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Lieutenant On Leave
Having been commissioned a Sec-i
nd Lieutenant in the Armored!
| rank Forces, Merrell K. Grahaml
r.p son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrell K.i
iraham Sr., of 378 Wlnthrop Road,|
[ Vest Englewood, is home on a 10-§
ay leave from Part Knox, Ky.
Lieutenant Graham, a graduate!
f Teaneok High School and Feddie j
chool of Heightstown, N. J., e n - i
sted in the Army during his first!
ear at Colgate Univeristy in J a n - i
ary, 1942, He began his training!
nth the iSignal Corps and was later!
ransferred to the Armored Tank!
livision. On Sept. 27, 1943, he w a s |
ent to Officers' School at Forl
iiiox where he received his com-|
lission.
ICOL. ROM LEADS
FORTRESS WING1
AfiABBTJEICl
I Teaneck Officer Tells Of
Gigantic Attack On
Schweinfurt
| S E C 0 N D COMMAND!
By COUP. JOHN H. SULLIVAN
Messina Raised In Navy
„
• Michael V. Messina, 18, of 700|
j Ihestnut Avenue, Teaneck, h a s !
1 een promoted to seaman first class!
i nd is now home on a short leave.g
l i e will be assigned to active duty!
1 pon completing his visit. Messina!
! s the son of Mr. and Mrs, Michael!
I ' . Messina Sr.
I
" His brother, Machinist Mate Sec-I
And Class Prank Messina, is sta-l
iioned with the Navy at Norfolk.J
S7a.
iKirchoff Is Raised
jl'o First Lieutenant
, Lieutenant
William
Augustus!
! tirchhoff, son ot Mr. and Mrs.l
I yilliam M. Kirehhoff of 130 Griggsl
I venue Teancclc, has been promoted!
! ram a second to a first lieutenant!
j i the Corps of Engineers at Campi
I Sordon Johnston, Florida, where h e l
j 5 stationed with the amphibiou-*
I raining forces.
.
1 Lieutenant Kirchhoff is married
1 o the lormer Helen Zucs of Tren-I
3 ion and is the father of a son, Wil-r
I lam John IV, who was born on
• January 7. On the same-day, Lteu-I
i;cnant Kirchhoff was made com-1
Ipany commander oJ his battalion.!
BHe 'is a graduate of Teaneck HighS
JSchool, where he was awarded ar
Kootball scholarship to Bergen Junior1
TQollege and entered the service in
llanuary, 1941.
With Service Contingent
llloy Goddin, Former Bogota Banker, C. W. Miesmer,I
Tennis Ace, Go Into Armed Force Tomorrow
Two fathers head the list of inductees from TeanecMJ
-who enter the service of the Army and Navy tomorrow. They!
iarc Roy C. Goddin oi' 521 West Englewood Avenue, and Charles!
|W. Miesmer of 24G Cherry
WAS A TELLER
Goddm, well known in Bogoi
•where he was employed at the Bi
Igota National Bonk for 6 years i
i a teller, has. lived at the West Ei
gglcwood Avenue address m Tei
lueck ior 7 years. He lias one s,o
H
IBI'UCC, who is 12 years old.
I Air Force attacked the Schweta-j
Sfurt, Germany, ballbearing works!
I lor the third time last Thursday,!
l a Teaneck man, Lieutenant Ool-I
Sonel Louis W. Rohr, of 814 Queen!
I Anne Road, led for the second time!
l a Fortress combat wing against!
I thai important Nazi target.
I
1 Thursday's raid, which, mam-l
1 tailed an almost continuous assault!
I against the Nazi aircraft industries!
il!v the fourth day of the.samel
| week, was the second co-oraiiiated|
I attack in three days » • * h e , w = B t |
I and south by heavy bombers of
i 8th A A. I", and the 15th A. A. l .,•
l ? h e latter operating ftom bases ini
PTL
important ME 110 aircraft?
1 factory T a o t h a was bombed suc-L
I ces fully by Liberators of the.Eighth!
I A A P., while Portresses of the 8 t b |
I A A F. struck an almost staul-I
Staneous heavy blow at rebmltt
inlants and heretofore undamaged!
iareas at the Scheinfurt ballbearings I
I works .Schweiillurt had P « * ™ g |
I been damaged severely by
f^nwt
I A A P. bombers on August 17 and I
I October IS, but had been partly re-1
ISored and was producing an a p - l
I proximate 40 per cent of its original!
r S r f w a s undoubtedly the.mostl
I successful mission I've flown," said I
I S l Rohr. "Everything cUcked.l
1 Goddin, who has been chosen I>
•Army service, move recently h:
ibecn tlie treasurer of a mortgai
•company in .Newark,
1 Miesmer, who is a con&lructk
I estimator, is the father of an 1
• month-old .son, Jackie. The Mie
liners, have lived in Teancck for
lyears.
I A well-known tennis player
iBcrgen, Mie^mcr was at, one tin
•No, 1 man lit Lconia Tennis Oh
l a n d m recent year? was a mcml)
§of the tennis team at OriUni Pie
^lub in Hackensaok.
Miosmer is to serve in the Nav
„ The other inductees from Tei
•neck's Selective Service Board N
96 entering service tomorrow are:
Navy
FRED NICEWICZ, 976 Alii
iDnve.
JOHN HENRY JOHANNSEN,
^airview Avenue.
JOHN HENRY FISCHER, 6
iRiver Road.
BERNARD FRANCIS POWER
§76 Shepard Avenue.
Army
OLE MYHBEN, 48 N. PlTOpo
Terrace.
ROBERT WILLIAM KOCH,
Shcpard AvcnL?e.
PATSY PATRICK GARRIPOI
Bilton Street.
fe^?o^S
WOJIK Tf
1 definitely hit, and hit hard
I
I The bombers were escorted b y !
IA A P Lightnings, Mustangs,!
I Thunderbolts and by B. A. P. and I
I S m i n i o n Spitfires, mustangs a n d !
| Typhoons. The American M**™ I
I shot down 36 and the B. A. F . I
| shot down one ™eniy aircraftJ
| t t o
Eighth A. A. P. bomb-1
l e r s and "1 " 8 M e r s w e r e *™Stalsi
I from this attack.
Ktcin ConwniaslDned
(Special to the BerBeu Bveninj
Now Haven, Conn., Mar. 4 — ]
1 gene W. Klein, son of Eugene Kl
• of 49 Oranford Place, Teaneck,
• been commissioned a second li
1 tenant and received his gold t
• at the Army Air Forces Train
I Command School afe Yale Unh
Isity. He is now prepared lor d
Sat an advanced flying Held wl
I he will foe in charge of a crew
[enlisted men who are specialist.^
I maintenance, j
3 Enlist In Waves
2
f
be
EarTrSg scn« & d
lcoUege, the Bronx, for indoctnna-1
^TVEST ENGliEWOOD — M i s s f
•Veronica Marie Majone, 1096 Alicia
•Avenue, daughter of Mr. and Mrsf
-
Mi
-z -y ¥
Master Sergeant William J.
Zimmerman of Teaneclt has received special commendation
from Ms detachment commander, Lieutenant Kudolph
Vtanich, EngineCT Corns, for
| conditioning; and maintenaj)ice
ol electrical eauiment, detymg
1
Stia^Lr' HHS *£
i Avenue.
. ueutenant Leo C. Pi'ancis, son ofl
| Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Francis of 2931
I Hickory Lane, Teaneck, and pilot ofl
• the 8th A. A. P. Plying Fortressl
• Terry and the Pirates, has beenl
• awarded the Oak-Leaf Cluster to thel
lAir Medal for courage, coolness a n d !
| skill displayed while participating m l
15 separate bomber missions over en-"
lemy occupied Continental Europe.
1 Lieutenant Francis, whose wife.g
I Hilda T. Francis, is also a resident!
• of Teaneck, was employed as a life-IH
I guard at Arcola swimming pool be• lore entering the A. A. P.
Zellweger Passes
JCoui'so In Army
Private Eugene Ernest Zellw
|the husband of Ruth Clare Zell
_• of 36 West Edsall Boulevard, P
Isades Park, has been gradi
Ifrom the Telephone Commu:
itions School at the Fort Eustis
antiaircraft Replacement Centi
j Private Zellweger, the son o:
land Mrs. Jqhn Zellweger ol 25 I n - |
Itervale Road, West Englewood, is a j
|gi-aduate ot Dumont High School!
and was employed by the Aluml-I
num Company of America, Edge-1
water, before his induction into t h e l
Army last October. .He lias a 6-J
nonth-old daughter.
I S AIR MEDAL
FOR 5JISSIONSI
I Vnd Now Easterbrook I
Has 13 Under Belt
At the same time that Mrs. C. I
. Easterbrook of 42 Werner Place,!
' eaneck today received official!
ord that her son, Technical Ser-|
jant Gordon L. Easterbrook hadi
:en awarded the Air Medal forf
impletlon of 5 operational mis-l
ons over enemy territory, she also!
iceived a letter from him sayingi
lat he had now completed 13 m i s - |
ons.
Sergeant Easterbrook is engineers
l a B-24 Liberator bomber, s t a - |
oned somewhere in England. Heft
married. His vile, Jane W.P
asterbrook, lives at 46 Rooseveltg
venue, Dumont.
He attended Teaneck High School,8
id was employed by the Berjfenfi
veiling Record before he joined!
le Army Engineers Nov. 10, 18421
e trained at Atlantic City a n d !
.tended gunnery school at Panamas
ity, Fla. Last November he was!
nt overseas. The Sergeant has 2[
•others in the service.
William Easterbrook, 17, seaman|
rst class, recently arrived at
ival hospital in California, where!
s is recovering from fatigue after!
jelng extensive action in the New!
ritain area of the South Pacific!
| le has been in the Navy since lastj
pril.
Private First Class Robinson!
asterbrook, a photographer in t h e !
:arine Corps, entered the service!
st September. After a recent fur- i
ugh, he was assigned to an air-j
'aft carrier.
I Chaplain Bayer
|ls Now A Captain
BROTHERS MEET TWICE IN ENGLAND
Mrs.
E. George Bayer of 1221
lAyers Court, West Englewood, re-1
iceived word yesterday that her I
Ihusband, wlio is stationed at t h e !
[Aviation Cadet Center at San An-r
Itonio, Texas, has been promoted t o |
| t h e rank of captain.
Chaplain Bayer who is on leave!
iof absence from his post as pastor!
•of the Teaneck Methodist Church,!
•DeGraw Avenue, Teaneck, enlisted!
•in November, 1043. He served a t i
§Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., beforej
ibeing transferred to Texas.
He is a veteran ot World War 11
where he served with the Navy. Hisf
7?,)
ft Ji
SGT. WARREN ECKE
Sergeant Warren Ecke and Prl|vate Fred Ecke Jr., Eons of Mr. and
Crs. Fred Ecke of 110 Circle Drive,
IWest Englewood, met twice in Engjland in February after being sepa|rated for a year and a half.
Sergeant Ecke, stationed in Engl a n d with the • Military Police,
llearned his brother was stationed
gnear him in the Ordnance Departnent of the Army Air Force and
ivisited him lor the week-end of
February 12. The following week-
. PVT. FRED ECKE
end Private Ecke returned the visit.!
