Milford chronicle., 1955-02-18
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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, T. H.
Army Pvt. Harold L. ROthermel,
whose, wife, Shirley, lives in Harr-
ington, Del, recently arrived at
SchOfeld Barracks, T. H., and is
now member of the 25th Infantry
Division.
The "TrODic Lightning" division,
recently returned from Korea, is
continuing its vigorous pOst-tTuce
training program which began
after the cease fire.
Private ROthermel, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank E. Rothermel,
Route 3. Milford, Del. was sta
toned at Fort Jackson, S. c., before
arriving for duty in Hawaii.
Doug NJ. Emory, YeOman Third
Class, U. S. Navy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence w. Emory OF Mil
ford, and husband of the former
Miss Margaret L. Walls Of Milford,
has been advanced in rate to YeO-
man Second Glass, u. S. Navy, while
serving aboard the Naval Air Sta
tiOn at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
which is the site of the Navy's vital
| jet aircraft base for air-tO-air gun
nerv training in the Caribbean.
Emory, who entered the naval
service September 5, 1850, reported
on board the Naval Air Station
from the USS James c. Owens
| DID 776 where he was assigned to
Public Information and Legal YeO-
man. At the Naval Air Station, EN-
Ory has been assigned as Legal
YeOman.
Before entering the Navy, EN-
ory was employed as a textile ma
chine operator at the DUPONT NylOn
Plant in SeafOrd, after he gradu-
ated from Milton High School.
KITZINGEN, Germany - Army
Corporal Albert L. Mcdowell, %,
whose wife, Lois, and mother, Mrs.
Helen Mcdowell, live in Bridge
vile, Del, recently was awarded
the Good Conduct Medal in Kitz-
ingen, Germany, while serving with
Battery A of the 1st Infantry Di-
visions 5th Field Artillery Battal-
ion.
Corporal Mcdowell, a gunner in
Battery A, received the decoration
for his exemplary behavior, eff
cheney and fidelity.
Mcdowell worked for the E. /
dupont Company in SeafOrd before
entering the Army in February
1853. He completed basic training
at Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
WEST POINT, N. Y.-Midship-
man James r. Cannon, son of Mr.
and Mrs Philip H. Cannon, Bridge
vile, Del, recently visited the u
S. Military Academy at West Point
with 119 classmates from the Ma
val Academy.
A junior, Midshipman Cannon
went to West Point under an ex-
change-visit plan to promote clos
er relationship among future off,
GERS of the Armed Forces. A SINH
lar number of cadets were invited
to Annapolis.
WURZBURG, Germany ~ Private
Wayne E. Brumbley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. Brumbley, Route 3, Del
mar, Del, recently joined the So
ciety of the 1st Infantry Division
while serving with Service Battery
of the divisions 5th Field Artillery
Battalion in Wurzburg, Germany.
The Society of the Fighting
First" founded in 1919, is dedi-
Gated to the preservation of the
traditions and cOmradeship formed
by the men who served with the
division.
Brumbley, an ammunition sup
ply specialist in the battery, enter
ed the Army in January, 1854. He
completed basic training at Aber-
deem Proving Ground, Md, and ar
rived in Europe the following De-
cember
KOBE, Japan-Army Lieutenant
Colonel Kenneth E. Stewart, whose
wife, Ruth, lives at $50 PilOttown
Road, Lewes, Del, recently spent
a weeks leave from his unit in
Korea at Kobe, one of the largest
cities in Japan.
Colonel Stewart is a member OF
Eighth Army Forward headquar-
ters.
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