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Show Page! 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, August 14, 2008 Under kamikazi attack at sea home in Wallsburg. This week, Richins describes the terror of the Japanese kamikaze (literally "divine wind") attacks. The kamikaze was a devastating devas-tating weapon, a morale killer. There's an airplane diving at you at 350 to 400 mph, and in order to stop it, you Just about have to hit it dead center. Fortunately, the Japanese airplanes didn't have much armor ar-mor on them, no protection for the mt. That's how the pilots could maneuver the planes so well they were light. When hit directly, most of them would burst into flames. The Japanese also had torpedo tor-pedo boats, and five of them came after us in Leyte Gulf. We sank them before they hit us, but suicide planes attacked a sister ship, the Ommaney Bay, a small carrier made by putting a deck on the superstructure of a Liberty ship. Its' hanger deck was open while it was refueling and rearming its airplanes, as were the magazines. One suicide plane came down, and there was a series of explosions. The ship stayed afloat and a lot of the men got off, though it was listing way over to the side. I saw men jump off the flight deck into the water. We launched a whaleboat and picked up 25 of them, something a battleship normally didn't do. A damaged ship is considered consid-ered derelict at sea, a menace to navigation. A destroyer was sent over to torpedo it and sink it. The New Mexico was hit by kamikazes, but never a torpedo. torpe-do. On the 6th of January 1945, we landed at the top end of the Philippines, at Luzon. We had just secured from morning general quarters (all alert), and I had the watch. Other people went down for their meal. The kamikaze hit the starboard star-board side, hit a guy wire that runs from the aft to forward, and turned right into the bridge, about 50 feet below me. There it exploded (it was carrying car-rying napalm) and kiHed our captain, along with 28 others. After exploding on the bridge, it went on down and hit a 20mm mount just below, then bounced off and hit a quad 40mm mount. Then ft hit the scupper (a gutter that goes all PIN(N(KCLE ... , ' """'T , f ' t'i . ; Lt us fftuJ ttoe , Any price rang, f ill. ?t t ..' 1 -l?IlLMl-MUUJtli' Vs'iVidi A y Edltor't note: This Is the fourth and final article in a series about Lavell Richins, a one-time resident of Utah Valley who now makes his the way around the ship) and fell into the water. But we never lost our fire efficiency. We repaired everything every-thing and still kept firing at our assigned target, before the Marines landed on the Philippines. Philip-pines. On the 12th of May, we were attacked by two suicide planes off Okinawa. The first came in off the bow. One of our 5-inch shells hit it underneath and lifted it high enough to clear the ship. It went off the fantail into the water and blew up. The next suicide plane came in on the starboard side and the base of the stack. It took out a platform where the 20mm guns were mounted, took out a 5-inch gun, then knocked a 30-foot hole In the base of the stack and disabled three of our four boilers (there's a boiler for each screw). A lot of the shells from the Japanese plane went down into the tubes and into the fireboxes, where they exploded. About 55 of our men were killed and 50 wounded. The chow hall also served as an emergency hospital. After dark, my buddy and I walked into the biggest mess I've ever seen in my life. We were literally liter-ally walking in blood, and I'll never forget the smell. Also, the torso of the Japanese's body had been embedded in the stack, and the scent of burning human flesh is very strong. We all did our jobs to put the fires out and clear the debris, but anybody who says he was not scared is a damn fool. You are scared, but something else takes over you are trained to do a job. Then your fear turns into hate of the enemy, and you want to get even. A repair ship came alongside and rebuilt part of the ship. It got our boilers going, and we wert book up to full power again In about 10 or 15 days. