15', near Luzon, on the 15. To dates 2 have been officially reported} SKRABLE BOTS MEET IN HAWAII MM PF fit, I Last April, when the. lists of Mini iberatcd American prisoners in Uiel FOOTBALL STAR, 'hilipplnp*- wrip iclrasrd Mis | 'feller wrote to General MacArthurl Tor information. Her letter wast Jate.cl April 12 and MacArthur's an-1 j DIES AJPRISONER iwer was dated the 24th. The Gen- [ eral revealed that Pfeiter's name I was among' those who were trans- |V hoard Jap Prison Ship ferrcd to Japan, but said he did not! Being Transferred :now when he had been transferred I >r if he had reached his destination. I From Mindanao Bom In New York City, Corporal 'teller lived most of his life in itEPORT 942 LOST Ridgefield Park and Teaneck. He I ,vas graduated from Ridgefield Park High School in 1933, the year he was, I pnsoner of the Japanese smct selected as All-Slate and All-Coun-j J i. fall of Bataan Coipoial Rudj ty. At the Park high school he was! l.lfei of Teaneck, foimeilv o a! 4-year letterman In football ar.dt gefield Park who was All-Coun track. Ho played football under the! , All-State football tackle in 1833 1 .ate Carl Biggs, former Ridgefield j his hie while being liansfeiiec Park coach, and upon graduating m a pi ison camp in Mindanao ti »iis awarded a scholarship to Syra-j ian, it was learned heie today :;use University for hi.s athletic abil-1 hi 30-jeai soldier died last Decem ty. At Syracuse he was also a star I ii i 15 when the ship he was aboaid ^ xlu u,.tl--•-•^L, ,*. ,..• ,... - - 4 yeais J , i bombed and sunk in the Subicuckle and had letteis foi 4 jen gF f in both football and tiack 1'he Wai Depaitmrnt tplpgiam Upon being giadualed Horn ihe •tving them of thch «in death (Jnivei"

the An Coips bait, "basketbairand"was" on tiackl BOMBED IN STJBIC BAY and wiesUlng team, He won ai ^eeoiding to the lettei which foi- £Cholaiship foi his athletic ability! ved the Government telegiam, heanlj went to Foidham wheie he won! is one of 1618 pn&oners to bejnteimuial Swimming Champion-F • msfened from Camp Numbei S&blp honois L f1. Mindanao. The ship left Decem-1 Tiieu innthM was State Cham-[ 11 and was bombed in the 11. • n I • i i ' ' • '- IJ CORP. RICHARD ISkrables Writel lere Of Meeting] {While In Hawaii] Two of the six service sons off Bivlrs Grace Skrable, of 195 E. Oak-I idene Avenue, Teaneck, have wntteni Ithat they recently met in Hawaii t BThey were Corporal Richard Skra-j able, deft) who started from OarapT BLewis for Pacific service, stopprngl Soft en route, and Sergeant Edwardl I Skrable, who has been in the islands! I for 3 years of his S-year service withl ithe Army j Other Skrable boys serving iPfc !Prancis, In Germany, Sergeant! •Woodrow, now to Pennsylvania after! •African service; Pfc Harry, at F |DIX, and Pfc William, at Fort •after Alaska service,

CORPORAL RUDY PFEIF1SU VISITED FBIEND'S GRAVE Captain WildL i While on his Uth mission, Llru-L 'iRIBUR O'HARA, tenant, O'Hara; ran short of fuel and I had to head for Iwo Jlma. In a let-1 %<*ljeaA& Parad«* er to his parents, he told them oil visiting the grave of Corporal Ru-I aolph M. De Cahio, one of his Tea-I ^--Wror Teamed icck buddies. Both he and De-i Janio played on the high schooll reaneck's Independence Daji jaseball team. DeCanio, who was! vlth the Marines, lost his life ong ebration started yesterday withr [wo the beginning of this year. . I g raising ceremonies at all thel S-29 Pilot Shot Down Yeoman Geier was killed in ac-1 Colonel Edward J. Kroneke, I ;ht schools and continued with! Over Yokohama On turn May 27 in the Philippines. Ac-1 ! chaplain U. S. Army, of 958 Dar-1 3 athletic events and races ati lording to word received indirectly I | ien Terrace", Teaneck, is home e High School Athletic Field be-| His 17th Trip from one of his friends by Ills wife,! ining at 9 A. M. a 45-day furlough preparatory to I lie was shot by a sniper. He was 1>. I setting out for an unknown des-1 The parade started on schedule I < Yeoman Geier, son of Mrs. Annul 2:30 P. M. from Queen Annel TWO HERE KILLED Geier of Bogota, was graduated I tination. Last week ho addressed I >ad and Farrant Terrace, proceed-1 from Bogota High School in 10381 the convention of the Atlantic Dis-1 g north to Colonial Court and! First lieutenant Arthur P. O'Hara, and was formerly employed by thel trict of the Missouri Synod of the j en into Central Park for the of-1 itcher for the 1912 Teaneck High Royal Indemnity Insurance Com-1 Lutheran Church at Concordia I •jal observance ceremonies, be-g chool baseball team and letterman pany in New York. He enlisted in Oollejre, Bronxvile, and on Sunday I nning with the massing of thel l soccer, is missing in action over the Navy in December, 1841, or"q Igs led by Lt.-Richard Ferris of I | "okohama, it was reported here to- was called in March, the follov I was the guest speaker at. the | e Naval and Marine Cadets of g ay in a release from the War De- year. Sent overseas in June, 1942.1 I morning service at St. Paul's Lu-1 janeck. artment. He served in Newfoundland, Green-1 Jtheran Church, Teaneck. Captain Raymond W. Wild, A. A.j The 21-year-old airman, pilot of land and Iceland as an aviation I A veteran of the First World j , holder of the Purple Heart, Airf B-29 Superfortress, hud taken ordnanceman aboard a FBY but was I I War, Col. Kroneke was a National edal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and j art in 16 missions on .Japan's key grounded following a crash in Ncw-g Ities. He was on his nth when shot roundliind In August, 1942, He wasl ] Guard chaplain and inducted into I ,h'er decorations, was Honorary | f the Regular Army in 1940. Before j rand Marshal, and with Henry B.j own over the target. 'the only survivor and was hospital -1 Yeoman Second Class Theodore ized for more than a month. j entering- service, he was secretary I tersen, chairman of the PatrioticB lof the Metropolitan Lutheran In-| bservance Committee and Grand* lenry Geier of West Englewood and He returned to the States in Pcb-I :arshai, led the first division" ofF •irst Lieutenant Edward Vagoun of ruary 1944. and was sent to Call-1 3 ner Mission. He lias liv^d in Tea- ie parade, including the Teaneckf iarfield, were listed by the War jneck for the past IS years. 1 in March. He and Miss Gra-I olice Department, the Township 3 Department as killed in action in fried there in April. | Col. Kroneke has just returned] ouncil, Board of Education, servtol ffrom two years in the South Pa-1 en and women on furlough, dis-1 larged veterans, 10th Infantrjj Ing in that area. • Four other 1 cific, where, in his capacity as I jjeBiudS his wife and mother, Yeo-1 1 Chief of Chaplains, he flew more j F egiment and State Guard Unit' -_-,,en County men are reported man Geier is survived by his father, I I /ounded. Henry Geier and a sister, Mrs. Lynn I I than 100,000 miles and in two years I Lieutenant O'Hara has been miss- Merrick. He was formerly a mem-1 I has had only two days leave and! ' ng over Yokohama since May 29 ber of the Bogota Young Men-3 As- j 1 three for illness. Under his juris-1 • Staff Sergeant Harold P. Bergen, | i md according; to details received sociation. I diction at tie beginning of his ac-1 I tin of Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Ber-1 j >y his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- Itivities were 300 chaplains, thel 1 ,hur P. O'Hara, his ship was hit FAZIO MISSING SINCE MAX en, of 115 Cedar Lane, Teaneclc,! I number increasing until there I !• rrived home recently on a 30-day a I iver the target but he managed to Pfc Gns Fazio, a member of thel I urlough. A veteran of 22 missions [ 9 ly it to the coast of Japan before 132nd Infantry, has been missing I I were more than 1,000. 1 ver various European targets, Ber-1 ] laving to bail .out. • It is believed •iince May 15 on Cebu Island in thel 1 He told the audience that not! J ;en was a member of the Fifteentt i j ;hat all of the crew got out and a Philippines. No details have been I1 I before but after the battles the 1 "I iomber Command stationed at Fog-I | tighter pilot was seen escorting JCJ.I.s crowd the chapels giving I lihem down to protect them from •eceived. , I j ;ia, Italy. He was waist gunner on i f In the Army over two years, Pri-| I evidence that their religion is deep I I 'lying Fortress and was the re- I straffing by Jap pilots. The letter vatc Fanio has served 20 months! land lasting. The chanlains in his! 3 jipient of the Air Medal, Oak Lea ivith these details was from Lieu- Etenant O'Hara's chaplain who gave overseas and has seen action onj icon\mand averaged 29 to 31 ser-i I Clusters, and five Battle Stars. Afte Guam, Fiji Islands, Bougainville,I [vices a month and over the week-1 I his furlough, Sergeant Bergen wi Jihe parents every hope their son New Caledonia and was in on thel i report to Camp Davis, N, C, fo s a prisoner. mopping up on Guadalcanal. He I jo nd hold as maiiy,as 12 services.I IFo said that four to five chaplains j I further duty with the Army Ai H Lieutenant O'Hara, a graduate of was recently awarded the Infantryl •reaneck High School, class '42, en- Combat Badge. I la month, during the campaign off ilisted in the Army Air Corps while Second Lieutenant John N. Kane, | 13943, -were sent home because ofl Bi, sophomore at Dartmouth College 24-year-old infantryman with the! Ibattlo fafimio. flhnd received his commission at 77th Division, was wounded May 141 KStuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas on Okinawa. His aunt, Mrs. Mary I I PFC Horace Spero Receive Sin March, 1944. Greenfield has received word from I ( him that he suffered shrapnel! Bronze Star Medal In Italv \ I wounds of his chest and is now be-J lnsr hospitalized somewhere in thel 1 WITH THE FIFTH ARM Pacific. In his letter he said he was lucky to be alive. . • . 1 ITALY—Private Frst Class Hora Lieutenant Kane, a graduate ofl ! M. Spero, Teaenclc, New Jers< Holy Trinity High School, enlisted! Pfc. Vincent Kelly Home in the Army four years ago and has I I recently was. awarded the Broru-ti S-2C Fred Hohensee been overseas a year arid a half. Be-1 I Star Medal for heroic achievement| sides Okinawa he has been in ae-1 PPC Vincent L. Kelly, 298 j I Morningside Terrace, Teaneck, 1 Frederick W. Hohensee, yeoman, I tion on Leyte and Guam and holds! I in actio-n in Italy. the Purple Heart, the Infantryl 1 N. J., a member of the Headcjuar- j S second class, USNR, o£ West En-j Combat Badge and was just re-I . He served on the Fifth ArmyJ Iglewood, N. J., celebrated his Mstl I ten, staff of . General , Courtney! front in the 168th "Rainbow" Regi- cently commissioned on the battle-1 j Hodges' First United States I birthday recently aboard a restroyerl field. j ment, 34th "Bed Bull" Division. 1 escort in tlje Atlantic. He entered I I Army, returned to the United I His mother, Mrs. William SperoJ I the Navy in February, 1943, and re-1 I States from Germany fo. 3C days j I lives at 420 Glenwood Avenue,| j eeiyed his recruit training at the I lof rest ar.d recuperation before! Teaneck. j Naval Training Station, Newport,! J returning to duty with the Army! I R. I. Besides his duties as engin-1 I that is preparing for operations! I ear's yeoman, Hohsnsee stands I jin the Pacific theatre. I j watch on the depth charges. He sil Headquarters personnel of First I 1 authorized to wear the Americanl I Army arrived in New York on! 1 Theater and the European-African-1 I June 3, j-as\ three days before the! [Skrable Brothers Write I Middle Eastern Theater ribbons. I anniversarj of D-day, in which! 101 Meeting in Hawaii He is married o Met formerl I the First Army played a major I J Nancy Aiken, 510 Cumberland ave.,| J part, being the first onto the! Two of the six service sons of I J Teaneck, N. J. He is the son of Mrs.J j beaches of Normandy. The First! I Mrs Grace Skrable of 195 East I J Army, which was commanded byf I Lillian Hohensee, 3.7 West Engle-| [General Omar Bradley for the! lOakdene Avenue, Teaneck, have! I wood ave., West Englewood. J written that they recently, met ing I invasion and for the St. Lo break-j j Hawaii. They were Cpl. Richardl Before entering the Navy, Hohen- Ithroughi was also first inot Paris, I Skrab'e who started from Camp I jsee was employed by the Wrightl J first into Germany, first across! Lewis for Pacific service, stopping! a Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, N. J. • the Rine river, first to nieet tliei off en route, anc Sgt. Edward I 1 He is a graduate of the Teaneokj IRussianSj and is the first amyj Skrable, who has been in the Is-1 I High School. Jto be transferred from the! J lands for three years of his 5-year J I European theatre to the Pacific." 1 service with the Army. Other Skrable boys serving H Pfc. Francis, in Germany; S1 Woodrow, now in Pennsylva .. i { after African service; Pfc. Har at Fort Di*, and Pfc. William Tli-B- afteT Alaskan.service. CLASS'S T SET Sheets Hornr Sgt. James B. Hoover Is I After Much Aci'on ! In U. S. Hospital In France I NowS/SgtEIting Lieutenflnt, Chester V. Sheets, i |of Mr. and Mrs, Ward Sheets, n' WITH A 12THTAF B-25i MIT- Qrayson Pla.cn, Teaneck, ar- THE 127th GENERAL HOSPI-I ICHELL GROUP IN ITALY-1 Hrlved home yesterday on a, 30-dn 1 TAL, FRANCE—Sergeant Tames I I Final Allied victory in Italy I •furlough, following Ms recent r" • E. Hoover, 25. son of Mr. find Mrs. I fturn from Germany. I brought with it an a^itio 1 1 | J. B. Hoover. 10G Circle Drive. Tea- I Ihonor to Richard J. Elting Kntering the service in Febnia . ., £ j neclc. New Jersey, now participat-I 3lB42, Lieutenant Sheets was com- 1 jj inp; in the reconditioning nrog-ram I • Teaneck, N. J., who was promoted •missioned in Field Artillery on JvH' I to the grade of Staff Sergeant. I «2S, 1942. Assigned to the 36th (Te\- j of this hospital tells of Iris battle! jjas) Division, he went overseas i I experiences from the invasion of I A radio operator and gunner in | jjApril 1943 and was wounded | Sicily to the final drive on Germany. I I his squadron of the 340th B-25 BNorth Africa in August of the san ' I Mitchell bomb group on an Adria- j gyear, "As radio op'ei'ator for the 44t I J tic sector of Italy, Sergeant Eltini, 1 Returned to this country foil I Anti-aircraft Artillery battalion, II I left for service oveseas in March. • treatment of shrapnel wounds of the! I think the toughest job we had as 11945, and has served three month1' Ileg and arm, he requested rRturnj Jat Anzio," Sgt. Hoover said. "Tlieyj I with his unit. His bomber squad- I to active duty and was sent tog (were four of the toughest months I I ron was one of the busiest units in •France in September 1844, He went! jl have ever encountered and therti iinto action again with the Ninthl I the 12th Air Force during the | lArroy, participating in the BatUpl j the Nazi had plenty of punch. The! J final April offensive and effec- jof the Bulge and the following cam-I |strain was continuous and only let! j tively aided* ground troops in I ipalgns in Belgium and Germany. I |up when the fight was finished." S forcing an early surrender. I Transferred to the SWDth Field! I The radioman trained at Scott j •Artillery with the First Army, hp| „ Sgt. Hoover entered the Army in I I Field, 111,, radio school and at I Hwas wounded by shrapnel on MarchB SJuly, 1942, receiving basic training! S31, while acting as forward observeil Sat Camp Stewart, Georgia. He ar-l 1 Yuraa, Ariz, gunnery, school be- •for his battery. Before his return! I rived overseas in June, 1948, to take! I fore coming overseas. His parent© I to this country, he was awarded thrl apart in the invasion of Sicily raj I Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Elting, live at •Bronze Star for meritorious serv-r 165 Palmer Ave., Teaneck. Before j Ensign Eugene V. Tidwell of I lice and the Purple Heart. I a July. He has been in five campaigns! I entering the Army Sergeant Elt- I West Englewood was graduated • including the invasion of Southern I this week-end as top man in his j At the end of his furlough, hrj J France. He has' been awarded the! iirig was a student at Teaneck twill report to Camp San Luis Obi--| I High School f om which he w is j class at the Navy's school for I jpo,,,Califomia for further training | 1 Bronze Star Medal, the Silver trtarf I graduated in February, 1943. primary flight instructors at New I jjj Medal and the Croix de Guerre. Orleans, La. Ensipi Tidwell was presented! %gi. Donoghne Back Before