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Show \ - . With Our Boys BoysIn BoysIn Boy 'WIth WIth ' . In the Servic Service ServiceThree ServicThree Three Gland Giand county } soung young oung men menll meift \\ll ll .ill ill \ ' . \ 111 ! be inducted mducted Into the U S Sarm Sarmy Earm arm army } on June 4 by the local bo board boardThey boircThes rd rdThej Thej They are areGlen areGlen areGlen Glen A Holyoak Moab MoabMorns MoabMorns MoabMorns Morns A Johnson Moab MoabDon'11d MoabDonald MoabDonild Don'11d Don11d Donald ' J Woodruff Moab MoabT'1e MoabThey T'1e T1e ' Ties They } ' will 'lull lull leave1oab leave ' \ : Moab \1oab 1oab tl U ti e eve evemng evenrng evenmg mng nrng of June 4 and'Iill and will \'Iill 'Iill Iill \ ' be form formally formally formally ally inducted into the service at atFort atFort a Fort Douglas the follo\\ follo following folloing \ ing dayThe day dayThe The Times Independent Is m in mreceipt inreceipt nreceipt receipt of a letter from Walla.ce Wallace WallaceEverton WallacEverton . 'Everwn Everwn Everton ' who is now located at atAlameda atAlameda aAlameda Alameda Calif after a several severalmonU severalmontl severamentis monU montl 5 s assignment at Hill Fielq Fiel4 Fielqne'1r Fiel4near Plelineir ne'1r ne1r near ' Ogden He is 13 In the medlcal medical medlcalcorps medicalcorps medicacorps corps and is clerk of the post postdispel postdispel posdispel dispel sal sai sais . } at the present time He HeIS Heis Hiis IS enjoiing enjoying enjo } mg his army expenencevery expeuences experiences expeuenceslery experiencessery lery sery much he states His address addressis addresis 15 is Pfc Plc Wallace Eveiton Elelton Eieiton 35th Sup SupSqdr SupSqdr SupSqdr Sqdr Meoics Memcs Meares Attached San Fran Francisco Francisco FranCisco cisco Airdione Airdlon Airdion e Alameda CabDr Call Cab CallDr Dr ind 'lnd lnd and ' Mrs J W Williams Wl11Iams have haverecell havereceived havireceived recell received ed an interesting interestmg letter trontheir from fromthclr fromtheir thclr their son Aviation Cadet Mitchell MitchellM MitchelM M Williams Wilhams who has completed a ap aelimmarj ap ip ipellmmars p - -ellmmars ellmmars -elimmarj elimmarj elimmary - air ur : course at Bormquen BormquenFIeld BormquenField BonnquerField FIeld Por Poro o { ) Rico and \ who ho is now nowundergoing nowundergoing novundergoing undergoing training trammg as an air aircade aircade ancadei cade . , , at Kelly Field Texas Te-as Te as - . : the theWest theWest th thWest < West Point Pomt of the Air His address ad address address dress is Avic Allc A.Ic AIc ' . Mitchell M WIlliams WIlliamsAS WilliamsA WilliamsASN AS A S N 18001031 A.FRC AFRC A.PRC APRC AF : . R C Cliss Chss Cuss 43A 43ACo 43ACo 43ACo Co F San Antonio Antomo Texas Teus Ex ExC"rpts Exc'rpts Exc-rpts Exc rpts C"rpts Crpts c'rpts " - ' from his letter folloWe followWe follow follo\\ follo followWe \ We went by tram train from Fol Fort FortBuchanan FoiBuchanan t tBuchanan Buchanan ' which 'I\hlch 'I I hlch \ is 13 just lust seven sevenmiles sevenmiles severmiles miles oit 0 o It of San Juan We leflBoimquen left leftBOllnquen leftBorrnquen BOllnquen Borrnquen Field1ay Field ' \ : May \1ay 1ay 2 and San SanJuan SanJuan SarJuan Juan May 5 San Juan looked 11ke like 11keparadIse likeparadise likeparadise paradIse to us after seeing seel11g nothmg nothing nothmgbut nothingbut nothmEaut but Aquad Aquadilla la for so long It toUK tonic toUKus tonicus tou touus us cix ' ; L lx " ! hours to travel fiom flom from Bor BorIl"quen