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Show Fightin' Binghamites Report JBmi'. and Mrs. E. J. Householder TWednesday received a It tter from Heir son, Sgt. Jack Householder, Hhu participate.! in the Luzon Jtiv. Sgt Householder sent sev-Hal sev-Hal denominations of Jap Hyasicn money, with a caution LAuii'; try to spend it. It's just Ml- the Japs, no good." In de-(ci de-(ci v.,1.:' . ! ' iv t- i nces, JKck wrote: "We don't have am Bouble getting our clothing nshed. The people have been tfBaily starved and wear rags Hey will do any kind ol .'.oik iHr food and clothing." S. 1 C Tony Gomez recently Wtotv Ims moth- i Iron i overseas that It lie :, si nine time Mill he had opportunity to mail a letter. Tony says he took part in the mva mil ol Luzon ami Mindann.t. The ship that Tony . en ,va one , ar old Jaimaiy 18 .'in! .' i - ha., net 11 u ith her gjnee the day -.In was launched. Tom ml to tell all his Bingham Bing-ham friends "Hello". JHdaptain Meredith Smith, U. S. arm ' !ia ;!.i. i. v. rote from Belgium Bel-gium . . . i iii !.! New Year that he coi.dm t. (I U o church ser vice- on Christina day. one in Belgium ami another in Ger many, which wen' attended by 205a oiil: rs. Captain Smith thanked Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mor-lev Mor-lev lor a Christinas package, which included .some candy, bor the first time since July 1944 Captain Smith is quartered in a home. w;t!i a Belgian imily. m-jftad m-jftad of a pup tent. The children, ..jj3Ses four and two years, enjoyed enjoy-ed Captain Smith's candy, the I first 'he youngsters had ever .tasted fWord was roet ied recently iltm .s 1 C Gordon Burke, quai ternia- t. r di l.-iom saying Gor dOl. had, taken part m the m vasion of Luzon and had come 'rough in good style. Pvt. John Shatter left Monday to report at Seattle, Wash., after 15-day furlough spent with Mr and Mrs. Frank Shatter. Ifpfe Emery Snyder, son of Mrs. Mitt ic Maxfiold Snyder, wrote his mother lroni a hospital in Ranee where he is recruiting ftfcun a leg wound, i'tc Snyder left his port oi embarkation six peeks ago. Pvt. Robert Davis finds infantry infan-try training strenuoii and hard going, he write-; from Camp Roberts. Ro-berts. Calif- oBMrs. Deon Barrett Boren of Copperfield received woid from her "husband Signalman 3 C Ellis Rli -V.I Boren. that his ship I'e- (Ctntly participated in a major nVal operation Seaman 1 C Matt Yengich ar (rived Friday night from San iTancisco on a la-day leave. Sjoc Osoro, who enlisted in the (tttai .he Oil ps in 1 lo.'emher, l!41. and trained at San Diego, Calif., Hs been promoted to platoon serg. mt m the Bacific, where he (fat;, served .me July. 1942. Hold" tt ot three pre ad, nti.tl unit cita ttons and five major battle stars, St participated in campaigns at Guadalcanal T.n e, a Saip.m and J Guam Bpoland E. Miller, son of E. A. Miilii .,: ih.. Copperton Cash (Man;.! .m..t Airs, Miller of Mid-$e. Mid-$e. ha.-, in en uiv-anced to the Hing of aviation machinist (aite, first class. A graduate of Jratigliam high school, he entered navy in September, 1942, and COT fed traming at the avia- (tidn machinist mate school at NOrman, Okla . before being sent ffcrseas, BPireman 2 C Ernest Martin . Prigmore was recently transfer-P transfer-P red to San Bruno, Call!., from San Diego. Calif. Gunners Mate ? C William A. Br.'iun telephoned Saturday ev- ening from San Diego, Calif.. where he is on leave alter duty in the Pacific. Recently transferred from Le-moore Le-moore In Id, Calif, u as Cpl. Wil liam K. Denver, who is now sta- g turned at March field, Calif Cpl Jack E. Nelson, somewhere some-where m France, writes that he (B enjoying his experiences and celebrated the New Year in .Pars, Jack - od that he was in touch with IM .Lai: Bee. now a witli the infantry in Belgium. and they wen planning on a meeting Tech Sgt. Axel Strand left fcdnesday after spending a 30 day furlough with Mrs. Agnes Strand and friends. He is en Kte to Tampa. Fla . where he will receive further instruction . in radar Axel has been stationed lJ two years m Newfoundland. (Continued on page eighO FIGHTIN' BINGHAMITES REPORT (Continued from page one) T. Cpl. Walter Leatherwood and Cpl. Jbhn Zembri left Wednesday Wed-nesday to report at Fort Bliss, Texas. They will remain at Fort A reunion on an island in the Pacific is of interest to Bingham-ites. Bingham-ites. Meeting at a football game being played by men from marine ma-rine divisions were three Leath-I Leath-I ernecki who call Highland Boy ' home: Pvt. Mike Gavich. son of j Mr. Mike Gavich: Pfc Mike Ger-bich, Ger-bich, son of Mrs. Steffie Gerbich: I and Pfc Frank Callen, son of Mrs. i Lucille Callen. Tech. Sgt. Joe Loverich, now at Sheppard field, Tex., visited last week-end with his sister. I Mrs. George Piedmont of Man-gum, Man-gum, Okla. Joe is doing ground work in the air corps. An accident recently put Pharmacists Phar-macists Mate 2C Willard Charles Nix in the U. S. Naval Hospital, Ward E. Bremerton. Wash., with B broken right leg. Willurd was riding a motorcycle with a pal when the vehicle was struck by I ;i car. Willard wrote his parents, I Mr. and Mrs George M Nix of Copperton, that the friend was i not hurt and the leg is mending nicely. Bliss two weeks, after which they expect to go to a port of i moarkation. Pvt- Kenneth Fullmer phoned his wife Sunday from Camp Hood, Texas. He asked to be re- inemhered to his Bingham ' friends. Petty Officer 2C Robert T. ' Krueger of Memphis, Tenn., con-tinueJ con-tinueJ SS an instructor in radar and radio and as chaplain at naval na-val air training center Pvt. Raymond Oliver, son ol Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Oliver of Lark, is reported in an English hospital for treatment of trench foot. Now listed as "prisoner of war of the German government", is First Lt. Oral B. Birch, 20, son of J Byron Birch, member of the faculty at Bingham high school and Mrs. Birch of Ifi27 14th East. Salt Lake City. His wife, Mrs. Marion Mazanis Birch, and daughter, born last New Year's Eve, reside at Sandy. Lt. Birch was reported missing in action November 21 He is a graduate of Jordan high school ind attended University of Utah. He enlisted in the army air forces forc-es in February, 1943, and was assigned overseas in July, 1944. after training in California and Texas. Hp was navigator on a B-17. B-17. His two brothers, also in service, ser-vice, ;ire T. Sgt. Rondo Birch, in the Pacific area, and Seaman 1 C Roscoe Shaw, aboard a navy transport in the Pacific. The latter lat-ter is a half brother of Lt. Birch. |