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Show the column when we w, Lt. Mendenhall's Mr. and Mrs. S. L. MenL He was a member Canadian Air Force. four imssions over Eur transferring to the Tj o T Forces." ' , " At Dee Barney Goes To The Navy Dee Barney, son of Mp John H. Barney, ief t TJ m for theNavy. He is San Diego, Calif. Utl0Ilc 1 Joe Barney, s 2c Home On Leave Joe Barney, s 2c io v, the Navy visiting his tf; and Mrs. John I Bar wife and other relatives u 'J been stationed at Fort p Lt. Howard Salisbury Home On Furlough Lt. Howard Salisbury .,k stationed at Memphis Tel " assistant to the Senior Shore? rol, M spending a fewd e p'' lough with relatives and I I , here. He is to return Z In addition to his militarv ', Lt. Salisbury is church for L D. s. servicemen t Memphis military area. Cpl. Royal Oakes Now In Austria Cpl. Royal Oakes recently . joyed a somewhat hurried , across France and Germany I is now located in Austria in short and well-earned rest. VIrs. Keith Butler Hears From Husband Mrs. Keith Butler, the tm, Fern Jensen of Mapleton, has ceived word from her husband lb he has arrived safely on Luzon, H is a corporal in the Army. Armed Forces Teresa Sumsion S. C 3c Home On Leave Teresa Sumsion S. C. 3c, is spending an eleven-day leave with her parents and friends here. She is with the WAVES, serving in the commissary at Corpus Christi, Texas. Dee B. Adams Is Now In Service Dee B. Adams left recently for the armed forces and is stationedl at Camp Wolters, Texas. Glen W. Garlick Gets Promotion Glen W. Garlick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Garlick of Mapleton, has been promoted to private first class, according to word received re-ceived from the Public Relations office. He was with the invasion in Normandy, northern France, and Germany. Local Men Among Those Commended England, V-E Day Among the 185,000 men and women of the Eighth Air Force congratulated today by Lt. Gen. James H. Doo-little, Doo-little, who assumed command of the Eighth in January, 1944, were Cpl. Bud W. Averett, Staff Sgt. Roldo L. Ollerton, and Sgt. Junior Jun-ior C. Sundblom. "I wish to extend my personal congratulations and my heartfelt appreciation to every one of you for the magnificent job you have done," Gen. Doolittle said in a message mes-sage to all personnel. Loc.al Air Corps Officer Gets Furlough Army Air Forces, Pacific Headquarters Head-quarters First Lt. Keith S. Men-denhall Men-denhall of Springville, Utah, a 7th AAF Liberator bomber co-pilot, has completed 40 missions against the Japanese in the Central and Western Pacific. He is now returning, re-turning, home for leave and reassignment. reas-signment. A veteran of 417 hours of combat com-bat flying since July, 1944, Lt. Mendenhall has . participated in bombings against Truk, Iwo Jima, Marcus, Yap, Woleai, Chici Jima and Haha Jima. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon with two campaign stars. "We flew against Iwo Jima 16 times in pre-invasion strikes," Lt. Mendenhall said. "Once we almost failed because of weather, and we considered that our toughest flight until we went to Truk on our 36th mission. "As we started our bomb run on a personnel area, the Japs threw up intense anti-aircraft -fire. Close bombs threw us off the run and large fragments tore holes in our right inboard engine cowling and through the floor of the waist section. sec-tion. "The engine didn't stop so we pulled around, making another run on the island. That time we got our bombs away, and we must have hit an underground ammunition ammuni-tion dump. Yellow smoke and debris de-bris went up so high we could see |