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Show With Our BoysIn BoysIntheUSA Boys BoysJin In IntheUSA the USA USAArmed U S AArmed Jin IntheUSAArmed Armed ForcesLieut Forces ForcesLieut Lieut lleut John D Redd ReddWrites ReddWrites Wntes Writes Interestingly InterestinglyFrom InterestinglyFrom From Italian FrontThe FrontThe Front FrontThe The Times Independent is i ireceipt m mreceipt 11receipt n , receipt of the following lette letter letterfrom letterfrom : from First Lieut Lleut John D Redd Reddformerly Reddformerly formerly an engineer engmeer with the thesoil th thsoil < soil sOlI conservation service station stationed stationed cd ed at Moab and Grand Junctionand Junction Junctionand and now in 111 active service withthe with withthe 'the the ' the U US S army in m ItalyJust Italy ItalyJust Ju Just t got back from a 30 day daystretch da ; stretch in m the front lines hnes Founc Found Foundseveral Foundseveral several copies of the Times In Independent Independent dependent waiting waltmg for me Sothoroughly So Sothoroughly Sthoroughly ( thoroughly enjoyed them that I Ithought : thought the least I I could do was waswrite \ via as ; \ write rite and thank you It is hard hardfor harefor for the folks at home to realizejust realize realizeJust realizejust Just how much the home paper papermeans papermeans means to us This is really another an another another other world we are living hvmg m mnow innow innowCensorship now nowCensorship Censorship will w1l1 now permit permitus us u < ; to state that we are in m Italy ItalyHave ItalyHave ItalyHave Have been all the time We are arebased arebased arebased based in 111 a bombed out bUlldmgwhich building buildingwhich which affords fair falr shelter bUlldmg/ bUlldmg We Wego Wego Wego / go into mto the front lines for 10 to to30 30 days at a time then backhere back backhere backhere here to restCan restCan rest restCan Can t tell te11 you all the detailsbut details detailsbut detailsbut but this place is really a sample sampleof sampleof of the ravages of war-noth1l1g war noth1l1g war-nothing nothing warnothingbut war - nothingbut but wreck and ruin rum Some of the thebo.s thebors bo.s bos bors . - got a recent tour to Porn Pornpen Pornpen Pompen pen One soldier said Hell HellPompeii Pompeu Pompeii am t t no rum-the rum the ruin-the ruin rum - thei : } . "h h " < < n 1nnt- 1nnt 1nnth - . , . 41- 41 < h - , , < n n U ' w .vv vv . a . . , ' " c ' " . vc . : I ' alyJust aly Just finished fmlshed writing wrltmg a letI letter let I iter at He and andmost andmost ter to a friend fnend home most of the others write wnte telling tellingus andI I us the war was nearly over m in inEurope mEurope inEurope Europe I told him the Germans Germanswe Germanswe we are facing facmg apparently haveI haven have , n t been informed mformed as yetThey yet I I IThey They are really a smooth ) I | working workmg machine maclune One gets so sohe sohe he doesn t mind mmd the rifle nfle and andmachine andmachine machme machine gun fire but those boysin boys bovsin ) In the gre grei grey ) , green longcpats real realIv reallv really Iv lv make life a nightmare nuhtmare ; with withtheir withtheir their artillery artlllerv and mortar wlthl 1re fire fireThey fireThey They know their business busmess Theymake They Theymake mahe make the earth literally 5hake shake shakefor shakefor for sometimes 24 hours a day dayYou dayYou You just have to set shaking shak1l1g m in inyour inyour your foxhole and pray pi ay One gets getsso getsso so he either thinks thmks none of them themhave themhave themhave have his name on them or hegets he hegets hegets gets so he don t give a damnif damn damnIf damnif If they have When we spend six sixto < ; sixto IX IXto to 10 days in the assault without with without without out sleep one thing or another anotherdoesn anotherdoesn anotherdoesn doesn t make a hell of