The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-03-11
News OF Our Boys
In The Service

N. Drury, Route 2, Hagerstown, is
helping to build a school house in
Korea.
Members of his unit, Company A
of the 1343d Engineer Combat Bat
talon, are rebuilding two primary
schools that will accommodate more
than 1000 children in two Korean
villages. Their project is part of the
Armed Forces Assistance to Korea
program.
Drury entered the Army in Oc-
tober 1852 and arrived in Korea last
April.
M/Sgt. Richard E. Hartley, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Hartley, 800 N.
Mulberry ST., Hagerstown, was re-
Gently awarded the Good Conduct
Medal while serving at VII Corps
headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.
A personnel sergeant major in the
headquarters adjutant general Sec
ton, Hartley received the medal for
his exemplary behavior, efficiency
and fidelity.
Sergeant Hartley, whose wife,
Julia, is with him in Germany, ar
rived overseas in March 1851. He
holds the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Rib
bon and the National Defense Serv-
ice Ribbon.
PFC Donald l. Lewis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lewis, Route 3, Ha-
gerstown, was recently transferred
to the TIN Infantry Division in Korea.
PFC. Lewis, who arrived on the
peninsula last September, had been
serving as gunner with the 45th
Division which is being returned to
the U. S. He will finish his tour
of Korean duty with the 7th Division
which is undergoing training to
maintain combat efficiency.
Private First Class Lewis, who en-
tered the Army last March, com
pleted basic training at Fort Knox,
KY.
Marine Pfc. Albert w. Sigler, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Sigler of
$50 Central ave-, Hagerstown, Md,
has joined the staging regiment at
the Marine Corps base at Camp
Pendleton, California, in preparation
for duty in the Far East.
The staging regiment handles last
minute details in getting men ready
for foreign duty. A Marines few
weeks in staging are filled with
clothing and equipment inspections,
dental and physical examinations, re-
fresher courses on weapons, and
physical conditioning.
Sergeant First Glass George w.
Gossard, son of Earl F. Gossard,
Route 6, Hagerstown, will go to Fort
Bragg, N. c., with his unit on March
rs, for Exercise Flash Burn.
Normally stationed at Camp Cor
don, Ga, as radio operator in the
990th Signal Large Base Company,
he will help provide communications
for the large training maneuver.
More than $4,000 troops will use the
Army's newest weapons and tactics
in the exercise scheduled for April
and May.
Sergeant Gossard, veteran of
more than nine years in the Army,
previously served in Japan.
Marine Pfc. Daniel H. Davis, son
of Mrs. lola Davis, Ais Linganore
Avenue, and husband of the former
Miss Carolyn D. Miller, 805 Georgia
Avenue, is attending the carpentry
course at the Engineering School at
Camp, Lejeune, North Carolina.
Before entering the Marine Corps
in August, 1853, Davis was gradual
ed from Hagerstown High School
Pvt. Harold R. Kirkpatrick, Jr.,
whose parents live at 112 John
Street, recently returned to Augs-
burg, Germany, with the 43rd Divi-
sion's 102d Regiment, after complet-
ing five weeks of winter training
in northern Bavaria.
Using tank-infantry tactics and
employing heavy weapons in feet
of snow, soldiers of the 102d learned
how to survive and handle their
weapons effectively under extreme
weather conditions.
Private Kirkpatrick, 1850 grad /
uate of Hagerstown High School, en-
tered the Army in February 1858, |
completed basic training at Camp
Breckenridge. KY, and arrived in I
Europe last July. He is a rifleman /,
in the regiments Company G.