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2 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH, Thursday, June 15, 1944 In Army Hospital Berrysburg, June 15. Pvt. War ren G. Deibler, of Berrysburg, who was wounded in action in North Africa some time ago and later rejoined his outfit, is now in an Army hospital in Italy re ceiving treatment EYES TEAR? Win i For a Complete Eye Examination CONSULT Dr. Guy D.

7engerl OPTOMETRIST at his offices 410 II. THIRD ST. (Acton From Capitol) PHONE 6 2753 Office Hour si 8.30 A. M. TO 6 P.

M. Evening by Appointment A 1 1 UI Two Area WAVES Off For Training Two Central Pennsylvania WAVES left today for Hunter College, whre they will receive their basic training. They are Rebecca Belle Stunkard. 514 Emerald street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Stunkard, and Helen C. Byers, Highspire, daugh ter of Mrs. Lydia McCreary and wife of Howard G. Byers, U. S.

Navy. Miss Stunkard was employed oy the Edgar B. Heckman Office Equipment Co. prior to her enlist ment. Mrs.

Byers, who attended John Harris High School, was em nloved at the Middietown Air Depot. F2c Robert L. Waidley, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.

Waidley, 25 South Front street, Steelton, is eligible to qualify for the petty officer rate of motor macninisi maie jc was announced at a recent grad uation exercise at the Naval Training School at the Naval Air Technical Training center, Pier, Chicago, 111. Fireman Waidley is now awaiting orders for ac tive duty at sea or at a snore station. Two Central Pennsylvania servicemen have been promoted from the rank of second lieuten ant to that of first lieutenant, the War Department announced. They are Ralph E. Billett, Air Corps, Lebanon, and Herbert P.

Jewells, Air Corps, Tamaqua. Muncy Sailor Attends Charleston Radio School Charleston, S. June 15. Recently reporting to the Navy Yard here for a four month in tensive course at the Radio Train ing School there was S2c Lynn Harwood Heberline. 18.

son of Lewis Andrew Heberling, R. No. 3, Muncy, Pa. He is a graduate of the Muncy Creek Public High School and worked at farming prior to enter ing the Naval service in Harris burg, March 31, of this year. He was formerly at Camp Ferry in Virginia.

His brother, Ray Lewis Heber ling, is in the Army. cross the Atlantic, from one of the world's great vineyard regions, comes Merito Brandy. A vsfT'CX worthy representative of famous European brandies. Merito is a name whose traditions go 4 aV kCk yearsl Serve it straight, or in an Old fOlNtt' asn'one' Sur or Highball. Delicious! WMITO MCIAL RCflRVC PRODUCE OF PORTUGAL.

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Phil Bent zel. Col. Dick Crerand, Cpl. John Crerand and CpI. Don Shepp.

In the foreground are Pfc. Frank Smith, MSgt. Brent 1. Hancock and Pfc. Clav Callowav.

All are from York, excepting Hancock, who is from Hershey. Awards Received By Pennsylvanians Somewhere in New Guinea, June 15, (JP). Lt. Gen. George Kenney, commander of Allied Air Forces in the southwest Pacific, has made the following awards to Pennsylvanians: Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal: Tech.

Sgt. Louis D. Joseph, 925 West Erie avenue, Philadelphia. Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal: Staff Sgt. Richard H.

Everson, Montrose Hill, Blawnox, and First Lieut. Royal M. Wykoff, Hammersley Fork. Air Medal: Tech. Sgt.

Robert T. Henderson, Edri; Staff Sgt. William T. Gleason, 1519 Bell field avenue, Philadelphia. The awards ah were for 'meri torious achievement while participating in sustained operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific area during which hostile contact was probable and ex pected." Carlisle Post Group Praised for Exhibi Carlisle, June 15.

The detach ment of enlisted men and officers of the 32nd Medical Battalion Carlisle Barracks, have been com mended by Maj. Gen. Norman Kirk, surgeon general of the U. Army, for the excellent demonstra tion they recently gave in Washington, in connection with the Army Service Forces exhibit. The detachment of 27 enlisted men and three officers, are now in New York City, where they have set up and will operate the medical section of the "Weapons of War exhibit, similar to the Washington demonstration.

Later, the unit may visit other cities. In Washington, the men set up the medical section, which not only demonstrated U. S. Army equip ment, but contrasted it with cap tured enemy paraphernalia. Super, vised by the surgeon general's of fice, the exhibit was open daily to the public, with special showings for Congressmen, military officials and visiting foreign dignitaries and military missions.

Officer Hears Brother on French Broadcast Middietown, June 15. A Co lumbia Broadcasting System com mentator, Charles Collingwood, interviewed an officer on the new, ly won Allied beachhead in France and a Middietown Air Service Command captain glued his ear to the radio. Capt. Frank Danzig, Middietown Air Service Command Public Re lations Officer, heard his brother's voice for the first time in fifteen months when he was interviewed by the CBS commentator a few hours after landing on the Nor, mandy coast. Station WOR sent a recording of the broadcast to Captain Danzig as well as to his father in New York and sister in California.