a lot of . - t tt tf t f t } " ff " ' r v , ? f a- a asy - sy syy , /y- y / - < s i ; I yI $ &y y & ' & , 4 ? f < / / > , < / / . H R t < LIEUT JOHN D REDDdifference REDD REDDdifference , difference dilference differenceThe The assault is hke'Ihuntmg like hke deerhunting deer 'Ihuntmg Ihuntmg ' ! hunting only on a bigger scalewhere scale [ where you are sure of game gameWhen gameWhen When ; hen their machine machme maclune guns open openup openup openup up we put our machine guns on ontheirs ontheirs ontheirs ( theirs and the rest of the he platoon platoo n moves around arouna the me name flank wltn wnnbayonet ' bayonet and hand grenade totake to totake totake take them out M MI : } job as pIa pla plaloon pIatoon platoon toon loon commander is not alway alwayeasy alwayeasy alwayeasy alwayeasyThis easy easyThis This force is an exceptional exceptionalumt exceptionalunit exceptionalunit umt unit and I am sure it will get geta getia a world wide story when thetime the thetime thetime time comes It is now a provenoutfit proven provenout provenoutfit out outfit 1t We have not failed to totake totake totake take an objective and have not notretreated notretreated notretreated retreated one foot even in the theface theface theface face of as many as 28 counterattacks counter counterattacks counterattacks attacks in 111 one mghtDldn nightDidn night mght nightDidn Didn Dldn t Intend to blow my myown myown myown own horn when I started this thisletter thisletter thisletter letter but can tan t retrain refram refrain from fromtelling fromtelling fromtelling telling you how proud I felt fclt the theother theother theother [ other day when General Mark MarkI MarkClark MarkClark Markdark I Clark awarded me m & the silver silverstar silverstar silverstar star medal for what they called calledgallantry calledgallantry calledgallantry gallantry in ill action be beyond : } ond and thecall the thecall thecall call of duty Also got a battle battlefIeld battlefield battlefield fIeld promotion to first heuten heutenant heutenant lieutenant lieutenantI ant antI antI , I have seen a lot of it and andnow an annow andnow d now realize reahze that heroes are only onlythe onl onlthe onlythe y : the victim of circumstances an anthat and andthat andthat d I that actu2.11 actu211 actually . all ot of the boys ale ate aleheroes ateheroes aieheroes aieheroesLieut ! heroes heroesLleut Lieut Lleut Taylor Radclitfe Radcliffe re recelved received received celved ceived the Purple Heart Woun Wounded Wounded Wounded ded with mortar fire lie he speat spear speatIheaded spearheaded spcalheaded headed his batallion batalhon to succes success successful successtul , > ful occupation of their objectIVe objectIVeSergeant objectiveSergeant objectiveSergeant Iheaded ( Sergeant Felix rehx relix Murphy ha , / 4 ( ? f ' t4 . . . . _ - 4) 4 4)zt ) " 1/ 1 : / . 1J J 'J , ' " / ' - 74 7"i "i i " 7- 7 ' - . 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' ' " ' " " Where nerther neither gUilty glory glows , 1 ' I km : . i NGr Nor despICable statt stotel ? , it , ' Yes one-the one the - - first the lost last the best bestij ' ' " T , ij * The Cincmnatus Gnnnnatus of the West , I I ' " " 1tl- 1tl 1tlWhom , ; - ' r ; Whom envy dared darednot not hater hateBequeathed hate ' ) r g Bequeathed the nome name of Washmgton Washington , " t r gTo To make man blush there was but Onel Ones OnelLord Onesdi -Lord Lord - 8yroll Byron Byronr Byrone di a alord r e I III ! II IIc c proven he deserves his hent herit hentagean heritagean hentage age-an age an - - an American Amencan He has come comethrough comethrough comithrough : through it all without a scratchAgam scratchAgain scratch scratchAgain Again Agam thanks for the paper paperI I still feel that Moab is my home homeand homeand hom homand < . ' and I I love heal heaung healing mg the personal personaldetails personaldetails