Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1945 — Page 17

he

FRIDAY, FER. 2, 1945

Hoosier Heroes: Richardson,

McRee, Sansom

IL epee AAU

0e,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _~ = =.

and Pinkston Killed. in Europe; One

Missing, 11 Wounded,

PAGE 17 One Captured

u Lucas Ridgway, Colfax, and Seae

(Continued From Page One) Inc, the soldier 1s 25 and was in Gary. He was.graduated from; pirst Lt. John M. Heard, 927) Mrs. Alice Quinn Fleury, 2258 N. graduated from Technical high Butler and Indiana universities and villa ave., has been awarded the | Meridian st, and the son of Mr. {man 2-¢ Chester Ray Smith, Bede Marine Pfc. James R.-Smith, 635 school. ‘He has been in the service practiced medicine in Portland bes air medal. He is a P-51. pilot and and Mrs. Julius O. Fleury, 2439 N.|ford. : : Union st., on Saipan. about two and one-half years. fore entering the navy April 16,115 a veteran of more thar-20 mis-| Pennsylvania st. ee ga» ol ha ld ism Farmen: nx on" 1942. te. : {sions with the 15th air force. en ae. ; The following Indiana men have . — The cane Pfc. Wallance N. Har- Lt. Stanley Mead Hammond, a Seb. Tobert G. Pdwards co | o * 8m Maj. ‘Betnays - K. Thurston, son been Kill In Epo x: fhe wi pe enry A.. rington, 2146 College ave. re naval doctor serving with the ath], °F og ars ay a A Pfc. Alexander L. Walker, hus-|0f Harrison 8. Thurston, 2238 Car- pare next of kin have been notie 9 lures Pfc. Ronald Pinnick, 3711 English marine division, has been’ awarded gt has Beeri warded the bronze, 221d of Mrs. Beulah Dallas Walker, | rollton ave., has heen awarded an-|fied. " gree 8 » dhe tad ave. hn eH " : the bronze star medal for helping star for heroic action in the sth 2} a TT gr 3 aes other oak leaf cluster to the air | Put. James Db Amsuong. Jonesbgiid Fallace's Marine Sgt. Johnnie "T.. Steele, save many lives and giving relief army ‘front in Italy. He isan as-|, = J I r, ‘lralalgar,imedal, , With the 20th bomber com= | Horace ‘W. Berner, Milan; Pvt. Theo W, 2826 N. Olney st. near Leyte. Isistant squad leader in the 361st in- has been dwarded the combat in- mand in India, he also holds ‘the | Black, Lowell; Pvt. Eugene Brightwell Jr, alanced sgt: Leroy Dillon, formerly of | to the wounded during battles of| rantry regiment of the 91st “Powder | [antryman badge. He is with the purple heart "the distinguished fiy- North Vernon; Pfc. Odus Callahan Jr. ced by 1733 Olive stn 12 Europe. Saipan and Tink + | River” division. |80th infantry in France. ing cross with one oak leaf cluster Dh Tor. Fanart 5 On neti: Sol ~ Ev Albert L. Gum, 220 E. St. Bn a of Mati #£ 2 a ; #= = = and the air medal with three other |S: S§% Rollie D. Coo, 8 ville: «8. senators Josep i Be, 530. 2 PERI ie py MREROM acc william 8. Sgt. John P. Meahl, a veters;| S. Sgt. Louis -G. Williams, walst|oak leaf clusters. Sgt Herman Cox Jr.. Anderson: Pio. ner (D. New York it ip "| Sgt. Robert D. Richardson .,. | Pfc. William Pilkintom ,. prison- | Hammond, 766 N. of more than 200 combat hours as a funner on a B-17 based in England, sn » Lioyd E. Dewischer, Mt. Vernon; Utah), " . killed in Germany. er of Germany. Bancroft st, he ball turret gunner on the B-17,/has been decorated with a second) rr, seh Gr. Albert Gabbie, 933 Her-| BO I Hoth Cvipelian: Gn REC oo wesking PHSONER Eat vole or or oh shaper te ie] TS Ere) tie en Jue nt luster 0 tho we medal Hel vey st, has been awarded. th Hin Hine: He Senin ©. Sakon arine Pfc. James R. Smith, hus- ¢ arm with shrapne | awar Lt. Gen. ch,” has been Lah fran, ol 8 me wis bronze star. He is serving with the | Terre Haute. : up the Fr nom 2% 8. band of Mrs, Thelma Smith, 635 battle of Peleliu Oct. 15. Holland M. Smith, awarded the fifth Sgt, Williams is the husband of infantry. 