Fahnestock in Kentucky Cpl. Wolthoff Returns OS U-21 Lt: Col. Btffger Lieutenant Walter D. Fahne-I . Atlantic City, N. J., Cpl. JohnS HARDING FIELD, LA, I stock, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W.i I Charles Wolthoff, age 27, of 5781 ',• 'oi. Valentine J. Burger, j D. Fahnestoek of 17 Tyron Avenue,! j Catalpa Avenue, Teanock, N. J.ii 1 f administraitol* and services j West Englewood, formerly of Ber-| j husband of Mrs. Lillian Wollhoff,| his busy combat crew training I genfield returned last week to Fortl j has lecently returned from service! tation, .figured in one of the mosB I Thomas, Ky., where he is under the! j outside the continental limits of I rcporiant news stoiiea of 1044 at I care of Army Air Forces Conval-I I the United States and is now tem-f his base, according to members | eseent Hospitalization. I porarily stationed at the Army I •f the Echelon, station newapape*1. J Ground & Service Forces Redistri-1 I'lol. Bulger's home is in Teaneck, Lieutenant Fahnestock, a B-241 9 bution Station here. While at this! j Liberator pilot and assistant opera-1 17. J, where his wife and their 10- I installation he will be given a f |,ear-old son, Valentino Jr., live, Itions officer for his group, was! I series of testa to determine his | I wounded last August 17 while par-1 j fitness for future assignments. 'he lieutenant colonel is now on I ticipating in his thh*ty-f irst combat I I" save there. nission over the Ploesti oil fields J Cpl. Wolthoff seived 26 months | | in Romania. j as Truck Dispatcher and Motor! The news story dealt with tin Sergeant in the Alaska theatre of E J 17th anniversary of the Army Aiii For his work on this raid in I operations. He is a recipient of the I |!'orces, observed hero with a for-] 1 which he was seriously wounded! following decorations and awards: I ml ceremony and open house foi I but refused all medical assistance! j American Theatre Campaign Bib-1 iveral thousand visitors. Durin. I until the mission was completed,! 'ion. ''ie afternoon of the ceremony, I Fahnestock was awarded a second | I ' ugust 1, Col. Burger and Col. W, j Distinguished Flying Cross. During the pe.iod of his stay! 1 . Schauffler Jr., commanding of- He acquired his first Distinguish-1 I the returned veteran will be given j icer, were reunited for the first fed Flying Cross during his second I I a thorough medical and dental ex- E me in more than 20 years, with I mission over Vienna when hisl j animation, occupational and classi-1 I''Hie R, Grice, Baton Rouge civ- j plane was jumped by enemy fighter! I f ication tests together with various I JJian employed on the flight HIM I informal talks designed to fully I Second Lieutenant August Han- I at the base here. All three of them 1 planes and two engines were des-i I acquaint the veteran soldier of I ] niliall (above), son of Blr, anil Mrs. ] troyed. A. Hiu.nilmll, Jr., of 1277 Sicker- Iliad served in the same organiza- I present and post-war conditions I |tion overseas in World War 1. Lieutenant Fahnestock also holds! I1 nd problems. This program is car-1 ] son Bond, West Englcwood1 , is an I the Air Medal with three Oak Leafl j ried on in a leisurely fashion amidst! airplane commander on a B-24 No stronger to aircraft, Lt, Col. I Clusters and a Presidential unitf I heavy bombardment crew now in j pleasant surroundings conducive to | its final stage of training at the IBurger had four German planes Icitation. j mental anfl physical relaxation. Air Field, Casper, Wyo. •to his credit before most of the A variety of entertainment and! ipresent combat fliers were familiar J recreational activities has been ar-1 Iwitli thoir ABC's. He sowed as an I ranged to entertain the returnee in 1 • aerial combat observer in the Latest Draft Cal I his leisure ho i. This will include I •war and ia credited with downing 1 Completes Basic j I > merou ? dances, stage and radio 1 Aviation Cadet Frederick Mil- |r. i .T. The following registrants were! j shows, sightseeing tours, horseback I r1 I ler Nixon has just completed hifl I Inducted into the Armed forces! I riding, ice -'utnff, table tennis, I basic flying training at the Met'- • from Local Board No. 6, Teaneck,| j,olf, basketball and bathing, fish- jN. J., on January 2, 1945: ced Army Air Field, California. He I ing and sailing in season. will now proceed to an Army Ad- Army: Albert Theodore KempfJ 1 vanced flying school, where he io51 River Ed., Teaneck, N. J.;| 1 will take the final steps toward iHenry Adoph Demsoy, 165 Sermanl 1 attainment of hia silver pilot I Lt, (jg) George Berghorn •Ave., Teaneck, N. J.; Arthur Peter! v.'ings. He is the son of Mr. and •Petrovic, 528 Grant Terrace, Tea-I t. McGuire On Bomber Mrs. M. F. Nixon of 195 Shepard I With Amphibious Forces ineck, N. J.; Robert William Bauer-j Sergeant James E. McGuire, 20,1 j Avenue, West Englewood. llotn, 364 East Ft. Lee Rd., Teaneck. I Ison of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F.| (SPECIAL TO THE TEANECK I McGuire, of 705 Linden Avenue,! I POST). Lt. (jg) George L. BEKG Navy: Martin Morris Solomon,! JTeaneek, is a tower operator with! I HORN, a resident of Teaneek who J1290 Sussex Road, West Engle-§ la veteran P-47 Thunderbomberj Shad over a year's combat duty in |wood, N. J. j group now blasting enemy com-1 Sgt. Pelrovic Cited I the Pacific, has been chosen for a jmunications, motor transports, and I I prominent role in the U. S. Naval Marine Corps: Nicholas A. Cas-| [gun positions in support to the! With Bombardment Unit .elluccio, 187 Queen Anne Road, j I Amphibious Forces.. j Fifth Army operating in Northern I Lt (jg) BERGHOBN is stationed Teaneck, N. 3. • Italy. § 1BTH AAF IN ITALY —Ser-I I goant Peter P. Petrovie, son oi'i | at the Amphibious Training Ease 1 McGuire enlisted in March, 1942,1 I Mr. and Mrs. Peter Petrovic, 6581 j in Little Creek, Virginia, and will land was subsequently assigned to I [Grand Terrace Teaneck, N. J., isf I soon go to sea as Commanding HKeesler Field, Mississippi; Scott I I Officer of an LSM (Landing Ship, iField, Illinois; Bedford, Mass., and! [serving as an aircraft •neehf I with a heavy bniobardment group,! j Medium), the Speed Carder of At- Lieut. Anderson Cited |East Hartford, Conn. He has been] • tack that has been especially de- overseas snice October, 1942. . which recently was awarded scc-j ond Bar Department citation tori jToloped for Pacific duty. Second Lieutenant Alfred R. An- Ths amphibious ship on which Iderson, of Golf Court, Teaneck,! outstanding performances in the! Mediterranean Theatre of Opera-j I the Teaneck resident will serve has I co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomb-! ILL Edward Gaston Gets I been designed with a shallow ler, has been authorized to wear! tions. I draft that enables it to negotiate 9 the Distinguished Unit Badge and I f Bronze Star Award He is now authorized to wearl the coral reefs oi the Pacific is- 1 one Bronze Cluster as a member of I lands. It crosses the ocean with its la veteran Liberator group which I an oak leaf cluster on his Di&tin-I First Lieutenant Edward A.I t guished Unit Badge. This second I I Cargo of tanks and machines and j twice has been cited by the Prosi- 8 j Gaston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bd-i I discharges them directly onto I dent of the United States for out-1 ! citation was for a daring and sue-1 j ward F. Gaston of 324 Hickory! 1 cessful attack on the Coneordia! I enemy-held shoros Q\er its landing- I standing performance of duty Inj I Street, Teaneck, has been awarded! j xa'mp bow. 1 armed conflict with the enemy. I Vega oil rafmeiy at Ploesti, Eu-1 j the Bronze Star Medal for distin-j J mania. The first was for an attack! Lt. (jg) BERGHORN was asso- Graduating from Teaneek High I I finishing himself by "meritorious! I on the railyards at Bucharest, Rou-I [ ciafced •with a retail business con- I School, Anderson entered the Army I j&ervice in connection with military! I mania, during which 40 enemy air- J cern prior to his commissioning iji Ion Nov. 27, 1942. He received hisl j operations against an enemy of the! I craft were destroyed. the U, S. Navy in November, 1942. [flight training at Spenee Field,! I United States." Gaston is stationed! | He is a graduate of Muhlenberg j Georgia, where he was commis-j jin France with the Army Field! At Ploesti, despite an unusually! College where he was a member of Isioned a second lieutenant ln| I School, Englewood, and New York! I heavy smoke screen which had! | the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. j March, 1944. His parents, Mr. andg J Artillery. caused other units of the attacking! He had had fourteeri-months' sea I Mrs. Oscar Anderson, live at thej force to seek alternative target's,! I 'duty in the Pacific war zones I Teaneck address. A graduate of St Cecilia High I his group stayed on its course and! aboard an Naval destroyer and has I University School of A counting,! dropped its bombs on the refinoiyj j a member of the Cyresa Club, St. I taken part in several of the majoi' with exceptional, devastating ac-j engagements with Jap battle Now Staff SgL Tom Price 1 Joseph's Church, Bogota, and aj curacy. Three bombers of thei j former employee of an accounting I | forces. group were lost to the heavy anti-| He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 15TH AAF in Italy—Thomas J. i I firm in New York City, Lieutenant I 1 Gaston entered the service in April I | aircraft fire of the enemy. Charles W. BEBGHOEN who re- Price, 22, son of Mr. Thomas J.J aide at 840 Johnson Avenue. Price, Pomander Walk, Teaneck, J of 1941; received his commission! The twice-cited unit is com-i Ktew Jersey, tail gunner on a B-241 a second lieutenant in July of| | manded by Lt, Col. Jack L. Ran-I Liberator, has recently been pro-! 11942 upon completion of Officers! dolph of Fort Worth, Texas. It! 1 mofced the grade of staff sergeant.! I Candidate School at Fort Sill, I has made more than 175 attacks I Sergeant Frwe has two sisters! j Oklahoma, and has been on over-j against widespread targets in the J In the service, Captain Marion! j seas duty since April of this year.I I (.rumbling Nazi empire. Mitchell in the Women's Army! Lieutenant Gaston is the nephew | Corps and Miss Helen Price serv-i I of Alex and Milton Gaston, two! Ins with the Red Cross. lform»v major league baseball play-j j>^ ;^ -:*. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm **', \\\\ Laud Lt Anderson As McCIeDand Die? f Sgt. Petrovic Cited (jg) George Berghirsk'', •r * -""- 1 Liberator Crew Member j With Bombardment Unit f With Amphibious Forces ' '•,•., 16TH AAF IN ITALY—2nd Lt.§ In Pacific Zone Alfred R. nderson, B4 Golf CouitJ 1BTII AAF IN ITALY — Ser-g (SPECIAL TO THE TEANECKl Teaneck, N, J., co-pilot of a B-24| Mr. and Mrs. Foster F. McClel- j j geant Peter P.' Petrovic, son oi'l (POST). Lt. (jg) George L. BERG-I Liberator, has been authorized toi S land parents of Lieutenant (j. g.) I I Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pelrovic, c I HORN, a resident of Teaneek who! wear the Distinguished Unit! I Frank Kepplcr MeCIelland, 23, j Grand Terrace Teaneck, N. J., isl Iliad over a year's combat duty inl Badge and one Bronae Cluster as I I have been informed by the Navy j I serving as an aircraft nechanicl 1 the Pacific, has been chosen for a I a member of a veteran liberate? [ I Department of the death of their 1 I with a heavy bmobardment groupX I prominent role in tlia U. S. Naval | group which twice has been cittdg I son in the Pacific theatre of war. j 9 which recently was awarded sec-f I Amphibious Foraes.. by the President of the United | {His, last letter to his folks was [ I ond Bar Department citation for! Lt (}g) BERGHORNis stationed I States. | received on December IS. 1 outstanding performances in the! j at the Amphibious Training Basal I in Little Creek, Virginia, and will 1 Commanded by Col. Robert E. L. 1 Lieutenant McClelland enlisted j I Mediterranean Theatre of Opera-8 J in the Naval Reserve in February j ] tions. soon go to sea as Commanding" 1 Eaton, Belleville, 111., the group! Officer of an LSM (Landing' Ship, F received its original gold-rimmed I [ of 1942 and trained at Notre Dame I 1 University from where he was j , He - is now authoiized to wear! Medium), the Speed Carrier of At-1 blue ribbon for an attack on thef 1 an oak leaf cluster on his Dislin-| tack that has been especially de- Prufening aircraft factory at I commissioned an ensign in May I I of 1943. He received further train- I Sguished Unit Badge. This seconill I veloped Tor Pacific duty. gensburg, Germany, on February | I citation was for a daring and sxic-i 25th. The cluster was added for a 1 j ing at San Diego, Calif., during the The amphibious ship on which I j summer of 1943 and upon being as- I 3 cessful attack on the Coneordial I the Teaneck resident will sorve has I mission over the Ploesti, Rumania, | I Vega oil refinery at Ploesti, Ru-l oil refineries on April 5th. j signed to a destroyer in August of [ been designed with a shallow I 1 that year was sent overseas. He I J mania. The first was Tor an attack! draft that enables it to negotiate f The citations ..read, in part: (For| I had been serving in the Pacific I Ion the railyards at Bucharest, Rou-1 the coral reefs of the Pacific is-1 RegenS'burg) j area since and was promoted to the j 1 mania, during which 40 enemy air- [ lands. It crosses the ocean with its I "Notified to prepare maximum! I rank of Lieutenant (j.g.) craft were destroyed. cargo of tanks and machines and I aircraft . . . personnel worked! August. I discharges them directly onto! feverishly, enthusiastically, and I At Ploesti, despite an unusually I I enemy-hold shores OT er its landing-1 with untiring intensity . . . The I While at Teaneck High School, I 1 heavy smoke screen which had! | ramp bow. ti eraendous material damage in- I I Lieutenant McClelland was presi-1 aused other units of the attacking! Lt. (jg) BERGHORN was asso-1 flicted . . . contributed greatly to I 1 dent of the Junior Student Council I 1 force to seek alternative target" f I ciatcd with a retail business con-1 Ine curtailment of aircraft produc-1 I in junior high and was president I j his group stayed on its course and! cern prior to his commissioning inl tion by the enemy at a time of I I of the Senior Student Council inj I dropped its bombs on the refinery! the U. S. Navy in November, 1942.1 great importance." 