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Show Fightin' Binghamites Report Sy Sergeant Herman Kogan of CBgo. 111., a Marine Corps Jomba' Con esponi Inn Somewhere in the Pacific """"Delayed) The boy who was uppos : : ! : 'tiing but pack KJUipni' lit nit" -I'.ppiY bovs lOW W .'1 '!. !;:. Si leroisn: m actum ni Guam When tlii .Marines landed ni San beach, Private First Class Delbert 1! Davis. If, of Bingham J Canyon. Utah, was m a signal .ompany. His job was to help itow radio gear in cases for shipment ship-ment to the front lines. For five days, he stuck to his nrosaic task. Then, on the sixth W'lay, a strong force of Japs broke .hrough the Marine lines. Patrols - .Were formed to ferret out the nvaders Davis volunteered to jinn one )f these patrols as a rifleman, riis unit met a group of Japs preparing pre-paring to attack a medical sta .ion. In the fight the Marine pa- .rol's automatic rifleman was :hnt AlthMiuih he leiH tint lumHl- Seaman 2!C Frank Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Nelson of Lark, arrived Monday on 10-days' 10-days' leave from Great Lakes, 111. He is to report at Atlanta, Ga , to learn duties of a control tower operator. Seaman 1 C Carlyle Carter left Wednesday after five days with his wife and children at Lark. He reports at San Pedro, Calif. Recently graduated from radio school at Treasure Island, he is receiving overseas assignment. Cpl. Dewey Keith Miller of Boca Raton, Fla., arrived Monday Mon-day to spend a two-week furlough fur-lough with Mr. and Mrs. William Swainston and Mr. and Mrs- L. E. Stillman of Copperton and with his grandparents, Mr. and j Mrs. R. C Miller of Midvale. Cpl. j Miller enlisted in the army air ; corns October 31, 1942, and has studied radio and radar. This is I his first visit home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilcox of Lark received word from their son, Sherman, in the South Pacific, Pa-cific, that he has been advanced to rank of motor machinist mate 2C Gunners Mate 3C William Braun left Sunday to return to his ship at San Diego, Calif., after af-ter a four-day visit with Mrs. Bertha Nichols and Miss Kay Braun. Benny Paul Perea, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Garcia and a senior sen-ior at Bingham high school, has : received his call to report February Feb-ruary 17 for training in the U.S. navy. Pvt. Thomas P. Walker, who has been stationed at Camp Wol-ters, Wol-ters, Tex., visited in Lark Wednesday. Wed-nesday. He is temporarily assign-j assign-j ed to Fort Douglas. Mrs. Walker, the former Mary Beth Seal, ar-! ar-! rived from Palo Pinto, Tex., I Wednesday, and is at her home in Lark. Seaman 1C Max Seal, now I attending radio school at Norfolk. Nor-folk. Va., is to report at his ship in New York on March 18. Lt. and Mrs. Walter Bolic are I now at Baltimore, Md. Lt. William Sherrill Overson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Overson Ov-erson of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Lark, married Marine Grace Murphy of Washington, D.C, on February 6. Lt. Overson was awaiting overseas orders in Delaware when he and Miss Murphy decided upon a wedding Major Marvel G. Nell arrived February 15 from Fort Sill, Okla., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P Nell of Lark, until February Febru-ary 23, when he leaves to report 1 at Fort Ord, Calif. Coast Guardsman Kenneth Householder is visiting this week with his uncle, E. J. Householder Household-er and family. Lt. and Mrs. Horace Forshay arrived Wednesday evening from Frederick, Md. Lt. Forshay has been assigned to Dugway. .'d such a weapon since his days n "bo6t" camp. Davis picked it Tip and kept firing. He Stayed in action until lie .vas severely wounded by ma-mine ma-mine gun tire and until the memy assault w as shattered mong his victims was a Jap IBifficer. Throin;b