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Show Fightin' Binghamitcs Report (Continued from page one' Gunner 2C Leland E. Smith 'recently wrote his grandmother, Mrs. B C. Snyder, telling with i pride of his ship: "Today is March 20 and the third anniversary of the commissioning of BB27 the U.S.S. South Dakota. During the past three years the ship travel ed 192,423 miles. She crossed the Arctic Circle once and the equator exactly 30 times. She fought the Japs at Guadalcanal, searched out the Von Tirpitz with the British Home Fleet, and only a few weeks ago stood in towards Tokyo with the carrier task force j that introduced a few more Jap: to their ancestors. So on her third I anniversary we wish to pat her on the fantail, or wherever one pats a battleship, and say: "You sure have been around, Old Girl"! Sgt. W. E. Longfellow arrived Sunday from San Diego, Calif... for a furlough with his wife, the former Jayne McKcllar. Hi-; small daughter, Lynn Kami, of Copperton, and his parents, Mr, and Mrs. E. E Longfellow of Bingham. Jay Don Poulsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Poulsen, Copperton, was a member of the "SOS Sharpshooters", basketball squad which recently competed in an all-China tournament at Kunming, China. Teams from all branches of the service competed and troohies and individual a-wards a-wards were presented champions and runners-up. Poulsen is on duty with services of supply. China theatre, under the command com-mand of Major General G. X. Cheves. He is a graduate of the Bingham high school, class ot 1042, and also attended Utah State Agricultural college, lie-fore lie-fore entering the army, Poulsen worked for Utah Copper company. com-pany. Recently promoted to corporal is Ernest Keith Poulsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Poulsen of Copperton, who is now stationed sta-tioned at Assam, India. |