1 senior high. He wa3 graduated I [with exceptional, devastating ac-I j He is a graduate of Muhlenbergi And for Ploesti: j from Teaneck in Juno of 1939 and! J curacy. Three bombers of the! College where he was a member of j "Under the most difficult and! (from Bowdoin College in Maine inl J group were lost to the heavy anti-1 | the Phi Kappa Tan Fraternity, trying conditions on the ground j 1 January of 1943. At Bowdoin hei j aircraft fire of the enemy. He had had fourteen-months' sea I and despite extremely adverse J was also a member of tha Alpha| I fluty in the Pacific war zones I weather canditions in the air, the j j Tail Omega Fraternity. The twice-cited unit is com-i Imanded by Lt. Col. Jack L. Ran-1 aboard an Naval destroyer and has I group . , . successfully delivered a I Prior to entering service, Lieu-1 taken part in several of the major! devastating blow to the important j jdolph of Fort Worth, Texas. Iti engagements with Jap h a 111 e | 1 tenant McClelland was also an! [has made more than 175 attacks! enemy oil installations. 1 Eagla Scout of Troop 90 in Tea-i I forces. "The grim determination [against widespread targets in thej He is the son at Mr. and Mrs.! | neck and for many years served I 9 crumbling Nazi empire. and heroic courage of the combat j 1 as an altar boy at St. Mark's Epia- | Charles W. BERGHORN who ra-| trews, together with the profes- I | copal Church. j at 340 Johnson Avenuo* »•*. sional skill and devotion to duty of I '*£ tha ground personnel . . . are out- I Besides his parents, he is sur-j 1 standing in the history of aerial I Ivived by a brother, Georgo, who I I Dr. Dana Made Captain warfare." [ I is a student at a preparatory j fin Overseas Seryjce Graduating from Teaneck High I Ischool in New Hampshire. School, Anderson entered the I Dr. Edward , Dana, formerly ofl Army on Nov. 27,1942. Lieutenant I iHackonsack, has been promoted! Anderson received his flight train- I I from first lieutenant to captain atl ing at Spence Field, Ga., where he I Now Lieut. Carlson I his station somewhere in Holland.! Lt. CoL Bwrger On Leave was commissioned a Second Lieu-'J • Former resident physician at! NEW ORLEANS, LA., Dec. JHiickensatk Hospital wher<> he a)s»| HARDING-- FIELD, LA.—Lt j (Special)—Carl E. Carlson, whose! I served his internship, he is attach- j Col. Valentine J. Burger, director I parents are Mr. and Mrs. Victor I led to the Fifth Auxiliary .Surgical I I of administraiton and services at Lt. Hiirrle On Leave I Carlson, 1118 Lorraine Avenue,! j Group as neurological .anesthetist. I [this busy combat crew training jWest Englewood, has been gradu-j I He has been on detached service iit [ [ station, figured in one of the most Sated from the Officer Candidate! I England, Scotland, Fiance and I j important news stories of 1044 a- First Lieutenant Robert P.S JDepartment of the Transportation I I Belgium since his arrival oversea* | Hurrle, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.j I Corps School, New Orleans Army! I this base, according to members A, Hurrle of SO Johnson Avenue,! 1 Air Base and has been commis-l |in July. 1 of the Eclielon, station newspaper. I Col. Burger's home is in Teaneck, Teaneck, recently enjoyed a re-J isioned a second lieutenant in fche| A native of Brushton, N. Y., h« J Army of the United States, IN. J, where his wife and their 18- CESS from aerial warfare at an Air} | spent his boyhood with his sister jyear-old son, Valentine Jr., live. Service Command Rest Home in! [ and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lieutenant Carlson was a stu-j • The lieutenant colonel is now on England. Lieutenant Hurrle hasf [Robert C. Fagaij of Mahwah. He is | leave there. ennpteted 19 missions over Nazi-j Ident at Columbia University prior I la graduate of Suffern N. Y. Higli j dominated Europe. Before entering! Jto induction. He also attended | j School where he was active ia I |Teaneck Hig-h School. The news* story dealt with the the Army he was employed as a I j athletics as a 4-letter man. He at- j 137th anniversary of the Army Air bookkeeper hy the Chemical Bankl The officer was assigned to ac-| [tended St. Lawrence College ami [ I Forces, observed here with a for- and Trust Company in New Yorkj itive duty with the Transportation I JRensselaer Polytechnic InsEitule, I imal ceremony and open house for Cit: [Corps immediately after receiving I j Troy, N. Y., and is a graduate cf | I Albany Medical College. I several thousand visitors. During •••.f-•:<*. s- his commission. The mission-of the I I the afternoon of the ceremony, jTransportation' Corps is to trans-1 1 Captain Dana i-eceived liis basi«j j Augusjt 1, Col. Burger and Col. W. Lt. Clark In England •port soldiers and wai material to f IG. Schantfler Jr., commanding of- Itheaters of operations. • I military training at Carlisle Bar-! Second Lieutenant Warren A. I racks, Pa,, from where he was as-1 jficer, were reunited for the first J Clarke of Teaneck is now a mem- I [ signed to Brooke Genera! Hospital, f [time in more than 20 years, with I bar of a P-51 Mustang Fighter 1 Ollie R. Griee, Baton Rouge civ- [Group stationed in England. Tha I San Antonio, Tex., for training aa I j 22-year-old pilot participates in I an anssthetist. Later lie was ti-ans»| lilian employed on the flight line I heavy bomber escort, strafing, and I ferred to Dodd Field, Texas, wherg I at the base here. All three of them I dive-bombing combat missions sup- I he received his present assignment [ I had served in the same organiza- Lt. Hurrle On Leave | His wife, the former Miss Doris I 1 tion overseas in World War 1. I porting the Allied ground forces [Unsworth of Suffern, N. •""., and I j smaashing at the .Nazi homeland. First Lieutenant Robert P.I Jtheii* 3-year-old son, - Craig-, are I No stronger to aircraft, Lt. Col. The 8tli Air Force flier was [ I Hurrle, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.L 1 presently residing on _EeverIey| j Burger had four German planes 1 graduated from Newton. (Queens. IA. Hurrle of 80 Johnson Avenue,! I Road, Teane " jto his credit before most of the |N. Y.) High School in 1940, and"| I Teaneck, recently enjoyed a re-l Jprosent combat fliers were familiar vas on liis school track team. Be- • cess from aerial warfare at an Air! I with their ABC's, He served as an jfore entering the Army he was an I 1 Service Command Rest Home inl laerial combat observer in tha last I officer supervisor for . the J. C. j England. Lieutenant Hurrle has! iwar and'is credited with downing1 I Penny Company, Manhattan. He Iccmpleted 19 missions over Nazi-I I took flying instruction at airfields • dominated Europe, Before entering! HiV; Texas, nd was commissioned a I I the Army he was employed as a| j second lieutenant in the A. A. F, [ I bookkeeper by the Chemical Bank! Jon April IB, 1944. land Trust Company ill New York| The' son:of; Mrs. Mary B,: Clark I ICity. . . . . j of 93: Bast Lawn Drive,, Teaneek, f I Lieuiienant Clar.k has named his I J fighter airplane :"One Time. J ] Mary." ' fflHUpMS* IIHIIIII Miss Gurbach At Iowa Theresa B. Gurlmch, daughter of I -Naval Aviation Cadet Robert W.| • Mr. and Mrs, John J. GWbacti ofg jf, son of Mrs. Marcelle A. Gra 1191 carlton Terrace, Teaneek, was I I of 24 Tesaen Street, Teaneck, has! I enrolled recently at the Naval 1 • successfully completed the eourseji I Training School on the Iowa State 1 I at the TJ. S. Navy Pre-Flightl I Teachers College: campus, dedal I ISchool at Chapel Hill, N. C. Hel I Falls, Io. •• " ••'"'• , Ihas been transferred to the Navali 1 When Miss Gurbach completes! •Air Station at Bunker Hill, Ind.,1 I her course she will tie sent to other 1 • duty stations where she will have! If or primary flight training. Cadet I 1 the opportunity to quality for a I IGraf attended Regis High School,! 1 petty officer rate. •New York City and Columbia | •University. He was employed in I jPassaie before taking T. A. E.I IM. A. C. training, which was foi-j icTmastron Decorated flowed by Ms entry in the Naval j iAviation Training Program at. | • I Private First Class Kenneth A. J iChapel Hill. I Mastron, son of Anthony Mastron, 1 I 601 North St., Tonaeck, N. J., has j been awarded the Combat Infan- I toyman Badge while fighting with j the 100th "Century" Division of Shakerley with 6th Army A: I the Seventh Army front in Eastern f Li Ir-'JI I France. SIXTH ARMY GROUP,! j FKANCE — "Part Infantrymen, [ The local soldier's division is I j part engineers and all soldiers"—I lone of the newest on the front of J I that's how an officer of an en-! Latest War • Lt. General Alexander M. Patch's | I gineer regiment describes the men I (American Seventh Army. I of one of its battalions fighting 1 The 100th Division, commanded J I with* the Seventh Army in the [ M - )1 inn 111 I by Major General Withers A. Bur- j j Sixth Army Group sector in the"! ill I I III 1 I I I 1 lr Iress, left the United States with a I southern Saar, with which Pvt. j BTn ir. I i ) [ high reputation earned in its train- j Hiehard C. Starkerley of 469 Tea- j I ing period in the Carolina and I I neck Koad, Teaneck is serving. Louisiana Maneuver Areas. It was I These combat engineers have'j the Century Division which was I I lived up to- their name in the 15 I I called upon to provide an infantry j months since they, landed at Saler- j battalion which paraded and dem-1 no. In addition to doing their reg- j j onstrated in New York City as! I itlar work, usually under enemy I part of the country's first Infantry I I fire, they have spent more than 100 I j Day celebration on June 15, 1944.1 I days in the line, fig-hting as infan-| Another honor paid the division in I | try. j Mai'ch of,this year was the War! A lot of the infantry tricks these 1 Department's selection of the 100th I j men know were learned the hard I I Division to be the first organiza-j j way—under fire. But they learned I I tion to present the Expert Infan-I j tbeir lessons well. Just how well! 1 tryman Badg*e to one of its mem-| I is shown by the three Distinguish-! |bers. I ccZ Service Crosses and 23 Silverf ] Stars the soldiers have won. Activated on November 15, 1942,1 As a sideline to their infantry I at Fort Jackson, South Carolina,! fighting, these engineer-infantry-! jthe 100th Division's personnel! men have built bridges too. Morej I makes it a fighting unit represen-j than 100 spans across streams j tative of every state in the union. Italy and France, some of these! bridges among the longest ever! ereeted by Army engineers, show! •m^ i that they did this work well, too. I —Therest B. Gurbach, daughter ofl And dozens of other tasks that! Mr. and Mrs. John J; Gurbach ofL fall to combat engineers have been I 191 Carlton Terrace, Teanack, was! accomplished by these soldiers in I enrolled recently at the Naval! the 15 months they haviJ been deal-j J Training School of the Iowa State! ing the Germans double blows. I Teachers College campus, Gedarl I Falls, Io. When Miss Gurbach com-1 I pletes her course she will be sent I I to other duty stations where she! I will have the opportunity to quali- 1 fy for a petty officer rate. Corp. Paul W, Anderson Fifth Air Force, Philippine Is-1 I lands—Bombing missions have be-1 come an every day:oeurrence, but! when an unarmed transport plane I bombs Jap installations, that is [ I news. Corporal Paul W. Andersen of I J Teaneck was the aerial engineer on I I the- C-47 transport which recently! j performed the first combat bomb'-l 1 ing mission in the Southwest Paci-1 I fie area credited to this type plane,! j The mission was adjudged to be I I highly successful by the Fifth Airj I Force. ' The aircraft dropped incendiary! I bombs on one of the Philippine j ! islands causing numerous fires am I explosions. The bombs, rolled out! the door, were of unusual siztf which made it impossible fol | bombers to perform the mission. A member of the 317th Troop j Carrier Group, known throughout j this theater as the "Jungle Skip pers", Corpora] Andersen ha," \ served in the Southwest Pacifii since -June 1943. He took a promin-1 ent part in the paradrops at Taga I tay and Corregidor. (JVTHERED \T ('0RV3R ORl'G H T Q\T)O\ Vadillo Naval Airman Ensign Joseph Vadillo, 21, son Iof Mr. and Mrs. Erstace Vadillo of 1E54 Cumberland Avenue, Teaneck, 1 was designated a Naval aviator at I the Naval Air Training Bases, jPensacola, Fla. He is expected I home on leave this week. I . He is a graduate of Teaneck I High School and Montclair I Academy, where_he was a member Iof the hockey team. Before enter- ling service in April, 1943, lie at- itended Stevens Institute of Tech- nology, whore he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

