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Page 2 SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATESâ€" * Every time the trains‘ wheels clicked against the rails 1 knew I was getting further and further away from Highland Park." 1 had kind of a sinking feeling at first. But ... I had asked for overseas duty many times. And now I was on my way. To where? 1 still don‘t know. Uncle Sam, supported by your taxes, transported me to this camp. The trip wasn‘t too bad. â€" Yes, the Pullman was a bit old and musty; my upper berth was kinda hard and slightly shaky; and the service was typically war tim& with the customer always wrong. READS AND READS ... I m-'d. too. â€" I bought a newsâ€" paper ‘every time we stopped. I‘m getting more anxious nowadays to read those peace headlines. Then, too, I wanted to see how many ap: pointments President Truman had ; how Secretary of State Stettinius was getting on with his peace conâ€" ference ; and how the war in generâ€" al was progressing â€" particularly in the far West. Along with several other solâ€" diers, I was driven to this beautiâ€" fully situated post. ¢ 1st Lt. Gertrude A. Lewis, daughter of Mrs. A. P. Lewis, 334 Park avenue, has returned from service outside . the continental United States and is mow being processed through the army ground and service forces redistriâ€" bution station in Miami Beach What do you do on trains when you‘re traveling great distances? â€" 1 talked with fellow passengers who told me all about their sons in the services. I tried to sleepâ€" but Mr. Pullman doesn‘t make his chairs too comfortable. I looked out the window at seven different states as we passed '.hro%ch them. But I keptâ€"saying to myself: Pfe. John, 22, who entered the) service in December, 1940, has seen 38 months ome« duty in the South Pacific area. Possesâ€" sor of the Purple Heart, he is now with a newsreel photo company, a branch of the army signal corps. Pvt. James, "Jim," 19, in service for over a year, has been in the European area since last Septemâ€" ber. He,is now with one of Genâ€" eral Hodges‘ armies in Germany. We got here about dinner time. We were immediately rushed to the mess hall and we had a tas., meal Then we began what is known here as ‘incoming processing." That‘s still going on â€" at least it was when this was written. . After we complete â€" ‘"incoming processing,". we start "outgoing processing." * We wort‘t stick around here long, I‘m sure. T IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE His recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, military drill and general naval procedure. During this period a series of aptiâ€" tude tests will be taken by the reâ€" cruit to determine whether he will be assigned to a_ naval semvice school, to a shore station, or to immediate duty at sen. His brother, Lt. Richard Rex Parkin, USNR, assisting ‘with a military government division servâ€" ing under Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., is with the 10th army in Okinawa Jima, in the Paâ€" cific area. . Both men have been in service since 1941. ‘‘Surely these places are scenic. But Illinois and Highland Park are so much nicer.">~ * LONG RIDE .. ,_Finally, after 40 long hours on the train,‘} arrived at the depot in the little town outsife of which this camp is located:~â€"â€"(I‘hy sorry I‘m sorry I can‘t tell you where I am. _ If I could that awkward senâ€" tence would be shorter and clearâ€" Willard Thomas Jones, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs A. W. Jones, 308 Walker avenue, is receiving his initial raval indoctrination at the Great Lakes naval station. Lt. Harry A. Parkin, USNR, of Naval Ordnance Research laboraâ€" tory, Washington, D.C., has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Harry A. Parkin, 168 Central. â€" He returned to duty last Saturday. Philip, the third and youngest son of the John A. Lemmons, 418 Glencoe, whose 18th birthday fell upon Mothers‘.day, this year, has left for Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., where he will undergo training from 8 to 14 weeks for the U. 8. Maritime service. > BARRACKS BUDDIES . . . I‘m assigned to a barracks with I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW Special to the Highland Park Press He is a graduate of Highland Park high school and attended Northwestern university. Prior to entering service he worked as acâ€" countant at Abbott laboratories. some other fellows who are on the same: project. a Our barracks boss comes from Racine, Wis. He‘s 26 years old and classified a flight chief. For the last 38 months he‘s keen keeping Pâ€"38s flying out on the coast. He‘s a serious fellow and I‘m certain he‘ll be a good overseas companâ€" ion. m A 23â€"yearâ€"old crew .cxf from Bartlesville, Okla., is a er barâ€" racks "buddy." â€" He‘s always smilâ€" ing and takes the unpredictable Army well in stride. â€" And that‘s quiteâ€"an achievement. "HIGHLAND PARK * A 1$ SWELLE . .. * I know we‘ll be knows a good town one. When I meet other fellows asâ€" signed to our project, I‘ll tell you you about ‘em. . In a way they‘re like your sons, your friends. We‘re all just civilians in aniform, a triâ€" fle homesick, and anxious to get our job done and return to Cen, tral â€"Ave., U.S.A. j Now I‘ve got to show this piece to the public relations officer who hails from Des Moines, la. He‘s gotâ€"to look this over and clear it for publication in The PRESS. Before entering the service in August, 1949 Lt. Lewis was a nurse. There is a corporal who comes from Chicago.* * "Sure. I know Highland Park It‘s a swell town," he said. From Greenville, Ala., comes a 31â€"yearâ€"old crew chief. He was a drug store clerk *before the war. His wife‘s name is Eleanor. ~One day he and his first lady are going to have a baby. But not right now, I guess. After the war for sure, though. week Lt. Lewis served 19 months as a nurse in the Alaska theater * The promotion to first lieutenâ€" ant of James B. Kerr, pilot staâ€" tioned at the Deming army rir field, has been as#mounced by Col. F. D. Gore, commanding officer. Lt. Kerr is a son of David Kerr, 53 N. Second St. Lt. Kerr has been nearly three years in service, entering in Nov., 1942, and receiving his wings and commission in October, 1943. CGOING BACK TO CCLLEGE ... __There‘s a mechanic in our outfit who hails from Arlington, Mass. He was studying mechanical engiâ€" neering at Ohio State â€" then Unâ€" cle Sam pointed at him. He‘s reâ€" turning to college at war‘s end, he where her next assignment will be determined. Sgt. Norman Durment, who enâ€" tered the U. S. army in November, 1941, and trained in Hawaii, is now in action on Okinawa, according to a letter received by his sister, Set. Durment has fought in the Gilberts, the Marshalls, and the Mariannas, and was wounded at Eniwetok when he stepped before an officer to shield him from eneâ€" my fire as the Americans landed. Of the 1938 class at Highland Park high, he was known as an out> standing athlete. A sister, Cpl. Ruth Durment, of the WAC, is stationed in Wales. Mrs. Guerdon Worth, 245 Prairie, Highwood. â€".=.s T/5 Guy Bernabei, veteran of Pacific warfare, is spending a furâ€" lough at the home of Mr.‘and Mrs. Dominick Capitani, 51 Maple, in Highwood. : Bernabei‘s parents were visiting" in northern Italy when war broke out, &And since then he has Heard from ,them only through the Red Cross. With the first contingent of the American troops to land in Ausâ€" tralit;â€" in February, 1942, he later spent 14 months with the medical corps in New Guinea, of. which place he appears to have a very poor opinion. Rain, torrid weathâ€" You‘ll hear from.me again next frignds" * He when he sees er and snakes rank high among the disagreeable. features of this outâ€" post, and he hopes he has seen his last of the place. At the last of this month he. will report to Miami, Fia., for further orders. John Kittermaster, USN, 18 son of Dougal A. Kittermaster, 651 Waverly, is at present stationed at Great Lakes where he is receiving w: training. " Forrest Rose, Jr.. P.O. 1/c, USCG, who has been doing convoy work on a destroyer in the Atlantic area, recently spent a few days in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rose, 717 Glencoe, and his wife, Agnes. His small daughter, Peggy, will be two years old in July. Pvt. Harold Frauenhoffer, who is stationed at Tyndall Field, Fla., Is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Frauâ€" enhoffer, 15 S. Green Bay. His brother, Pfe. Anton, Jr., of the armored artillery, is at present staâ€" tioned in France. Mrs. Mildred Haessler, 1737 Rice, receivedâ€" a telephone _ call from her son, Lt. Eric, Sunday, stationed at the time in Houston, Tex.. Lt. Haessler is in charge of the engineering department of opâ€" erations of the amphibious trainâ€" ing forces in the Pacific area. Robin C. McFadden;zson of Mr. and Mrs. Robin K. MceFadden, 124 N. First, is receiving basic training at Great