, OF
1858 Thirty-sixth street NV.
Patricia M. Collins, communica-
tions technician, daughter of Mrs
J. M. Collins, 3811 Thirty-nint
street NV.
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Two Washington men have been
serving aboard the destroyer tend
er Dixie in the Far East. They
are
Frank ID. Sapack, seaman ap-
prentice. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank r. Sapack, 631 street NV.
Fred ID. Martz, seaman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. Martz
1910 Potomac avenue Sc.
Jerome L. White, airman third
class. son of Mrs. st. Clair White,
1911 c street NE, has completed
the cooks course at the Third
Army Service School, Fort Ben
ming. Ga.
william Warshauer, jr., radar-
man seaman, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Warshauer, 1888 Tucker
man street NV, is serving in
the Atlantic Fleet aboard the de-
stroyer Furse.
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Airman Rudolph w. Beckert,
2619 Wisconsin avenue NV, is as
signed to Amarillo Air Force Base
Tex. as jet mechanic student
after completing basic training.
MISergt. Anthony p. Drula,
whose wife and three children live
at 480l N street, Hillside, Md, is a
flight chief in Japan. He is as.
signed to the 35th Fighter Inter.
cepter Wing, keeping his squad.
ron's aircraft in fighting trim.
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Mai. Morris r. Snead, son o1
Mrs. Helen Snead, LOT Wooter
avenue, Chevy Chase, has beer
made executive officer of the
Naval ROTC at Rensselaer, Poly.
technic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Re-
Gently returned from nearly 9
year of battle duty in Korea, Maj
Snead saw extensive action a:
executive officer of the I'd Bat.
talon, 18th Marine Regiment.
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1t. Col. William HI. Gurnee, jr.
3249 Gunston road, Alexandria
has been named quartermaster fol
the military district of Washing
ton, replacing Maj. Sidney E
Travis. transferred to the Antille.
Command. He has a wife. Ruth
and a daughter.
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John T. King, disburSing clerk
second class, son of MIR. and Mrs
Richard T. King, 1918 Twenty.
ninth street NV, recently made q
South American cruise around
Cape Horn to California aboard
the destroyer Power.
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Three washington men are Serv-
ing aboard the destroyer mine
sweeper Jeffers in the Atlantic
Fleet. They are:
Floyd T. Flanagan, brother OF