persona'details personadetails ' details Would sure appreciate appreciatea ' a : note if you ever have hme time timeRegards hmeRegards timeRegards Regards ' to allMoab all allBIoab ' BIoab Moab Pilot n It Writes ntes rites ofc of c- c - cJ.penences ' "Experiences Experiences " : J\.penences J.penences J .penences penences Experiences : ' \ . in Centr Centril CentnI U PacificFollowing Pacific PacificFollowing Following Followmg al aie are e excerpts cxcerpts fromtiters from from1ctters fromletters 1ctters titers ] ] received by relative relatives relativesfrom ; from Lieut Lleut Guy Taylor son of o olMrs > \ : Arthur A Taylor who IS ISa iia a US U S army bomber pilot pllot and andI ancla I . > on duty in m the central Pacific Pacifictheater PacI Pacifictheater PacifictheaterI 1c 1ctheater 1 theater theaterI I have been on a raid-but raid but raidbutdon raid - don t worry I am 0 K It gives ou quite a thrill thnll when you go goDver the target I can t say saywhether whether one gets excited e-cIted e cIted , - scared scaredor or what-It what It what - it all happens so soqUick qUick The Zero seema seem " to be beContinued b , . ( ( Continued Contmued on last page ) ) I .With With . Our Boys in theArmed the the'Armed , ( 'Armed Armed ' ForcesContinued Forces Forcesr r , . . _ _ ( Continued Contmued fiom flom first page ) ) quite qwte ( the little plane and they theyreally theyreally theyreally really go round and round Thatis That ThatIS Thaiis IS until our gunners get a good goodcrack goodcrack goodcrack crack at themI them 1 I I am on an atoll m in the cen central central . tral Pacific The natives are arcquite ! , qUlte quite comical and very fnendly friendly friendlyThe friendlyThe . Itral The fellows trade cloth and andtrmkets andtrinkets andtrinkets trmkets trinkets for their handiwork handiwork- handIwork-I handIwork I handIworkIcoral handiworkcoral handiworkcoral - coral and shell beads grassskirts grass grassskirts , skirts woven grass mats and andbaskets andbaskets jSklrts baskets andjbaskets Some of them speak andj a ahttle alittle alittle httle little English and they seem to toknow toknow know tOIknow what is going gomg onThis onThis on onThis tOI This atoll is one of those thoseplates thoseplates thoseplaces plates where ever everyone one longs to tobeswaymg tobeswaying tobe be-swaymg be swaymg be-swaying swaying - - swaying palms pa1ms beautiful beautifulI beautifulnative beautifulnative beautifulnative I native OUghtlto women ( you really OUghtl ought oughtto oughtto to see one of those women- women womenwhat womenwhat women womenwhat - what a disappointment dlsappomtment ) gentletrade gentle gentittrade : trade winds wmds and beautiful white whitesandy whitesandy 1 sandy and , beaches ( we have to wear wearshoes wearshoed wealshoes shoes shoed ' tot to ! ( keep the coral fromamputating from fromamputatIng fromamputating amputatIng our feet feet ) ) Roman RomantIc Romantic Romantic7 tIc ' Oh yes-about yes about yes - - about as s thrillingas thrllhnltas thrllhnlt thrilling as Crescent Junction We aren t tbItterJust tbitterlust 1bitter bItter-Just bItter Just bitter-lust lust - just island happy ' All AllJokIng Alljoking Alljoking JokIng aside it isn t so bad-we bad we badwehave badwehave bad - - wehave have our good timesAbout timesAbout times timesAbout About those raids-they raids they raids - - they are areqUIte arequite arcquite qUIte the thrillers thr1llers One gets his hismoney hismoney hismoneys money s worth only no one onegives onegives onegives gives a darn dam about staymjt staying staymjtaround stayingaround stayingaround : around for a second feature I Ihave Ihave ] have seen the famed Zero in inaction inaction inaction action They do a lot of playmg playing playingaroundtrouble playmgaroundtrouble playingaround around-trouble around trouble - trouble is they havethe have havethe havethe