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Show Ightin1 Binghamites Report L Leonard Earl Cuthbert v to report back at ieral hospital, Menlo . after a 30-day fur- Sh spent with his parents, and Mrs. Leonard Cuthbert. yjj petty Officer G. O. . ived an honorable ,m the navy at Shoe-., Shoe-., after two years' arrived home Aug- ;urd has been received that Barbara Cowdell of S has been transfer-from transfer-from San Francisco to Bal- park. r T. 3C Gunerious (Gid) Ks Jackson, son of Mr. and James Jackson of Copper-is Copper-is home on 20-day leave af-19 af-19 months in the South Pa-t Pa-t fie reports August 20 at t Island. Calif. Gid says he one Bingham boy during his ,els in the Pacific: MM 3C Vardakis and Water Ten- j Jackson happened to be in j ian and at Guam at the same 's a new rating for Frank son, son of Mr. and Mrs. (in of Lark, who is a control operator third I at Vernalis, Calif. eaman 1 C Horace Max Seal phoned from San Diego, if. on August 2 to tell his s, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Seal ,ark, that he was leaving for Pacific. lief Gunner's Mate Elden mer Peterson leaves Friday i report at Los Angeles Mon- - w Marine Pfc Joe Compagno, A h!'rb!Sa at thl "aval hospital hos-pital at Oakland, Calif , the past 10 months, wishes to be remembered remem-bered to his friends. R T 1C Jack B. Latimer, who completed two months' refresher course at Treasure island and j was then assigned to a ship at Boston, had a one and one-half tiour stopover Saturday at Og-clen, Og-clen, where he was met by his wife LeJeune Latimer and Mr and Mrs. S. J. Granquist, Walter uranquist, Lorraine Caulfield and Mrs. Joseph Granquist. BM 1C Del Shannon visited Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson and Mrs. Shirley Jensen at Copper-field Copper-field over the week-end. During his 37 months stay in the Aleu-tions Aleu-tions BM tfC Shannon became acquainted with Coxswain's Mate Gordon Jensen. Pvt. Floyd H. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox, Copperton, is enrolled in the AAF Training Command's basic airplane and engine mechanics course at Kees-ler Kees-ler Field Biloxi, Miss. The course will extend over a 76-day period during which time he will receive instruction and actual experience in aircraft maintenance. This training will prepare him for entrance into a specialized course where ground crew students will receive additional ad-ditional instructions in maintenance mainten-ance and trouble snooting. The training program he is following which in addition to maintenance, includes instruction in fundamentals, electrical svs-tems, svs-tems, structures, fuel and oil systems, propellers, instruments, hydraulic systems, engine operation opera-tion and basic airplane inspection. londay Mrs. John Nystrom re-rL re-rL a telegram from her son, I Controlman 2iC Neil Fors-l Fors-l at Norfolk, Va., stating that expected to be given leave to le home in September. Neil sted in the navy August 3, i. and has a most interesting ird, having served in the utian islands, South Pacific, una, England, North Sea,- in Normandy and Cherbourg isions, in North Africa and Mediterranean. His only re since entering service was four days in July, 1943. and Mrs. J. T. Davis of vale, formerly of Bingham, r from their two sons in the y regularly. Pfc Craig S. is is with a unit which won residential citation on Saipan. service the past 26 months, ig served in the Pacific 16 1 iths. Cpl. John T. Davis wears campaign stars for partici-on partici-on in action in Italy, France Germany. John's four years ne army includes 19 months' 'ice in Europe. erving with the marine arm-I arm-I division on Guam, Gus cn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bus cn of Salt Lake and husband the former Pat Mannion of iperton, has been promoted sergeant. He has been over-s over-s since December, 1944. jB8W 1C Gerald (Buster) lock is spending a 31-day 'e while his ship is being reed re-ed for further service and spent many days in Copper -. where he formerly lived. ""Jgh Gerald has seen console con-sole combat duty, he says thoroughly enjoys navy life. Pi. and Mrs. Thomas Camer-and Camer-and daughter Caroline, Mr. Mrs. Dominic Perrelle and 'v. Mrs. Nick A. Yengich .daughter Kay Arlene spent "ay Picnicking in Provo can- Pfc Roy E. Bartell, who had the opportunity of visiting many points of interest in Italy, has written