Lamson - Walter - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

 

There seems to be hardly an item of world news that does not  have a Waveland connection. Just now the island of Guam, away off  in the Pacific is talked of for a new Gibralter. This island,  which is about as large as Vermillion County and about the same  shape is important as a way station for the China Clippers, and  in enemy hands would cut us off from quick connection with the  Orient. Walter LAMSON with the Navy medical service at San Pedro,  California was stationed for a time on the island which has five  villages. A picture in the July issue of National Geographic  Magazine shows him giving first aid to a little Guamite, they are  called Chamorros, who has broken her arm. The caption says; "Now  don't fall out of the swing again." A paragraph from the text  which is beautifully illustrated says, "The pharmacist mate,  second class in charge the health department outpost at Agat, on  the west coast of Guam sets broken arms and treats many ailments.  He also vaccinates villagers, enforces health and sanitary  regulations and performs the duties of midwife if occasion  demands." -- typed by kbz

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Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, Aug 5, 1943

 

Ensign Walter LAMSON, mentioned Monday in an Associated Press  dispatch from NY as having received the Purple Heart decoration,  has been in the navy 13 years. He is a graduate of WHS and  enlisted soon after graduation. Ensign Lamson who was on a  destroyer sunk in the Pacific late last year was adrift six hours  on a raft before being picked up. It is presumed the Purple Heart  is for heroism during that attack. Lamson's mother, Mrs. Mae  Lamson is living with her daughter, Mrs. Vera Olson in  Indianapolis. He has two brothers, George B. Lamson,  Crawfordsville and Glenn of LaPorte. Lamson and his wife and  their 9-year old daughter visited relatives here in January. He  is now with a hospital unit in NY. -- typed by kbz