Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Pace 12the stars and stripes weekly saturday june 12, 1943 lost and found buddies sgt. W. R. A a Bill Hester s Iii insists that the wrong person Cia in a ii our now famous a by Betty sends her love picture which appeared in til to t and found column several months ago. Furl Het More lie sent in a letter from Getty herself it Batty Funk 807 e. Fifth St. Alton. Iii to prove his Point. We can Only Asp Al to the Lucky Soldier name i Bill Metzger who convinced tile editor that it had been mean for h in instead of for sgt. Hester to return it for transmission to the rightful owner. Betty writes Quot a boy from Alton who is in Africa sent me a c piping that appeared in the stars and stripes showing a picture of no it appears to be the picture i sent you last fall. The article sounds very romantic so in masking you a to claim the pictures but a a Bettye has a new rival Tor affections of the masses. In out March 19 Issue we printed a picture of a comely Young woman and also a lecture of a baby. A lieutenant subsequently claimed the pictures j were of hrs wife and baby and a turned them Over to him w the our blessings since then however at least four other inquiries Hue coni0 in for the same Young Ladva til3 baby Wasny to mentioned tile latest the week coming from 1st. Of. Jee h. Staggers who saw a resemblance to a former Belfast ire end. Lassie and asked that we return the owner less picture to him pc a. Novak seeking to do his in v a Ood torn writes in or Aid in finding sgt. Cisoree e. Scha Ider. It seems that mrs. Schaller recently wrote to pvt Novak saying she Hadnot heard from liar it rant spouse for almost five months and was terribly worried about him. If pro Ger Gillis of Fresno. Calif. Is or duty with a wac outfit Heie in North Africa a British Tommie. Cup d in icon. Wants her to know he i Bott of Honor sgt. George bakery creator of a a sad  sad sack9finds himself in same boat As cartoonist is Hen Rookie George Baker re i sergeant Baker kilted to fort Monmouth signal Lowell. Mass., but seeking her Apo address along the same line pfc. Bernard Currie writes that his brother. P c Byron Currie was reported by the War department a a a missing in  Bernard and his parents would particularly like to hear from anyone who knew the musing Soldier Ani who might know something of the circumstances of his disappearance. The two Brothers were last together in Ireland by got separated in the invasion of North Africa. Brothers tin bold face on the Loose this we Elk include pvt. Georg h. Stead�?t-4 Robert v. Stead of Oceanside. L i. Pvt. Norton p. Lilian pvt Edward g. Mila Char Les a. Smith Mal. Or capt. Bedlam k. Smith. 0-920784 pvt. We Iam j Farrell pvt. John Riel card Farr j col p Gian Lanoy pvt. Dominick Giangi Tiano. 3255962 pvt. Ernest j. He Ondric Krona Cpl. Edward j Hendrickson Lawrence d. Dono Mui a Mathew Donahue 1st. It Morton wet it so pvt. Abe t. Weis. o Shannon is seek big hts brother in Law Clinton Barnett pvt Fred Mesite wants to Conia his Cousin pvt John Mesite As Wel As two Conn. Friend f t John pet a outline and it. Bob halt Back. Additional cousins on pm Are of j. F Anderson. Pc p. Both of Owendale Calif pvt Elf fat a Van Rny col Fred l. Solieri t. A or Quot Cirann and be Ca son 34 i.3g934 t-5 Teo e. A a Btu or aka do d to f and his Cousin but corps school in the summer of 1341 he had t any idea that two years later he would emerge As one of the most famous and talked about cartoonists of world War ii. Now there probably int one tidier in a thousands from the Jungles of new Guinea to the North african desert who has t heard of the Quot sad sack a for bakery a drawing of the a a sack has made i the name synonymous with the most misunderstood  and oif the beam private Ever to tej come entangled in a morass of army red tape and training. Baker himself is 23 years old and a former cartoonist for wait  Ney s studios where lie corked on everything from a a Snow will e to a  the signal corps lost out when Baker entered a cartoon contest sponsored by the a a defense recreation committee of new 1 York and won first prize. Yank. The army weekly snapped him up and he a been turning out his in i pc gettable character for army pub i locations Ever since. Draws for Soldier unlike other army cartoonists i who have won National acclaim for i their work. Baker refuges to a ant his ideas for civilian entertainment and beams his stuff Stia gut j at the Soldier in Camp and in the Field. Here a what Baker no a sergeant has to say about his drawing Board  Quot about half my time is put in army Camps and outlasts on assignment where i pick up a lot of my material but a great percentage of the a Tuff i draw is a i on my own experiences the sack serves As an in it for o i a cot n a a a a particularly annoying situation was bom in moved to pock Island. 