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F Allen served aboard an LCI (landing craft infantry) uring the invasions of Sicily, Salerno and Normandy. Before he enlisted in the Coast Guard he was attendâ€" ing the University of Illinois. Ens. Lewis R. Hutchison, USNR, officer on an LCS, spent the holiâ€" days at the home of his uncle, Dr. Grover Q. Grady, 529 Forest. He is stationed at Solomons, Maryland. "How old are you, Bill?" I asked, not wishing to jump right into the delicate question of WHY he had :)ocn released from .military servâ€" ce. His brother, "Bill," a student in the Vâ€"12 at DePauw university, was also home at the Gradys for Christmas. Sgt. Daniel W. Grady, of the 9th Air Force, son of Dr. and Mrs. Grady, is stataioned in England.. Pfe. Grover Q. Grady, Jr., is at present en route to a new post. I did. â€"In it were his discharge papers. _ His hands shook as he carefully took the papers from me and placed them back in his pocket. TELLS HIS STORY ... "I‘m just 21 and I feel wonderâ€" ful," he replied. * "Boy, they sure do a fast job at Sheridan. _ Why, I arrived there léss than 48 hours ago and here I am â€" out of the Army!" s "I was alerted and all ready to leave for overseas," he began. "T‘d been in the States 22 months and during that time at 10 different Army camps. _ Well, one Tuesday I was given a fimal overseas physâ€" ical. I lo?:t.he medics T had a cold and wasn‘t feeling too good. WAITED ... § Lt. Robert Hutchison, the eldest brother, is at sea somewhere in the Pacific area. Here, take a look," he said handing the folder to me. ed 2nd Lt. Edward J. Moroney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J; Moroâ€" ney, 573 Glenview, for his services in the air force. The first oak leaf eluster has been added to the air medal.. Lt. Moroney, who, prior to entering the AAF, was on the local police force, has received much praise for his courage, coolâ€" mness and skill in combat. He easedâ€"himself into the seat next to mine. He struggled with his cumbersome overcoat. â€" From it he pulled a black leather folder. "Bill," if you don‘t mind my askâ€" ing, how come you got a disâ€" charge?" > _ "They seemed toâ€"ignore what I said," he continued, "so I went back to my barracks and sweated Peyton S. Allen, Coast Guard Quartermaster, 2/¢, of 528 S. Linâ€" den, has returned from sea duty and has been assigned to duty at the Coast Guard base in Detroit. Mrs. Henry Parker, 440 Lincoin place, has three sons in the armed forces.â€"Thomas,â€"of â€"theâ€"Seabees; is at present in a San Diego hospiâ€" tal for leg and foot injuries. Henry H., also of the Seabeces, is stationed in the Pacific area. _ Sgt. John, whose wife and children liveâ€" in Canada, is stationed in Italy with the Canadian army. â€" Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Adair, formerly of Highland Park, but now living in Webster.Grove, Mo., are now in the service. _ Cpl, AAF, _ is ‘Thomas is headed*" $ nowem . "Furiough * "Nope. I‘m going home for good I just got my honorable discharge "Great. Tell me your story." h'l' Slx's _PAPERS ... IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE He saw this corporal sitting in the back thinking about his happy tubu:hinmd.hrk. * "Hi!" the young soldier yelled. "Hi," said I, "where are you ‘ He jumped in the big bus, threw his suitcases on the shelf, and looked around with a broad smile. TOO FAR AWAY FROM HIGHâ€" LAND PARK :â€" Page .2 His eyes danced. â€" He was a hapâ€" Further honors have been awardâ€" _ stationed _ overseas. in the navy. _‘ Special to the Highland Park Press l‘M IN THE ARMY NOW : Soldier Goes Home To see Van Johnson and Phyllis Thaxter in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" the other evening. And a good movie it is. Cpl. Robert Brown, of the Field Artillery, Camp Chaffee, Ark., was the holiday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, 1009 N..St. Johns. He has been in the service for: 10â€"months. a ‘ "Only thing I don‘t like about going home is thatâ€"I‘ll have to do so much explaining about why I‘m not in uniform. I look healthy â€" and I am. There‘s nothing wrong with me â€" except my ears. And they never really bothered me. But the Army doesn‘t want me. So home I go." A 21â€"gun salute to lovely PhyIâ€" lis Thaxter who recently married Highland . Parker, Capt.. Jim Auâ€" The bus roared on into the bleak, rainy night. . * LOVELY LADY ... _*Let & be known that this corporâ€" al is looking forward to meeting Miss Thaxter when she visits our bridegroom|! He sighed, looked out of the winâ€" dow, then remarked: ly completed his