HE CERTRE DEMOCRAT, BECCEFONTE, PA. Page Thrée January 2b, 1946 Osceola Soldier Is Hero In Repulsing Jap Drive Six soldiers witi the Dixte Divi- sion on Morotai recently made daring attack on a tower and ef- fected a rescue, One of these was Corporal Steve Demchak, husband of Mrs. Pauline Vaughn Demchak, of Sandy Ridge. The story is told| in this manner: It was 0500 not yet light. Rcosters in the nearby native village were crowing, Then the Japs nit. Coming down through the village, 50-0dd plunderers created panic among the native Many of the villagers were slain; a few Japs lost heads from machete blows But it emy was company idiers of Down ‘he heir village the en- erested Init was tl 31st Infantry Division bivouacked at the far end flower-lined main street beach down the and the community jungle’s edge they approad American position in taree columns The Japs armed with machine-guns, rifl mortars and grenades, not to Lies, demolition wa not te int e { ol the the street around at hed the mention TNT | work Three Ag a tower in front of pany perimeter gave the Or on the loozout from the small com- alarm. Then al | buddy, , the shooting started. One man in the tower was killed when a Jap sprayed the perch with his machine- gun, The other two men, though wounded, stuck it out and directed mortar fire on the enemy below them. Corporal Steve Demchak and Corporal John Lentz, of Li- mona, Fla., left a machine-gun which they had been firing and moved out into the open under fire toward the tree, Lentz, who now had a tommy gun, killed one Jap o advanced. The engagement lasted until 0720 and when it was all over 15 natives and 10 Japs were dead. Only Amer- ican loss of life was that of one of the trio in the lookout. The enemy had dragged uncounted numbers of his dead and wounded away with him in his retreat Nine G. 1.'s were wounded, none critically Demciiak, whose parent's live on Route 1, Osceola Mills, has been overseas more than 10 months and has participated in two campaigns, Previous to making the landing on this island he saw action in the Kakde-Sarmi area Duteh New Guinea of Julian R.D. Se rgeant Has 60 Month Service Record [ Julia Ashe- S/'8Sgt. Max X. D. 1, has arrived North Carolina, Ar Ground and Service F Redistribution Station, where he will spend approx- imately ten days awaitin ment to duty S/Sgt. Mill ha 60 months service in will have access to all recreational facilities while Qe is at resort town, including among ot ming, gol tenni and climbing. Full hotel ser extended to him, The | the rooms and lobbies retained and the mess his verted hotel restaurants mission this Tae primary tion, which is under the command of Col. Ulric N. James, is to obtain maximum possible utilization of turned troops in D. Mille at rces returned from the C. P. A. and n= of sta- future assignment « — = . . Milesburg Girl Is Training in Georgie A former chemist, Prt Sholl of Milesburg, who re listed in the Wamen's ; studying defense agal attack as a part of the ing program at the Training Center Ga Pvt. Sholl, upon completion ¢ six week military course, will be assigned t technician's job in an army A chemist at the Tit Company in Bellefonte, pr listment, the new WAC att Pennsylvania State College The daughter of Mr. ar John L. Sholl burg, the new soldier wa Pay en Third WAC Fort Oglethorpe indo~tr y medica hospital Water Leg Lt. Col. Hoffman Now at Mt. Home, Idaho Lt. Col Bellefonte Mountain Mountain imed tl Col Ho from a tour of overseas h African, Medit Italian theatres of He is a graduate State College and the Jeflerson Medi College of Fhiladelphia. Col. Hoff- man ervice January 1. 1941 and prior to entering service prac ticed in Bellefonte Richard arrived Home Hoh me we d yfman H, Hoffman, of Army Air Idaho of | recently Field, joe urned Nort of entered - Read the Classified ae CLOTHING FOR MFN & BOYS BELLEFONTE LEWISTOWN n Eastern This mission is carrie painstaking physical tional examinations Processing will take days and following that hi be his own, If he wis to play he may, and if he wants just and relax, he can miles of the redistribution can visit such scenic Bridal Veil Falls, Chimney Mount Mitchel] (t t America), the Cherokee Reservation, Lake Ju- naluska and the Great Smoky Moun- tain National Park He earned battle part in the campaign bor. His branch of service is Signal Corps and he served with the Tth Alr Force His mot ‘{D upa- two time will ball, about 10 stati wonders Rock, peak In ie talle tars for taking at Pearl Har- Ler reside Tinvoders Yield To “Christian” Natives By a Coast Guard © ‘orrespondént ) Marines landed Philip and a costed le English i lowa, group of Leatherneck by nativ poke lit “They broke loose Pit es who asked u redalled Afte and ye To on Onward tifully = Smullton Soldier Gets Promotion Promotion of Corporal Matter to Sergeant nas nounced recently at 12th Headquarters, His wife ides at Smuliton Sgt. Matter is flying as ner with a veteran B-25 group in the Mediterranean area and has flown many missions over Italy and France. His group has disting- uished itself in all the campaigns In the Mediterranean, has supported ix amphibious operations and has been awarded a War Departmbnt unit citation for its outstanding vice in battle Dean R been an- Alr Force Helen, re. rac: gun- Mitchell i“ YT - Pfe. Fryer Slightly Wounded Pfc. Ralph E. Fryer Mrs Mary Fryer of Flemingto WAS Hg“ wounded Dec. 26 In Bel- glum, according to a War Depart- ment message to his mother last Thursday. Plc. Fryer, who was serv. ing with the infantry, was wounded in the back by shrapnel HOW in a hospital In England, he formed family in a letter last week, before the official message came, He went was in late October and moved Into France n December on of fly Lh) and | in- 148 re- elved over