Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-31

Returning from hOredH waters
aboard the attack aircraft carrier
USS Lake Champlain December A
was George p. Adair, Jr., store
keeper seaman, USN, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George P. Adair of 1874
Norbeck Road, Rockville.
The Lake Champlain left Nor
folk in April for Korea via the
Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian
Ocean and China Sea, becoming
the largest ship ever to transit the
Suez Canal.
Major Stuart S. Smith of 1908
Coral Sea Drive Rockville, was
recently awarded a diploma from
the US Air Force Extension Course
Institute for completing the Squad
ron Officer Correspondence Course.
Robert H. King seaman, USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston B.
King of Germantown, and husband
of Mrs. Doris E. King of Clarks-
burg, is aboard the attack cargo
ship USS Rankin which was among
The awards are made at the end
of each fiscal year to ships con-
sidered outstanding in their class.
Taken into consideration by the
judges are performances in the
fleet, individual exercises, inspec-
ton results, engineering perform
ance, gunnery scores, and other
factors.
James r. Lillard, Jr., whose par
ents live in GAINESVILLE, recently
was promoted to corporal with the
Sefenth Army's 9th Signal Bat
talon at Boeblingen, Germany.
Corporal Lillard, telephone and
teletype operator in Wire Com
pany, arrived overseas in July 1852
from Camp Gordon, Ga. Before
entering the Army in February
1862, he was a mechanic for the
Rockmont Motor Co.
George E. Wilt, Jr., would like
to hear from his friends at home,
especially now at Christmas. His
address is:
A/3c George E. Wilt, Jr.,
AT 134199O3
6160 Inst. Sqdn. APO 929
60 Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Woman Marine Pfc. Sara Doug
lass, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar M. Douglass of Id Cedar
Ave-, Gaithersburg, has reported
to the Marine Corps Air Station
at Cherry Point after graduating
from Air Controlman's School,
Olathe, Kansas.
She has been assigned to Wom-
an Marine Detachment-2 as a con-
troll tower operator.
Pvt. Charles ]. Owens, 81, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Owens
of Brookeville, recently joined the
45th Infantry Division in Korea.
Seventh Army's 9th Signal Bat
Givens, formerly employed by
the Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical
Co. in Halethorpe, entered the
Army in January and completed
basic training at Camp Breckin-
ridge, KY. He is a 1851 graduate
of Lisbon (Md.) High School.
Four county men were among
those who arrived on rotation from
Korea November % at Fort Ma
son, San Francisco aboard the
USNS General w. M. Black. They
were: Sgt. Donald ]. Amos, 703
Hollywood Ave-, Silver Spring;
Cpl. Adam BrOussard, 507 Deer
field St., Silver Spring; LIST 1t.
Walter E. Claypoole, 1902 Man
chester Rd., Silver Spring; Sgt.
Frederick N. Poole, S07 Forest
Glen Road, Silver Spring and SIC
Charles r. Wolfe, 1924 Longwood
Drive, Bethesda.
Cpl. Roupan X. Avadikan, 1171S
Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, also ar
rived recently on rotation from
Korea.
Captain Nicholas V. Carroll, 33,
Of 1912 Sudbury Road, Silver
Spring, has been awarded the Com
mendation Ribbon for meritorious
service as a medical officer in the
Far East during the Korean War.
The presentation was made Deem
Der 9 by Col. E. c. Spaulding,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Military
District of Washington, in the dis
trict headquarters at Gravelly
Point.
Captain Carol was shipped ia
Tokyo shortly before the outbreak
of hostilities in Korea in 1850.
There he organized and commanded
the toxicology section of the 406
Medical General Laboratory. He is
being cited for "his initiative and
devotion to duty, in that post and
for his significant contribution to
the success of the medical mission
Of the Far East Command. His
job, aside from the problems of
command, consisted of devising
tests for the detection of poisons
and conducting research on their
uses.
Cadet Cpl. Thomas w. Mccarthy,
son of Col. and Mrs. Charles w.
Mccarthy, 429 Sheperd St., Chevy
Chase, was recently named on the
Deans list for outstanding achieve
ment and proficiency in academic
subjects at the US. Military Acad-
envy, West Point, N. Y.
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