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I up p here heutes he \ writes \\utes utes John sends sendshis sendsis sendshis his is best \ wishes IShes to all fuenos fllenClS fiiencis 11 or 11Moab oroab itMoab Moab MoabV [ oab oabV V - L Burton Redd formerly clerk clerkof clerkthe clerkof of the Grand county count countl ) draft drafL boald boaid boaidas boaidlas as been located at Camp Callan CallanCallf Callanaluf CallanCalif Callf Callfcmce alufcince aluf 'mce mce cmce cince ' he " was "as as ordered mtu into mtuactlve intotive intuactive actlve tive sel seivice selvice vice EL a . a > a resen reserve e offlcel cffsceu offlcelsome cffsceueme cfficcisome some eme four months ago His ad address adross address dress ross is us Lieut Lleut L B Redd B 57 57C 57AC 57CAC Luietedd Luiet LuietRedd LuietRedd C AC A C Camp Callan Callaru Calif Callf Redd edd recentlyas recently \ ' vas \as as 'as made public publicleID.t1ons publiclations publiclelations leID.t1ons leIDt1ons lations . officer of his lois battery v - Lieutenant George Pitts Fitts fOlmer fOlmery lou foimerly mer merly Moab was recently com corn commlSSlOned cornnuisnoned cornmissioned ly ] y of I mlSSlOned nuisnoned at the officeis offleels officeus trammg training trammgI trammgcamp trainingcamp trainingcamp camp at Fort Benning Benmng Donning Ga He IS isnow isnow , now stationed statloned at Fort Bragg Braggorth BraggNorth : North orth Carolina Carollna In a letter to TheTimes The TheTimes ' TImes Independent he states I Iha Ihave Ihave ha have \ e been assigned to the 47thInfantry 47th 47thI 47thInfantry 47thInfantry I Infantry 9th Divisionhlch Division \ which \\hlch hlch istask is 15 . o.task otask . task force and one trained tramed m in mmvasion ininvasion ininvasion mvasion invasion tactics We expect to toshove toshove toshove shove off at anymoment any moment howe\ howe howeel howesei howeseian howevelwa \ el elIIi IIi an ! may be in m the U S foi iou months monthsvet monthset et This outfit is just about a as asrugged asrugged rugged } as they come but the id idlows fel fellOlls tellows to tomake tomake tomake lOlls lows seem to like it We have make tv two . 0 15 mile ffille mule hikes and two two25 : Thu- Thu Thus Thusfar Thutar - miles hikes each month > 25 made inade one of each eachLleut eachLieut eachL tar far I have Lieut Lleut Fitts address 1 is . 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Ana aU air airbase " headquarters & u * neauquuiLc&o neauquuiLco that th'lt thlt thvct ' th ir sonHerbert sonHerbert son base Ca Cal ] t f I stating statmg Guy Taylor Tayor ] ha has hac beenselected been Herbert plassification lassificatlon 1:0ardl 10ardl 1:0ardlfor board boardfor : selected ] ected by the the U S army armyair armyair traimng training . . . in armyI for pilot y * - - - Wi 1J11UU I be trans transferred transferred will ill III soon- soon 1 forces He v . ft - ferred air to one of the west \ est coast coastarmy I Iarmy ' traming training center centerel army air forces schooh schools and will willthen willthen mentary flyml flying ? ; pI el begin . his fught thght trammg training upon uponsuccessful Uponsuccessful then * * - - - / Ml.b4 Mlb4 train trainmg trainmg tmg successful completion competlon ] of his iT/UCll iT UCll mg he \ will ill receive his wings wmgs ana ano anothe anathe anathe the rating at af airplane plot |