Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-18
Thursday, June Is, 1858
News Of County Servicemen


harbor entrance to Chinnampo OF
May %. Serving abroad the bat.
tleship is JOHN D. NEUMANN
JR., Seaman, USN, son of Mr.. anC
Mrs. John D. Neumann, Silver
Spring. The bombardment marked
the first appearance of the New
Jersey on the east coast since
starting her second tour of Kor-
can duty in April. The fire was
spotted by British planes from the
Inns Ocean. Spoilers reported re.
suits from good coverage" to Eek
cellent naturalization.
ARMY PVT. HARRY A.
THOMAS, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry N. Thomas, Chevy Chase,
recently was assigned to the head
quarters of Fort Slocum, N. Y,
located near New Rochelle. 1t is
the home of the Armed Forces
Information School and Chaplains'
School. Private Thomas, a finance
clerk with the 1207th Area Service
Unit, transferred to Fort Slocum
from Camp Kilmer, N. J. A gradu-
ate of Woodrow Wilson High
School in Washington, and Am
terst College, he entered the Army
in March, 1852.
PVT. ROBERT M. EDWARDS,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Ed
wards of Washington, witnessed
the first test-firing of an atomic
shell from the Army's giant can
non at Camp Desert Rock, New. in
May. Private Edwards, a cook, is
on detached service from the 35th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
in Washington. His wife, Marie,
lives in Kensington.
Serving aboard the escort air
craft carrier USS Block Island with
Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 30
is RICHARD N. BUTLER, avia-
ton electricians mate second class,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
R. Grant, Silver Spring, and hus-
band of the former Miss Frances
Hughey of Ripley, Mass. The
squadron is on an operational
cruise to perfect anti-submarine
warfare techniques. 1t is operating
in waters near Northern Ireland
and Scotland with squadrons from
three British aircraft carriers. All
aircraft squadron officers and men
are flying the Grammar AT
Guardians or maintaining them in
ready-to-fiy condition at all times.
VS-30 will operate in the Mediter
ranean Sea as part of the U. S.
Sixth Fleet, after the tour in Bril-
fish waters. This is the first time
the squadron has seen foreign
duty. She is scheduled to return
to Norfolk, the latter part of June.
COL. LESTER L. WHEELER,
whose wife, Dorothy, lives in
Chevy Chase, assumed command
the Army's 9Th Regimental Com
bat Team in Korea. The 9Th is
compact infantry unit which sup
ports combat elements of the
Eighth Army in the Korean fight
ing. 1t has been in Korea since
August, 1850. A 1885 graduate of
the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, N. Y. Col. Wheeler has
seen duty with the General Staff
at the Pentagon. He is a former
instructor at the Armed Forces
Staff College and tactical officer
at the Military Academy. He is
also a graduate of the Army War
College. During War II, the Colo
mel served in the Pacific theater.
He holds the Silver Star, the Le-
gion of Merit, the Bronze Star
Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters,
the Air Medal and the Combat In
fantryman Badge. Colonel and
Mrs. Wheeler's children are Helen,
Is, Louis, 10, and Thomas, 5.
PVT. VERNON r. KEPHART,
JR. who has been home in Lay
louisville on short furlough, has
returned to Fort Knox, Ky. where
he will attend tank school. Pvt.
Kephart received his basic train
ing and graduated from auto
mechanic school at Camp Brecken-
ridge, Ky.