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Show Fightm' Binghamites Report . 'V Murine First Lieutenant James a Caulfield. 29. son of Mr. and Mrs Thomas J Caulfield of Bingham Bing-ham Canyon, has recently returned return-ed from duty as ordnance officer uith a Fourth Marine Air Wing unit in the Pacific, and is now stationed at the Marine Corps Air Depot. Miramar, Calif. Lieutenant Caulfield was bas-pri bas-pri in the New Hebrides before his squadron moved into the Marianas. Later he was based at i pearl Harbor. j A graduate ol Bingham high rschoul. where he played basketball basket-ball and baseball, Lieutenant Caulfield attended the Univer-sitv Univer-sitv of Utah, graduating in 1940. H,' enlisted for flight training in i42 a Seaman 2 C Nick Vardakis, son ot Mr. and Mrs Mike Vardakis Var-dakis of Lead Mine, arrived home Saturday from San Francisco Fran-cisco on 30-day leave The last stretch ot his two years' overseas over-seas Nick was near the Philippines Philip-pines 1 Pfc Delbert Davis, a marine whose 13-months service overseas over-seas included action at Guadalcanal, Guadal-canal, Saipan and Guam, arrived arriv-ed in San Francisco last Friday and telephoned his parents, Mr and Mrs Lamar Davis of Copperton, Cop-perton, that he expected a furlough fur-lough and would be home soon. Major M. Smernoff wrote his brother. H Smernoff of Conner- I pvt. Joe Ortego telephoned his brothei, Nachi'O Ortego, March 8 iHfiom Fort Old, Calif., to say he Hhad received embarkation order: H Pvt. Keith G. Draper arrived March 7 for a nine-day furlough. He has been at Camp Fannin, BTexl. and is to report at Fort MGeorgc .Meade, Md. Keith is a llsun of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Draper I Seaman 1 C George Anaunos- tukis of Camp Elliott, San Diego, Hlrft Maivli 5 after a two-day leave jHspent visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs James Anagnostakis. I I Seaman 1 C Eldon (Tim) Archi-Hbald Archi-Hbald telephoned from Seattle March St to let his parents, Mr. land Mrs. A. G. Archibald, know luf his transfer to a new ship. I I MM 2 C Orley Bills is now in the Aleutians. His wife and dau-' ghter Janice live with her par-! cnts, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bent-; afl Lt h Id i Barnett ami i- BsurpriM ! their parents, Mr. and p. I. E Barnett and Mr and Mrs. L. L, Durnford, all of Cop-Mkvriun. Cop-Mkvriun. bj their arrival Monday .Mir ::. Lake Charles, La , f..i a 15 IMtiays' visit. Lt. Barnett returns JMt Lake Charles for combat train-..' train-..' on the new A-2G attack II Eugene Rogerson, who is in 1 the merchant marine, wrote a letter dated March 4 which was EMtciiveil Monday by his parents, I.MMnle ,-., Mi- Ti,,,,n'i. D(fTnronl ! ton, lrom the General hospital, Paris, that the weather in France is much improved from last win- ( ter, that army surgeons are not as terrifically busy as they have been and that his own nealth is : excellent He asked to be remembered remem-bered to his friends. Soundsman 2 C K Nelson telephoned tele-phoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Nelson of Lark, from San Diego to say he was leaving soon for a post in the Pacific. K was in port eight days but was unable un-able to obtain leave to come home. His brother, Seaman Frank Nelson, is at Atlanta, Ga , learning learn-ing to be a control tower operator. oper-ator. Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. William T. Krueger and children, Beverly and Darrell. came from Cedar City Tuesday evening to spend remainder of his leave, until March 31, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Krueger of Copperton. Cop-perton. Lt. Krueger's LST ship was wrecked during the invasion invas-ion of Peleliu, the crew forced to abandon ship and sent home for new construction. The parents of Grant Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hickman, received word of the promotion of their son Grant to petty officer of-ficer 1 C. He is a crew member of a dive bomber in the Admiralty Admir-alty islands. Lt. Robert D. Goff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Goff of Copperton Cop-perton was recently awarded the air medal by Lt. Gen. George C. Iiinniiv niimrre.lnHor nl' "tir fnrppt; I .11 mill . u i 3 i 11, iiliti.' n"m i juii. t was the first news from Gene n several months. He has been iverseas for more than 12 months. Pvt. William W. Sylvester rrote his wife, the former Fran-es Fran-es