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? lieutenantaccording ? according dCcordmg ( . - ' " "g g " to word received to toiaams tol tolyby iaams ] yby by ha hamember his parents Lieut Lleut WIl WIlCO Wilams theWair theWaircommando S isha is a member member of the air CO COS commando ' " mmando airmmando " 'mando mando ' groupSgt group 'I I ' ! theWeek Sgt et Duke B Woods spent thealeek the aleek aleekend Week WeekSgt . end . Moab reI rdl reIlives rdltoned a * - \ * In m AH AVAUdU vlsltmg visiting VIolLJ-l VIolLJ l - S * ' ' * lives to ' Sgtm sgt Woods who is sta stalfoned stap staHn- staHn staHnat toned atgan gan camwho ganarmy army lfoned lfonedat CalifOnua - at an army camp p in m Cal ifOnua l1Ua " "a a " had been to Pueblo PueblohJ Pueblof10 Coro hJ his 10 to attend the funeral of ofH8 aho Clarkaho . ; grandfather John H Clark ClarkH10 0 died at ate at"nond atnond t .i i . two weeks ago a " chtnond chmond atchtnond " " burs burin bur e _ _ Calif _ _ and was . ' U In iy > n j iii iiir _ _ . _ . . -r r - - l s the family plot at t Pueblo Pueblofo o ofor MoaS fo foWoOds for { st t Woods stoppedooff stopped ooff oofft off in m Moabtor Moa Moab Moabtn'a tor to tn'a tna ' a brief bnef visit on his returns retur return n " his "is is " s California CalIforma postRulon post ct1uIon ; Rulon FIe Fielding seaman firs c0 firsc0 c0was a 3 Was was an arrival Monday fos foday fo folk folkday " lay day furlough with horn home hom homMoab s at Moab Seaman First Class Uass Bert Ellis Ellisson Ellisson Ellisson son of Mrs John Stocks of Moab Moabwas Moabwas Moabwas was mained malned married on Nov 16 to MIss MIssDorothy MissDorothy MissDorothy Dorothy H Harr Ha ; > rr " ' s of cf Culver CIt Crt Cit-'Calif Cit 'Calif Calif , - ' Calif according accordmg to announce announcement announcement 'CalIf CalIf ' ment received recened bv by Mrs Stocks StocksjSeaman StocksSeaman StocksSeaman Seaman Ellis has been statIoned stationedat jSeaman at Corona Calif for some tIme timeand timeand and is now on a furlough before beforebemg beforebeing beforebeing bemg being assigned to new duties m in inthe inthe the U US S navy Writing Wntmg from Camp Wolters WoltersTex WoltersTex WoltersTex Tex Pvt Tom C Taylor son of ofMr ofMr ofMr Mr and Mrs Tom Taylor of Mo Moab Moab Moab ab states I don t think thmk the army armyIS armyis IS quite as bad as it s said to be beThe beThe beThe The only thing thmg I don t really lIke lIkeabout likeabout likeabout about it is the state of Tel.as Telas Texas Tel.asDon TexasDon TexasDon : ! . Don Baldwin Baldwm and I were quIte quItelucky quitelucky quitelucky lucky getting gettmg in 111 the same camp campHowever campHowever campHowever However he is in m Co C and I m mm min min m in D I also hit it lucky in m get getting getting tmg ting one swell bunch of officers officersand officersand officersand and non corns I don t beheve believe behevethere believethere believethere there is a better company com corn commander cornmander cornmander mander in 111 the whole camp than thanthe thanthe thanthe the one we have Pvt Taylor s sfnends sfriends sfriends fnends friends can reach him at the fol fob foblowing following lowmg lowing address Pvt Tom C CTaylor CTaylor Taylor 39933862 Co D 3rd 3rdPIt 3rdpit 3rdPit PIt 65th Bn Camp R ' \ WoltersTex , olters oltersTel oltersTex Tel Tex : ! . TexAfter After serving servmg two years in m the theair theair theair air corps on the island of TrIm Trini TrImdad Trinidad Trimdad dad off the coast of South Amer AmerIca