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Winder Puts Saipan Affairs in Order Aided By Other D. C. Men SAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De layed).—Marines landing their earn civil affairs experts here in the wake of combat troops were headed by Lt. Col. Donald T. Winder, former Washington attorney. Col. Winder, 2121 Virginia avenue N.W., with 10 officers and 5 enlisted men will handle the civilians on Saipan, a large percentage of whom are Japanese, until the Army garri son forces are installed. According to a Marine Corps com bat correspondent, Col. Winder’s primary objectives are to prevent civilian interference with the armed forces and to rehabilitate the in habitants. He serves as administra tive, judicial and legislative head. The assault forces brought 3,000 tons of food for civilian use. If necessary, this will be supplemented by confiscated Jap supplies and requisitioned civilian supplies. Two other Washington men in the civil affairs unit are Capt. John P. Collins, 4003 Twenty-first street NJE., and Capt. H. Prud’homme, 3104 Q street N.W. Chambers Back at Front. After a one-day rest at the division command post, "Jumpin’ Joe” Chambers returned to the front with his men. Marine Lt. Col. Justice M. Cham bers was standing only 200 feet from an ammunition explosion and had to be sent to the rear for a brief rest. The blast was believed set by a wire-controlled land mine. Although Col. Chambers’ men landed as reserves, they were com mitted to action soon after pene trating the rain of mortar and ar tillery-fire on the beach, and have been in practically every engage ment of the campaign. Pour of his key officers have been killed. (Col. Chambers was recently prominent in a news dispatch from Saipan, stating he had car ried Lt. Col. Evans F. Carlson of marine raider fame to safety after Col. Carlson had been wounded.) Col. Chambers, whose wife and three children live at 630 Quebec place N.W., is a Silver Star hero of Tulagi. He evacuated a front-line hospital under fire despite wounds suffered from a Jap mortar shell. Kengla lakes command. Marine Lt. Col. William A. Kengla of Washington landed as an ob server, but was commanding a front-line post within four hours, when the original commander was wounded. Col. Kengla came here as an ob server from Marine Corps head quarters in Washington, but his past service as a battalion commander in this outfit, before he contracted malaria on Guadalcanal, enabled him to assume field direction of the leaderless unit. A veteran of 10 years in the Ma rine Corps. Col. Kengla now is on the plans and training staff. Later, when a relieving officer ar rived to take charge of the unit. Col. Kengla strapped on his cartridge belt, picked up his carbine and swung away down the road, once again taking up his business of being an observer. Col. Kengla's wife and son live at 005 Edgewood road. Arlington, Va„ and his father. A. J. Kengla, lives at 1400 Madison street N.W. Col. Kengla holds the Silver Star medal for gallantry in action on Guadalcanal. Siwash Stays on Board. Siwash, the duck which broke into national prominence after the Ta rawa campaign when it was re vealed he single-handedly routed a Jap pig and rooster, was disap pointed in this assault. At the last minute Siwash was not perfnitted ashore with the as sault troops. He remained squawk ing on board ship until the fifth day of the campaign. "You’ll just have to say that Si wash was on a working party this time.'' said Col. Prestley M. Rixey, 404 King street, Alexandria, Va., who is Siwash's commanding of ficer and benefactor. “We value him too much to have to eat him.” * Saipan Bathed in Beauty On Day of Invasion Staff Sergt. Dick Tenelly, former ly of Washington, writes that the preliminary air and naval bom bardment of Saipan took place in a cloud-setting of almost breath taking beauty. “Heaps and heaps of snowy white vapor-floss gradually became soiled on their undersides from the smoke and dust of battle.” Later a lone enemy plane which came over just at dusk was greeted by a pyrotechnical display that “shamed anything I ever saw on the Fourth of July at the Monu ment Grounds in Washington. It literally rained red upward,” Sergt. Tenelly wrote. The Marine correspondent re ported that a major problem on Saipan was rounding up civilian inhabitants and escorting them to the safety of rear areas. Most of them are Korean agriculture work ers and Japanese from the poverty ridden Okinawa Islands. "And they all have flocks of children,” he added. Star Men Working for Marines To Report Campaigns Together Technical Sergt. Jeremiah A. O’Leary (left) and Sergt. James F. Moser, jr., discuss old times at The Star. —Marine Corns Photo. By Sergt. George E. McMillan, 1707 Duke street, Alexandria, Va., a Marine Corps combat cor respondent. SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC (Delayed).