Show Sailor Anxious to Even Score 1 1 For or Jap Sinking in Pacific Another Utahn with a score to toft settle against the axis is John Montrone 20 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Montrone Granger according according according accord accord- ing to an Asso ASSO A j. j z elated Press dis- dis J dis-J hi patch Thursday t I from San Fran Fran- Fran s cisco o Montrone a r e second class seaman seaman sea sea- I a man who enlisted enlist enlist- sea liI r 1 ed in the navy at t K Salt Lake City f J was a member I of the gun crew II of an American freighter torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed torpe torpe- II in Australian Australian Australian Austra Austra- lian wa t e r s reAr recently re- re Ar r i v i 1 n g in John Montrone l San Franc Francisco i s c o 0 Montrone said the first torpedo I struck the ship at a. a m m. and I I I the submarine Japanese lay In hiding near the stricken freighter for nearly an hour before delivering deliver deliver- Ing the death blow Montrone raced for his gun as the first tube virtually severed 40 to 50 feet of the ships ship's stern Then Thenan an ln hour passed while the gunners stood ready but when the submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine surfaced it was too close to bring the gun to bear on it Montrone said When the order came came to to abandon ship Montrone and his companions companIons companions compan compan- ions the last to leave dropped into a a. life raft As they started away the sub sent the second torpedo into the ship Four other gunners went down with the freighter Montrone speaking for the survivors survivors survivors sur sur- said of the armed crew work Its good duty so far as Im I'm concerned Weve We've got a job to do He said he hoped to go home on leave for a brief visit before returning to sea Montrone enlisted last January and sent his parents and 12 brothers broth broth- ers and sisters a pillow from Ha Ha- Geneva Montrone a sister said John always wanted to go goto goto goto to sea so there was nothing much we could do when he told us he wanted to enlist |