Mr. Ecke, father of the two sol-i
diers, has been employed at a war!
plant and has not been absent oncel
in the past 3 years. Sergeant Ecke'sl
wife, the former Miss Alice H a u - i
sen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack!
Hansen of 1145 Stasia Street, West!
Englewood, is at home with their!
2-month-old son. Sergeant Ecke h a s !
been overseas since July, 1343, a n d !
Private Ecke has been there since!
last December.
PROMOTED
Graham, In England,
Now First Lieutenant
Lieutenant Lloyd R. Graham, son
of William Graham, of Beaumont
Avenue, West Bnglewood, has been
promoted to first lieutenant in
England. He is in an infantry regiment.
Lieutenant Graham was graduated from Teaneck High School in
1D38,
and entered the service in
August, 1942, while still attending
Buckneli University. Upon induction
tie was sent to Hamilton Field,
California, where he received his
appointment to Officers Candidate
School at Port Belvoir, Va. Shortly
after graduation, he was sent qverscas where lie has been for the past
nine months.
Are Commissioned
i \s Bombardier-Navigators
(SoeclRl to the Bergen Evening Kecord)
Victorville, Calif., Mar. 4—Twol
Pergen County, N. J., airmen have!
ten graduated as bombardier-nav-J
ators from this Admy Air Base.j
Iiey are Second Leiulenant Rich-1
•d T. Habel son of Mrs. Frcdaj
. Habel, of 179 Johnson Avenue,!
eaneck and Plight Officer Harold j
, Hardstedt, son of Mr. and Mrs, I
ustaf F. Harstedt of 381 HilUide|
venue, Leonia.
Lieutenant Habel is a graduate of I
eaneck High School and attended!
ew York University. He is a mem-J
sr of the Teaneck Athletic Clubl
id at one time managed Teaneckj
igh School's track team to i t s !
rst championship. He has two!
{brothers in the service, Ensign I
David Habel, U. E. N. R.,,and Prl-I
Jvate Martin Habel with the Army|
I n Alaska.
9\tiiLion I uld
ibncls II WitV foni c
(Special la the Bergen Evening Record)
Chapel Hill, N. C, Mar. 7—Navall
j Aviation Cadets Eugene Tidwell of I
• West Englewood, N. J., and George [
| W . Hardie Jr. of Hackensack. FT. J.,
iliave successfully completed the inI tensive 11-week course at the Navy I
Ipre-Hight School here. 'They have I
• been promoted to primary flight I
I training schools.
I
I Cadet Tidwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.l
I Harry Tidwell, will report to Glen-1
Iview, 111., for primary training. He I
I is a graduate of Dwight Morrow!
I High School, Englewood, N. J., class!
Iof 1940, where he was a member of j
I the varsity football team.
LT.
LLOYD R. GRAHAM
Brennan Promoted
To First Lieutenant
Leibreckt Is A Sergeant
(Special to the Bereen Evening Record)
Harlingen, Tex., Mar. 4—Promo- I
.on of John J. Leibrecht Jr., 22, of I
neck, N, J., to the rank of ser-j
eant
was announced at file Army!
1
Force Gunnery School here to- j
iday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. i
I Job n J. Leibrecht ol 568 Marleusel
|Avenue and he was graduated from I
Teaneck High School, Before his I
[enlistment he was associated with I
j t h c Wright Aeronautical Corpora-J
tion in Paterson.
liieut. Phillips
|At Minter Field
I First Lieutenant John Donald!
•Phillips, son of Mrs. E. N. Phillips, I
Iof 1242 Laurelton Avenue, wostl
I Englewood, has reported to t h e |
I Army Air Force Basic Flying' Train-1
ling School at Mtnter Weld, in Ba-I
Ikersfield, Calif., to take over duties!
l a s an administrative and personnel!
•officer at the field's pilot school. •
(Special to the Bergftn Evening H*oord)
China Air Base, March 9—The
•promotion of William J. Brennan,
Jhusband of Mrs. Margaret H. BrenInan of 215 Johnson Avenue, TeaIneck, to the rank of first lieutenant
Jwas announced recently at headiquarters of Major General Claire
1L.
Chennault's Fourteenth United
istates Air Forcel Lieutenant BrenI n a n is a bombardier on a B-24, and
l a s additional duty in his sduadron,
• h e serves as special services officer.
I He has been in China, since OoItober 1943 and has'participated in
I many blastings of Jay installations,
• i n the Orient. While in the United
•States, he serveil at Williams Meld,
1 Arizona; Hondo, Texas; Salinas,
•and Blythe, California. Prior to enitering the service, he was employed
1 by the Liberty Mutual Insurance
Icompany, in New York Ci' ~
Richtcheidt Arrives
At Peterson Field
(Special to thoSergen Evening Record)
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs,
Colo,, March 9—Following the completion of his training in the Army
Air Forces Technical Schools, Second Lieutenant Edward O. Mchtscheidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Bichtsoheidt of 1329 Sussex Road,
Teaneck, has arrived at this field
for assignment to the combat crew
training school as a four engine
nlot.
rEANECK FLIERS ADVANCE IN TRAINING
iil'lME AT TEANECK
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f£* 4,'^'
M ijor Arthur Esslinger of 9431
Jl'iin.ie Street, Teaneok, who h a s !
i'i»i returned after 2 years ofj
M-M ice in Puerto Itico where he I
]u,i>> stationed as an ordnance I
1.1 nil clietnical warfare officer!
J-mli the Antilles Air Command,!
j M.iiir Esslinecr has joined Cap-1
11 IMI Stephen S. T. Schoonmalter I
r w Post
ENSIGN R. L. WOLPERT
Ensign Wolpert, son ol Mr.I
land Mrs. Louis M. Wolpert, 114f
HGrigBS Avenue, Teaneok, was com-1
•missioned March 8 at the Naval Airi
iTraimng Center, Corpus Ohristil
ITex. He received his preliminary
•flight instruction at the Glenviewl
•111- Naval air base.
TEANECK BOY IS PAUL LUKAS'S GUEST
., 1
Naval Aviation Cadets James A. McCaffrey (left) and William
•Floyd Maxwell Jr., both of Teaneck, have successfully completed
itheir intensive 11-wcelc course at the Navy Pre-FIight School at
I Chapel Hill, N. C, and have been promoted to primary flight,
I training at the Glcnview, 111., Naval Air Station. McCaffrey is the
j son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. McCaffrey ol 1085 Cambridge RoaS,
1 Xeaneck ana attended Teaneck High and Fordham University,
I where he played football and baseball. Maxwell Is the son o£ Mr.
and Mrs. W. Floyd Maxwell of West Englewood and attended Teaneclt High and Marshall College before entering the senlce.
IBattle, Gibbons Are Madel
majors In Army Promotions
•West Englewood, Bogota Captains Are Raised InS
Bank—Steel, Simon Promoted To 1st Lieutenants
•
Two Bergen County Army officers have been promoted!
I from captains to majors, it was announced today by the War!
• Department.
I
Elevated in rank were Leo John Battle of West En'gleIwood and William E. Gibbons of Bogota. Major Battle is in I
• the Engineer Corps and Major Gibbons is at the Officers'P
ICommand School at Fort L t h K a n s a -
.-£
Private First Class George Pas- stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.,1
ffsantino of Teaneck, who took part before leaving for overseas duty.|
I in the Marshall Isjands invasion, He was graduated from Teanei
I is shown above with film star Paul High School, where he was car-I
• Lukas who was host to,,Passantino toonist on the Te-Hi News, school!
I at the Hollywood Canteen before organ. His work on the school paper!
Ijhe left this country. The marine is now being done by his brother,]
I met Lukas informally o n ' a sfcree' !atthew.
Jin Hollywood, speaking to the actor j
J whom lie recognized.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael]
IPassantino told of the- event in a
j letter which said lie*is in good|
I health following the Marshall,? inI vasion,
'
He is with the Fourth Division of
I the Marines, having ^entered the
• service in August of
~
I too trained at Parri:
land at New River, IS
HAS TWO SONS
Major Battle, the father of two!
Iboys, Brendon, and Vincent, is sta-J
itioneci at Camp Ellis, 111. He was!
I inducted into the Army in 1941,1
•but had previously been a memberl
•of the National Guard for aboitt 231
lycars.
I
j After Pearl Harbor, he was sent!
I to the Hawaiian Islands where he I
j remained for 16 months. He was I
• born in West Englewood and at-1
• tended the Teaneck schools. Fol-I
• lowing tile death of his parents, h e l
1 resided in New York City and wasj
I graduated from a high school there.l
1 Prior to his induction into service,!
I he was employed by the Bell Tele-1
• phone Company in New York City.J
I His wife is the former Jessie Laurie!
1 of Richmond Hill, L. I.
I
1 William E. Gibbons, son of Mr.I
land Mrs. J. A. Gibbons of 286 Elm I
j Avenue, Bogota, was promoted from!
• captain to major last Friday. He i s l
i a student at the Officers' Com-1
imand School at Port Leavenworth, I
•Kans.
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1
I Two other Bergen County officers I
jwere given promotions from secondl
I to first lieutenant, it was revealed!
• today.
I
I They me Benjamin Hubbardl
I Steel,' Engineer Corps, of 208 Bogertl
I Street, Bogota, and Dr. Morris Ijeonl
| Simon, Medical Corps, of 402 Ogden]
R. MELOY
Saviei P r o m o t e d
To C a p t a i n ' s K a n k
Lieutenant Stanley Saviet, 26, son!
of Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Saviet of I
J880 GarriBon Avenue, Tcaneck, has!
•been promoted to captain at Sanl
•Bernardino, Calif., where he is]
•training with the Dental Corps. Be-1
[fore entering the service, in April of I
Bast year Captain Saviot was inIteming at Englewood Hospital.
His brother, Private First ClassI
31wyn, 23, is studying at the Pitts-]
ill Dental College.
MEDAL TO GRAFF
ion Of Fred Graffs Of Teaneck Gets j
Purple Heart For Injury
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graff of 284|
Ijames Street, Teaneck, received!
•word from their son, Sergeant Har-I
•old Graff, 22, who is now serving i n i
jltaly with a medical detachment ofl
• Antiaircraft Coast Artillery, was!
• awarded the Purple Heart on Feb-j
Iruary 14. He suffered an injured]
iankle in action. .
Sergeant Graff is a graduate of!
JTeaneck High School and was with!
•Brewster Aircraft in Newark before!
• enlisting on July 13, 1942.
BRouault O r d e r e d
| T o A t h e n s , Georgia
Athens, Qa., Mar. 10 — Navalj
(Aviation Cadet Robert Rouault, son!
lot Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rouault, ofl
915 Prince Street, Teaneck, has com-1
ipleted three months of physical!
jconditioning and ground school!
I work at the Navy Pre-Plight School!
Iherc, and has been ordered to t h e !
I Naval Air Station at Dallas, Tex., I
J where he will begin ptogressive I
I light training to prepare him for a I
1 combat unit. Cadet Rouault pre-1
Iviously was at the C. A. A. WarJ
|TraJning Service School in ConIway, Ark.
14 From Bergen
lAre New Becmits
(Special to the Boieen Evenine Record)
Great Lakes, Illinois, Mar. . 8 — !