the same idea we have haare they theyplay theyplay theyplay play for keeps keepsI I haven t been doing domg much muchtoday muchtoday muchtoday today except shave My face isgetting IS ISIettmg isSetting Iettmg getting ! to be tough as rawhide rawhideWe rawhideWe rawhideWe We use brackish water well wellwater wellwater wellwater water that contains contams a small content con content content tent of salt It doesn t lather lathervery lathervery lathervery very well but does serve the thepurposeboth thepurposeboth thepurpose purpose-both purpose both - - both for lather and andafter andafter andafter after shave lotion lotionI I had some natives do mywashing my mywashmg mywashing washmg washing the other day All of It ItIS itis i1is IS clean but of course Ironmg ironing IronmgIS ironingis ironingis IS unheard of here-so here so here - - so I amclean am amclean amclean clean , , but much wrinkled wrmkled wrinkledI wrmkledI I visited a native village the ther theother theother theother r other day I was certainly certamly sur surI surprised I I pnsed prised at how primitive pTlmltlve they theyreally theyreally theyreally really are One young girl wascooking was wascookmg waicooking cookmg cooking some fish She had a Pit Pitdug pitdug pitdug dug with some cocoanut husksburning .husks husks .husksburnmg . husksburning burnmg burning inside mS1de of it Husks burn burnlike burnlike burrike like [ punk nunk they smoke quite a abIt abit sbit bIt but there is little or no noflame noClame flame She stood over the pitturning pIt pItturn1l1 pilturning Iflame turn1l1 turning the fish about the time timethey timethey timethey they started to char right good goodI goodwith goodwith goodwith I with a pointed pomted stick I don t belteve be beheve believe heve lteve you would ever eat fish fishagam fishagain fishagain agam again if vou you had seen them Theylooked They They.ooked Theyooked , looked . like half burned chIps- chIps chIpssc chipssome chips chipssome - - sc some > me food ' We also had a na native naiive . ttve tive bov boy get us some same cocoanuts cocoanutsThey cocoanutsThev : Thev They will WIn climb the highest tree treeon treeon ' on the island for two cIgarettes cIgarettesYou cigarettesYou cigarettesYou You probably have seen pictures PIC PICI PICtures pictures I tures of them clImbmg-there clImbmg there climbing-there climbing climbingthereis climbing - thereis ' is 1 < : probably nothing nothmg outside of ofa ofa ofa a monkey that could comtlete compete comtletewIth competewith corrroetewith wIth them They use their feet feetltke feetlike feetlike I comtleteI ltke like claws c1aws How they makp make makpt makethem makpthem t them em stick is a mystery to meRomulus me meRomulus - I Romulus Mich Mlch Feb 16 16David - ' David C McDougald Jr son of ofMr ofMr ofMr Mr and Mrs D C McDOUlald McDougald McDouealdof McDOUlaldof McDougaldof ! of Moab has hac ; been promoted to totechnaclan totechnician totechnician technaclan technician fifth grade at the theRomulus theRomulus theRomulus Romulus army armv air field statton station stattonhospItal stationhospital stationhospital hospItal He is assigned to the theThird theThird theThird Third Ferrying Ferrymg group Ferrymg Ferrying FerrymgdivIsion Ferryingdivision Ferryingdivision FerryingdivisionSgt divIsion divisionSgt I Sgt Kirk Reid son of Mrs MrsFrank MrsFrank MrsFrank Frank Moore has been transferred trans transferred transferred fe-rred fe rred ferred - back to Australia Austraha from fromNew fromNew fromNew New Guinea Gumea where he had seen seenmtenslVe seenintensive seenintensive mtenslVe intensive service for the pastyear past pastyear pastyear year Sgt Reid who was one ofthe of ofthe ofthe the first Grand county young youngmen youngmen youngmen men to volunteer for the armed armedservIces armedservices armedservices servIces three years ago has hasbeen hasbeen |