induction he was an em-1 a certificate as a qualified flight § IWith Timberwolvcs gployee of the Teaneck Post Office.! instructor by Commander Charles S Sergeant Blclmrd Donoghue, snnl T. Fitzgerald, school commanding B •of Mr. and Mrs. Richard DonoghUP,! officer, who stated: "Through his I iof 157 Sherman Avenue, Teaneck, isi | fine performance here, Ensig-a Tid- I Ihome on a furlough. While flghtlngl well won highest honors in his I Iwith the Timberwolf Division, hei class. He now has the important j • participated in the French, Belgian I I S-Sgt. Herzig Has taslc of training1 the Navy's f«- [ gDutch and German campaigns, and! RECEIVES AWAR1 I ture combat pilois. We are con- j awarded the combat»infantry§ ] Many Army Honorl I fident he wilt do that job well. badge and Purple Heart. Ensign Tidwell is the son of E The 104th CTimberwolf) Division! I Mr. and Mrs. Harry tidtvdlh of I ..as the first to, travel directly from! Staff Sergeant Jack A. Herzig, I 69 Harriet Avenue, West Engle- I ithe United States to Prance. A little! json of Mrs. Olivia Beetha, of Un-j wood. He is a graduate of Dwight j •more than a month aiter landinfj | ion, formerly of Teaneck, is serving I I Morrow High School and was em- f ithe Timberwolves, commanded bvi j with the 503rd Parachute Regiment | I Four Other Soldiers Gel] I ployed by the Aluminum Company 1 IMaior General Terry Allen, wentl J in the Philippine Islands. Honors For Activity I of Edgewater before he entered •into the linn. and. remained in coin-| In Battle j the service. He will be assigned to •bat for over 6 months. In a cam-1 , * A graduate of Teaneck High I S the Naval Air Station, Glen- ipaign that was featured by continu-1 j School, class of 1939, Sergeant Her-1 I V V1I. loiis night attacks, the. division drove 1 £ zig enlisted in Company B, 104th IKIRCHHOFP HURT •through the industrial area, push-1 ! Engineers, of the New jersey Na-1 as ahead to take Cologne. I S tional Guard Feb. 16, 1939. When An infantry company, late lasi The Timberwolf Division which I J the Natipnal Guard was federal- | April, worked its way in darknesJ as never given an inch of ground,! I through enemy-held territory nea: _j in the United States now. While! I ized in September, 1940, he went to SLauterburg, Germany, surprised here, combat veterans will be giv-j I Fort Dix for training and was I I German artillery battery and cap-4 It. John Calligan Awarded en furloughs and then will begin I j transferred to Company E, 194th I Jtured all weapons as well as perl training to prepare them for further 1 j Engineers at Mitchel Field, L. I., I [sonnel totalling 386 members of th<| f Air Medal As Bombardier battles in the Pacific against; the I | Jan. 2, 1942 I Wehrmacht. Leader of the coml j He applied for parachute duty, I Jpany, First Lieutenant William A| TWENTIETH AIR FORCE, PA-I land June 1, 1942, was sent to Fort j IKirehhofi, son of Mrs. Wlllianl ICIFIC HEADQUARTERS — Soc-I j Benning, Georgia, for training. He j iKirchhoff, 130 Griggs Avenue, Teaj jond Lieutenant John J. Calligan, of j j neck, has been awarded the Bronzi J Teaneck, New -Jersey, bombardier! 9 received additional training at Fort | I Star for his part in the action. j Bragg, North Carolina, and on Oct. I I of a B-29 Superfortress has been! Twice wounded at Nuremburgl I awarded the Air Medal at a XXII [C. P-M Mate Albert Hirt i 20, 1942, went overseas with the I •Lieutenant Kirchhoff holdsthe Puif • 503rd Parachute Regiment. I Jple Heart with Oak Leaf Clusfce: J Bomber Command base on Tinian.i jSomewhere In Marianas 1 He holds the Purple Heart, al land the Silver Star Medal as well aj He received the award for "rneri-f Jtorious achievement" in Super- I Presidential Unit Citation, the! I Us newest decoration. SOMEWHERE IN THE MARI-S I Paratrooper's Badge, Combat In-1 He entered the Army four and jfortress low altitude , incendiary j jfantry Badge, the Philippine Lib-1 J one-half years ago, went oversea 1 Jraids against Japan. lANAS—Chief Pharmacist's Mate! I eration Ribbon with an arrowhead I •last January and now lays claim tq His mother, Mrs. Minnie Galli-I I Albert Hirt, 34, TJSNR, of Tea-1 J106 service points. gan, lives at 420 Beverly Road, j land two stars; the Asiatic Pacific J A graduate of Teaneck Higrj I neck, K. J., is with' the Navy's, j I Ribbon with an arrowhead and! •School, he atteiided Bergen Colle; JTeaneck. I medical I'esaarch unit, studying j a star; and the American Defense I land Donovan's Bu I tropical diseases in the forvraid| I and; Good Conduct Ribbons. I I areas. j Sergeant Herzig received a let-j J ter of commendation for destroying! The unit covers 24 acres of what I la Japanese machinegun nest inl 1 was dense jungle. Officers 'and [ I Dutch New Guinea July 10, 1944.1 I men of the unit eontribnted mos,t I He formerly lived at 1077 Belief S-Sgt. Horbatuck j of the labor that went into the | lAvanue, Teaneck, and waB employ-j I erection of the buildmgs. led as draftsman at the White Con-I Staff Sergeant. Stephan J. Hor Signalman Francis Scott Istruction , Company, New York| 1 batuck of 203 Fort Lee Road, Tea Hirt, a pharmacist before he en-1 •prior to entering service. i neck, recently passed through an I Ichatiod Francis Scott, 21, signal. I I tered the sex-vice in 1942, is a, I JAir Service Command in England] jman, third class, USNR, of 272 j graduate of Rutgers University j J en route to a well earned rest after I 1 Edisemont Terrace. Teaneek, N. J., J | Seh&ol of Pharmacy. 135 missions as a mechanic on a j Hirt is the son of Mrs. A. Hirt I |B-17 Flying Fortress. I is completing two years' service I Latest Draft Call 1 aboard a destroyer escourt in th« j I of 88 Maple Street, Teaneck. AI Before his return to the States 1 I Atlantic Fleet. Asa member of the brother, 1st Lt. Julian Hirt, is in | Registrants inducted into the J j Sergeant Horbatuck was awarded I the Army. aed Forces from Local Board 1 9 the Distinguished Flying Cross, [ Isingal gang, hs is one of the eyes f jNo. 6, Teaneck, N. J., on June 1,1 I the Air Medal with three oak-leal j of his ship. Jl945: Samuel S. Paquin, Jr., 257 1 I clusters, and a bronze battle s-tar. I jCherry Lane, Teaneck, N. J.; Richard C. Ebel, 265 Highwood [Street, Teaneck, N. J.; Arne O. I jAndreasson, 244 East Forest Ave,, j IWest Englewood, N. J. M mill ON I SHIP* Lt. Warren Ciark Given They weie among the 11,000 vel-! ILocal Sailor Hero ;rans of Eiuopean combat to ai-l Of USS Franklin I Air Medal For Missions jiive at New York Poit of Embar-| AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE) kation Points yesterday aboard tin John P. Sipila, fireman, firsts I FIGHTER STATION — The Air I aeimttage, the Hawaiian ShipnriJ I class, son of Agnes Sipila, 2421 Medal has been awarded to 2nd I ilhe Sea Pike, and the Tristum Dal-| I Hemlock terrace, Tenneck, N. J., I Lieutenant Warren A. Clark of I :on. I 1 was one of the heroes aboard "Big I Teaneck, N, J., is was announced 1 One of the men who did morel | Ben" the new famous carrier U.S.S. I recently at his Eighth Fighter. I Ithan his shaie of adding to Inpg S FRANKLIN whose miraculous sur-l IPourth's glory'was First Lieuteiunie 1 vival of an aerial bombing in the I Command base. The medal was I Jwilliam J. Baron) Jr., of 1295'Pen-I 1 presented to Lt. Clark for excel)-1 •nirigton Road, West Englewood] 1 Pacific has become one of the most I I tional meritorious service in ac-1 lstill wearing his O. D.'s and perspli-l j dramatic sea stories of the war. I I complishing numerous operational I ling In-the'heat of tt July afternoon L j The ship which the Japanese! I missions the Wehrmacht. Twho modestly admitted that he hani j boasted they had sunk now is safe-1 |been awarded a "Silver Star lastf | ly back in New York. j The 22-year-okf fighter pilot, a[ nbnth for gallantry in action. 1 The FRANKLIN was operating I j member of the 361st P-51 Mustang I Lieutenant Baroni, who foiiRhll I GO milos off Japan with a fasti Fighter Group, participated on I .with the 42nd Field Artillery Bai-i I carrier task force on the morning j dive-bombing, sstrai'ing and bomb-1 Jtalion Sn Ardennes, the RhinelandJ •arid Central Germany . since join-j I of March 19.- Many of her planes I 1 er escort missions, spear-heading 1 I were on deck, loaded with bombs,! j the Allied advances, in Germany. ling the outfit last'January, vouin-g Iteered one day as forward ob-| • rockets and machine-gun ammu-l He is the son of Mrs. Mary B.l •server for a combat patrol of hevrnj Inition, preparing to take off. f j Clark of 93 East Lawn Drive, | imen. The seven soon found tlem-l 1 It was at this, her most vulner-l •selves.surrounded by approximately! LT. WALTER D. FAEr.FSTOCK.| Teaneck, N. J. 1300 Germans who hastened to! I able moment, that a Jap dive-1 •launch a counter-attack.' , run over Vienna when, with tnrd I bomber streaked down out of thel I The West Englewood man deter-1 engines shot, out by enemy lighted I clouds and released two 500-iiound| NowA/FCBruceTalbot •mined that the Jerries were 201 planes, he kept the plane aloftl 3 bombs. Within a minute the bombs! iyards beyond his own position! •completed the mission and fough',1 j had started a train of fires and! Recently graduated with honors! ^radioed back instructions to his out-l Ihis way back to base on the twrf I explosion which for hours soared! I from the U.S. Naval Hospital I Jfit to fire its artillery (it that dis-i •remaining engines. Incidentally, ncj I and shattered the carrier's frame \ Stance, which meant that he would! Coi'ps School, San Diego, Calif., j lone was wounded on that trip. Resulting fires were fed by thou- Bruce R. Talbot, 18, of Teaneck, I •be under his own fire., Baroni wasl During another bomb run over! I sands of gallons of aviation gas-1 N. J., has been promoted to Hos-1 Iwounded In the action,, but thel |the Ploesti region, one of the most! pital Apprentice First Class, the I (counterattack."was'stopped and the! heavily guarded of all Axis targets,! I oliue. I Eleventh Naval District revealed [ Lieutenant Fahnestock saw the mis-| In this dark hour, when it seemed! Jsion through again, this time byj 1 the FRANKLIN- must be abiin-i | today. nanaging to extinguish a fire inf j doned her crew wrote one of the! The son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman 1 he bomb bay. An oak leaf cluslei I • brightest chapters in the long his-1 equivalent to another D. P. C, wa<,[ 1 toi'y of Naval herosim at sea. Witlii I W. Talbot, of 3 Dohrman Avenue, I ladded to his list of decorations. 'Teaneck, N. J., Corpsman Talbotl His other decorations include the| I 341 shipmates killed, 431 missing,! wag a student at Teaneck High! The latest decoration was given! JAir Medal with three oak leaf clu Sand 300 wounded, those who •werel School and a .call man for the Tea- i __jrgeant Beugger, radio operator onj liters, presidential unit citation with! neck Fire Department prior to his I •craft of the 437th Carrier Groupf lone cluster, and campaign ribboiiEJ enlistment in the Navy in January | Ifor meritorious achievement whil< Ifor American and European theater; I with three battle stars. | 1944. •participating in aerial flights fro: •January 1 to March 31 of this year! Dumont High School graduate,! Talbot has been assigned to duty I 1 As a combat crew member, Ser-1 JLieutenant Fahnestoclt was em-i lit. Chester Sheets Home I at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Dub-| Igeant Beugger flew on missionsf •ployed by the Bendix Aviation Cor-1 Ilin, Ga. •which supplied the Allied forces! iporation before entering the A. A, T.i [After Action In Europe •then advancing into Germany and| . 1941. He received his commission! levacuated casualties. second lieutenant at George! Lieutenant Chester W. Sheets,! Field, 111., and was overseas JorJ Attached to the 395th Infantry! |nine and one-half months. I son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Sheets,, g Jof 239 Grayson Place, Teaneck, ar- iRegiment, 9th Division, T/5 Mc-I First Lieutenant, Walter D| [Pfc. Owne McGuire Is irived home yesterday on a 30-day I jOann is serving with the Army ofj IPahnestock, West Englewood pilot! 1 I Given Purple Heart •Occupation in Germany. • who gained fame with the 15th Airi • furlough, following his recent re-| His two brothers and sister also! •Force in Italy where he flew a B-241 ] turn from Germany. ire in the Army. First Lieutenant j I bomber and was assistant opera-r Entering the service in February! WITH THE 33rd DIVISION OK Ijohn McCann is Troop Movement! Itions officer of his group, now lsl |l!H2, Lieutenant Sheets was com-1 j LUZON:—Pfc. Owen T. MeGuireJ Dfflcer with the Infantry Replace-! • back at his home, 17 Tryon Avenue,! [missioned in Field Artillery on July I j brother of Mrs. Nellie MdLaughlehJ iment Training Center, Campr Ion a two-month terminal leave foI-[ heeler, Ga. First Lieutenant! 128, 1942. Assigned to the Sflthl 1856 Esther Ave., Teaneck, N. J.J flowing which, he will be retired f ] (Texas) Division, lie went overeeasi I has been presented with America's I I James McCann, A. A. P., is Post! I the active list. He has numero Training Officer at an Army Trans- I decorations. Jin April 1943 and was wounded in I I Oldest Military Decoration, the I port Command Base in India. I | North Africa in August of the same I I Purple Heart, for wounds received I Lieutenant Fahnestock was as-j Their sister, Miss Agnes H. Mc-I Isigned to a number of raids on the! I while fighting the Japanese in I Sana, is an Assistant Badio Engi-j I Ploesti oil fields of Romania,, over" Returned to this country for! 1 Northern Luzon with the 130th In-1 with the D. S. Army Signal| I which he was wounded last Augu Corps. j treatment of shrapnel wounds of I jfantry of the 33rd Division,! • while on his 31st mission. On this I the leg and arm, he requested re-1 I veteran of three Pacific Cam-] Iraid he was hit in both legs and in I turn to- active duty and was sent tol paigns. •the right arm. His oxygen mas' j France in September 1944. He -uent I |was knocked off by Hal: at 28,00' |feet, but he still refused help until! j into action again with the Ninth j he mission was completed and he j I Army, participating in the Battlo res flown back to base by his co-| J of the Bulge and the following cam-1 bllot. As a result of this action, hej j paigns in Belgium and Germany. Latest Draft List was awarded the Silver Star and| Transferred to the 939th Field I ithe Purple Heart. I Artillery with the First Army, he I Registrants Inducted into thq JLt. Frank Klimm Given I, A Distinguished Flying Cross was! 1 was wounded by shrapnel on March j • Armed forces from Local Boarti lawardeel the lieutenant, for a bombj I No. 6, Teaneck, N. J., on July 2\ | Distinguished Unit Badge 11945 T Joseph Henry Cavaliere, 37 Sack-L AN EIGHTH AIH FOECBJ I ville St., West Englewood, N. J.J iFIGHTER STATION, ENGLAND! J George Kevin Gregory, 375 War-i 1-^.Ths S56th Fighter Group ..ora-l Ensign Tidwell Top Man [wick Ave., West Englewood, N. J.J gmanded by Calonel Philip E. Tukey, j • John Johnston Weir Jr., 2S6r I Jr., of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, has! |At Air Instructor's School! I Frances St., Teaneck, N. J.; Ray-L ibeen awarded a Distinguished Unit! jmond Jean Widman, 878 Red Road I jCitation for "extraordinary hero-1 Ensign Eugene V. Tidwell of jTeaneek, N. J.; Alfred Angelol lism, determination, and esprit del I West Englewood was graduated iMangini, 70 Himilton Ave, Du-I IcorpS' In action against an enemy I I this week-end as top man in his I jmont, N. J.; Frank Joseph RestlsJ jof the United States on IT, 18, and| I class at the Navy's school for I • Jr., 563 Cumberland Ave., Teaneek I |23 September 1944." I primary flight instructors at New j IN. J.; William P. Brockmeier, 431 ] Orleans, La. •Franklin Road, West Englewood, I Ensign Tidwell was presented a I IN. J; Minor L. Bishop, 1361 Dick-1 I certificate as a qualified flight in-1 Terson Road, Teaneck. Jstructor by Commander Charles T.j • Fitzgerald, school commanding of-1 iftcer, who stated: 'Through his fine I Iperfoi'mance here, Ensign Tidwollj I won highest honors in his class, j h A I Former H. S. Siar Sgt. Hugh, W. Englewood, -jfjftj Enjoys The "Post"! Missing In'Action Becomes European Produce} A telephone call the first thing! [onday morning which made the! I Bergen County G. I. Produces Musical With Comcdj eaneck Post staff happy, was! The War Department annount. That Draws Laughs From 50,000 Spectators ram Charles Muller of 285 Hick-I I this week that another athletic] cy Street, Teaneck, saying that! I star of Teaneck High School was! Section 8, m G. I. lingo, generally refers to persons who 5 and his wife had just receivedf I missing in action over Yokohama,! Bre mentally unstable, hut for the 50,000 seivice men and! letter from their son, Staff Ser-I I First Lieutenant Arthur P. O'Hara I I [women in the E T O. who have seen the musical revue off 3ant Henry H. Mulle:1, askingj I Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P.I jfchat name produced and directed by Seigeant Edwin C. Hugh! im to be sure to notify the 1 O'Hara of 217 Grayson Place. He 1 pf West Englewood, veteian Bioadway actoi, Section 8 has" f the change in his address sol I was- catcher for the 1942 High? lat he would continue receiving I School baseball squad and letter- I come to mean an evening of hilarious entertainment ie paper which he enjoys veryj 1 man in soccer. I FEATURES SANDLER * ~ ~~ iuch. , The 21-year-ald airman, pilot of j And Sergeant Hugh, once seen on I a B-29 Superfortress, had taken [ Broadway in "Counselloi At Law" Staff Sergeant Muller has beenl and "The Moon Is Down", has es- i the army for three years, 271 I part in 16 missions on Japan's key I tablished for himself a leputation .ontha of which have been spent! § cities. He was on' his 17th when J as a, popular comedian in panto- rerseas. In this letter, dated June! I shot down over the target. | mime. 3th, he writes that his work off 1 Lieutenant O'Hara has been 1 Among the foimei piofesj, onalt, ,te has been repairing the planes| I missing over Yokohama since May I assembled by Hugh foi the c«t of hich had accomplished the bomb-i I 29 and according to details received j Section S are Sammy Sandlc, (01- J by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- I for pianist and anangei (or Del ig of Germany and hastened the! Courtney's Band; Patty Caidaielli, ringing of V-E Day. I Ithur P. O'Hara his ship was hit I who used to trumpet, with Oiin Last August, Staff Sergeant! 