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Robert B Mecham Jr and S Stan Stanley Stanley n nley ley T WiseGuy Wise WiseGuy Guy Taylor son of Mr and MrsArthur Mrs MrsArthur MrsArthur Arthur A Taylor of Moab wno IS ISno isno i : no nov v a IP 111 ' Los Angeles Angell " ' > has been call called called called ed for enlistment as a flying flymg cadet cadeton cadeton cadeion on April Apnl 8 at Glendale Glmdale Calif Callf ac so accordmg socording according cordmg cording to word Vvord received by the thelocal thelocal thilocal local draft board He applied applled for forenlIstment forenlistment foienlistment enlIstment sometime ago and suc sue successfully suecessfully suecessfully cessfully passed all examinationsJoseph examinations e.ammatIons eammatIons examinationsJoseph ' . Joseph K h . ( Kirk ) Reid son of ofMrs ofMrs oMrs Mrs Frank Moore who was one oneof oneof oniof of the first Moab bovs bols bo } s mducte mducted inducted mductedmto inductedinto mducteinto < into mto service more than a year yearaO"o yeara"o yeaa aO"o aOo a"o ao " o has " wiitten "lltten lltten his mother at atPioche atPloche aPloche Pioche Ploche Nevada stating statmg that he is is"ell Isus iwell "ell ell us " elI and is Li enjoying his life some somewhere somewhere where \ \ here m in the Pacific He Is 15 111 111the lr lrthe Uthe the leld Jeld seld artillery artIllerj and his 11is liLa address addressIS addresis IS lat lot 1t . , Bn En Btry 14 14"th 14th W'th Wth " ' th r FA rA A A.P AP APO . A.PO501 APO501 . 0 501 "o o 0 ; , " , Po pe P0 tmaster San Francisco FranciscoC3llf FranciscoCalif FranciscoCalif C3llf Calif He HeTote WTOte \\Tote Tote wrote \ his mother a longletter long longletter longletter letter and remar remarl remarked ; ed our officersI officershave officershave officers I | have told us just what we can say sayin sayI sayI I in m our lett rs andso and so } you , OU can un I derstand If mv my letter is dry We Wecan Wecan Wcant can t say where w " we "e e e have been or orhere orwhere owhere \\here here where \ heree \ we \\e e are at the present time timeou timeso timeso ' so } you ou can see there isn Jan Isnt t really reallymuch reallymuch reallimuch much to talk 11 . about We can cant t sa saanything sayanything } anythmg anything about conditions over overhere overhere ovehere here or anything about militaraffairs mIlItary mIlItaryaffaIrs militaryaffairs affaIrs Kirk Klrk continued contmued ' 1 'I I ' am amseemg amseeing anseeing seemg seeing a lot of new countryruch country \\ruch ruch which whichIs \ whidis ruchIS IS very educational educatlonal and mterestineI mterestillgI interestingI mterestillg interesting I ami al11l aim meeting meetmg a lot of peopip peoplp people and andleammg andlearning anilearning leammg learning the ways was } of foreign Jeoplo people JeoploSo peopleSo ; peopi'So peopiSo " ' So all in all it isVorth Is \ worth \Vorth Vorth \ while \ hile It Itis Itis ItIs is something somethmg that most } young oung men menmy menmy menmy my age won wont t have the opportumty opportunity opportunityto opportumtyto to do That Kirk KirI . is 15 stationed m in mthe inthe inthe the tropics is 15 indicated mdicated by the fol folleWlng follcwing foilowing leWlng lcwing statement We wear short shortpants shorpants pants ] : ants over here because it is too toohot toohot tohot hot to " wear "ear ear long ones I am sun suntanned suntanned tanned nned andeather and weather \\eather eather \ eather beaten and andam andam anuam am in very Hry sery ! good health The let letter lettsr letter ter tsr teras \ was \\as as \ dated January 13Names 13 13Names Names and addresses addreoses addre"ses addreses " of a fe\v fe v few fevMoab fewMoab fewMoab \ Moab soldiers followB follow followB B FC Fe Lyman L'lnan Llnan } ' Duncan , , , Btry BtryB BtryB BtryB B 259 25 ? CA C A Fort Screven Ga GaP GaI Gap P I ' FC Fe Orson D Day AT A T Co 184Int 184 184Inf 184mI Inf mI A APO I P ' 0 40 San Diego CallfPvI CalifPvt Calif Callf CalifPvt PvI Pvt . . Merle E B Ne"ell Neell Newell New " ell Bat B B49th B49th B49th 49th FAA F PA A A APO PO P 0 No 7 San Jose JoseCalif JoseCalif JoseCalif JoseCalifThe Calif CalifThe The Times TIme . > , Independent " will 111 ap appreciate appredate appredate preciate predate i leceiving leceivmg eceiving letters and news newsItems newsitems newitems Items of Grand county boys bos boss } in the thelmed theumed thlimed \lmed lmed umed ' \ service In this column "e e use "ealso usealso " walso also also111 will \\111 111 \ be gild ghd to publish publlsh pubhsh namesand names namesand namesand and addresses of service men men"I men5l menwl "I I 5l " I i 1 h will enable their fliends fi Ii lends at athome home to " write "rite rite to them ) |