America America , Ica Master Sgt David P Bu Buchanan Buchinan the Mrs Treta Ireta Bu Buchanan Buchanan ch'man chman chanan ' son . chanan and grandson of Mr and andJohn andJohn andMrs ' Mrs ValMrs John JohnE E Pace of Castle Val Valley Valley ley Mrsley is now stationed at the army armyair arm ; > Beach Calif In InI Ina Ina Ina I air field Long I a letter to The Times Indepen Indcpen Independent Indcpendent Indcpendcnf dent Sgt Buchanan states I m1m min m now and It IS ISpreth ispretty 1m in a ferrymg ferrying crew interesting mterestmg work but a atimes itimes t pretty preth Wedeliter Wi.deliver Wideliver . little tiresome tImes gets a states state statesand stateand statesand all over the s deh deliter ' er planes and I Ive ve ye made Wade a couple of tnps tnpsto trip tripto tripsto s to Australia The bovs boys bo ; > s out there therem there'in therein ' the Pacific area really have haveIt haveislands haveit m in islandsit the different ifferent ifferentre Islands Islandsare islandsare It rough as ] are a traya re so sogfaraapart sogfaraapartdWhen far apart dWhen When you ; > vou ou trav tray trayel travel 16 hours and seenotung see seenothing se seiy e el for 15 or ly iy ly nothing notung ] gets getsanidea BCIS ' anidea anideatof an an but Idea n-i n i nit -lftA lftA - - water -t t - . tof of ? v * how h wrlarge hwrlarge . a - . > Q-ur Q ur - person - . . large _ lar . _ _ fe surely sure surelftA the theworld th thworld e current current cur David s [ world l I eally is , , " "D D JIJr David Tl TlL /L L / P rent address IS M Sgt 56th 51 J\1rcran J 1rcran \ iBase iBaseUnit " " 5 5Sqd Buchanan Sgddhar556th Sgddhar556thbAAF 556th bAAF bAAFiBase . A\F A F AF A \F F < \ \ Base Umt UmtLong Unit UnitLong UnitLong Long Sqd Beach Army Air FIeld FIeldLong FieldLong FieldLong Long Beach 8 CalifWarrant Calif CalifWarrant - Warrant Officer ( U S Navy Navyand ) and Mrs Walter B Buckley ar arnved arrived arLnyed nved rived Monday morning mornmg to VISitMrs visitMrs visit " parents - - . . . * . - TUT-c TUT c Mr . - and andlVIrs andMrs nnrl Mrs Mrs Buckley UWK-lcy UWK lcy - s a t tt.i.1 t.i.1 ti.1 ti1 - ? Mrs lVIrs Frank M Shafer and oth other other other relatives and friends for a afew afew afew er forPrIce forPrice for few days They left yesterday . . . - - . with . , . u _ Jiff Mr , and andMrs anding a.n/1 a.n1 a.n an 1 / PrIce rrice 111 in ui company uni * < M * ? - Shater Shafer Shaferand to spend Thanksglv Thanksglvmg Thanksgiving Mrs withShafer and andMrs Wil Wilcox Wilcox with Mr and Mrs Qu Quint Qumt ntsWil ntsWilcox mg ing Mr and Mrs Buckleywill Buckleywill Buckley there [ cox will return . - in - a - - few < .t t . .tAanE -AanE AanE - days to tn Al Albany Albang Al Al1W11JI A bu , 1W11JI bany bang Calif where Mr Buckley Buckleyis IS stationed _ [ Frank La LaMar Perkms Perkins erkms chief chiefboatsman chief-- chief chiefk ' mate k US U Ti S So navy aw andwife and andib andwife boatsman arrIvals Saturday Saturdayfrom Sat Satfrom day daywith wife were we arriva fora a eks s from San SanrDiego Diego for forw a week w ek ekv ekday s VIS VISIt v wIth withMrs Mr Perkms parents parentsMr It ib n m * * DavidP P DavidMr MrPerkins Perkinsn Mrs David M Perkins Perkms Perkms'md Perkinsrelatives Mr and andMrs and md 'md ' > ad other relativess relatives Mr at at atSan Perkinswermarried marrIed Mrs s PerkinS were L Frank , San Diego 111 in August , has completed SIX years in the for an another another enlIsted : navy and has hastermed re I other four year termed term |