I Four Bergen County men, new r e - j
I emits at the tr. S. Naval Training I
• Station here, are receiving instruc-l
Ition in seamanship, military drill,!
l a n d naval procedure. They are: 9
I TEANEOK—John William Kar-1
[man, 17, son ol Mr. and Mrs. John I
• R a m a n , ot 99 Park Avenue.
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PVT. B. A. MELOY
S. 1/C A. L. MELOY
Becomes Captain
I At Laughlin Field
|Represent Army, Navy,|
And Coast Guard
Mrs. Rose Meloy of B16 Oritanil
iplace, Teaneck, lias four sons in t h e ]
•armed forces, representing t h e !
|Army, Navy, and Coast Guard.
Seaman First Class Alfred L.i
JMeloy, 22, entered the Navy in Octo-|
iber, 1941. He received training a t !
I Newport, R. I., and after 5 months!
I duty on a submarine was transferred!
I to a sub-tender. He has seen action!
Bin the South Pacific and wears t h e !
I silver submarine pin.
Private Robert A. Meloy, 18, i s !
iwith the Field Artillery at Fort]
jMeade, Md. A graduate of Teaneck]
•High School he entered the Army!
llast September 22, last year. H e !
•recently completed 18-weeks train-]
| i n g at Fort Bragg, N. C.
Seaman First Class John E. Meloy,!
|2Q, is now at an aviation mechanics]
•school at the Coast Guard Air Sta-I
Ition, Gloucester, Mass. A graduate!
jof Teaneck High School, he enlisted I
j i n 1842 and received training a t l
•Manhattan Beach, N. Y., the Invas-1
lion School at Gloucester, Mass.,I
land the Coast Guard Air Stationj
I at Salem, Mass.
Aerial Gunner Arthur R. Meloy, 1
|23, is training as a radio operator]
Ion a B-22 and wears crew wings a t ]
Iclovis Base, N. M. He entered t h e ]
• Army Jan. 15, 1943, and trained a t ]
•Miami Beach, Fla., Sioux Falls, S. D . , |
• Traux Field, Wis., Smokey HlllT
Sas., and -Walker Field, Kas. He I
|was recently promoted to corporal._
I Mohr Promoted
I To Warrant Officer
Arthur Mohr, 33, of 267 HerrichI
I Avenue, Teaneck, has been pro-1
I moted from technical sergeant to I
warrant officer (j. g.) somewhere i n !
England where he is on duty with!
the Eighth Army Air Force. He i s !
married to the former Josephine I
Mau of Teaneck. They have twoj
daughters, Heather, 2, and Josephine, 8 months.
After entering the Air Force in I
August, 1942, Mohr received train-!
I ing at Fort Meyer, Va. He wasj
shipped overseas in July, 1943. Frior]
to Ills enlistment Warrant O f - 1
ficer Mohr was manager of t h e ]
Variety Club at Dallas, Texas.
J. Robert Mursch, 25-year-old g
I aviation instructor, of 157 Herrich 1
1 Avenue, Teaneck, has been pro-1
] moted from first lieutenant to I
captain at Laughlin Field, Tex. [
where he is stationed with t h e |
I Army Air Force.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs 1
I John Mursch and was formerly H
employed by his father at Peerless!
Moulded Company, Teaneck.
AI
graduate of Teaneck High School [
Mursch also attended Bergen Col- j
lege. After entering the Army Ail I
Force in August, 1941, he trainee I
I at Kelly Field, Tex.
Mursch is married to the formci I
I Marie Runge of West Englewood [
j who is with him in Texas. The j
j couple have a year old son, Ray
I mond
j LT, LOUIS G. SA£ GEORl .
I San George Wins
lArmy Promotion
I Louis G. San George, 26, of
•Longfellow Avenue, Teaneck
•been promoted to llrst heut
•somewhere in Italy svnere he
• duty with Army Field ArtUlerj
I A graduate of Teanecfc
ischool San George was loi
•employed as assistant buyei
I c Penny and Company, New
I c i t y He entered the Airay r
l a r y 2 1942, and received his
•tag at Fort Bragg, N. 0. La
fwent to Port Sill, Okla,, for
oau. George is the Mil <
and Mrs. Charles San Gaorf
•ent ovej-"" last August...
ILocalVFW Installs
IBOYLEIS AWARDED
BRITAIN'S D. F. C.I
I Teaneck Lieutenant Honored F o r |
Saving Flying Fortress
Majov Arthur Esslingev of 9-loi
| P ice Street, Teaneck who htisf
| j st returned to this country after!
J t years at Puerto Rico was obli- [
j g ted at a special installation]
lemony last Friday night as
•member of Captain Stephen S. T.I
ISehoonmaker Post V.F.W.
Major EsslinRcr was stationed!
gat Borenquen Field and San Ju— B
las Ordnance and Chemical "War-i
Jfare Officer of the Antilles Air f
ICommand.
The installation rites were con-1
Iducted by Commander Francis J. I
•Kelly, assisted by Carl H. Kell-I
igren, Fred Klemm, past eomman-I
Iders and George N. Bettis, chief of I
• staff. Attending were his mother,1
jMrs. C. A. Esslinger and his wife, I
I the former Miss Jean Fisher of|
|Now York City.
Major Essling'er, 31, attended
I Cincinnati schools and is a gra-1
Iduate of Massachusetts Institute I
1 of Technology where lie was a Re- F
I strve Officer. lie took his training 1
9 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, j
I Md.
His father, who died 2 years ago, I
1 was formerly manager of the Ford j
j Motor Plant at Edgewater for 7
I years.
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His brother, Lieutenant (J. ;J )
I Kobert Esslinger, 23, has been in
ithe Coast Guard service for the
|]ia--.t 2 years, having enlinted tlic j
1 war was declared. He is now st a- j
Itioned at Wilmington, Calif. He
j was stationed aboard the NormanI die when it caught fire.
L
1 He was accepted as a member of I
I the V. F. W. by proxy 2 months
I ago.
[ Teaneck Mother Has Four
i Sons in Service of U. S.
As her contribution to the war I
I effort Mrs. Rose Meloy of 5161
I Oritani Place, Teaneck has given J
I four sons to the services.
Seaman First Class Alfred L. j
JMe!oy, 22, entered the Navy in
I October, 18<11. He received trailing at Newport, R. I., and after 5 |
J months duty on a submarine wasl
I transfei'red to a sub-tender. He!
I has seen action in the South Paci-i
I fie and wears the silver submarine!
I pin.
Private Robert A. Meloy, 18, is I
jwith the Field Artillery at Foil!
IMeade, Md, A graduate of Teaneck |
j High School he entered the Army I
j September 22, last year. He I
I recently completed 18-weeks train- j
j ing at Fort Bragg; N. C.
Seaman First Class John F..I
I Meloy, ;20, is now at an aviation I
mechan cs school at -the Coast!
Guard Air Station, Gloucester, j
Mass. A graduate of Teaneck High I
School, he enlisted in .1942 and j
I received training at Manhattan I
I Beach, N. Y., the Invasion School I
I at Gloucester, Mass.,
and the Coast I
1 Guard Air Stat;on at Salem, Mass. I
Aerial Gunner Ai'thur R. Meloy, I
• 23, is training as a radio operator I
I on a B-22 and wears crew wings at j
I Clovis Base, N. M. He entered the I
I Army Jan. 15, 1943, and trained at I
I Miami Beach, Fla., Sioux Falls,!
I s . D., Traux Field, Wis., Smokeyj
iHill, Kas., and "Walker Field, Kas.I
iHa was recently promoted to I
I corporal.
(Special to the Bei'EBn Evening Record)
London, Mar. —The Eighth Army j
Air Force command announced here I
at headquarters yesterday that thel
Distinguished Flying Cross h a s !
been avarded to Second Lieutenant I
Joseph B. Boyle of 539 Standlshl
Road, Teaneck, N. J.
g
Boyle was wounded Sn a raid over I
Lille, France. He was copilot of I
the Dry Martini Jr., ft Flying I
Fortress' B-17 bomber whose pilot I
was killed and another member oil
the cvpw wounderi. Boyle himself |
was wounded, but with blood smearing his lace, he look the stick of thel
plane to bring It back to its base.
Teaneck Soldier's Device
Doubles Cable-Laying Job
• Corporal Richard Burke, 39, oil
I Teaneek, New Jersey, using a |
j quality known as "G. I. Ingenuity",!
I has devised a gadget which has I
1 nearly doubled the amount of cablel
j laid by Ms organization, a signal I
I construction battalion stationed in|
J England.
• Known as a "bulb and catcher,"!
I the device is similar to those used!
1 by telephone companies in the!
I United States, but virtually unob
jtainabl* in England.
Cpl. Burke, a welder and black-l
I smith by trade, made the thing!
I from scrap metal. The instrument!
I is used as part of the process of|
I pulling . Me wires through .under-1
I ground ducts. Without it, cableP
I may be pulled from only one direc|tion at a time.
I Cpl. Burke's home is with his]
j sister, Mrs. Thelma Engels, at 194
1 East Port Lee Road, Teaneck, New
I Jersey. He worked for the Pequan-I
I nock Rubber Company before en-j
I tering the service 18 months ago.
"All's Well' Cables
I Airman Sullivan
Lieut. Habel Graduate?
Victorville, California Army Air
iFk'ld's newest aerial fighters, thel
ibombardier-navigator graduates of|
|Class 44-3, are ready for doublej
u ty over Europe and the Pacific.
Combining bombardiering and!
•navigation, today's graduates ofi
ithe Army Air Forces Training!
• Command school, can navigate the!
iship to the objective, then man thel
iboinbsight and realease the bombg
I load.
The bombardier-navigator grad-i
j uates today i n c l u d e d : Second!
Lieutenant Richard T. Habel, soul
I of Mrs. Freda K. Habel, of 1791
I Johnson Ave., Teaneck, N. J. Lieut.l
j Habel is a graduate of Teanecki
I High School and attended New!
I York University. He is a member off
Ithe Teaneck Athletic Club and at I
lone time managed Teaneck High I
I School's track team to its first I
I championship. Two brothers are!
I also in service: Ensign Davidl
I
d. TI. S. N. U. and Pvt. Martini
Lieut Fred Wahl
In German Prison
Comforting news came to Mr.j
I and Mrs. Fred H. Wahl of 76 West!
I Forest Avenue, West Bnglewoodi
I when they learned via shortwave!
J radio from Berlin that their son,!
j Lieutenant Russell F. Wahl, who!
I was reported on January 19 asl
I missing in action is alive and welll
I in a German prison camp. Lieuten-|
1 ant Wahl presumably was sholl
J clown in the raid over Kiel Janu-ff
I ary 4.
I
Lieutenant Wahl was bombar-j
Jdier of a B-17 Flying Fortre
| known as The Dull' Tool. His par-I
Gnts have communicated with Ielf
iatives of all the other members ofL
I the crew and all were accounted!
1 for as prisioners of war except thei
I tail gunner, of whom there liasl
I been no word.
A graduate of Teaneck High I
The news came in a cablegram! J School in 19S9, Lieutenant Walill
from John himself although thel jwas in the employ of the Western!
locale of his wherabouts was not! j Electric Company when he enlisted!
disclosed. His message read "Dear! (on April 3, 1942.
