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Show 1 ;.: gur Servicemen . . "'. KVnU-A States Aivn of "'''''itiilitv 111 0''uln.v rri-wt rri-wt Class ltonald J. mm. i! , l'r ami Mrs. Julm K. Pratt H-o-it 4th South St.. reivnt-v,-i'at the C.iossen Quarter-lVpot Quarter-lVpot i Oiessen, Cot inany ( he is assijrnod ns SUx-k s ?? With the 7S;0th Quarter-l Quarter-l -:,r pt-pot 0 roup, r' vot0 Tratt joiiuM the- ArnuM ' June 25. 1S50. ana after his basic military training 1 the Supply Sehool at t Virginia, before coming o .he' Europe Coinand. e -JV his of duty time Private. ..'j piavs basketball ami base- io ,0,0 tUJoy!i nuiMk, partic. Neuluhore; Air I5mm. n ... i Mi'. Ilunnlerjet nml pinvs n United states Air Forces in Eu- Prior to his enlistment in the Air Lorce m January, 1951. Mad-sen Mad-sen attended the Brlgham Young University at Provo and was an net,vo member of the University", football and basketball team and student otfu-ers faculty. While in f"W? ?orcc8 he h received specialised training in the main-tonanue main-tonanue and operation of technics techni-cs weapons, and has been per-torming per-torming duties in that field nVArMlUTSen ia th0 son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay P. Madsen of 141 Kast Center. Kenneth Max Curtis, son of Mrs. James Curtis, has einlisted in the Navy, acording to report received re-ceived this week. He left on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, September 19, to take his boot training in San Diego, Calif Lt. Keith Mendenhall and wife and little daughter will leave next Ihursday for Alexandria Municipal Munici-pal Airport, near Shreveport, La where he will take jet training. Lt. Mendenhall with eight and a half yoars service in the Airforce, completed com-pleted 79 combat missions to Korea, Ko-rea, during the three vears he was stationed in Japan. With the 374 troop carrier wing, his plane was the first in Korea after the war began, going in to evacuate American Amer-ican citizens from the city of Kimpo. Mrs. Mendenhall and her daughter joined Lt. Mendenhall in Japan two years ago and their visit home is the first since she left. Lt. Mendenhall said that they were furnished with a fine home during their stay in Japan and had two servants. Both enjoyed their stay in the foreign country and made many friends. Lt. Mendenhall Men-denhall intends to make flying his career having served as a pilot during World War II. During his visit here, he called in at the Herald Her-ald office to express his appreciation apprecia-tion for the Herald, which he has received regularly while in the foreign country. Alvin Pate, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pate of-Mapleton, lost no time in calling in at the Herald to say thanks for the paper which he has been getting, being on his way home last Friday, when he called. Alvin is home for good, he hopes after serving a year in the Navy at Treasure Island, where he was called from reserve after , having served in World War H. William T. Duncan, Engineman 2nd Class on the Navy Fleet Tug, U. S. S. Arikara, which is at present pre-sent operating between Pearl Harbor Har-bor and Guam, sends the following item: "The Commanding officer of the U. S. S. Arikara lately received the bronze star for the services of his ship in Korea. The officer, along with the crew was commended for having maintained highly efficient standards during severe weather conditions, and within range of enemy shore batteries, and operating opera-ting in unchartered mine fields. The commendation was signed by Harry Truman.' It is very seldom a ship of this type receives medals or commendations. commenda-tions. The Arikara was attached to the Seventh Fleet, and was one of the very first ships to reach Korea after the beginning of hostilities. hos-tilities. Bill expresses his appreciation for the Springville Herald, which he has received in many ports, since he went into the Navy in October 1948. Mr. and Mrs. J. Larvin Campbell Camp-bell of this city this week received a letter from the commanding officer of-ficer at the naval base at San Diego, Calif., commending their son Alden Campbell as a squadron squad-ron leader. Alden has been at San Diego since July. |