With The Men In Service: July 26, 1943

MONDAY, JULY 26, 1948

THE ANN ARBOR NEWS, ANN ARBOR, MICH.

With The Men In Service

Ann Arbor Honor Roll

The Ann Arbor War Bond committee is seeking to compile a complete list of all Ann Arbor men and women serving in the nation’s armed services, both for an honor roll to be placed on the courthouse lawn and for a permanent community record. The list is to include those who were inducted elsewhere but consider Ann Arbor their home.

Parents, wives, husbands, guardians or relatives who are next-of-kin are asked to fill out this form for men and women in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, their reserve and nurse organizations, and the WAVES, SPARS, WACS, and women Marines, and mail it to the WAR BOND COMMITTEE, 204 E. HURON ST. before July 31, PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CAREFULLY.

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Ann Arbor Address

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Branch of service

(Specify, for example, Army Medical Corps,, Naval Reserve Supply Corps, Marine Corps Aviation, etc.)

Date of Induction 
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Infantry Power

Anyone who doubts that the men in the infantry undergo rigorous traning had better consult Pvt. Leonard S. Meabon, 21, who has lost fifty pounds since he has been in, and it isn't because he hasn't been fed either. Leonard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Meabon, 1410 Franklin Blvd. He attended Ann Arbor High school and graduated in February, 1941. Slightly less than a year after that he was inducted into the Army and on December 12, 1942, went to Camp Grant, Ill.

Leonard Meabon

Following that he went to Camp Claiborne, La., where he has been ever since until he came home two weeks ago for a 12-day furlough.

Prior to his induction Pvt. Meabon was employed at the Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. in the tool room.

Wins Sharpshooter’s Medal

training at Fort ‘Benjamin Harri-

Pvt. Robert G. Whittaker, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Whittaker of Plymouth Rd., in Salem township, who joined the Army on March 20 at Fort Custer and took his basic training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., has a sharpshooter's medal which he won as the highest scorer during rifle drill in his platoon.

Pvt. Whittaker

He is now entered in a school for finance training at Fort Harrison, having had experience in civilian life along this line as a bookkeeper for Whittaker and Gooding at Plymouth.

Pvt. Whittaker was graduated from Plymouth High school in 1942, where he was'a member of the track team.

In V-12 Group

Enrolled in the University as members of the V-12 group are two Ann Arbor boys, who have donned the Navy whites but at the same time are being allowed to continue their education. Frederick William Gehring, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Gehring, 1920 Scottwood Ave., who graduated from University High in June of this year, is one of the two boys. He enlisted May 16, 1943, in Detroit, but went into active service July 1, when the Navy group was placed in barracks here.

Fred Gehring 

Fred, who has the rating of apprentice seaman, was an all-A student in high school. He was on the basketball team and was captain of the golf team. During his senior year he was secretary of the senior class and was able to work on Pegasus, the literary magazine also.

As well as maintaining such a high scholastic average and participating in numerous extracurricular activities, Fred served as a bus boy at the Michigan League during spare moments.

Donald Trow, 17, the other recent U High graduate who is continuing his studies on the Michigan campus, enlisted the same day that Fred did, and entered service at the same time.

Don Trow 

Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Trow of Barton Hills. While at University High he was a member of the tennis team, and played in the school orchestra. He was also vice-president of the student council and held down the position of editor of the school annual, Nunc Dimittis. Don was also active in dramatics while in school.

Recovering From Heat

Pvt Donald Ross Palmateer, 18, former Ann Arbor resident, is in the hospital at Camp Young, Calif., after having been overcome by heat while on maneuvers in Death Valley, going without water for two days and three nights.

Pvt. Palmateer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Knapp of Gregory, Worked at the bomber plant until enlisting in the Army on Oct. 21, 1942,

He was inducted at Fort Custer and from there went to Fort Meade, S. D., and on Jan. 17 was transferred to Camp Young, Serving as a radio operator and gunner in the motorized cavalry.

Pvt. Palmateer

His wife, to whom he was married last year, is the former Lexena Graham of Ann Arbor, who is living in Gregory now. They have one son, Victor Edward, born on June 18 of this year.

A brother, James Edward, is in service in the same camp with Donald.

Brothers Continue Training And Service

Cadet Orrin V, Decker, 21, son of Mrs. Dollye Decker, 602 E Catherine St., started a 21 months course in engineering at Pennsylvania State College this month in the 3rd Service Command. 

Orrin graduated from Ann Arbor High school in 1939, where he played in the band and orchestra, and was assistant manager of Kreges Store in Batavia, N. Y. until called to service.

After graduating from X-ray training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., as an X-ray technician he took further training and examinations at Freeman Field at Seymour, Ind., and Columbus State University, Ohio.

Orrin Decker

Cadet Decker's brother, Lt. Ward M. Decker of the Army is now stationed on an island in the south Pacific.

Lt. Decker, formerly with Company K of the National Guard, was called to active service in 1940, and was sent to Louisiana for several months. He later was on coastal patrol and guard duties in factories on the west coast, and was promoted to staff sergeant while in California.

After graduating fram officers training at Fort Benning, Ga. in March of this year, he was home on a brief leave before being sent to Pittsurgh Personnel Replacement center.

Ward Decker

Until May when he was sent overseas, Lt. Decker served as mail censor at Angel Island, San Francisco.