—Two former Evening and Sunday Star reporters, now Marine Corps Combat corre spondents, met here recently and the first words the new arrival said were: “The city room’s been painted.” Sergt. James F. Moser, jr., 510 South Main street, Culpeper, Va., the newcomer, passed on this flash to Technical Sergt. Jeremiah A. O'Leary, jr., 1222 Quincy street, Washington. It proves what Washington news papermen say: "Once a Star man • • Sergt. O’Leary has just completed his job of reporting the marine campaign at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Many of his stories have appeared in The Star. The next blitz will see the two men working together, for Sergt. Moser has been assigned to the samd unit. Sergt. Moser enlisted in the Marine Corps April 20, 1043, received his recruit training at Parris Island, S. C., and left the States for his first assignment December 3, 1043. The first night they were together it was part of Sergt. O’Leary’s hos pitality to furnish Sergt. Moser with a Jap blanket captured during the campaign. Pantomime Finally Wins Saipan Family Armed With Pitchfork SAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De layed).—An Irate father, with a pitchfork, and a baffled marine captain, with an entire rifle pla toon, fought a two-hour battle of words here today before they came to an understanding. The native, an elderly Chamor ros, was apparently convinced that the Americans would murder the civilian population of Saipan if they ever captured it. The marines, under Capt. Henry Joslin, whose mother, Mrs. Beyre K. Joslin, lives at Wardman Park Hotel, in Washington, were mop ping up one comer of the island when they found the father stand by a dugout with a pitchfork poised in his hands. As the marines approached the old man lifted his pitchfork, and the platoon halted. Capt. Joslyn smiled reassuringly and waved his hand. The old man raised his pitchfork. He called his family of seven out of the dug out and lined them up behind him. The American officer tried to ex plain by sign language that no one would harm them. The old man could not understand. Capt. \Joslin pointed to his tired platoon standing by and tried to explain that his men wanted to take them back to a safer place. He moved his platoon back 30 paces and made them turn around with their backs to the pitchfork. The native father held his pitch fork ready. It was finally made clear that they would not be shot, but would be taken back to a safer place for food, water and shelter. The old native finally smiled and shook his head that he understood. Then he put down his pitchfork. The family followed a guide across the field toward the beach. Two D. C. Snipers Start Saipan Battle * SAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De layed).—A couple of teen-age Ma rines went sniper hunting near their! 4th Marine Division artillery unit and started a miniature war in the' rear lines here. The marines were Pvts. (first class) James Brecht, 19, of 2020 Fourth street N.E., Washington, and T. S. Helpinstill, 18, from Texas. Their battery had been sniped at during the night and in the morn ing they received permission to go up and hunt the sniper. They found two under a Jap farmhouse and killed them both, but in so doing attracted fire from other Jap snipers in the vicinity. The two youngsters called for reinforcements and ap parently the word was passed among Jap snipers in the vicinity. At any rate, most of the artillery outfit was soon engaged with a force of per haps as many as 50 Japs. Ten marines were wounded in the struggle, and ultimately the com mander in the area sent up a spe cially trained and equipped outfit to deal with the snipers. In the end 27 Japs were killed. Bowman's Bombers Set Missions Mark AN 8TH AAF BOMBER STA TION, England—The Flying Fortress group commanded by Col Harold W. Bowman, 312 South Irving street. Arlington, has landed more bombs on the target than any other European theater group in its first 100 missions. At the 100th mission party it also was announced that the Bowman Group completed 100 missions faster than any other group in the theater. Another distinction earned by Col, Bowman was that of leading the greatest force of heavy bombers ever assembled in one unit in a daylight assault on Nazi airfields in France and Germany June 14. Bombing results of the record-breaking force of bombers were officially scored as "excellent.” Col. Bowman's lead combat wing struck at the famous Le Bourget Airdrome at Paris, which the Ger man Air Force used as a fighter base and huge supply depot. The mission was the first since D-day when visibility over the con tinent was good. 'Commando' Haynes Foils Jap Attack SAIPAN, Marianas Islands (De layed).—Marine Warrant Officer Carl P. Haynes, 1809 Good Hope road S.E., Washington, D. C., before dawn today earned among his fel low 4th Marine Division artillery men the nickname of "Commando” —because he killed so many of the Jap commandos who made a daring surprise raid on his position. Warrant Officer Haynes, who is executive officer of his outfit, is in charge of outposts protecting his po sition, and it was he who deployed men in defensive posts during the original Jap attack. The Japs marched up to the marine positions in formation, hoping to be mis taken in the darkness for marines. They were successful until chal lenged by Gunner Haynes’ sentries, who opened fire when the Japs were unable to produce the password. In the fight, which lasted several hours, 123 Japs were killed—possi bly the entire raiding party—at the cost of 2 marines dead and 15 