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. •» <* 1 V (!"% 5 •—BMWWIII •'"" "~ S-Sgt Arthur Ridley - f" 1 *•; AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE J FIGHTER STATION, ENGLAND «1» I The Good Conduct Medal has I been awarded to Staff Sergeant Th< sp I *^ ,i mi i1 T^IMI ril'nr Im i (hnuiM innul I'IMI hi nu> stiti of Vou Tu^o—till I»J 1 Arthur P. Ridley of Teaneck, N. J. I iM.iiii ititl t IM tin il tin \incii in Kid (.i >*>>> K nib >\i lurmi cli ui, slon in 3 fiiidnn villi fr in, \l>iim-( j The award was presented to S-Sgt. I ni r irlml nf iln Nf i If <.i liifln>lii 1 Tiling f inn-*iT f J (J inri filial*-™ n n£ ih^ ^^jry^l 4 • »i. I Ridley for demonstrating faithful Wai Relief Committee Abiam«on was in tngUnd recpntlj fo Inspect relief and lccreatiun projects £i-1 land exact performance of duty lunced by C I O The soldieis sUonn with him arc lclt lo right Corporal William Herbert, of East! 1 upon recommendation of his com- Oranjre Private Robert Walsh Tcaneok, P^lv^te First Class Eincst Johnson, Ntw Bumswick, Frivntel I t Class Milton Keid, Wnllinifton, I'matc 1 ust Class Al Kosotrackl, New Brunt,wick, Sergeant Jack! I nuuidine officer. ...-:., Henderson Canulen, Sergeant Wiltei Lucas, Trenton rrivalc First Class Frank bignas, Icrscy City;! • The Teaneck soldier, a erew- Sergeant David Epstein Englcwood, Corporal Isaac Gordon, Elizabeth; and Sergeant William Ba\aso,| Pi I chief for the 361st Fighter Group, 1 lias charge of the maintenance and I repair work on one of the P-51 | Mustang fighters. • , 11. AUrert Anderson He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. 15 III AAF>f ITALY— I Kenloclc Ridley of 83 Forest Ave. mlcisu ^0 bl Golf Point Ti J-I I Teaneci. I Pvt. Naprstek Receives L, \ I copilotolilil.il A \VI • L^lLioi Loi In been piomjl"tll Combat Badge In Pacific lto the. ianl. oC fii& lieutenant Pf.c George C. NaprsLek, 23, sonj I Liuctemut 4n 1P S m is. a mein iof Mr. and Mrs. Fiank NaprstekJ Moich Given Preflight Iber of a veteran Liberator group'. I iof 671 Pomander Walk, Teaneck,! • The group has participated in morel I received a Combat Infantryman} , SAN ANTONIO AVIATIONl I than 165 combat missions in the! • Badge for passing tests demanding! JCABET CENTER, TEX.—At thef I Mediterranean Theater of Opera;-! • physical stamina and teclinicall I San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cenj •knowledge of weapons. He is sta-J Jter, potential pilots, bombardiera I Lieutenant Anderson holds thel ltioned somewhere in the Centrall land navigators are receiving pre-j 1 Air Medal for "meritorious achieve-1 • Pacific area. I flight training to prepare them forj • meat in aerial flight while partic-l p^thumous Award 01 uFC I aerial instraction and duties asj lipating in sustained operatonal ac-l • aircrew members in the Army Ail Itivitv against the enemy." I |.SilverStartbCaptBarrie 1 Forces. „ H 1 Lieutenant Anderson, was gradri I Cadets in the present class from! loated from Teaneck high school m| I Posthumoiis-award of the Silver I New Jersey include Danny Michael! I June, 1943. He entered the army on I I Star has been approved for Cap- S-Sgt. Arthur Ridley I Moich, 1S6 Copley Avenue, Tea-I •NOV 27 1942. Lieutenant Ander-I I tain Charles Barrie; Jr., whose I neck. i •son received his flight training at! I parents live at. 260 Queens Court, •AN EIGHTH AIR FORCI I The future fliers are subjected! ISpeme Field, Ga., where he wasl J Teaneck. : . -. ' :\ I FIGHTER STATION, ENGLANI •to a rigorous 10-week program of I • commissioned a second lieutenant! i The citation said Captain Bame,I —The Good Conduct Medal ha • instruction covering physical, aca-r • in March, 1944. . I when his troops were pinned by I been awarded to Staff Sergeant! idemic and military training. At the I 1 His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osear 1 I concealed enemy-fire, moved for- I Arthur P. Ridley of Teaneck, N. J. j • Cadet Center, a unit of the AAFl I ward directing their attack until he I •Training "Command, they study I I Anderson, live at the Teaneck ad-| His e ua I The awai-d was presented to S-Sgt.g 1 dress. Ihimself was iffled- eP™»« ? l I Ridley for demonstrating faithful! lmaps and charts, aircraft identtl Ileadershp, said the citation,,™-,! Jfication, small arms and other siibrl Ispii-ed the troops intheirsuccessful f and exact performance of dutyP ijects while being conditioned physi-I upon recommendation of his com-| ieally for the long training period! Sattack. ' • '•••:•••/••: ••:.' • ,1 | inanding officer. 1 He was a Teaneclc High School • ahead. Bombardiers, . navigators! I graduate, class of 1935, and attend- The Teaneclc. soldier, a crew-| I and pilots receive tha first five! Ifd the Packard School and Muhlen-I I chief for the 361st Fighter Group,! Iweeks of preflight instruction asl I burg College. Prior to entering, the! la group, then are separated for| Iservice he was associated, with, the I I has charge of the maintenance_andj J specialized training. I repair work .on one of the iRyerson Steel ^omp-any in,Jerseyl |,Mustang fighters. iAS excellent horseman, he rodel -He Js the son of Mr. and Mrs.i lih a great many horse show,s ui ^andl I Kenlock Ridley of 8S Forest Ave., I 1 around Bergen Gounty and.hddl I Seaneck. Iseveral trophies. He als?> playe I polo with Essex Troop in East| I Orange. Lt. Pasquaie Greco Vadillo Naval Airman i Award of DFC 1 Ensign Joseph Vadillo, 21, son Lt. Alfred Anderson [ Silver Star to Capt. Barrie ALLIED FORCE HEADQUAR-f • of Mr. and Mrs. Erstace Vadillo of 1BTH AAF N ITALY—Alfred R.I JTERS, Italy —Second Lieutenant! 1554 Cumberland Avenue, Teaneck, ulerson, 20, 54 Golf Court, Tea-1 Posthumous a"ward of the Silver! J Pasquaie G. Greco, son of Mr. and! • was designated a Naval «viator at els, N. J., co-pilot of a 15th AAF I I Star has been approved for Cap-| 1 Mrs. Louis Greco, 186 Hillside Ave-1 |tK' Naval Air Training Bases, 24 Liberator, has been promoted | Jtain Charles Barrie Jr., whose! Inua, Teaneck, New Jersey, is serv-I IPensaeola, Fla. He is expected the rank of first lieutenant. • parents live at 260 Queens Court,! 1 ing as officer in charge of packing j •home on leave this week. Liuetenant Anderson is a mem-1 1 Teaneck. • I land tallying-in with a Peninsular| He is a graduate of Teaneck •j I r of a veteran Liberator group. I The citation said Captain Barrie,! • Base Section Ordnance Depot! 1 High School and Montclair [ I le group has participated in morel j when his troops were pinned bvl • which carries G3.000 different j •Academy, whei-e he was a member I an 165 combat missions in the! a concealed enemy fire, moved for^i J items—from a needle to heavy ar-1 • of the hockey team. Before enter- j ward directing their attack until he I I tillery—on its four million square I 1 aditerranean Theater of Opera-I I feet of floor space. •. f ling service in April, 1943, he at- HIS. I J himself was killed. His courageous! tended Stevens Institute of Tech- Lieutenant Anderson holds the] I leadershp, said the citation, in-i I Its men take pride in servicing! jnology, where he was a member of J spired the troops in their successful I I combat troops of the Mediterran-J U" Medal for "meritorious achievo-1 V P:,rr.-a Er.npa frrterrity. snt in aerial flight while partic- j | attack. 1 Jean Theater of Operations withf Iting in sustained operatonsil ac-1 He was a Teaneek High School! I any of these ordnance items withii. I itv against the enemy." I graduate, class of 1935, and attend-f 9 48 hours. Lieutenant Anderson was grad-1 1 ed the Packard School and Muhlen-1 In its first three months at the 1 ted from Teaneck high school in I I burg College. Prior to entering the I I present site the unit received 91,-1 I ne,""1943. He entered the army on I I service he was associated with the I • 000 tons of supplies and distributed I iv. 27, 1942. Lieutenant Ander-j 1 Ryerson Steel Company in Jersey! 142,000 tons. More than 1,600 tons I I City. • I I of equipment were unloaded in one { n received his flight training at I 1 record.day. Six hundred American! ence Field, Ga., where lie was I An excellent horseman, he rode! I officers and enlisted men super- mmissioned a second lieutenant! I in a great many horse shows in and! ivise the work of some 2,000 Ital-j | n March, 1044. ] around Berg-en County and held! 9 ians. . ! His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar I j several trophies. He also played! I A uderson, live at the Teaneck ad- I I polo with Essex Troop in East! Moi'o than five tons of equip-! ess. I Orange. Jment ars salvaged and renewed! |each day by this outfit. Eight per! I cent of the paper containers carry- [ ^.Mts^Bm DPW Does Good Job ling supplies from America are! In Clearing Roads I saved by this unit. i lander Given Air Medal I Overseas 13 months, Lt. Greco j swears the Mediterranean Theater! r Confronted with the severeai l irst Lieutenant Marvin Lander,! j storm of the year the DepartmentL 1 Ribbon with two Battle Participa-I son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip! I of Public Works did a real job ini Ition Stars. Before entering the I |T ider or 17 Sherman Avenue,) I clearing the highways throughout! I Army, -he was employed by the! I I meek, serving as a pilot of an 1 Pennsylvania Railroad Company/ S the Township on Tuesday of this| §34th Street, New York City. Ili'hth Air Force B-17 Flying! 9 week. j I tress, ha3 been awarded the I Manager Paul A. Volcker re-j Medal for achievement during I I ported that he had 14 plows atL vy bombing attacks on Nari I I work and paid tribute to the work-j tary and industrial targets and j I ers who, each, put in more than 141 11 upport of Allied ground forces. I I hours from 10 A, M. on Tuesday! J efore joining the Army Air J j morning in order to keep the roadaf Sgt. Oscar F. Noss, Jr. ji ices Lieutenant Lander was a( I open for traffic, . A NINTH AIR FORCE FIGHT-I Li lent at Ohio .University, JER-BOMBER EASE, BELGIUM.! —Keeping the blum-nos/jd, thick-f | bellied P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-g 9 bombers armed with bombs and! Receives Cluster to DFC I bullets for frontline tactical oper-I Moich Given Prefiight iations is the principal duty of Sgt.f Captain Bernard C. Diekman, 24,L I Oscar F. Noss Jr., son of Mr. and! LN ANTONIO AVIATION I 9 son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Diek-1 I Mrs. Oscar F. Noss, 1300 Long-I ' I ET CENTER, TEX.—At the! jman of 167 Larch Avenue, Tea-i [fellow Ave., West Englewood. The! Antonio Aviation Cadet Cen-j I neck. I 21-year-old sergeant is stationed at I potential pilots, bombardiers I Captain Diekman received the! I an advanced . Ninth Air Force I navigators are receiving pre-1 I fighter-bomber group in Belgium! i I ; training to prepare thehi for I J Cluster to his D. F. C. for extra-! I ordinary achievement in an attack! j commanded by Lt. Colonel Jamas J I instruction and duties as I Johnson of Tuscan, Arizona. ew members in the Army Air \ j upon enemy supply and troop con-1 I centrations near Santa Lucia,! Arriving in Normandy on June! j Italy. He is a pilot of a B-25 Mit-f 117, Sgt. Noss was ready to serve! :lets in the present class from I I the P-47s when operations were! Jersey include Danny Michael I Ichell bomber with the Twelfth! i !i, 186 Copley Avenue, Tea-1 I Army Air Force. • switched from England to an airj The citation revealed that Cap-J J stripfc off the beachhead. He has I I 3 future fliers are subjected I jtain Diekman led a formation of! j been awarded to bronze stars for j rigorous 10-week program of J 112 Mitchell bombers in a precision! j the Western Europe Campaign and! iction covering physical, aca-1 jrun over the target, inflicting se-l I Air Offensive over Europe. For its! : and military training. At the I jvere loss upon the enemy in per-1 j excellent support of ground troops, I ; Center, a unit of the AAF I •sonnel and supplies. Then leading I jhis group has won special cbm- I ing Command, they study [ I a vigorous evasive action through j mendation from the Commanding! and charts, aircraft identi- J continued heavy ground fire draw- I Generals of both the First and I UV small arms and other sub-1 1 ing away from the target, Captain I Ninth tr. S. Armies. - • while being conditioned physi- I I Diekman returned the B-2E's safely for the long training period! 1 I to base, it said. ; . Bombardiers, navigators B A graduate of the University of n pilots receive the first five I Syracuse, Captain Diekman enter-1 i"of' prefliglit instruction asl I ed the Army in June, 1942. To this IUB, then are separated for] I date he is a veteran of 70 combat | lized training. I missions.