8 yi. Horace ©. Jackson, Borden: Feb rk have Charles 8. Smith, 5117 Ralston ave.,| work, Pvt, Harrington is 19 and en- eral of the fleet § the air medal. He ave, an ono : Tr. ; i Jo A Kokomo: 15 Max e nd _ full- Sgt. Robert D, Richardson, son Ww a 8 wounded listed in the marines in December, marine Faia in is with the 8th Charles W. Williams, 1140 Warman) CPL Robert ” Brows, In tog | Mincis: 7. Sn Gry Mare = Reeves, y: of N. D. Richardson, 2036 W. 12th| y...6 28 on .Sai- 4 1043. He went overseas last June. the Pacific/ air force in Eng- E ave. Z . olis, was ra io the silver SIaT| Boswell: 1st Th, Jone MU. Scrnaiie, Lalae congress’ st, was killed over Germany July(pan. He w a s A graduate of Technical high| “Because of his I4 Hammond |land. 8. wn ay oral as EE Virgil Webster, Anderson: Pvt. Norman " which 19, his father was informed yester-|struck in the §# school, he formerly was employed | tirelessly efficient application of his| Sgt. Meahl is ; Capt. Paul A. Fleury, combat POEL A Creek. . Mich bog OR Toe a, ae. Pi, for the day by the war department. He head by a frag- in the office of the Indiana garage. medical skill and his unselfish in-|the son of James {crew member of a B-29 Super- ’ Pe mr nate the previously was reported missing. ment from a’ # 8.8 | terest in the welfare of the patients E. Meahl, 3350 fortress, has been awarded an oak . 8 5 Naval Wounded - ture by Sgt. Richardson was serving as a Japanese grenade T.. Sgt. William Farmer, son of under his care, Lt. Hammond was Kenwood ave. He 8 lcafacluster to the air medal. He is| Three Indiana. navy men were NAY3 es b needed tail gunner on a B-17, when his during an attack Mrs. Mallie. Farmer, 911 E. Wash-|instrumental in the saving of many has participated : : stationed at a bomber command included on today's navy departe| Sesmap 3.0, Bert Brome I : plane developed motor trouble and upon his machine ington st, and Robert Farmer, lives and the relief of much suffer- in more than 30 Sgt. Meahl base in India and also holds the dis- {ment list of killed in action. They |seymour and Marine Pfc. John Trebing, mber. of crashed, It was his first mission, |8un position. Portland, Tenn, ing,” the citation said. [large-scale bombing attacks on tar- tinguished flying cross. ‘fare Radioman 3-¢ James Jerome {Jeflersonvilie, nefe ed The sergeant entered the army| Pvt. Smith re- was wounded on The lieutenant’s wife, Mary, lives gets within Germany. The captain is the husband of !Clunes, Gary; Signalman 3-c Jack action. Sept. 1, 1043, and went overseas|cently returned to Pelelin about July 6, 1944. duty after being Dec. 1 and is now Bé Orde’ A sister, Virginie, also survives. [inh & rest camp in Pvt. Smith on a hospital ok would : 0 8 Hawaii six months and has been salp. "od Lh awarded the purple heart, His warde e 1dget, First Lt. Frederick B. Memes, 3 family was informed by the navy]purple heart, he uggest a former Indianapolis resident, WhoSe| ... imont two weeks ago that he|also- holds the \ father, Ruben McRee, lives at 8300 had. been ‘wounded. : good conduct itures to E. Washington st., was killed Nov. 5 - , t might et G av. Ila was Serving as Employed in “the pressroom of medal, His pur- : ! aver. Germany. Mr ni 3 The Times shortly before he en-{ple heart was Sg currency, a pilot and was on is i rE a n listed in the marines in March, 1043, | presented to him ing con=- Lt. McRee was the ue J o he went overseas Jan. 1, 1944, and by Brig Gen. Sgt. Farmer tion and Mrs. Dorothy. McRee, and the sonj ........teq in the Marshall and| William J. Rose. The 24-year-old of Mrs. Dorothy Dew, both of Los py oo "00 aions. sergeant entered the army June Angeles,” Cal. He attended Wash- Pvt Smith is 29 iis rad-|15, 1942, and has been oyerseas this still ington high school and was a for- ; = ang aE ov is wi ‘ nt would wy uate of Broad Ripple high school.