wounded. Warrant Officer Haynes not only deployed the men but was active in the actual fighting and participated in the final charge which wiped the Japs out. "He was all over the place,” says Lt. Col. G. B. Wilson of Philadel phia, Pa., his commanding officer. Among souvenirs of the struggle gained by Haynes is a Jap flag, which he cut into lace when he turned a machine gun on the man wh> was wearing it. Warrant Of ficer Haynes suffered only two slight scratches from Jap grenades. D. C. Man, Hit During Landing, Says Nazi Shells Filled Hearts of Everybody With Justifiable Fear continuing his vivid account of D-day in a letter to his mother, Pvt. Francis Arnett Leimbach, jr„ who Buffered two wounds when he hit the invasion beach with the first di vision, also describes his evacuation by hospital ship and recovery in England. On his way to the hospital ship with another wounded soldier, Pvt. Leimbach had to cover abput 500 yards to the water. He wrote: “We passed men of our outfit who were carrying ammo, wire and other equipment, and wished them good luck. "Occasionally a barrage of 88 mm. and mortar fire would hit the beach, interfering with our con certed effort to find the little ship. By occasionally I don’t mean a cou ple every 10 or 15 minutes, but from 3 to 6 every 2 or 3 minutes. No matter how much battle experience a man has, he still feels jumpy when under this kind of fire—and I was jumpy and scared as hell. "Anybody who says he’s not scared IB the damndest kind -of liar- for even the old-timers admit their' fear. It is nothing to be ashamed of, and at times is a good thing, as It makes you think of what you’re doing. “Durir* the search I noticed sev eral things: the shattered house which was a fortified strongpoint 'til the naval guns opened up on it; a trip wire for a booby trap across the path: the simple design of the barbed wire entanglements; the dis carded life belts; a hole in the side of the hill which formerly sheltered several Jerries — the main dugout that held up our advance . . . and the one that wounded me* in the leg now just a yawning cavity due to the 12-gun salvo of a destroyer at point-blank range. “The wounded, dying and dead sprawled on the rocky beach; the myriad of equipment pouring ashore; the barely visible outlines of sunken boats; the tips of the beach obstacles . . . and attached mines; a burning halftrack and tank; halted vehicles waiting for the clearing of a mine field; the cool, collected work of those un glorified men so wrongly nick named ‘pill-rollers’ skirting from one victim to another—every one working and struggling for success. “And finally the object of our search—the little boat.” On board the hospital ship, thoroughly drenched, cold and wounded, the men found comfort in steaming hot coffee, cigarettes and chewing gum (to prevent sea rV sickness on the lurching boat), Pvt. Leimbach wrote. After his clothes were cut from him and he was given a shot of morphine, the 22 year-old private found relief in sleep. The next morning he was "eager to know the progress of the boys on the beachhead . . . and man aged to acquire a mimeographed news report edited by Navy men.” At the English hospital, where his group “received quite a warm welcome, being the first casualties to arrive,” Pvt. Leimbach was es pecially amused to see officers “pulling KP and running back and forth like slaves. "My arm in a splint, I was un able to cut my meat. I lay there toying with the idea of calling one of them over to do it for me. Along oomes a major. ‘Nope, he is’nt high enough” I said to myself. Another major, a captain ... and then a nice victim—a lieutenant colonel. He had a pleased look on his face, and inside I was getting a big kick out of it.” Pvt. Leimbach, a graduate of Eastern High School, was hit in the right leg Just below the knee as he was getting off the invasion barge. An M-mm. shell splintered his wrist. •N Boudreau, Bartlett Advanced to Colonels; Other Promotions Lt. Col. finery A. Boudreau, former executive with the Interstate Com merce Commission, and Lt. Col. Theodore L. Bartlett, former princi pal legal admin istrator tor'the Federal Commu nications Com mission, have been promoted to colonels. Col. Boudreau, whose wife re sldes at 2534 Third street North, Arling ton, Va., Is now chief of the Air Force move ments section under the com- . . mantling general CM. Bartlett, of Air Service Command in the Chlna-Burma-India theater. Over seas for nine months, he reported for duty after Pearl Harbor and served for two years here on the air staff. Assistant communications officer of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, Col. Bartlett, whose resi dence is 3409 Fessenden street N.W., was the Army representative to the Transatlantic Safety Conference in Ottawa-, Canada, in 1942, and has been on special missions to Panama, Brazil, London and Cairo. He was assistant communications officer for the Northwest African campaign and was assigned to his present post when MAAF was organized. For combat service when he was in charge of operations of a reconnais sance squadron In the Sicilian and Italian campaigns, Col. Bartlett wears the Air Medal and the Amer ican and European theaters ribbons. First Lt. Henry S. Huidekoper of *934 Edgevale terrace N.W., a fighter pilot, who returned from the Solo mons recently, was advanced to cap tain in the Marine Corps Reserve. Son of Mrs. Reginald S. Huidekoper and the late Mr. Huidekoper, a former assistant district attorney, Capt. Huidekoper is now an instruc tor at an airfield In this country. Another marine promoted was Maj. John J. Oormley of 4508 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md„ to lieuten ant colonel. Thirty-six marines— 33 officers and 3 enlisted men— were advanced in addition to the above mentioned announced by the Marine Corps last week. Advancements, commissions, ap pointments and orders to active duty released by the War and Navy Departments follow: A KMT. Lieutenant Colonel. Richard B. Pllkinton. 