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Special Order #70
2 May 1944



THE 450TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)
APO 520

2  MAY  1944

SPECIAL ORDERS
NO  70

1.  Per VOCO 47th Wing, APO 520, the fol named O's & EM, 723rd Bomb Sq (H) are placed on DS to Santa Cesarea Rest Camp for a period of three (3) days eff on or about this date.  Upon completion of DS, O's & EM will return to proper sta.

1ST LT EDWARD G. LOOMIS, 0737602                                S/Sgt Allen O. Byers, 19185828
1ST LT JOHN H. LANE, JR, 0684007                                S/Sgt  J. C. Word,  18192447
2ND LT THEODORE TAUTFEST, 0689404                    S/Sgt John M. Florip, 36421886
2ND LT JOHN L. VERNON, 0848072                                S/Sgt  Earl W. Ringland, 39558405     
2ND LT ROBERT F. LONG, 0747666                                S/Sgt  James M. Fod,  11024851
T/Sgt Leo J. Dombrowski, 32276406

2.  Par 3, SO #68 this Hq dd 30  April 1944  is revoked.

3.  So much of par 1, SO #76 this Hq dd 15 October 1943 as pertains to the 721st Bomb Sq (H) and reads, "Sgt Frederick A. Lauer, 12033730", is amended to read, "Sgt Frederick A. Lauer, Jr. 12033730"

4.  Having been asgd this Gp and reptd this Hq 2 May 1944 fr 47th Wing, APO 520 in Compl with par 2, SO #87 Hq 47th Wing dd 2 May 1944, th fol named O's & EM (Crew) are further asgd to the 720th Bomb Sq (H).

1ST LT KENNETH E. BOOTH, 0793047                                S/Sgt  Frederick J. Drake,  32588194
F/O JESSE O. REESE, T61796                                               Sgt.  John Balma,  39414019
2ND LT JULIUS GOLDSTEIN, 0712802                                Sgt  John Gural, 32752093
2ND LT ROSCOE G. EDWARDS, 0701580                    Sgt  Vernon A. Helms, 36636011
S/Sgt Ted O. Snyder, 18194726                                          Sgt Richard C. Hogan, Jr, 38416517

5.  Under Prov of AR 615-5 dd 30 June 1943 and upon recommendation of their orgn CO, the fol named EM, Sq indicated are promoted to the grades indicated (TEMP) eff this date:

HQ 450TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)

TO BE CORPORAL
Pfc John H. Sauvageot, 35754960

720TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)

TO BE STAFF SERGEANT
Sgt Norman J. Faoiz, 35551258

721ST  BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)

TO BE STAFF SERGEANT
Sgt Roy C. Hooper, 14156372

722ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)

TO BE TECHNICAL SERGEANTS
S/Sgt Oscar S. Bryant, 34449456                                          S/Sgt Jack H. Prescott, 14107944
S/Sgt Paul W. Boettcher, 36335690                              S/Sgt Frederick G. Miller, 32606230
S/Sgt Claude W. McKee, 18068663                              S/Sgt Edward O. Tinney, 16150572
S/Sgt Anthony J. Kosak, 31211476                              S/Sgt Lowell E. Root, 35157141
S/Sgt Dee R. Jones, 19174895                                          S/Sgt Jack Schafer, 16042636
S.Sgt Milie W. Biggers, 20810017

TO BE STAFF SERGEANT
Sgt Arthur W. Pine, 37652458                                          Sgt Stanley B. West, 11116525
Sgt Charles D. Engle, 35623108                                          Sgt James R. Hogan, 13026253
Sgt Rodman Z. Reade, 19181013                                          Sgt Bernard S. Weirzbicki, 12130715
Sgt Francis L. Gibbs, 11107870                                          Sgt Aurelio Madera, 39269826
Sgt Andrew N. Johnson, 39615159                              Sgt James T. Carmichael, 34705946
Sgt Robert F. Schipman, 14176481                              Sgt Louis N. Haren, 19179575
Sgt Marvin Neelands, 39953361                                          Sgt Edgar Huddleston, 37415218
Sgt Frank Corno, 39323746

TO BE SERGEANT
Cpl Paul B. Miller, 6249732                                            Cpl Earl L. Korndorffer, 18151141
Cpl Milas Sabrowsky, 1818924?                                          Cpl August J. Randerman, 38415386
Cpl Raymond G. Dewey, 170917?3                              Cpl Oakley A. Blandord, 36364405
Cpl Archie N. Broadway, 1417?395                              Cpl David Byington, 39690695
Cpl King Starkey, 12147191                                          Cpl Albert F. Apanavage, 13079439
Cpl Harold D. Bolerjack, 365?2697                              Cpl Henry R. Hunter, 18138308
Cpl Alfred F. Harris, 39122813                                          Cpl Federal F. DeAndrea, 33601240

TO BE CORPORAL
Pvt William L. Cassidy, 17071948                                          Pfc Charley R. Kite, 33537921
Pfc Glenn M. Stowers, 35655?44                                          Pfc Phillip Sheber, 36342923
Pfc Hillman F. Wright, 3472?488                                          Pfc Horace C. Jones, 13113474

TO BE PRIVATES FIRST CLASS
Pvt Levi Douglass, 36812864                                          Pvt Harry L. Hase, 37230408
Pvt John Terry, 38343177                                                      Pvt Louis Cisco, 36342567
Pvt Richard Peckham, 16061455                                          Pvt Marvin Hunter, 34685906
Pvt Paul J. Limbach, 365609?7                                          Pvt Richard F., Holub, 36650888
Pvt Alpha D. Weckbach, 35790691                              Pvt Joseph C. Brown, 36505988
Pvt Daniel J. Harris, 37611189

6.  Per VOCG 47th Wing, APO 520, the fol named O's & EM,  720th Bomb Sq (H) are placed on DS to Santa Cesarea Rest Camp for a period of five (5) days eff on or about 3 May 1944. Upon completion of DS, O's & EM will return to proper sta.

1ST LT GERALD M. FRENCH, 06?5248                                T/Sgt James A. Wood, 33341008
2ND LT RICHARD S. CUMMINGS, 0690059                    S/Sgt  Stanley J. Johnson, 3926618
2ND LT JOHN L. POLCE, 0669613                                S/Sgt  Elyn D. Roberts, 17154926
2ND LT JAMES D. CUMMING, 01703117                  S/Sgt Charles G. Felchner, 36441150
T/Sgt John L. Ward, 1415098                                            S/Sgt Howard J. VerDuin, 36276762 By order of Colonel MILLS:


OFFICIAL:                                                                                                                                                                      C. J. DONOVAN


C. J. DONOVAN
Major, Air Corps,
Adjutent.



Information courtesy of Samuel Stein, 721st Squadron
 




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