Borirquen Borirquen Il"quen Ilquen irquen " to Foit Fort FOl t B ichanan Ichanm : on the thenm thenairoV thenairov nm nairoV ro v gauge railroid rallro'ld rallrold railroad ' which ahich 'I I ' hlch hackerosene had hadkerosene hadkerosene kerosene limps l'1.mps l1.mps l1mps lamps ' . in the cars and andplatfollns andplatforins ancplatfoims platfollns platforins on each end of the cars carslike carslike carslike like the old time trains trams We rode rodefirst rodefirst rodefirst first class on stiaw shaw straw covered seats seatsIhile seatswhile seatswhile \Ihile Ihile while \ the second ch cliss class s < ; p'lssengeles plssengeles passengeres p'lssengelesrodp passengeresroje pissengeiesrodp ' rodp roje onooden on \ wooden \\ooden ooden eats So it las sas lasquite sasquite vasquite quite a change when "hen hen "henIe " \ we \Ie Ie ae got aboard aboardthe aboardthe aboardthe the huge transport plane at the thenay thena.y thenavy nay na.y , ' . air station at San Juan AI Al AIthough Although AIthough though Itas it \ was \\as as an army ; plane Jlane It Itr itV itvas r V as being bemg operated by the Pan PanAmencan PanAmerican panAmerican Amencan American AlrlmesVe Airlines Alrlmes \ We \Ve Ve left 1eft San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan at 11 40 a m Mas May MR } 5 and andflew andflew andlew flew west ' \ est along alo'1g alo1g alo ' ig the Island of PortoFUco Porto PortoRico PortoRico Rico and in about 25 mmutese minutes mmutes \\e e we weflea ' \ weflew efie fie flea " right nght back over Borinquen BorinquenField BorinquenField BorinquenField Field again agam I could see the bar barracks barracks barracks racks rackshere \ where \\here here I lived and could couldname couldname couldname name every ever ; . building buildmg Then we we'lent wewent wewent \'lent 'lent lent went \ ' over the water of Mona Pass Passage Passage Passage age the deepest part of the Atlantic At AtlantIc Atlantrc lantIc lantrc ocean'Ihere ocean \ ' where \'Ihere 'Ihere Ihere the Atk.ntic Atkntic Atlantic Atk.nticJoms Atlanticjoins Atlanticloins . Joms joins the Canbean Caribean It'I It \'I 'I I \ ' wasnt asn t long longthough longthough long.hough longhough though . unhl'Ie until unhl we \'Ie 'Ie Ie \ ' were flying fiying over overthe overthe overhe the Dominican Dommican republic It seemed seemedlIke seemedlike seemedlike lIke all jungles and forests then thenwith thenwith with \ ith a . few scattered farms and a ato ato atovn to to11 \11 11 vii \ ' here and there Somewhere Some Somewhere Somewhere where along here'I here \'I 'I I \ ' we e crossed the theImp theline thein Imp line " into Haiti as both countnes countries countnesare countriesare countriesare are on the some island We fl fi IV w IValong walong walong along the coast here l1ere and could .see see .seethe seethe . seehe the , most beautiful beaul1ful coral formationsn formationsIn formations In the sea Theyere They were \\ere ere ' \ torquolSe torquoise torquolSeblue torquoiseblue torquoiseblue blue and deep ledWe redWe led red ledWe We soon oon left the coast abruptl abruptly abruptlyand abruptand ! } and flew 0 of ovei ' el er low mountains mountams Soon SoonContinued SoonContinued SoonContinued ( Continued on last page ) With Our Service Boy noys Boys BoysContinued ; ( Continued from page one ) the ship began to lose altitude and andthe andthe andthe the moun mountains tams clos clot " ' below made madethe madethe madethe the air ver very ) rough The reason for forthe forthe foithe the loss of altitude Is