Mascot of Seabees on Way to Camp Pittsburgh, June 15. (JP). His thin fingers clutching a sack of doughnuts he roguishly referred to as "my supper," Jimmie Carrick, six year old mascot for 265,000 Seabees, yesterday boarded a train for Camp Thomas, R. and "Jimmie Carrick Day" there Friday. Jimmie wore his regulation Navy summer "whites, had his carefully packed ditty bag slung from his shoulder.

Cheerful as he has always been during the five years a spinal illness has prevented his walking, the young invalid waved to friends as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carrick, carried him to their Tower City Youth Is Flight Officer Tower City, June 15. The 20th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, Nashville, announced that Stanley J. Petrol, son of Mrs.

Eva Puskepalis, 120 East Grand ave nue, was appointed flight officer in the U. S. Army Air Forces. June .3, when he completed the officers candidate unit course at Nashville. Two Soldiers Missing Pine Grove.

June 15. Amonc the recent missing in Italy are Fie. jonn w. Jones, son of Mrs. Bertha Jones, Donaldson, and Pfc.

Edward O. Hummel, son of Irvin Hummel, retired farmer De Turksville Officer Awarded Legion of Merit Lt. (j.g.) James E. Peters USNR, of Millersburg, has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his outstanding work as officer charge of a LCT, one of the many types of naval amphibious craft Awarded in the name of the President by Vice Admiral H. Hewitt, commander, U.

S. Naval Forces, Northwest African waters, was in recognition of extraordi nary services during the advanced landings behind enemy lines in the Anzio Nettuno area during Janu ary and February of this year, The citation said, "On January 22, 1944, Lieutenant (j.g.) Peters operated the U. S. LCT 237 with great skill and determination in carrying out his hazardous assign ment of landing troops, vehicles and armored equipment over the assault beaches in support of the invasion forces. Throughout the subsequent thirty days, he con tinued in a fearless and dependable manner to perform vital tasks in connection with the unloading of follow up shipping, the evacua tion of casualties, the rendering of assistance to stricken ships and craft damaged by enemy action, and the conduct of beach salvage operations.

During this entire pe riod his craft participated contmu ously in these operations while subjected to enemy shellfire in the unloading areas and frequent aerial bombing attack and his per sistently effective performance un. der these adverse and dangerous conditions contributed materially to the success of the landings and the proper maintenance of the Anzio beachhead. "The extraordinary ability, re sourcefulness, and outstanding de votion to duty displayed by Lieu tenant (j.g.) Peters reflected great credit upon himself and the Naval service." Highspire: Class Will Hold Meeting Tonight Highspire, June 15. The Queen Esther Bible Class of St. Peter's Lutheran Sunday School will hold its monthly meeting this evening in the social rooms of the church.

Choir Will Rehearse The choir of the United Breth ren Church" will rehearse tomor row evening at 7.30. L. C. Barnet will be in charge. I Servicemen's Notes SSgt.

Marlin A. Beard has re turned to Camp Picket, after spending the weekend at his home. Cpl. Donald Beard has returned to Springfield, 111., where he is stationed with the Air Corps, after visiting at his home. Both boys are sons of Mrs.

Mary A. Beard, 418 Market street. AS Gilbert Bingaman has re turned to Bainbridge Naval Train ing Station after spending a fur lough at his home on Jury street. Slc Donald Frutiger, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Frutiger, 512 Eshelman street, is spending a ten day furlough at his home.

He was stationed at Curtis Bay, with the U. S. Coast Guard, and fol lowing his furlough will report to Philadelphia for further orders. S2c Jack Cunningham, son of Mrs. Sara Cunningham, Second street, is spending a furlough at his home, after which he will report to Baltimore, Md.

where he is stationed with the Shore Patrol of the United States Coast Guard. Lions Club Hear Prof. Miller Talk Elizabeth town, June 15. The Lions Club held its regular meet ing at Aunt Sally's Kitchen Tuesday evening. The club will erect a large honor roll, 22 feet long, to ac commodate 1000 names of those who are now serving the U.

S. A. Prof. E. E.

Miller, principal of Edison Junior High School, Har risburg, addressed the club and spoke on the importance of im proving the morale which has been broken down by parents working in factories or otherwise and the children left alone to take care of themselves. Flyer Commended Williamstown, June 15. Cpl. John Osag, of here, was one of a group of eighty in a detachment of an air service command squad ron overseas, commended by Maj. Gen.

Bouscat of the French Air Forces, for efficiency in "contributing to the success" of the of fighter group "in carrying out 'its mission." Infantry Day Is Being Observed At Letterkenny Chambersburg, June 15. Today is Infantry Day in the Army and Col. Ray M. Hare, commanding officer of the Letterkenny Army Ordnance Depot, near here, paid his respects to the foot soldier and described some of the weapons given him with which to fight. It is from the Letterkenny De pot that supplies for a big part of the infantry are being shipped daily.