|abolt two years, - His wife, Joyce, . mer Indianapolis Star carrier. He h 5. th-old daught lives in Long Beach, Cal. lent and The lieutenant had been overseas| > & J-month-0 augtner, volume since July and was based in Eng-| Karen Lee . 22 land. Other survivors: include two | A brother, Pfc. Paul W. Smith,| Sgt. Leroy Dillon, son of Shirley | ) million aunts, Mrs. Nora Harlan, 1843 N. 1s with the marines in the South Clarence Dillon, formerly of 1749] wallace, Harding st. and Mrs. Myrtle Moore, | Pacific. Olive st., has been wounded in the | contracts © 3325 W. 9th. st. . 5 8 = { European © area. ‘His father has all - idea, . sai. Pfc. Ronald Pinnick, whose moved to California. 18 ‘might ~ bet Jonn DeXier Sansom trothere net, Clarence, was killed hm ¥ wu flé more “oP. Xier Sansom, laction. Sept. 13. in France, was| Guid BUSbaRa_oLL A ‘of Miss Lourania Sansom and Miss wounded i 12 in Belgium. ULL Le Su, shale 9 Donna Sansom, both of 2110 Central has been overseas 27 months and | joseph st. was included on today's ave, was killed in action Jan. .11/served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, | war department list of wounded in ps in Germany, He was wounded Aug. France, England and Holland ‘be- | gotion : he “gross 7 while fighting near Paris. | fore going to Belgium. . 2 a var there Pvt. Sansom made his home in| Pvt, Pinnick is the husband of : ere’s not Due, NYE He exifared the Service, Mrs. Bernice Pinnick, 3711 English] Aeghiy Fugene Sos hi will be 3 «9, » an wen overseas last ave, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. | voik st, was wounded Dec. 3 in une. He had recovered from his Lawrence Pinnick, 1917 Union st.| goo He now is back on duty wounds and was back on duty about|A former Manual high school stu-| glum. ir y . mn faster the middle of December Ident, he is 2 7 BNG._is serving In Germpny, I€ . , he is 25 and entered the army . : level of The 21-year-old soldier also is more than three years ago PYL Sims is 24 any has g brother, 0,000,000, Survived be his Ty he ol 3 .Y a go. Capt. Benjamin O. Sims, who is a as 3108.2 brother in Ona rw two sisters in| Mari ato Ci AE Sa ee tion jobs Marine Platoon Sgt. Johnnie T.| front, advocates Michigan. Steele, husband of Mrs. Louise Bock | yo.» or them, . 4 Steele, 2826 N. Olney st, Wasi pg, wigjam H. Pilkinton, who by argue, Pvt. Walter 'C. Pinkston, son of Wounded Nov. 15 near Leyte andy, reported missing after action in Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pinkston, R. R.[nOW is in a hospital in Jackson-|gyance on D-day, is a prisoner of . 20, Box 213, was killed Dec. 26 in| ville, N. C. His wife is visiting him 4, 0 German government. His Belgium. He had been overseas there. | parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E. since last June. : | Sgt. Steele, who is 30, enlisted in| pjyineon, 236 8, Parker ave, rePvt. Pinkston entered the service the marines four years ago and has|... eq a card from a German prison June 19, 1943, and received training|been overseas two years. His par-|.,m,n yesterday. It was dated Sept. at Camp Shelby, Miss. He is a | ents live in Ft. Worth, Tex. 18. ; graduate of Ben Davis high school, a uu Pvt. Pilkinton was reported misswhere he participated in all sports| Marine Pfc. Wallace N. Harring- ing while serving with the infantry. and was a member of the varsity’ ton, son of Mrs. Ray R. Harring-| He had been overseas a month. football team. ton, 2146 College ave., was wounded! A former employee of Stewart's, A brother, Cpl. Vernon R. Pinksi ~~" ad ston, is with the 8th bomber com-| . ° . * 2m