his mother, Mrs. Alena Bartell, Salt Lake City, that he ! will be home any day. He has been in the army two years. Pvt. William Hugh Huebner. a furloughed soldier reinducted July 30 at Fort Douglas, spent i Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E Huebner of Copperton. Cop-perton. Pvt. Scipio LeRay Kenner arrived ar-rived July 29 from a naval hospital hos-pital at Farragut, Ida., to spend a 33-day furlough. Wounded while behind the Jap lines at Okinawa, Pvt. Kenner was evacuated, evac-uated, arriving in San Francisco June 17 and sent to Farragut. He was with a party of 60 American Am-erican marines taken to a mountain moun-tain resort in Canada for two weeks as guest of the Canadian government. A son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kenner, LeRay has completely recovered from the leg injury he received but is to report back at Farragut on expiration ex-piration of his furlough for a checkup. Expected to arrive Sunday in Salt Lake City is Seaman 1;C William K. Andreason, who has been in the Pacific since January. Janu-ary. Mrs. Andreason and small son Kit have been in San Diego the past month awaiting Seaman Sea-man Andreason's arrival. Pfc Victor G. Cordova, an ex-bantam ex-bantam weight boxing champion; of Colorado and son of Joe Cor- j dova, is now a personal body guard for the firt calvary brig-1 ade commanding officer on southern south-ern Luzon. With the initial troops i to enter Manila on February 3 j of this year, Cordova is a yeter-, an of four campaigns with the first cavalry. He saw action in the beachhead landing of Los Negros in the Admiralties and r.Mvte in the Philippines- Prior j furlough with his family f months overseas. w and Mrs. George Conish sunday evening enjoying at the home of his mo-r mo-r Mrs. Matt Conish. aman l c Ira Jay Forman Wednesday from San '"Cisco to visit nine days with and her parents, Mr 1 M,'s William Ray. t i D " . Pete Badovinatz, whose djrj8 overseas service in-eit in-eit 7,mnths in the Mediter- theatre and earned him fjugn .tars in France, Italy, jf Tand England, arrived , 'uesday night to spend ayg with his mother, Mrs. st Badovinatz of Highland tm a sister, Mrs. Clyde Het-laK; Het-laK; ancl a brother, Joe Bado- L, .?te was met at Charles-"fWh Charles-"fWh Carolina, by his wife, 'wmer Jennie De Fae of in ,'tnd his daughter, Linda who returned to Utah with 1 1.,;111 the medical corps, jusi .completed a two-month 10 England. Jjng toleaveAugust 12 to , r,13,"1 k at Camp " Plauche, arir!?ans. La., First Sgt E! chck" Allias has had I Sy, visit with his mother, Allias, and other rela-ict5d rela-ict5d friends. He is an in-j basic army subjects. I to becoming a bodyguard, Ptc Cordova was in charge ol a machine ma-chine gun team. He entered service ser-vice on January 24 1942 and took basic training at Foit KUty, Kansas. He was later sent to Fort Bliss, Tex. He sailed with the initial cavalry June 2, 1943. Cpl Steve Amicone left Saturday Sat-urday morning to return to Camp Howze, Tex., after a 20-day ui-lough ui-lough He visited his brother, Pfc James Amicone, who is enjoying en-joying a furlough with relatives in Midvale following eight months m the European service. Lt John K. Madsen a Bingham Bing-ham high school graduate and son of M and Mrs. Rulon Mad- : con of Sandy, visited friends m : B'inghanf'Monday. With the England's largest POt iouui two days before V-E day F& 'orf Dibble hospita Shing m Salina canyon and vis lUtconimued on page eight. Fightin' Binghamites Report (Continued from page one) Pvt. Douglas "Popeye" Error' writes from Dornstadt, Germany,! that he was recently transferred from the super sixth armored I division to the Third armed division di-vision and likes his new outfit. The conveniences of home, more j frequent changes of clothing and comfort, which were unknown in the field and during combat are being enjoyed by men now : quartered in Germany. A brother broth-er of Nick and Ray Errvr of Midvale, formerly of Highland Boy, Pvt. Error says that there is nothing definite about the ' future assignment of the "Spear head" Third armed division. With the XIV army corps on ; Luzon Veteran of four campaigns, cam-paigns, Sergeant Marcy T. Mar- 1 tin. 