Now Pfc. Fred Nicewicz CHERRY POINT, N. C. • •.Marine Private First Class Fred Tj I Nicewicz, of 976 Alpine Drive, J Teaneck, New Jersey, has been •promoted from private to his pre-1 I sent rank at the Marine Air Sta-§ Btion here. Before entering the service on! iMarcli 8, 1944, at New York City,| lite was employed by the Quality iArt Company at Long Island City,l IN, Y. HOME ON LEAVE srgeant Ranges, 21 years of age,I Iis a graduate of Tearieck Highl •School, and was a draughtsman for! J-Sgt. John Ranges Mans Ithe Bendix Aircraft Corporation atl HTeterboro before his entry into the! lAriny Air Forces in January, 1943.1 iGue In 173Hours Of Bombing! I He won his gunner's wings at Pyute I 1 AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England-Staffl iWeld, Texas, in May, 1S44. I krgeant John W. Ranges, waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress 1 Plying with the 38Sth Bombard-1 Iment Group commanded by Colonel! i«Heavenly Body," is one of the airmen who has been helping to bombl J George Y. Jumper of Natonia, Calif.,1 Imilitary and industrial targets in Germany and enemy installations m| • his is a part of the Third Bom-f ithe uath of the advancing Allied armies in Western Europe. Ibardment Division which was cited 1 I by President Roosevelt for its now! I Sgt Ranges 21 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ranges, 12% I historic England-Africa shuttle 1 lAlicia Avenue, West Englewood, New Jersey flies with the ^TYW I bombing of the Messerschmidfc air-1 lof the 385th Bombardment Group, commanded by Colonel George Y.I I craft factories at Regensbui'g, Ger-| I Jumper, Natoma, Calif. His group is a part of the amed Third Bom-I jmany, in August, 1943. Since arriving overseas In this! LrcLnt Division, the division cited by the President for its nowl itoughest theater of aerial warfare,! Shtetoric England-Africa shuttle bombing of the Messerschmitt a.rcraftl iin June 19441 , Sergeant Ranges liasM I factories at Regensburg, Germany, in August, 1943. imanned hi. ; waist gun in defense! lof his Fortress during more than! I Since arriving ovoverseae s in this 1175 hours of bombing, attacks! 1 toughest theatre of aerial warfare marshalling yards in Frankfurt,! Ithrough the hostile skies over Cen-| lin June, 19i4, Sgt. Ranges has docks and shipyards in Bremen,! 1 tral Europe. • manned his waist gun in defense tire factories in Hanover, and oil I Some of the objectives which he I lof his Fortress during more than refineries in Merseburg. The serl I has helped to bomb are the Indus-1 1175 hours of bombing attacks geant has also "flown in direct sup-1 • trial targets in Berlin, Hamburg,! port of the ground forces, bombing I land Munich, aircraft factories in| ithrough the • hostile skies over iHegensburg, marshalling yards ing • Continental Europe. Some of the enemy troop concentrations, rail! iFrankfort, docks and shipyards in I iobjectives which he has helped junctions, bridges, supply dumps, r iBremen, tire factories in Hanover § •bomb are the industrial targets in and communications centers. I jand oil refineries in Mersebuvg;. •Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, air- "Those concentrated flak guns! JOHN W. RANGES The sergeant has also flown in I •raft factories' in Regensburg' protecting Merseburg's oil refill-1 j direct support of ground troops,! eries gave us our roughest of some! I bombing enemy troop eoncentra-| pretty rough trips," said Sgt. I Jtions, rail junctions, bridges, sup-1 Ranges, holder of the awards off IRANGES IS BACK • ply dumps and communication cen-1 iters. ' • • : the Air Medal with three Oakg 1 "Those concentrated flak guns I Leaf Clusters to that medal.I iprotecting Mersebure's oil refln-l "Our plane was riddled with morel ieries gave us our roughest of some! than 170 holes of all sizes. Ourl FOR LONG RESTI •pretty rough trips", said Ranges,! Corp. Moore in Caledonia radio operator was wounded, an! •holder of the Air Medal with three! eng'ne shot out, and the oxygeng lanned Waist Gun Ing I Oak Leaf Clusters, Corporal Walter H. Moorel system was knocked out, but wei European Bombings "Our plane was riddled with morel I nephew of'Miss Margaret Monks managed to got back to England! Jthan 170 holes of all sizes. Our ra-i I of 173 Carlton Terrace, Teaneck, is without any further trouble." I , Mr. ana Mrs. John H. Ranges of! Jdio operator was wounded, an en-1 J1295 Alicia Avenue, West Englewoodf Igi was shot out, and the oxygen! I serving ' with a Quartermaster A graduate of Teaneck High! Bhave just received word that theirL |system was knocked out, but we! I Company in New Caledonia. He is School, Sgt. Ranges was a drafts-! •son. Staff Sergeant John W. Ranges! nanaged to get back to England! la graduate of Holy Trinity High! man for the Bendix Aircraft Cor-g •has arrived at disembarkation cen-j without any further trouble." : I School, Hackensack, and prior tol portation, Teterboro, N. J., before! iter in the United,States, and willi • entering the service on May 2,1 his entry into the Army Airi •shortly be home to start a well! J1D42, was employed by the Bogota! Forces in January, 1843. He wanj Beamed furlough. I • Sheet Metal Company as a sheet! his gunner's wings in May, 194' 1 An official release from Eighth! jmetal worker. He haa served morel HAH' Force Bomber Command ml at Pyote Field, Texas. lEngland, shov(S Ranges beside t'--[ SENT TO PT.ORTDA • than 22 months in the South Pa-J •go caliber waist gun which he mp i I •cine area. ~, Sgt. Oscar F. Noss, Jr. n an Eighth Air Force B-17 Plyi . j •fortress, "Heavenly Body". He f A NINTH AIR FORCE FIGHT-I •one of the airmen who has b< i lER-BOMBER BASE, BELGIUM! •helping to bomb military and :i L I Keeping the blunt-nosed, thick-I Iduslrial targets in Germany a Jl Jbellied P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-l I many installations in the path • • the Allies advance In Western L p Teaneclt Infantrymen, Pri-I jboinbers armed with bombs antll Biooe . vates Robert Koch, son of Mr.l jbuUets for frontline tactical oper-j and Mrs.; Henry, Stall of 69 Shep-1 lations is the principal duty of Sgt.f Hard Avenue, and Ccephen Uhl, son! jOscar F. Noss Jr., son of Mr. and! [of Seabee Lieutenant and Mrs. Ottol |Mr3. Oscar F. Noss, 1300 Long-j luijl of Ayers Court, Teaneck, highi •fellow Ave., West Englewood. The I Hschool friends, had1 p. reunion re-I |21-year-old sergeant is stationed at I i iently on the Fifth Army front In § ian advanced Ninth Air Force j Italy. Koch, "'with the 88thBlue I • fighter-bomber group in Belgium I Lasica, Elec. Specialist I 3evil Division, learned' that Uhl'.s I I commanded by Lt. Colonel James | 16th Ouster Division was along the! AMARILLO ARMY AIE FIELD ,1 I line and hitchhiked there during his I lAmarfflo, Texas—William L. Lasi-j 1 hours off..When he arrived, Uhl was| Ica, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Lasica F Jut outdoor movies behind the lines.I Jof 420 Glenwood Avenue,:Teaneek, j I Koch'yelled to. TJhl in the movie! (urea, but at first .bis friend wouldn't! • N. J., has completed his course o\ |answer, thinking It was his sergeant! I studies as an Electrical Mechani | or lieutenant. When Koch yelled J lin this Army Air Farces Technical] I iis own name, they got together! IENGLEWOOD I Training School and is rated, a coffee and doughnuts. J Electrical Specialist. His graduation from this teel SOLDIER GETS I nical school now fits him for ele> jtrical trouble shooting while in . Ptit> OICi.J su.jnd Cl i-» Cl ir- • flight/When qualified, as a gunner I I ence Willard Franklin, son of Mr. I CAPTAIN'S RANI Ihe will become a crew member oil I ana Mrs. James P. Franklin of SI la heavy bombardment organiza-l I Walnut Street, Teaneck, has re-1 I—Staff Sergeant John P. Clarke,! Ition.-As a fully qualified crew I I portea for auty at a Navy base i I husband of Elizabeth Clarke, 591 •Hamilton, In Germany,! I member Gunner and Electrical! I in Florida after a 10-aiiy leave al I I East Forest Avenue. Teaneek, has I Is With Artillery; 1 home. He left Teaneck Higli I 1 Specialist he will help the Army I School in June, 18*3, anS eniistcfl [ • reported to Amarillo Army Air I Was An Auditor I Air Forces carry the war to the| 1 in the Naval Eeaerre in August.! • Field, AmarillOj Texas, for reas-I \ enemies homelands. I He receives boot training at New- j Jsignment after serving twelve j In addition to completion of the I I port, E. I., and was graduated a< I i months with the Eighth Air Force I [TIERS PROMOTED I • schedule of academic and practical! I an aviation orSnanocman from I •in Europe. Sergeant Clarke, who! J studies as an aviation mechanic, he] I the Ordnance School in Norman. I iwas a waist and tall gunner on af Promotion of Bergen County Army! I Okla. His promotion to seoona nd Marine personnel to captain,! •has been thoroughly drilled in mil-1 I heavy bomber, completed 31 mis-j jitary tactics, and defense and a I I class petty officer came last Oo- jsions, and has been awarded the I lnlcal sergeant, and corporal was! 1 toner. .ounoed today by the War De-| •course of physical training that I ID. F. C, the Air Medal with three! •has conditioned him to meet all re-I I Oak Leaf clusters, and- the Presi-1 artment. gjdential citations. Those promoted include: |cjuirements of an American soldier,] Captain HAMILTON, Thomas P., tasbandi Doris Sauer Hamilton,-of 3071 epard Avenue, West EnglewoodJ " son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas g ilton of Edgewater. 'WEAR NEW SNOW CAPES TO FOIL ENEMY I Prisoner Husband ?inds Wife in Arm j

There's just so long that you ca I sit at home and wait for your hu^ jjband and when Captain Rcginal JMilner of Teaneck was reported a a a. German prisoner his wifi I last March decided to join th I Army Nurse Corps and look frien 11 I hubby up. Investigation proved to wii iBliU'tha, a lieutenant, that her hu: 1 band had b^en released and stint : 1HH; a the Lucky Strike camp in Franc JAir transportation was arrange I Jand she arrived just 2-4 hours bi Jfore her husband was all set to b Son the move again. The reunion marked a doubl i surprise for the Teaneck pilo • Owing-to the fart that ha had re I ceived little mail before his libera | tion in May, he wasn't aware fcha j his wife had joined the service— | I and upon his return to his base, h j discovered that he had received hi captaincy on September 28, th | day after he was reported missin.v The Captain and the Lieutenar I will return to the States, accordin j tri Mrs. Doris Miner, 634 Linde 1 Avenue, Teaneck, as soon as he ha I papers arranging sfor the transfe | back to this countiy completed.

\pS 1 rank J. Tryska (left) of this city and Staff Sergt. Carl Rines of Teaneck, N. J., start a patrol! won through a snow-covered forest on the western front. Th«ywcar new snowjcapesforsoldiers.

