Show r ur Served on Cruiser Boise Battle 6 Jao JaD Shins J Jour rip our r fur were among the theof iol of the battered light cruiser Mr se A which came home from Solomon islands battle zone th i record of having aided Dicing cing six Japanese warships 4 a engagement 1 ie e B Boise ise at one time was wasI I eved eyed sunk as a a. result of the tUe le are Lieutenant Tile The ie I cJ Marshall Lee formerly of I I Cit City who received the tha I Across cross for heroism in the ac- ac I 1 Griffith seaman first fI Wellington C Carbon a a. r b bon o is Lieutenant tenant J. J G G. James E. E I put son of Mr and Mrs Rufe Ru- Ru fe r dolph B. B Washington evard Ogden I s Seaman aman Timothy Dyer son of I rand Mrs 5 Samuel E. E Dyer 1177 2177 Lincoln street Ogden lieutenant Lee Le is a son of Mrs Lee 1283 East C Ci 3 1 Marshall I South Temple street and Major Alva Lee on duty with the army in Washington D. D C. C 1 Mr Griffith is a son of Evan Even I I Griffith and Mrs Agnes Griffith Grif Grif- hUt Wellington Lieutenant Lee 28 was born In San Francisco and attended wS w S S 5 S 'S 4 S 4 S I rI S 7 f S 1 1 S S 54 S S SS S MS 1 S S S S SS S S S S S RECEIVES DECORATION FOR ACTION ON nOISE BOISE Lieutenant John Marshall Lee Graduate of Annapolis I Ithe r- r the Wasatch grade school In Salt Lake City and Bryant junior junior jun jun- br high school his mother said Friday I He attended high school in Baltimore spending his summer vacations in Salt Lake City andIn andin and andIn In 1931 he entered the United States naval academy at An An- He was graduated in 1935 as third man of his He has been on active duty with the fleet since graduation John always loved the sea when he was a boy his sister Miss Cary Gary Jacquelin Lee 1283 East South Temple street said Friday after both she and her mother first learned that Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Lee had been awarded the medal It certainly is thrilling exclaimed exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- ex- ex claimed Miss Lee and we are S proud of him We are expect- expect Continued Continue on Page Pale Four Column Two 2 Fought On Boise Continued Page One ing a 8 telephone c call ll from him soon In October 1941 Lieutenant Lee married Miss Hope Blandy daughter of Rear Admiral William William Wil Wil- liam Henry Pernell Blandy chief of ordnance of the United States navy She now resides in Wash Wash- ington D. D. D C. C with h her r family According to Mrs Leer Lee Lee her law in flew td tot Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia Pa Thursday night to tobe tobe tobe be with Lieutenant Lee The last time his sister an and I mother saw Lieutenant Lee was wasat wasat wasat at Honolulu in December when they visited aboard l the U S S Boise Lieutenant Lee is the grandson of the former United States district judge John ohn A. A Marshall Mrs who ha had four sons in the armed forces was overjoyed at hearing from Melvin Im so glad giad my son is safe but more than that I am proud of the part he took in the fight she said I cant can't get over over how proud I am ani and I cant can't wait to hear all the details Two of her sons Lloyd and andRay andRay andRay Ray Griffith have been reported missing in action on Corregidor The fourth son LeRoy Griffith is serving on a submarine in the Pacific Melvin Griffith was born June 7 1924 in Castlegate and attended attend attend- ed schools in Carbon county until he was 17 17 when he joined the navy From the time he was a a small Joy oy y he wanted to be in inthe inthe inthe the navy his mother recalled Melvin Griffith also took part partin in the battle of the Coral sea his mother reported I thought for a time that he was lost You have no idea how happy I was to learn that hat he is well she saidI saidI said I 1 hope I 1 wont won't have to lose another boy in this war |