OCR Text |
Show I t $ " - With Our BoysIn Boys Boy S ; 'X X ' In the Servici Service ServiceThe I IThe The Tunes Times Independent is m in mreceIpt inreceipt receipt of an interesting mterestlng letter letterfrom letterfrom from Enos Erios Nielson of Moab v.ho vho who v.hoIS whois . is m III in the infantry stationed at atStockton atStockton a Stockton Field F1CId calif His addres address addressis is Pf P1 ' ! Tnos 'nos nos Thos Nielson Co K 53rd 53rdInf 53rdInf 53n Int Inf Stockton Stoclton Field Fleld Stocktor3 StocktonI Stockton StocktonCal StocktonCalif Cal Calif Attel Aftel Altec leaving Fort Dougia Douglas Douglaswhere , ' I ] I where I . was v.as vas stationed for about abouttO abouttw aboutwo tw two t\O t O , \ 0 monthsC months w , we \C C \ e w v . nt at to thereI San SanFrancIsco SanFrancisco SalFrancisco I FrancIsco When v e landed ther there there'We there there'we ' ' we 'We all expected e'tpected etpected ' to get a a- a Ir ! aboat " - boat rIde rIdeto rideto rid to some foreign la la-id la id , - a but we were wereonly rIdet t 10nlY were10nlY only theie thele these three days when they theyloaded theyloaded the : loaded . LS 1.S 1S ts in U1 trucks tracks and hauled us usI usto usto u I | Calif at atVlsalla atVisalla to Visalia VISalla We stayed a Visalia Vlsalla Visalla almost one month mont.h . tren then trenthey thenthey ' they hauled us to Hammer HaIrmer Han-mer Han mer - Field Fleld Fleldneal Fieldneac trenI I neai neal neac Fresno Calif and from Were there Wereto thereto tnen , ' to Sto"kton Stokton StCY'kton StCYkton Sto'kton ' ' " Field . where v.here vhere we are areat areat at present so vou 3ou ou see at the rate ratev.e ratewere rat ' v.e ve . were re going gomg it " will "Ill Ill keep ms me busy busyv busywriting bus : , ' v . writing ntmg just to let people kno knov knovwhere knowhere v v"here "here here where " I Im m at Our work is mostly mostlyguard mostlyguard mosti : , guard duty and where they need needguards needguards nee neeguards < Ii guards thatshele thats wheie \hele hele 'wheie , ' \ v.e ve . well 11 go We Weare Weare Wiare t are ' i 'l l 'i ' fast moving outfit I guessthat guess guessthats gues.thats guesthats . thats that s the reason they move us LS so somuch somuch simuch much In 20 minutes mmutes notice nohce "e e we "ecan wecan " wican can have our clothes and equip equipIrent equipirent equiptrent Irent packed ' ' ind 'lnd lnd 'lad lad ready to go AJ As > Asweapons Aweapons weapons our outfit carries the M Msemi 1 1semI 1semi semI automatic rifle the 30 cal callight callight callight light machme machine gun and tne trie 35 mm mmtrench m m mtrench trench moitarTheme moItarThele mortar moItar Theie Thele Theme have ha\e ha e liaie \ been several at attempts attempts 1 tempts to sabotage but they do 1 it itget t tget I get far before the hot lead starts startscatchmg startscatching start.catching startcatching . c catchmg catching up , with nth them What Imean .mean mean I Imean . ' mean ] some of these bovs bo3s bo s sure surelIke surelike sun ] like to } : pull ull that trigger tngger Then Thele Theie TheleI Theleare Theieare : are lots of th ngs I " would "ould ould like lIle to totell totell t < I 1 tell you ou but you kno v how thesemilitary these thesimilitary I ImIlitary I mIlitary " s-"rets s "rets rets S'rets Srets s'retu sretu - " ' ' " ' are An Anthrng AnthrngCf Anvthuicf , thmg ( : C cf interest mterest is a military secret It i ieems ' ' < " ' eems 