Now Pfc. Fred Nicewicz Pvt. Bernard Cohen 9 Chaplain (Col) Kroencke GETS MAJORITY; I Awarded Bronze Star 'l 'ERRY POINT, N. C. — I MADISON, Win,,, June 10—Pvt.1 - ! M le Private First Class Fred T. I I Bernard Cohen, 19, son of Mr. andf WITH U.S. ARMY FORCESONl OTHERSADVANCE v i •• vicz, of 976 Alpine Drive, [ Mrs. Jack Cohen of, 638 Palisade JNEW CALEDONIA — Chaplain! uck, New Jersey, lias beenl I Ave., Teaneek, hnsTJeen graduated! oted from private to his pre-1 1 (Colonel) Edward J. Kroencke, 9581 J Lloyd R. Graham Pro-1 p. n I from the AAF Training. Command's! IDarion Place, Teaneck, N.. J., has! moted In Field With » in rank at the Marine Air Sta-| j aircraft radio mechanics school a'T J been awarded the Bronze Star! Here. Tniax Field, it was announced to-| jMedal at the New Caledonia head-I Engineers 'ore entering the service onl day by the post commander. I quarters of Major General Fred-1 h 3, 1944, at New York City,! Trained primarily as a commum-i lerick Glibreath's South Pacific! I TWO COMMISSIONED! • as employed by the Quality | | cations technician, according to of-J | Base Command. 1 Company at Long Island City,! Ar flcials, the soldier also studied air-l Chaplain Kroencke, for many! Word has been received by Mr.I ft,, > craft recognition, defense against! I years active in charity and welfare I | and. Mrs. William J. Graham of 631 chemical .warfare, and related AAFJ 1 work for the Lutheran Church with I Woodland Avenue, West Englewood.j subjects designed to fit him for! Jheadquarters on New York City's! of the promotion of then' 23-year-| old son, Lloyd R. Graham, to major? combat duty. His post-graduate as-1 144th Street between 9th and 10 th I serving with an Army Engineer I signment was not announced. • Avenues, is chief of chaplains for | Combat Battalion somewhere lti| Jthe South Pacific Area. As such, I Germany, •he was cited by General Gilbreath I Ofclier promotions include: l"for the performance of meritori- i Major Ebel Admitted |ous services in connection with mil-1 PRANDONI, Andrew Gabriel, soil! jitary operations against the enemy j of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Franfionil j To U. S. Naval Academy [from August 11, to May 12, 1945." of 1200 The Strand, West Engle-I [Ensign Coe Assigned wood, and husband of the former! Miss Florence Hardisty of New! " ird Ehel, son of Mr. and I iTo Destroyer Norm MISSING York City. I C. Ebel of 265 HighwoodI Teaneck, was admitted to I When the fast new destroyer; J L S. Naval Academy at An-1 1 IU. S. S. Norris, was commissionedl - last week, after his ap-J • recently at Terminal Island, Sanl ii < 't.t by Senator Albertl I Pedro, Calif., Ensign William L.I 1 Coe, V- S. KT-, of 220 Lees AyenueJ I ' IS years old, was gradua-I i Teaneck, was assigned to duty on[ i n Teaneck High School in I j board as fire control officer. ' .'here he was a member of I Ensign '•• Coe, "who : previously! |the 1843 championship Northern! I served for 2% years on the DeT Missing • New Jersey Interseholastic League! istroyer Bailey and for three years! b JJANDER, First Lieutenant Mai- • soccer team. Ha was ' member of I I on the Cruiser San Francisco, wasl * vin, son of tyU. and Mrs Philip • the baseball team and 'the Hi-Yl commended by his commanding of-l Lander, 17ft Sherman Avenue, Tea-| jficer when on the Bailey and has! " "\. (Over Oermany) • Club; . I 1 been recommended for the Bronzq I' At the tlmg of his appointment,I I Star Medal. lEbel war, training at the Merchant! Marine Academy at Kings Point [ A former maintenance man forl Long, Irland. jthe New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.,I I he has participated in five differ-f I ent campaigns in the Pacific andB iU an onli'a+orl mat, nrrv hf Technician James Hoover Capt Patze In Italy Ensign N. johannessen Technician Fourth Grade James I §B. Hoover of 106 Circle Drive, I Captain Richard A. Patze, hus-1 Neil William .Tames Johan-1 I West Englewood, was one of morel I band of Mrs. George Ruth Patze of I nesson, 21, son of. Mr. and Mrs.I Ithan 2,000 American soldiers with J 11475 Teaneck Road, West En«le-| 1 C. J. W. Johannesson of 20 Frank-1 I the Third Infantry Division of the I Iwood, and son of Mr. and Mrs.I | lin Road, West Englewood, has jtirti I Seventh Army in France who re-1 I Richard Patze of Cresskill is serv-j I been made an Ensign in thef Seently attended the Immaculate I ling as a company commander withE I V. S. N. I I Conception services held in Stras-I 9 the 838th Engineers, General Serv-I Ensign Johannessen was also! I bqurg. This marked the- first time I I ice Regiment of Peninsular Base I graduated from the United States! I that worship services had been held I I Headquarters in Italy, important I [Merchant Marine Academy ati 1 in this cathedral for more than| I services and supply organization f I Kings Point, N. Y., and received! I four years. J for Fifth Army and for ground! his commission in the U. S. Mail-1 1 forces and Navy in Italy. j I time Service and the U. S. Naval! J He entered the military service! 1 Reserve and a license as third ol-l las a private then received a corn-1 ficer in the Merchant Marine. '[ Lieut. Costa Bombardier 1 mission in the Engineer Corpsh in I Johannessen is a graduate of 1 August, 1942. Captain Patze has! Teaneck Hgih School where he was! Lieutenant John J. Costa, son of I I been overseas since April, 1943,1 active in wrestling and was a mem-j J Joseph Costa of 365 Beech Street,! Isfrving in North Africa and Italy/I S her of the Student Couuea. I Teaneck is a bombardier in a heavy! I bombardment squadron in the! I Thirteenth Air Force Southwest | 1 Pacific area. lesias Downs Since going overseas, April 5,1 11944, Lieuenant Costa has actively E | Naval Lieut. Louis Di Bella j German Bomber LT. DOUGLAS JENSEN I participated in the uprooting of the 1 Lieutenant Louis M. Di Bella, 24,1 I Japanese from their island empire. | An Eighth Air Force Fighter! I Flying in Bomber Baron forma- E 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. James Di Bella I JENSEN EADAE OFFICER lot 12G0 Pennington Eoad, West I I Station, England, Jan. 29—Two I 1 tions as he has dropped bombs on E I short bursts of ma'chinegun firef • Lieutenant Jensen has been over-1 I enemy bastions at Yap, the Schou-| JEnglewood, is stationed with tho j Iseas 15 months and is now serving jU. S. Naval Reserve in the South I j punched out his first victory over I las a radar officer at an Army ."* 1 ten Islands, and Palau. On one! [the Luftwaffe for Second Lieu-1 Jcombat mission in which Lieutenant I I Pacific, where he is serving as con-1 •Force base in Prance. . J voy routing officer. 1 tanant Victor D. Iglesias, P-51 [ 1 A graduate of Teaneck Highl J Costa was load bombardier a Jap-I I Mustang pilot of West Englewood, j ischool where he was a letter raanl Janese light cruiser was sunk. He I He is a graduate of St. Cecilia I I combat reports filed here disclosed, j •in High jumping, Lieutenant Jen-i I also scored a fine bombing record I I High School, Englewood, and the j pen attended Pratt Institute Ing 1 University Sf Pennsylvania, where I iBrooklyn and enlisted in the ." ion strikes against th Balikapapan I The fight occurred when pilots I I gas and oil refineries. Lending aid I 1 he received the degree of Bachelor f fof the high-scoring Fifth Fighter! 1 in January of 1942. . I of Arts. Lieutenant Di Bella has I He was commissioned a second• Ito the advance of General Mac-1 J Group broke up all attacks on I 1 lieutenant upon graduation- Jroml I Arthur in the Phipippines through I I been a member of the armed forces ! j American heavy bombers made by I lofflcer's Candidate School at Fortg Jthe neutralizing of enemy air-1 j since Mar. 1, 1942. 120 Focke-Wuif 190'a. •Monmouth, N. J., in November off j dromes has adde dachievements to I 11943 and then attended the Rad&rf ] his outstanding career. With over I "My element leader and I started! •school at New Orleans, La.' From I • 40 combat missions to his credit I J after one of them," said Iglosias,! Ithere he went to Oklahoma City I j whose home is at 1068 Longfellowi land completed Ms Radar training! I Lieutenant Costa has been present-! -Flight Officers John J. O'Connor,! Bat Hobe Sound. Ha. led with the Air Medal and three! J son of Mrs. Lillian O'Connor of 5781 I Avenue, West Englewood. "Wai I Oak Leaf Clusters. | Tililen Avenue, Teaneck, and Mark! j chased him from about 20,000| Lieutenant Costa was commis-1 JPosey, son of Mr. and Mrs. "G. M,| jfeet all the way to the deck- Jsioned Dec. 4, 1943. Prior to his I JAdri anji\, of 1B81 Jefferson! I almost to treetop level. As we I iinduc'tion in the armed forces, he,| j Street, West Englewood, have beonf 9 leveled off the Jerry decided to 1 [Local WAC Tours Iwas employed by the Emerson I I assigned to Big Spring Bombardier J fight me. He turned into me quick-1 IRadia and Phonograph Company, I I School at Big Spring, Tex. Both! jly, and followed me through ai INew York City. I received their wings last December [ j tight, climing turn. I really had! With Lily Pons I at Blackland Army Air Field, I I that Mxistang "wheeling around. II 9 BEBGSTEOM FIELD, Austin, I Waco, Tex., and are assigned to! I came out on his tail and gave him I I Texas—Playing under the gifted I duty as pilots with the department j I two short bursts. The pilot bailed | j direction of famed Andre Koste- I out." llanetz is the distinction which has jcome to Pvt. Eloise E. Herschbein I Lap t. Hamilton In Germany! Lieutenant Iglesias entered the! I of the Women's Army Corps. lAir orce in December, 1942, after! Pvt. Herscrbein, a violinist, is Capt. Thomas F. Hamilton, hus- 1 attending the University of Cin-J 1 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Iband of Doris Saner Hamilton of I (Attends Strasbourg Service] Icinnati for a few months. He *re-| ISelvin of 36 Englewood Avenue, •307 Shephard Avenue, West Engle-j WITH THE THIRD INFANTRY I • ceived his wings at Victoria,! JEnglewood, and attended Teaneck •wood has been overseas with the! iDIVISION OF THE SEVENTH! j Texas, in January, 1944. He was! I High School. She was stationed at Jfield Artillery since October, 19441 1ARMY, FRANCE— George D.I [graduated from Teaneck High| 1 this First Troop Carrier Command land is now somewhere in Germany, i • Shields, 264 Farrant Terrace, Tea-I | School in 1941. I base several months before going • neck, N. J., recently attended the I He is a graduate of Dwight Mpi'-I 1 Immaculate Conception services! Tho SB 5th Fighter Group, eom-j 1 to India last summer. irow High School, Englewood, and! Jmanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ev-I J Last week she wrote friends [held at Strasbourg. This marked! IPace Institute, New York City. I jthe first time in more than four! leretit W. Stewart of. Abilene, Ean-[ I here of her current musical achieve- JPrior to entering the service on I 1 sas, recently reached the SQO-ma 1 ment: 1 years that worship services had! •April 15, 1940, he was employed as I Jbeen held in this famed Cathedral, f Jin total victories to become thei j "I should have written you Ian auditor by the Commercials I third highest-scoring fighter groupl j sooner, but my excuses for not jCredit Company in New York City, j More than 2,000 American sol-j Jiji the Eighth Air Force. Of thisl j having done so are so good I've got Captain Hamilton received his I jdiers, of whom 1,200 were Third! • total, 311 enemy planes have beehl I to tell them to you: icommission on Oct. 29,1942 at Fort I I Infantry Division men, presented! I destroyed in aerial combat. The! I "Andre KostelaneU and' Lily •Sill, Oklahoma, sixth in his class I la congregation so large that Lieu-1 1355th leads all other Eighth Airl j Pons are touring this theater ever •at the Officer's Candidate School! 1 tenant Colonel Ralph Smith, Third! • aircraft destroyed in ground-straf-1 ] since Christmas ETC, their first ithere. He was detained at Fort Sill I J Division Chaplain from San An-1 ling attacks with a total of 289. j concert, another Wac violinist and land remained there for a year as a g itonio, Toxas, tassisted by regimen-1 I1 have been touring with them as I jgunnery instructor. I tal chaplains, was forced to deliver I I part of the orchestra. It's just j Hamilton is the father of a 17-1 j his sermon from two different! I about the best deal I ever got. j jmonths old daughter, Judy, J places in order that he might be j I We're seeing « much, and we are I heard by all. . I the first Wacs to be at most of The Cathedral has been struck I I these places, as we are the only 1 twice -by1 bombs but no great dam- I I ones ever to leave the Calcutta 1 age had been done. Some of the I I area. The string section is touring j stained-glass were shattered, da-1 I and we picked up bands at all these I bris lay upon the floor, but this I | places. I 1 could not over-shadow the beauti- I "It's pretty tough; We fly all [ I ful workmanship and care that had j lover, pack and unpack, rehearse,! I been put into building this monu- I miss meals or overeat,- try to keep I nent to religion. • I ] our clothes clean and don't get our I The services were ended by Holy j I mail until we get back to Calcutta I I Communion, given with a back-1 I for one day in every eight—but we I | ground of organ nuisie. J love it!" The site of the Cathedral is be- I Pvt. Herschbein's husband, Nor-j I Heved to be an ancient Soirjanj I man Herschbein, also is overseas. I j forum. It is known for certahi. I j he is, a staff sergeant in the Eighth I I however, that "the present building I JAir Force in the European theater.! stands on the same place/wflerej J King Clovis, an early French vinei-, E j had built KcJiureli ol wood and | 1 clay.. : ,: '•'••••/X\C.'.