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Pvt FM Oscar E Cleaveland/ Cleaveland CleavelandSon / , Son of Mr and Mrs JG J G Cleaveland , Gives Life For Country , First Cast Casualty Cas- Cas Casualty - - - [ t ualty for Moab , Second for Grand CountyMoab County CountySMoab Moab his h'1S h1S ' evpenenced e\.perlenced e.perlenced e .perlenced perlenced experienced ' \ . its first fust casualty of World War II SMoab IIrtly IIhortly IIhorfy hortly horfy after noon today \ Mr 1\Ir 1 Ir and \ Mrs 1\Irs 1 Irs Joseph Grover Cleaveland Cleavelan d Cleavelandloab Cleavelandt Cleavelanf t f Moab received a telegram from the adjutant generil gener'll generll general ' of the U S Sy Sp Sy y p at Washington Washmgton advising advlSmg them that their ' ) son on Pvt Oscar Eeaveland E Eeaveland eaveland hid h'1d h1d hzd ' been killed in m action on D Day Jnne June 6 in France Francee Francethe e telegram rea read as followsThe followsThe follows followsi i The secretary of " war "ar ar tsar desires desues me to express his | hisdeepest deepest regret that your son Pvt Oscar E Cleaveland Cleavelandwas CleavelandH was killed in action June 6 in m France Letter follows followsy followspvt followsPyt Pvt Pyt Cleaveland who was i 1 ' member t of the engineer engmeer s corps i ( the 'the corpsthe ' second Grand county young man killed in action in the pres presnt prest t " war "ar ar nar The first fust was Pvt Larrv Larry P Harris lIarns son of \ Mr 1\Ir 1 Ir and 1\Irs 1 Irs Mrs \ Mrs\ Mrs MrsA 1IrsA \ A Harris Harns of Elgin EI/"m EI "m m / : " who was killed in 1D action on Guadalcanal ; GuadalcanalPvt Pvt Oscar Edg-ir Edg ir Edg'1r Edg1r Edgir ' - Cleaveland was born at Center Colo on onay onay onay [ ay 27 27,1917 271917 , 1917 ' ind 1nd tnd \ Mas s \ as 27 ycirs ye'1rS ye1rS yclrs ' old He lie came to Grand county withparents with withparents withis parents while a young boy and attended the \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab schoolse schools \ e was inducted mducted into mto the armed forces on Nov 4 1942 and wassigned was ' * ssigned signed Igned to a combat batallion batall10n batalhon of the engineers engmeers corps He lie Ife had bccn been ( England beenEngland bccnEngland about three months prior pnor to the iniasion In\aSlon In aSlon inaslon \ % Pvt Cleave Cleavend Cleavend Cleaveind nd wrote "rote rote " several interesting letters to The Times Independent 1 I rhue Me lisle IndependentI IndependentMe in m England his last being bemg received ' ibout 1bout three weeks ago agobe agoe e parents Mr l\Ir l Ir \ and \ Mrs 1\Irs 1 Irs Joseph Grover Cleavelind Cleavehnd Cleavehind of 1Ioabve \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab MoabLye Lye ve three other boys in the armed forces two in m the army andin and ande andoe e m in the themarines -marines marines mannes - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I ells of Capture Capturef f Eterna1 Eternal CityThe City ( The capture of Rome by the theencan theerican theImencan encan erican Fifth army is mter inter mtermgly intermgly interIstmgly mgly told t01d b3 b ) First Lleut Lieut Lleutohn Lieutoho Lieut'ohn Lieutohn ' ohn oho D Reddin Redd in m a letter dated dated)1ne datedline datedune [ )1ne 1ne une ) 7 received by The Times Timesdependent Timesdependent Timesndependent dependent today Lieut Lleut Reddan Reddan Redd ! an officer of a famed Amer Amerparatroop Amerparatroop Ameran ! paratroop force whichearheaded whicherheaded which whichearheaded > earheaded erheaded the attack on the theZIO thez1o thenzio ZIO z1o beachhead and later the thenve theeve 1ve eve for the capture of the theernal theernal theternal ernal CityExcerpts City CityExcerpts Excerpts from Lieut Lleut Redd s stter ster tter ; which will be of extremeterest extreme extremeterest extremeterest terest to his many friends friendsoughout friendsiroughout oughout southeastern Utah Utahd Utahd Utah.id Utahid . d western Colorado followRome follow Rome 7 June 1944 1944ear 1944ear 1944Dear ear Bish Bishi li Bishli liFinally i Finally Fmally got some mail mall andl andlIth andith and andith l Ith it several papers and your yourter yourtter ter yourter Am reall really ) enJ enjoying oymg themAs themAs them . As you know by now we weve weye weave ve ye Just ] ust finished the first lap lape lapLome e is ours-Just ours Just ours - - just Berlin Berhn and andokyo andokyo andCokyo okyo left Sounds easy--on easy on easy-on easyonper easyonper easy - - onlaper per perIt ; It " was "as as a long hard pull A At At Aat t of the boys didn mdn drdn t make ite It Ite ithe e going gomg was tough Can hard hardbelIeve hardT hardbelieve believe that I am here Don thow thow t e throughthout how m n the hell I got through throughthout throughwithout thout a scratch Everything Everythmg Everythmgems Everythingems ems a little unreal right nght nowOur nowOur now Our force led all the way waye wayFe e wdn didn didnt t do it all however- however howeverseems howeverseems however howevertst - tst seems like we md'We didWe did md didt t ' "We We 'We " were first fust into mto Romeould Rome Romeauld Romehould auld