4 D. C. Area Colonels Win Legion of Merit; 6 Generals Cited

Legion of Merit awards to four Army colonels whose residences are

in this area and to six general offi- cers were among the awards an-

nounced today at the War Depart- ment.

Col. Richard D. Meyer of 709 Braddock road. Alexandria, Va„ was

recognized for services March 9, 1942, to February 15. 1945, in the Office of the Chief of Transporta- tion. During that period he served as officer in charge of Ship Con- trol Branch, Movements Division; as

executive for operations and as

deputy director for operations. "He formulated and put into effect basic procedures for the movement of the Army to and the support of the

Army in all theaters of operations,” the citation said.

Col. Edwin S. Van Deusen, Quar- termaster Corps, of 3116 Northamp- ton street N.W.. director of Engi- neering. Motor Transport Service, was cited for rendering meritorious service in connection with the de-

sign. development and standardiza- tion of all military motor vehicles for the Army and Allied Nations under lease-lend. His operations also

resulted in saving large quantities' of metals and rubber.

Col. Milton E. Wilson. Quarter- master Corps, of 3517 R street N.W.,i was rewarded for services from No-

vember 28. 1940. to September 23, 1941, as assistant to the chief of the operations branch, Construe-! tion Division, under the quarter- master general. He then ranked as

major. His specialty was the pro-

curing of materials for the military construction program.

Col. Karl R. Lundeburg, Medical

Corps, of 1307 Holly street N.W., who Is now in the India-Burma theater, has been awarded the

Legion of Merit for outstanding medical services from January. 1941. to November, 1944.

The War 'Department received word todav that the award was con-

ferred March 12 by Maj. Gen. W

E R Coveil. Gen. Covell was a

former Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner of the District.

Col, Lundeburg. 45. served as chief of the division of epidemilogy and

preventive medicine in the Surgeon General's office during the period of the award. He is now medical Inspector and chief of preventive medicine in the India-Burma SOS headquarters.

His wife is living in Washington during her husband's period of

overseas service. Col. Lundeburg developed new methods for control of communicable diseases, with par- ticular reference to vaccination, and

the geij^ral control of infectious dis- eases among troops.

Maj. fien. Francis B. Wilbv, United States Military Academy, West Point. N. Y„ served as chief of staff. 1st Army, from September 13, 1939 to June 15, 1941. His services in connection with the formation of the 1st Army during initial stages of the military expansion program won

him the award. Brig. Gen. Guy H. Drewrv of I,a

Crosse. Va. was cited for the devel- opment and production of small arms ammunition from September 9. 1939 to June 1942. His services "'had a far-reaching influence on

the entire small arms program and the results of his work are reflected in the performance of every small arms factory and the performance1 of small arms material in combat ♦ • *•’ the citation said.

Brig. Gen. Fremont B, Hudson of

Marshfield. Oreg., served March 9. 1942. to August 25. 1943. in the office of the chief of transportation. He was executive officer, director of administration and finally assistant chief of transportation for per- lonnel and training.

Brig. Gen. Alfred B. Quinton, jr., of Detroit. Mich., was cited for out-

standing services in connection with ordnance. He served in various ca-

pacities, such as chief of the District Control Division, supervising all ord- nance offices from peace time plan- ning to wartime organization, and also as assistant chief of industrial service «purchasing' and as as-

sistant director of procurement. Brig. Gen. Max C. Tyler of Glens

Falls. N. Y was cited for former services as a colonel, when he was

division engineer of the Lower Mis- sissippi Valley Division, and presi- dent of the Mississippi River Com- mission from December 16. 1941. to

December 1, 1942. He carried out a

tremendous' building program for

Army personnel, the storage of ma-

terial and construction of airfields Brig, lien James n. naner oi

Carlsbad, N Mex., received his award for services as executive to

the assistant chief of staff. G-l. in-

volving matters affecting the per- sonnel of the Army. As chief of the enlisted branch he was responsible for policies controlling induction calls through selective service and planning personnel procurement to

meet the demands of the Army's: activation schedule. This was during the period of the Army's greatest expansion.