Mom and Pop: Am well. Don't I
Lieutenant and Mrs. Wahl were!
worry. See you all soon. Love, I
John." Nor was his best girl, Miss I [married last October at Walla I
I
Walla,
Wash., just before he left!
Hazel Hillyer of 1146 Stasia street,!
Teaneck forgotten for she too re-1 I for overseas duty. Since then hej
ceived a cablegram: "Am well.I 1 and his crew had participated in al
Having a swell time. See yon soon. I I number of raids over Europe. Hisj
1 family had been informed that thel
Love, Johnny." '
1 whole Air Force group of which!
Young Sullivan had not been I J his drew was part, had been]
beard from since he went on a I I awarded a Presidential citation.
boinbing^mission on December 30.1
Sullivan shipped overseas last!
October 4 and has been on duty asi
» gunner since November 20. He isl
a graduate of Teaneck High School!
and enlisted in the Army Air Forcef
Jan. 12, 1943. He trained at Tuc-j
son, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah;!
and Elythe Field, California.
Following: upon receipt of news I
j on January 4 that their son Ser- j
J geatit John L. Sullivan Jr. was I
I missing in action over Germany!
I the flier's parents Mr. and Mrs. f
John L. Sullivan of 1617 Riverl
J Road, West Englewood were over-j
[ joyed to learn last week that hej
was safe.
j Sink Jap Cruiser
As co-pilot of a -H-24 Liberator,!
I Second Lieutenant Willis R. M J - |
Cafftey Jr. of 3 085 Cambridge!
j Avenue, Xcaneclc, had the sattsfac-f
I t'on of being- a member of a crew!
I of 11 that sent a 5,100-fcon eruiscrf
I of Lhe Jap navy to the bottom ou
I the South China Sea,
The big1 bomber delivered thrcoi
timai^in^ attacks during the hour!
iand -48 minutes in which the crew,I
iby unanimous vote, decUk'ri to I
iplaster hell out of the ^yarship |
t'g'ui dlobs oil consequences..
On the third bombing run the
§ cruiser sent up the fiercest ackiack the combat-tested ci*ew ever
I saw, but the Liberator came
| through without a scratch.
The hetivy plane circled and
|came in for a fourth assault witn
, its two remaining bombs when the
J crew-men discovered the cruiser
| had disappeared beneath the waves
j —evidently stricken below the
p water-line by near-miaaes. Four
S lieavy bombs were laid on the
£ cruiser deck—three on the first bwo
• runs.
A graduate of Teaneck Hign
j School, where he played both foot-j ball and baseball, Lt. McCaffrey
I sntered the service in May o£ 1942
j and was commissioned and awardj ad his pilot's wings at Fort Worth,
I Texas, in November of last year.
j [ie has been overseas three months.
He has two brothers in the ser| nee, Aviation Cadet James, with
I ;he Naval Air Corps at Fensncola,
Fla., and Air Student Donald, in
the Navy V-J.2 Program at Drew
University in Madison, N. J.
Decorate Pvt. Ziegfield
WITH THE FIFTH ASMY, IT- I
lALY—Private William S. Ziegfeld
I of Teancek, New Jersey recently I
I was decorated with the Bronze I
1 Star for meritorious achievement E
I in action on the Fifth Army front I
|in Italy.
Ziegfeld, radio operator in a bat-1
I talion headc/uarters company in ihel
I SSLll Infantry Division, carried out!
I his assigned task although pain-i
I fully wounded by shell fire. Carry-1
I ing his cumbersome radio over!
1 mountainous terrain he maintained!
I eomnnmicEitions with all elements!
I of his battalion when his radio was!
the only agency of Jcommunication. I
"Private Ziegfeld s unselfish de-§
J votion to duty has won him the i
I miration o the entire command andl
1 is ill lteeping with the finest tra<H-|
I tions of the armed forces," the i
I tation. read
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HOFFMANN BROTHERS MEET
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LT. A. R. ANDERSON
Tieuteriant Anderson, 19, son
and Mrs. Oscar A. Andersoi
Golf Court, Teaneck, was awn 1 |
1 his silver wings and the ratin
Si jt on March 12 in gradua
ircises at the A. A. F. train
i nmand advanced pilot schoo '
snce Field, Moultrie, Ga. Belr
I enlistment he attended Tean l
Tl .jh School.
-lieutenant O'Hara was com
l ned at Stuttgart, Ark., last )•> i
ir. He now goes on to a trp
, n flying school for further <
Ihn training in larger aircraft.
Keller Now Staff Scrseani
Corporal Kenneth W. Kcllei - .
Tryon Avenue, Wtst EnglewoodJ
; been promoted to slslf ser-|
,nt at Camp Hale, Colo., where!
is training with the Army K.eller|
1 member of the ski troops.
Gervasl Wins Promotion
ilr. and Mrs. Frank P. Gervasig
283 Main Street, HackensackJ
ve received word that their son,!
ink P. Gervasi Jr., who Is in ther
vy and has been in New Guinea
i ice October, 1943, has been pro| i ited from seaman second clasi>|
petty officer, storekeepers t
.ss.
Oervasi enlisted in the Navy
t for boot training at Great 1
July, 1943, and at the island
, New Guinea has participate
I 1 • physical training program, r
ing prizefighters.
!
^^i'•T^TT3
jPerraua, Teaneck,
gColgate Graduate
• George O. Perraud Jr., son of Mr.j
land Mrs. George O. Perraud, 272|
Francis Street, Teaneck, has justl
been graduated from Colgate U n i - |
1/ersity's Naval Flight Preparatory!
lSchool. He now is to receive flight!
[instruction at Polytechnic Institute,!
llacksburg, Va. Also graduated with I
•erraud with Donhell M. Still of|
onia.
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r i rayI i lieu-
U^WVA
SGT. CLARENCE HOFFMANN
CORP. BLMER HOFFMANN
Sergeant Clarence J. Hoffmann Knox, Kentucky, and Fort BragB.I
Iinel his brother, Corporal Elmer L. North Carolina. He has been ovcr-J
iHoflmari in England recently. It seas since December 1942, havingl
Iwas their first meeting since they been ALationed in North Africa. Hci
I were inducted nearly 2 years ago. took part m the invasion of Sicily.!
iTliey are the sons ot Mr. and Mrs. Corporal Hoffmann received M t l
iffred Hoffmann of 1100 Anna Street, basic and technical training a l l
Camp Oroft, South Carolina, a n d !
Iwest Bnglewood.
I Sergeant Hoffmann received his Port Benning, Georgia. He hael
been
overseas since June 1B43, a n d |
ibasic and technical training at the
' n ' ' il it F '
tc ] •
TEANECK CIVIL AIR PATROL
a n Hirt, 39,
irst Lieutenant
lian Hirt, 2S, of 88 Maple Stre
(eck, has been promoted to
id lieutenant, to first Ueutena_
•with a headquarters company of 1
I Army Signal Corps In Italy. He 1
• been overseas since last March, fc
I is a former Teaneck firenjan' anc
11933 graduate of Bidgefield Pr
• High School.
.
His brother, Albert Hirt is ph
macist's mate first class at
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IPFC Sheets Killed
In Pacific Settor
IWARRAMT
The parents of PFC Warren H.I
•Sheets, Marine 21, of 452 Maplel
•Avenues, Teaneck, Mr. and Mrs.!
I Harold C. Sheets have been noli-1
Ified by the War Department that. |
I their son has been killed in action.
, In a letter dated February 9 he I
I wrote that he was in good health I
I and that he had met many Teaneck i
I boys at different camps in the I
1 Pacific.
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He enlisted in the Marines m
Ijune, 1942, and was called for scr-l
• vice the following September. Hoi
1 received trainning at Parris Island |
I S . C, and was later sent to Sang
1 Diego, Calif. Sheets was sent over-I
Iseas in November. He had not been I
I homo since his enlistment. It is!
I known that he fought at Samoa!
1 and Hawaii.
,I
1 He was a graduate of Teaneekl
ll-Iifrh School, 1940, and was active 1
lin baseball in 1839 and 1940 sea-1
isons. He was employed by the I
bankers Trust Company, New
ork City, before leaving ioi |
[service.
EofflmanTr
•At Parris Island
_
1 private James J. Dickman ol 3401
L u c n Anne Road, Teaneck leftg
•last week lor Parris Island, S.
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i v t e e \ e will receive training: » J
•member ol the Marines. He is tel
•son ol Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Dlck-I
•man of Trenton.
I
" Dickman Is a graduate of St.I
•Anastasia Grammar School and was!
lin his senior year at St. Ceciha High!
Iwhen he entered the service. He
Kill receive his diploma in June. Hei
lhad been active in sports while ln|
•school.
Ikenney, Slrunck
IWins Promotions
At recent graduation exercises'
• held for Diesel students at thei
• Naval Train Scliol located at the!
I Naval Air Technical Training Cen-J
Itcr, Navy Pier, Chicago, 111., Joan!
I F Kenney, 18, son of Mrs. Florence!
•Kenney, 230 Kamena Street, Fair-!
•view, was promoted to liremanj
'It the'same graduation Harold!
lL Strunok, husband of Phyllis!
Istrunck, 866 Wyoming Avenue,!
I May wood, became eligible for thel
• petty officer's rate of motor ma-1
• cliinisfs mate, sthird class. He ex-I
Insets to receivd this promotion atj
I his next static,* in Maryland.
1
I strunck entered the service in I
I November, 1943. He was employed I
•bv Wrights' Aeronautical Associa-I1
I Uon in Wood-Ridge before his inI auction.
iMacFal Completes
I Chemical Course
I Second Lieutenant Arthur D.I
• MacFail, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.I
iMacffail of 792 Salem Street, Tea-I
I neck, recently completed a course I
l i n Chemical Warfare Tactics givenl
Bat Edgewood Araental,in Maryland.!
1 Lieutenant MaePail attended Co-1
• nimbia University and before en-1
Itering the Army was a teacher. Hel
I received his commission in 19421
I after completing training at Offi-I
leers' Candidate School at Edgewooflj
I Arsenal.
iTeaneck Man In England|
Wins Promotion
I "My story seems like a dream,"!
Iwrote Louis Fevraro lrom England.!
F w h c n I last wrote to you I was a!
Lorporal. Pulled out of Special Serv-I
lice to organize the •Headquartensl
• command Band, S. O. S.,' I'm now a l
• warrant officer and I beUeve thel
lonly one appointed directly over-I
e
i T h i s letter was written some time!
I ago for since then Ferraro's parents I
I Mr and Mrs. Andnco Ferraro of 8411
l i s t e r Avenue, Teaneck, have heai'dl
I that he has been promoted tromj
[junior warrant officer to chief TO-I
• rant oiliccr. Ferraro tours the B n i - |
Irish countryside with his «-piecel
Iband. playing at military core-1
|monies, dances and concerts. Manyl
l o t the men in the band have played!
•with the New York, Boston, SanI
•Francisco, and National Symphony I
• Ferrarcfis a graduate of Teaneekl
I High School, Bergen Junior College I
Sin Teaneck and the Juilliarcl School!
I S Music in New York City. Before!
I entering the Army in May, 1942, h e |
I was a music teacher m the Metio-"
Inolitan area.
Finishes Basic TUg&TlJOTjrse
• Aviation Cadet John Prank
IBurby, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
I D . Burby, 350 De Motl Avenue, Tea-L
ineck, has completed his basic flight!