-... V Sitting In a broken chair! SOLDIERS START In a miserable little cellar nn-| Jensen Radar Officer j Pie, frankJacobs Gete Tierneath what used to be parti lieutenant J. Douglas Jensen! bf a bam, Major Thomas J. I 125, son of -Mr. and Mrs. ,T, Dav;df J Medal For Phillipine Work1 [{Jeff) Davis, son of Mr. and! 1 Jensen of 477 Sag-amore Avenue,! PLANTATFRONTI rs. W. S. Davis of Teaneck.j jTeaneek, has been overseas 151 , _ , „„„„ XJff THE PHIL-S old a Florida Tribune war! 1 months and is now serving as al 1IPPINES— Private First Clajsf jfBergen Officer Organ I radar officer at an Army Airj J Frank A. Jacobs, Dumont, has I iLorrespondent recently thatl | Force base ,'n France. | I been awarded the Philippine Liber-j izes A Foundry Crew lin spite of e number of hard-1 jation Medal. He already holds thel •ships, he had just one com-f A graduate' of Teaneok High! With the 100th Division, Alsare I School where lie was a letter man I • Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and several! iterance, Feb. 1 (IP)—It was learned! [plaint to make. • in high jumping.' Lieutenant Jen-I • individual citations for excellence I Hyesterday that American solfiieisl The 30-year-old Army officer,! • sen attended Pratt Institute inf fin his work as scout-observer in thel Shave 'started and are operating al Isupply officer for his regiment ini I Brooklyn and enlisted in the 'Army I I battalion intelligence section of a I ffactory by themselves within Gel I the snowy fastnesses of the Hurtgeni I in January of 1942. ' g • crack Infantry regiment of a well! iforest, said: "I'm griped because! • man artillery range to meet short Pie was commissioned a second 1 •known Division here. I a age in materiel. • [they've been, publishing a new plc-l I Inducted in Newark in May! I The need for four-foot iron stakes! jture In the States showing a G. I.i • lieutenant upon graduation from I Ifiom our regiment eating Thanks-I • Officer's Candidate School at Port! • 1942, Jacobs has spent the past! jused in barbed wire entanglements! •fourteen months overseas. He Isf ihad become acute when Private Fii tl • giving dinner. Under the picture! iMonmouth, N, J., in November of I BClass Philip Hall, Southfield, Mass f 1 they say it's the first, hot meal the| J1943 and then attended the Hadarl la graduate of Clifton High School a came upon a foundry near the front| I soldier had in IS days. ISchool at New Orleans, La. From! land was employed for nine years! jcontaining four forges that had lo: 'Now damit, I'm supply officer! • there he wont to ' Oklahoma City J I by Bush & Walsh, jewelers, off |been out of operation, lind we Just don't do things thatl land completed his Radar training iPassaic. He is a member of St.) | Three New Jerseyans set to woiki • way;, No matter what's going onj lab Hobe Sound, Fla. [ • Clair's E. C. Church, and Juniorf I to get ths foundry running. Lleuten-| lour guys get at least, one hot meall • Chamber of Commerce. 1 la day. Sometimes the hot food has! I Before going to France, Jensen Bant Samuel Pinnell) 1311 Penning • served for a fimp in F^u-la^ri I His parents, Mr. and Mrs. An-| Ston Road, West Englewood, or Jto be broughtsup after dark, but! • drew Jacobs, resided until recently! Iganized a crew of workmen. Cor-1 lyou get stround pretty well in thel jporal Morris Passarella, of Atcol •dark if you're quiet. I I in Delawanna. His bride of a little! I harnessed the motor of a captured! I 'I hope the folks at home under-i |more than a year is the former | jJGerman jeep to drive the bellows! •stand because a lot of them might! 'Margaret Goodwin. BCorporal Roy Johnson, Matawan! •worry if they thought their kids! •joined the production list. f iwere getting just one lousy hot rneali AN EIGHTH AIR FORCFI •in 15 days. We Just don't' operate! BOMBER STATION. England- -I 1 The front-Une foundry has pro-1 |that way." 1 jduced 20,000 stakes so far and 1st Sergeant Alan Babitts, 22, Tea-I •turning them out now at the rate! The correspondent reported thatl neck, New Jersey, recently entered! •of 1,000 a day—with slight intei I jthe cellar which Major Davis is| the aerial offensive against tlwj jruptions when fire from enemy guns j I living in, is now only a broken heap Reich when he participated in tlu I starts delivering the wrong kind of I •of sticks and stones and collapsed! Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying For-! Sgt. Charles E. Korfe Smetal. fpiles Of muddy hay. He also re-fl tress bnmibing attack on Hanover's! Sported that the little town of Bran-I 15th AAF1 IN ITALY—-Sergcantl idenberg, in which Davis lives, has! vital marshalling yards whicli have I 1 Charles E. Korte, 28, 320 Sher-f nemy observation on all three sides! been sending supplies to the West-| nd they can shoot at it from three! ern Front. i J man Avenue, Teaneck, N. 3. is al FIGHTS OWN BROTHERS 3ides . \ • Sat. Babitts, Fortress ball turret j j member of a- 15th AAF B-24 group! Private First Class deorge' Wa Nobody," he said, "stays in thel gunnei with the 385th Bombard-1 j recently cited by the War Desart-1 |of Teaneck, who has -three: broth I aeets more than a minute at al i ers in the German Army anil whose! I time No vehicles are parked in the! ment Group, commanded by Coliinell • ment for an outstanding nerfor-l I parents are still living in that.coun r •open and ..to get to the town, you! George Y. Jumper, Natoma, Calif., I i ntance of duty during the bombins B flies with the formations of thel • try, has been awarded the Bronzel |have to drive like.a madman over! I of the Flurisdorf refineries at I JStar for . meritorious service whilef i nanow, rutty shell-torn road withj famed Third, Air Division, the divi-j action in France as a membelj BGeimans Watehi sion cited by the President for its! I Vienna, Austria.'Included in the! |of the U. S. infantry. now historic England-Africa shut-i I citation were all members of thu| The news of his award. was. re I I tie bombing of the Messerschmitt| roi.irid ecliolon. jceived this week by Mr. and Mis j aircraft factories at Regerisbur. As assistant crew chief of a Eib-| 1 Charles Miller of 197 Elm Avenue I Germany, in Aug-ust, 1943. j with whom Private Walz made his j j erator, Korte shares the raeponii- F 1 home before entering service in| The airman is the son of Mr. and! I bility of keeping tlie big bomber in ! {February of 1942. Mrs. A. Eabitts, 43 Bogert Street,! first class flying and1 fighting trim. I Private Walz, a, member of the! Teanedc, New Jersey. A graduate! j The citation accompanying tile I |44th Division of the Seventh Army I of Jamaica, N. Y., High' School,! I rd stressed the "ceaseless hr>ur& I Strained in the State of Washington! Sgt. Pabitts was an instructor! ] of toil and the highly technical [ Jand was sent overseas last Octobei f mechanic at the Rome, N. Y., Depot! I skill of the giTrand personal. . Born and educated in Germany! before his entry into the. Armyf I which made the mission possible." jPrivate Walz came to this countiyl Air Forces in March, 1943. He wmI A graduate of Teaneek High. B |In 1025. As a naturalized V. B. citi f his gunner's wing-s in May. 1944,1 an, Walz visited his parents ml I School, Knrte was employed by | Il639 and upon his return to this! at Las Vegas Field, Nevada. j Sackett and "Willielm, Litho^raph- I country was on one of the shipsj I ers- in Long Island City until tie I •that was turned back. He got out by] Wins Third Cluster I ontored the army in November j • way of Stockholm. ] 1942. Overseas since March, StaK Sergeant Grant A. Han-1 j lias been authorized the European- I son, 71B Cedar Lane, Teaneck, I 1 African Middle East Theater ELb-l tail gunner on a B-17 Flying'! I ban with two battle stars for his I Awaits Assignment Fortress based in England, won! I p:u't in the Italian cjirapaign and§ Lieutenant Colonel Henry B, Jet I the invasion of southern France. Jter of 716 Cumberland Eoad, Tea [ his third Oak Leaf Cluster for his I Jneek, home from 18 months to part in raids against tho Reich's! I Southwest Pacific with a unit of the! transportation arteries at Kassel.l •Transportation Corps, is at the! Cologne, and Munster, and against! lAsheville, N. C, Army Ground and| oil centers, at Hamburg. Politz.j •Services Forces Redistribution Sta r and Merseburg. A graduate of I Ition awaiting assignment to new! Teaneek High School, he was a| Hduties. ••• salesman before he entered service! in 1341. . ., . ...•• ICLllllll il Sl'Jl..nt Kr Jack Daniels In Training Protin, son of Mr. ana Mis. Henri Captain Kerr, V. S. M. R. E., isl | L. Protin of 360 Whltelaw Place, I now stationed at a South Pacificl Tsaneok, was grafluated last week 1 base as communications officer olt Jack Daniels, 18, son of Mr. Abel from the Army Air Forces Cen- Pvt. Bernard Cohen Ithe 24th Regiment of the 4th Ma-I I Daniels, 188 Shepard Ave., West! tial Instructors School at Laredo Irine Division. Since leaving for! I Englewood, N. J. is receiving hisl Army Air Field, liareSo, Tex., an* -MADISON, WIS., Feb. 2—Pvt. I 1 overseas duty in January of 1944 hel [initial Naval indoctrination at the! is now fully qualified to become an •Bernard Cohen, 636 Palisade Ave, I ShM participated in the invasions of| IV. S. Naval Training Center ( Instructor at one of the nation's J fTeaneck, has been enrolled in the I Ithe Marshall Islands and Saipan. I I Great Lakes, Illinoise. L Seven aerial gunnery schools. | Captain Kerr was wounded twicel IAAF Training Command's aircraft I •during the Saipan campaign and isl j His recruit training consists ofi • radio mechanics school at TruaxI •the hplder of the Purple Heart andl j instruction in seamanship; militaivl I Field, it was announced today by J •Bronze Star Medals, Eeisagradu-f j drill and general Navalp^ocedure [ I the post commander. ' late of Bogota High School and la* I During this period a series of ap L jfayette College. ] tituds tests will be taken by the! f-Sgt Joseph Benning He will take an extensive course I ecfuit to determine whether hej SAN MARCOS ARMT Jin servicing radio equipment used I vill be assigned to a Naval gerv I |I ILID, Texas —(Spl)—T»fh»*««J I Ion U. S. bombers1 and fighting I I \e School, to a shore station or to 1 lSirt Joseph V. Raimlnj J*. I I planes and will be trained in de- J 'mmediate duty at sea. , I |Mr and Mm, Jwrtpk V B I1 ense again'st chemical warfare, When his .recruit training isl h Van Bur«m S«-«m» J aircraft identification, and related I ompleted, ths seaman will receive! Ihas been wwlp»** *» |AAF subjects designed to fit Mm j 1 period of leave. " Marww Aroij Air PWd. \ for combat duty.: . ' ion wbonl tn «»w *-A» **•**»» j :%^gW&&:: J® I-KOWTED JSgt. Jozseffy Helps To jLt. Walter Fahhestock T ebu'ld Nazi Hospital v Is Awarded Silver ,5tar WITH U. S. SUPPLY FORCES •IN GERMANY.—Sergeant Julius Lt. Walter D. Fahnestotk Jr., J HA. Jozseffy, son of Mrs. Rose M. n of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. fJozseffy of 344 Van Belinda Ave- | a Fahnestock, of 17 Tryon Avenue, IiKif, Teaiieclt, New Jersey, is one J West Englewood, has been award- \ Bui1 tha men of Company D, 34(ith I ed the Silver Star for gallantry in »-»'- -«*•- I Engineer Reghnent, who recently I action over the Ptoesti oil fields Irahaliilittd a cuptured hospital in j August, 14, 1944. j| Germany. Lieutenant Fahnestock, a B-24 The regiment, a R-enel-iil service I Liberator pilot and assistant opc-r- limit of Bvigudiei- General Ewart Sations officer although seriously |G. Plank's Advance Section, Com- 1 wounded by flak, refused all meili- Inuiiiicntions Zone, has been doinq; leal attention or aid until the vnis- I mine clearance as well as reeon- jsion had been completed. He has already received the Dis- <*•« Bstruetion win* in France. "Much glass had been broken by itinguished Flying Cross with Oak a the concussion caused by artillery . ILcaf Cluster, the. Air Medal with ifijc, mortar fire and aerial bomb- ' I three Oak Leaf Clusters and a Li'dment," said Sgt. Jozseffy, "and iPrcsidential Unit citation. He is at Sue also had to replace more than Ipreseni, convalescing at Forfc SaOO lineai- foot of pipe. However, Thomas, Ky. Ball the materials were obtained I • from requisitioned German civilian i. -. JOVI£J£. istocks, so we saved the Army thou- sands of dollars in shipping ensts

land thousands of man-hnurs of la- »• •IMI.miw •« iimiiBim • MUIIIII , Gets Wings . 1 Jr of 17 Won Avenue West Engle-1 lbor." B lieutenant Jones recently re-1 i^od, has been awarded the Silverl Lt. Riedel In Training Icpived Ms commission in the Army! istax for gallantry to action over I Sgt. Jozseffy was inducted into HAi- Corps and navigator's wings atl I the Polesti oil fields August 14, M44.I • the Army at Fort Dix, New Jer- Lt, Ernest Riedel Jr., son of Mr.! isan Marcos, Tex. He has since re-l 1 Lieutenant Fahnestock, a B-241 Isey, in May, 1042. He came ovar- JEnieat Riedel of 202 G iff ord Place,! •turned to San Marcos after spend-! •liberator pilot and assistant oper-l iseas with the 84(!tli in August, [Teianepk, N. J., has arrived atl ling a 10-day leave (it the nome! iations officer although seriously 11042 and was engaged in airdrome George Field where he will receive [ •of his parents. 'I I wounded by flak, refused all medi- 1 • construction and other pre-inva-- training in Troop Car-1 I Lieutenant Jones, ft graduate ofl Ical attention or aid until the mis- Ision wo lie in the United Kingdom. grier tactics. ISdint AnastmJn School andTcaneokl Ision had been completed. I He landed in France June 28, 1914 IHleh School, entered the service! land took part in mine clearance This- training with the C-471 las an aviation cadet in June ofj las well as reconstruction work in Straus-tort plane will emphasise 8 Il943. Itho Normandy peninsula after tne ipreparations for glider towing, E I fall of Cherbourg. ' paratroop and parapack dropping*! The regiment rehabilitated build- Sand Troop Carrier formatiun fly-1 Private Frank W. Strickland, son I lings for the,Supreme Allied head- lot Teaneck Councilman and Mra.J I quarters on the Continent. It later 1 Arthur H. Strickland, was one ofl Lt. Riedel attended Columbia | I maintained 50 miles of roads on iUniversity and won his wing ati •lour Bergen bounty soldiers listed! i the historic Red Ball highway op- Iby the War Department today as! JHondo, Texas, on January 6, i.94S.| •wounded in action in the European! I crated by Gen. Plank's Advance- iArcj. private Strickland, presidend" 1 Section, and also cleared more than lot Teaneck High School's 1940 sen! 117,000 mines from the Paris area I;or class was also an Intermuraj Iwrefclling and boxing champ atj •Bucknell University.