"After all the important preliminaries of battle," said Col. Hare, vast air bombardment, the artillery barrage and the inter diction fire, at last there comes a time when the infantrymen, equipped with ordnance rifle and bayonet, is the real arbiter of battle." Discussing the equipment of the infantry on the fighting fronts of the world, Col. Hare said "the American infantryman is second to none the world over." Continuing his conception of the foot soldier the commanding officer added "His valor is one of the great traditions of our service. As he stands poised for the greatest battles of recorded time, we can take pride in the fact that his weapons are the finest of any sol dier since the first battle in his tory." Col. Hare said that American infantrymen go into battle with the Garand semi automatic rifle considered the finest shoulder rifle possessed by any fighting man in this or any previous war With a bayonet' attached it weighs 11 pounds and measures 53 inches in length.

It fires eight rounds to a maximum range of 3400 yards. The bayonet weighs less than a pound, has an overall length of 14 'A inches with a blade of 10 inches. "It is a business like implement and a life saver in hand to hand combat," commented the ordnance officer. Detailing further some of the implements of war used by the men of the infantry, Col. Hare said: His carbine packs a real punch for so small a rifle.

It weighs five pounds, is gas operated, semiautomatic, and has a most effec tive battle range. It is less powerful than the rifle and has supplanted the automatic pistol. His machine guns are the best in the world. They incorporate the principles of the great John M. Browning and are acknowl edged both for the caliber .30 and caliber .50 types to be the most powerful and most accurate in the entire catalog of machine gun performance.

The infantryman a chine gun is an ingenious weapon almost adapted to a lady's purse. It is an air cooled automatic wea pon and contains 30 rounds in its magazine. 'His automatic rifle, also of Browning design, is a gas operat ed, air cooled weapon which fires 300 rounds a minute. "In addition to these fighting small, arms, the Ordnance De partment of the Army Service Forces, also supplies the infantry man with the Bazooka, that pop ular weapon which places in his hands the firepower of a field artillery gun. With it he can stop an enemy tank dead in its tracks.

"These are but a of the principal Ordnance weapons of our infantry soldier. Ordnance also supplies the ammunition for all these weapons, as well as the tanks and heavy field artillery which are designed to aid the infantryman in his difficult task." Mother's Pie Reaches Son in Italy Hanover, June 15, (JP) On April 18, Mrs. Walter Bankert baked a cherry pie for her son, Chief Warrant Officer Richard Bankert. On June 3, the pie reached him somewhere in Italy," He and his buddies not only ate and enjoyed it, he wrote, but it was such a center of attraction that an Italian newspaper pub lished a photograph of it. Soldier Wounded Tower City, June 15.

Sgt. James Raho of Sheridan has been slightly wounded in action in May in Italy as announced by his mother, Mrs. Julia Raho, of Sheridan. 0 re 1 CPL. CHARLES E.

NOGGLE, JR City Soldier Is Promoted to Sgt. Eleventh AAF Head quarters. June 15.CpL Charles E. Noggle 1446 Regina street, Harris burg, now assigned to duties as a crew chief with the Eleventh Army Air Force in the Aleutian Islands, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant, Eleventh AAF Headquarters announced today, Sergeant Noggle was inducted into the Army at New Cumber land, on August 14, 1942, and attended Army schools at Buckley Field, and on APO 729. He has served for fourteen months in the Alakas and Aleutians and has received the Good Conduct Ribbon and Asiatic Pacific Rib bon with Star.

His mother, Mrs. Pearl Noggle, resides at 1446 Regina street, HarrisDurg. As a member of the Eleventh AAF, Sergeant Noggle is part of tne first Air Jforce to bomb the Japanese homeland in this war, After routine bombings Attu last year, the Eleventh AAF lent air support to the ground troops retaking that island, then pound ed Kiska daily until the Japanese deserted that island and. with the Aleutians retaken, crossed 1000 miles of water to hit the Kuriles and become the first air raiders to hit the Japanese home land since General Doolittle's fa. mous Tokio raid in 1942.

First attempted as daring reconnais sance missions, these Paramu shiru and Shimushu bombings, and deeper Kuriles raids, are now routine. Medical Officers Complete Course Carlisle, June 15. The Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, today graduated an other class of officers of the Med, ical Department, wno are now qualified for. duty with troops in the field after six weeks of in. tensive training.

Brig. Gen. Addison D. Davis, commandant, spoke briefly to the officers during the exercises in Tugo Hall. Music was furnished by the Army Post Band under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer Alex Natafalusy.

The training course here taught the graduates the military knowledge necessary for them to be efficient officers, capable of carrying out medical preventive measures and caring for the sick and wounded under war conditions. Trevorton Soldier Is Honored Posthumously Somewhere in New Guinea, June 15. (JP) Tot "gallantry in action" during an air raid over Uligan Harbor, New Guinea, Lt. Gen George C. Kenny, commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, has awarded a Silver Star, posthumously, to Staff Sergeant Walter E.

Strauser, Box 321, Trevorton, son of Mrs. John C. Strauser. He died during the, attack on Jan. 8, 1944, the citation read.

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