1720 Hobart (tract N.W.. in New York N. Y. Thomas T. Clifford, 1 Scott circle N W. Michael O. Pugh. Air Force. 4 Rose mary street, Chevy Chase. Md., at St. Louis. Mo. Major. , Leroy W. Brooks, Air Force. 8707 Fifth street N.W. James A. Sexton. Jr., Air Force. 2029 Connecticut avenue N.W. Frank E. Brunner. Medical Administra tive Corps. 10807 Hord street, Silver Sprint. Md. «*C E Dixon. 14 Riggs road N.E.. Yith 8th Air Force in England Andrew W. O'Connor. Mayflower Hotel, at Bit Sprint Field. Tex. Charles W. Hutton. 3012 Seventeenth street N.E.. in Newfoundland. Julius Goldstein. Air Force. 3800 Massa chusetts avenue N.W. „ Charles M. Council Jr., transportation, 2010 Kalorama road N W. Frederick D. Williams. 129 North High land street. Arlington. Va. Harry W. Dannettell. Jr,, quartermas ter. US Intraham street N.W. John S. Hoffman. 2622 Thirty-second street S.E 8amuel F. Beach. Judge Advocate Gen erals Department, 1836 Twenty-fourth street N.W. Richard C. Boward. Air Force. 844 Guilford avenue. Haterstown. Md. Harry M Rexrode. Medical Administra tive Corps. Box 304. Manassas. Va. . t __Captain. Robert E. Doyel. Jr., quartermaster. 4008 Tenth street n E. - **5 A- Abbott, Jr Signal Corps. 1414 Oak Hill avenue. Haterstown Md. John K Eney 4000 Indian lane N.W at Lexington. Va Dudley P Lee. 814 Franklin street Alexandria. Va. • William G. Cornwell. Air Force. 2524 Seventeenth street N.W „ Harry P Samaha. quartermaster, 1510 Upshur street N.W. Martin J. OGara. chaplain. George town University. James A. Saltsman Air Force. 8107 Thirty-fourth street N W ^ Murray Rose, 1820 Clydesdale place Robert E Dougherty. Air Force. 11 Magnolia parkway. Chevy Chase. Md _Norman E. Plotner. Air Force. 6322 atts?iU?hMdTenU*' °r**n Me*dow»- Hj r-„™ch!od, S. Greer. Medical Administrative Corps. 821 Maryland avenue N.E. Newton*street K' 1817 Bi»h ?treeP,^Vr' Air *12» Mer.dell F. Rice. Infantry. Box 87, Fair fax. Va. John B. Ewald. Jr., Air Force. 8511 Davenport street N.W. „ Charles H. Thompson, Infantry, Route 3, Box 24. Vienna. Va. Edwin A. Dickenson, chaplain, 1827 Randolph street N.W. Henry F. Kimball. Jr.. Air Force, 2884 Twenty-eighth street N.W. Kenneth B. Hale, field artillery. 92 Treasury Building. _ Jcrotrie A. Lowe, Held artillery, Glenn Dilc. Mo. Roland Banks.Jr.. Rockville, Md., with 8th Air Force in England. Aloycius j-Oaney Jr.. 1725 Lanier place N.W . with 8th Air Force James M Loftus. Medical Coma 2041 Upton street N.W., at Bougainville. rirst Lieutenant. , Reid 8. Berman. Air Force. *120 Four teenth street N.W. Robert C. Karvwatt, Signal Corps, 1819 Q street N.W. Richard E. Gilliland. 1720 Rhode Island avenue N.W. Edward P Kelly. 9010 Second street N.W . at Perrin Field. Tex. John F. Simmons, Air Force. 3500 Thir teenth street N.W.. at Ooodfellow Field. Tex. Sterling F. Black, Air Force, 610 South Lee street. Alexandria. Vs. Elbert L. Bias, infantry. 3333 Q street N.W., with 5th Army in Italy. Evangeline L. Mella. WAC, 1335 Ingra ham street N.W. Lorenso J. Taylor. Medical Administra tive Corps, 2820 Thirty-sixth place N.W. Charles H. Hunter, Air Force, 1730 First street N.W. ^Horace E. Posey, Infantry, Indianhead, _ John E. Partington. Adjutant General's Department. 322 North Thomas street, Arlington, Va. Charles A. Williams. Signal Corps, 1948 C street N.E. Robert E. Thompeon, Air Force, 2823 Tilden street N.W. Llewellyn N. Pope, Air Force, 4102 Twelfth street N.E. Julius Cohen. Signal Corps, 2420 Four teenth street N.W. Edward J. Pruehtman. Air Foree, 1445 Ogden street N.W. Thomas E. Stitley. Air Force, 28 East Franklin street, Hagerstown. Md. Julius A. Kaiser, ir.. Air Force, 27 Det rick avenue, Kensington. Md. William R. McGinniss. Quartermaster. 1550 Hemlock street N.W. Walter L. Mess, quartermaster. 4492 MacArthur boulevard N.W. Billy F. Fuller. Air Force, 709 Elm street, Chevy Chase. Md. John C. Stokes. Air Force. 3028 Porter street N.W. William B. Davis. Air Force. 1818 G street N.W. Dorrance P. Howland, ordnance. 816 Prince George street. Laurel, Md. Ralph S. Lewis, transportation. 209 West Greenway boulevard. Falls Church. Va. Holmes P. Ambrose, Air Force, 1707 Twenty-eighth place S.E. Joseph P. Myers. Air Force, 4318 Twen tieth street N.E. < " John P. Mozur, Air Force, 1825 New Hampshire avenue N.W. Troy H. Price. Adjutant General’s De partment. 3000 Connecticut avenue N.W. Robert. 8. Fltzaimmonds. 4514 Living ston road 8.E.. with 8th Air Force In European theater. Nathan Ackerman. 