1 over the target but he managed to Tucker; Howard Stiawnei, known luller was cited for the excep-| I fly it to the coast of Japan before professionally as Lauy Howaid, onally speedy repair of certain! I having to hail out. It is believed vocalizer with. Hoiace Heidts Biig- lanes which were very important! I that all of the crew got out and a sidlers; and Tony De Vuono, acio- 1 fighter pilot was seen escorting j batic dancer, who wai, loimeily ) the war effort at that time. I jwitli the Vanderbilt Boys. S/Sgt. Muller is a graduate oil I them down to protect them from 1 I straffing by Jap pilots. The letter j The personnel of the unit 15 eaneck High School, and al-J among the, 200 former piofessional lough he says nothing in Ms 1 I with these details was from Lieu- i entertainers' selected by Giound itter about coming home, his par- E I tenant O'Hara's chaplain who gave I Force Reinforcement, Command its are hoping that he may be I I the parents every hope their son [ officers from among those bailed ranted a furlough snice he has! I is a prisoner. [from combat due to wai injunes ot been home in almost threel or maladies. The 200 was split up I Lieutenant O'Hara, a graduate I into traveling units and G F R C ears. I J of Teaneck High School, class *42, men soon found that the "fiont- His present address, in case any! 1 enlisted, in the Army Air Corps 3ine U. S. O.'s," as they came to be E his buddies should want to write I 1 while a sophomore at Dartmouth known, had solved a major Aimy im is: Staff Sg-t. Henry H. Mul-I 1 College and received his commis- j problem, T 32388231, 898 Air Engineer I J sion at Struttgart Army Air Field, I Delinquency rates among the men hGT FnWTN C. HUGH quadron, APO 149, c/o Post-J | Arkansas, in March, 1944. I housed by Q. F. R. C—leinfoice- iaster, New York, N. Y. | While on his 11th mission, Lieu- ments goingg g to all gioung d forcees noting this the Section 8 unit andl 1 tenant O'Hara ran short of fuelj as well as hospital returnees await- othel units weie organised to playf I and had to head for Iwo Jima. In a I ing to rejoin their units—were ris- two and thiee-a-day peifoimancesj ing at an alarming rate despite ef- thioughout the vaiious faections ofj I letter to'hisparents, he told them! forts to keep the men i ,lhe Command I of visiting the grave of Corporal! Sergeant Hugh's unit played J Rudolph M. Do Canio, one of his I Ittuough Ranee, Belgium, Luxem-I I Teaneck buddies. Both he and De-I Ihouig, Holland, and Gennany. I t. Donoghue Home* From I I Canio played on the high school j Stages langefi fiom raodein Eu-I luervice with Timberwolvesf I baseball team. DeCanio, who was I liopean theaters to impiovlsed plat-I J with the Marines, lost his life on| Ifoims between Siegfried Line plll-I I Iwo the beginning of this year,. boxes. I Sei'geant Richard Donoghue, son! Sergeant Hugh, an overseas veter-1 E Mr. and Mrs. Kichard Donoghue, I -n of 15 months, lecently leceivedl : 157 Sherman Avenue, Teaneck, is 1 OFF TO PACIFIC lUie Bronze Star Medal for leading! nine on a furlough. While fighting j Jills men in a successful infiltiationf ith the Timberv/olf Division, hs Seaman Francis Donovan •through enemy lines shortly before! irticipated in the French, Belgian, i lOhustmas Tile men bypassed Ger-1 Prisoner Of Japanese iman paiatroopeis who had lanfledl utch and German campaigns, and E ion the outskirts of StavfcWt, then I as awarded the combat infantry f island at the time, and managed toi idge and Purple Heart. A prisoner of the Japanese for 381 liejoin the lest of the platoon i months, his whereabouts unknown! SVervieis. Beleium The 104th (Timberwolf) Division I I since the liberation of American! as the first to travel directly from I I prisoners in the Philippines, Sea-I e United^States to France. A little! ! man First Class John Francis Don-I ore than a month after landing,! | ovan reported a prisoner in Japan, j .6 Timberwolves, commanded by I ajor General Terry Allen, went! Donovan, just 21, was captured! to the line and remained in com-i I May 6, 1942,. on Corregidoi where I it for over 6 months. In a cam-i I he was a member of a patrol squad-1 lign that was featured by eontinu-1 I ron at an air base. s night attacks, the division drove! Mr. and Mrs. John Donovan of! rough the industrial area, push-[ 1144 Prospect Terrace, had feared! g ahead to take Cologne. I that their son might have been! I aboard one of the Jap transports! The Timberwolf Division which! I sunk in the China Sea while trans- I is never given an inch of ground,! If erring prisoners. In all the time! in the United States now. While! I he has been interned they received! oi'e, combat veterans will be given I I just five cards from him, and in I J furloughs and then will begin train- j j a card they received in January! J ing to prpeare them for further! I he said he had received his first! I battles in the Pacific against the| I mail from them. He was in Campj I Japanese. 14 in Manila. The notification that he is now I On his way to the Pacific to I I interned in. Japan was received! Ishaw the Japs what a Navy fight- I [from the Government. Instructions I ler pilot can do is Ensign Allen I I stated that they may write him I jC. Miner who recently passe* a I Il5-tlay leave at the home o£ hU I I as often. as possible but the mes-1 •parents, Mr. anfl Mis. Arthur G. I ] sages must be typewritten and not j •Miner, 631 Linden Avenue, Tea- I I more than 24 words. j neck. Ensirn Minei, a former era-1 Seaman Donovan left Teaneck I iployee «f the Wright Aero Cor-1 | High School in 1941 to enlist in the I Iporation at Faterson, enlisted in I I Navy. He was a member of the I ithe Navy Air Corps in Apiil, 1943,1 IHighSchool Band and the V* F. W.[ •reoei-ced his wings sit Pensacola, I I Drum and Bagle Corps. [Florida, in .Tannary, 1944. At San I Dl«[O he Trill report ior further | t SISTER COMMISSIONED, HE'S PROMOTED EtW.McCaffreF Blackledge Duo Reports For Duty Get Promotions 1 Lt. William K. McCaffrey, Jr.l 1 of the 14th Air Force who enjoyed! The Blackledge progeny made I I the distinction of having some off "news" this week, Ensign Lloyd J this many decorations pmned on byl J Richard Blackledge, at . base! I Major Geneial Claire L. ChennaultJ I somewhere in the Marianas, being! I who hab just retired as commander! I promoted to the rank of lieutenant,! I of that foice, leaves today (Thurs-i I junior grade, while his sister,! 1 day) after a 30-day fmlough at! I Claire, received her commission as I Jhome to report to Atlantic City. I Jan ensign in the Navy Nurse j |Lt. McCaffrey's deeiirations in-| 1 Corps. They are the son and 1 I elude the Distinguished Flying! I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I icioss and five aii medals. In the! I A. Blackledge, 756 Cedar Lane, I Sarmy more than three yeais, he has! I.Teaneck. I served overseas in the China aieal Lieutenant Blacklsdge has been! I for 14 months. I lin the Pacific area for the past! I While home, his engagement tol JlS months. He enlisted in the! jMiss Jean Becker, daughtei of Mr.I i Navy as one of the original Jer-1 land Mrs. Joseph Becker of 5581 I sey Skeeters and was inducted on I IWyndham Road, Teaneek, was an-l | Navy Day, Oct. 27, 1942 in the I Jnounced. No date has been set fori I V-B Naval aviation program spon- I I the wedding. J sored by the Hackcnsnck Elks. I 1 Lt. McCaffiey reported that he He received his commission as an 1 I has, been receiving this paper regu- j ensign at Pensacola, Fla. on Jan. I llarly—it taking about a month for 14, 1944. A graduate of Bogota! 1 the paper to reach the China-I iHigh School, he attended Bergen I ENS. CLAIRE BLAOKIJEDGE LT. (J. G.) L. R. BIiACKLEDGEi IBuima area and sometimes ariiv-| I College and prior to entering the! ling in batches—but he was most! I service, was employed in the lab-I I grateful to be able to keep up with! I oratories of the Wright Aeronaut!-J Ithe news of the boys from home.g |cal Corporation, Paterson. Javy Nurse ' He has two brothers in the ter-g Ensign Blackledge, who has just I Ivice, Ensign James McCaffsey.i |left for her station, Corpus Christi, j Brother Raked In Rankl jwhom he had not seen for aboutH I Tex., is a 1941 graduate of Tea-1 119 months and who has also just I neck High School. She enlisted j ibeen home on leave and Air Cadet Jin. the Navy just prior to her j Blackledge Family Of Teaneek Figures In The Day's| iDoiiald, now stationed at Paw-| I graduation from the Englewood j News Of Promotions ftuxent, Md. J Hospital School of Nursing last! All three are sons of Mr. and I I fall and has since been serving' as I A Teaneek Navy nurse was commissioned an ensign and • Mrs Wm. R. McCaffrey, Sr., of I J a member of the staff at the Psy-1 tier brother was promoted to lieutenant (j. g.) in the Naval 11085 Cumberland Avenue, Westf j chiatrie Institute -for Research,) Reserve it was announced today by the Navy Department iEnglewood. I New York City, while . awaiting | I call to active servid AT PACIFIC BASE Ensign Lloyd Richard BlackleflgeJ lat a base somewhere in the Mari- Jansi was promoted to the rank of jlieutenant junior grade, while his [sister, Claire, received her commis- Carlos Acosta On Escort IBion as an ensign in the Navy Nurse] lorps. They are the son and the1 IN THE ATLANTIC—Carlos 1 laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A, Jose Acosta, 20, motor machinist's! sMother of Hero |[Jlackledge, 756 Cedar Lane, Tea- nate, third class, USNR, of Tea- eok. leek, N. J., is serving; aboard al I Receives Medal Lieutenant Blackledge has been in lestroyer escort of the Atlantic I tie Pacific area for the past 18 ?leet. He was a member of the! HEADQUARTERS, ATLANTIC! lonths. He enlisted In the Navy as I OVERSEAS AIR TECHNICAL! j ne of the original Jersey Swt :ommissioninj? crew, and just re-1 nd was inducted oh Navy Day, Oct. :ently his ship celebrated her first! I SERVICE COMMAND, NEWARK,! 7, 1942 in the V-S Naval aviation I mniversary at sea. He sees that I IN. J., July 13 —The Air Medal,I j >rogram (sponsored by the Hacken-j ill pressures are kept at the! I with two Oak Loaf clusters, post-1 \ ack Elks. iroper level and, in case of! I humously awarded Frist. Lieuten-1 He received his commission as an rouble, helps put the engine backl jant Raymond W. Loh, last Friday,! I nsign at Fehsaeola, Fla,, on Jan. 4 n working condition. 1 was presented his mother, Mrs. I 944. A graduate of Bogota High I Frank J. Loh of 811 Queen Annei I School, he attended Bergen Colleg< Acosta entered the Navy in No- E I road, Teaneek. The presentation I jind prior to entering'the service jwas made by Maj. Aubrey C. Hal-j 1 /as; employed in the/laboratories o1 ember, 1942, and was trained atl he-"Wright: Aeronautical Corpora- •fewport, R. I., and Richmond, Va. I I sell, Chaplain, representing Brig. I ion, Patersdn. : ;•' s He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. [ Jn. William E. Farthing, Com-1 Ensign BlacjEledgej^io has jusl taymond Acosta, 351 Griggs ave., j Smanaing General, Atlantic Over-1 J eft for her station,-Corpus Chrlstl 'oaneck. He has two brothers in [ I seas Air Technical Service Com-1 I Tex,, is a 1941 graduate of Teaneol he Navy, Raymond, Jr., 21, an I I mand, at a ceremony at the Offi- I | H0i School. She. existed in thi pprentice seaman, in the V-121 I cers Club in Weequahic Park. ifavy just prior to her graduatioi nit at Drew University, Madison, I | rom the Englewotjd:Hospital Schoo The citation stated the award I 1 if Nursing last fall:, aid has sinci •!. 3., and George, 18, seaman, I I ieen serving as ,a:vinember ol thi econd class, on board a destroyer. I Jwas "for meritorious achievement! J iteH at the Psychiatric Institute foi ! while participating in sustained i iHeseai'oh, New XorK City, whili. He attended Teaneek High I I operational flight missions in the! liwaiting call to act chool. j Southwest Pacific area from 4 Jan- I I uary 1944 through 2 November I 11944 during which hostile contact I jwas probable and expected. These! 9 operations included escorting I J bombers and transport aircraft, in-j j tereeptipn and attack missions and I I patrol and reconnaisance flights, j I In the course of these operationhs I [ strafing and bombing attacks were I Jmado from dangerously low alti-I jtudes, destroying and damaging I j enemy installations and equipment. I |th" WTI'P r-iid •'iv^ti^n to dut"Tj

