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Here and Abroad • D. C. Area Men and Women in the Nation's Armed Services United States military forces are stationed in far-off places now, as well as in this country. Here are notes about some of them, serving Statewide and overseas. Lt. <j. g.) Robert A. W. Lati mer, son of Mrs. Robert A. W. Latimer, sr„ 5021 Wakefield road, Green Acres, Md., recently re turned from a seven-month cru'se in Korean waters on an escort carrier. His great-grandfather, Robert A. Waters, published the first issue of The Evening Star in a printing office at Fifteenth and F streets N.W. Lt. Latimer, a 25-year-old flight surgeon, was greeted on his arrival in San Diego, Calif., by his wife and three-month-old daughter, Lucia. He is a 1949 graduate of the Georgetown School of Medicine. S/Sergt. Robert N. Scott, whose; wife, Dickie, lives at 1724 E street; S,E.. is an P-Rfi PSflhroiht Avoir Lt Hagan. Officer Candidate Showalter. chief with the Fifth Air Force’s 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. — The Bronze Star Medal has been awarded to 1st Lt. Norman B. Hopkins, jr., of Alexandria for heroism in action near Shindo, Korea, in September of last year. He destroyed a Communist ma chine gun nest in a one-man charge and, although wounded, continued to lead his platoon. Daniel Peikin, a supply officer with the 1805th Airways and Air Communications Service group in N e wfoyndland. recently was promoted to captain. He is in charge of monitoring lo gistic support of AACS units in < Northeast Air Command, Ice land Defense Command and Azores Trans port Command. His wife. Mrs. Phyllis Peikin, Cmpt. Peikin. lives at 7704 Blair road N.W. Pfc. Linwood B. Doss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evelyn Doss of 1009 Webster street N.W.. has been assigned to Fort Meade, Md„ after rotation from Korea. The 19 year-old combat veteran’s new duties are in the records section of the 2053d Reception Center. John H. Showalter of Silver Spring, Md.. is a member of the first group to begin the 22-week course at the new Engineer Of ficer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Va. A former student at George Washington Univer sity and a graduate of Coolidge High School, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David N. Showalter of 914 Silver Spring avenue. . Two Washington area residents were among graduates this month from the Officer Candidate School, Lackland Air Force base, San An tonio, Tex. They are Jack Diamond, 1218 Perry street N.E., and Peter J. Hagan, jr„ of Upper Marlboro, Md. A former postal clerk in the Falls Church post office. Frank J. Patterson III, serving with the Air Force in Iceland, has been pro moted to sergeant. Assigned to Iceland last July as a senior per sonnel supervisor, he has been in the service since September, 1950. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Patterson of 9 Bisvey drive, Falls Church. A former 40th Division rifleman in World War II, Pfc. Earl F. Sar tain of Mt. Rainier, Md., recently completed a two-month course in crash-rescue fire fighting at An drews Air Force base. He has been assigned as a fire fighter with the base fire department. Pfc. Richard E. Gross of 2008 Taylor street N.E. is stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Fla., with the 6555th Guided Mis sile Squadron there. He W'as trained as a missile technician at Holloman AFB in New Mexico, where his unit worked on the development of the "Matador B-61,” the Air Force’s new pilot less bomber. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gross of the Taylor street address. Miss Janet RastalU whose par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W: H. Rastall, live at 5425 Connecticut avenue N.W., reported for duty this month as assistant field director for the Red Cross at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. During World War II she served at an Army hospital in France. She holds degrees from Ohio State University and University of Pitts burgh. Col. Jonathan O. Seaman has recently been transferred from the .' faculty of the Command and Gen jeral Staff School, Fort Leaven worth, Kan., to a headquarters post with the 7th Army in Stutt ,;gart, Germany. His assignment l as executive offioer of G-4, sup ply section, was effective Septem I ber 10. He is the son of Gen. ! (retired) and Mrs. A. Owen Sea . man of this