'cems cems ems to me I cm c-m c m c"ln cln " - say that I ImIss Imiss . I miss the tte people eople of Moab and and"ould andwould anwould ( II I "ould ould would ' " like Ille to go back there for a afe aIc s . fe Ic v days but I guess we all have havea havia a job to do in m this thlS " war "ar ar and the thebest thi : best wa wav to get the , work , ork done Isstay is isI isstay Lstay I stay en cn the job I send my bLst best bLstv.lShe biswishes bestwishes v.lShe vlShe wishes . to the people of Moab and andContinued anc ( ( Continued Contmued on last page ) ) - - - - With Our Service BoysContinued Boys BoysContinued ( Continued from t > page age one ) ) altogether lets let s keep k ep em flymg flying flyingtill flyingtill flymgtill till it its s 01 0\ 0 0er oser oserKirk \ er erKirk Kirk Rpid Rfld Reid son of Mis Mrs FrankMoore Frank FrankMoore FrankMoore Moore of Moab hasTltten has \ written \\Tltten Tltten hismother his hismother hismother mother tromi from Somewhere in Aus Australla Australia Australia tralla tralia that he is well and ssas ssasrecently \ wasrecently as asrecently recently tickled pink pmk to get a lot lotof lotof lotof of letters from home folks He Heasked Heasked Heasked asked to have the home paper sent sentto sentto sentto to him hll11 huts and this " week "eek eek a bundle of ofback ofback ofback back issues \ was as mailed him I am amstlll amstill amstill stlll still keeping keeplIlg ye ; e old diary andcollecting and andcollectIng andcollecting collectIng a few fe\\ fe feplctUles \ pictuies plctUles pictures also hewrites he heant's heHlt ant's ants writes \Hlt Hlt \ ' S I have one swell s\\ell s ell \ pictuie plctUle picture of ofa ofa ofa a dead Jap spr\\ spr spas spr- spr sprled ' \ - > \ led halfway half\\ay half ay \ outof out outof outof of t'e te the t " ' e cockpit of a dashed clashed crashed Jap Japplane Japplane Japplane plane We happened to b t > ' on the they theys thet I s ! . , ene "ren ren when " wren Ie le Clashed lashcd crashed ( and leal real lealgot y : ! , ygot } got some good pictures You can cansee cansee see the twisted tLSted twitted t\\ t \ \ LSted expl expiesslon expression ession on hisface his hisface hisface face and the blood 1 lunning unntng running out outof outof outof of h strouth s irouth mouth eyes and ears Thiswar This Thiswar war \ ar is LS terrible ternble but it just has to tobe tobe tobe be that " way "ay ay I guess Kirks address ad address address dress is Pfc Pfe Joseph K Reid Hq HqBtr HqBtry HqBtr Btr Btry ) 147th F A A.P AP A.PO APO . . 0 9"1 91 9'1 99 " ' ! cale care caleof careof caieof of Postmaster San FranciscoCalif Francisco FranciscoCalif FranciscoCalif FranciscoCalifA Calif CalifA A Moab soldier homp homE ' on a fur furlough furlough furlough lough is Joe Goudelock \ who \ ho arrived ar arrived arrived rived the first of theeek the \ week \\eek eek for a avisit avisit avisit visit visitIth \ with \\Ith Ith his Jus father fat.rer fatrer . D L Goude GoudeJo Goudeo Goudelo ] Jo o k and famll family : ! , Joe Joewho Joeho \ -who who \\ho ho - is In en Inthe enthe inths the field artillery art1l1ery is LS no nov v statIOned stationedat stationedat at Camp Roberts Calif Callf He had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been at Cimp C'Imp Camp ' Forr Forrest st Tenn fOI foe foeover fOIover foiover over a year year ear and \ was as 1 recently recentlytransferred iccentivtransferred ecentl } transferred to the " west "est