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I Pvt. baker jLt. A\ella].L buvea As rminal Leave Port Officer In England I For Action In Pacific KEESLEH FIELD, Eiloxi, M 1 HEADQUAETERS, U. S.' NA-I WITH THE 13TS ARMORED ijuly 9—Pvt. Edward R. Baker, st Lieutentant Walter D.I J VAL FORCES IN EUROPE, LON-I DIVISION IN THE ASSEMBLY iof Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ba giratmestock, West Englewood pilot! I DON, England, June 18 (Delayed )l I AREA COMMAND — Enroute to |535 River Road, Teaneck, N. J.,| 1 who gained fame with the 15th Airi I —Lt. AIphonsB Avellanet, USNR,| I the United States from the Kurop- ihas enrolled ifi the world's greatest! I Force in Italy where he flew a B-24| I whose wife, Mrs. Helene Avellanet,I . ean continent, 1st Lt. Merrill K. leducational program—one of the! I bomber and was assistant opera-I I lives at 605 Maple Ave., TeaneckJ I Graham Jr. of 378 Winthrop Kd., JAAF Training Command's airplane! itions officer of his group, now is! j N. J., serves at one of the U. S.I Jffest Englewood, N. J. is now imechanics training courses at Kees-J I back at his home, 17 Tryon Ave-I I Navy Port Offices operated! I being- processed at Camp Atlanta |ler Field. Jnue, on a two-month terminal leave! j throughout the United Kingdom I Jin northeastern Fraee, as a man- The training ho will receive in I 1 following which he will be retired! j during the war against Germany I i her of the first ETO armored divi- 1 the mechanics school will cover! I from the active list. He has numer- I as foreign bases for Naval Armed I I sion to be ordered to the Pacific. I basic airplane and engine mechanic! |ous decorations. 1 Guard sailors who manned guns on I 1st Lt. Graham is a member of I operations. The technical course! Lieutenant Fahnestoek was as-1 1 U, S. merchant ships. I |Div. Ha.. Co. an dserved with the I will extend over a period of ap-| I signed to a number of raids on the I I Located in scattered outof-the-1 113th Armored Division in the Bat- I proximately 76 days and will in-1 IPloesti oil fields of Romania, over! I way ports these offices (known as j 9 tie of the Huhr Pocket and in the I elude instruction on the electrical I iwhich he was wounded last August! I NavPo's) operated under strictest 1 J drive through Bavaria into Ans- I systems, engine operation, fuel andl I while on his 31 mission. On this! 1 security regulations, assisting I Soil systems, propellors, structures,! I tria. He holds the Bronze Star. I raid he was hit in both legs and in! 1 thousands of officers and men off The 13th, popularly known as 1 instruments and basic inspection.! I the Armed Guard with their prob- f I This will qualify him for addi-i I the right arm. His oxygen mask 1 j the Black Cat Division, captured itional specialized training in the! I was knocked off by flak at 28,0001 Jlems on this side of the Atlantic.! more than 20,000 German prisoners I maintenance of heavy bomber orj I feet, but he still refused help untile I As soon as a merchant ship! I in tho fighting in the Ruhr and go planes. I the mission was completed and he I I drops anchor in a United Kingdom j I took an additional 19,000 in Bav- 1 was flown back to base by his co-| • port, a Port Office representative! laria. In the closing days of the I pilot. As a result of this action, he I I climbs aboard. First, mail is dis-1 I war in Europe, it captured Hitler's I was awarded the Silver Star and! I tributed, then Naval gunners are I I birthplace city of Braunau, Aus- I the Purple Heart. 1 paid in English currency. Inspec- I 9 tria, and liberated 14,000 Allied A Distinguished Flying Cross | j prisoners of war. I was awarded the lieutenant for j tions and reports follow. Now Sgt. Edward Brazill J Port Offices often handled spe-L 1st Lt. Graham is the son of Mr. I bomb run over Vienna when, with E Sand Mrs. M. K. Graham, 378 Win- I two engines shot out by enemy I I cial problems before V-E day, such I KELLY FIELD, TEXAS—Ew- I as caring for survivors of American] I throp Ed., West Englewood, N. J- I fighter planes, he kept the plane, I I He will be given a furlough before Iward B. Brazill whose home is at I I fighter planes, he kept the plane! I ships damaged in enemy action,! 11091 Lambert Road, Teaneck, I I the Divisions begins its training I aloft, completed the mission and I 1 storms or accidents, or arranging! fl JN". J, has been promoted from! I fought his way back to base on the I I ambulances and hospitalization ' -*"i -" the P HfjV • corporal to sergeant at the San I Itwo remaining engines. Incidental- j I injured seamen. • Antonio Air Technical Sei'vice S I ly, no one was wounded on that f |Command, Army Air Forces, here, j These offices will remain ot Sgt. Brazill is assigned to the! I trip- I since maintenance crows must 11920th Sgnal Company Depot j His other decorations include the I 1 Air Medal with three oak leaf clus- i • kept aboard the ships, even tho J (Avn) arid is serving as Radio I I the guns will no longer fire at •Repairman with his organization. I iters, presidental unit citation with I jBefore entering the Army on I lone cluster, and campaign ribbons f Hemv targets. I April 6, 1943. he was a student! •for American and European theat-1 Sat Manhattan College in NewJ |ers with three battle stars. A Dumont High School graduate, I |Lieutenant Fahnestock was em-1 • ployed by the Bendix Aviation Cor- I Jenson Aboard Destroyer Iporation before entering the AAF [ |S-Sgt Ken Keller §in 1941. He received his commission I WITH THE ATLAN1 I second lieutenant at George [ I FLEET—Richard Irving Jent Given Decoration • Field, 111., and was overseas for | 20, fire controlman, second cli • nine and one-half months. son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Jens WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,! j 210 Lees Avenue, Teaneck, N I j ITALY—Staff Sergeant Kenneth! is" serving aboard a destro JW. Keller, 34, of Teaneck, New! escort. I Jersey, recently was awarded the j A graduate of the New Utri 11 I First Oak Leaf Cluster to the! High School, he entered the N 9 Bronze Star Medal for meritorious I PhM Edward H. Moore in November, 19-12, and atten I sevice in action on the Fifth Army j ABOARD A HEAVY CRUIS-| fire control schools at Newp |ER IN THE PACIFIC—Edwan R. I. and Washington, D. C. I j front in Italy. jH. Moore, pharmacist's mate, firs He is supply sergeant with the I now supervises the men who mi I class, XJSNR, son of Mrs. Mary ? I tain and operate the fire con ]8oth Mountain Infantry Regiment j I Moore, 173 Carlton ter., TeaneckJ jof the 10th Mountain Division, equipment on his ship. JN. .T., is serving aboard this ship. Jensen wears the American I The citation stated, in part: Moore was a sales manager fol F.uropean-African-Middle Easl "When after a mountain infan-1 la utility company at Hackensacl I theatre ribbons with three I try battalion had secured its ob-1 JN. J. He is property and aceoun'l ijective and the pressing need of I J technician, in charge of medWi I supplies became of paramount im-j supplies. In action he cares for th " J portance, Keller, acting beyond his j iwoundedi I duties, tirelsssly reeonnoitered and I I established a supply route for the I I entire battalion when all other at- j j tempts of a like nature had failed j j and after battalion reconnaissance I Tuite Set For Navy Job j had reported all roads impassable | Among those graduating.recentlyj I and under hostile observation. I from an intensive course of BasicI "Leading a Jeep convoy, Keller j I Engineering training at Service! I directed them through a heavy J Schools here was Edward T. Tuite.l concentration of interdictory fire 20, son of Mrs. Anna Tuite, 18l| I and over a road which had been j I Sherman Ave., Teaneck, N. J. I mined, delivering much needed am- His training has been designed toi j munition and rations which were a j I fit him for a specialized Navy job! j determining factor in the sucecss- in the long Pacific war ahead, and I I ful repulsion of a counterattack I I also for skilled work in industry | I that night," the citation concluded. J I when peace comes. He entered military service Graduates from the ten courses! J February 4, 1943. His wife, I I taught here at the Servcie Schools. I 1 Blanche Keller, lives at 175 Tryon J I are sent to sea, to shore stations,! I Avenue, Teaneck. J or to advanced schools for further f •duty. Teaneck Sergeant Becomes | VUCWNflud - 4JUK 1 • fcj* I Show Impresario Of GFs !R HEKO V;.;>USi •sergeant Edwin C. Hugh of West Englewood has earned the title of being the "Mike Tood-Eilly Rose-Flo Ziegfield" of G.I. productions [FRIENDS AT SUN in Europe with his production of a husical revue that has entertained O\LI 50,000 service men and women in the 13. T. 0. 4nd Sergeant Hugh, once seen JBemdaled Major Expects] I on Broadway in "Counsellor At three-a-day performances through-! I !.>•« and "The Moon Is Down,"' out the various sections of the! Pacific Hitck I has established for himself a repu- Command. I tation as a popular comedian in Sergeant Hugh's unit played! It's a long hop from selling ad-1 I pantomime. through France, Belgium, Luxem-| 1 vcrtising for The New York Sun I bourg, Holland, nd Germany. j to bombing tactical targets in \irong the former professionals I Germany. But Major Otto A. | . emMed by Hugh for the cast of State ranged from modern Eu- ropean threaters to improvised| I Krumbach, 26-year-old Son of Mr. I Section 8 are Sammy Sandier, or j and Mrs. Adam Krumbach of I I p mist and arranger for Deplatforml s between Siegfried Line "fpaneck, N. J., made the transi-1 1 C mtney's and; Patty Oardarelli, pillboxes. i ion from peacetime to wartime j 1 who used to trumpet with Orin Sergeant Hugh, an overseas! J occupations with remarkable sue: I T uker; Howard Strassner, veteran of 15 months, recently re- I cess. 11-nown professionally as Larry ceived th. Bronze Star Medal for| Major Knimbaoh arrived home I 1 Howard, vocalizer with Horace leading his men successful! I on furlough Saturday after a I IF Hit's Brigadiers; and Tony De infiltration through enemy lines! seven-day, 10,000-mile flight in a I I Vuono, acrobatic dancer, who was shortly before Christmas. The Douglas Invader from France by| I fn merly with the Vanderbilt men bypassed German paratroop-| way of Africa and South Amer- I Box era who had landed on the out-i ica, He. spent today with his old I skirts of Stavelot, their stand atl I associates at The Sun, where he I The personnel of the unit is the time, and managed to rejoin| g'SGT. .1OSPPH W^GNEft wa s employed in the advertising I j among the 200 former profession- i Hilltlii]ft Avenue, department for three years be-| I a! entertainers selected by Ground the rest of tht platoon at Verviers I forp the war. I TOICB Reinforcement Command Belgium. The, pilot of medium and light! I officrs from among those barred I bombers took part in thirty-fivel I fi im combat due to war injuries! missions to destroy enemy! I 01 maladies. The 200 wns^split up I bridges, depots, railway yards! traveling units and 5. F. B.C.I | and troop concentrations. Oneel his face was scratched when hisl I me i soon found that the "front-l windshield was smashed by flak.f li ic U. S. O's," as they came to be! I Lt. Virginia Duggan Is Many times his plane was shot! 1 mun, had solved a majo Army| I Now In Hawaiian Islands up, and after one .mission it hadl | pi 1 lem. 350 holes in it. He operated from I Delinquency -sites among the J PEARL HAKBOR, T. H. - U. [ England until September, 1944,1 J men housed h" G. F. R. C.—rein-1 and afterwards from six differ-1 J (,i'g.) Virginia Mary Duggan, of j ent bases in France. His group! I foicements - '••% to all goundI i the Women's Reserve, from Ten- I ioices as • H ae hospital re- [ was preparing to move from I I neck, New Jersey, has recently t e- Rheims to Stuttgart, Germany, I I tuinees awaiting to rejoin their I I ported for duty in the Hawaiian j | when V-E Day arrived. 3—were rising at an alarming I I Islands. I lit despite efforts to keep the I Miss Duggan is the daughtei Enlistea in 1941. 1 men occupied; noting this the! I Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Dugn, Major Krumbach, who expects! hection' '8 unit and olher units I I who reside at 152 Grayson Place,! to be sent to the Pacific area as! wcie organized to play two and I I a squadron commander, wears! I Teaneck, She graduated f: om I the Air Medal with six clusters, E J Mother Cabrini High School, and I and the European Theater Rib-1 Ireeeived her Bachelor of Science| bon with four battle stars. He I |degree from College of Mt. St. Vin-| bi ougl it home an Iron Cross, sev-1 I cent, Eiverdale, New York. Bcfoic eval Hermann Goeringr daggers I SUPF1Y MAN I being commissioned in the WAVES of S.S. officers, German flags f „ Sergeant Keller recently wasl I in August, 1D43, she was employed! T,T. WILWAM &OOXS and other souvenirs. •awarded an oak leaf cluster to nisi las a secretary by A. M. Byers Com-i I 512 W.i)d>iok •Vve, TV. Englci •Bronze Star Medal for meritorious! ipany New York City. - I "I have seen the damage in | iservicB In action on the Fifth Army! Germany, where the cities and 1 •front in Italy. • I I Lt. (j.g1.) Duggan was stationed! roads have been reduced to rub- j 1 The citation praised Sergeantf I at District Supply Office, N avail ble," remarked Major Krumbach 1 eller for facilitating the deliver • Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia,! when he was asked about the Air I •of supplies, including ammunltio iprior to transferring to. Hawaii., Force's contribution to Allied .vie-1 land rations, which were a de- tory. "Bombing certainly did its I itermihing factor in the suecessfulL full share towards hastening and I irepulslon of a counterattack. "Act-I insuring victory." Bins beyond Us duties," it read inl The Major said his most thrill-1 •part, Keller tirelessly reconnoiteredl ing and disagreeable experiences 1 land established a supply route for! Ithe entire battalion when all other! in. the air were on a raid over j I attempts ol a like nature hadl "Swede" Lindholm Argentan, France. Visibility was I Stalled and' after battalion recon-j low and the formation of planes J Inaissance had reported all roads im-1 jefot off its course. Several planes I •passable and under hostile observa-j Cornelius "Swede" Lindholm Jr., I were shot a»wn and all sustained [ ltion." 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Lind- j damage. I holm, of 1095 Alicia Avenue, West! Major Krumbach attended , a I I Englewood, N. J., is one of the ten I school for flying cadets in New I I members of Lehigh University's j York in 1940 and joined the I lS-Sgt. Henry England I baseball team who have been a war-1 Army in 1941. He was trained I de<3 varsity letters by Eb Caraway,] in Georgia and Louisiana. When I ] Missing In Action I coach and acting director of athle- the war broke out he was a sec- j ond lieutenant, serving as an in* j According to the word receive: I tics at the University. structoz- at a flying field iti Oaji-j I by Mrs. Maud -Biroc of 288 Wood-I I The Brown and White team, on I fornia. He went to EnglahS with I I bine Street, Teanack, her brother! J which Lindholm pitched," has just I the Ninth Air Force in Juhejl I wound up its best season in morel 1941 •••.'• I Staff Sergeant Henry England! 1 than a decade, during which they! [has been, missing in action over! I amassed a record of 11 wins and 41 I Japan since February 10. Sergeant j I losses. Defeated during the year byl I England, formerly of Union City,! j the Engineers were Villanova, | fis a. radar operator on a B-29 Su-| 3 Drexel, Rutgers, Lafayette, Muh- jperforfress: and-haxl:, been in several! llenberg and Swarthmore, Only de- Braids over the Japanese homeland I 1 feats suffered by Lehigh were ad- • prior to the raid on which he was! : I ministered by Rutgers, Drew, Vil-j • reported lost. . f j Iahova and Colgate, I The son of the late Mr. and Mrs.L • Henry England Sr., Sergeant Bng-j ! land received his training at Chica-J I go and Florida basses. He has an-1 lother: sister, Sfrsi Shirley Schneider I |,of Continental Avenue, River Edge. | Silver Star HENDRICKSON, First. Lieuten-1 If-Sgl. William Nuber lajor Walter farfl JLt. Bolinder Gets i FieAnivk JR., sou of Mr. anil With 81st Battalion iBack From Burma Silver Star Medal HQ. ASSEMBLY AREA COM-I Among the latest returnees from I A NINTH AIR FORCE! 9MAND—Among the first on thel • overseas is Major Walter J. Farrg jjNIGHT F;GHTBR BASE, Ger-1 | beaches D-Day, and first in Ger-1 • of Teaneck just back from two! Imany— For gallantry in actionT 3 many with both the First and thel • years spent in the Burma jungle,! j where ho has been in charge of hos-I •during the war in Europe, t ! Third Armies, the 81st Chemical I •Lieutenant Robert G. Bolinder, 21,1 \ Mortar Battalion sets sights on I Ipitals, one formerly run by Dr.! 8 another first—"First in Tokyo"—I I Cordon S. Seagrave, the author of I IW. Englewood, N. J. airman, has! j as it heads for the United States I • the "Burma Surgeon" and another! •been awarded the Silver Star! I and redeployment to the Pacafic. I • for Merrill's Marauders where! iMedai, it was announced by hisl J Thirty-four officers and 650 en-1 I they treated these boys as. they I icommanding officer, Lt, Col. Orisi I listed men of the 81st let their I I came out of the jungles. His ex-1 IB. Johnson, Natchitoches, La.S jnext goal be known as they went I Iperiences also included service at I iLieutenant Bolinder sei-ved as! Pthrough Camp Miami, Assembly! lour main hospital out there as well I •pilot with the famed 422nd "GreenI aarea Command tent center near! I as a hazardous trip along the Ledo I • Bats" Night Fighter Spuadron, I ichalons, France. With this contin-1 I & Burma Road to Summing, China. Icurrently stationed at a former | agent is T/Sgt. William F. Nuber,! 1 Before he entered the Army in JLuftwaffe base in Germany. • 49 DeGraw Ave., Teaneck, N. J. I •'April, 1942, Major Fan- had been Shortly after midnight on Dee-1 1 The 81st made history first with 6 la practising physician in Teaneck iember, 16, Lieutenant Bolinder I Ithe First Army on D-Day. A Pres-I ifor 14 years. He left for overseas land his crew established contact! lidential Unit Citation and six Dis-I I in July 1943 and during his ab- •with an enemy aircraft while fly-1 itinguished Service Crosses re-1 1 sence, his wife and their three -hil- ling patrol over Allied ground! awarded their efforts. | idren, Sybil, Dorothy and Walter, iforces, West of the Rhine River. I ensQ I Jr. have been living at the Teaneck IPushing hi3 speedy Black Widow j In action 313 days of the -j 1 address 288 Griggs Avenue. ito its limit, Lien/aant Bolinder I ling 11 months, the 81st entered! 