his outstanding eour-ige eour-ige and complete disregard for ns personal safety, he assisted naterially m the success of the iatrol in destroying the enemy," ne Citation accompanying the Jtiward reads. ' Davis attended high school in Jinghain Canyon before joining ' he Marines. His parents, Mr. tnd Mrs. Frank Lamar Davis, ire Copperton residents. SgteNed"R. Chestnut, brother )f Mrs. Richard Da a-,. ; latum d in England . ith .i B- 17 bomb r crew, was recently promoted rom corporal. His sister reevnt-l reevnt-l received notice that her hro-I hro-I her's unit had received a pre-idential pre-idential citation. Seaman 1 C Barbara Cow dell ) if Cieai : . . i .-pi 'it the week-end vrfih Mr. and Mrs. E- J. Cowdell. Pfc Ben Culbertson, son of Mr. ind Mrs. Ben Culbertson of Cop-erton, Cop-erton, was reported slightly vounded January 19 in action in juzon, according to a telegram eceived Monday by his parents rom the war department. Pfc Emery Snyder, son of Mrs. J. C. Snyder, is reported recover-ng recover-ng from' a thigh wound at a hos litai in France. Grant Carrigan of Copperton eft Tuesday to report at Fort )ouglas. His wife aiul daughters ive at Copperton. Mr. and Mrs. ). F. Johanson entertained Mon-,ay Mon-,ay night for Mr. and Mrs. Car-igan. Car-igan. Members of the Carrigan amily who could be in attend-nce attend-nce included Mr. and Mrs. Geo-ge Geo-ge Carrigan of Union, Mr. and ItXB. Dale Johnston. Mrs Mullet Mull-et Densley, Tom Carrigan and rtr. and Mrs. Grant Carrigan. Pvt. Noel Copenhaver of Camp Handing. Fla., arrived home "uesdav to spend a 15-day tui-3Ugh tui-3Ugh with his wife and daugh-er daugh-er and his father, Sol Copen-laver, Copen-laver, and other relatives. Sgt. George Koukles, brother f Mrs Frank Zaccaria, arrived Yiday from Staunton, Va,. where Die received an honorable dis--harge alter tour years' service n the army. ' Marine Pfc Victor Contratto . arrived Mondav from Astoria. )re., on short turloiigh from the iavy air base Mo.M.M 1! C Venlell 1. .Jacob-on, .Jacob-on, former employee of Utah ! Copper company, spent Fi brillary? bril-lary? visiting friends in Bingham ; -anwi. He is enjoying a 38-day eav alter 22 months in the Med terranean tin aire He met Neil oorsberg m Bi.erte four months igo. Seaman 1C Gordon Jacob on also visited relatives and riends in Bingham with his irother while on leave from Ala-neda Ala-neda naval air station. The two vere honor guests at dinners ar- j anged last week by Mr and Ars. A. O. Jacobson and Mr. and Ats. Paul Miller of Copperfield Lieutenant Joseph F. Brown md Mrs. Brown have left for Vitus army air field, Altus, Okla., Ivhere he begins duty as an in-Itructor in-Itructor February 17. Lt Blown ind wife were honored February Febru-ary 7 at a family dinner given y Mr. and Mrs. H. K Brown of American Fork. Mrs. A. R. Bowl-iy Bowl-iy of Copperton attended. Kenneth Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kay of Copperton, ecently passed his petty officer's SSt nd was promoted to elec-! xician's mate 3 C He is on a de-itroyer de-itroyer in the south Pacific. ' Signalman 3C Russell Boren Wrote his parents, Mr and Mrs. SUis Boren, that his '"ship was j responsible for shooting down! ;:wo Jap planes during the invasion in-vasion of Luzon " t Cpl- and Mrs. Robert Detmers visited February 8 with friends in Bingham. Cpl. Detmers was on furlough from Fort Bragg, N.C. Hospital Attendant 1C Ross Pino completed 16-weeks' school at Farragut, Ida., and is now stationed sta-tioned at Bremerton naval hospital. hos-pital. He is in the eye, ear, nose and throat ward and finds his duties very interesting. Cpl. and Mrs. David Ireland who have resided in Las Vegas, Nov., the past two years, where David has been stationed at the Las Vegas air base, arrived in Bingham Monday. Dave reported for duty at Camp Kearns Thursday. Thurs-day. r |