A: oe House Bill Hits Dictatorial recent : hi ; .. : % ot gga Di a Ci RE a th which pl. Byron Wilson, a gunner on a f h f f M ation put B-24 bomber, has bene missing in| 1" ri uy on ’ or ovies on cloth- Joon Soe Jan 15 wien ne few! That movie, “The. Miracle of} So, right then and there, Mr. He is the husband of Mrs. Mar-| Morgan's . Creek,” exerted its in- Thompson decided to put a stop to inistrator . : a the Indiana house this | distributor dictation ‘as to what g to say gatet Wilson, 402 Eastern ave, and fluence on the ‘ndiana Rouse. j= be shown on Sundays and what inflation the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis B.| week. can be shown on week-days. bilization Wilson, 328 N. Temple ave. He Ang, according to Rep. Albert| He says distributors have a habit situation has a 2-year-cld daughter, Sharon|rnompson (R. North Vernon), it|of directing the presentation. of 1 eritical, Ann. | may result in your seeing “super” | “collossal” nutibers on week-ends i e things: A graduate of Technical high | Hollywood productions in neigh-|in ‘order to reap the maximum : school, Cpl. Wilson 15 24 and worked | yorhood theaters. on week-days, as benefit of holiday crowds. Then : at the Allison division of General) wel) as Sundays, | film-goérs “eat turkey” for the re-|._ £ 8 present Motors before entering the service,| Mr Thompson is author of &| mainder of the week. Anyway, the 3 1 in September, 1943. He went overs noyse bill which would prohibit fare isn't usually as good, he says. d tht up'in seas in November, 1944. {film distributors from telling thea-| His measure passed the house » changes Word that he was missing was ter owners when movies can be|this week, despite opposition ‘by | on't even received by his wife Tuesday. shown. He's a theater owner him-|Hagerstown businessman Lothair 1 it happen 8 & self. Teetor, Republican, who contend- ! oken and Sgt. John Donald Lowe, son of| The bill was born, it seems, when |ed it would set a bad precedent. effect In Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lowe, 5820 distributors forced the Sunday pro-{He said it might be inrestraint of H obvious. N. New Jersey st. received shrapnel | gramming of “The Miracle of|trade. § ard would wounds in His side and right arm|Morgan’s Creek” in. North Vernon.| But, if the measure passes the {| tments In Dec. 12 during action in France. He|{ North Vernon folk resented pres-|senate, small-town -and neighbor= : ere strain is in a hospital in England. entation of the film's risque theme [hood theater operators can display £ ization is Sgt. Lowe was serving with aon the Sabbath day. The show, you|films whenever they feel like it. B0 mm. mortar squad. He was|/ may remember, ends with Betty|. .. that is if they can get them. awarded the purple heart, which he| Hutton giving birth to sextuplets,] The bill would not apply to firstsent his patents, snd holds the|with the real father unknown, run houses in the large cities g conduct medal. » s and ra The sergeant is a 1043 graduate 5 ° : largely a of Shortridge high school and be- D tf | + R d R | d * nt officers fore going overseas was enrolled in e w S o a ar eveq e . jo of only fe a 5 P. at the University of J P . 1 S : h 1. he ob of Ss 1 Permits ‘Sight’ in Dark ne 75% a a Sechausen; LONDON, Feb. 2 (U. P.).—Brit-|fire with the help of more advanced consider- hausen. 