training atâ€"the engineering officer‘s â€" candidate school at Ft. Belvoir, Va. drafted anyway. HOORAY! PM A CIVILIAN . . . "After talking to the officer, orâ€" ders came out transferring me to Fort Sheridan‘s separation center. And I went there. And here I am a civilian again! Just like that! But I‘m not kicking. I‘m goirg home, get me a defense job, and really work. ‘I know I car do more to help win the war this way." ; Raymond H. Anthony, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Anthony, 270â€"Cedar, is now an enâ€" sign in the Naval air force. He received his pilot‘s wings and comâ€" mission at Corpus Christi, Tex. His twin brother, A/C Joseph, USNR, is receiving advanced training at Corpus Christi, > k Hearst W. Cady, 339 E. Park, prior to leaving the country with the first contingent of women marines to be sent overseas. She expects to be stationed at Pearl Harbor for two years. «â€"Pfc, Jean, also of the Marines, is now stationed at Camp Pendleâ€" ton, Calif, Lt. Hearst W.Cady, piâ€" lot flier, is on duty at North Isâ€" land, San Diego, Calif. One of the three Man Cadys, Cpl. Margot, r ited her parents, Mr. Put. Alvin Pantle, 21, of the Army infantry, was slightly woundâ€" ed on Dec. 8, while fighting on German soil. A letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pantle, 828 Deerfleld Rd., written by Pantle from a hospital bed in Belgium, stated that he has sufferâ€" ed leg burns and wounds in the left had explained my condition to Seâ€" lective Service doctors before I came in the Army. But I was Pfe. Gilbert, 22, a brother, also of the Army infantry, is presumaâ€" bly in southern France. Pyt. Willard, 18, is stationed at Ft. McClellan, Ala. + _ E Pvt. Stanley L. Danielson, of the Army infantry, returned reâ€" cently from the European area aboard the hospital ship, Chateau Thierry, and is receiving hospital treatment in this country. _ , . Prior to entering service last January, Pvt. Danielson was in charge of a department at Rapp Bros. grocéry. Mrs. Danielson lives at 1867 Pleasant. 7 out my shipping orders. That night a lieutenant came and read off all the names â€"â€" except mine. My buddies left. I didn‘t know what was up. "I was called to the dispensary. ‘Soldier, you‘ve got‘ a.couple of punctured ear drums," the medical officer said, asking me if I knew my ears were in that condition." "I told him I did. I told him I Congratulations to the bride and Marineâ€"minded t, recently visâ€" He enlisted in Boston when he was 154. That wasn‘t too difficult because he‘s 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. _ Asked ‘what his father thought of his underâ€"age enlistment, "Junior" reâ€" . Robison also participated in opâ€" erations in the Bismarck Sea and at Palau. Aberdeen Rd., Hingham Mass., drew what he considered his first free breath in a year and a half of }nrvie- life today. ~He had just turned an official 17 years of age. Since January he has particiâ€" pated in five Pacific invasions, the latest of which was in the Philipâ€" ‘pines. He wearly lost his life in the Marshall Islands operations due to a Jap booby trap, and after Saipan, Admiral Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, :wded‘ him a citation forâ€" bravery under fireâ€"whileâ€"serving aboard a mlll invasion craft. Lt. Homer Smith Is ABOARD A COAST GUARD ASSAULT TRANSPORT (Spec inl). â€" Charles J. Robison, Jr., 15 Highland Park where he resided until four years ago as "Peeâ€"Wee," has been reported missing in acâ€" tion. Ror three years he attended the local high school, * Lt. Smith entered the service in January, 1942. Pilot of a Thunâ€" derbolt fighter bomber, he has been overseas since last March, and was reported missing over France Nov. 8. A sister, Mrs. Gerald Clampitt, the former Naomi Smith, lives in Deerfleld, and another sister; Mrs. Harold Connolly, lives at 120 N. Green Bay. Five Invasion Vet Winner of Citation Admits He Is But 17 Word has been received that Lt. MORE WARWORKERS OR MORE WAR? â€" mh:;'m.:l-udhmh :.‘“r.a"“'.‘:'...m. a ntrney now so violentâ€" we have actually used up ammuâ€" fludfl-uhmm MARCH ... -anuun- Aachen could have been taken several days sooner, and many American lives could have been saved, if we had had more shells. _ enginesâ€"are also needed desperately. Service office. pel B PRODUCTION URGENCY INFORMATION COMMITTEE tige auvim #. sunmowsee ol m N. 0 n t t tany &*~ l C * * *Give us more pontoon “&é‘fl #f "We‘ve got to have bridges and tanks c iz > & P â€"â€"more shells right now to cross the Rhine.