est coast coastPnvate coastPrivate coastPrivate Pnvate Private Goudelockas Goudelock , \ was \\as as one of the thefirst thefirst thefirst first Grand county boys to tovolunteer t'volunteer tvolunteer t'volunteerDan ' volunteer toI I - ) I IDan Dan Sheekho Sheek \ who \\ho ho \ entered the thearmy thearmy I army in May has been attached attachedto attachedto to tre the signal corps COI"jS COIjS " : In a letter to toMI toMe toMi MI Me and1rs and \ Mrs \1rs 1rs Jack Pogue h he hestates hestates states that he signed up for the theparachute theparachute theparachute parachute service semce butas but was \\as as "as \ " cla'slfled cla'sl clasl cla'slfied cla'slfled claslfled ' theI I fied fled and placed in m 1n one of thesecret the theI they thesecret theysecret I secret n-ilitary n ilitary rrilltary military - branches He is un undergo undergo dergo ergo ng tiaming tlammg training at Camp CIO\\ CIO Crow CIOI CIOder Crowder Clowder \ \ I der Missouri MlSSOun Missoun His H1s address is Pvt PvtI PvtAdnon PvtAdnon I 1 Adnon Adrion D Sheek A SigTng SagTng Co 26th Slg Sag SlgTng Tng Bn Camp dowder CIOder Crowder CIO\\ CIO \ der MoFelix Mo MoFelix KnightMoab Felt Felix > . Murphy and Nate Kmght Knight j Moab loung 3oung oung menho men \ who \\ho ho \ joined jomed the theann3 thearm3 thearm ann3 arm3 ; in m Ma Mav Mai are undergoing tl team teamlug tiaming am aming ing lug at Camp Roberts Cahf Calif They TheysIgned Theysigned Theysigned sIgned U up ? for the parachute paraci'ute paraciute ' troops In troopsIn a lef-ter lef ter letter - to his hLS brother NicholasMurphy Nicholas NicholasMurphy NicholasMurphy troopsI I Murphy Felix states that he l1kes hkes l1kesthe hkesthe likesthe the service It If I had known knO\\11 knO 11 knO11hat \ ' \\hat hat what \ whatit I ) it 'S S " ' was "as as 55 like I \ would ould have joined up upa upa upa a long time tll11e tune ago herltes he writes \\rltes rltes \ \ He Hee"presses Heexpresses Heexpresses e"presses epresses expresses " the tre hooe hot hone ) ( > that he WIlli will WIllisoon willsoon willsoon soon start receiving his basic basict I t + a1n1ng Ai al-iini al iini lInl\ lInl lInlftS - \ ' ; BS ftS as a arachutlst tarachutht tarachutist i . His address ad address CoC dress address is LS Pvt Felix G Murphy Co CoI CoC CoC I C 84th 8th { Inf Tng Bn 4th PlatoonCamp Platoon PlatoonCamp PlatoonCamp Camp Roberts CalifMrs Calif CalifMrs Mrs Lilla L1l1a Lrlla Winboum Winbourn this week weekreceived \ weekreceived eek eekreceived received a letter Jetter from her son sonJim sonJim US Jim sonJim Winboum Wlnboum Winbourn \ who ho Is in the US U US S navy stating he recently reccntly return leturn returned leturned leturned ed Horn flOm from a trip to Ha vali val vail ! Upon hisreturn his hisreturn hisreturn return enjoyed to San Francisco he enjoyed enjoy enjoyed erieV erleV erneV ed a visitith visit \ with \\ith ith his hLS brother 1\ 1 It \ 1erle B , erle erne V Winboum Winbomro \ who ho is employed emploed emplo3ed } inshipbuilding si'lpbUlldmg silpbUlldmg shipbuilding Injsi'lpbUlldmg innshipbuilding ' in the San Fran Isco Inj inn iscobay bay area JIm frm Jim sent his mothtr mother a abeauhft.l abeautiful abeautifcl beauhft.l beauhftl beautifcl . necimen neclmen necrmen of cOlalhich coial cOlal coral \\hich hich which whichhe \ whichhe hichhe he sa d she could depend upon uponwas uponw was \ as genuine as he dived into hichI t1 tI e ePa I Pa ePa ifc ife ire for it mmself nrmself |