ould have been quite a thnll thrill thnllt thrillt thrilllit t we were all so tired it was wast \ waslist \ as ast t another fight to usThere usThere us usI I There was relatively lIttle littlehtmg littleightmg htmg in m the city itself that thatcompared thatl compared to other towns we weaye weave weave aye ave fought for but there was waslenty wasenty waslenty lenty enty to suit me'We me'We me met t "We We 'We ' ' " reached the outskirts ofme of ofme ofiome me just at dark after quite a attle athe aattle ttle the outside outstde At dark our ba ha baIon haton balllion Ion ton split up into mto platoons and andk andseparate andk andseparate andok k separate routes into mto town townch townch townEach ch platoon with the mISSIOnclearmg missionclearing mission clearing clearmg the town and the fm fin finobjective fmobJectIve fmobjective objective one of the many manyIdges manyridges manyridges Idges ridges across the Tiber rIver rIverblch riverhich riverhich blch hich runs through the centerf center centertown f town townAt At dark I started down a ak ak aark k sId sido side . street with my pIa pla pIaon plamu plaion on mu and what a hell of"a ofa oira of " ; a messturned mess messturned messturned turned out to bel bet There are arean arenan areany an any } ) who claim to be the firstto fIrst fIrstto firstnto to Rome It Its s a big town All Allknow Allknow Allknow know is that there was no one onefront onefront oneo front of me where I wentAnyway wentAnyWay went wentI I Anyway there were about aboutdozen aboutl aboutdozen dozen Italian Itahan factions armedthe armed armedthe armedo the teeth roaming roammg aroundme around aroundme aroundlome me on our side and some someelpmg someelpmg sometelpmg elpmg the Krauts We couldof could couldot could'ot couldot ' ot of tell who was who I got so _ dldn didnt sodidnt sodldn t give a damn whose side sideey sideey sideley | ey were on If they got in lD our ourath ourath ourath forhem ath athIt it was just too bad for forem form forAbout em m emAbout About midnight we roundedcorner rounded roundedcorner , comer corner and ran square into a aerman aerman a"erman aerman " erman tank which Immediate immediateopened immediatey Y everythmghad everythinghad opened up with everything everythmg 1 had We crashed open an Iron Ironate ironate ironate ! storypartment ate and into mto a swanky 10 story | Partment house went up to the theoof theoof thelyf oof garden and shot it out outOm outom out"oin outoin toour " Om there Later we got on to toUkr tour kinda"ke kindake Ukr ur objective It all seems kmda kinda kmdae " ke e dreamWe a dream 2 Romeeven RomeVen Romevets We had no time off m Rome Ven vets wead though we all figured we ; "ad ad " ad earned itIi it Home Rome ItRome is a beautiful city un [ , Ike unIke Ii i se the he southernItaly Italy ItalyGermansahad Wreck ItalyContrary _ ' "tcvKrin " ; m n in southern soin.uem.iimy soinuem.iimy soinuemiimy . . Italy ItalyG _ Contrary to propaganda athe atheity the e G Germansahad theermans ermans rmans had notomolested notomolestedathe not molested the 1 ity notthered Y many m any Wa way ) They 1ad had } not noth nothe he heart othered thered ofe the people pI nor any ofG of of"tin h The Themoe moepI G theenn.ns e art The more moe I learn of ofythe the thet Germans enn.ns ennns . the more I respect t hem them respecthem " I "tin tin i talked talkcd to some prISon prisonwhom whomae prison'js prisonjs prISonrparatroopers hadacea hadaced ' r-paratroopers r paratroopers & - dpataC paratroopers whom we had aced ae lintoldiers at Cassmo ssmos ssmosThey They are lint JUt JUtt ju " , t pink pinkis oldiers " " " rs ? , tigntmg flgntmg fignting for v . what hat theyof they they"ay ofIS hella hellof IS rIght and domg doing a hell of ofFel a Fel FeInt tooFeInt gOOd x xjMurphyt Job jMurphyt jMurphytwas at it too tood d day . Murphy was rut hit the thewa.y wa.y way "ay ay Itwas " before ocTore we got to Rome It Itt ItS bS ; sure too bid b\d b d " \ I talked tllked ; to the theffjs H S thkhimo thkhimoand WhoUwere who th thH t they ey andey were w with him and say Y he will rndke make It 0 K , Has shrapnel wounds m in hisright his hisnght hisright , nght right side and leg He v/as v as was / 1'1 11 r rgood ingood ' ! good spirits Splrll.S SplrllS spars . He Is sure ! , s > ure a goodsoldier good goodlsolmer goodsoldier soldier As won soon < ; oon as I I can f-nd f nd fndwhIch f ftidwhich - tid tidwhich lsolmer whIch hospital he hI ' is mIll in 111 I11 get getm getin getin m in touch with him hun ( ( Please pa"s pas pays pa"stIus paysthis pa-.sthis pa.sthis pa .sthis sthis " - . tIus this on to his folks ind 'Ind ' tell th therm thermno th"mno thmno " m mno no need toorryhe to \orry-he orry he worry-he worry \ worry { - he will be beOK beOK beOK OK ) Radcliffe Radchffe ( now a captam captain captaini ) 1 lr " ' 0K 0 K I let him hun bun read your let let- letterhe letter - - ter-he ter he ter - - he say ' ) sajs a3 s to tell y ; ) ou helloBest helloDest hello helloBest Best Dest regards to yourself andall andall and andall all in m MoabJOIENNID Moab JOIfI\lNm JOIfI lNm JOIENNID JOIEN \ NIE |