anaheim-gazette 1945-08-16

OUR BOYS WITH THE COLORS and THEIR SISTERS IN THE COUNTRY'S SERVICE (NOTE: If you have a son in any branch of the armed forces, or a daughter in any of the women's army services, The Anaheim Gazette would like to have news notes about them. If they are home on leave, if they write of interesting incidents of army life, or if they should be taken prisoner of war, etc, etc; please call The Gazette, phone 2208, and give an item for this column. Their friends will appreciate it too. Clip this column and enclose it with your letter when you write them.) Don Rimpau Sees Action At Okinawa Aboard the USS Suwannee—Donald R.. Rimpau, storekeeper, second class, USNR, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Rimpau of 1024 West Broadway, has been helping this escort carrier and her planes against the enemy at Okinawa. June, 1942, Rimpau was employed in the fuel cell division of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. at South Gate, California. He is a graduate of the Anaheim Union High school and Fullerton Junior college. Robert Fowler Receives Wings On August 4 Robert Fowler received his wings and commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Douglas Field, Arizona, and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fowler, and his wife, Virginia, of this city; witnessed the impressive ceremony while enjoying a week's visit with him. Lt. Fowler returned to Anaheim with his family but shortly after arriving here his furlough was cancelled and he reported back to his station. His wife and three-year-old daughter are leaving Sunday to make their home with him in Douglas. The pilot enlisted in the Air Corps in 1944 and since that time has been in training at various bases, including Santa Ana Army Air base and Texas Tech., from which he graduated. He is a graduate of the Anaheim Union High school and Fullerton Junior college and prior to entering the service was employed at the Anaheim branch of the Bank of America. Anaheim Soldier Soon to Be Home Cpl. Erhardt C. Heinze of this city is with the 398th Engineer General Service regiment that is Sees Action At Okinawa Aboard the USS Suwannee—Donald R. Rimpau, storekeeper, second class, USNR, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Rimpau of 1024 West Broadway, has been helping this escort carrier and her planes against the enemy at Okinawa. The Suwannee's planes have provided close support for our assault troops by bombing, rocketing and machine-gunning the Japs until airfields could be established and the job could be taken over by land-based planes. One of the oldest carriers of the fleet, her pilots and aircrewmen flew a total of 2,852 sorties at Okinawa and after her planes were no longer needed cruised along the coast of the island, driving off enemy planes and submarines. The carrier was damaged by Jap bombers at Leyte but soon returned to that theater after being reconditioned at Bremerton, Wash. He wears six Pacific battle stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with one star and the Good Conduct medal. Before entering the Navy in Anaheim Soldier Soon to Be Home Cpl. Erhardt C. Heinze of this city is with the 398th Engineer General Service regiment that is now awaiting redeployment out of the European theater. The regiment has been overseas two years and has served in Great Britain, France and Luxembourg. Engaged in camp construction in England before D-Day, the unit was rushed to France when Cherbourg was captured and stayed working on the reconstruction of the harbor during the summer and fall of 1944. It later moved into combat position with infantry units along the Moselle river on the German border when Von Rundstedt attacked. After the Nazi drive was reversed the engineers returned to construction work and rebuilt several hospitals. Cpl. Heinze is a native of Anaheim and attended local schools including the Anaheim Union High school. Wac Reviews Part Played By Women In Battle Against Tyranny By SGT JUANITA WAHL (SANTA ANA ARMY AIR BASE) When the editor asked me to write a story on woman's place in World War II, I at first planned an article full of facts and statistics which would unquestionably prove that the Wac, Wave, Spar and Marine is a soldier too as the song goes. But what is there to say? That after three years of existence, the women's military services have proven themselves an integral part of the armed forces? That women have conflated the skeptics who claimed they could never live together or adapt themselves to army discipline? That for every woman who assumed a uniform for the duration plus six months, there was one more man for an overseas assignment? Those facts are obvious. How then to tell of woman's part in this great battle against oppression? Maybe a brief history of the women's services would help: FIRST THE WAACS They were bombed, shipwrecked, crashed, and died: They wear the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Soldier's Medal, the Distinguished Service Cross, and of course, the Good Conduct Ribbon. Wherever the army goes, there go the Wacs, and when the war is over historians will include the corps when chronicling those who contributed greatly toward the cause of victory. Next branch of the armed services to open its ranks to Women was the Navy. The Women's Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve, better known as the Waves, began recruiting in July, where he graduated. He is a graduate of the Anaheim Union High school and Fullerton Junior college and prior to entering the service was employed at the Anaheim branch of the Bank of America. Cpl. Howard Geurin Home From Europe