Promoted And Transferred

Richard Jacobus, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jacobus of Spring St., has been promoted from the rank of private to private first class and was transferred to Amarillo Field, Tex., where he is attending airplane mechanics school.

Inducted last April, Pfc. Jacobus took his basic training at Sheppard Field, near Wichita Falls, Tex.

“Dick” attended St. Thomas school and until his entrance into service was working with his father for the Huron Plumbing Co.

In Pre-Flight Course

Air Cadet James Henry van Buren, 19, following the tradition set by his father, the late James H. van Buren, a first lieutenant with the 469th Aero Squadron in World War I, is now taking his pre-flight training at Maxwell Field, Ala.

A resident of Ann Arbor for the past 16 years, James lived with Dr. and Mrs. H. Marvin  Pollard, of 2012 Vinewood Blvd. He attended Ann Arbor High school, graduated from Western Reserve Acadbemy in 1942, and attended the University for five months before enlisting in the Army Air Force in December last year.

James van Buren

After reporting in Detroit on Feb. 24, he went to Miami Beach, Duquesnes University at Pittsburgh, and Nashville, Tenn. before reaching Maxwell Field.

Cadet van Buren's father was with the French Ambulance Corps at the beginning of World War I, but when the United States came in, he transferred to the American Air Corps.

Has Visitors

Seaman Second Class Glen Durham, 19, of Platt, is being visited by his mother, Mrs. Harry Durham, and wife, the former Ruth Fuelling of Ypsilanti, while he is attending aviation gunnery school at Norman, Okla.

When his course is completed, Seaman Durham will be stationed on an airplane carrier, where it will be his duty to keep the guns working on planes assigned to his ship. 

Glenn Durham

Born in Des Moines, Ia., he moved to Ann Arbor with his family and shortly afterwards to Platt. He graduated from Roosevelt High school in Ypsilanti in 1942,

Until his induction in March, Seaman Durham worked on. the construction of the bomber plant as an electrician.

Follows Father

Cpl. John Edward Stone, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs, John M. Stone, of Route No. 3, is serving as troop carpenter in the Quartermaster division of the Army at Camp Hale, Colo.

Inducted into service on Jan. 26, of this year, "Jack" became a technical corporal three weeks later.

After attending Ann Arbor High school, he became an apprentice carpenter until his induction.

John Stone

His brother, Paul. Eugene, 18, also in service, is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C., in an engineering division of the Army.

After attending Slauson Junior High school, Pvt. Stone, took up carpentry work, but at the time of his induction on March 20, of this year, he was employed by King-Seeley. He was also a member of the local national guard unit for three months before entering the Army.

Paul Stone

Their father served 22 months in the Infantry in World War I, with 12 months overseas service to his credit and the rating of corporal.

Graduates

Pfc. Alvis R. Crabb, who was able to finish one year of engineering at the University before he was called into the Army Air Forces, graduated July 19, from the Army Air Forces Technical school at Scott Field, Ill., where he was attending radio school.

Alvis is the son of Mrs. Louise M. Ruffins, 562 S. 7th St. He received intensive training in radio operation and mechanics and is now qualified for duty as a member of a fighting bomber crew.

Pfc, Crabb will now be sent either to a more advanced radio school, or an operational training school, where he will receive instruction as part of a bombing “team.”

Gets Special Training

John Louis Hale, 18, of the U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hale of Chelsea, is spending a 12-month training course at Central State Teachers College at Mt. Pleasant.

John graduated from Chelsea High School in 1942, and attended Albion College last year, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

While at college he enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve V-1 program on Nov. 16.

Transferred

Lt. William H. Newton of the Army Air Corps, son of Mrs. Frances Way Newton of Baldwin Ave, has been transferred from Majors Field near Greenville, Texas, to Craig Field at Selma, Ala. The transfer is a promotion from instructor in basic flying to instructor in an advanced flying school. Before taking up his new duties, Lt. Newton was sent to Florida for a short course in aviation gunnery, qualifying in expert marksmanship.

At Navy Pier 

Selected for training as a mechanic in the aviation branch of the Navy, second class seaman Warren R. Guenther, 19, has enrolled at the Naval Air Technical Training center, at Navy Pier, Chicago.

He will receive several months of intensive training in the principles and theory of flying, and the operation and repair of all types of aircraft. Seaman Guenther will then be graduated either as an aviation machinist’s mate or an aviation metalsmith and will eligible for promotion to a petty officer rating, third class.

Graduating from Ann Arbor High school in January, he lost no time in enlisting in the Navy and completed his boot training at Great Lakes in May.

Warren is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Payne, of 1604 W. Liberty St.

Son Is Promoted

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Braman, of Ridge Rd., have received word that their son, Stanley, has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. He is stationed at San Antonio, Tex.

In Maintenance

 Pfc, Donald R. Fitzsimmons, 27, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Fitzsimmons of 1214 Willard St., has been stationed in the maintenance division at Dow Field, Bangor, Me., since the first of the month.

Inducted into the Army on Nov. 10, 1942, Don was sent to Fort Custer for four days and then reported to Miami Beach, Fla., Where he joined the ground crew of the Army Air Forces.

One month later, he was transferred to Madison, Wis., where he was promoted to private first class and received his diploma from technical training school. In March, Pfc. Fitzsimmons went to Dow Field and was in charge of quarters there until July 1.

His wife, the former Marian Morgan of Ann Arbor, plans to join him at Bangor shortly.

Until his induction, Don was employed with the National Biscuit Co.

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