6122 Kansas avenue N.W.. with 8th Air Force. George V. Armstrong. Jr.. 401 Sixty fifth street N.E., at Selman Field. La. Reid 8. Berman. 4120 Fourteenth street N.W., at Scott Field. 111. Quinton E. Oray, Stockton Springs, Va.. with 8th Air Force in England. Bernard R. Thomas. 2310 Ashmead place N.W.. with 8th Air Force. Ralph 8. Lewis, transportation. 206 West Oreenway boulevard. Falls Church. Va. Cletus T. Hord. 9645 Georgia avenue N.W.. with 8th Air Force. Ceasmisslened Second Meateaant. „ Daniel 8. Harbaugh. Chemical warfare. 2800 Thirteenth street N.E.. at Edgewood Arsenal. Md. Robert B. Bird, chemical warfare. 218 SWAdte Chm Ncvr1St,Ed5i: George I. Poos. Chemical warfare. 8225 Arto'to“- V*’ . • < Coast Guardsmen Who Aided Invasion of France Praise Stubborn Valor of Men on Beachhead These men were In the thick of action on D-day (left to right): Raymond D. Sheppard, Arlington, Va.; George E. J, Boschet, Silver Spring, Md., and Frank Santoeimma of Washington. ABOARD COAST GUARD AT TACK TRANSPORT, U. S. S. SAMUEL CHASE, OFF THE FRENCH COAST (Special.)—Three District Coast Guard landing boat crewmen climbed aboard this trans port on D-day to extoll the soldiers they had Just carried to a Normandy beachhead. “Those boys are the heroes of this war,” they all agreed. Though George E. Boschet, fire man. first class, of Silver Spring, Md.; Frank Santoeimma, seaman, first class, 28 Place street S.E., Wash ington, D. C.; ancT Raymond D. Sheppard, seaman, first class, of 5809 S. First street, Arlington, Va., all landed the same battalion at ap proximately the same time , and on the same beach, each man returned with different stories and impres sions. Boschet, a boat engineer with the first ships wave, was driven off the beach four times by fierce shore fire, before he could land his troops on the beachhead. “On our third try at the beach a shipmate was hit in the back. That was when I really got scared. His last words before he gave up his post was what really worried me. He kept mumbling to me, ‘Somebody take over. I don’t care about myself, so long as you get the soldiers in.’ “I immediately took over, but gosh I was afraid I wasn’t capable of making a good landing. Fortunately by this time our fearless destroyers moved in behind us and quickly blasted the pillboxes into absolute silence. Before the ‘cans’ did their Job, it was virtually impossible to reach shore. You should have heard my load of soldiers yell when the destroyers began to talk. Watching their precision fire on shore batteries was the prettiest sight I have ever ■ seen, especially after being the [target of bullets coming from the other directions for more than two hours. It was a great sight to us also then to see soldiers casually walk onto the beach when we lowered our ramp—very different than the first trip in that morning when troops were mowed down as soon as they left our craft. i cameo some oi me same sol diers who landed in North Africa and Sicily from this ship. They were laughing and joking during the whole 10-mile trip. Two men were reading mystery stories. One man commented in an offhand way: "This is pretty dangerous; a guy might get killed around here.’ Actu ally the joviality was very forced; they were all trying to keep each other s spirits up. I had a lot of trouble with one soldier. He in sisted upon sitting on the engine box when mortars and bullets were playing all around us. I told him several times to stay below with the other men, but he paid no at tention to me. He wanted to see the whole show.” When Coast Guard Boat Coxswain Santoeimma reported back to this transport 24 hours after leaving for the Normandy beachhead in the initial assault he had survived two Richard Rawdon. Air Force, Route 3. Bethesda. Md., at Yale University. Conn. Donald R. Holben. 430 New Jersey ave nue S.E., at Midland Field. Tex. Joseph P Mahoney. *37 D street 8.E., at Victorville Field, Calif. Charles R. Luke. 1222 Woodside perk way. Silver Spring. Md.. at Victoryvllle Field. Calif. Edgar J. Mason. 1423 Morse street N.E.. at Ellington Field. Tex. James F. Brown. 431* Tenth street N.E.. at Demlng Field. N. Mex. Harlan E. Fraley. R. F. D. 469, Alexan dria. Va., at Selman Field. La James R. Hastings. 3816 North Seven teenth street. Arlington. Va., at Selman Field. La. Edward K. Burton, transportation, 1347 Mapleview place 8.E.. at NeW Orleans. La. Commissioned Air Forees at Miami Beach, Fla. Chris Orgyropoulos. 830 Otis place N.W. James E. Stabler. 1R41 R street N.W. Alexander B. Reid, 415 Rlttenhouse street N.W. Edward M. Ruslander, 5315 Fourth street N.W. Edmond B. Crowdrer. 2925 Twenty eighth street N.'V. Herman P. Henevor III. 4031 Twenty fifth street North. Arlington. Va. Marvin A. Schnciderman. 4306 Arkan sas avenue N.W. Charles B. Walstrom. *09 North Over look drive. Alexandria. Va. Harold Breitsteln, 3924 Seventh street South. Arlington. Va. Phlneas Indritx, 1401 Sheridan street N.W. Malcolm A. Levi. 3619 Macomb street N.W. Milton Lobenstein. Wardman Park Ho tel. Kenneth W. Patrum. 1903 N street N.W. Harold D. Koffsky. 5809 Fifth street N.W. Clifton T. Hudgins. 961 North Ken tucky street, Arlington, Va. Cecil E. Goode. 3539 East Capitol street. Lewie V. Gilpin. 