Show With Our Boys l In the Service Major Clark A Awarded warded LegIOn of Merit Ment The Hammond weekly newspaper published by the Hammond army anny hospItal at Mod Modesto Calif yin III Its Issue of Aug 28 published an account of the awarding of the Le LegIon Legron gron gIon of Merit Ment to Major MaJol John JohnH JohnH H Clark for exceptIonal meritOriOUS conduct at Gua Guadalcanal Major Clark who IS recovering from a serIOUS ill III I rass r ess spent 10 days visiting relatIves at Moab He left Monday to report for duty being accompanied ed as far as Salt Lake City by his wife and daughter and hIS mother Mrs Elberta Clark who WIll VISIt in III Salt Lake City for a week The artIcle from the Ham Hammond Hammond mond R follows The award of the LegIOn of Merit was presented to Major John H Clark MC at an award and ceremonial parade Au Aug 18 Col L R command mg officer made the presen presentatIOn presentation tatIOn wItnessed by an im impressive retreat formation of officers and nurses medIcal detachment General hospital Sanitation company ands ang the Hammond drum and bugle corps In addItIon to Col Foust hIS staff and Major Clark the ceremony c was as witnessed by Congressman Burton W V Gearhard who represents thIS dIstrIct at Washington and for fOI whom the the- event clr clI mated ma a tour tOUl of Hammond The company representing the medIcal detachment con sited sIt of Lt Noel s first three dull drill classes plus additIOnal selected Elf Col stated that the parade of officers nurses and andEM I EM was as the finest yet and Congressman Gearhard sa d dhe dhe he could not find suitable words to express hIS praise for the assemblage Lt Metcalf ad- ad adJutant adjutant read lead the general ord orders ers arlo MaJ Hodges command commanded ed the offIcers and nurses med cal tal detachment was led by Lt Shively Lt Brugge Bruggeman Bruggeman man was In command of the and pt CE-pt Crumb led corn com pany The Legion of Honor medal was as awarded a Major Clark for exceptional e merItOriOUS con conduct conduct duct m in the performance of serVIce of a considerable de degree gree of merit ment during the per perIOd rod IOd from J Jan an 1 to Feb 28 1943 As executive offIcer charge of plans and opera opera- operatIons operations of a medIcal Major Clark constantly car out reconnaIssance of front line positrons posItIons under en enemy enemy emy fire file He supervIsed evac evacuatIon of the wounded and contrIbuted m in a large meal meas measure ure to the effIcient operatIons of the collection companIes under hIm m in the evacuatIon of the sIck and wounded Mr l and Mrs L A Wood Woodruff ruff luff have Just receIved a let letter tel ter from theIr son Don who I Itel IS m in the arm army serving m in the theater It was the first fust word they had had from him in III six IX months Don took part m in the North A lIC and SICily campaigns and IS now probably wIth the U S forces In Italy George Dixon Black ar- ar art lived t ived in III Sego Monda Monday morn mg to VISIt hiS father fathel George Black He has s Just completed two 0 months training at the theU U S n val station at Tar ra gut I Idaho aho and now has the rating of seaman s-eaman second class HIS sIster Mrs Ernest Olsen of Spring Glen joined hIm at PrIce and IS also abo VISIt rug mg m in Sego He wIll 1 return to toI I Farragut at the end of hIS I 15 day furlough |