Cumdr. Thomas W. Hogan. 3.1. has been awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Silver Star Medal for gallantry and intrepidity in ac-

tion as commander of a submarine t during the second war patrol of his

vessel, the Navy announced today Comdr. Hogan, according to the

citation, despite the strain of pro-

longed undersea operations, “pressed home his relentless attacks with cool courage and aggressive determina- tion, sinking and damaging an im-

portant amount of vital hostile shipping.” He has been awarded the Navy Cross three times and the Presidential Unit Citation.

His wife now resides at the Car- roll Springs Inn, Silver Spring. Md.

Ensign Harold Levy. U. S. C. G..

31. received the Legion of Merit for ‘•extraordinary ability and resource-

fulness” when he gave first aid and

emergency medical treatment to

wounded survivors from a destroyer that had been sunk in the Mediter- ranean. He also performed the same duties when his own ship was

torpedoed. His mother. Mrs. Ann

Levy, lives at 6323 Luzon avenue

N.W. A graduate of Roosevelt High

School and George Washington University, Ensign Levy was con-

nected with the Globe Liquor Co. before he entered the serivde four weeks after the Japanese attack on

Pearl Harbor, his mother said. He

was born in Brooklyn and came to

Washington when he was a year •Id. In his three trips overseas he has seen action in the North At- lantic and Mediterranean areas. Mrs. Levy said. He is now stationed •t Baltimore. A brother. Corpl. William H. Levy is in the infantry.

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On the Roll of Honor— j Today's Casualty Lists

(National.) Army wounded Army killed

Thus far in this war 1.319 men from the District area

j have been reported killed.

Killed S Sergt. Richard M. Bell, 23. anti-

: tank infantryman with the 29th Di- vision. was killed in Germany Feb- ruary 22, the War Department has announced. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Kenly S. Bell. 24 Bladensburg road, Kensington. Md. Sergt Bell is buried in an American military!

j cemetery in Holland, his father said. Sergt. Bell, who was married De-

cember 7, 1943. in London to the, lormer Miss Barbara Jenn of Lon-

don. had been wounded in August,: 1944. and had returned to his out- fit. He entered the Army Decem- ber 7, 1941, as a member of the National Guard, and went overseas

more than two and a half years,

j ago. He is a graduate of the Be- j thesda-Chevy Chase High School, class of 1940. His father is proprie- tor of the Bell Electric Appliance Co.. Kensington.

1st Lt. Richard O. Curtis, 21. Thunderbolt lighter pilot, son of Mrs. Marjorie Curtis, 4635 Forty- ninth street N.W., was reported killed after his plane was destroyed

j while attacking an antiaircraft in- stallation near Euskirchen, Ger- many, October 26. 1944. according to the War Department. He pre- viously was reported missing for three months.

Mrs. Curtis said her son was re-

ported to have been seen bailing out off his plane, but the German government reported he was killed. He entered the service in Novem- ber. 1942. and went overseas in' June, 1944. Born in Niagara Falls, he was graduated from the Lake- land (Fla.) High School. He had received the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters.

A brother. Maj. Robert C. Curtis,j 27. shot down 14 Nazi planes in the Mediterranean theater before he re-

turned to the United States last No- vember. his mother said.

S Sergt. Henry n. Wilson. 25.

infantry, whose wife. Mrs. Joyce M. Wilson, lives at 1900 H street N.E.. is officially listed as killed in action in Italy last November 18 Mrs Wilson previously was informed her husband was reported missing on

that date. Formerly of Independence. Kans

Sergt. Wilson attended Independ- ence Junior College and entered the

Army in June, 1942 He went over-

seas in October. 1944 A son, Henry W. Wilson. jr„ 2 months, was born after the father was killed. Sergt. Wilson's brother, Cadet Leroy J Wil- son, is stationed with the Army Air Forces at Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Wil- son formerly was employed by the War Department

1st Lt. John A. Eidson. 22. AAF, only son of Mrs. May P. Patterson, 3828 Fulton street N.W.. was killed February 17. 1944. in a plane crash at Grotta Ferrata. Italy, the War

Department announced officially to-

day. Lt. Eidson. pilot of a B-24, was

reported missing March 23. 1944. his mother said.

