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Show (Continued on page 5) home in Seattle. Washington, wrote History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion practically in the heat of battle. During the six-day six-day fight of the immortal battalion, bat-talion, McCollum gained his vivid viv-id impressions and Jotted down words and phrases of the emotions of the American doughboy dough-boy under fire. Later they were worked into enduring war verse. His story of the Battalion has sold over a million copies and he has recently completed a new book called ''Our Sons At War" in answer to his eighteen year old son's query, "Dad, what does it take to make a soldier?" "Our Post welcomes the opportunity oppor-tunity of circulating this famous "All American" book in Salt Lake City as an outstanding contribution contribu-tion to the valour of the American Ameri-can soldier who defends his nation na-tion in time of war," said Commander Com-mander Goff. "Our State Department Depar-tment has endorsed the book as our official Americanization theme for the year 1941, when once again our youth is answering answer-ing the call to arms." Vacationing On Coast Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown, 1339 Bryan Avenue, left this morning for California to spend a two weeks vacation resting at the beaches, Mr. Brown is local manager man-ager of the Sugar House branch of the Utah Power and Light Company. He expects to visit some of the Rotary clubs in the California cities in the interests of his duties as president of the Sugar House Rotary club. |