2929 Connecticut ave nue N.W. Henry J. Sandri, 1607 V street 8.E. Appointed Flight Officer. Oeron K. Rathell If, 3000 Connecticut avenue N.W.. at San Marcos Field. Tex. Charles H. McOogney. Jr.. 3318 Fifth street 8.E., at Selman Field, La. John C. Brady, Jr., 28 New York avenue N.W., at San Angelo Field, Tex. Thomas Pope, Berwyn, Md., at Oowen Field. Idaho. Appointed Warrant Officer (J. G.). Raymond F. Dowell. 303 Lincoln avenue, Takoma Park, Md., In New Caledonia. Technical Sergeant. George C. Garth. 322 George Mason drive, Arlington. Va., with 9th Air PPrees in European theater. Sergeant. . Prank J. Green, 7020 Marlboro rtke S.B.. at Orlando, Pla. James J. Kenny. 2012 Tenth road, Arlington. Va., at Bolling Pleld, D. C. Technician Fourth Grade. Rolston Lyon, infantry, 217 Rltten house street N.W.. in Panama Canal Zone. Charles J. Muse, Signal Corps. 4401 Eighth street South. Arlington, Va., in New Hebrides, Pacific theater. Carperal. William o. Wye. 3105 South pern etreet, Arlington. Va.. at Bolling Field, D. C. BoUing'l^eYd Moor*’ 8 R1*M *®ad N-W., at Irvin Sorensen. 623 Oakland etreet, Arlington, Va.. at Bolling Field. Robert c. Bremer. 2724 Ordway etreet N.W., with 15th Air Force In Italy. Julius W. Ham. 1216 Sixteenth street N.W., at Camp Barkeley. Tex. Harry C. Pinch, Infantry, 2804 Perth fourth street N.W. a»^M«h1441 A *"•* “ Private Pint Class. WaJsiiWKfc 1921Twenty-flrst (treat Cons. sinkings, and an unintentional swim in the English Channel. Prank told of his hectic hitch hiking trip from Prance to an Eng lish port where he rejoined his shipmates. "When I came within range of the German machine guns, which were systematically laying down their bullet barrage on the beach and on water approaches, my boat was already riding low from water splashing over the bow. Then about 200 yards from the beach they hit us, putting two or three large holes in my boat below waterline. We took in gallons of water but I kept pushing ahead until I could go no farther through the iron stakes and posts lying before me. Still in deep water we quickly lowered the ramp to let the soldiers wade ashore. As they crowded forward to make their plunge, and as the bow settled lower under their weight, more ocean poured in. My craft filled up and sank to the bottom before we could raise the ramp again. "Meanwhile my soldiers had dis appeared. Some made the beach, others were mowed down before they reached dry land. I knew it was impossible to salvage my boat so I hopped on another landing craft alongside. It was the nearest one and was backing off, so it seemed like a good bet to me. I soon found, however, that this boat had also run into trouble. A teller mine had blown a large hole in its bottom. “I helped the boat crew bail, and together with the bilge pumps we thought we could keep the craft afloat at least until we got out of range of the machine guns. And that's just what happened. We were about a mile off shore when my second boat sank. I wasn't par ticularly worried because I had a good lifejacket and there were so many vessels around to pick us up. Besides I was relieved to have sur vived that hot gunfire on the beaches. "I don't suppose I was in the water more than live minutes before a Coast Guard rescue cutter came alongside. The eutters did a big job on D-day. I found myself wrapped In blank ets, drinking coffee and swapping stories with 25 other soldiers and sailors who had been 'sunk at sea.’ The Coast Guard skipper told me that my transport had pulled out. but he assured me the ‘thumbing’ was good in the Channel. He trans ferred me to an LCI which carried me to the transport area 10 miles off shore where I picked up an LST heading back to England. The next morning I located my ship. When I came aboard I found that other shipmates had had equally good hitch-hiking luck on Invasion High way.” Santoeimma is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Santoeimma. Coast Guardsman Raymond Shep pard successfully piloted LCVP No. 10 through his third invasion when he landed assault troops in France. ‘‘It seems that each operation be 4553 South Chelsea lane. Bethesda. Md. Plrst Lt. John A KnetOD, Medical Corns. 3700 Massachusetts avenue N.W. Second Lt. Harry M. Garber, Jr., 4019 Longfellow street. Hvattsville. Md. NAVT. Lieutenant. Charles R. Dorr. 3518 Thirty-fifth street N.W., at Norfolk. Va. Commissioned Ensign. Charles J. Kligman. Air Force. 104 H street N.W . at Pensacola. Pi. James T. Hagan, air force. 1921 Hamlin street S.E . at Pensacola. Fla Richard C. Smallwood. Air Force. 4908 Fortieth olace. Hyattsville, Md., at Corpus Chrlsti. Tex. Petty Officer Seeffiid Class. Walter D. Merritt. Jr., hospital appren tice- 3309 Twenty-second street W.B.. at Great Lakes. HI. MARnfEjCORTS. Joseph P. Jennings. 1K30 Rhode Island avenue N.K. Cyprian P. Lancaster, retired. 7850 Marlboro pike. Charles C. Hall, retired. 1133 Twenty fourth street N.W Johnnie C. Vaughan. 3141 Mount Pleas ant street N.W. ^eoege H- Frank. 4025 Thirteenth street NTormsn O. Bates. 2121 New Tork avenne N.W. Charles P. McCallum. 1231 P street N.E. Captain. N Macltubin T. Owens, 1831 Belmont road John D. Erwin, 812 Twenty-first atreet N.W. g ^Theodore Edwards. 918 Alabama avenue Prank M. Richard. 4027 Thirteenth street N.W. Robert P. Warner. 