that we were werecoming \ weicoming \ ele elecommg ( commg coming In for a landing at Port Porta Porta a i 1 Prmce Prince Haiti We stopped at atPOI atPot alPoit POI Pot t au Prince for fuel and anda -a a w \ - ere ereonlv ereonly ereonly onlv only there 20 minutes so I mi m afraid afraidI afralcI I didn didnt t get to see much of the thealrport theairportonly theairport alrport-- alrport alrportmly airport-only airport only - < only mly a . few very blac black blacknatives blacinatives ! . n1.tives n1tives natives . with a . French accentAftel accentAfter accent accentAftel Aftel After leaving lcavmg Port au Pnnce 'lie lie we 'liecouId wecould ' wecould couId could see the Haitian coast for a along along along long way on our right and soon we wesa wesa wesav sa v \ the coast of Cuba . on our left leftbut leftbut leftbut but weeren we \\eren eren \ Rerent werent t very close We next nextflew nextflew nexlflew flew over o\er o er \ the Bahamas and one of ofthe ofthe olthe the 5ha110\\ 5ha110 shallow shallowest 5ha110est \ est places in m the At Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic lantic Many placesI places \I I w ' \ we e could see seethe seethe seethe the bottom of the ocean very plam plain plamIy plainly plainly Iy ly and there seemed to be hundreds hundredsof ; of tiny t111Y islands and Tits DltS bits ) of land landstlch.ing landsticking lanesticking [ stlch.ing stlching sticking . out of the sea Now Nowel Nowet Noweveryone . el et er } one began looking lool.mg loolmg . forv fOTl fop ard and to toslghtinoo tosighting tcsightin slghtinoo sighting ' Florida and soon we did didIn didIn didIn In about fit five fl\e fl e \ a mmutesIe minutes mmutes we \Ie Ie w ' \ e were wereover wereover wereover over Miami andI'e and we \I'e I'e Ie ' \ came in for a alandmg alanding alanding alandingWe landmg landing landmgWe landingWe We ' were 'IIere IIere so tickled tlcl.led tlclled . we all Jump Jumped jumped jumped ed out and patted the groundnth ground \nth nth with without \ withoui nthOUl OUl out hands and one fello fella tellov v picked pickedup pickedup pickedup . up a handful of sand and said saidHey saidHey Hey look U S soil We cer certamly certainly certainly tamly tainly had a good tirre tore in jaml Miami Miamiwhere . Miamiwhere { where \ here everybody spoke good English Eng Enghsh Enghsh hsh and smelled differentWell differentWell different differentWell Well anyway any y \ ay I finally gOt gOthere gothere gothere here to tne toe West Point of the Air Airafter Airafter Airafter after traveling travelmg 2500 miles in m iliree three ilireedays threedays threedays ' days I thought I was commg coming commghere cominghere cominghere ' here for pilot training tramlng but it 1t might mightbe mightbe mightbe ' be something somethmg e else You seeIe see \ vie \Ie Ie we have haveto haveto haveto ' to take a class1flca classification tIon test to see seev \ ' hetherI hether \I I w ' \ we e will make a better betterpilot betterpilot pilot navigator or bomadier bomadler bomadrer SO SOI SoI ScI I might end up taking training trainmg for foreltt foreitier foieitrer eltt eiti-er eiti er - er one The tests will show\ show showw show showhich w \ hich hlch we are better bett.r bettr . equipped equip-ped equip ped - foi for forNewertreless forNovertl foiNeivertfeless ' Novertl Neivertfeless Newertreless eless I111 I \ will \\111 111 \ still st111 get a acomTlss acom'riss acoim-iss acoim iss comTlss com'riss comriss ' - on and the pay Is the thesam thesame thesaiTf ; sam same |