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digitally ' recbrflTthelr memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. For Instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton at don.norton.byu.edu. - '- f : Own a small business? Ready to start one? Discover why so many Utah County businesses use With every capability you need, we stand ready to serve. Call 222-9006 UVU students travel to Namibia Na-mibia for Podcast Katutura Project Two UVU Digital Media students recently travelled trav-elled to Windhoek, Namibia, located in southwest Africa, as part of a humanitarian project called Podcast Katutura. Emily Hedrick from Salt Lake City, Utah and Brittney Asper from South Jordan, Utah worked closely with Namibia native Vicky Matjila, a student at Polytechnic of Namibia, to organize and produce a podcast for a community com-munity radio station, Katutura Community Radio 106.2 FM. The podcast is the first of its kind in the African nation. The foundatioas for the project began a little over a year ago when UVU's Digital Media Department and the Polytechnic of Namibia began working on the Digital Namib-ian Namib-ian Archive Project, which is a project focused on digital imaging im-aging and digitizing Namibian images, documents, films and books that have been locked away in the national archives. The Digital Namibian Archive Ar-chive Project opened doors for other student -driven projects in Namibia and with the help of Michael Harper, an associate associ-ate professor of digital media JJt 1 i I i i Emily Marlowe NORTH COUNT STAFF I am still trying to process the fact that school bells will be ringing in just a few days. I always feel that the summer is over when school begins. I want to hang on to one more day of our daughter's homemade home-made snow cones, one more day of watching the kids run through the sprinklers and one more day of fresh fruit. But on the other hand I am ready for a schedule, earlier bedtimes and for the kids to pay more attention to learning learn-ing and to realize that life is not always fun and games. 1 am not looking forward to packing a lunch for all of our children and my husband every ev-ery day, because our children are food snobs, and feel that they are being punished if I make them eat school lunch. But, I am looking forward to making after-school treats. I love when our children walk through the door after tfa mm m g$ $ $m( Western1 Western Community Bank. nTTiTYinTlltV 57 mm ti mm at UVU, the Katutura Podcast Project began to take root. In addition to Hedrick, Asper and Matjila, the Podcast Katutura Team also Included UVU student Mary Lynn Lunden from American Fork, Utah and Whitney Ransom, a student at Brigham Young University. Before flying to Africa, the Podcast Katutura Team worked to raise funds for supplies and equipment for Katutura Community Radio. Through the help of the UVU Digital Media department and The Friends of Namibia, a student stu-dent club at UVU, they were able to provide KCR with a used iMac, as well as some other equipment necessary to produce radio podcasts. In Namibia, Hedrick, Asper and Matjila worked with the staff of KCR, providing training train-ing and assistance with the production of the podcast. The students created a template tem-plate for the podcast, mock-up models, album art and a technical tech-nical manual for the staff. "We've developed a close friendship with the KCR staff and had the most amazing experience in working with them," said Hedrick, "Our hope is to see podcasting grow and be used in other developing develop-ing nations as a more efficient communications tool." Matjila will continue to . work with KCR in Namibia to develop and maintain their radio podcasts. Hedrick and school and say that they could smell a treat baking from all the way outside. I love the smiles, the hugs and the appreciation ap-preciation the kids have when they come home to a yummy snack. Some days the snack is as simple as cheese and crackers, some days it is a brownie and milk, and other days it is very special pie. This pie recipe was shared with a group of us at a PTA meeting a couple of years ago. The meeting may have lasted too long and been a bit boring but the recipe made it all worth it. I will be serving this pie for an after-school snack on the first day of school. I will leave the strawberries off the bottom of the pie and simply place them on the top for those kids that like strawberries, strawber-ries, (we have one son that would not touch strawberries with a 10-foot pole.) But no matter if the berries are on the bottom, the top or you don't use berries at all, this recipe is one that you will want to keep and make time and time again. There are many different variations you can do with this pie. Experiment Experi-ment and until next week's batter chatter, may your sum mm tad tit jeuMk fat V J Bank Life's needs. Life's bank." l!WWeo""u",TTMH-co" w mora & yts.