111., at the a of three. He says �?�1 spent the next ten years stealing watermelons sneaking into the circus and acting As Bat toy for the local club. Went next to Chicago where i lived in a pretty Tough neighbourhood and had tonight everyone on the Block that i could get on their  baseball Star during his High school d is. Baker was Star Short Stop for til school team both at Lane technical High and Roosevelt Hiti after graduation he got a Job lad big 59-Pound steel Drums on trucks but he soon decided that was too strenuous a Way to make a ii in and became a commercial Ansi drawing pots and pans for advertisements. Then he decided to go to California to see it he cent in t get a berth with the i of angles Ball cd Tib. Instead he went to w Oik for Disney. Baker is perpetual a Vama Al at the Success of Quot sad sack Ani r fuses to take him set be note Ivas one of the Best liked Art St among men in uniform. Put the c snot much doubt that a a sad sack v in be remembered by veterans of til s War As the most famous private or world War ii. I Cpl. Claude Romero was in charge of a detail guarding rations on a moving freight train when lie observed a car loaded with ammunition afire. Climbing from car to car of the moving train he caused the train to be stopped and at the risk of i own life regardless of the imminent danger of the explosion of the ammunition he extinguished the file. His resourcefulness and Independent courage were rewarded recently with the presentation of the soldiers medal. For extra heroism Iii action. 2nd it. Harold l. Peterson of Cor Valis Oregon Pilot of a tighter plane was awarded the distinguished Servicev Cross. While piloting his fighter plane on a Mission in february he observed a fellow Pilot had bailed out. To protect the falling aviator it. Pederson escorted him to the ground the entire time drawing a Iachine gun fire of the enemy plane to himself. Soldier s medal other men who have been awarded the soldiers medal Are to sgt.  Julius Boisdore. Of new Orleans sgt. Robert e. Newton of san Augustine Texas Cpl Maurice l. Honea of Magnolia miss. Cpl. William a. Stowe. ., of Crichton Ala. T-4 William j. Nicargi. ., of Brooklyn Cpl. Conley e. Peters of Jonesboro. Tenn a sgt. Francis Jaycock of Wyoming a. Sgt. Ray j. Copeland of Cleveland okla. Distinguished flying Cross the following officers and enlisted men have been awarded tile distinguished flying Cross copt. Cannon b. Boone of Boone Hill a. 2nd it. Robert p. Kirschke of Joliet. 111. It. Col. William. W. Monyer of Seattle. Wash. Maj. Mark e. Hubbard of St. Paul Minn. 1st it. Robert Vav. English of Aberdeen. Miss. 2nd it. Harold French of till a. Okla to sgt. Edward Vav. Robert Eon. Of Salt Lake City Utah to sgt. Frank l. Sears of Birmingham. Ala. A sgt. Francis o Ben held of Myrtle Beach s. C. A blend. Of great sgt Clarence l Falls Mont. A sgt. James Petersburg. A. Silver Star the following named men Are recipients of the Silver Star 1st. Sgt. Joe b. Whites sgt. Gae g. Lapham. Sgt. James f. Cosgrove of Glendale. L. I., sgt. Thomas j. Mclaughlin sgt. Walter my Al von Cpl. Nicholas Dibendetto. Cpl. Harlan c. Beam. Cpl Jahub Bizko Cpl. Harry j. Wilkinson. Or. Of Brighton. N. Y., pfc. Phillip Ciotti of Windber pa., pie. Clit Ford Tompkins pfc. James w. Walter f. Roach of new York City. Pvt. Frank p. Rathbun of Denver. Colo., pvt. Andrew f.  to. Of Dickson. Pa., major Goutard capt. Boet capt. Ornando Antoine. 