1 training at the A. A. P. Pilot School!
Bat Gunter Held, Montgomery, Ala.j
i c a d e t Burby received his pnmaryl
•training at Carlstronv Field, H a , , !
l a n d was appointed a cadet in De-"
icember of 1942.
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iOn 15-Day Furlough
I Staff Sergeant Barbara Jo Marks,
dof 1351 Dickcrson Road, West En-i
Iglewood, is spending a 15-day fur-,
•lough with her parents, Mr. and!
iMrs. Leonard Marks ol West En-1
iglewood. Sergeant Marks is sta-j
Itloned at the Mui'oc Air Field which!
• is in the middle of the Mojave Dcs-g
i e r t in California.
1
I She entered the Wacs Jan. la,B
11943, and took her basic at Fort!
loglethorpc, Ga. Beceiving her I
istripe as Private First Class afterj
• completing a course in admmlstra-1
ition at Denton, Texas, in March,j
ishc was then transferred to t h e l
1 Quartermaster Division of Head-1
I quarters as a property clerk in Ai-E
• pine, Texas. While there she re-l
iceived her grade of Technicianl
Ipourth Class and laLcv was made I
•staff sergeant. She was transferred!
i t o Selma Army Air Base where she I
• became an Air-Wao and then went!
I o n to Los Angeles to take up servlice with a fighter squadron. She}
•was made company supply sergeant j
Blast month.
I
1 She is a graduate of West Orange!
• High School and attended Olivet j
I College in Michigan and Berffenl
• junior College.
1
1 While on the West Coast she
•managed to arrange a visit with!
i h e r brother, Lieutenant Leonards
•Marks Jr., who has since been serv-'
ling in the South Pacific area. H«
l i s a graduate of Drew TJnlversitj I
•and was attending Harvard School!
•of Business Administration when I
ihc enlisted in October, 1942. He at-1
itended officers candidate school a'
Camp Davis, N. C.
• Sergeant Drew was in her glors
IwEen she at first outranked hel!
• brother, but her pnde dcflatec I
I after 10 clays when he attained hi f
• commission. She was a guest oi
Itlie Breakfast at Sardi's progran i
i o n Christmas day, a program whicl I
• was heard by many Teaneck resi f
• dents.
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jr, Teaneck Gets
Promotion In England
• Charles W. Kiefer Jr., son of Mr. I
and Mrs. Charles Kiefer, of 305 LoJcust Street, Teaneck, has been pro-1
Imoted to the rank of staff sergeantl
•somewhere in England, where he i s l
•stationed with an infantry regiment!
l o t the U, S. Army.
,
I
He entered the service in Febru-|
B ary 1941 and had been in various!
•camps in the United States before I
•being sent overseas in February J
11941 Sergeant Kief er was graduated 1
ifrom Teaneok High School in 1937. J
Deubel Is Graduated
. Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., Mar.I
| 2 7_private William K. Deubel, son!
• of Mrs. Ruth Deubel, 161 Division!
• Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.,l
• has been graduated from the B-l
Bennett To O, C, S.
_
_ After spending a year in Puerto!
laico, Harry B. Bennett, nephew of!
§Mr. and Mrs. A. Kohnheiser, 533!
•Maple Avenue, Teaneck, has re-p
• turned to the United States to atBtend Army Air Force Officer Oan-i
• didate School at Miami Beach,!
• H a . Private Bennett attended B e r - |
Jgen Junior College and was em-1
•ployed as assistant supervisor of I
•the Paramount Theater in New!
•York City before his induction into I
jthe Army in Novembei-, 1942.
Prepares For Combat
Lieutenant Irwin L, Dobrow.I
•bombardier of West Englewood,!
IN. J., will soon complete an in-1
Jtensive course in combat flying at I
• t h e Alexandria Army Ait Field,!
•Alexandria, La., and in the near I
•future he will go overseas to a com-1
•bat area.
, , |
1 He is the member o£ a Plying!
•portress crew trained by the Sec-j
>nd Air Force, which has the task!
jf readying 4-engine bomber crewsj
Ifor overseas duty.
i The son cf Mr. and Mrs. Har-:
l-y Dobrow, 17 West Englewood Ave-|
inue, West Englewood, he is a gram-1
l a t e of Teaneok High School, wheref
• h e was a member oi the Student
iouncil and the Rifle Club,
H
I Ben Daniels Now
|A Staff. Sergeant
(Special to the Bergen Evening Becord)
Austin, Tex., Mai'. 29—Sergeant
JBen Daniels of West Englewoodj
IN. J., has been promoted to sta,
"sergeant at Camp Swift, and is now|
complete charge of the X-n
•Department at the 110th Evacua-j
jtion Hospital. He is a dental tech-i
jnician with the Medical Corps and j
•has been in service for two years.
Doran Promote..
» Mr. and Mrs. William D. Doran I
iof 1H1 Magnolia Koad, West En-1
iglewood, recently received wordl
I that their son, William Robert, w a s !
•promoted from private to corporal I
I Corporal Doran entered the Arm* I
lin September, 1943, and received hisl
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I i mis r lil in
'il if *W
Iwood, who has just been pro-1
Imotca to be a first lieutenant I
Jin the Air Forces. He is a I
I Mustang fighter pilot and has J
I been in England since last De- |
cember.
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_ First Lieut, Raymond W. Wild,!
•Fl/mg Fortress pilot awl s»" oil
iCaptam and Mrs. Charles. A, Wild,!
BSr, 36,'S Woodbine Street, Tonne*.I
• has been awarded the Purple Heartl
• at an. til A.A.F. bomber base ml
lEn^lanrl £or wounds received dur-|
ling a recent attack on enemy air-l
• craft industries in southwest G«r-|
§ man.
Piloting the Fortress "M.i/.li,ih"|
B
1 (God be with thee and \av), on the I
• approach to the target Lieutenant I
1 Wild WM struck by machine gun I
• bullet* tired from an attacking I
leiwmy tighter "plane. The buJ!eU.|
•smashed the windshield, shut the!
•oxygen system out of cominis«.ioii,l
land wounded Lieut. Arthur ttotiil
lot Duibucme, Iowa, co-pilot, in. ail p
|dition to wounding Wild.
_ Lieutenant Wild, whose wifuj
•Mrs. Suth Wild, livw at 1W) De-I
HGraw avenue, Teaneclc, wan super-I
lintendeut of parks in Teaneclc lx?-l
Stove entering the Army Air I
•Forces. He attended Teanedt High!
•school where he captained the base-1
•ball, basketball and football teams!
| i n Ms senior year. In addition to his 1
1 Purple Heart he also holds tho Aiil
1 Medal with an Oak Leaf ClusloIfor meritorious achievement in
• participating in ten bombardment!
I missions over Germany and onemy-j
•imied Europe.
•Tiison, In England,
|ls First Lieutenant
Thomas J. Tiison, 20, of B9R Og-I
Bden Avenue. West Englewood. h a s |
Ibeen promoted to fir^t lieutenant a t i
i an air base somewhere in England,!
• where he is on duly as a MuM,ang|
|fif?hter pilot.
Lieutenant Tilson has been overs e a s since December 1943, and hasl
• written home of many flight mis-i
isions over Germany and occupied!
•France. His mother, Mrs. Louis MeItell of tile West Englewood address,!
•has received word her son has par~|
Iticipated in three flights over B e r - |
|lin as a flight leader.
After entering the Army Air Force!
Jon Aug. 14, 1942, Tiison received!
• his commission at Santa Ana, Calif.!
• He is a graduate of Teaneck High!
I School and was formerly employed!
at Caron and Carbide Company,!
I New York City.
iBerkowltz Gets
lAr.other Promotion
Robert H. Berkowitz, husband ofi
| the former Reine Meglbow, 13751
gHudsou Road, West Englewood, who!
I is on active overseas duty, recently!
svas promoted from ensign to lleu-j
jtenant (]. g).
Lieutenant Berkowitz is a gradulate of the University of Pennsyl-1
Ivania. He enlisted In the Navy i n l
• October, 1942, and received his com-1
(mission at Notre Dame Univeisity|
Jaiiuary, 1943.
Major Soott In N. C.
Major Robert H. Scott of 6*
iBeverly Road, Teaneck, N. J.,
I now eng'aged in his new duties
Ithe Antiaircraft Artillery School!
|Oamp Davis, Nprth Carolina.
CORP. WALTER NEI
•Nelson PromoW
I To Corporal's Kanlc
I Walter Nekon, son of
• Mrs. Emil Nelson of 184
• Street, West Englcwood, 1
Braised to the rank of covp i
I cording to word received
[parents.
Nelson entered the Army
Itiary, 1943, when he tot
[trainins for the air force a
SHe took further training t
iLogan, Denver, Colorado, br
ling transferred to the Bad
ision at Fresno, Calif. He
•specializing in radar at ,' i
•ego, Calif, He is a graduate '
•neck High School.
|Eichler Promoted
To Be A Captain
_ Walter H. Eichler, son of '
HMrs. Walter Eichler of S7£
•Lane, Teaneck, has been I i
•from first lieutenant to tlie
•Captain at Camp Pickett, V
i h e is stationed as supply c i
• t h e 132nd Engineers Coml
I
italion.
1 Captain Eichler entered i 1 "
Jlce in March, 1942, and rec 1
•commission at Port Belvoh
October, 1942. Before entni .armed forces, he was emp
• t h e Lite Savers Corporation
•Chester, New York. He is
l u a t e of the Woodrow Wilt n '
•School, in weehawken and mil
i i n engineering at the Ni
•university. His wife is th
•Muriel Crosbie, of 4 Linco
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;»| WRITES TO 'MOM.
i n tidner Completes
SI]-Week Course
Special to the Bergen Evening Hecoid)
Chapel Hill, N. C, Mar. 30ral Aviation Cadet Richard Av-I
ir Weidner, son of Mr. and M r s !
;hur Weidner, 1328 Princeton!
i h id, West Englewood, has sucsfully completed the intensive!
week course at the Naval Pre-1
ght School here, and has beerf
>moted to primary filght train-l
; at the Naval Air Station atj
enview, 111.
3adot Weidner attended LafajH
le College, where he was a mem_|
r of the Sigma Nil Fraternity. _
cuett, Teaneck.
ins Commission
Aviation Cadet Samuel Cliftoni
Si uett Jr., 21, son o£ Mr. and Mrs.!
•uett of 852 Garrison Avenue, T e a - |
ick, -will receive his silver pilot'sr
mgs and bars as a second lieuten-|
it soon at Pampa Army Air Pieldf
e twin-engine advanced flyingf
hool at, Pampa, Texas,
At alumnus of Teaneck Hie:
;hool and Lehigri University, Cadeil
rruett was appointed to pilot train-T
| l ,_. in September, 1913, received prl-|
ary flight training at ChickoshRj
kla., and took basic, flight trainingf
I, Independence, Kan., Army Air
l l ield. "
On completion of his training atj
11 amapa he will be assigned to duty!
r~an instructor or as a combatl
l l lot,
His mother has Just returns
| l sine from Independence, Kan.,1
here she visited him for several!
^ys.