Ornamental Iron Brackets TO HOLD ONE Just the thing you OR TWO POTS have been wanting for that nook ! _— VERY REASON ABLY PRICED! WOOD FLORAL ik RING'S © GARDENS Phone 2128 Bellefonte Phone 2045 State College al i ing » ANE as Bruno, Nantahala Gorge, © 8 they |" Richard Newman Baird, Bair Seamay Mr burg training and Los Ang again 1 rele and he ployed mand Seaman Bellefon the hust Hes Charles HH. Atcherson Bef Ale Seaman * H Centrally Located Gun Control on B- 29 « ized cabin Mee built fighting corted through a rmet’s enemy fighters, the B-29 multipie-gun installations. Its cen- tral fire control system, produced by General Electric, Includes computers which automatically corrects vari- ous factors wiille putting the fire directly on the target. As many as three of the turrets can be controlled and fired simultaneously by a single gunner from A single sight: never before could a gunner control more {than one turret Viousay enor power to Nes nest of has five ho - - arn Wounded in Belgiaom Sgt. John McKedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McKedy, of Morrisdale, was slightly wounded in action In Belgium on December 26, according [to a telegram received from the War { Department, Sgt. McKedy 3 a neph- {ew of Mrs. Harry Neubauer of Phil. ipsburg, and was formerly employed " the Neubauer market, —— war — Son in Hospital | Mr. and Mrs, Willlam E, Besch-| {ler of Loganton, received word that {their son 8gt. Ross E. Beschler, who | {became {Il Dec. 7, with bronchial {pneumonia while on the front line in Germany with an Infantry div. sion, has been taken to a hospital in England, AT FIRST SION | Belgium on December 27, It was dis Pvt. Donald I. Bloom Pie villiam Bloom Milesburg Pilot Gets Two Awards win Pet, Robert Casher James It Wallace ’ Me . turn Fort irned weeks of advance mediately afterwar mes wile service Snow Shoe Paul Knit fTVE ting Co in the U Cpl. Lee A. White Is Reported Killed War Department notice of the death of her husband, Col A White, 20, infantryman, in France Dec. 10, 1984, was received by wife, the former Freda Shief West Irwin street, Williamsport Tuesday A veleran of two years army vice, Cpl. White had served overseas only six months, Gaving been tioned in England a few weeks to salling for Prance where he fought with the U. 8. Third Army The soldier, son of Mrs. Blanche White, of 508 West Fourth street, Was a graduate of the Williamsport High School and before enlisting was employed at the Eureka Paper Box Company in that city Cpl. White was last heard from a week ago when his wife received three letters, dated In November. | None revealed where he wat fighting } jor what places In France he had | | visited, Set. Strouse Recovering | Other survivors are one son, Harry Bgt, Richard 8, Strouse is recov- Lee; four brothers, Joseph, stationed ering from wounds, according to re- with the U. 8. Army in South Caro- cent letters received by his family. lina; Glenn, of Willlamsport; Thom. His parents, Mr. and Mrs, Earl as, of Brookside, and Lepnard, o Strouse, Mill Hall, R. D. 1, were no- Nesbet, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur tified Jan. 8 that he was seriously Kohlberger, Williamsport wounded in Germany Dec. 20, Sgt. The White family have many Strouse has been In France since friends and relatives living in Cen- shortly after D-Day and has been tre county who will regret to learn | awa the Combat Infantry Badge. of the young soldier's death i He entered the Army in September | 1043, and trained at Camp Van, Centre county should be planning Dorn, Miss, before going overseas now to offer jobs to all returning Where he served in the 79th Division. service men; business can help! piso Lt. Earl Benjamin Is Killed In Action IA. Earl Whitney Benjamin, huss band of the former Nancy Claney of Brookline, Philadelphia, and son- in<law of the former Helen McClure of Bellefonte, was killed im action In Lee his 322 on MT» sta. rior ter closed in a telegram from the War Department to his wife, Dellefonte relatives were informed of his death last Wednesday Lt. Benjamin and the former Nancy Claney were married last July and he wag sent overseas in September. In addition to his wife, whose mother is the former Helen (McClure of West Bishop street, Bellefonte, Lt, Benjamin is survived by his parents and a sister, all of New York City, and a brother, also In BrVios ss— ——— : Spring Mills Lieutenant (pl. Mahlon Bloom Reclaims Planes sgt. Arthur F. Shut SETVIOP WAS New York empl duties in Among hi a member of the service a mobile field unit damaged airplanes from isolated emergency fields where they may have down. They then make repairs so the plane can be ferried for a major overhaul Ak is to rescue come 10 a base Meets Cousin in England rst Lieutenant Harold Drury, of Philipsburg, met Oils cousin, Sgt John Goss, and spent two “ays with him recently in Londor Harold looked up John's address and then went to his camp. John Was mar- ried several months ago and the two spent the two days in London to- | gether at the home of John's wife. | Harold went overseas in November | while John has been over for three Years, - - - . Rum After Furlough Pvt, Richard H. Shearer, who has been spending a five day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs [Frank Shearer of Blanchard and | {other friends, returned to his new | post at Fort Meade, Md. Pvt. Bhear- | er has had word from his olher brothers, Pvt, Thomas Shearer, Bel- guim, and Cpl. Harry W. Shearer in | England. i i Girl for Grahams Sgt. and Mrs, Grover Graham of Blanchard, are parents of a daugh- ter, born Wednesday, Jan, 17, at the [Lock Haven Hospital, Returns from Combat Duty Lieutenant Did Premonition Prompt Soldier To Call His Wife? © Sgt. 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