Lt Eidson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in July. 1941. and the next year transferred to the 15th Air Force. He had been in Italy three days at the time of his death. A native of Charlotte. N. C he lived most of his life in New Orleans and was attending Tulane University. New Orleans, before en-

tering the RCAF. t'orpl. John N. Makara. 28. whose

parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Makara. live at 2700 Seventeenth street N.E.. was killed in action in Belgium on January 2. 1945 accord- ing to the War Department.

A native of Detroit. Mich.. Corpl Makara was a graduate of Lafay- ette High School at Lincoln Park. Mich. Before entering the service, he worked in Iran for a construction company. He entered the service in August. 1943. and received his train-

ing in the engineers at Camp Mc- Cain. Miss. He went overseas in September. 1944. A brother. War- rant Officer William Makara. U. S. M C.. is stationed at San Diego. Calif

Pvt. William A. Krug. jr.. L. S. M. C. R.. 26. whose parents live at 3329 Tenth street N.E.. died of wounds suffered on Iwo Jima. his parents were notified. A native of Washing- ton. he had been overseas since November. Before entering the service in June of last year, he worked as a machinist at the Navy Yard. He attended St. Anthony’s grammer and high schools.

Requiem mass will be offered at St. Anthony's Church, Twelfth and Monroe streets N.E. at 9 a.m. Wed- nesday. Besides his parents. Pvt. Krug is survived by three sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Helen K. Vio- lette. 1744 Jackson street N.E.: Misses Adele and Eileen Krug, and Paul T. Krug of the Tenth street address, Pvt. Edward L Krug, Port Meade: Corpl. Harold E. Krug, in the Philippines, and Pfc. Joseph G. Kaug. in India.

T 5 George W. Aske.v. 25. whose wife. Mrs. Mary Askey, lives at 1503 Massachusetts avenue S.E.. was

killed in action in Germany on

March 15. his wife has been noti-| fled. A native of Scottsboro, Pa., I T 5 Askey was stationed here for two and a half years before going overseas last November. He was a

switchboard operator with the Army here, but went overseas with a

mechanized division. Besides hLsi widow he leaves his parents and: six brothers.

Pfe. Joseph W. Harper, son of Mrs. Juliet Harper, 1619 R street N.W.. was reported by the War De- partment as killed on January 27 in France. Mrs. Harper is now visit- ing in Midway. Ky.. where her father recently died, it was said at tier residence.

1st Lt. Paul W. Curtis, engineers, whose wife, Mrs. Nell M. Curtis, lives at 1514 Seventeenth street N.W.. was killed December 21 in Belgium, the War Department has announced. Lt. Curtis, a native of Chattanooga. Tenn., where his

I wile is now visiting, made his home m the District about five years, friends here said. Before entering the service in April, 1942, he was

employed as an engineer for a pri- vate construction firm. He went overseas in January. 1944. Mrs. Cur-

jtis is a Civil Service Commission employe.

1st Lt. William P. Bates, 34. son of Albert M. Bates, 426 81xth street N.E.. is listed by the War Depart- ment as having been killed March 2 in Germany. His wife, Mrs. Ruth E. Bates, and their son. William P. Bates, jr., 2, live in Pittsburgh.

Lt. Bates entered the service in January, 1941, and went overseas in July, 1944. He previously was wounded, his father said.

Pvt. John H. Ferber, husband of

ft

'Mrs. Birdie R. Berber. 1820 Clydes- dale place N.W.. has been killed in the European area, according to the War Department. At Mrs. Ber- ber's home it was said she was

visiting in Texas. Stories about the following men,

also reported killed in action on

today’s official list, appeared in The Star at the time the next of kin was notified:

T 5 Philip Prrgande, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pergande, route 1, Falls Church.

1st Sergt. Alfred B. McClure, son of Mrs. Laura McClure, route 2, Fairfax. Va.