1 Major Farr has received many Ibave chase to the twisting, weav-1 1 Germany first with the 28th | I commendations among which is one ling, Focke-Wolf 190, finally pulled I LT. FRED R. HENDRICKSON Siskin in the First Army thrust of I • by command of Lieutenant General I lup to within 100 feet of the enemy I 3 September 11, 1944, and later! 1 Mrs. Joseph F. Hendrlckson, 126-i! iStillwell signed by Brigadier Gen-j ifighter, dead astern, fired Beveral! I Longfellow Avenue, West Engle-j iwith the 10th Armored Division ofi leral H. L. Boatner, Chief of Staff •hursts with his 20^ millimeter guns j Ithe third Army after attachment! Ifor "Cooperation with the 16th land saw the "bogy" explode and! Ito it for the Metz battle. .Fighting! I Brigade, 3rd Indian Division." As •fall flaming to the blackness be-J Iwith 20 other divisions, the batta-J I Commanding Officer of the 14th J ilow. I lion went as far as Steyr, Austria. I • Evacuation Hospital he also re-j Not long afterwards, the Black! I Their combat span topped 2,0001 iceived commendation from Major j Paul Riviere Graduates Smiles. 1 | Widow and her crew on a M>sser-1 • General W. E. R. Covell and Briga-j sehmidt-110, cannons belched and! The 81st colors carry streamers! I flier General Lewis A. Pick in thel _ Paul Riviere III, son of Mr. and Ithe enemy aircraft ignited and ex-1 ifor major campaigns. Personnel! I China-Burma-India on the fact his I Iploded upon hitting the earth, AI I Mrs. P. J. Riviere, Jr., 257 Graysoi Shas more than E00 decorations, in-i J organization had received a rating] I Place, Teaneck, has been graduated |Heinkle-III was then contacted! jjcluding the Legion of Merit for! • of "Superior" at the time of thel I and the crack night fighter team I I from the Officer Candidate Depart |Lt. Col. Jack W. Lipphardt, com-1 jment of the Transportation Corp?- 1 I annual general inspection for the E I knocked their third adversary out! Jmanding officer; 9 French Croixl • fiscal year ending June 30, 1944.1 I of the sky in a mass of flaming I I School, New Orleans Army Ai''j Hde Guerre, a Luxembourg Croixl 1 Base, and has been commissioner"5 I He also has a letter signed byj wreckage. Finally, to climax thel f ide Guerre, 29 Silver Stars, .1271 I Brigadier General F. D. Merrill, j evening's activities, a second He-1 la second lieutenant in the Army o: S • Bronze Stars and 330 Purple j ithe United States. I commander of the far famed "Mer- Jill was probably destroyed, to I BHearts. 1 rill Marauders" when he was as- B wind up a one night record unpar-1 1 Lieutenant Riviere attended St. I I signed to the Southeast Asia Com- • Peters Preparatory School. Priori I alleled in night aerial combat. 1 Imand and left the 5307th Unit. ito his enlistment in April 1942, hi 1 I General Merritt said in part: "Yon The citation stated: "By his I I was employed as a machine too", j I are undergoing the most difficult J superior aeriel proficiency and 1 I operator for the Wright Aero Cor-1 I job of all. Waiting for something I 9 tactical technique, Lieutenant 1 Iporation, Paterson. From Decem-j pit Arnold Brown Ito happen is worse than either I j Bolinder was instrumental in the! Iber 1948 to November 1944, he j 1 marching or fighting. I am sure I I accomplishment of this unique! • served in the Pacific with the Sig-j [Receives Cluster I that the gang who- licked the Jans I aerial feat, thereby reflecting the! inal Corps." I I from Walabum to Myitkyina can j highest distinction upon himself, I J The officer was assigned to ac-l I lick the war of waiting on the Ledo J his organization and the Army [ itive duty with the Transportation I J ' FIFTH AIR FORCE, PHILIP. L j battlefront in the same -way." [Air Forces." • Corps immediately after receiving, f IPINES—First Lieutenant Arnold! Major Farr is home oii a thirty J This action took place during j •his commission. The mission of thi I |F. Brown, Teaneck native assigned! |day leave. Ithe Adennes Salient Battle, when! I Transportation Corps is to trans-j Ito the 22nd Bomb Group of the! ] the 422nd Squadron destroyed 17 j Ipfort soldiers and war materials t< I I Fifth Air Force, has been awarded! j German aircraft and broke up I I theaters of operations. |a third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to] 1 more than 30 enemy air raids, con- j S the Air Medal for participating ing j tributing much to the success of j I sustained operational flight mis. I j the campaign. For this they were 1 sions in the Southwest Pacific Area! 1 awarded the unit Presidential j Irs.. O'DonneH Receives I from January 9 to April 11, .1945,1 I Citation. I by Genreal C. Kenney, command-1 I Posthumous Honor for Son! Sing- the Far East Air Forces, A former student at Newark I j An aircraft observer and navi.. I College of Engineering,._Lieuten-I I gator, Lt. Bi-aun was cited for! • ant Bolinder was employed as a The Distinguished Plying Cross. J technician at' the Sperry Gyro-1 j the Air Medal with three Oak Leai • taking part in bombing- strikes f j scope Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y., prior I I Clusters, and the Purple Heart I against Japanese airdromes and in-1 Ito joining the Army Air Forces in I I Medal were recently received by I stallations, and attacks against! J April, 1942. A veteran of 42 com-j I Mrs. Ellen O'DonneH of 178 New | j enemy vessels and shipping. I I bat missions he is credited with I I York Avenue, Dumont, N. J., which I The citation said, "The courage j (the destruction of four German j land devotion to duty displayed onl had been awarded posthumously tc | • aircraft and has served in Eng-1 I her son, Technical Sgt. James, J. • these flights by Lt. Brown, when I lland, France, Belgium and Ger- .O'onnell, A.A.P., of Dumont. • contact with hostile aircraft was j Bmany, since sailing overseas in j Sergeant O'DonnelLwas reported ! •probable and expected, reflect great I • April, 1944. In addition to the Sil- killed in action in a raid in a. I •credit on the United States Army Iver Star, he possesses the Air.j Plying Fortress over Bremen, Ger- I Air Forces." . iMedal with nine Oak Leaf Clus- many, on October 8, 1943. He war I Lt. Brown was commissioned on ' iters and the unit Presidential Git-1 a Flight Engineer and Top Turret ' [September "i, 1943 and has been Bation ribbon, and wears the Euro-I Gunner of the Flying- Fortress "TF- | I overseas 21 months. His wife, Mrs. Ipean Theatre rihbon with three j TOO" in which he was lost. His- , I Dorothy II. Brown, resides at 1228 ^campaign str.rs. 1 Overlook Avenue, first Fortress "THE TS" was de- ] Pic is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I molished in a fight over the En- j glish Channal with German Mes- sersehmitts a few months earlier. J At ..this time none of the crew was injured. Sergeant O'Donnell was thi brother of Frank J. O'Domiell o] JJumont, Mrs. Thomas W. Don- \ melly of Bergenf ield '.and Miss Hel She O'Donnell of Anacostia, "Wash- -m

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"The Fighting Lady," the Navy^s technicolor epic of an aircraft | carrier which delighted audiences at nearby motion picture houses, a jFeltz, On Leave In Tea-| ifew weeks ago, was, in the main, the photographic work of Ph. M. 2-c 1 Kenneth Henderson, son of Mrs. Catherine H. Henderson of 1090 Alicia j neck, Tells Of ] Avenue, West Englewood. Battle "The Fighting Lady," the Navy's I technicolor epic of an aircraft the International Nickel Company. | is LISTED_ WOUNDED [ I carrier, which delighted audiences When the new Hornet, replacing I at nearby motion picture houses, her namesake aunk in the Pacific! Home on convalescent leave afIer§ 9 a few weeks ago, was, in the mam, in 1942 after carrying the first raid-1 ibeing wounded In the battle foil K. 9 era under General Doolittle near| Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa; the! I the photographic work of Ph. M: hill which took the Marines six af-1 3 2-c Kenneth Henderson, son ofthe shores of Japan, was convmiS' I tempts to capture. Pharmacsi'tr I Mrs. Catherine H. Henderson of sioned in February, 1944, Hender-1 I Mate S/C Robert Ellmorc Pelt/ oil [1090 Alicia Avenue, West Engle- son was assigned as deck photo-I ITeaneck, brought with him a mlis-f I wood. grapher oif still and motion pic-f jculous story ol how he escaped ol-l 1 He entered the Navy in Febru- tares. Leaving the United States! imost certain death at every tum.l ,J lary, 1948; leaving a position as ad- in February, 1B44, the Hornet saw! The 28-ycar-old Navy man, who! •was attached to the Sixth Marines f |..(.r^r.;;; TlO. p^nfnpiWh' v manager of >»i' first action at Palau and Woleai| March 29. Iwas one of three Bergen County! •men listed by the War Department | The official Navy release lists 32! itoday as wounded in action in the| Florence Louise "Milpli, 21, Army parate operations and earner! fPacific. I Nurse Corps of Kiagefield Tark, rikes at strategic Jap positions, j The others listed were First Lieu-1 1 was promoted to First Lieutenant itstanding of which was the ear- • tenant Martin E. Van Buren oil I June .15,1945 at the 178th General ar strike at Formosa and a con-1 JRutherlord and Pic. Prank Morrone j I Hospital in Blcms, France after nuous 4-day defense against Japl gof East Rutherford, Morrone, I seeing active service overseas since | nd based aircraft from October! nember ol the Sixth Marines, wasf I October, 1S44. Lt. Mileti informed J to 15 and against the Jap Fleet I also wounded on Okinawa. I her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pharmacist's Mate Feltz suf-i I Mileti of 184 Overpeck Avenue, of . the battle of Sulu and Sibuyanj ifered shrapnel wounds in his rightf iher promotion in a recent letter. ea on October 25 and 26. ileg April 17 on Okinawa and fol-j I She is in charge p£ iltc central Following that battle, the Hornet! Blowing hospitalization in the Paci-j • supply at the hospital and when as engaged continuously in car-I [fie was sent back to this country.? I finished with her work there will er strikes against Leyte, Luzon,! He is now home on a 30-day leave! I go directly to tho China-Burma- | tanila Bay,-Yap Island, Formosa! (from the Portsmouth Naval Hos-f ITIKII.I :U'I;I. pital in Maryland. nd Bataan peninsula, culminating! l action against Camranh Bay,! ESCAPES SNIPERS Tench Indo-China on January 12,1 According ;4o details Felte gavel Jllong Kong on January 16 and! Ills family, He and his unit started| Okinawa and Nansei Shoto, Japan,| Jor the front along a trail which n January 22. understood to be clear of Jap. IFORMER CAPTIVE .Hearing their destination, Sugar] It is expected the Hornet willl •Loaf Hill, a Jap man-made hil ENDS FURLOUGH! hortly return to this country for! iunder which was a 4-story building,! |loaneck Pilot Reports To A. A, F.| epairs and a rest for the erew.i ithey were attacked by snipers and! Redistribution Center I In a little over a year, she has! Twhen they reached toe front foundr Lieutenant Robert C. Jares ofl ogged over 130,000 miles and piled! Jthemselves almost without any lead-| Jsagamore AvenUE, Teaneck, lias justl ip one of the most enviable rec-| fere. On their way, Feltz was saved t Ireported to the A. A. F. Redistribu-j >rds in the Navy for destruction! I a, trenchman as he was about ition Center in Atlantic City for re-j yreaked on the Japs. [step on a land mine. While trcat-j • assignment, having completed a 60-1 Henderson is engaged to Miss! ling the injured in a trench, a mor-j iday furlough granted after his liber-I tar shell struck, injuring him in Jation from a German prison camp.J Sdna Trotter of Pensacola, Fla.,| ieg. Badly in need ol help, hit and expects to be married during linit almost wiped out, he ran back! The Teaneck pilot, son of Mr. and his next leave. BMrs. Joseph Jares, attended Broofc-i jthe shortest, most dangerous pathl Jlyn Polytechnic Institute and was! TRANSFERRED _ the midst ol sniper and niortori lemployed at the Wright Aeronau-1 |flre and brought medical men andl itical Corporation in Paterson, priori iiipplies. I •to entering the service. Formerly of Hackensack,.Fharma-I Icist's Mate Feltz attended Hacken-r I sack High School and also thel •Moody Bible Institute in Chicago;! I the Providence Rhode Island Bible! hool and Wheaton College, IU.,1 hwe he was studying for mission-j lary work. ! J He enlisted in the Navy two aridf la hall years ago and had been over-i Iseas 11 montlis. His brother, Cox-| •swain Florent K. Peltz, a membe; lot the Coast Guard, is present] . i-,ii-.- -.» Mi.ii:iu'.jii •

Seaman First Class John F. j Clcrasani, son ot Mr. nml Mrs. An- I thony Cerasanl of 250 East For- est Avenue, Teaneck, was recently j graduated from the Naval Air j Technical Training Center for Air j Combat Crewmen at Norman, j Oklahoma, anil has been trans-1 I (erred to a gunnery school in| Jacksonville, Fla. LAUD MAJOR [A Soldier Home From War Has Good Things In Three* lieutenant Graham Greets Family, Holds Higheij booklet Made Available! IRussell's Work Aided In| Rank, Wears Bronze Medal Telling Benefits New Bomb Distribution of booklets outlining! Good things come in thtees foi Lieutenant Men ill KJ :ervices of the Teaneck Veterans! (Special to the Bergen Evening Record) •Graham Jr. of West Englewood The best of the three of ervice Committee began today! „ Oak Ridge, Tenn., Aug. 8 (.*>)—Ai ioourse, was his arrival, late last week at the home of hi* when they were delivered to the| iTeaneclt.major, assistant production| •parents, Mr. and Mrs. Graham of 378 Win tin op Road wheie Teaneck Draft Board offices by the| • plant head at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., I Iprinter. 1 plant where the utilization of atomic I Ihe found his wife and infant daughtei Linda, who had come| Each returning veteran will beg i power Was made possible against | §from Nashville, Tenn., to gieet him isiven. one of the booklet. It has! • Japan, was commended .today byl iColonel Kenneth D. Nicholas of thel HAS BRONZE" STAR fbeen thr. experience of many serv-g Secondly, just prior to his de I ice men that they did not Itnowf •Manhattan'Engineer District, He is I I their own needs immediately upon I iMajor G. W. Russell. | jarture from Europe, where he wis| •release from service. It was for I Major Russell was one of two New! |Utached to Headquarters Company! |this reason that State and Federal | iJersey men, members of Colonel Ni-1 -the 13th Armored Division, he| 3 were recently enacted extend- fools' own staff, who the Colonel I promoted to First Lieutenant the time within which a vet-1 a»atd today, made exemplary cbntri-l A red, white and blue ribbon, in leran may apply for benefits. The! •buttons to the success of the project; I Hicative of the fact that its weaieil I time limit on State loans also has I 1 Commending also the hundreds ofj |ias been awarded the Bronze Staij Jbeen extended from three to slx| •organizations and thousands ofj itfedal, is Lieutenant Graham's thudl I years. •workers who made possible this! Hlistmction This, too, was awarded! •amazing project, Colonel Nicholas I iuni lutt hefoie he returned to| I Believing that veterans were be-1 •explained that in normal times the I I sieged with all manner of printed! i countiy •research in physics and c hcmiiti v I i The clielation vis fo.' "IICIOJLI I matter while in service, the bdpltletf •would have led to the utiliMlion all Jhas been made as concise as possi-i •atomic power in 15 or 30 yeais 'Bv I jble. It consists of 6 pages, 4 by 6| •the combined efforts of many noils-1 1 inches, explaining the purpose ofj lers and organizations," he sla cd.g I the Committee, procedure to be fol-1 1 •"the time required was coirpiewrdj llowed in applying for benefits, andl linto three years." • the 14 subdivisions with names ofj gthe chairmen of each. Colonel Bussell or his JamiK couldj Any former service man or wom-i •not be reached in Teaneck. Ian, now residing in Teaneck,! •whether registered from the locsuT •board or not, may have a, copy byl •writing to Selective Service Board! •No. 6, 717 Cedar I-ane, Teaneck.

