Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-27 | Page 13 | Utahn Serves with Yanks Building Road into Burma

r Utahn Serves With Yanks Building Road Into I nto Burma AN AMERICAN BASE ON THE INDIA BURMA FRONTIER FRONTIER FRON FRON- TIER Sept 25 Delayed UP IIrI- IIrI 1 American army by Indians and Chinese have hacked a roadway through the I jungle from India into Burma along which an attack upon the I Japanese may be launched The road already has penetrated I into enemy territory and Chinese soldiers led and trained by American officers are pushing the Japs back as construction pro pro- pro greases A substantial force of Chinese soldiers under the command of American Brigadier General Hay- Hay den Boatner of New Orleans Is is operating far in lit advance of the constructors Colonel Robert Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non of Salt Lake City Utah is chief of staff on General Boatner's staff Colonel Cannon was born in Salt Lake City August August 16 1901 a a ason son of the late Mr and nd Mrs Lewis M. M Cannon He is a graduate of the L D S high school in Salt Lake City and attended the University of Utah one year prior to acceptIng accepting accepting accept accept- ing an n appointment t tto to WestPoint from which he graduated in 1925 He served in the Philippines for three years and was stationed at atthe atthe atthe the University of Utah with the theR theR R ROT O 0 T C unit there from 1934 until until un un- til 1937 He has been serving overseas for the past 18 months His wife the form former rJ Josephine s hI e Riter and their son arid rid daughter JoAnne JoAnne 12 12 and Robert Jr 9 9 re reside reside reside re- re side at CoH Cottonwood l n in inH H Holladay