T, 5 Willis O. Moore, whose wife, Mrs. Willis O. Moore, lives at 1212 Prince street, Alexandria, Va.

Pfc. Wilbur S. Able, whose wife, Mrs. Dorothy Able, lives at 427 North Cleveland street, Arlington, Va.

Pvt. Larry Falick, son of Mrs. Nina C. Falick, 242 Vi Twelfth street S.E.

T 5 Harold S. Hill, son of Mrs. Pearl E. Hill, 2228 Chester street S.E.

Pvt. Calvin S. Shumaker, whose wife. Mrs. Margaret G. Shumaker, lives at 4570 St. Barnabas road, Silver Hill. Md.

Capt. William F. Gardner, son of Mis. Grace B. Gardner, 823 Ingra- ham street N.W.

Corpl. Francis H. Crown, jr., son of Mrs. Caroline N. Crown, 3407 Bunker Hill road, Mt. Rainier, Md.

Wounded Pfc. Richard E. Hager. 22. a ma-

chine gunner in the infantry, son of Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hager, 4625 South Chelsea lane, Bethesda, Md., was wounded in the arm by ritle fire February 25 in Germany, the War Department announced. In his last letter, according to his father, who is president of Wilson Teachers' College, the son said he expected to return to his outfit shortly, after hospitalization in France.

Entering the Army in July. 1943. after having attended Columbia University. New York, while a mem- ber of the enlisted reserve corps. Pvt. Hager went overseas in Sep- tember, 1944. At college he was pur- suing a pre-engineering course, and had completed three years. He is a native of Hebron. Nebr.

Pfc. Robert A. Skinner, 22. infan- try. husband of Mrs. Ruby V. Skin- ner. 624 Elliott street N.E., was wounded in Europe February 12, the War Department has announced Pvt. Skinner, born at Herndon. Va has been a resident of the District since he was a child.

He attended Buchanan High School, entered the Armv last April and went overseas in September. Be and Mrs. Skinner have a daughter. Ruby Lee. 4. Before entering the service, he was employed by the Mackay Radio <fc Telegraph Co. A brother. Milton L Skinner, 17. in the Navy, is on duty in the South Pacific. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Skinner, Vienna. Va

Pfc. Jesse M. Ferrell, 32. was wounded in Germany March 4. his wife. Mrs. Mary V. Ferrell, 217 Twentieth street N.E., has been noti- fied. The couple have three chil-

District Blood Donations Appointments

Saturday.. _ 124 persons Appointments broken

Saturday _ 23 persons Appointments mav be made

with the Blood Donor Center in the Acacte Building, 51 Louisi- ana avenue N.W., by calling District 3300 between 9 a m and 5:30 p m. weekdays, and 9 a m to noon Saturdavs.

A broken appointment sac-

rifices time on the part o/ doctors and nurses that can-

no! be replaced. It may sac-

rifice the life of a man on a

battlefield.

dren. George Richard. 9: Martha Lee, 7. and Sandra K. Born at Wil- son, N. C. Pvt. Ferrell made his home in Washington for seven years before entering the Army in March. 1944.

He is now in an Army hospital in France, his wife said. Before enter- ing the service. Pvt. Ferrell was a

foreman in a Washington ice cream

manufacturing plant. Pvt. Edward J. Rogers, 28, infan-

try. whose wife, Mrs. Doris Eliza- beth Rogers, lives at 2280 Owens road S.E.. was wounded in Germany February 24, according to the War Department announcement. The couple have a son. Edward J. Rogers, jr., 5. Mrs. Rogers said her husband wrote her he was expecting to re-

turn to his outfit soon. Born in Laurel. Md.. he was grad-

uated from Eastern High School and served as a District government me- chanic before entering the Army in August, 1944. He went overseas in January this year. Mrs. Rogers said he previously was wounded in the lip. His mother, Mrs. Ellen Rogers, lives at 653 Orange street S.E.

Pvt. William S. Logan, jr., of the 4th Marine Division, was wounded at Iwo Jima, according to a letter just received from him by his par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Logan, 1416 Michigan avenue N.E.