I Lieut. Joseph B. Boyle, now
Jin a Naai prison camp, is
lone of Teaneck's and the
I nation's (op heroes. Pilot
j of the famed Flyinjr Fort• rcss "Dry Martini", Joe
I has been wounded twkp,
1 miraculously
escaped
I death many times.'He
I wears the Distinguished
• Flying: Cross ana the
I Military Order of the
1 Purple Heart, with
I Oak Lent Cluster. The
1 letter is a photostatie
• copy, in part, of one
I sent to his mother
1 whom he told before
I leaving on his last
I flight over GerI many, "If X'm ever
I listed as missing,
I Mom, don't ercr
I five up."
i David ™ Webster
1 Signs For Air Force
I David A. Webster, son of Mr. and I
•Mrs. David Webster, 1218 Sussex I
BRoad, West Englewood, has Just met I
| a n Aviation Cadet Board and was I
ccepted as a member of the Air!
.'orce Enlisted IReserve.
I
_ He is a student of Teaneck High I
ISchool and has been a. chaplain of I
athe school Hi-Y and treasurer of I
• t h e Bergen County Hi-Y for morel
I t h a n a year. After reaching his I
Il8th birthday he will be called fc>[
•active duty.
\Lost In Li&come Bay Sinkingl
J Finnell, Who Came Throiigh Pearl Harbor, Fought \
At Midway, Reported Missing In Action
He was a sailor who ducked bombs at Pearl Harbor, and!
Iswore an everlasting vengeance. He fought at Midway and!
|then returned to the States, a flying cadet in the Naval Airl
Force. After impatient months he went back—to get re-J
jvenge.
He had his chance, but not for long. Soon word camel
home: "Escort carrier Liscome Bay sunk. Aviation Machin-I
list's Mate Second Class Henry J. Finnell, Teaneck, missingj
gin action."
LITTLE HOPE
So ended the Naval career of the!
122-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.l
Henry J. Finnell of 315 Sherman!
jAvenup, Teaneck. His folks havcf
little nope that he is alive.
Granted Leave
(SBculal to the Bersen Evemnii
. Sampson, N. Y., Mar. 30—Seamanl
• second Class William J. WrocklageJ
• of 2B8 Pleasant Place, Teaneck h a s !
• been granted a leave of absence I
I from this station commencing today J
l a s he completes training here.
j Tones Of Teaneck
I Arrives In England
1 According to word received by'
I Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Jones of 201
BArgonno Court, Teaneck, from their!
json, Thomas, he has arrived safely!
• somewhere in England and qele-j
Ibrated his nineteenth birthday onl
I the way over.
§
I Private Jones, who attended Tea;!
I neck High School, enlisted in t h e !
•Air Force in'March, 1943. He r e - |
iceived hasic training a t various!
•posts throughout the country, Mis-I
isouri, Wisconsin, California, Texas,!
l a n d Colorado. In the letter to hisj
jparente, he wrote that he expected!
1 to complete training as a gunner i n !
TEANECK GROUP?
9 Small Contingents Leave For A m
Navy Service
. Small contingents were sent
I Army and Navy induction centers
I yesterday by the Teaneck DrafU
I Board. Men leaving were:
BANECK-StaiilpyVKcUei, Dwirtt Bs-I
Hohmeister Gets More Training
(Special to tlio Bersen Evening Record)
, Greak Lakes, 111, Apr. B-Franki
I Charles Hohmeister, 18, 1168 Alicia!
I Avenue, West Englcwood, recently!
I has been graduated as a torpedo-I
I man Irom the Great Lakes Naval |
1 School, and will be transferred tog
Jan advanced school, or a shore b a t - |
itery for further training.
A. E. M. 3/0 JACK COURT
P. P. C. C. 1 LI
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ICourt, Of Teaneck,
INow In England
I P. T. 0. FRANCIS A. SKRABLE
SGT. W0ODE0W SKRABLE
j Skrable Brothers
|Mcet In Africa
Sergeant Woodrow B. Skrable a n d !
iprlvate First Class Francis A. Skr.a-1
Ible of Teaneck, brothers, bumped!
I into each other recently in a town!
Jin North Africa. They hadn't seen!
lone another for 2 years and each!
I had lost track of the other's where-!
Jabouts. At the unexpected meeting!
I they discovered they were stationed!
I in camps a mile apart.
I
I Francis had just returned from!
I Sicily Lo North Africa. He had beeni
I overseas since last May with t h e l
I Chemical Warfare Branch of t h e !
1 Army. Woodrow went to Africa with!
I the Army Medical Corps last Aprill
I and has been there ever since.
I
Woodrow entered the Army i n j
I May, 1941, and Francis entered
I year later. Woodrow, a graduate <
I Teaneck High School, worked foil
I the Meadowbrook Nursery in En-I
Iglftwood before entering the service!
IFrancis was with the Teaneck F i r r
I Department.
I They are the sons'of Mrs. Graci
I Skrable of 195 Bast Oakdene Ave-|
|nue, Teaneck.
I Aviation Radioman Third Olr
ijack Court, son of Mrs. Chariot
ICourt, 264 Edgemont Terrace, Tei
ineck, has been stationed in Engla
Iwith the Navy since January, it is
llearned today.
1 Court enlisted in August, 19 i '
l a n d received radar and gunnc ,
I training at Norfolk, Virginia. B<- j
1 fore arriving in England he s&e
I several months in Newfoundlai
| H e attended Teaneck High Schr 1|
•where he played baseball, baskn
•ball, and football. After leav!
•school Court played baseball wit1
•the Teaneck Red Devils and Poi
io'Shea's club in Hackensack. '
•also played ball at William a ig
HMary College.
I His brother, Private First Cl
| c Robert Court, is stationed
i c a m p liejeime, La., with the M
I rines. He enlisted directly fr
I Teaneck High School when he \
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iTEAIMECk AIRMAJN
S INKS JAP TANKERj
Corporal Guthrle
At Fampa Air Field
lOOEP. WILHAM GUTHRIE
Corporal William Gutlirie Jr., son I
o{ Mr. and Mrs. William Guthrle I
Sr., 201 Selvage Avenue, Westl
Englewood, is now stationed at t h e |
Pampa Army Air Held, Pampa,!
Texas, where he is an instrument!
specialist.
I
Corporal Guthrie enlisted in Oc-I
tober, 1942, and received trainingl
at Bandolph Field. He was gradu-l
ated from Teaneck High School and I
attended Bergen Junior College l n l
1S40. At both schools he pai-tici-J
pated in baseball and basketball.!
He was sports editor of the college!
paper.
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The soldier's father recently was!
made clerk of the Bergen County!
Criminal Court. He was the first!
Commander of American Leglonl
Post 128 and the Veterans of. For-1
eign Wars, Captain Steven T,r
Schoonmaker Post 1129, both oil
Teaneck. He has been a County!
Past Commander and a State Vice!
Commander and has been actively!
iLt, Belan^cr Tolls How Its Bim
Came O« Anil Lifted
Aboard a U. S. Carrier off Pajaul
•islands, Mar. 30 (Delayed) (/P) —I
iLieutenant Junior Grade Harold!
•Belanger of Teaneck, N. J., a bomb-I
l e r pilot, saw a big Japanese tankerl
[today and went down and planted
| his bomb.
"The bow came .right off and went
I up in the air," he reported. "It|
I looked as if it were clear out
j the water. The whole thing caughtl
I fire and sank in a cloud dl thickj
I black smoke."
Ensign Charles Farmer of Ma-1
Splewood, N. J.,. piloted one of four!
I fighter pianos of the Grim. Reapers!
1 which drew first blood in the Palau!
I operation. They, with other planes,!
J guarded the surface ships as they!
[approached Palau.
I
The four American planes closed!
l i n on a lone 2-engine Japanese!
I bomber 30 miles astern the Amer-J
I lean fleet. The bomber crashed into I
I the sea and when the Americans I
I passed over the wreckage a second!
ltime the lone occupant, without h i s !
Ipants and clad only in a life Jacket,g
I was clinging to a floating tire.
\Hr8t Bergen County Wave
Joins Legion In Teaneck]
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FlRbT v\ W E 'GiNs • EGIOM US KI
i
unty Officials Attend Ceremony — Command ti
Lauds National Rehabilitation Program
Mrs. Mary V. Duby of Teaneck, pharmacist mate
ss, became the lirst Wave in Bergen County to be init
,o an American Legion Post when she was Inducted
;ht at Teaneck Post 128.
Mrs Duby, who was honorably discharged last Novem
)k her boot training at Hunter College and served o
bans Hospital in Long Island and at Newport News
sband had served in the Army in 1940 and had been '
arged before the United States entered the war,
MEN JOIN TOO
vice-Commander Lester1 Bu: i
Initiated with Mrs. Duby were Bogota said that the Legior I i
nald P. McMumy, Charles E. aid in finding employment 1 i
rers, Donnlcl H. Germain, Cecil A. 15 million men who will rctur 1 J
ualt, Howard M. Warner, Rocco the wars. "Unless a place is i >
Datre, William J. Walker, Theo- for them in the social wort
L'o M. J. Paavilainen and Clifford said, "we may have an up
Curtis.
which will bode no good f' <
bounty Commander John IT. Gar- one."
ger or Ridgewood, speaking of the PasL County Commander II i"
gion'x Omnibus Bill, .said that Ritchings of Bogota told U ' t
e Legion was proud of its re- Legionnaires that they will • ••
bilitation program. He said their much out of the organizat l
in was to lake care of returning they put in.
rvlce men Irom the day they rem Home until they are estabOFFICIALS INTRODUCIH
hed in their communities on the Introduced were Past •
me status as when they went commander Walter Heebi
;ay. He told the new members Teaneck, Past County Pi
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at thev were now entitled to wear Mrs. Francis Walton, Past < I L
e Legion button which Is a syro- Secretary Mrs. Ritchlngs, C
1 |
,1 ol honor.
man Henry Deisslei' of Teantc
dI
Mrs.
Byron
Christie,
Count
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••-1
Commander Gilbert B. Pearson
troduced Ernest Eyer ol Pair president, of Gai'field.
iwn, County vice-commander, who Mrs. Charles A. Roth, pi
id that the Legion will tight for ol the Ladies Auxiliary, pr
e service men and see that, there a donation trom the auxili
no road from the battle line to wards the building fund.
e bread line.
Accepted by the Post, but not asl
Charles Davics of Rutherford, or- yet Initiated were Oscar J, Miller,
inizaticii officer, spoke briefly, as Edward T. Mnneran, Collins G.Eltd Vice-Commander William SloPierre M. Loddengaard, Clif-1
inske ot Oliffside Park. County I fnrr1 c. Pindev, John M. Burns, Pat-1
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jrick E. Scott, Howard A. BaeKren, I
j Thomas A. Maurer, John P. Lea. I
j Dr. J. Dewey Schwarz led the in-1
1 stalling team, which consisted oil
I Michael D. Robblns, Clyde Halstead.l
I Edward McDonald, Charles Peter,!
I George Ganzenmuller.
Assisting I
1 also with the rituals were Robert j
IBex, bugler, and Mrs. Schwarz, ac-I
1 companist.
I
1 Pearson announced that the paid- I
1 up membership of the post was 2911
I members. William E. Guthrie an-1
[nounced thai the annual pilgrim-!