itraetsch Directed Bridge Construction Under intense enemy fire lasf -February 23, Lieutenant Kraetsch led his squadron of fighting Army Tengineers to reconnoiter a site foil Posthumous Medal I treadway bridge across a river! nd to start construction on the[ I To Sgt. Emptage Ibridge while being continually jombarded by the Nazis. An initial Air Medal plu-, Uol . The engineers succeeded in I oak loaf clusters was posthumously I structi.ng 120 feet of bridge into theL J river before it was knocked by en-| awarded Sergeant Emptage for! LT. MERRILL K. GRAHA li •envy fire. At that time, the Lieu-1 meritorious achievement while par- j ticinating in sustained operational I .chievement in oonnectio i •tenant was wounded and had to beg nilitary operations against levacuated. ' • ,1 flight missions in the Southwest! Bemy on April 12, near Lohm. t' I Lieutenant Kraetsch participated! Pacific Area from Aug. 28 1944 j •many". Lieutenant Grahat i lin the D-Day invasion on the Nor-| to Oct. 80, 1944; Nov. 8, 1944, to jmunications officer, helped lmandy coast and thence advaneedl Jan. 2, 1945; and from Jan. 3, 1946 I late four seriously wounded Into Belgium, Holland, and Ger-I jwhile under artillery fire. nany, collecting a total of five! to Jan. 25, 1945. These operations I consisted of bombing missions! Said his citation: "Disr< inn rattle stars on his E. T. O. ribbon. 1 .He is a Teaneck High School against enemy airdromes and in-1 [exploding mortar shells an Lraduate and, prior to his enhstj stallations, and attacks on enemy I nns ammunition in a ha I i Ijient in 1940, was employed by. the! •naval vessels and shipping. j hat had been struck by i i jewelry firm of, Marcus and Com-j ha unhesitatingly e> i The third cluster was awarded! casualties, from the" I for meritorious achievement wiiilel .'Sergeant Casini, 23-year-old operj hereby saving their _.' Ltions non-commissioned officer irJ participating in an aerial flight toi the 8th Army's 10th Division Head4 Borneo on Oct. 3, 1944. Sergeant! Quarters, was decorated for merl- Emptage was a gunner in the crew! jtorious service in combat during the1 of a B-24 aircraft which took parti [Italian campaign. \m the second mass daylight raid! [against a heavily defended Japan-1 J ese oil refining center. I After completing the necessary! I missions for a furlough back to I this country, Sergeant Emptage I was killed in March in an airplane! crash on the first leg of his jour-j nay. home. The C-47 in which hel was a passenger crashed on a talce-C off from Morotai Island where he! j was based. Ho was a graduate of Teatieckl | High School. r Staff Sergeant Harold L. Emp-I I tage, was the son of Mrs. Agnes E.l | Knapp, 845"Williams Avenue, Tea-| eclt (3 clusters) Pic. baker On Furiougn Pvt. Philip Fabis Pfc. Joseph McMuIIen 9 *— ^"^ ™ w «^ HMM ^ JW IB ^Qr SHU V BH 1QT (| Pvt. Philip Fabis, 20,' son of Mr.l Mr. and Mrs. George Baker ofi andMrs. Felix Fabis of 080 Northl 1304 Beech Street, Teaneck, are cel-j 1RDMENT GROUP IN ASSEM-i letinug fcfs To St., Teaneck, has been graduated! Jebrating the return of their son,! WITH THE 409TH BOMB-g from the AAF Training Command's! jPfc. Justin L. Baker, who is home! |BLY AREA COMMAND —Pfc I aircraft i-aclio mechanics school all 1 from Germany on a 30-day furl-1 iJoseph F. McMullen is headed forl I Wast For W Pay Truax Field, it was announced to-| lough. He was presented the Purple I ithe United States after complet-l Any welcome home celebrations I day by the post commander. I Heart for injuries l'eceived in ac-i ling processing at Camp New! I tor the more than 3400 Teaneckl Trained primarily as a communi-1 Ition in Belgium, while a patient inf I York, one of 17 similar redeploy-S I Service men and women will be I cations technician, according to of-1 I a hospital in England. I ment camps in the Assembly Area f I postponed until after V-J day itl I Command in northeastern France. I flcials, the soldier also studied air-1 Private First Class Bak&r andi I was decided at the last meeting! craft recognition, defense against! I of the local Military Service exeeu-i Ihis wife, Mrs. Justin L. Baker ofi Since arriving at Camp Newl chemical warfare, and related AAF I IWinston-Salem, N. C, left for al I tive committee. I subjects designed to fit him for! I York, the men of the 409th have I I vacation at Northwood Lake, Newl 1 had their records thoroughly I Two plans had been submitted! combat duty. His post-graduate as- j • Hampshire, summer home of Chap-1 sigmnent was not announced. I checked, have taken physical ex-1 I by the welcome-home division ofi Slain and Mrs. E. George Bayer,! laminations, and have had all! Ithe committee; have a dinner now! Iformer pastor of the Teaneck! I clothing checked and brought up I 1 tor the 300 who have been discharg-i • Methodist Church. |to date. | ed and periodical dinners in groups! J of 200 or more as the veterans are! The 409th Bombardment Group! I released, the alternative to be in-1 IcGuire Receives I arrived in England on March 5th,I I formal parties in groups of about! 11944, and as a unit of the Ninth) 1100. Under the latter plan, the ex-1 jOak Leaf Cluster | Air Force, flew A-20 Havocs I pense per individual would be half I ILL Graham Wins I the pre-invasion bombing attacks! I that of the former, enabling thof the German transportation! I WITH THE 33rd DIVISION | 1 committee to entertain twice as I I Bronze Star Medall B system, airfields, and coastal cle-i I many people for the same amount! i ON LUZON—For having been I 9 fenses in France. B wounded the second time while I I as under the dinner plan. , I I fighting against the Japanese in I Returning from Europe, Lieu-i After the last mission wasl 1 The problem of raising the funds! I Northern Luzon, Pfc Owen T. Me! itonflnt Merrill K. Graham Jr., soul I flown in May, 1945, just prior! ito defray the expense was said tof I Guire, brother "of Mrs. Nellie Me I I of Mr. and Mrs. Graham of 3781 I efficiency charts revealed that thel I be too large for the executive com-t iLaughlon, 856 Esther Ave., Tean- iWinthrop Road, West Englewood,! Ito the German surrender, bombing! I mittee and it will be referred to thel leck, N. J., has been awarded the I ibrought his wife and infant! J 409th, with a ottal of 2B7 mis-g I next full meeting of the committee! I Bronze Oak Leaf Cfcister to the! I daughter, Linda, a "newly won! Isions, ranked among the first five! I on Sepomber 10. h Purple Heart. E 1 promotion to First Lieutenant and! I the Bronze Medal. I in the Ninth Ai rBombardmentg Providing of cig-arettes, recrea-, I Pfc McGuire is a member of the I I Division. I tion equipment, and small luxuries j 1130th Infantry of the battle-har-1 A red, white and blue ribbon,! Pfc McMuilon lives at 51 Gray-| I to Teaneck men now patients in I I indicative of the fact that its! I government hospitals was also held f 1 dened 33rd Division, veterans "1J I wearer has been awarded the! | son PI., Teaneck, New Jersey. j three Pacific Campaigns and lib- J 1 j over for the September meeting. I erators of Northern Luzon, includ-1 I Bronze Star Medal, is Lieutenantf j The concensus of opinion was that I ing Baguio, the pre-war summer j I Graham's third distinction. This,! I the group's name and purpose con- j capital and playground of the j itoo, was awarded him just beforea I fines its activities to veterans who | I Philippines. I |he returned to this country. Lt. Edward Tozer Home I have been discharged from service, I 1 He suffered his first wounds I The decoration was for "heroic! J and the extension of its work to j | while attacking the Japanese on I [achievement in connection with! First Lieutenant Edward W.S I include hospital patients will have! 8 Question Mark Hill in the vicinity I •military operations against thel J Tozer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William 1 J to be decided by the general com-1 I of Cauringan Valley in February ienemy on April 12th near Lohmar,! jSt. John Tozer of 269 Vandelindal j mittee. I and then received his second in-1 1 Germany." Lieutenant Graham, 1 JAvenue, Teaneck, is home on 45-day| 1 One of the first cases of veter- 1 Juries a few months later in the- Icommunications officer, helped! Ifm-lough from the Aleutians where 1 • ans assistance was reported to be I j vicinity of Lawiean, ' fevacuate four seriously wounded I I he has been stationed 22 months.! I that a former lieutenant of the! isolcliers while under artillery fire. § IHe and his wife, the former Ottiliel I Army Air Force' with 800 flying] j Pfc McGuire has been in the, Said his citation: "DisregardingI j service for more than three years I IHeitmann of Tenafly, are now! I hours to his • credit. Through an j J exploding motar shells and small! I visiting at Boca Raton, Fla., where! I introduction by the committee, the 1 two of which have been spent ov-1 iarms ammunition in a half-track I I erseag in the Pacific Area. He Is I I he was stationed before going to| I veteran secured a position as a •that had been struck by eijemyS I Alaska. 1 draftsman of a large corporation I I back on duty with his organiza-I Hfire, he unhesitatingly extricated! 1 tion, ' nJMxJ I and when it was learned by his I Ithe casualties from the vehicle,| I employer that he was a flyer, he j •thereby saving their lives." gwas engaged by one of the com-1 Ipany officials as a private pilot! land now serves his company in a Heal Badge To I dual capacity. I Copies of the new booklets to be 1 |Capt"M. Brotman i distributed to discharged men by I I Pfc. Eugene Cole jDonald OakesCompletes Ithe draft board were submitted tof WITH THE 83rd INFANTRYl I the members. I DIVISION IN EUROPE—Captainl | Gets Purple'Heart! I Work In Navy V7 Course I Milton Brotman has heen| Donald Oakes, Teaneek, has com-1 I awarded the Medical Badge forl WITH THE 11th AIRBORNE! Ipleted his work in Colgate Univer- • satisfactory performance of duty. I DIVISION IN LUZON, July 171 sity's Navy Academic Refresher Delaney Gets Award iHe is the husband of Mrs. Lilyl (Delayed)—For wounds received! I Unit (V-7) and. has reported to I Brotman of 450 Cedar Lane, Tea-J I while fighting in southwestern Lu-I 1 Columbia University's Midshrp- I neck, N. J. Cpi. John J. Delaney, son ofi Izon on January 31, the date, hei iman School. All men in the unit John Delaney, B4 Minel Place,! , Incident for which award wasl [landed with amphibious forces of I Iware selected after service with Teaneck, N. J., member of thof I made or reason why: For satis-I Ithe 11th Airborne Division atj Ithe fleet and two or more years 142nd Infantry of the veteran! lfactory performance of duty un-| INasugbu, Private First Class Eu- • of colleeg work. 1 1 Oakes, seaman second class, is 36th "Texas" Division, has been! Jder combat conditions. In thisl Ig-ene A. Cole, Teaneck, New Jer-J I awarded the Bronze Arrowhead to! I regiment the conditions have often! Isey, has been awarded the Purple! lone of 32 men assigned to Colum- iHeart medal. Ibia who have completed the re- wear on his European Theater f I times been very hazardous, and ar-I Operations ribbon. The Arrowhaadf Itillery fire, mortar fire, has neverl Iquirements for entrance to mid- He is qualified gliderman withl Ishipman- school in 18 weeks. has been awarded for participate • stopped the work of bur medicalg Ithe 188th Para-Glider regiment,! I Son of Mrs. Evelyn. Oakes, 287 in the Riviera invasion when he I detachment from getting the! •which, upon reaching* the Luzon! Icherry Lane, Teaneck, Oakes is a j made the D-Day amphibious *as Iwounded, and the sick evacuated.l jcoast, pushed inland to Tagaytayj B1940 graduate of Teaneck High ] sault. JThese men have been a great helpg jRidge, 35 miles south of Manila, to! iSchool and received a B.A. degree "The 3Gth Infantry Division hasl Ito the front line troops. 1 effect a junction with paratroopers! Ifrom Dartmouth College in 1?4 j Order Of Military Executive Committee

The • Teaneck Military Service ex- Teaneck men now patients in go ecutive committee voted last night eminent hospitals was also he I to defer any welcome liome cele- over for the September meetin brations for the more than 3,400 Thi concensus of opinion was th Teaneck service men and women the group's name and purpose co i until after the end of the war with fines its activities to veterans w Japan. have been discharged from servu Two plans had been submitted by and the extension of its work t j the welcome-home division of the include hospital patients will ha committee; to have a dinner now for to be decided by the general com the 300 who have been discharged mittee. and periodical dinners in groups of One of the first cases of vete 200 or more as the veterans are re- aus assistance was reported to i [ leased, the alternative to be infor- that a former lieutenant of tl r mal parties in groups of about 100. Army Air Force with 800 flyin Under the latter plan, the expense houri to his credit. Through : i ', . per individual would be half that introduction by the committee, thi i of the forme,r, enabling the com- veteran secured a position as if mittee to entertain twice as many draftsman of a large corporate l i people for the same amount as un- and when it was learned by r der the dinner plan. employer that he was a flyer, he w The problem of raising the funds engaged by one of the compai to defray the expense was said to officials as a private pilot and nc be too large for the executive com- serves his company in a dual ci mittee and it will be referred to th" e pacity. next full meeting, of the committee Copies of the new booklets to on September 10, distributed to discharged men b Providing of cigarettes, recreation the draft board were submitted i nira-cipni- ppri «rn«»T liivnviost to

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It is Award »ay nt Brrlln, ami Major Geneial Floyd h. ParLs ~.m 1-i linsly plus the Bmime Star on Lieutenant Colonel Cl>aile» H 1 ""I 1 ' -VI l 1 ' ' attle of Bulge Veteran *osta! Employee I Home on 33 Day Leave | Missing In Alaska A vetei'an of the Battle of the! I Bulge, in which most of the 16Oth| According to word received byl I Infantry was wiped out, P^1 j his aunt, Mrs. Ellen Maves, Ser-j ] Warren Peter of Teaneck describes! geant Bernard T, Curley of Tea-J [ that ordeal simply as rough. Hef neck, 35-year-old gunner on a B-25I recently arrived in Boston aboard! Mitchell bomber, is missing in ac-i I the German Bliss, and is on a 33-j tion in the Alaskan Area since! | day furlough until September 9. July 10, after going on his last I Peter wears the combat infantry-I 1 mission before leaving for a restf I man's badge, the badge for meri-i j camp. I torious service, four battle stars! I and the Good Conduct Medal. Hel Sergeant Curley, formerly of I I participated in the Battle of thel | Hackensack, has at least 18 mis- J Rhine, the Adrennes campaign, and! •sions to his credit. In a letter to j in Northern France, in addition to I j his aunt dated July 14, two ds the Bulge. 1 before he was reported lost, tie I A graduate of Teaneck Higli| j said that after his next mission! School, Peter attended Bergen Jun-| j he expected to go to Juneau for t\l ior College and entered the Army! I rest. on Septemger 14, 1942. The son oil Sergeant Curley entered the Henry Peter of Sagamore Avenue,! j Army in January, 1942, and ap-| he is married to the former Missi I plied for glider training with the Ruth Passanarit, of Wilson AvenueJ I Air Forces. This course was dis-1 Teaneck. He served over seas a I I continued the following June andi year, and has been transferred toi | he was transferred t0 the regular! 1 the 28th Keystone Division. air force and trained as a gunner.I He received his wings at Rileyl I Field, Denver, Colo., after which! J he instructed in gunnery at Tyn-| I dall Field, Fla. Last v" Pvt. Gerald C. Cahili | was sent overseas. A graduate of Hac KEESLER FIELD, Biloxi, Miss, j I School, Sergeant Cu' I —Pvt.- Gerald C. Cahill, son of I J his induction, was em Mr. Gerald Cahill, 529 Terhunel I Post Office in Wes Street, Teaneck, N. J., was grad-j I-His brother, Techni uated this week from the AAFf 1 Thomas Curley, is w Training Command's basic airplane I iArtillery in the Pacif and engine mechanics course at | I Keesler Field. The course extended over a 76- I day period, during which time he j received instruction and actual ex- Lt. Robert Jam Ke > t I perience in aircraft maintenance. I I This training prepared him for an-1 Lieutenant Robei I trance into a specialized course I J Sagamore Avenue, vhere ground crew students re-1 I just reported to thi J ceive instruction in maintenance I S distribution Centej I and trouble shooting on particular | 1 City for reassibnme I types of planes. ipleted a 60-day fu The training program he fol-1 | after his liberation flowed included, in addition to air-1 J prison camp. J craft maintenance, fundamentals, j The Teaneck pil- j instruction in airplane electrical! land Mrs. Joseph 3 j systems, structures, fuel and oil j 1 Brooklyn Palytechn I systems, propellers, instruments, I • was employed at th I hydraulic systems, engine opera-1 I nautical Corporatio I tions and basic airplane inspection. I [prior to entering th