He described how a mortar shell struck his right leg during a night attack, and howr the doctors found amputationn necessary after he had been evacuated. He also received some shrapnel wounds, but cheer- fully told his parents he considered himself one of the lucky ones.

Private Logan wras graduated from St. John's College here last June. He joined the Marines at once.

2nd Lt. Alfred L. Savoy, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Savoy, 217 T street N.W., was slightly wounded in action in Italy February 14, his parents have been notified. Over- seas since last November, Lt. Savoy is a graduate of Dunbar High School ana attended Howard University and Virginia State College before entering the service three years ago. Lt. Savoy is now serving as an

| instructor. A brother, 2nd Lt. W Wilson Savoy is with the Army Air Forces, stationed in Indiana. # Pfc. Marvin N. Dearstine, 22. son

of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Dearstine, Glenn Dale, Md., was officially listed as wounded in action February 25

i in Germany. He is now recuperating in a hospital in France, his family said.

Pvt. Dearstine attended school in Hyattsville and Bladensburg. He en- tered the service in 1938. He went overseas with the 29th Division in September, 1942. A brother, Arthur Dearstine, in the Navy, is stationed in Florida.

Pfc. Rodney E. Havens, 21. son

of Mrs. Elta K. Havens, 1024 South Scott street, Arlington, Va„ was

wounded in Germany February 24, according to the War Department. This was the second time he had

I been wounded- A graduate of the New Provlden^ (Iowa) High School,

Pvt. Kruff

(Killed) S. Sent. Bell

(Killed* 1 st I.i. Eidion

(Killed) Li. Richard Cvrlia

(Killed) Corpl Makira

(Killed) Sent. Wilson

(Killed)

mmmm * Lt. Savoy

(Wounded) Pfc. Hunrr

( Woundrd) Pfe. Fleminn

(Wounded) Pvt. I.ocan

(Wounded) Ffc. Johnson

(Wounded)

I he entered the Army October 8. 1943, and went overseas about a

year ago. T 5 Russell L. McLaughlin, 27,

husband of Mrs. Marcelin M. Mc-

Laughlin. 1700 North Wayne street, Arlington, was wounded in Ger-

many March 2, according to the OWI list. Mrs. McLaughlin said her husband now is hospitalized.

Born in Bloomfield, Ind.. and a

graduate of the high school there, T 5 McLaughlin came here in 1935,; attended Strayer's Business Col- lege and was employed by the Treasury Department here and in

Chicago. He entered the Army in February, 1943. and went overseas

seven months ago. The couple have a 6-week-old daughter. Marcelin.

Pfc. Humphrey W. Johnson, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wynn John- son. 3829 S street N.W., was wounded in Germany March 1, the War De-: partment has announced. His mother said he had written he ex-

pected to leave the hospital soon.

A graduate of Western High School, he entered the service in October, 1943, and went overseas

: last August. While at Western High, j he was a captain in the Cadet' Corps and an honor student.

Pfc. Samuel F. Flemings, 24. in- fantry. w'hose wife, Mrs. Lililan M

Flemings, lives at 921 Hamlin street: N.E.. was officially listed as wounded in Germany March 1. A native of Harpers Ferry, W .Va he entered the Armv five years ago and was sta- tioned at Fort Myer. Va.. four years. He went overseas in December, last year. The couple have a daughter, Sandra Lee, 2.

T Sergt. Harry S. Shipp, jr., 21, whose parents live at 4802 Ritten- house street. Riverdale. Md., was

wounded in Germany March 2. ac-

cording to the official list Born at Falls Church. Va., he was graduated from Hvattsville High School in 1942 and was employed at the Prince Georges Bank and Trust Co., before

entering the Army in March, 1943

Sergt. Shipp served a year and a

half in the Maryland National I Guard. A brother. Pvt. Clinton E.

Shipp, is stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Md.. his mother said.