I age to Bergen Pines will take place I
i o n June 18 and the County dinner I
• will take place at Teaneck Post)
i o n May
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Mrs. Mary V. Duby of TcanecU is shown here as she was initiated!
fluto Teaneck American Legion Post 128 last night, the. first Wave t o !
I become affiliated with the Lesion in th6 County. At lclt ii Post Com-I
I a e r Gilbert H. Fcavson, and at right is Senior Vlcc-Commandcr|
I Michael D. Bobbins.
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Y. 3/C RALPH PASSNACHT
SGT. JOHN ,FASSNACHT
[Brothers Meet
gSomewhere In England
After a year and a half John and at Ca,mp Crowder, Mo., and Pbr\,
BBalph Fassnacht of Teaneck finally Ord, Calif. He is married to thfa
Igot together in England. Sergeant former 'Muriel Krais of 849 Esteii
jJohn, Fassnacht has been in Eni:- Avenue, Teaneck, Prior to his in-I
jland a month, and a half and duotion he was employed with t h e !
•through Bed Cross channels man- National Credit Office in New Yorkj
j
j.'qed to locate his brother, who has City.
jbien stationed there nearly two YeomansEalph Fassnacht's homel
nars. Yeoman Third Class Ralph is at 99 Fulton Avenue, Jersey Clty.I
iT'jssnacht has been in the Navy He was formerly with the National!
3ity Bank in, New York. He is i
\ ince August, 1911.
Sergeant Fasnacht entered the sraduate of Lincoln High School.'
S'irmy on March 23, 1943, ajidr
• ajned with he Army Signal Oorpsj
pescrihed By Teaneck Pttotl
TWO TEANECK BROTHERS IN SERVICE
•Indian Troops Carried Echwald, Injured When Zeros
Attacked His Transport, To Safety
Lieutenant Walter Echwald, Teaneck High School grad-1
iuate, told today how he put a transport plane into a dive to I
•escape a Jap Zero, crashed in the North Burma Jungles, and!
•seriously wounded was carried 4 days to salety by Ghurkag
ftroops of the Indian Army. »
NO ESCORTS
Back in Teaneck on sick leave
from the Coral Gables Hospital,
Pla., Echwald in an interview with
High School Principal Charles L.
Steele related experiences while flying with the Army Transport Command, attached to the 14lh Air
Force in China, and the 10th Air
Force in India.
For more than a yoar he has
been supplying the Allies and the
famed Flying Tigers with equipment. "It was seldom that wo had
an escort while flying cargo over
the Himalayas, a tough mountain
range between India and China,"
explained Echwald. "Once we were
malting a run Irom India to Northern Burma when we were attacked
by 11 Zeros. Although we had a
small (light of fighters with us, two
of the Japs managed to get through. |
One of them gpl on the tail of
my right wing man, who immediately dropped his wings and flaps
to slow him up. The Zero still
traveling at a terrific speed from
his dive, whizzed past and crashed
into the peak of a mountain before
he could pull up. I guess that's the
only transport ever to receive credit!
for downing an enemy plane."
He went on by saying the remaining enemy fighter maneuvered
for a head-on attack. "We wouldn't
have a chance if he got through as
we carry no guns, so I put her in
a dive and pulled out at tree-lop
level. After the air speed dropped,
we crash-landed in the jungles.
When I tried to climb out o£ the
wreckage I realized for the first
time that I had been hit. Blood
was pouring irom my leg and an
examination revealed a ,50-caliber
slug embedded in the flesh. We|
were carried 4 days by Ghurka
troops of the fndlan Army who wit-|
nessed the engagement while patroling that section of the Jungles.'
Since his rescue from Burma!
Echwald has suffered three attack^
of malaria and is now under treatment at the Coral Gables Hospital,
He entered the Army in 1940 alter
being graduated from Teaneck High!
School, where he participated in
music and the school's aviation program. It feels wonderful to be home,
he said, adding "When I look back
at some of the experiences we had,
it seems like a bad dream, but I'm
still eager to get back to active
duty as soon as they give me the
green light."
;V
P. F. C. TOWLE
SEAMAN I/O TOWLE
Mrs. Anna Towle of 281 Degraw Private First Class Robert Towle I
iAvenue, Teaneck, has two sons In is on duty with the field artillery!
as cannoneer on a Lank somewhere |
ithe armed forces.
Seaman First Class Raymond in England. He is 20.
iTowle, 18, is serving as a, radioman His twin brother, Ralph Towlej
• somewhere in the Pacific. He was works at Bendix Aviation Corpora-!
I graduated from Radio School at tion. Ralph recently was rejected!
1 Charleston, S. C, and later trained from the Army because ol a pierced |
eardrum.
• at Noroton Heights, Conn.
LT. WALTER ECHWALD
ITeaneck Brothers
I Meet In England
Two Teaneck Brothers, Private!
I First Class Prank and Corporal!
I James Limone, met recently in Eng-I
Bland after a separation of two years.!
I They were able to contact each oth-l
I er and make arrangements to meelg
I through the Red Cross.
A third brother, Private First!
I Class Carmen Limone, is with
Jtank destroyer unit in Italy. HeJ
I managed to get together with Frank J
I a year ago in Africa.
Frank has been overseas t w o |
| years. He is 27.
1 James, 24, is on duty with a I
I ground crew in the Army Air Force. I
I He has been in England lor two!
I months. Carmen, 26, entered t h e !
I Army three years ago and has been!
I overseas since last August.
i
The three boys are the sons of I
I Mr. and Mrs. James Limone of 8921
(palisade Avenue, Teaneck. They a l l |
[.attended Teaneek High School.
\3FUersHereGivenD.F.C.
For Success On Bomb Raidsl
)ppenheimer Of Teaneck, Johnson, Bogota, Andj
Pohlod, Garfield Honored In England
First Lieutenant Kenneth H. Oppenheimer, Staff Ser-I
Jgeant Andrew Pohlod and Second Lieutenant Edwin R. John-"
json were among ten New Jersey members of the United
I States Army Eighth Air Force awarded the Distinguished!
j g Cross, the War Department announced today.
25 MISSIONS HIM RECORD
Lieutenant Oppenheimer of 987 Lieutenant Oppenheimer recently!
I Richards Court, Teaneck, husband left for reclassification at Atlantic!
I of the former Miss Beryl Barnes CiLy after a 4-week leave at home, j
I of Flushing, L. I,, was awarded the Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson of!
j Cross after having completed 25 309 Larch Avenue, Bogota, said t h a t !
I bombing missions over Europe, Op- they had received no formal notifi-1
cation of honors for their son. b u t !
| penheimer holds 2 ratings, having that
letter reached them Monday!
I qualified both as bombardier and from a.an
Army paper seeking d a t a !
I navigator.
about the young man.
It was as a navigator that he par- Four months ago the Johnsons!
jticipated in raids in the B-17 Fly- got word from the War Department]"
I ing Fortress Loma Lee. After a that Lieutenant Johnson was safe!
I particularly successful raid over alter having been reported missing!
I Germany, the crew were publicly while flying over Germany. He had j
[commended by Winston Churchill, previously been aboard the Sleep:
I Generals Arnold and Ira C, Eaker. Time Gal bomber.
I During all operations both crew and Johnson, 21, will be hi the servia
I bomber escaped without a scratch. two years next June. He is a, gradu-|
Born in New York City, he is a ate of Bogota schools,
I graduate ol Stuyvesant High School Staff Sergeant Andrew PDhlod,!
land City College ol NEW York. At one of the three Bergen County!
Ithe time of his enlistment in Janu- Eighth Air Force men to be awarded!
Jary of 1942, he was connected with the Distinguished Plying; Cross i s !
Ithe Empire Trust Company of New a resident of 57 Spring Street, Gar-1
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Te»npok Squadron 281-4 of the. Civil Air Patrol held a Parents Night and IJilHaiy Rcilow Wednesday
night in the auditorium of School 3. Here Mayor Milton Votee or Tmneck (Ml) and Fiteholdn Tiank
A, Leers, also a Teaneclj resident, are shown with Lieutenant T. V- Catchings of the isdnadron
iDuckie Did Just That To Japs On Tanker;
Mother Reads All About It In The Papers]
)ive-Bomber Belanger (Salmon) Reports Tn Letters r
Only 'Little Cruises' Around Pacific, Which
Seems To Be Masterful Understatement
Bombing a Japanese tanker was lust another experience
lin the lite—already packed with thrills—of Lieutenant (j. g.)
•Harold Belanger Salmon of Teaneck. Lieutenant Belanger,
Iknown as Duckie Salmon to his friends at Teaneck, High'
liool, is the son of Mrs, Margaret Belanger Salmon ol 520
lOritani Place.
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years. He was 19 when lie was
The pilot of a dive-bomber, he graduated; a member of the honor
•recently was reported as blowing society, Tau Bel a Pi. He won miup a tanker off the Palau Islands. tramurals titles in boxing at ihe
• He lias been stationed in that area college in 1938 and 1939 and was
J since January of this year. Al- a member of the military reserve
I though the press dispatch reported 1938 to 1940, attaining the rank of
I him as saying "The bow came right sergeant.
I off and went up in the air", letters While a student at the college
I to his mother, Lieutenant Belanger he also was associate editor of
I speaks only of "little cruises" which
the "City College Vector", published
| he and his gunner take together.
by the School of Technology. He
Lieutenant Belanger got his first was a member of the Society of
I taste of what was to be one of American Engineers.
I the biggest jobs of his life, when as
l a member of Boy Scout Troop 92 An ardent ski enthusiast, he was
l i n Teaneck in 1936 he took his first a member of the New Jersey Ski
[flight with Arthur Storms, aviator. Club of Hackensack and spent all
I He and three other scouts were his spare time outdoing ail his
on the ski runs.
I awarded the trip for whining a con- friends on
Itest for progress in scout work.
LT. HAROLD B. SALMON
VIEWS ON MARRIAGE
1 An honor student for 4 years at Prior to enlistment lie was emI Teaneck Hish School, he was the ployed by a manufacturing company ins &nfl then to the Navy Base at I
[youngest boy in the 1937 class. He at Bristol, Conn. He entered the Seattle, Wash. He left from there!
was 15*V!i. He was winner of the
October 23 to go to Hawaii and was 1
point contest in Troop 92 in the Navy as an aviation cadet in May, there for 2 months before going into I
! previous year. A. cheer leader dur- 19*2 and took his boot training- at combat.
I
ing 1936 and 1937, he also played Atlanta, Oa., where lie made his The flyer, who is 6 fpet 1 inch tall, I
the slide trombone In the school or- first solo flight In July of that has dark brown liair and eyes, saysj
year. He became an ensign while of marriage:
1° After araduatton he live* with "tattooed ^ Jacksonville, ,Wa., Feb.!' ,.jfS a B r ( ; a t imjuiullon, but I like I
Ihis stepfather in New York, while "> 19;*3- ,
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(hriHs too much to risk some one!
lattendius City College of JJew York. After Jacksonville h e was sent to else's life with mine."
ii« mmnlPtert a 5-vear rouraelLee Field. Pla.. for advanced train-! Bill, then, he's Just 92!
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I was graduated and commissioned m |
I September of 1942. He is the s o n |
Jof Joseph A. Jacobl, 72, Sheppardj
I Avenue, Tcaneok.