TL Comdr. Werner Takes| Sgt. Olaf Pedeison Petea Over USS Walter S. Gorka Mr. and Mrs. Cai \ 1 J 658 Linden Avenue Lieu tenant Commander Richar Itertainod at an oper G. Werner, U.S.N.E., of 63 Pierre j lor of First Sergeai pont St., Brooklyn, N. Y., son ofj I sen who was race Vtr. and Mrs. Richard Werner, 647 I honorable discharf JArmed'Forces. -He r *Penn Ave., Teaneck, N. J., assumed| lArniy for 9 years a command of the U.S.S. WALTEE Ithe Hawaiian Islf S. GORKA, a highspeed transport! jPanama Canal Zon when the ship was placet! in ec-m-I Jwas sent to Franc mission recently at the Hingham,| j Germany when vi< Mass., shipyard of the Bethlehen •dared; Steel Co. Lieutenant Commander Werner! a graduate of Harvard, has served! as exeeutige officer of the U.S.SI SPKY a gunboat, and as command-I ing officer of the U.S.S. BREN- NAN and U.S.S. GARFIBLDl THOMAS^ both destroyer eseortsj nkta Starved, Dirty, 'Mounded iiyc LAYER

[But Chinese, Raiders Are Gtei LAUDS LOYAL JAPS "It made us very angry to hear I Jeep Rolled Over Teaneck Major But He Kept OK, of the treatment of some of the I Japs in the States, after hearing! Aiding 111, Wounded As British And Americans of the loyalty of these soldiers. The I Wrecked Jap Hopes, Drove Them Out Of Burma Marauders tool; good care to seel jthey were not captured for the J West Englewood Officer Set Up Defense, Saved Soldier neck, said today, following Ms return on a 30-day furlough 2h of this year, Major 1 —. was uuua.led to Kunming, China, go- I .torn 2 years of service with the U. S. Army Medical Corps ing by convoy along the Ledo and 1 | WAS OUTNUMBERED] In the C..B. I. theater of operations. - . Burma Roads. The first few days I were spent getting used to truck! 1 One of the first doctors to leave for service mpx Tea- 1 The German eounteroffensive - rr was called in July, 1942, and followg convconvooy travel and learning the ex- the Belgian Bulge was in full forcel Major Farr was called in July, 1942, and following his UUUVI t«, was executive medical ottgr atrcmtW; LU-i-Li^u-ibic^ v. <•.".—•• sup~ 1 I December 19 when First Lieuten-j plie^ were transported to the in-1 ant Denniston Averill of West Bn-I |camp Clalborne, La., until he left for India m teuoi' of China. Trucks would gol glewood, officers in the Armored tn-j FIRST IMPRESSION BAD * off the roads, repairs were of the I fantry, was assigned the job of re-I mofct primitive type and the con-1 | establishing an outpost necessary toi "Our. lirst impression of India stant, traffic had ground sections! our forces. I Bwas not good," Major Parr said. of the road into fine dust in someg • "The most undernourished, be- places four feet deep. The spot where the outpost hasl 1 draggled, dirty and skinny men I ' The thick dust permeated every- been was, to Ortho. When hei ihad ever seen, came aboard as cool- ithing," the Major said, "your haii-,1 reached the area he found It stilll iltes to help unload. under a withering ban-age of enemyl eyes ears, clothes, ration boxes, and! fire Three anti-aircraft half tracks 1 1 "The first night to India we were bedding. One Sunday morning wel had been knocked out and were al I surprised at the' modern buildings, lcame to a sign at the Chino-Bur-I blazing mass of wreckage. Lieuten-1 • caved streets and a good cabaret in mese border erected to commemo-j ant Averill set up a defensive posi-I la modern hotel, but the beggars, Late the passing of the first convoyl tion that withstood the enemy's as-| I men, women and children were a in January, 1945. I sault, then carried to safety a badly I 1 nuisance' and their persistence and "The Chinese came and stared at! wounded man who had been trapped! I filth gave you a feeling of disgust us and we at them. They were about I in the flames of a wrecked haU| land revulsion," the Major said. Fas lagged abunah as one could ever I track. I "The Hindus wear turbans and imagine. I worked up rather a brisk I On the following day, Averill ledl ithe Moslems, fezzes, but they are all piactice for the next few days, treat-1 two tanks which were defending the I I sharpers. The price asked is never ins sores, scabies, sprains and cuts. I town of Samree against overwhelm-1 • the price expected and smce the Along the road we saw the Chinese I ing odds. His vehicle knocked outl I Americans came, the prices have all infantry in their faded blue uni-j in the bilttle, Lieutenant Avenlll I skyrocketed, which has caused no forms. I i continued to light on loot tmtill I little concern to the British who "They looked undernourished andl killed by the outnumbering enemy, I I fear we may spoil the Indians. exhausted, .yet they were the samel His widow, Mrs. Dorothy M. Aver-I I "After a few days in a rest camp, ones who drove the Japs from thel ill and an 8-months-oW child, Uve| Iwe visited a holy city," the Major Balween into Burma the next night.I at 490 Chm-chill Road in West Bn-| isaid "You could tell this was a very After 11 days we arrived in! clewood. Mrs. Averiil has been pre-| I holy city because of the excess beg- Kunming, having covered a Uttlej sented with the Silver star, awardedl Igars, cripples, lepers, holy men al- over 1,000 miles, On the inaing for her husband's heroism in Bel-i I most naked, all very dirty and goats, stieets every building has shops! cium, and a Bronze Star Medal tal Icows and cow manure everywhere. MAJOR "WALTER FARR with a great variety of products.! recognition of Lieutenant Averill si I The thicker the layer, the more There are plenty of fountain pens,! I holy the city and it makes a nice There are plenty 01 loumsun peut,,g heroic service on August jj; jgjg;.. formerly been opeiattd by Mym ion hose, wrist watches, cosmetics,! I base to walk on after the ram. jgrave, who wiote s,o un.eicii.-ny . '^ film, bobby pins and! I Almost everyone has an itch of some Seagrave, who wiote so toteie5t-oamerasoamel as and fflmi bobby pins andl I sort, and they scratch themselves igly of his expeilences The na-u ti0]E5_ Somebody has been fly-1 ves here were \ery diffpient iiom ^,,produA^,,cnfc hani/to ammimitioni •frequently in any part of their e Indians. They alare sturdstuidy heal-iovel, the Hump.. „ lanatomy. el the H hyy, self reliant and while still piimpiim-jj AIter completinl g my inspections I 1 "Prom the rest camp We proceeded ve, havh e morore self lesppele t tha tive, have more self lesppet thanj was orclereti late in March to re-1 I FROM FOUR BATTLES ibv train, river boat, and then an- he masses in the citiecities pmt hack t0 India and made the! I other train to our final destination SWAMPED BY SICK • It was especially hard on the en- Mas Active In European TUeaUr Oil I listed men who had to load and mi- Operations , J the m Corporal John T. Hordych Jr.,1 jload our equipment in the terrific •son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hor-i Iheat, and were crowded into very liych, of 902 River Eoad, TeaneckP •small cars. One Captain said the operations, some by kerosene lampii have no desire to repe any Ihas returned to Fort Dix for reas-| war couldn't be as bad as getting Ught supplmented with flashlightejcan say just as fervently j y Isignment to Port Sill, Oklahoma; l°"Our hospital was completed to "Don't let anyone tell you theiG. I. that there's no country looks I He participated in four mm loctober and we took In our firs Chinese: are impassive or cold," thetes good to a man as the good olctl •battles in the/European theater of Jiiatients, mostly Chinese," the. Majo Major said. "They enfoj ftr. S. loperations. Corp. Hordych was a leonttoued. "Shortly after, we wer and it il ym PfifiV tn ma Iffeshman at Seton Hall College be-g isked to operate an existing hos augh. If you use the right .meth-1 Ifore entering the service 2'A yearsl tftal, 12 miles forward. On the was ids, you can get them to 'do any-I HI swung my jeep, misjudged th ;hing.- If.you use the wrong tactics,| Idistance and started to slide dowi bhey become stubborn and very ex-| jMajor Farr To Open Ithe cliff.: The car rolled over m asperating. • . , I Transfenefl To Florida, |His Office Again ibut: broke no bones. I was takei "About 2 weeks after our arrival,! "Lieutenant Nadtoe Bloom of tha 1 Major Walter Farr, Amy Medl-l | to the hospital I had started ou 1L2 tired, dirty EngUshmeEnglishmen arrived,r?! .Army Nurse Corps, has been transJ l=al Corps, of 288 Griggs AveaueJ Ito inspect, after being given: mor They were the advance column off •chine by a colored truck driver, am if erred to the Ai>my Air Force and Ileaneck, recently returned from 21 Wingate's Raiders arid they brought! lis now stationed at Drew PieldJ ivears of service In the Crnna-i il don't'ever waat to hear anyrac the first news we had of Merrill's Iprejudioe talk again. Florida. • • . j iBurma-Iridia tneater of operationsj Marauders.- ' • • •..•_ Lieutenant Bloom, daughter ox I "-While we were there, a compan 1 |has been placed on the inactive list! "Shortly after our return to India,! BiMIr and Mrs. Russell' Bloom, 1141 jffective this week. . I •of Chinese •arrived-and we took car we were told to operate a hospital! lAyers Court, West Englewood, is al lof them. They reciprocated, by fur further back for Americans—Mer- [graduate ol Englewood Hospital, • Major Parr -will engage in private! inishing us men to clear up our we rill's Marauders, now. renamed the •practice again, beginning August 21J land they did it beautifully. Whf Burma Raiders. What an outfit Iwith offices in his home. * •they left, they presented me wl they werel And what wonders they la silk Hag with many Chinese char accomplished! They were in con-1 lacters on it, indicating their appr tinuous combat longer than any! 1 elation of how well they had be other troops I ever heard ot. They! had made unbelievable marches and I 1 "After a month of this," Maj had constantly killed SO to 100 Japs I •Jarr said, "a request came to opei lor every American killed. They! -,- ON StIREENDEK, SHIP , late a small hospital in the jurigl had several Japanese- Americans I 'Aerographer Harold Edward Mc- lfalrb near the fighting. It h with them as interpreters and the I "lonneir Jr., son of Mr, and Mi'sJ Iboys can't say enough for them. arold K McDonnell of 38 Churchl atrest, West Euglewood, )s a crewl member of the U, S, S. • Missouri,! where the/Japanese surrender pa*I pers-may -.be signed, He joined thel .crew at Honolulu^ when it 'left .on| [its tnafderl •yoyage.: \Capt. Mitchell] \There'8NoGU>ryInWar, Leave Soom Major Farr Tells Teaneck iFor Tokyo Post Giant Rookie Wounded| I Soldier Has Truer Realization Of Its Actualities H« On Okinawa Says At Formal Observance Ireaneck Wac Trained | For Military Rule Sergeant Merrill Mnnin Tiiukurl "To the fighting man, war is no we are of you citizens and vour ac-i of West Englewood, farmer letter-! longer a glorious adventure, but complishments on the home front.J Of Jap Homeland man in baseball and wrestling at| a series of major and minor suf- The reports we received while over-f Teaneclc High School and later ferings," Major Walter J. Parr told seas were a real inspiration to us. I One of several hundred shortstop on the New York Giants'! I the audience gathered to observe The success of the war bond driv! junior team, was wounded in action! the day of prayer and thanksgiving the scrap drives, blood lor our fight- iTokyo-bound Military Gov- or. Okinawa, the Navy Department^ at Teaneck Town Hall yesterday. ing men, and keeping us informed 1 lernment Officers about to reported today. The 27-year-oldj "Because of the change in the of Teaneck activities by letters and! Sheave the country is Captain leatherneck suffered a brnken ribi I character of war; the modem dis- newspapers were the biggest factors! iMarian Price Mitchell, daugh- and shrapnnl wounds of his back! semination . of knowledge and the in maintaining morale, ter of Scout Executive Thomas while fighting with the First I fact that every family has one or |j. Price and Mrs. Price of Po- rine Division June 9. more members in the armed forces, "So today let us not forget that! the pomp and glory and flag wav- the greatness of America is not an I imander Walk, Teaneck. Cap- Hospitalized on Tlnian ft little! ing have gone and in its place there accident but the result of our na-i •tain Mitchell, formerly a re- more than a month, Sergeant Tuck-f are truer realizations of the actu- tional honesty, energy and ideals. I Iporter on the Record, has for er when last heard from by hisl alities .of war, the responsibilities Let us keep it so, by working for! ithe past 4 months attended mother, Mrs. Roberta M. Tucker off of peace, and awareness of the ne- America for the good of all the! |the Civil Affans, Training 81 Franklin Road, was recuperating! cessity of international understand- United States so that America canl School at Noithwestern Uni- in a rest camp. He is now believed] ing and a deep, earnest desire to remain strong and clean with its I to be back with his outfit. insure against a repetition of ideals, so that she can lead, not lift I eisity, one of six schools in Sergeant Tucker was graduated! wholesale slaughter," the speaker the other nations, of the woild to! |this country prepanng Aimy from Teaneck High School in 1937.1 a higher plane of living a higher! pfficets for Militaiy Govern- Besides being active in baseball andj I said. standard of international dealings! "Many times I have heard our aent woik in the Far East wrestling, he played on the basket-1 and toward Peace on Earth. Good! She is the wife of Majoi Raymond, i ball team. Fallowing his graduation! allies remark with horror on the Will to Men.' he played with several Bergen Conn-j apparent lack of discipline, the lack ililchell of New Bedfoid Mass, I ty baseball teams, including Har-| of heel-clicking and saluting and Mayor Milton G. Votee piesidedi who letmned a month ago after ringtail Park, Bogota, and Bergenj the easy relationship between of- at the meeting, sponsored by the. 2% years in Noith Afiica and Italy Pines. ficers and enlisted men, but when Teaneck_Patriotic Observance Com-| with the Ameiican Field Seivice. He spent the summer of 1940 with I there was a job to be done, the mittee. The invocation was dehveiedj del bi other Staff Seigeant Tliomas American soldier took his orders, by Rev. Albert Stauderman; Piayei the Giants'.in Missouri and upon I of I Piico now in pilot training at enlisting in the Marine Corps in I did the job, surprised everyone by Thanksgiving by Rev, Silveriu? IWichita Falls Kans, and her iistei, ! January, 1942, was shortstop for the I his speed and efficiency and when J". Quigle~ ' ' y and benediction bv Rabbi IMiss Helen Piice is a Red Ciosi I thrown upon his own resources, Samuel Geffen. Musical selections! 'Parris Island and Quantico teams. | jsupeivisoi at Wertovei Field Mass. iHe went overseas in March. used his own brain and got results. were by recordings played over j "I speak for the members of the public address system. I Captain Mitchell is a giaduala His brother, Sergeant Noel Tuc:k-| Jof the University of Pittsbmgh. er. is with the Army and when last! • armed forces from Teaneck," Major Flowers on the honor, roll wen heard from was In Southern France,! said, "when I say how proud contributed by the Township §She worked as newspaper reporter