--"- Asper will give a presentation on their experiences at the New Media Expo which takes place Aug. 14-16 in Las Vegas, Nev. UVU students find success in Washington D.C Some Utah Valley University students and alumni are wrapping up summer internships for a variety va-riety of government offices In Washington D.C, and have even landed jobs in the offices of Utah Congressmen. Nathan Gambill from Provo, who graduated from UVU in 2008 with honors in political science, is currently interning for Utah Senator Robert Bennett's Ben-nett's office doing legislative research. After his internship is completed, Gambill plans to go to law school. Gambill scored in the 98th percentile on the Law School Admissions Test and has been accepted to the University of Michigan Law School and Duke University Univer-sity School of Law. A UVU accounting major, Rod King, from Orem, Is an auditing intern at the Department Depart-ment of Defense Office of the Inspector General. This summer sum-mer he traveled to Colorado, Delaware and New Jersey for field research. King also spent time working in the Pentagon and was offered a job upon graduation. Karilyn Henshaw from Orem, who graduated from UVU in 2007 in accounting, had applied for an internship mer memories never fade and your school year be the best one yet! I can answer your questions and share your recipes reci-pes with our readers if you . contact me at emilymarlowe connect2.com. Surprise Pie Crust 1 1 12 cups flour 1 12 cup powdered sugar I 23 cup melted butter Riling I 34 cup sugar 14 teaspoon salt 1 13 cup cornstarch I 2 cups milk I 4 egg yolks, beaten 1 12 teaspoon vanilla I 34 cup sour cream (I use light) I 2 cups strawberries sliced (If you are using frozen berries, ber-ries, make sure you drain them very well I The extra liquid from the berries will make your pie mushyl) Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees Mix the flour and powdered sugar together. Add the butter. Mix together and press mixture i . ii 1- RADIO Ate try to Vet tout p,sl ), U1 : C NOW with Full Streaming i Audio on the Web FAr."LYariATi:;:::::r3 hm on tht Family .........Dr. km Dobson M-f U Noon I m pm Family Ufi Todty Dr. Denms lalney M-f ( am ISat i am. 13 p.m. MoMjfUfl Chid fattfy M6:30 p.m. I (;30 a m. 1 5:30 pjn. Complete program schedule and listener comment opportunity on our web ilte or phone us for a copy of our schedule! KEYY will not add your name to any mailing lists. iCv t 11 'yeufidvertlsa? - in Utah Senator Orrin Hatch's office, but afterwards was invited to apply for an open staff position in his Washington Wash-ington DC. office. Henshaw was hired for the permanent position and now assists the Senator in responding to his constituents. Other students in Washington Washing-ton D.C. this summer included UVU junior Trent Bennion, a business major from Orem, Utah who is interning at the Republican National Committee, Commit-tee, and Sabrina Benally a UVU accounting major who is completing her second internship intern-ship at the Department of the Treasury. "It's a great experience for students to learn about a career ca-reer to see if that's what they really want to do. It also gives students a chance to network and meet people in their field," said Marsha Haynes, UVU director of internship services. "Internships are good for the employers also because they find excellent employees. The reports we get back from employers indicate in-dicate they are very pleased with our UVU students." Haynes hopes many more students will take advantage of these internship opportunities opportuni-ties in the future. For more information or to schedule an appointment with Marsha Haynes, contact UVU career services 4 student employment em-ployment at 866004 or esse uvu.edu. into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool. Combine sugar, salt, and cornstarch corn-starch in medium size saucepan. sauce-pan. Slowly whisk in milk until smooth. Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute then remove from heat. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into beaten egg yolks. Pour back into pan and cook for 2 minutes more. Do not let the mixture boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, fold in sour cream. Cover and cool to lukewarm. luke-warm. Line pie shell with sliced strawberries straw-berries and pour filling over berries, or fill with pie shell with filling and then slice fresh berries ber-ries over the top when you are ready to serve. I would suggest doing this if you are not planning plan-ning on eating the pie all in one serving. This would help the pie to last longer, as berries go bad fast. Chill well before cutting Into wedges. You can use many different items in this recipe. Maybe you would like ... Chocolate chips, M&M's, mixed berries, raspberries, raspber-ries, bananas, butterscotch chips, toffee chips, chopped snickers candy bars, nuts, apples. Let your imagination go wild. ttfl -I i ir.fil) ,1: 4 i hi ii, A4vrrturwlnMyNy u r CJVI P. - a g r.SSKSi i C tEnEspanal AM l, n RACHG - v Crtftc |