Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-12

erly of 1O5 South Washington
Street, Rockville, has been as
signed to the Signal Corps at
Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga. He
is taking his basic training there
and when he completes the course
March 10, his wife, Ruby Ward
Wyatt, expects to join him. She
is the daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ward. Pvt. Wyatt was
inducted January 6, 1858.
SGT. ALBERT BRUNETT, US.
Marines will report to Philadel-
jhia, Pa, March for duty at
the Supply Depot there. He is with
the Disbursing Section. Albert, the
son of Mrs. Paul Brunett of Rock
vile, has just returned from
Korea. He spent 30-day leave at
home before reporting to Philadel-
phia.
Word comes from Memphis,
Tenn. from CORP. OSCAR DODD,
JR., U. S. Marines, and his wife
Dorothy, of Rockville, that they
really enjoy reading the Sentinel
all about the doings in and
around Rockville and finding fam
liar names and places on its pages.
Corp. Dodd is stationed at the
Naval Air Base, Millington, Tenn.
He and Mrs. Dodd live at 1874
Sledge ST., Memphis, which is
only a few miles from the base.
They seem to be enjoying life in
the Sunny South. They would like
to hear from their Rockville
friends. Corp. Dodd is the son of
Mrs. Oscar Dodd, Sr. of Maple
Avenue and has been in the Mar
ines just one year.
Two local boys were indicted on
February 24-F REM AN M.
GATHER of Gaithersburg, and
CHARLES +. CAMPBELL of
Rockville. Both reported to 2053rd
Army Reception Center, Fort
George G. Meade.
Word comes from the 1st Cav
airy Division in Japan that SGT.
FLOYD C. HEATH, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James F. Heath, Brooke
vile, is returning to the United
States under the Army's rotation
program after Is months in the
Far East. He has been serving
with the 1st Cavalry Division
which spent II months in the
front lines in Korea before being
assigned to security duty in Japan
late in 1851. Sgt. Heath was a
tractor scraper operator in Com
pany a, Sth Engineer Combat Bat
TALON. A veteran of five months
in Korea, he has been awarded
the Korean. Service Ribbon with
three campaign stars, UN Service
Ribbon and the Army of Occupa-
ton Medal for Service in Japan.
JAMES f. BRADY, whose wife,
Margaret, and two children live
at 4531 Everett Street, Kensing-
ton, has been promoted to Lieuten-
ant colonel while serving at the
US. .Army's Tokyo Quartermaster
Depot in Japan. Assigned to the
depot since last November, Col.
Brady is chief of the editing
branch of the depot's stock con-
troll division. His unit is responsible
for the records and accounts of all
supplies handled by the depot and
its subinstallations. Before his
transfer to Japan, he served IL
months at Eighth Army head
quarters in Korea.
ROBERT H. KING, Seaman,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thur
ston B. King, of Germantown, is
serving aboard the attack cargo
ship USS RANKIN. The ship is
one of five Atlantic Fleet Am
phibious Force ships that COM
prise the amphibious element of
the Sixth Fleet. During their Med
iterranean tour, the men will re-
ceive training in amphibious war
fare. They will also visit France,
Italy, Greece, Turkey and the is
lands of Sardinia, Crete and
Sicily. The ships left Norfolk last
month arriving in 0ran, Algiers,
January 81.
Also serving aboard the USS
RANKIN are two Silver Spring
men: THOMAS A. BROOKS.
chief hospital corpsman, USN, hus-
band of Mrs. Flora II. Brooks of
9S05 Rosensteel Avenue, and
Navy 1t. Gg) WILLARD II. Nc
DANIEL, husband of Mrs. Lois d.
Mcdaniel of 10207 Proctor Street.
DONALD C. FYL0R, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Fylor of Tanley
Road, Silver Spring and husband
of Mrs. Carol Fylor of 1868 Alves
st. Hayward, Calf, was recently
promoted to Navy Lieutenant,
Medical Corps. 1t. Fylor, a gradu-
ate of the Harvard Medical School,
is one of the staff officers at the
us. Naval Hospital at Oakland,
Calf.
AIRMAN THIRD CLASS ROB-
ERT f. WISE, husband of the
former Miss Barbara Jean Hill,
has been assigned to HQ. SO Sec.
Of Warner Robins Air Materiel
Area, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Robins AT Base is Headquarters
for the Warner Robins Air Ma
terrell Area which sees to the main