JAlffarotti Returns
I From Overseas Duty
First Lieutenant Robert A. Alga-I
trolU, Signal Corps Obverser from!
j Teaneck, is visiting his homo altr-rl
(several months in Ihe North Afrl-|
1 can theater of operations.
Algarotti and his unit received a |
I letter from President Roosevelt,!
I complimenting them on their ef-|
jficiency at the message centers
I which handled the President's ines-g
j sage at Cairo and
t
Lieutenant Algarotti has been i n |
I the service for 5 years, and. has seen
[duty in Cas.ablanca, Tunis, Sicily,!
land Cassino. He is a graduate ofl
i Fort Monmouth, where he will r e - |
I turn April 29 to instruct in Signal j
I Corps tactics.
He is the son of Mrs. Frank Al-S
Igarotti of 131 Johnson Avenue,
jl
• neck. His brother, Private Henry S.j
I Algarotti, is serving with a t a n k |
[I destroyer unit in England.
•Soup Stevenson Wins
•First Class Eating
1 Campbell (Soup) Stevenson, for-L
liner Teaneck High School athlete!
• recently was promoted to private!
1 first class at a Ninth Air Force Basel
Bin England.
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I Stevenson was born in EnglewoodJ
I but attended Teaneck High School,
• where he starred in football andL
• baseball. He was chosen for AU-I
• County in each sport.
I
I He is the husband oJ Mrs. Bettiej
i j e a n Stevenson, of 1010 Teaneck]
•Boad, Teaneck.
"eaneck Flier (\
After 25Eunr.it
|This Navigator's B-24 Balm 1
30 Minutes Bef< i '
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After completing 25 com
grope, First Lieutenant Thoc
I'navigator on a Liberator bom
I languished Flying Cross lor
fierial night.
ON LONGEST FLIGHTS
Noelhiger navigated Ilie famou
'Flying Wolves", B-24 bombei
j through, some of the most speetacu
l i a r and longest missions in aerio
1 history. During one of these flight;
I three ol the lour superchargers o'
3 his plane were rendered inopcrativ<
1 They were forced to drop Irom for
I matlon, and turn back before reach
| ing the target. A few minutes late
I the plane was attacked by 25 Ger
J man fighters. For 30 minutes Ui
Slone Liberator fought a dc&perat
1 battle until a squadron of F-38
a came to the rescue. Although tb
• heavy bomber suffered a territ
I beating', and was riddled with enetn
• shells and bullets they were ab
I to reach their home field.
| During the course of his 25 mif
isions, Lieutenant Noethiger's plai
• h a s also delivered powerful blov
Bon Wiener Neustadt, deep in Aut
atria, while serving with General E(
iward J, Ttmberlake's famed "Ted
I Traveling Circus", operating fro
I North Africa.
1 In addition to his recent a w
• of the Distinguished Flying Crot
I the young navigator also w
3 awarded the Air Medal and Olu
i t e r s last tall. He is the son
BMr. and Mrs. Frederick O. No
Ithiger, 302 Hickory Street, Teaneck.
• Alter graduating from Teaneck
I High School, he attended Manhatj l a n Prep for three years, and pal
jticipated In track contests at both
Ischaols. In January, 1942, he eni listed in the air force. Alter inilerrupting an engineering course
I at New York University he comImenced flight training at Kelly
iField. He received his wings and
Icommission at Hondo Field, Texas,
Jin April, 1943, and was transferred
1 to a base in England.
JLieutenant Hurrle
I Home On Leave
I Second Lieutenant Robert V.l
iHurrle is spending a 15-day leave!
gat the home of his parents, Mr. andl
•Mrs. Gustave A. Hurrle of 80 John-J
•son Avenue, Teaneck, while awalt-l
l i n g the arrival of his crew at I
•Tampa, Ha.
,
I Lieutenant Hurrle recently was!
•graduated as a pilot from Hendrieksj
iField, Sebring, Ma. He entered t h e !
• Air Force as an aviation cadet inj
• March of 1843 and received prim-|
l a r y training at Maxwell Field, Ala.l
1 Hurrle, 21, was elected to the Na-I
Itional Honor Society while attend-I
l i n g Teaneck High School. Before!
• he entered th Army he was con-j
lnected with the Chemical Bank andl
v,.ef. pnmnanv in New York City
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LT. THOMAS F. NOETHIGBR
•Jensen, Teaneck,
1A First Lieutenant
An eighth A. A. F. liberator sta
Ition, England—Second Lieutenan j
I Albert Jensen, of 141 South Etreci I
IBogota, has been promoted to firs J
Ilieutenant. He is the son of Ml ]
land Mrs. James C. Jensen.
Lieutenant Jensen has received
I second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Ai I
I Medal, for exceptionally mentor) i
Ions achievement, while participat I
JinE in five separate bomber -com I
I bat missions over enemy-ocoupie'
I Continental Europe. "The couragi "
I coolness, and skill displayed b
I Lieutenant Jensen upon these occa |
I sions, reflects great credit upo:
1 himself and the Armed Forces c j
I the United States" according to th
I citizen.
Assigned to a veteran outfit i n j
J the European theater of operations,!
I Lieutenant Jensen participated i n !
J bombing missions over Ludwigsha-I
jfon, Kiel, Bremen, Berlin, and other!
I Important industrial targets i n l
GET WINGS
Two graduates of Teaneck Highl
I School recently received their pi-I
I lot's wings after completing f light j
J training at Marianna Army Ail
J Field, Marianna, Fla. James E.I
Iwachter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred-j
lerick W. Wachter of 635 Marten
I Avenue, Teaneck, was commissioned J
• as a Second Lieutenant and Thorr
JR. Hixson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs,
• Thomas R. Hixson of 260 Kinder-!
jkamack Road, North Hackensack.I
•received his commission as a Flight j
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Lieutenant Wachter and Flights
Bofficer Hixson entered the Army I
Air Forces last year as aviationl
Icadets. They received their primary I
]and basic flying training at various|
raining fields in the Southeast.
LT. EDWARD W, SMITH
|Lt. Smith, Teaneck,
i Awarded His W i n g s
Lieutenant Edward Smith, son
|Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Smith, 6
•Chestnut Avenue, Teaneck, H
• awarded his wings at Ohandl
•Field, Ariz,, after completing Pi.
• Training with the Army Air Fon
[Training Command.
Ed was originally commission
•in the Infantry, and chose to 1
Iceive his flight training the ha
•way. As a student officer, he w
^subject to the same course as a
jflying cadet, with the same restrf
tions and discipline.
Lieutenant Smith is now prepar
•to enter his final stage o£ comb
•training at a transitions scho
•There he will be instructed in a
ivanced aerial tactics, and will i
jdulge in many hours of night ai
formation flying, in order
Jleam the importance of perfe
jtimlng.
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Joins Women Marines
lharlolte Grace Gordon, daughof Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gor-I
i of 45 Jasper Avenue, Teaneck,!
s sworn in as a member ol the I
ited Slates Marine Corps on I
ril 17. She will report lor basicl
inlng al Camp Lejeunc, Newt
irer, V. C, within the next lewl
cits. Miss 3ordon is a graduate I
Teaneck High School and was!
iployed tay the Mutual Life I n - I
ranee Company before her induc-i
m into the Marines.
PINCE BOYS JOIN FATHER IN MARINES
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hgota Athlete Shot Down
In Fight Over Dodecanesi
|\\ i Department Says His Plane Was Strafing Nazij
f nvoy When Hit—One Motor Burst Into Flames
Second Lieutenant Dudley Thome of West Eiiglewoodl
ladier navigator of a B-25, has been reported by the!
Department as missing February 1 over the Dodecanese!
ds off the Coast of Turkey. According to word from!
' men in his squadron, Thome's plane was strafing ag
j - ^ j i a n convoy as they entered Port Alargo Bay on the Island
Leros. One motor burst into flames and his ship dropped|
down.
3 In San Antonio
(Special to tho Bergen Evening Record)
San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 23—Three!
I Bergen County (N. J.), aviation I
I cadets have been advanced from the I
I Army Air Force Preflight School I
I WEST ENGLEWOOD—Arthur J . j
I Greene of 1409 Hudson Road.
THORNE, Second Lieutenant D.;
125, husband of Mrs. Marilynn M.l
home o£ 388 North Forest AveIUC, West Englewood. (Mediterranean Al'peat
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Mrs. Thorne, the former Man4
lynn Maxwell of Teaneck, BtiH holds]
Ihope that her husband is safe. "He!
|has too much to live for," she saidj
e couple have a seven-weeks-ol(
aughter, Barbara Lynn.
Thorne enlisted in the Army i n i
ril, 1941, and trained with t h e j
[Tank Destroyers at Camp M
lon, La. He was later transferred t o !
the Army Air Force. He received nisi
commission and wings at Hoswell.g
N. H , where he was married to Miss!
Maxwell in February, 1943. Thorne I
received advanced navigation a n d !
combat instruction, at Greenville,!
S. O. lie has been overseas since|
September, 1942.
A graduate of Bogota High School I
and Horace Mann, N. Y., Thorne I
also attended Syracuse University.!
During school he was active in all!
sports and is a well known athlete!
in Bergen County.
Missing; in Action
FRANCIS, First Lieutenant Leol
C. Jr., 21, husband of Mrs. Hilda!
Francis of 168 Prospect Avenue, f
iaywood. (Over Germany).
In England Since '4
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Francis of 293J
Hickory Street, Teincck, received!
the word that their son is missingl
over Germany. He was a Flyingj
Fortress pilot and had been s t a - |
tioned in England since July, 1943.1
, On August 16, 1943, Francis, -who!
was then pilot of the Terry and t h e !
Pirales, was confined to a base hos-J
pital with pneumonia when his ship!
was lost. Five of the plane's crew I
members are prisoners ol war.
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Francis holds the Air Medal and!
.three Oak Leaf Clusters. He h a s !
21 combat missions to his credit.!
A graduate ol Teaneck High School,!
Class of '40, he enlisted in the Armyl
iAir Force in January, 1942, and re-l
ceived his commission at Moodyj
iField, Ga., the following Deeem-I
ber 16.
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His wlte, the former Miss Hilda I
Rosner. lives with ber parents at I
ufn '. ' '' ; ili- 1
M J I I I I I - , who
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Lieutlil.liil V\ili;iin J'inii- n' Ih
f'composinfr JI-IIIII »i Ib*' llt'i :i'li ! ' ruiis^ Ucorrt
service bail, i'l I ' l l , i1- SMUHII hrif Milli Ivn uf li
Frank, who ,1usl juincd tlie Abrjuea. LieuliJiait
Frank Pince of West Englswood. TMs picture was
Hospital at San Diego, Calif.
• Match, Teaneck,
i Moved To Kansas
Francis J. Hatch, son of IV
j Marie A. Hatch, 311 Queen Ar
JRoad, Teaneck, recently comrr
I sioned a second lieutenant in
I Army Air Forces, spent a short lee
I at home before going to Dodge C
I Army Air Field, Kansas, for a
I week postgraduate course at <
HB-26 Marauder pilot, school of
JAnny Air Forces Training Co
nand.
Lieutenant Hatch vyas emploj
at a Wright Aeronautical Compa
plant In Paterson and was a s
dent at Bergen Junior College in
^December, 1942, when he Enlisted
he Army Air Force.
Lieutenant Hatch's wife, the f
i>i t h o l