5212 Fourth atreet N.W. Clifford A. Fairbairn, 1708 Minnesota avenue S.E. Nicholas P. Lengyel. 1535 Nineteenth street S.E. Willard T. Henry. 4066 Grant atreet Loris N. Mouser, 2831 M atreet N.W. Joe B. Wrenn. 25'4 Madison street N.W. Newsome E. Baxley, 123 Seventh street. Ralph Barefoot, 1727 Massachusetts ave nue N.W. Robert A. McKeown. 322 A atreet S.E. William H. Kapanke. 1731 Massa chusetts avenue S.E. . Walter F. Jacobs. Jr.. 3311 Rowland place N.W. Robert H. Fare, 4858 MacArtbur boule vard N.W. First Lieutenant. David B. Bell. 8700 Massachusetts ave nue N.W. Charlea D. Peustel. 818 Franklin street N.K. Max C. Taylor. 6835 Fifth atreet H.W. Fernand A. Landry. 2720 Tenth atreet N.E. J. F. Nixon. 1017 Massachusetts avenue N.E. Henry F. Camper, 8 Fourth street S.E. Daniel T. Pickett, 7715 Chicago avenue. Silver Spring. Md street*?* 97 Arnaud. 1839 Thlrty-Utb Eugene M, Bausch, 1338 Kearney street Bruce C. Beektncton, 4317 Chesapeake street N.W. Warrant Officer. Norman T. Hatch. 4407 Garrison street H.W. XkMislM E. Studdtford, 428 Madison ftreet Jl.W, . Roree R. Dyer. 1514 North Capitol street. ■utlJftST&l* avenue. ■liver comes more bloody," said the husky, curly-haired sailor, who again came through unscathed. ‘It really both ered me to dump my soldiers off in water up to their chests. As I backed away one sight remained (Irmly implanted in my mind—the bodies of soldiers, who but a few minutes before were great fighting men, now sprawled in the water's edge. ‘‘Then an hour later I came back to my transport and saw more wounded and dead men stream about the decks. This is the story of war which makes the deadly ma chine gunfire, mines and under water obstacles lose their signifi cance for me. Boat coxswains worked under the worst possible conditions in Normandy, but there were others who had lt even tougher.” 8heppard received a letter of commendation from Admiral H. K. Hewitt, commander of Northwest Africa waters, for his performance of duty under fire at Salerno Bay last summer. He completed his freshman year at American Uni versity before Joining the United States Coast Guard two years ago. His brother Clyde Is a chief boat swain’s mate, also in the Coast Guard. His father owns a grocery store in Arlington. Last Engine Fails Just Before Landing There's a great thrill in seeing the sky filled with your own planes, ac cording to First Lt. H. C. Nichols, 22, of 4007 Connecticut avenue N.W., who is back in this country after 28 missions as a Flying Fortress pilot. “You feel much safer when there are other ships as far as you can see, but even with that protection All around, things can go among. “Take the time we raided Bremen. There was a blanket of flak over the city and it caught two of our en gines. We called our ship ‘light ning Strikes,’ but lt struck both ways. The engines were knocked out Just as we let our bombs go. ii we a lost one more engine over Germany, it would have been cur tains. A third one did give out, but that was after we had limped back to England. It went after we spotted a fogged-in field and were Just able to glide in. “That was a close call. The plane had to be towed from the field, be cause there wasn't enough power left in the one good engine to move it." Lt. Nichols, who holds the Dis tinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, flew on two of the daylight raids over Berlin. His last mission was over Cherbourg, a month before the invasion. “We hit gun emplacements at Cherbourg,” he said, “and ran into heavy flak. But lt was an unevent ful trip." Lt. Nichols is at the AAF Redis tribution Station at Atlantic City. D. C. Men Send V-Mail On Arrival in France Seven men from the Washington area who landed in France in the American Assault Force returned V-mail letters to The Star. They were: Francis E. Flanagan, radioman third class, 1648 Fort Davis street S.E. Louis A. Mastroianni. pharmac ist’s mate first class, S17 A street S.E. Stephen C. Cromwell, pharmac ist's mate second class, 205 West Montgomery avenue, Rockville, Md. Virgil A. Fout, carpenter’s m%te first class, 170 Uhland terrace NE. Henry Spencer, steward’s mate second class, 2222 Twelfth street N.W. James Hood, coxswain, 2821 Twenty-seventh street N.W. Stanley A. Lorig, coxswain, 2046 Thirty-fourth street SE. Ail except coxswain Long, who was a member of a Coast Guard crew, were attached to naval crews. Capt. Harry W. Proctor, former division head in the Federal Public Housing Authority in Washington, followed close behind the assault troops in an Army Civil Affairs de tachment which will help Cherbourg authorities maintain law and or ganize the French port behind the Allied troops. Capt. Proctor is sup ply officer of the Cherbourg unit. First Lt. Joseph E, Owens, at tached to the 1st Division, partic ipated in the invasion of France, his father, who lives at 1437 Tay lor street N.W., learned by V-mail. Lt. Owens also took part in the Initial assaults on North Africa and Sicily. Gould Brothers Here After Long Separation Pfc. David H. Gould, 21, back from two and a half years overseas, and his brother. Seaman (first class) Robert R. Gould, 19, who served with a destroyer escort, have been visit ing their mother, Mrs. Ruth L Gould, 217 Seventeenth street NX It is Pfc. Gould’s