S Sergt. Richard H. Hill. 26, of the armored forces, brother of Mrs. Joseph E. Young. 511 Sheridan street N.W., has been wounded a

second time, the War Department has announced. He was first wound- ed June 13, in Normandy and the

second time March 3 in Germany, the sister said

Sergt. Hill entered the service eight years ago and went overseas

three years ago. A brother. Sergt Carl Hill, Marine Corps, is in the

South Pacific. Pfc. Louie H. Lucks, husband of

Mrs. Georgianna Lucks, whose ad- dress was given by the War Depart- ment as Route 3, Alexandria, has been reported wounded in the Euro-1 pean area. Mrs. Lucks was reported to have moved from the address listed.

Pvt. Bernard Feinberg, whose wife. Mrs Sarah Feinberg. listed by the War Department as living at 2501 Fourteenth street N.E., was reported wounded in the European area

Friends said Mrs. Feinberg had moved to New York last April when her husband went overseas.

Pfc. Carroll V. Garrison, whose wife, Mrs. Frances L. Garrison, lives at 6110 Forty-first street. Hyatts- ville. Md., was wounded in the Euro-

pean area, according to the War

Department. Stories about the following men

also repotred wounded on today's official list appeared in The Star after the next of kin was notified:

Sergt. fYank P. Cogswell, son of Mrs. Kathryn E. Cogswell. 4628

Eighth street N.W. 1st LI. Stephen T. Early, jr., son

of Stephen T. Early, 7704 Morning- side drive N.W.

Pvt. William C. McNeil, son of Mrs. Ella F. McNeil, 488 I street S.W.

Pfc. Clifton A. Wagner, son of Mrs. Ethel V. .Harrington, 228 Thirty- seventh street S.E.

Prisoner Pvt. Roy E. Riley, 19, son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. T. Riley, Indian Head, Md., was taken prisoner by the Ger- mans and is interned at Stalag 11-A, his parents have been notified. A native of Virginia, he went to school at Indian Head, and was in- ducted shortly before graduation in 1943. He was fighting with the in- fantry when taken prisoner. A brother, Sergt. Leo H. Riley, has just returned and is stationed in Texas after serving in England with the Army Air Forces.

Brazil Contacts Reds RIO DE JANEIRO. April 2 OPh— j

The foreign office announced that Brazil and Soviet Russia were estab-1 lishing diplomatic relations with an

exchange of notes between the am-

jbassadors in Washington today.

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Reich High Command Reported Trying to Force Hitler Out By the Associated Pres*.

STOCKHOLM. April 2. —The Stockholm* Tidningen. in another report which observers here consid- ered with reservations, said yester- day the German high command planned to advise the Army's offi- cers and troops that the decision whether to continue the war rested with them in the event Hitler's gov- ernment failed to resign within 48 hours.

The story was attributed to a "member of the German officer op- position who is advised on what is happening at Berchtesgaden.” It followed Saturday's Tidningen ar- ticle. unattributed as to source, which asserted the German high command had demanded that the Hitler government resign as a basis for taking up negotiations toward an armistice.

Yesterday’s story said the "high command will renounce its com- mand of the army unless the Hitler government withdraws.

There was nothing from other quarters to support these reports.

The Brussels radio said yesterday that Hitler had called a conference of district leaders at Berchtesgaden It added that the report that Ger- man Army generals had asked Hit- ler to make way for an armistice had not been confirmed.

Nazi Soldiers' Families Threatened, Moscow Says

LONDON. April 2 Pi.—The Mos- cow radio yesterday accused Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel of threaten- ing reprisals against the families of German soldiers who surrender.

"An order signed by Keitel on Hitler's behalf, threatening sur-

rendering Germans with reprisals against their families, has been found by troops on the 1st Ukrainian front among the captured docu- ments of a German armored divi- sion." said the broadcast of a front- line dispatch to the Russian news-

paper Pravda.

Mystery Vienna Radio Declares Naziism Dead

NEW YORK. April 2 UPy—A Ger- man-language radio station, identi- fying itself as "Stuttgart. Vienna," went on the air last night with a

new musical theme instead of the

prescribed "Horst Weasel song and declared "The National Socialist Party is no more," Blue Network Correspondent Herbert Clark re-

ported in a broadcast from Allied headquarters in Paris.