1st it. Edward w. Mcgregor 1st. It. Archibald b. Cameron 2nd lit. A then sgt j Howard p. Macconchie. Set. Joseph d. Mccomb. Sgt. Israel Jacobson. Pfc. Ralph g. Waffle. Pie. Walter j. Will pfc. Leroy to. A vide. Pvt. Walter b. Bidding or pvt. George w. Harriman pvt. Milan e. Dishman. It. Col. Phillip g. Cochran of Erie pa., isl. It. Clifford i. Using. Of Reading a. A sgt. George Isador. Of Wilmington Del. Cpl. Franklin p. Gilliland. Of Malinta Ohio pfc. Ralph l. Bailey of Monticello n. Y., pvt. Claude j. Speenburg of Hunter n. Y., and pvt. Howard w. Litt real of Wytheville a. It. Col. John h. Mathews of w. Va., it col. Gel Ald g. Kelieher of a Leauv. N. A. Maj. Robe11 h. York of Aid via. It men jape. Diaries t. Horner. ., of pa., chaplain a capt Lawrence e. Decry of Providence r. I., capt. Bryce f. Denno of n. A. Capt. Frank Colacicco of Texas capt. Walter f Campbell of Metuchen n. J., capt. Vernon e. R. Raw in. Of ii capt. Thomas f. Of Brien of Dorchester mass 1st be. I Nomas n. Meredith. Of Ventnor n. J., 1st it. Paul n. Robarge of Lowell. Mass. These soldiers and officers received the Sliver Star decoration t 4 of s o. Car Loc. 1st a. M a Vin g. In Atli my. Martin m Philipsborn. 3-St. William e Bryant. It. Harve e.  y. 1st it Steward c Broom. Or. Maj. Then capt Jacob Shapiro pc. John e. Gathers 2nd it. John m. Dunphy sit Loci j Pudimat. Capt. Donald k r-1st it. Spout Jean Claude o. Edwards ots sgt. James e. R h in t to Quot Quot a fore the Sac Hie same boat.�?�. Services eve and Man w Ashington Navy and army Hysi Cial requirements for settees Are now almost similar. There Are Dill. However a few general exceptions tile Navy requires color i vision the army does not m?.x-j mum height for army is six Lect. six for the Navy six feet four. No sad Man less than five feet can eel in we i a a Liber service. Toothless inductees of i who possess healthy Gums Are accepted by the Navy they also acts in cepe men 1 diseases. With a advanced Veneta i Gilbert of Coeur d Alene Idaho a sgt. Leo Golecki of Forest City. A. A sgt. Keith c. Monson of Salt Lake City a sgt. Joseph f. Schwaller. Of Jefferson City to. A sgt. Lee a. Vainer of ii Nook. Mont. A sgt. Wayne e. Wertz of of. Shasta. Calif. 1st it. Malcolm k. Anderson of Hixton. Wis. 1st it. Glenn v. Leland of St Petersburg. Fla. And John l. Cronkhite. Of St. Petersburg. Fin. Distinguished Servic e c Ross the e soldiers and commissioned men have been awarded the do Ting shed service Cros capt. Samuel n. Jones. Chi. Stephen j. Munhall. 2nd it. James h. Cameron. A sgt. Harrison m Gardler pfc. Sherman s sgt ear pfc Erwin b player. Pvt. William h. Bray. Int it. Edward Mestack in. 2nd it. Walter j. Burns. Pfc Stanley Grzesik pfc. Albert i. Nendza. Pvt. Anibal Irizarry. T-5 Norman h. Maclennan. We  Tine Trench army sgt. Natal j. Lent i. St Lester g. Nanny. To i Paris e. Hicks. 2nd la. Jehu l for. St. Arthur l. Waterman 2nd it. John p. Sullivan. T-5 Howard l. Sturgeon. T-5 Wei Marlin. Pvt. Rov it l Gallego. Cot c. C. Benson. Capt. Noble h Abney pet Jii hair w. Wit son. Cpl. Alima p he Acy. Cpl. Alex Sternberg Lac it. Ramsey l. 0.k.-�. My. James 3 Simmerman. Capt. Robert e Van Zant. 1st it George w , pfc. Raymond w. Johnson capt Paul e. Carney it. Col Clarence c. Beck. Capt. Albert c. M s Ellen capt. Reinhold c.  it k Unett a. Mccord. 1st it Carl e a Addison pvt Joseph d . Sgt George t. Smart. Pie Arthur j. Dionne. It it Lester d Macer. ., 1st it. Frederick c Miner. Capt.  n. Steele. 2n<i it Ralph d Patton 1st it. Eld Ridge e. Brown. Sgt. Parke p Moore. Cape Geia d s. Yeller sgt. Harare Friedwald. Pvt. Lewis l Millett. It it. Phillip h Killey. Capt. George l Menard. Capt. George a Johnson. Sgt. He Werl Cardel. Si1. Elwood f. Gilreath Cpl. Rady at r Rad Ifie. Cpl Charlie f. Seal. Sgt. Cd a an a . 2nd it Oke e Kliolz. 1st it. William e. Kennel Tull r Chard k. V an nos Rand. Pet Julio f a Norza 2nd it. Joseph Fink. It col. Elton w Ringsak. Tilt failed to name him awol friends pfc Warren i Neal Cor Fie j m. Frev. Of Chickasha okla Cal s c Piccine a pvt. Cirr Pasalaqua my ocl. William b Frankl n a of Bern Ard Emu Fra Sikli it pvt human Kay to v a a pct. Artilur oreo a set. Gent l. Dew it  col. Jolan a it than of . W. A sgt Jim go incr a sgt. Therun Drain pvt Robert a Luhv a Brothers Frt no and Fohn Fehte a and Brothers Pei chefs All of Mckee rocks a t-4 Geore a  Al k.  do a of Psar a it of not Svi. Ham. So her ivies pfc John Adkins a pre 7f>�?� Nous of los a Nae pvt w Illi in f. Irving John \ Cullen and Robert Butler both of per Jas pm l Walker sgt. Joh f afro be. .lr., of of a gis. Tkv pfc s. Kaplan pvt Arnold Miller and pfc. Isadore be Elmar