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Martin, No 6 Wolfe Yard, has completed his twelfth month overteu. As leader of a 4.2-inch mortar squad with the 85th Chemical Mortar battalion, Sergeant Martin Mar-tin has fired thousands of rounds of high explosive and white phosphorus at Jap concentrations throughout the Pacific He ll authorized to wear the Asiatic-Pacific Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon with, four combat stars for New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, Leyte, and Luzon, and the Philippine Liberation ribbon awarded by the Commonwealth government with two additional stars. Sergeant Martin can tell ex-citing ex-citing stones of the U-day landing land-ing on Leyte, the siege of Manila, Ma-nila, the fall of the walled city of Intramuros and Ft. McKin-ley, McKin-ley, and the mountain fighting on southern Luzon Ensign John E, Barrett, stepson step-son of Mrs. J J, Barrett and a former safety expert who occasionally occas-ionally visited Bingham Canyon, wrote July 22 from Wilmington, Calif., to advise that he was back from a 26,000 mile trip into the Persian gulf and around Africa. He described Egypt and the Suez canal, remarking that he could never forget the view of the delta of the Nile, fishing boats, old encampments, canal boats, Italian fleet at Bitter lake, the administration building at Port Said, the beautiful golden sunsets sun-sets on the Nile and the really red sunsets on the Red sea William W. Pearce, son of Mrs. Michael Pearce, Salt Lake City, and formerly of Copperfield, went into the army as a member of the Enlisted Reserve corps in April, 1943, upon graduation from the engineering school at the University of Utah. He received re-ceived basic training at Jeffer son barracks, Mo., after w'hich he received special training at University of Kentucky at Lexington, Lex-ington, Ky. Lt. Pearce was commissioned com-missioned a second lieutenant in the engineer's corps at Fort Bel-voir, Bel-voir, Va., in April, 1944. In Octo-I Octo-I ber of that year he was sent overseas, ov-erseas, He received two bronze stars for participation in battles. At the present Lt. Pearce is serving ser-ving with the Fifteenth army of occupation in Europe. i . i Kenneth R Poulsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Poulsen of Copperton, received his cap-; cap-; taincy June L 1945, and is now j stationed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The crew members of ! the Eighth Air Force await fur-! fur-! ther orders following their re- turn from 15 months overseas duty. Captain Poulsen holds the distinguished Flying Cross air medal with five oak leaf clusters, the presidential citation and completed 32 missions over Ger- many before his return on June i 1 for a 39-day leave spent in Copperton. Mike Koukles, brother of Mrs. Frank Zaccaria and George , Koukles, was promoted to the i rank of captain during July at Zamboanga, P.I. Inducted in April, 1941, Captain Koukles has 1 been overseas 41 months. He was a member of the first officer 1 candidate school graduated at I Sydney, Australia, and belongs to the famous 41st division, once the Oregon national guard, which fought more campaigns, made ; more beach heads in the grim Pacific war than any other divis- ion. It is not surprising that these Jungleers have also gathered the most combat citations, awards and decorations: 1,201; and cancelled can-celled the greatest number of .laps. 18,000; and taken more prisoners, 2,000. Mike is known ! to have taken part in Buna, Hol- landia, Iatape and Philippine ' campaigns. For a Yank who be I gan at the bottom of the ranks, 1 Captain Koukles has done better bet-ter than well. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hudson i of Copperton received a picture I this week of their son-in-law, Second Lieut. Elliott H. Land-heim, Land-heim, and his entire crew, which I was taken when they were chosen chos-en by a board of officers for outstanding out-standing performance and efficiency effic-iency of a B-29. Lt. Landheim is the pilot S. 2C Marjorie Brimhall had a nice visit one day this week with AMM 2C Otto Charles Hudson in Alameda. Calif., where both are stationed. Mrs. Brian Farley received word this week that her brother. Pfc Allen J. Doty, who has been overseas 2 1 2 years, will arrive home Friday. S. 1 C William K. Groves arrived ar-rived home last Saturday for a 26-day leave William has three battle stars for major battles in Leyte, Luzon and Palua and di-rectly di-rectly to the Philippines. He has also been in the Marianas and Saipan. |