The mysterious station announced the formation of a "Deutsche Frei- heit” 'German freedom) party, Mr. Clark said. He described it as ap- parently representing a German group attempting to satisfy Allied demands for unconditional sur-

render.

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300'Suicide Boats' Taken in Invasion of Isles Near Okinawa By the Associated Press.

ABOARD AMPHIBIOUS FORCE FLAGSHIP APPROACHING OKI-

NAWA, Mar. 31 (Delayed*.—Inva- sion of the Kerama Islands off Okinawa's southwest coast brought the capture of more than 300 suicide

boats—Japan's secret weapon. This was the' report brought to

Lt. Gen. Simon B Buckner, jr com-

mander of the 10th Armv. aboard Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner's flagship by a member of Gen Buck- ner's staff. Col. Louis B. Ely of Philadelphia.

Col. Ely. who accompanied the 77th Drnsion as an observer, said 32 Japanese suicide boats were first discovered In one Karama inlet He said a Japanese civilian on Zamaml Island, northernmost of the Ke- rama.'. said there were hundreds of those boats which he called a “secret weapon'’ and which the Japanese were warned not to let fall into American hands.

The Japanese frantically tried to destroy the suicide boats.

They were 20-foot vessels, de- signed to carry a heavy demolitios charge, intended for ramming.

Each boat was to be handled by only one man. but a crew of 10 was

required to service it. build ramps i and dig caves for hiding the small craft. Almost all Japanese troops

j on the Keramas were concerned with the suicide boats.

Bryce Walton. Coast Guard spe- cialist, third class, of Hollywood. Calif reported five Army officers were killed and three others in- jured when they touched a suicide boat which had been rigged with a

booby trap.

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'Kill Japs Faster/ First Aim Of Buckner, I Oth Army Head

Gen. Geiger Directs Marine Amphibious Corps at Okinawa

By the Associsted Pres*.

GUAM. April 2.—Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner. jr„ commander of America's new 10th Army which has! invaded Okinawa, is the son of a! Confederate general and Kentucky Governor named for South Amer- ica's famed liberator, Bolivar.

The general insists there is only, one way to speed the end of the| Pacific war—"kill more Japs—and; faster. The faster you kill them

'the quicker the war will be over.

The man who kills the most Japs is my man."

The general's father and Gen. Grant studied together at West Point only to clash later at Fort Donelson in the Civil War. The senior Buckner fought stubbornly even after two of his superiors fled, but he was finally forced to sur-

render his garrison to Grant. The 10th Army commander not

1 only has a background of warfare, he also has had some practical ex-

perience in killing Japanese. As the builder of the defenses of

Alaska and the nearby Aleutians he had surprises awaiting the Jap- anese at Dutch Harbor in 1942. He had gone to North Pacific outposts in 1940 and worked quietly behind the scenes and when the Japanese struck toward Alaska June 3. 1942, they were hit by land-based planes from Gen. Buckner's base west of Dutch Harbor. The Japanese air- aircraft and surface ships fell back on bleak Attu and Kiska and finally were driven clear out of the Aleu-

| tians in the American offensive of May, 1943.

Organized New Array. Then Gen. Buckner dropped from

sight in June, 1944. and began | organization of the 10th Army. As I over-all commander of Army. Navy, air and Marine elements, he insists, “we have harmony and we are going to maintain it."

The rugged, ruddy-faced, soldierly ■ general has a very human interest j in ordinary people. Once in Alaska a carpenter friend invited him to dinner. Meanwhile invitations from higherups to more elaborate af- fairs arrived but the general said sorry—and ate with the carpenter.

He is a great outdoorsman and likes to hunt. He even enjoys listen- ing to tall stories of fishermen He likes a drink with a congenial group —bourbon with very little water. He smokes two or three packs of cigar- ettes a day and then suddenly will stop for as long as three months

i just to show that he can do with- : out.