744 a Doni ot Bees ish. technical publications revealed gear. me basis. wounded’ Jan 13 on ey ” va for the first time today some of the| “The fundamental principal of ie on his was*with ‘he Mm. He jetails of radar, secret radio-loca- [the apparatus supplied essential t was cut.4 106th division and tion device which has been hailed [tactical information that enabled 25 million was struck in the as probably the most decisivesscien- our meager fighter force to be emdeficiency leg ‘by shrapnel, & tific achievement of the war. ployed so decisively against the uring the He is in a hos} Radar, which permits: “sight” in/mass attacks of the Luftwaffe in ital ; darkness, plus the element of hu-|the battle of Britain,” ; : +t for an~ p in Belgium. § : a man courage, probably won the| smith-Roge explained that techhe oud of Shortridge high} Bate of Britain. nically a radar set consists of a and a for- still is winning against at-| transmitter and a receiver. glon, Con« Bes carrier tempted enemy surprise attacks by| The transmitter serids waves into 3 of Ora ship and plane, ; space. The reflected waves are refor, woi 3 sen entered’ theW The device permits pitching of corded by the receiver, and thrown ect ong . service in. March radio waves from a transmitter into | on a screen which shows: the shape oy iy 1043, while a stu. Paul Seehausen |Dblackness ,and recording the way of the object hit by the waves and ‘dent at Purdue university. He re-|they are reflected or bounce back and its range. cone i soon ap. i om avec toy singe ustry and Okla. Sud jms He eH movement and range of the objects MISSING Gl S LETTERS ad fast November : that guns may be directed by it in| LOST WITH PURSE up 1 \ total darkness with accuracy. ols. That A brother, Richard, also a fofwer An article in the Wireless World r i i1li Times carrier and a graduate of tie: by Dr RL Eith-Ros d When Mrs. William Armstrong, h provide Shortridge, 1s a V-5 naval cadet at yo. on J Lo ional int ker 856 S. Lyndhurst drive, lost her Towa City. Their father is on leave| , .. radio department which per- purse in the Indiana theater » group of from the Shortridge history de- he lost the last on Som ns Wh Th Ete Stment| formed the first British work with | Wednesday night, she lost the las m restrioe parks won e state department oq... described it as: two letters written by her husband honestly, 0 ues mL "a “The art of using radio waves for before he was reported missing in o can't 40 the detention and location of an|action. . . Pvt. James R. Fleener, husband of | object, fixed or moving, by the aid| Other valuables which she would jons, more . Mrs. Helen Flecner, 1412 Lee st,|of the difference of its electrical | like to recover are her ration books | . nts selling and son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl| properties from those in the me- and a fountain pen which she had been dons Fleener Sr. 1702 Blaine ave, was|dium adjacent to or surrounding bought her husband but didn't send done Was wounded Nov. 16 in Germany. He| it" it after he was reported a war td officials . was hospitalized in England but his| Commenting on the article, the casualty. 8. Sgt. Wiliam Armor olvillan family believes He now is back in| magazine Flight said: strong has been missing since AuJoh Was 10 | service, 4 “The full story of its success and | gust in the South Pacific. re A former employee of the Motor [technical details of its development or . vilian Express, Inc, Pvt. Fleener is 27 and |can not yet -be given, but it has| ° SGT. AGNEW TO TALK , fear that attended Washington high school. been revealed that in 1940-one Ital-| 8. Sgt.‘James R. Agnew of Inthat Mrs. He entered the service March 29, ion fleet off Matapan was blasted diariapolis will describe his experiaway with |} 1944, and went overseas last Oc-| from the sea by the guns of British as 1 , out to do aniey. -- - and destroyers aided by engineer in encounters against the are doing, || lig<location and last year the Japs, over stdtion WLW at 10:30} that ever harrhorst was sunk at an in-/a. m. Sunday. The broadcast will

som by sort wat from Ausra