Evening star., 1954-12-26
Here and Abroad
Here and Abroad s.s q
Service Of Fother, o5, and Son
In Marines Totals 81 Years

the MaflHe corps ID the COiu-
bined record of o Washington
Leatherneck reservist and his
95-year-old-father.
TiSergt. William p. Thomas,
r., so, Of 2214 Douglas street
NE, a member of Marine Fight
er Squadron 321 at Anacostia
Naval Air Station and q veteran
employe Of the railway postal
service, has been q Marine regu-
lar and reserve since 1922. His
father. William p. Thomas. of
Mount Airy, N. c., served ~
years before retiring as o quar-
termaster sergeant, and has an
other 80 years on the retired list.
Between them. the Thomases
have served In every conflict in
yolving this Nation since 1896,
including the Boxer Rebellion.
the Philippine Insurrection.
World Wars and II and Korean
war. The elder Thomas was on
the Oregon at Manila Bay and
saw hot fighting in the Philip
pines in 1899.
He went on the retired list in
1915. Seven years later his son
enlisted, became a Marine postal
clerk, and during World War II
served with the Fourth Marine
Division in the Pacific. Now
married, T/Sergt. Thomas has
been on the mail run between
Washington and Florence, s. c.,
for the past II years. He makes
the 820-mile round trip about rs
times year.
The father, still hale and
hearty, lives alone in Mount
Airy.
Eight area West Point cadets
were recently named to the
United States Military deans
list. signifying outstanding aca-
demic achievement at the aca-
denny. They are:
Cadet Lewis s. Sorley III, son
Of Col. Morrow E. Sorley, 1927
I street NV; Richard p. Dow
ell, son Of Col. (ret.) and Mrs.
Cassius M. Dowell, 1888 Lanier
place NV; Anthony A. Smith,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Rodney
Smith, 3401 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV; Charles P. Cabell, son
of 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Charles p.
Cabell. Boiling Air Force Base;
Francis r. Stevens, jr.. son of
Mrs. Marguerite D. Stevens. 1000
Cathedral avenue NV; Robert
W. Hasbrouck, jr., whose parents
live at 1904 Forty-fourth street
NV: George w. Ward, jr.,
whose parents live at 300 Abe
marie street NV, and James D.
Stanton, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter C. Stanton, 3517 Davis
street NV.
y \ + II
M/Sergt. Edmund p. Howell,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Howell
Of Hurt, Va, as been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for
meritorious service in Korea.
A veteran Of II years service,
Sergt. Howell is now a mainten-
ance sergeant with the 502d
Transportation Co. at Fort
Meade. He was awarded the
medal for devotion to duty,
initiative and resourcefulness in
successfully operating the Head
quarters Co., 14th Infantry Regi-
ment motor pool without the
aid of company officer.
Sergt. Howell, with his wife,
Margaret, now lives in Laurel,
Md.
Capt. Walter A. Combs, former
Washington pediatrician and in
structor at Howard University
Medical School, is the only child
specialist at the 1603d United
States Air Force Hospital in
STripoli. Libya. His wife, Mrs.
Helen Harris Combs. d. c. school
teacher, and their two children.
Sharon and Walter. have joined
him in North Africa. Capt.
Combs is the son Of Mrs. Albert
Combs of TAB Irving street NV.
LIT. Col. Frank w. Govern,
chief of the Pediatric Section of
the United States Army Hospi-
tai at Fort Benning, Ga, re-
Gently received a promotion to
his present rank. A 1888 grad