Gen. Buckner likes to pop in un- ! expectedly find inspect his men's mess halls. If the food is good the mess sergeant gets a pai on the back. If not, all concerned catch it.

Tested Arctic Boots. When two types of Arctic boots

were proposed for Alaska, the gen- eral tried one kind on his right foot and the other on his left foot, going for long hikes over rocks and ice to see which was best for the soldiers. He also tested sleeping bags in 60 below weather.

Gen. Buckner is in excellent phys- ical condition at 58 arid takes it with men 30 years his junior.

He entered Virginia Military In- stitute in 1902 at 16 and West Point in 1904. He has served in the Philip- pines. As a captain he commanded aviation training brigades at Kelly

I Field. Tex., in 1917-8. After the World War the general

| taught infantry tactics at West Point and in the following years filled several instructional posts as well as infantry commands.

Gen Buckner's wife, the former Adele Blanc of Louisville. Ky.. is living in San Francisco for the dura-

j tion. His oldest son. Simon, 3d, is a captain in the Signal Corps in Europe. A younger son, William, is

Medical Group to Hear Dr. Francis 0. Schmitt

Dr. Francis O. Schmitt, head ol the biologic engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. will deliver a lecture in the medical society's postgraduate course

in physical medicine at 1718 M street N.W. April 9, it was announcec

today. The next lecture will be deliv-

ered April 16 by Dr. Frank Ham- mond Krusen. head of the Mavc

I Clinic physical medicine section and the third lecture will be or

April 23.

GEN. BUCKNER._ a cadet at West Point. A daughter, Mary, is in the San Francisco Red Cross office.

An air-minded Marine whose fly- ing service with the corps dates back to the World War was chosen to direct the 3d Marine Amphibious

Corps Jn the in- vasion of Oki- nawa. termed by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as the greatest amphib- ious operation in the Pacific.

He is May Gen. Roy S. Geiger, who led the Al- lied air com-

mand in the touch and go Solomon Islands campaign, and who organized

Gm. Geitsr. the first Marine aircraft wing when Henderson Field fell to the American thrust against Guadalcanal. Shortly after his suc-

cess, he was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Navy Cross—the first was won in the World War for leading bombing attacks—and was

named director of Marine aviation ; at Washington.

In 1930 he personally piloted a

plane bearing relief supplies to hurricane-beleaguered residents of the Dominican Republic and a year later made a mercy flight to Nica- ragua.

A native of Middleburg. Fla. w here he was born January’ 25. 1885,

| his tour of duty with the Marine Corps has taken him to posts in Cuba. Haiti. Nicaragua, Panama, China and the Philippines, and command of aircraft squadrons at Haiti and Quantico, Va.

Gen. Geiger is well known in Washington and was last here in November. His daughter, wife of Marine Lt. Col. R J. Johnson, livea at 1500 Forty-fourth street N.W.

Gen. Geiger's wife is living at Pensacola. Fla. His only son. Capt. R. S. Geiger, jr.. a West Pointer, is with the 7th Army in Germany.

Mai. Gen John Reed Hodge. 51, commanding the 24th Army Corps in the 10th Army invasion of Oki- nawa. is a veteran campaigner against the Japanese on Guadal- canal, New Georgia and Bougain-

ville in the Solo- mons and Leyte Island in the Philippines.

Gen. Hodge is a stocky, vig- orous command- er who likes to go close to the front to keep in touch with the action During the bitter Japa- nese counterat- tack against the American perim- eter around

Gen. Hodge. Bougainville air- fields, where he commanded the American division. Gen. Hodge was

wounded during a front-line tour and received the Purple HggjJ

On Leyte, where he commanded the 24th Corps in its first campaign, a shell fragment from an ammuni- tion dump exploded by a Japanese bomb tore a big hole In his tent, but Gen. Hodge, sleeping in a fox- hole inside the tent, was not

1 touched. Educated at the University of

Illinois. Gen. Hodge fought in the ■ World War at St. Mihiel and in the

Meuse-Argonne drive, as an infantry captain.

His wife and daughter live at Bir- mingham, Ala.

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