With The Men In Service: June 23, 1942
With The Men In Service
Receives Promotion In ‘Down Under’ Land
Carl R. Breining, jr., of 934 Dewey Ave., has been promoted to staff sergeant since his arrival in Australia with an American Army force and has been given a private office in the headquarters of a transportation service division.
Sgt. Breining writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Breining, sr., that he likes Australia "very well" and finds the people "very wonderful to the American boys." In fact he thinks it is as good a place as he could be now, but he still is looking forward to his return to this country.
Army life is agreeing with the local youth, for his weight has gone up from 140 to 172 pounds since he was inducted April 3, 1941. He was made an ordinary sergeant three months later after taking an officers training course at Camp Lee, Va. Before going overseas he was at Camp Forrest, Tenn., Ford Ord, Calif., and at the Presidio in San Francisco.
Twenty-two years, Sgt. Breining previously had worked at the American Broach & Machine Co. His wife is living in California.
Negro Reaches Australia
Pvt. Clayton E. Fox, jr., is believed the first Negro Ann Arbor soldier to reach Australia.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Fox, sr., 1009 Catherine St., Pvt. Fox was inducted into the Army last Oct. 3. From Fort Custer he was vent to Camp Wallace, Tex., to attend a clerical school. From there he went to Oakland, Calif.
A 1937 graduate of Ann Arbor High school, Pvt. Fox was a mechanical helper at Manausa's Service garage, 1126 S. University Ave., at the time of his induction. He is a supply clerk in a quartermaster battalion.
Begins Officers Training
Cyrus C. Sturgis, jr., 27 year-old-son of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Sturgis, 609 Stratford Dr., has been selected for the officer candidate school at Miami Beach, Fla.
Young Sturgis had been employed for two years in the War department in Washington when he enlisted with a National Guard company there May 6, 1941. He was sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., with an anti-aircraft outfit.
Last November he was transferred to the Air Corps and sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and then in January to Lowry Field at Denver, Colo., on a four months' course in bomb sight maintenance. In April he went to Victorville, Calif., for advanced training.
"Cy" has a diploma from University High school and a bachelor of arts degree from the University.
Also Likes Australia
Another Ann Arbor soldier who likes Australia is Mack Prosser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prosser, 1115 S. University Ave.
A first class private, Prosser is 25 years old and working in a University Residence hall when inducted into the Army in May a year ago.
Before going to Australia he trained at Camp Livingston, La., and then saw temporary duty at Fort Devans, Mass., and in California. He was home on furlough in mid-April—apparently just before going to Australia.
Home on Furlough
Tech. Sgt. Howard Frederick Gross, 24, is home on furlough from Will Rogers Field, Okla., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Gross, 1707 Shadford Rd. on their 25th wedding anniversary.
He was accompanied here by his wife, the former Mary Frances Reek, to whom he was married last September.
A bookkeeper at the State Savings bank before his induction Jan. 20, 1941, Sgt. Gross is now chief clerk in the ordnance office of the Air Force bombardment base at Will Rogers Field. He was stationed at Hamilton Field, Calif., until May of 1941.
He was promoted to staff sergeant last March 5 and to technical sergeant on the 10th of this month.
Casualty
Seaman Edward P. Steele, jr., 21, of Manchester, has joined the list of Navy casualties. He tumbled from a hammock—the Navy’s idea of a bed—and broke a collar bone. He now is in the naval hospital at Newport. R. I. Seaman Steele is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Steele, sr., of Manchester, and enlisted in May.
New Enlistees
Two Ann Arbor youths have begun "boot" training in the naval fighting forces—Joe A. Marlow, 20, in the Marines and Douglas Anthony Marsh, 21, in the Navy.
Doug, the son of Leon Marsh, 319 Catherine St., is at the Great Lakes naval training station, learning to be a seaman. He attended St. Thomas and Ann Arbor High schools and was working as a painter here when he enlisted in the Navy last month.
Joe also attended St. Thomas and graduated in 1940 from Ann Arbor High, and then went to Ferris Institute. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marlow, 102 Longman Lane, and won two letters in track in high school. He was employed by the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. when he enlisted in the Marines last month.
Two Made Corporals
Two Washtenaw county youths have been promoted to the grade of corporal in the Army.
One is Stanley C. Braman, 26-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Braman of Ridge Rd. Inducted last Oct. 15, he is in an aviation medical division at San Antonio, Tex. He graduated in 1937 from Milan High school and later from the Simmons School of Embalming at Syracuse, N. Y.
His wife, the former June Borel, lives in Corning, N. Y.
William L. Parker, 24, also is wearing a corporal's stripes now. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Parker, of Geddes Rd., he is a graduate of Ypsilanti High school. He was inducted in June, 1941, and has been at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
On Air Transport Duty
Oliver H Perry, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Perry, 406 Fifth St., is now a radio operator on Army transport planes, based at Presque Isle, Me.
His parents expect he either has been or soon will be serving on air transports flying to Iceland and Ireland.
Radio Technician Perry, a private, enlisted in the Army Air Corps Nov. 24 and was sent to Kessler Field, Miss. for basic training. In May he graduated from the radio school at Scott field, Ill.
Sgt. Breining
Pvt. Fox
Pvt. Prosser
Sgt. Gross
Joe Marlow
Doug Marsh
Corp. Braman
Tech. Perry