NIXON GIVEN WINGS High School, class of 1942 and enJ Lieutenant Frederick Miller Nix- ter'ed the Naval Air orps in Janu-j |Lt. Arthur Miller Is ion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller F. ary of 194,3. He transferred to the I Nixon of 195 Shepard Avenue, Army Air Pcreea in Oct. 30. 1943.1 [WoundedJn Germany I West Englewood, recently received lhis commission and pilot's wings Lieutenant 'Nixon is Wtw spend-l First Lieutenant Arthur W. Mil-J I upon comnletion of single engnie ing a 10-day leave at the home oil lc.-, Jr., son of Mrs. Alice Miller,! I fighter pilot training at the Army his parents, at the conclusion ofl .101 ooper Avenue, Teaneck, 26-1 |Air Forces Advanced Flying which he will report back to Lukel Jiearold officer of .Infantry, was! I School, Luke Field, Arizona. Field to await further assignment.I 1 wounded in action November 21 inl He is a graduate of Teaneck ICJe'-irany and is, still being treated! Jat an Army hospital in France. Hoi IwraU his parents that he is unable! I to disclose the nature of hisl I wounds but that he is recovering! Now Navigator Jones Second lieutenant I slowly and expects to walk soon.I NIXON, Frederick Miller.'son oil | He has received the Purple Heart. [ Pvt, Grahamer Ends Basic I Mr. and Mra. Miller P. Nixon oil Lieutenant, John 31, Jones, Jr.,1 |l«B Shepard Avenue, West Engle-| A graduate of Teaaneck High I • son of Mr., and Mrs. J. M. Jones! Cap*. Ringe Convalescing •wood. • School, where he was manager ofl I of 302 Frances Street, Teaneck, re-1 Private Richard C. Grahamer,! ] . KABBEL, Richard, 20, son of Mr, I Jthe school's' 1938 football team,! jcently received his commission inj | son, of .Mrs. John Grahamer, of A'i$i |and Mrs. Hugo Kabbel of 10 Ter-J • Lieutenant Miller worked for the! I the Army Air Corps and liaviga-I w Street, Teaneek, has com- j Street, Bergenfield. • Wright Aeronautical Corporation I 8 tor's wings at San Marcos, Tex. I Jpleted basic training with an| fin Paterson before entering ser-[ I He has since returned -to SanI •Armored unti and is stationed • vice. He was inducted into the! I Marcos after spending- a 10-day I Jthe Armored Replacement Trai • Army prior to Pearl Harbor and! j leave at the home of his parents. ling Center at Fort Knox, Ky.j • was commissohed a secojjd lieuten-j (awaiting orders to combat duty, I ant upon being graduated from the) Lieutenant Jones, a graduate oil j Officers^ Candidate School at-Fort I Saint Apastasia School and Tea-J A surgeon, an architect, arid Pfc. Clifford Heath JBeninng," Ga, He had'-fiteen'•dyer-1 neck High School, . eiltered thel olitician disputed .which belongecli Pfc. Clifford J. Heath Jr., son ofl • seas 3 months when wounded. I service as an aviation cadet in| t the oldest profession. . 1 Mr. and Mrs. Heath of 255 Church-1 June of 1943. | ill Road, West Englewood, has I The surgeon claimed the dis- j Itfriction"; because: Eve was: madej I been awarded the Expert Infantry-1 Ifi-OTn. Adam's rib. : That, he I man Badge at Camp San Luis, I jtested, was surgery. . 1 Obispo, California, where he is sta- [ "But," ' said the architect, ."be-1 1 timed with the 86th "Black Hawk' Ifore the' advent of . Adam order;} I Infantry Division, •was made out of chaos. Thai' was I architecture." •' '', • ' '" ' . - : . "Admitted/1 said the p6Utician, j l"but who created the chaos?"- —L.:& N. Employes' Magazine, I S-Sgt. Everette Jones "Swede" Lindholm Two 1 I Returns From Pacific IT-Sgt Jane Kraft Wear" NEWPORT, Ark., Feb. 15.—Ms-1 Cornelius "Swede" Lindholm Jr.. j I Based The Marianas ma Staff Sergeant Everette Il.j Json of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius I |Meritorious Service Badge 1 [tindholm, of 1095 Alicia Avenue, I Tones, 23, veteran of nine months ! j West Englewoofl. a junior at Le-1 HEADQUARTERS, XXI BOM suvice in the South Pacific war! j high University, has been elected j HEADQUAKTEES, AAF SERV-f j EER COMMAND, GUAM - (De j Lheatei*, is now assigned as ang JICE COMMAND, Italy.—Technical! ! layed) - Two men from Teaneck I Aviation mechanic with the service I captain of the 1944 wrestling team I • Sergeant-Jane Kraft of the Wom-I Now Jersey are among: the groun II liiadron, Ett the large U. S. Ma-1 land will lead the Engineers into I Ion's Army Corps, daughter of Mi-.S I specialists of' a B-29 organizati ml i ne Corps Air Faculty near here. I lthe 41st annual Eastern Intercol-I land Mrs. C. Kraft, 600 Chestnut! 1 based in the Marianas who to I f He is the son of Mrs. C. H. Hal-1 jlegiate Wrestling Association! I Avenue, Teaneeic, New Jersey ami I 1 I championships to be held Feb. 9-| inn the unfnmiliai task of ai ba el I 1 Am, 764 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, j 110 at Lehigh. I formerly employed as a secretary! construction in addition to thtilf I N J., a n d enlisted in thef lin New York City, recently waal I regulnr duties, and who have C rps November 26, 1940. The I Ine of the most popular men onl I authorized to wear the Meritoriousl S the campus, Lindholm is undefeated I I Service insignia. Sceiveil a special commendatmli poith has served in Samoa, New! Jin dual competition todate, and oni ifrom Brigadier General H. S. Han T j Hebrides, New Caledonia, Guadal-1 I him Lehigh is pinning its hopes! The insignia is a gold wreath! J soil, Jr., Commanding Geneiil | J canal, the Fijis and New Zealand. (for an individual championship.I I badge worn on the right sleeve. Itl IXX? Boinbe:- Command. Tories holds the Presidential Unit I 1 Weighing 145 lbs., Lindholm hnsl 1 is similar in design to the Meri-f ICitition for the First Marine Airf I been competing in the 155-lb. brack-1 itorious Service plaque awarileil to I With thp aviation engineers ah I Wing, having been in combat on I Isorbed in the priority task of com I I et, but will drop back to his proper! Ilier WAC company for .its "super-1 I C u idalcanal from Oct. 9, to .Dec. I I division for the tourney. lira performance of duty" during J | pleting- the giant airstrip, ground! | the first six months of 1944. I I echelons were caller upon for th H I1 1942. Besides being an outstanding! | unusual assignment of building ad lie was wounded Nov. 13, I wrestler, Lindholm is a star soccer I For the past year and a half in I • ministrative and service facilitic L I when an enemy .shell exploded! land baseball player, and has won! •North Africa and Italy the com-1 J ne irby, and shrapnel entered bis j j his varsity award in all three! Ipany has handled communications f • as well as living quarters. "I nl •and vital supply information at I I whose regular jobs were those ofr I left leg and right foot. At lhe[ sports. As a forward on the soccei'I I time, Jones was at the Henderson! j team last fall he captained' the! Ithis huadquarters—control center! I clerk-typists, medical technician*. I I Field auxiliary air strip, and was I j B rown & White hooters and dux-ingl |for Air Service activity in the Med- f I truck drivers and chemical war-L I interestedly watching a dogfight I I the summer he was acting captain| llterranean Theater of Operations. I fare instructors, moved in on thai [between our planes ami enemy | j of the baseball team, thus making • area of battle w-eckage and, inj I ships. j him one of the few to captain! lless than 20-weeks, B-29 Supev-i It was a good fight, with Major 1 I three sports in the recent historyf Ifortresses were bombing Tokyo! I Joe Foss, .Marine air ace, taking! I of the University, Ifrom the completed Marianas base.1 la big hand. Twenty-one enemy I j BINGE . . KILLED IN ACTION "You carried on your official! 1 ships attacked, and all were I Captain Charles L. Ringe Jr. ofl Iwork with efficiency above thel I brought down by our fighters, says I 14112 Wmthiop Road, 1 i I lusual .under vugged conditions,"! I Jones. I flight surgeon with the Ariiiy Ail j IGeneral Hansell said. "In addition,! The Marines got a big laugh out I I Forces for 17 months in Al:i:;k:i •with hard labor, ingenuity, and a! I of finding papers on a downed Jap I land injured when his plin • •kind of stubborn will that typifies I I pilot indicating that Henderson I I crashed, is convalescing !U 111 •the spirit of American pioneering, I IFiold was in Japanese hands. J Valley Forge General Hospii:il iyou made with your own hands ai iiille. Pa. flplaee to live and a place to work, I lovercoming obstacles which werej •not foieseen." The Teaneck men are: . Ensign Joseph Borst Sergeant John M. Mayer whose Kenneth Joseph Borst, son of I Iwife, Mary, and mother, Mrs. I Ir. Michael J. Borst of !)74 Darion • Katherme Mayer, live on South I §Ter., Teaneck, N. J., was commis- ENDS TRAINING ijohn Street. Prior to entering the j sioned an Ensign in the Naval Re- Ise.viee in March,' 1941, he was em-1 I serve and designated a Naval I jyloyed by Englewood Hospital at I lAviator recently at the Naval Air j §Training Base, Pensacola, Florida, j lEnglewood, New Jersey. A brother,! I Philip, is serving with the Army in I Having completed his intermedi-1 late training at the "Annapolis of I | the European theatre. jthe Air," he will be ordered to I Technical Sergeant Bernard A.I iduty either at an instructor's j I Legacy whose parents, Mr. and I J school for further training or atj |M;S. Alexander J. Legacy, live at! j an operational base. 1119 Oakdene Avenue. He was grad-1 Prior to entering the Naval I 1 uated from high school in Wash-1 I service, Ens. Gorst attended Syra- j jeuse University for two years. I rhsl LieutenantDennistonAver-1 I burn,, Wisconsin in 1939, and en-1 1 ill ol Vng'lewood, husband of the I Itered th,e service in September F iJ'oiiiici' Dorothy Georgre of West! 11940t A brother,. Hubert, is servinf j IFire C'tralman Schomakerg nniJcwciod, was killefl in action Iwith the Army in the Europear Among those graduating from! lirc:cmhi;r JO in Belgium. MeuteK- I theatre. I .n[ Avi:rill, company commander j 1 an intensive course of Fire Con-1 I in ;m Armored Division of Patton's I trolman training at recent Great! I Ihinl Army, was a Teaneck HigM I Lakes Service Schools exercises! j School athlete and honor student. . I here was William P. Schoinaker, J I Besides his wile lie is survived, fey j 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. August J. I I liis mother, Mrs. Bess D. Averill I Schomaker, 1015 Warren Parkway, j I of Englcwood and a 7-mouth-old Mow Sgt. Dietrick J Teaneck, N. J. i son whom he never saw. Marine Sergeant Peter J. Diet- This Bluejacket was selected for! lick, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. I 1 his specialized: training on the basis I Eietrich, 190 Oakdene Ave., Tea-j I of his recruit training aptitude test 1 neck, N. J., has been promoted to I I scores. Graduates from the twenty I I Elizabeth Backer Seaman first ] that rank at El Toro, Marine specialized courses taught at the I Class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, I I Service Schools are sent to sea, to 9 I Arthur Backer of 56 Genesee Calif., where he is a mechanic in | I shore stations, or to advanced j I Avenue, West Englewooa, recent- a fighter squadron. I schools for further duty, lly completed training at Hunter I College ana Teachers College, Ceaar Falls, Iowa. A graduate Corp. Engel Graduates I of Teaneck High School, Seaman Corporal Ernest E. Engel, son of I 1 Backer will be teassigned after I Mr. and Mrs. Karl H. Engel, of! I a short lurlottgh at home. j 1310 Princeton Eoad, West Engle-1 I wood, has been graduated from the I 1 Army Air Forces Central Instruct-1 lors School at Laredo Army Air! IField, Laredo, Tex., and is now! I fully qualified to become an in-1 •n-W al a" Bi-iinl ei"!"1', IN SERVICE NEWS pTliXrTHabelS I Killed on IwoJima IREOIL BAYER I Air Medal For Bombing For operational flight missions I s The first Bergen County Marine I lOFTEANECKNOW I a lose his life in the battle of Iwol I in the Southwest Pacific with the | Jima was reported this week. I I1 I ^A-F-> Second Lieutenant ] He is Staff Sergeant Henry W.I M-thard T. Habel, son of Mrs FEDJMPLAIN k K. Hn,bel, 179 Johnson Ave- 1 Wolber of Teaneck, 24, husband of I n | Mrs. Kay Wolber, 78 Ayers Court, I I "•'• Teaneck, has been presented I I Teaneck, a member of a Marine! iFormer Methodist Pastor | lion took place at an advanced 13th I a Corps demolition squad, who, ac-l ] Assigned To Eagle Pass wtfi the Air Medal. The presenta- I cording to word received by his I 1 'liberator base in the Moluccas I wife, the former Kay Neumullerj Army Post In Texas J A bombardier on a B-24 Libera- 1 of Teaneck, died of wounds re-1 Itoi, Habel participated in Bomber 1 ceived February 23. Sergeant Wol- iHIS 3RD LOCATION JB,.1O1, (5th Group) strikes that I Sber, holder of a Presidential Cita-I Supported the Philippine liberation! Captain Emil Q. Bayer, former | toicea through heavy bombardment Mtion was a veteran of Guadalcanal, I jpastor of the Teaneck Methodist 1 8 Bougainville, Vella Levella and| loJ enemy supply and bivouac • Church, has been made Protestant I i -i!.is, and neutralization of air- 5 New Caladonia. *• . iChaplain of the Eagle Pass Arnly I Air Meld, Texas, it was announced J dromes, and the destruction off J The. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry I I today. l-fipuneae shipping. Overseas since | i W. Wolber Sr. of Utica, N. Y., Ser-I Captain Bayer served as chaplain I July of 1944, ho was flown strikes Igeant Wolber, prior to his enlist-1 1 at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., and I isunst targ-ets in pnlau, the 1 ment in the Marine Corps in Janu-1 J the San Antonio Aviation Cadet I < clches, and Borneo. I I Center before being sent to Eagle B ary, 1942, served a previous 4-year I I Lieutenant Habel entered the A.I | enlistment and spent 1 year in the I I Pass, Texas. A graduate of the Army Chap- | A 1- November, 1943. He attended! 1 Hawaiian Islands and three years I i Iain's School, Harvard University, laciial gunnery school at Tyndalll 1 at West Point, N. Y., attached to I I he won a B. A. degree from Welyan pield, Florida, and bombardierS the Military Police. For the 3 I College. His Bachelor of Divinity 1 schnol at Victorville, California j months he was out of service, be- • degree came from Drew University EMir. G BAYrS I fore he re-enlisted, he was em-J 1 where he also received an M. A. 1 ployed by the Bendix Aviation | I degree in theology. He entered the j Corporation in Teterboro I ministry in ,1920 and served as a I Seaman First Class in the last war. I guard. His death occured 2 years I His wife, Mrs. Eleanor Bayer, lives j and seven months to the day he and I at 122 Ayers Court, West EnglewooS, I Miss Neumuller were married. Skid" Johnson Graduates I ] Sergeant Wolber upon re-enter-" .Tones In Arkansas j ing service in 1943, was stationed . Marine Stalf Sergeant Everetfce I at Washington, but was later JR. Jones of Teaneek, veteran of nine ICa.ior Arnold E. (Skid) Johnson,! j transferred to the paratroops and I I months of service in the South Pa- Itlia Teaneck ace who earned the 1 trained at North Carolina. He was I jcific, has now been assigned as an I Aviation Mechanic with the service a Sliver Star in one hour of eombatL I overseas 14 months, having partiei- J I pquadron at Newport, Ark. ,** Ibatk in 1942, has been graduated! 9 pated in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Sergeant Jones participated in Ifiom the Command and General! 1 Villi-LaVilli, New Caledonia, and I battles in Guadalcanal, Samoa, New JSu.ff School at Fort LeavenworthJ 1 had been awarded the Presidential I I Hebrides, New Caledonia, the Fijis, llC.insas. I Citation, when he was sent back I land New Zealand. 3 to the United States to train with I He wears the Presidential Unit Johnson was a pilot in the lfltlii j the demolition . squad. He went j J Citation for the First Marine Air I Bombardment Group which pound-! I overseas again last July. 1 Wing, having been in combat on j cd Japanese air and naval bases! I Guadalcanal from October 9 to Dec. I in New Britain early in the war. Hel 113, 1942, the Purple Heart for I wounds received when an enemy himself accounted for 13 Jap! • shell exploded nearby and shrap- planes, a. submarine, a/cruiser, and! jnel entered his left leg and right tluee transports Besides the Silver! Lt. Erickson In France • foot. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. SLar, he wears the Uistingulsliedl |c. H. Halbohn of 764 Cedar Lane, ' 1'il/ng Cross, the Air Medal, the! Lieut. Albert J. Erickson, 26,. 1ius-| I Military Order of the Purple Heart,! j oand of Grace Bracker Erie^l anr' a four-citation Presidential! of 1081 Trafalgar Street, West I | sti earner, I Bnglewnod, is serving with a Cai-I airy Eeeonnaisance Squadron some-J "Major Johnson will be stationedj j where in France. at Las Vagas, Nevada. [Corp. Lloyd Kennedy Lieutenant. Enckson entered che| I service in July of 1942 and received I Arrives In England his commission in tne Cavalry .at] Fort Eiley, Kansas, in March otl Corporal Lloyd E. Kennedy, of! I Lt. Iglesias Is Given J 1943. He was stationed in. Kansas,] jWest Englewood has. arrived .at an! Lt. John E. Steawall Is Oak Leaf Cluster Award j Texas, Louisiana, and California (English Air base in Enslancl re-I 1 before going oversea0 in Febrtmryl Icently according to a letter re-! Decorated With Air Medal leeived by his parents Mr. and Mrs.i An Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air| I of last year with, a mechanized cav-1 I Medal has been awarded to Lieu-| 1 airy unit which arrived in France! IB. M. Kennedy of 443 MaitlandJ Lieutenant John E. Stenwall of I 1 |Avenue, West Englewood. j tenant Victor D. Iglesais for nieri-1 | shortly after IMDay. " , jWest Englewood has been decor-j j torious service in aerial flight I Corporal Kennedy, a radio-gun-| Jated with the, air Medal for sus-j Lientenant Erickson was wound-1 Jner on a Flying Fortress entered! 1 while serving with a P-51 Mustangj I tained operational flight ove: j fighter station in England. led while on reeonnaisance patro:j Jthe service in July, 1943. He is a| 1 enemy territory while serving witl J near"Brest. France on September 91 Igraduate of Teaneck High School! Lieutenant Iglesias has des-1 I the 15th Air Force in Italy. j troyed one Focke-Wulf 190 during I jwhen a sniper's bullet hit his car-1 land attended Radio Technicaj| Lieutenant Stenwall, a pilot on s nine, causing it to explode &nd ttrv-1 ISchool in New York City. [aerial combat. He received hisi 'ng steel fragments into his hip I JB-17 Flying Fortress, has partici-j I wings and commission: in January,! I and leg. He was flown to England I I pated in 19 combat missions over! 11944. He lives at 1268 Longfellow| I the sama day and hospitalized .lere I I enemy targets. He flew his first! I Avenue, West Eld j for several months. He rejoined I Isortie on Christmas Day when his! I his outfit in December and has been) • group bombed the Brux Oil Refin-I ] in combat since. |eries in Czechoslovakia. 1 He won his wings at Hondo! Lieutenant Ericlcson is a grada-1 S/Sgt Christensen I Field, Texas, in August, 1944; and! J Lt. McLauglin Awarded late, of Teaneck fflgli School and I • before entering, the service, he was! |Bergen Junior College. He is the| Staff Sergeant Arthur H.I I employed" by the traffic depart-I I Air Medal For Missions ' ' : l I Christensen of West Englewoodi I ment of the Curtiss Propeller Lieutenant James J. McLaughlin,! I recently returned from the E. T. O.l JCorp., Clifton. He is the son of Mr.| I veteran of more than 20 combat! I Theater of Operations, lias report-] land Mrs. John Stenwall of 59 Gar-1 I missions over German-held Europe,! Jed for, duty with, the Army Air • den Street. West Englewood. Hisl I was recently awarded the Airl I Forces Training- Command at •wife, Mrs. Blanche Irene StenwaUJ I Medal for, ".• . . meritorious! | Langley Fieia, Va. jlives at 1511 Poland Street, Shreve-f I achievement in earial flight." Lieu-I I Sergeant Christensen wears the port. La. I tenant McLaughlin is the son of! 1 Distinguished Flying Cross and tl.j 1 Tr. and Mrs. James P. McLaugh-S I Air Medal with three Oak Le.1' 1 j H'i, 858 Estes Avenue^ Teaneck. Hel • Clusters. He is the son of Mi. aivij I' stationed with the 15th • AirJ I Mrs. A. H. .Christensen of IS1 ll'Jrce In Italy. J •'•'•'[\ :,:';'•'' " ' j Tryon Avenue, West Enelewood. lore Laurels For Li Greco In Italy Teaneck Marine Isf Pasquale G. Greco, son of Mr.! |S-Sgt. T. Anderson! J and Mrsr Louis Greco of 186 Hill-1 Wounded at Iwo I side Avenue, Teaneck, is serving I 15TH AAP IN ITALY—Staff! I with an ordnance company of Pen- J Private Passantino, 23, a mem- 8 JSgt. T. C. Anderson, 25, of 283§ j insular Base Headquarters in Italy, \ bcroi the Fourth Marine Division, 8 [Pleasant Place, Teaneck, N. J., has! j service and supply organization for \ was wounded in the battle for Iwo I I been awarded the Bronze Star f I Ithe Fifth Army and for ground? Jima on February 26, his parents 3 r'nieritorious seVviee in direct sup-| I forces of the U. S. Army Air! have been notified. Recently they | jport of combat operations" [Forces and Navy in Italy. received a letter from their son f | with this .news. The citation further reads, "As! J Ordnance Section Chief of this! According- to his letter, he was] •squadron, his technical ability and! | just fine and as= well as ever, but I •leadership has been of outstanding I SAward Meritorious Plaque his biggest concern was for those I ||value to the organization. Arriv-1 | back home. Then he added, "Oh, I ling in this theater, Sgt. Anderson L [To Private Philip Lins before I forget, if you haven't re-1 • found that there were no shop I WITH THE DIXIE, DIVISION | ceived a telegram as yet you will 1 ifacilities to properly maintain the! JON MOEOTAI—(Special Release) ! in the near future telling you I was I iordnaneo equipment which was sol I—For outstanding devotion to duty j wounded, or words to that effect.! Isorely needed for successful combat I 9 in operating: supply dumps under j Don't pay too much attention to iti I operations. By his own initiative! Icomliat conditions, the 31st Man- I because it wasn't anything1 serious. 1 uSgt. Anderson set out to build an] Jtry Division Q M company of j A bullet went through my back and! I ordnance shop. Within a short time j I which Pfc. Philip Lins of Teaneck, j shoulder and came. out. So youj I the shop was completed and he was I IN. J., is a member has been f see it wasn't much . . ." 1 able to carry on the ordnance main- j I awarded the Meritorious Service I Jtenance work efficiently." JUnit Plaque. Lins, a supply man. { ' Private Passantino, a graduatel I has been overseas moi'e than aj of Teaneck High School, class of I Formerly employed at a Hobokenl I year, seeing action at Wakde- j '41, enlisted in the Marine Corps! I shipyard, Sgt. Anderson enlisted in I jSarmi and Morolui, in August 1942. At Teaneck High,I I the Army in April of 1041, and was j he was active in many school ac-| I graduated from the ordnance school [ tivities, but was outstanding in art I I at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds! work. He did a great many car-1 ] in Maryland. I toonsfor the school paper and also! drew many of the pictures for the I For the pasb 32 months the £er- •yeai book. He was also a member I I geant has been overseas serving I jAir Medal Presented To I of the V. F. W. Drum and -Bugle [ with the oldest heavy bombard-1 I Corps in Teaneck. ment group in the Mediterranean I J Mother Of Lt. Houghton Theater of Operations. The first I Plying Fortress group over Eu-j The Air Medal with two Oal:| I rope, this unit recently became tlie I I Leaf Clusters was recently pre-j first heavy bombardment group in I jsented to Mrs. Ethel D. Houghton! SS-Sgt. Harold ErotageGetsI the Army Air Forces to have down I I of 258 Schley Place, Teaneck, for! | 400 combat missions. jher son, Lieutenant Clyde A. I I Air Medal For Achievement! Sgt. Anderson has earned thel 1 Houghton, who has been reported J lEuropean-African-Middle East The-I missing in action. Staff Sergeant Harold L. Em-S 1 ater Ribbon with six battle partic-1 jtage, aerial gunner of Teaneck, has! j ipation stars and also wears the| • been awarded the Air Medal for! I Distinguished Unit Badge. I meritorious achievement while! I participating in aerial flights in I I the Southwest Pacific Area from! I August 28, 1944 to October 30 1 11944. i I Sergeant Emtage took part in I 1 sustained operational flight mis-1 Captain Hurrle Receives jsions during which hostile contact! I was probable and expected. Theaej Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster • flights included bombing missions! I against enemy bases and aided con-1 IB-17 Hying Portress "Lady Jsiderably in the recent success of I j Anne", Captain Robert P. Hnrrle I the Southwest Pacific Theater of I j son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hurrle, I Operations. I ] 80 Johnson Avenue, Teaneck, has 1 Sergeant Emtage, a graduate of I had A combat carrer of more than I Teaneck High School, has been I 25 missions. The 22-year-old fielr I overseas for the past 2 years and! I has been presented with his fifth I has been in the service for 3 years, i I Oak Leaf Cluster for achievement • He is the son of Mrs. Agnes E.! I during bombing attacks on Nazi • Knapp of 845 Williams Avenue,! military and industrial installa- • Teaneck. j tions. He s a member ofthe 94th i I Bombardment Group which was I cited by the President for bombing I the Muhlem'bau aircraft assembly I plant at Brunswick, Germany. . Captain Hurrle is a graduate of Teaneck High School. Before en- jHartmeyer in Finance Deptfl I listing in the Army Air Forces )n j August, 1942, he was employed us Walter A. Hartmeyer, husbano. I of the former Miss Marjorie TerJ i a bookkeeper for a chemical com- •nandez of 319 Crestview Placef I pany in New York. JTeanecfc, is stationed at Fort Ben-1 jjainin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind-J I where ha is with contract terminal I tion in the fiscal, section, of thd I Finance Department of the Infan-I jPvt. Von Spreckelson jtry. I Is Seriously Wounded He entered the service in May A,*, According to the word received! 11943. A graduate of Newton, L. I.J Jby Mr. and Mrs. Fred Von I • High School and Columbia irniver-I j Spreckelsen, of 174 West Street,! I sitjr, Mr. Hartmeyer was a Certi-f J West Englewood, their son, Private! If ted Public Accountant in New I Fred Von Spreckelsen Jr. was! |,Y