Lakes. A member of the June graduating class, he will reâ€" ceive his diploma at that time. He is 17 years old. Tony Rabattini, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Rabattini, 334 Highâ€" wood Ave., Highwood, is a memâ€" ber of the navy and is awaiting his call to training. Aged 17, he is a high school junior. T HE PRESS Sgt. Wm. J. Bjork, whose parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bjork, live at 242 Sard, Highwood, credâ€" saving his life. While serving in Luxembourg, he was struck in both arms by shell fire. A bullet which mndh'uelndjud.mrh‘qh-n. was deflected by the metalâ€"covered Bible in his pocket. The sergeant, whose wife: and two children live in Evanston, is spending a 30â€"day furlough in this vicinity ‘from the Thayerâ€"General hospital in Nashville, Tenn. ABOARD . USS ALBERT w. GRANT AT SEA â€" Siro Capitani, 23, fireman 1:c, USNR, son of Anâ€" gelo Capitani, 124 Maple, Highâ€" wood, is aboard this 2100â€"ton deâ€" stroyer, now back in action after undergoing repairs for damage reâ€" ceived in the battle of Surigao Strait. The night she was damaged the Grant assisted in the sinking of a Fusoâ€"class battleship, scoring hits with torpedoes. The Grant was commissioned Nov. 24, 1943. She played an inâ€"shore role in landing operations at Hollandia, New Guinea; Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas; at Palau; and at Leyte in the Philipâ€" pines. For her accuracy at Saiâ€" pan and Tinian, she won the nickâ€" name of "‘Sniper Ship." f , Pyt. Charles E. Enstrom, with an antiâ€"aircraft artillery battalion in Manila, has been. promoted_ to the rank of T/cerporal. The corâ€" poral, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Enstrom, 121 S. Central, Highâ€" wood, was inducted into the army in November, 1943, and left for overseas over a year ago. _ Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Thompâ€" son, 1949 Northmoor, have receivâ€" ed a letter from their son, S/Sgt. Albert, former prisoner of the Nazis, telling of his escape from his captors during a 52â€"day march between prison camps. He and a buddy watched their chance and were able to make their éscape, reâ€" turning to allied lines April 9. S/Sgt. Thompson, a gunner, was captured after his bomber was downed in Austria last August. He is now in a hospital in England, reâ€" cuperating from his harrowing exâ€" periences. â€"Pfc. Bruno Nannn:t, 30 months overseas, and a veteran of seven rugged major campaigns in the Euâ€" ropean and Mediterranean . areas, is reunited with his brother, Cpl. Evo for the first time since Feb, 1942, at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Nannini, 238 Liewellyn, Highwood. _ The wife and smal} son of Cpl: Evo, of Welâ€" lesley, Mass., are also present. On May 21, Cpl. Evo will report back to his base in Columbia, N.C., and Pfc. Bruno will report on June 14 to Ft. Sheridan. Pfc. Bruno Coppi, USMC, 22, who has served for two years in Hawaii and Midway, is spending a 30â€"day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ettore Coppi, 223 Evolution; Highwood. A brother, S/Sgt. Lido Coppi, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM where the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, may be read, borrowed, or purchased Authorized Christian Science Literature in English, Braille, and foreign language is also available HOURSâ€"Week Days $30 a.m. to §:30 p.m. Saturdays $:10 a.m. to $ p.m. . Sundays 2:3 p.m. to $:30 p.m. HIGHLAND PAREX, ILLINOTS 43 North Sheridan Road LLY INVITED TO USE THS Thursday, May 17th, 1945 of y infantry, who has mt:z-wcâ€"hu- nal, Bougainville, New Zealand, Fiji and New Hebrides, is now staâ€" tioned on Luzon. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTER ARMED SERVICES NINETY AMATEUR STAMP COLLECTORS AT GT. LAKES "STAMP SFOR THE WOUNDâ€" ED," the only activity sponsored by the Red Cross which has cost that organization nothing, added 20 new members to its list at Gt. Lakes Naval hospital last week. These wounded veterans greatly Among the high school students to enter the armed services recentâ€" ly are: John Picchietti, Jr., sophoâ€" more, of â€" 727 Central avenue; John Wood of 291 Laurelâ€"avenue; Robert Stanley, 174 Hazel, Robert Winton, 2377 Pierce, Ray Crovetâ€" ti, 329 Highwood avenue, ‘ Highâ€" wood, four seniors, all for the naâ€" vy; and Francis Fiore, 240 S. Cenâ€" tral, Highwood, for the merchant your contributions to The PRESS to be handed on to "STAMPS FOR THE WOUNDED."