WAESCHE SAFE cscued After Sinking Of Ship Off I iTeaneckTnol Okinawa, He Writes Mr. and Mrs. Donald Waesehs | \Noiv Aboard] TRANSPOUT VKT Bhave received word that their son, BNaval Lieutenant Donald WROsche, I • who was aboard the destroyer Cal- {Pacific Boat] jlaghan, sunk in,the Okinawa area, iwas rescued and is now safe j Mr. and Mrs. William A, | aboard another ship. j Thompson of 677 Maple Avenue, Mrs. Waesche received the in- J j Teaneck, have received a letter Bformation in a letter from .her sOh, I from their son, Willard, Q. M. i I written the day after his ship was 1 3/c, U. S, N. B., stating that he | |sunk. Nephew of Admiral Russell had been transferred at a Pacific Waesche, commandant of the base from the destroyer tender on Guard, Lieutenant Waesche- I which he had served for nearly jfoughfc in the second battle of tha | I two years in the North Atlantic •Philippines Sea and he saw ac- and the Mediterranean, to a de- ption at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. stroyer escort. j According to a Navy report of I On boarding his new assign- I Ithe sinking, 3 liien were killed, 49 | ment he found a copy of the I Bare missing and 73 wounded. Bergen Evening Becord on the deck and was surprised to find [ that two other orew members I hailed from Teaneck. C CT" IN MARIAN MITOHEtL He had never met a shipmate L • 'oing into the Army S's from Teaneofc during his long I . , serving last with the Ber-I service on the tender with a con- i . i ing Record In town this j stantly changing personnel of 800 L I before leaving foi the! Frank S. Boryszewski, husband.of 1 men. Iwest; Coast, she fpaiticipatcd in a| •Mrs, Ann Boryszewski of 187. East! ' Some weeks later his vessel Ifamily reunion which included all! •Part Lee Road, Teaneck, became a| again made contact with the ten- ithe service members of the family j | second lieuter- j der, keeping a lonely vigil at a iexcept Seigeant Price aht in the ii -1 Ismail island in1 the Pacific, at j fantry recently I which time he was presented with I after completing J 1 a certificate of honorary mem- I the Officer Can-1 I bership of the crew of the tender, I didate Course at | I sponsored by the Quartermaster I Part Bennii [Division and signed by the com- | |Ga. • Imandlng officer. The same day! • Shown aboara a, Coast Guard- 1 iBoiyszewski vasj I manned Navy troop transport, Ifomra issioned I V. S. S. Wakefielfl, en ronte to I John De Bydn I the states from Emopean Theater I son of Mr, snd 1 1 of Operations is Lt. (j. g.) Arthur I Mis John De J 1 O. Wlfftmann, TJ. S. N. of 269 IByder of ! i Eagemont Teirace, Teaneck. Lt. 1 Wurtmann is a veteran of 35 I months overseas duty. The irins- I port that lie is shown auoava had 1 been ferrying Oroopo to Europe I prior to Germany's defeat and is I now returning battle weary veter- ians and casualties. Shepherd Back | Rex, Wounded Pacific Vet, After Escape I From Teaneck Slips Leash And Vanishes Teaneck Corporal's Returned Army Pet May Be tex, the fighting German shep-| Headed West, K-9 Expert Believes 'i. -d dog, is back home today after! lay's sightseeing and the family! A Teaneck police alarm was out Rex was returned to the Mar ,i. Richard Marchisio of 45 Newl •today fr • a fighting man's fighting sios from the Port Robin |p age Road, Teaneck, is happy for I Idog. Nebraska, training center Sa m-f ]J re reasons than one. 1 1 Richard Marchisio of 45 New da;.-. is a result of the description giv- i • Bridga Roac! reported to Keadquar- "These dogs have a powt '»! in yesterday's edition of the Ber-1 1 iters that a husky German shepherd homing Instinct," Mr. Hess . i' i! Evening Record, the dog was! • named Rex, wounded and discharged "and it just depends on what '< itted in Bergenfield near the Pal-1 I veteran of fighting in the Pacific, thinks' of as home." • ', Theater and a store owner tele-1 [slipped its harness yesterday morn- The dog's war record has ' • , oned police to come and pick itj ling and vanished.^ been forwarded yet, but it c in When they arrived, it was ex-1 Police called in as consultant RUS- home with a wound scar tmdei n > .ined that while the store owner! jlsell G. Hess of Ridgewood, Quarter- right eye. It weighs 60 por' 1 'S making the call the dog es-i Imaster Corps dog-recruiting liaison arid its left ear droops. Mi-. 3M i -1 led. I lofficer for North Jersey. Mr. Hess chisio described It as quiet Shortly after 10 P. M. Charles F.g I said two possibilities occurred to well disciplined. - -eubert of 151 West Clinton Ave-g •him: the dog might have been stol- i e, Bergenfield, reported to Ber-g len; or it might have been lonely in It belongs to his son, Corr i £ ifield police that he had the dog.I {retirement and set out for familiar Richard Marchisio, who is on O n |J arieck police again went to Ber-1 jterritory far westward. awa with the 44th Engineers I i -g nfield and Rex returned peace-1 iment. Corporal Marchisio, ' nf 1 ly with them to the owner. I will next Wednesday have bee Rex had been, returned to thej service 6 years, asks about Re i[ [ >: irchislo's Thursday from the K-9| • lef'cr h-me, V-.'.s father i i , i. lining center at Fort Robinson,! •J ibraska, after having been wound-1 • in his 18 months of overseas! 'tvice. He slipped his collar somel ime Thursday and a regular policel JA Smiling Lieutenant| i arm was broadcast. | The dog is the property of Cor-I Ends Long Search i- ml Richard Marchi3io, presently! ith the 44th Engineers on Okt-I iwa. He requested the family to I For Her Husband B i "ke especially good care of his vet-1 $ an friend. As part of the home-1 I iming, Hex's kennel had been re-1 JUE'S HERE N(n\ I, linted and trimmed with bright! HiM paint, andi n getting acquaint-i : Bui again, Rex got some of the paint jj L hilge Veterans' Kinl 1-1 his coat, which It is now believed! •l.STped him in slipping out of his I Keep Vigil Until 1 Jllar. Dawn In Streets By IRENE MNDEMANN Within the next 48 hours Meuten . it Martha Miner, the Teaneck • urse who sailed an ocean and flew - lie Channel in search of her hus- I - ini, will be reunited, with htm at 1 ncir Linden Avenue home and lO'Hara Sale ••ores of other soldiers, many from H:.if! doughty "Old Hickory" (30th) i'nfantry Division, will be saying On Release il.ello to the folks they left behind i.iei'e last year when they sailed for I Europe to stop von Rundstedt in the From Japan! IllatUe of the Bulge. They were among the 14,809 One Bergen County man was! roops who pulled into the North mong the first group of American | J i liter Terminal, New York, lasl prisoners evacauted from Japan I I night under a starless midsummer 1 ky aboard the Queen Mary. Today esterday,, and the parents of an-| I hey were being processed at Camp ther were notified that their'son| | •flliner. 'as at a Jap prison camp in Man- THIS WAS THE GREATEST • At 10 o'clock the Queen Mary liuria, it was reported today. I might, except for her giant bulk, Lieutenant 'Arthur P. O'Hara of! i'lave been Just another ship. Dark- 17 Grayson Place, Teaneck, was! 1 less tides, and winds made for a •vacuated from Japan. He was a! I lifilcult docking, and noise on board . lember of the 504th bombardment I i ,vas muffled to a quiet hum as port roup. I I workers bellowed directions to the Mrs. Michael Petak ol Radeliffel l.iarbor tugs which nudged the giant j.nto position outside her berth. I itreet, Wyckoff, was notified byg J But at 10-40 the Queen had slid I Bleei'am yesterday that the nami ? Bin and pandemonium bioke loose 1,1 her sop, Pfe. Joseph Petak, wa; i Ithe diik masses on deiis and su 1 n the personnel list of Camp Hoten j Ip-istiuctmes suddenly boiled mtc j a Mukden, Manchuria. He pre- Jtiovdf, of joyous G I s and fiom j iously was reported missing. Thi • them and fiom fai-ei Jfmmid iutt telegram said more information iuoilholes nine the fimlliai nvsml j remlcl follow -when it was secured \ iment «( whistles ntfriit" tin •Air ol hubb* hubba Imbba1 It uas the giefttett noisiest wel •come s,mce V E Day foi letumm' IILI II 111 •troops 111 L II I '1' 1 Bands and boat whistles seie 11 || I I \lllll> inaded them and hiindieds of hai LUU JIHC1 • I fl> Sboi ciaft outlined (hell Eianl ves«ei 3oy of b*in£ ltftl ( Bwlth -eaichlighf! Thousand? lined the Arral Nuisi ' Ithe shoie io eheei and nave Miner lues in li 1 lieutenant Minei sciambled down Ithe Kiirgplank, tiod a few minutes hei colleagups Ipieviomlv bv Genenls Lelrad S Hospital iippm * •Hobbs and Jacob L De\HS and Ad It Just doc) tinal Still a •be home agulr 1 Isaid. The petite an» ,1.1.r , - tenant Joined the Army Nurse Corps and in March in an effort to be ,cioser lure -to tnIg country, to her husband, _Captam Hegtaa\d Captain Miner has bee4 n home Ira •Miner, a B,24 pilot who was de- ictaved missing last September. He several weeks now. Iteter turned up in a, German prison "Reg has M more dajS left of Mi Jcamp, anfl was sui'prised by his wile 75-day leave," said his wife, "» lln aance, fdlbvring Ws 4^^° we'll at least have 3d da»s together^

PROMOTED HINDUS HONORED EANECR DOCTOR Private Thomas H. Hiiidle 3rd, son •of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hindle Jr.I lof 190 Teaneck Eoad, Teaneck, was! •awarded the Bronze Star medal onl WINS PROMOTION •August 6 for'heroic service on O|Ki-| IBRESSLER BEATI inawa. He is a member of the 32Sst§ •Medical Battalion of the 96th Diyi-| IN THEJARINES Ision. In his 2 years of overse DEATHJMiESii Iservice, he participated in the inva-1 Islons of Leyte and Okinawa, and isf iDr. Sexton Becomes A I now in the Philippines awaiting 1 transfer to the Army of Occupaton| IShell Blew Him From| Lieut.-Comman-der The citation said: Dugout—Saved Man In California "With utter disregard of his own! jUafety, he made four separate trips! Word lias just been received byl iOTHERS ARE RAISED I forward into an area under direct! jMr. and Mrs. Harry S. Bressler, 5215 iartillery fire, mortar and machine! jOgden Avenue, West Etielewood.g n igun fire and successfully evacuated! I that their son, Harry Jr., escapedE Dr. Edwaid V. Sexton, foimer •wounded men to the Battalion Aid| ideath by a matter of inches duringH •Teaneck physician, has been pro- IStation," |the 87th Division's push into Lux-K I moled to Lieutenant Commander, He was a graduate of Teaneck| •mbourij In last January's bittern • M. C, V S. N. R, at,the Naval igh School. _jold when the 34Gth Infantry was| • Hospital in San Leandio, Calif iordered to relieve units of the| iPiior to his present assignment ?ouith Division near LelliE. I • Commander Sexton saw service Private Bressler mas attached toE •with Admiral Kmcaid's Seventh la cannon company and also served | •Fleet wheie he took part in pre- las official interpreter. No soonerB iPhillppine invasion battles. ihad his unit moved into positions 1 He was a member of the staffs land Bres'sler had started heating 1 lof Holy Name, Englewood, and |a 0 ration, when a shell landed! I New York Post-Graduate Hospitals LT COM EDWARD V-SffijEEPJj • the latter in New Yolk, before en- about 150 yards away. S iteiing service, and was known lo- i "The only coVer available", hefc Ically as physician for Selective •told his parents, "was a little dug-1 • Service Board 6 In Teaneck. Dr. LANGE IS FREED lout about 8x4 leet. Everyone dlvedf I Sexton had offices at 936 Queen •into that and, as I was farthest! 1 Anne Road. , iaway I was last in. With ten oth-er B ireaneok Solclier, Jap Captive Since! guys in that space, I was barely i 1 In 1942 he aided in the oigamza- J Corregidor, Released From Osaka I Itloii and operation of the American inside the door, with hardly any! • Red Ctoss Blood Donor Center, Private Paul Lange, who was cap-l iprotection at all. The Germans! HHanisburg, Pa Other duties have! Itured by the Japs early in 19431 •decided to put on a Battery Onei I included being attached to the when Corregidor fell, has been re-I Iround, right into our position, The 9 IKaval Medical Centei at Bethesda, •leased from- the prison camp atj shell I was concerned •with landed \ IMd, the Naval Air Station in Se- •Osaka, the War Department an- jabout 8 -.eel from flie dugout mld-S ll attle, Wash, A. H O. Blood Donor Inounced today. iway between the dugout and our 3 I Unit, Washington, D. C, and the In a letter to his father, Alfred! lammunltlon, wliich was piled about | IXJnited Naval Mobile Hospital 12 iLange, 327 Cedar Lane, Teaneck,! 115 feet away. If it had ever hiti I His present station is one of the iwritten just before V-J Day, the! 1 that pile,'I -wouldn't be writing! llaigest hospitals on the West I Teaneck soldier said he was study-J Jabout it. Anyway, I was blown I I Coast devoted to the exclusive can I ing Spanish (he Is a former Mexi- iclear out of the dugout and was! •of Mailne and Naval personnel r can movie extra), reading and look-| •half stunned. Later, they counted! I turned from the Pacific ling forward to coming home. |27 holes in a board that had been! 1 Commander and Mrs Sexton no... I The family of another recently! 16 inch' over my head. That's what I 1 live at 339 Foothill Boulevard, San J liberated prisoner, Pfe. Vincent J.f j makes one believe in fate! I was I BLeandio, Calif Ijesuele of 184 Main Street, Cliff- I picking myself up when another! Istde Park, could not be reached for j • shell hit about 50 yards in front j icommant. land one of our drivers, who had! I been trying to reach his truck,! • was hit. I 1 "I went out to try to help him I land with a couple of other guys wej • carried him to a little hole andn lone of the medics dressed bisi J wounds. So many other things hap-i Jpened in the bitter days that fol-I U. STS. TEXAS I lowed that I'd completely forgotten I jabout the incident, but about a| [month later I was officially awai'drl led the Bronze Star for what they! I called my heroic action. Anyway.B jl was just plain lucky that I didn'ij DECORATEI Jwind up with the Purple Heart oil I worse.' , I I Private Bressler's present assign-1 jment is in the Intelligence Section I [Camp Detroit, situated in the Sls-| Jsone aiea of Prance A graduate oil I Teaneck High School, he attendee. B Ithe Univeisity of Missouri Journal-6 I ism School until he entered the a lArmv in July of 1943 After basics 1 teaming at Camp Robeits, Calif r iBieselei was chosen for specia I JbaimnK with an A S. T. P. units I at Stanford University and wa'I Ilater oideied overseas with the 870*1 j Division. J I Besides the Bronze Star, PriVat<[ JBresslei holds seven other llbbonf! land decorations, Including the Oom-| I bat Infantry Badge and thiee Bat I tie Stirs

PVT, TTABBY BRESSLER JR. y«/« can service men anc units, was frostbite Peto, Teaneck Nurse,were not then perfet oases of frostbite n putation. Solution lo 'Home After 3 Years In Warinstruction of air, c It was at the ten Saint Lo that Ma fVi'-iirer Of 3 Battle Stars, 6 Overseas Stripes Suf- covered that a bee fered Only Bee Sting, Tumble In Campaigns noyed or not. :** The bees were a in operating tents, I Vjjor Marjory Peto of West Englewood is home from the The nurses collected •71th bee stings, ft. fall in a blacked out London street ting manufactured f tumble "into~a..sjx-foot trench her only personal casual- ific troops,' disasse But the small blue-eyed Army nurse spent more than sewed it into large -i 11 years overseas caring for American wounded and the tect the operating tc ijiI in battle stars on her European Theater ribbon and the On August 25, 1! s moved to Marseilles , - - u • vseas stripes on her sleeve only hint at her experiences Hampton Roads, Vi md ordeals. aboard the General She made many fi HAS DISCHARGE among them, a d( ;{• '"W T " daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "Sooner." The dog . i • h Peto, of 1293 Sussex Road, to accompany her w" V.'"i Englewood, Major Peto, with to Prance, so she If ijj quints, was discharged through charge of an Englis the Fort Dix Separation Center last other small dog waf week. by a French family, t When members of the Staff of "Kcho" because of h Medical Center formed the Second to her first mascot. General Hospital, February 15, 1942, Fearing that offici and went to Port Meade, Maryland her pet from boardii for training, Miss Peto, with 19 England, Major Peto years experience as head nurse and a sleeping pill and supervisor at Medical Center, was what she calls a " appointed Chief Nurse and commis- which she held and Lrti

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AFTER TWO YEARS • 1J< inn k Engineer Who Served ID T. Ow Now On leave Alvin H. Hoppe of 100u Terrace, Teaneck, arrlvec •September 28, after 2 years abroad with the" 49.ai' En- serving in Worth '. Africa, 1 and France, where lie par- d in the D Day invasion ;ing originally with the 104th TS, .Qapt. Hpppe has been ice lor more1 than 5 years now on terminal leave and ling with his 'wife, Audrey 'ii Beach,.Fla.