* & away." f, f + afec. raasn C. mam j Ca. rawee comsronie GET A WAR JOB! KEEP IT! TWIS ABVERTISIMENT is SPONSORED BY PUBLIC SHAYICHE COMPAWY OFf MORTHERN i1liMOHS MEN! WOMEN! Provide firepower for Eisenhower * â€" "Please rush more radar equipâ€" _ ment to locate â€" THE PRESS enemy planes and troops." "We can save thousands of lives if we get more big guns." A U.S. Troop Carrier Base,; Euâ€" ropean Theater~of Operations. â€" Staff Sgt. DeVere V. Rhincehart, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rhineâ€" hart, 583 Homewood Ave., is servâ€" ing as an aircraft machinist with a depot repjair a depot repair squadrom of a troop carrier service wing in the Euroâ€" pean theater of operations. SGT. DE VERE RHINEHART IN EUROPEAN AREA Now stationed ~with "his little family at Rosecrans Field, St. Josâ€" eph, MoJ he is instructing in the flying of transport planes. Capt. and Mrs. Dean Tjaden, with their daughter, Sharon, were guests of their respective parents, the L. R. Tjadens, 607 W. Park, and the robcrt Malfalds, 622 Glenâ€" view, forChristmas. This is the first Christmas in three years he has spent at home. A veteran of 118 missions "over the hump," with the Indiaâ€"China wing of the air transâ€" port comniand, he has been awardâ€" ed, among other ‘decorations, the Distringuished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Presidential Ciâ€" tation. he me 48 you amt â€" I we lnd : me, you son we :‘en anywhere near civilization, I would have put you off long ago."" "Over The Hump" Flyer Home for Christmas The veteran executive officer of this ship who weighs a man on his ability and spirit must have agreed with Cliarles, Sr. For when Robiâ€" son bashfully approached him and confessed his minority enlistment, he waved him off with the gruffâ€" spoken remark: .. 3 exec‘s eyes. _ *Well, he said if I wanted to see action that badly, he supposed it would be all right." But there was a twinkle in the Help ‘em out: out! _ The warworkers of this -hnhnhulydou e en ant Unfortunately, our military successes have led many people to believe our need for war proâ€" duction is nearly at aa ead. THIS 1$ NOT TRUE W. P. B. has announced that war production will not be cut back much more than 13% when Germany is defeatedâ€" because we will need so much firepower and fi-’.&m ‘-â€"hwâ€"cnwkb-l bup it. Call your nessest U. 5. Employment These are the men who ;‘“Z% & 24 /,x were flown here straight _ from the front lines to tell . you what they need .. . _ A chaplain in the South Seas was invited, with some of his boys, to visit a village inhabited by headâ€" hunters. â€" An exchange of enterâ€" tainment was proposed. The Amâ€" ericans were just a bit nervous, but an impromptu glee club tenâ€" dered the "Star Spagnled Banner" and a few other selections. The naâ€" tives listened without change of expression. Then, upon signal from their chief, proceeded to take over. The Americans relaxed, awaiting weird, eerie music from the natives who sat crossâ€"legged before their.tomâ€"toms. But they sat upright when these men, in shrill high voices began singing, "‘She‘ll be comin‘ round the mounâ€" tain when she comes." 1 OUR ENEMIES | Victory will not be easy nor will it come soon. We are fighting an eneniy without mercy or honor, as we understand those terms. We are fighting men trained to hate us with fanatical zeal. They are barâ€" barians out of the past, armed with weapons of the present. They know that for Japan this is a war to the death. It is make or break for the empire of the sun. _ We must see that it muk_"â€"Vien Adm. Randall Jacobs, U.S.N. Sgt. Rhinehart, who has been serving this theater of operations for 19 months, was graduated from :l'l::llmlhrkhifllehool,ch-ol Its efficiency in maintenance work was an important role in the sucâ€" cessful five day airborne invasion of Holland by the Airst Allied Airâ€" and services the planes and gliders of U.S. troop carrier forces, headâ€" ed by Maj. Gen. Paul L Williams. NOT SO SAVAGE APMLY TODAY AT YOUR NEAREST , U. $. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE Tool and Die Makers + Inspectors Engine lathe Operators + Designers Machinists + Torret Lathe Operators Thursday, January 4, 1945 "We could advance more rapidly if we only had more heavy duty trucks.* C i S CGLENC OE THUR., FRL., SAT. Jan. 4â€"5â€"6 Coming: "Marriage Is a Priâ€" vate Affair," "Double Indemniâ€" THEATRE 630 Vernon Ave. Highland Park 605 _ SUN., MON. Jan. 7â€"8 Joel McCrea and Betty Field in RELIABLE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING CO. UES., WED. Jan, 9â€"10 Sonja Henie, Ray Milland in "Everything Happens "GREAT MOMENT" "Greenwich Village" "MUST* Phone H. P. 178