first visit home since he enlisted in January, 1942 after completing three yean witb the District National Guard. Sea man Gould joined the Navy in April 1949. High Honors Granted D. C. Men in Services On Far-Flung Fronts Washington fighting men continue to win honors on the world fighting front. Lt. CoL Philip K. Hills received the Legion of Merit for hie work ss "advance man'* for the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean theater. His mother, Mrs. Laurence Hills, and a sister, Mrs. Roger [Welles, live at 5400 Rock Creek Ford road. Also awarded the Legion of Merit was Col. James H. Stratton, 2024 South Joyce street, Arlington, Va„ for services as chief of the engi neering branch, Office Chief of Engi neers, in Washington from Decem ber, 1041, to November, 1043. Draws Fire of Japs. Marine First Lt. John A. Sabini, 1825 New Hampshire avenue N.W., won the Silver Star for exposing himself to draw fire from Japanese gunners on Bougainville so his mot could spot the enemy's positions. He was wounded and knocked to the ground, but struggled to his feet and again made himself a target for snipers, the citation stated. He received two more wounds, hut hie action made it possible for hie platoon to locate and drive out the enemy forces. Herman Ballard, chief pharma cist’s mate of No. 3 Bowsprit Green S.W., received the Silver Star for “conspicuous gallantry" as chief petty officer in chaife of the eollec. tion section attached to a marine battalion at Bougainville. The sec tion “rendered Invaluable service in evacuating the wounded from the field of battle,” and Pharmacist's Mate Ballard "repeatedly risked his life,” the citatiton said. Col. Joe Golden, who was in Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley’s command and took part in the capture of Cherbourg, was among 15 American infantrymen awarded the Silver Star for “bravery against the enemy.” His wife and thre children live at 5209 North Sixteenth street, Arlington. Comdr. Harry Edward Sears, 7002 Rolling Chevy Md., was presented a Gold Star in lieu of a second Dis tinguished' Fly ing Cross for heroic leadership as plane com mander of a pa trol bomber op erating in the Solomons from c«*r. Sear,. August to No vember, 1943. First Lt. Joseph T. Hallock, 130 Arlington Village, and Capt. John L. Weber, jr„ 5921 Thirty-third street N.W.. were awarded the DFC with the 8th Air Force in England Group Wins Air MedaL The Air Medal was awarded the following men: Lt. Nathaniel Francis Young of Fairfax, Va., in England: Lt. Henry S. Otto. 3808 W street N.W, in Eng land; Lt. Guy H. Goodman, Jr.. 502 Tulip avenue, Takoma Park, Md., in England; Sergt. George W. Page, 3600 Rock Creek Church road N.W, in . New Guinea; Lt Stephen O Ben ner, 8431 Porter street N.W, in New Guinea; Lt. Joseph C. Ben son. 4600 Albe marle street N.W, in New LBnach a»w«r*. Guinea. Lt. Charles H. Rosenberg, 1329 Holly street N.W., in Italy; Lt. San ford A. Witkowskl, 824 Allison street N.W, in Italy; Lt. Hugh C. Bowers, 5009 Eleventh street, Ar lington, in England. Capt. Wilton M. Fraser, 3831 Mc Kinley street N.W, was presented an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Dis tinguished Flying Cross for service with the Air Transport Com mand in the South Pacific. Recipients of Oak Leaf Clus ters to the Air Medal are: Lt. Young of Fairfax, who also received the Air Medal; Lt. Frank J. Forrest, 44S1 Greenwich parkway N.W, in England; Lt. Charles R. cast. rrM«r. Woodrum. 507 Forest Glen road. Silver Spring, Md, in England; Lt. Leo C. Walsh. 1430 Meridian place N.W, in England; Staff Sergt. Robert J. Houston, 4125 Fourth street N.W, in England. Staff Sergt. William, B. Groome, 6323 Luzon avenue N.W., in Italy; Lt. Norman H. Heller, 1437 Montana avenue N.E.. in Italy: Staff Sergt. John G. Harness, 2025 I street N.W., In the South Pacific; the. second OLC to Lt. Bryant Y. Anderson. 2600 Sixteenth street N.W., in England; Lt. George G. Daeschner, 15 Third street N.E., the fourth cluster, in Italy. ^ Sergt. William M. Porter, father of Betty Porter, 634 F street N.E., has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Italy. He is nose turret gunner on a Liberator bomber. Norman Phillip de Leon, gunner's mate third class, 510 Buchanan street N.W., has been commended for outstanding service as member of an armed guard unit during the initial invasion of Sicily and while under enemy air attack at Bizerte, Tunisia. _ Four Years in Service Brings Rank of Major A Washington man, who four years ago enlisted as a private in the same regiment in which his father served in the World War, recently was promoted to major. MaJ. John Crisler McCormack, son of Col. and Mrs. Edward J. McCormack, 2545 Waterside drive N.W., was graduated from American University. A younger brother. Lt. Miles C. McCormack, is a German prisoner of war._ Fear No Longer Dogs D-Day Bomber From D. C. Second Lt. Theodore H. Williams flew the second heavy bomber to drop bombs in France on D-day, a letter to his father, Howard Wil , ltams, 1202 P street N.W* dis closed. After completing eight missions, , Lt. Williams wrote: t "I used to be scared, but now I ' have come out of my shell enough , to get some enjoyment and satm f action out of these missions.”