Allen, that he landed in the 'hilippines February 23. Fireman 1 C Jim Serassio, sta-ioned sta-ioned at Oakland Supply depot, rrived home Saturday for a 19-1 ay leave given him because of k serious illness of his mother, Irs Beit Serassio of Lark. Storekeeper 3C William How rd Atkinson, stationed in New luinea, is a telephone operator n the largest switchboard on the iland Would you like to know why 1 of our enemy surrendered re- ly? Pfc Roy Bartell hasn't & the details of his activities patrol in the Italian moun- j ns, but this is an account writ-1 writ-1 by his buddv, Pfc Leonard vallo: "Roy was lined up with j assault squad which had plan-i plan-i to take a small mountain j ne reportedly occupied by the mty. Danger of machine gun ! was obvious. However, Roy wled up to the front of the Jse with a hand grenade, toss-it toss-it in and watched a Fascist struck by fragmentation. The ! strike brought out 11 prison-when prison-when bazookas, machine gun rifle fire failed to shake m If Roy's pitching arm holds he will undoubtedly do a ' deal of pitching for our i in the Southwest Pacific. Lt. Goff received the medal for eoura- ; geous and meritorious service. j Robert is pilot of a P-38 photo reconnaisance fighter plane in the Southwest Pacific theater of operations. Lt- Goff entered service ser-vice in February 1943 and has been overseas since June 1944. Sgt. Leon Malkogiannis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Molkogian-nis Molkogian-nis of Copperfield, has landed in the United State after serving with the army in the South Pacific Pa-cific for the past three years. Mrs. Paz Gallegos was surprised surpris-ed Wednesday morning when she received a telephone call from her brother, Sgt. Manuel Trujillo, who has returned to the continent conti-nent after serving three years overseas Sgt. Trujillo participated participa-ted in the New Guinea and Philippine Phil-ippine campaigns. He entered service in April 1940. Eddie Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Mann, has returned to Wilmington, Calif., for another assignment as a merchant marine ma-rine following a furlough home. Seaman 2C Bert Peck is now a mess cook stationed near Berkeley, Berke-ley, Calif. 6th Army Group, France In some of the roughest fighting terrain in the European theatre of operations, the 2nd battalion of the 442nd Infantry Regiment-composed Regiment-composed of Americans ol Jap- r ...... r,M.iO,iH in u.n mini give mis inio out New York Yankees, they may tempt to draft Roy at the spring Pbah meeting." Seaman 2C Gail Davies Farns-Wn Farns-Wn telephoned Tuesday from Permal, Calif., to notify his rents that he had completed a Burs' electricians training W1"'. 2,C K Robison, son of VOC and Mrs. Ted Robison of rt m has been sent to Gulf" lining S" fr furtner naval Pfc Jay a. Cheever writes m the Philippines that he has uVuT"' actin- The division wmch Jay serves is known to stationed in the hills clean -W M Japs. ffack Collins, son of Mr. and Rni, clhns of Sparks, Nev.. K7'y ol Bingham, was a it , I the 101st paratroop fcf ri 1 vvas trapped at Bas-fl Bas-fl Ks ,Jt was shot through tlj,e I i Kc , d ankles during the siege. V I ,. , " Patmt in an English piwi a graduate- of Bingham V school. Collins had begun 4' S0r,y,'ar at Northwestern e ciTaJ sch001' Chicago, be-eaUed be-eaUed to service. anese ancesiij i i ---front line combat high in the French Alps along the Franco-Italian Franco-Italian border. As part of Lt. Gen Jacob L. Devers' 6th Army Group, the battalion is sending out patrols I into the mountain wilderness, ex-, ex-, ploring enemy territory for signs of troop movements and weaknesses. weak-nesses. The Japanese-American battalion bat-talion previously experienced the difficulties of mountain fighting in Italy. In the so-called "Little Cassmo" line defending the approaches to the seaport ot Leghorn, it fought over mountain moun-tain heights so impassable that even mules could not be used to transport supplies. Supply men, tied themselves together with j heir own belts as they hauled : water, food, and ammum ion to their fellow troops. The lessons it learned then are paying off I n the present Franco-Italian border warfare. Slugging, its Wf Southern France into the Vosgis mounuuns. it played a great par ta the rescue o f the no famous i "i net Battalion of tins wai. mb -rs of the 2nd Battalion 1 442nd Infantry Regiment, include, ipfc Takeo Mochizuki and Cpl. Gene S. Suzuki- |