city. - Capt. William A. Pierce, son ' of Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce of 1620 Florida avenue N.W., has ;been assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, Fort Dix, N. J. He re | turned recently from the Far East Command. A former District gov ernment employe, he is a grad uate of Howard University with a B. A. degree. I _ Sergt. Herman J. Kleinheitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman I Kleinheitz, sr., of Colmar Manor, ;Md., graduated at the top of his class at an air force technical training school. He has been as signed as senior control-tower operator at Keesler AFB in Mis sissippi. He is a graduate of Bladensburg High School. A former assistant squad leader ' and demolitions man, Corpl. John : F. Fletcher of Accokeek, Md., is 1 recovering from battle injuries at : Camp Pickett, Va. He saw serv- 1 Lt. Diamond. S/Serct. Scott. ice throughout most of the Ko rean peninsula with the 10th Combat Engineers. Before en listing in the Army three years ago. he worked in Washington as an automotive mechanic. ■.- S Two Washington men with the Coast Guard are serving aboard an icebreaker operating with the Atlantic Fleet. They are Har old R. Proctor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Proctor of 1235 Walter street S.E., and Theodore C. Hurlock, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hurlock of 1639 Hol brook street N.E. • A 52-year-old Arlington veteran of World War II has been ap pointed finance officer for the 9th Corps on the Central Korean front. Lt. Col. Glenn E. Turner,: husband of Mrs. Viola Turner of 1317 North Fort Myer drive, Ar lington, reported for his new duty last month in Korea. Col! Turner served with the 42d Infantry Di vision in Prance, Germany and Austria. He has been on continu ous active duty since 1929. Navy Seaman George W. Bren ton, grandson of Mrs. Mildred M. Smith of 1865 Monroe street N.W., is stationed aboard the landing ship USS 846, now operating in the Japan-Korea area. Recently inducted at Port Meade, Md., Pvt. Darwin K. Rhodes of Indian Head, Md., has been assigned to the Hawaiian In fantry Training Center at Scho field Barracks in Hawaii. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lomax Rhodes of 18 Strauss avenue, Indian Head. Serving with a Naval air squad ron based in San Diego, Calif., are three Washington men. They are Percy C. Gutheridge, jr., aviation electronicsman, third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy C. Gutheridge of 416 G street S.E.; William H. Hanson, airman, of 7113 Livingston road S.E., and Claude D. Sullivan, aviation structural mechanic, third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Sullivan of 753 Twelfth street S.E. A recent graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. 2d Lt. Owen S. Nibley of Washington is at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Ariz., for training as an aerial combat gunner. He is the sorv of Mrs. K. J. Hardy, 2540 Massachusetts avenue N.W. 4 Giant Globemaster Carries 127 Wounded Out of Korea By th« Associated Prtss TOKYO, Oct. 3.—One hundred and twenty-seven wounded men were brought to Japan from Korea Tuesday by a giant C-124 Globemaster—triple the load car ried by the C-54. The Globemaster brought 57 litter and 70 ambulatory patients. Within 23 minutes the wounded Allied soldiers were in ambulances and on their way to hospitals. Three nurses and three medical technicians accompanied them in flight. The Globemaster carried 40,000 pounds of aircraft engines and parts to Korea for the United States Fifth Air Force. ----- 1,939,703 in New Zealand WELLINGTON, New Zealand.— Provisional census figures show New Zealand’s population to be 1.939,703, an increase of 237,405 since the 1945 census. The North Island has 67.75 per cent of the total population. Tennessee Girl Acclaimed At Brussels Opera Debut By the Associated Prtst BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 3.— Brussels hailed a new star of its opera when 22-year-old Giulia Bardi, better known in her home town of Nashville, Tenn., as Syi vania Stahlmann, made her debut here last night. She appeared in the season’d opening performance, Donizetti’s ‘Lucia de Lammermoor,” and defi nitely was the star of the show. An audience of nearly 2,000 broke into applause again and again after each of her arias. 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