Cpl. Howard E. Geurin South Helena street returns Anahelm Monday night after months overseas duty in and is enjoying a 30-day here with his wife before heading to Camp Swift, Texas further assignment. Cpl. and Mrs. Geurin wives with his family in Monterey ing the next month and arrived that their visit will o with the return of the s father, Chief Petty Officer Edwards of the Seabees we been stationed in Luzon and is expected home moment RECEIVES ORCHID Mrs. Vincent Bruce North Rush street was surprised on her birthday day, when she received a ful orchid from Hilo, Territory Hawaii; where her son, C.P. Bruce, Seabee, is stationed Anaheim Gazette since 1919. NURSES, WRENS, WAFFS There are other women like—the Army and Navy Corps, the Wrets, later as the WaFS, the Women's balance corps—myriad in ber these organizations a common aim to make war shorter by putting selves and their services disposal of their government war. Such is the body of w part in World War II. The cannot be put on paper. fured the skeptics who claimed they could never live together or adapt themselves to army discipline? That for every woman who assumed a uniform for the duration plus six months, there was one more man for an overseas assignment? Those facts are obvious. How then to tell of woman's part in this great battle against oppression? Maybe a brief history of the women's services would help: FIRST THE WAACS First of course there are the Wacs. They broke the ice and more or less paved the way for the other women's services. When the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was established by an act of Congress in May 1942, loud and anguished howls went up from some whose horror of soldiers in petticoats knew no bounds. Nevertheless, at the time we were going through a crucial period in our military history, a time when the services of every available man and woman were urgently needed. Were it not for this emergency need, women might never have come into their own as active participants in waging war. The first Waacs were recruited in the summer of '42 and sent to officer's training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to train for handling the thousands of women who would follow them into uniform. WAAC BECOMES WAC A year and two months later, July 1, 1943, the "Auxiliary" was dropped and the Waac became the Wac, as much a part of the army as the air, the signal and the medical corps. Headed by Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, in September of 1944, 74,000 Wacs were stationed at some 400 continental installations, filling 239 different jobs, while 11,000 were serving in 15 foreign countries. Governed by the same rules and regulations which applied to the Cross, and of course; the Good Conduct Ribbon... Wherever the army goes, there go the Wacs, and when the war is over historians will include the corps when chronicling those who contributed greatly toward the cause of victory. Next branch of the armed services to open its ranks to Women was the Navy. The Women's Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve, better known as the Waves, began recruiting in July, 1942, with Captain Mildred H. McAfee as its director. The popular name, Waves, comes from the words, "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service." Though "Yeomanettes" were accepted as office workers during World War I, the establishment of the Waves marked the first time women had served as officers in the U.S. Navy. By December of 1944 the lady gobs numbered 84,000. At first limited to service within the continental U.S., in September, 1944, legislation was passed permitting them to serve in Hawaii and Alaska, by their own consent. SEMPER PARATUS Four months after the Navy started recruiting women, the Coast Guard decided it too needed the feminine touch, so in November of 1942, Congress authorized 10,000 women to be inducted as an auxiliary of the Coast Guard. Headed by Lt Comdr Dorothy C. Stratton, the Spars got their name from the first initials of the Latin and English versions of their motto—"Semper Paratus." Always Ready. Like the Waves they at first served only in the states but early in-1945-200 Spars arrived in Hawaii for shore duty, while 300 were sent to Alaska. Youngest of the women's services, the baby so to speak, is the Marines. Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter directs the 19,000 feminine leathernecks, who en- ANAHEIM GAZETTE Airman Relates Unusual Tale of War Prison Camp When Second Lt. Robert Stueber of the Eighth Air Force was deterned as a prisoner of war in camp near Munich the German officer who signed him in recogized him as the younger brother a former college classmate in Missouri. Such are the oddities warl. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Waters and his brother, Lt. J. Hugh atters of this city heard the inresting story last Thursday eveng when the airman and his life paid them a brief visit at their home on North Philadelphia street. The visit in itself was a happy surprise, for the Anaheim resients had mourned their friend as last and had not known until his arrival here that he had been a air prisoner until May, when he was liberated by American forces. In his third mission over enemy territory, he and his crew were not down and the war department had not been notified by the enemy that they were taken prisners. He returned to the states June. Lt. Stueber and Lt. Watters took their cadet training together at the Santa Ana Army Air base and the former was a frequent visitor in the Charles Watters' home. Cpl. Howard Geurin Home From Europe Cpl. Howard E. 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