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Show our Binghamites Report H mm mm m I I - r,th the 11th Airborne Divis-Tok(, Divis-Tok(, (Delayed)- Pfc Lund McDonald of Bingham Ivoma paratrooper in the 11th ffborne division was selected rthe Honor Guard which es-rted es-rted General Douglas MacAr- i int0 the Japanese homeland. , W guardsmen were chosen r combat experience, time ov Ls and military initiative 1 m will accompany the general , Koughout all his travels in the ! 0t theater. Pfc McDonald was inducted to the army February 16, 1943 trained at Camp Roberts, m and graduated from the ,r! BennmM Jumpsehool Sep-1944, Sep-1944, Koine, overseas June 5, - - mother, Mrs. John Nystrom and friends. Neil has spent most of his two years' service in the Mediterranean Me-diterranean area serving in the invasion of France, Sicily and Italy. On September 4 in New York City Neil took as his bride S 3C Winifred Kliensick, a Wave Neil and his bride are spending their leave in Bingham. At the end of their leave Neil reports to Norfolk, Va., and his wife to Brooklyn Navy yard. RM 1C Keith Sullenger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Sul-lenger Sul-lenger left Thursday evening to report back to San Francisco following fol-lowing an 8-day visit with his wife and family. Ifge wears the Asiatic Pacific Lj Liberation of the Philippine Ebons. PSc McDonald's mother ides at 190 Copperfield. 'The following letter was re-(Dtly re-(Dtly received by Victory Flag iciety from John D. Bolic, Rdm i, stationed on Homonhon Is-H Is-H Philippines, dated Septem-j Septem-j 13, 1945: fer Victory Flag Society: Now that the censorship has wi lifted, I thought it would ! a good idea to take advantage Enclosed is some printed mat-r mat-r concerning this and surround-I surround-I islands. The information is iy interesting and has some story behind it which I think I will enjoy to know of. (fell, now that the war is over d peace is just about set in all AS Keith D. Mayne, U.S. coast guard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dew-ey Mayne of Copperton, left Wednesday to begin boot training train-ing at Alameda, Calif. T. Sgt. James Jones arrived September 12 from Camp Mc-Cook, Mc-Cook, Nebr., to spend a ten-day furlough with his wife and family. fa-mily. Pvt. Robert L. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Nelson was recently transferred from Shep-pard Shep-pard Field, Texas, to Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. S VC Horace Max Seal called his parents, Mr. and Mrs Horace Hor-ace M. Seal of Lark from Long Beach to say he is back from the Pacific and enroute to the east coast for further assignment. O ..odd we can all pray I d that a ended when it did that no more American lives I have to be lost for such a Beat cause- My folks are pretty consistent sending me the monthly edi-8 edi-8 of your news which has quite an inspiration and en Myment to me. To this day I Hep passing around my last jars' Christmas book among the Blows here and they say our Alle city is doing a wonderful iBt toward boosting the morale Jthe boys overseas. 1 have met Blot of fellows from large and Bill cities and yet they cannot B ' of anything compared to B Victory Flag Society. jA: the present words seem to BJ me so I'll close this short Bter and thank you all for the B work you are doing B tr.e home front. So long. B Sincerely, Johnny BPS Keep up the nice work B--" Charlie" and I'll bring Bhome a cute little Philippine B to add to your string of sec- Scheduled for early return to Bl'an life under the navy's mobilization program, Joseph Bpano Gallegos, seaman first B of 642 Ten-ace Heights, Btatly arrived at the U.S. Na- Staging Center, Pearl Harbor, BPi preparatory to return to BUmted States and final dis- JfrJohn Predovich, son of Mr. B Mrs. Peter Predovich of Mand Boy, member of the B!11 42nd Rainbow division I Bcvemn army, was award m Purple Heart for wounds rVed in participating in the Pje smash from the Hardt "Mains of France through the 2 heart of Germany to the n border. On May 26, 1945, 'Section of the president, wieh was awarded the Star medal for his cour-rUs cour-rUs act and devotion to his wnmn which resuited jn the PI of another man's life near urg, France, on January 26, n June 30 of this year J0vich was awarded the "j Oak Leaf cluster to the e Star medal for heroic a-IPjent a-IPjent in action on April By near Furth, Germany. JjVlch, as assistant squad accmpanied his squad 'he Regnits river with the f establishing a bridge-p bridge-p J the assault of the city I "J- Predovich, by his skill-(and skill-(and determined defense of LWgehead played an im-Part im-Part in the surrender of 4 ty of Furth and the capture fc number of enemy , f Hp also holds the Com-J"lantinian Com-J"lantinian Badge for sat-P01'formance sat-P01'formance of duty in "combat against the enemy. Cuntrolman 2,C Neil J2 arm-ed September 10 W0(1 30 days leave with his |