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Show VLt rt Lt . William 14Iiiam ; KingiReported King Kingn ing ingReported n Reported i/Reported i / Missing Plucky Venud Vernal Youth YouthWaa YouthWM Was Waa Recently M Made MadeFast MftudeFir de FU"St FUSt Fast " t Pilot on Bomber BomberLt Lt William W1lllam C C ! King a first firstpUot firstpilot firefpilot pUot pilot on 1 a bomber who had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been stationed with the air forces forcessomewhere forcessomewhere forcesomewhere ) somewhere In ICngland England was repor repor- reported reported reported - ! ted by Adjutant General 'missing missing 'missingI 'missingIn ' 'mlssln mlssln 'mlsslnIn ' missingIn < I In action acllon Monday Lt King had hadwritten hadwritten hacwritten written to his hi * brother Stan King Kingand Kingand Kingand and thi thQ the th i letter arrived two weeki weeks weeksago weeksago KingI I afo ago t telling ll1ng of air raids raid * over enenu enemy enem enemyterritory } territory I Im m still on borrowed borrowedtime borrowedtlme borrowectime { time tlme . , , ' said aid the young puot pl.lot pllot phot . Or On I Ione I Ione one raid a shell hit about thrc three threeI threeInches thrcInches ) I | Inches from my leg and went all allthe allthe al : the way through the ship he saidLt saidLt said saidLt Lt King was honored guest at a aa ia a luncheon of the Vernal Lion Lions Lionsclub Lionsclub ; \ club on March 24th and In a brief briefaddress briefaddress brteladdress address told the club members he hewould hewould h hwould < , . would do his best to carry ou on outhe onthe . the fight for freedom whereverhe whereverhe whercvci wherever he might be calledThe calledThe called calledThe The young officer a pilot on a aB aB iB ' B 17 had participated In heavy heavyraids heavyraids heaviraids raids over German territor-i territor i territory territorysince territorysince - , since his embarkation from theeast the theeast th theast < ! east coast on AprU April Bth 9th On one oneraid oneraid on onraid < ' raid he said a FW ' FW'90 FW90 0 lined llned up on ont.hem onthem orthem . t.hem them . and consequently coruequently ; ended up upwith upwith uwith ( with twelve 20 m m in cannon shots shotsIn shotsIn shotiIn ' In their shipAs shipAs ship shipAs shotsI I As a mt member > mber of the Vernal unit unitof unitof unllof of the National Guard Ouard he was wasmustered wasmustered wasmustered mustered In with the unit In 1941 1941Continued 1041Continued I ( < Continued on Paf Page Four ) M Lt . William Willilum W KinfiT King Missing Mt ingJ 1 Action .f\ction .fction .f f ction . \ , .ction ction . Ovr Over Europe Europe'Continued Continued 'Continued ' from FaKe PaRe Pace One On ) ABefore J ) Before being beln transferred to tha the Air AirCorps AirCorps AirCorp Corps last summer SUQ1mer he)1a.d he1a.d he1ad he ) .had had . . bef'n befn been bef'nslat.1oned beenstationed beenstationed ' slat.1oned slat1oned stationed . at Stp Sap L Luljt Ltg Oblspo Obispo and andNatlonaJ andNational andNational NatlonaJ National City Calif CaJl Call ! ! 'tIe tIe ' He IIe receivf'd receivfd received receivedtlt receivedt ' t t . ( i ; W1ngS Hns- Hns Hnst 'Ings Ings ' ( ; ' - gt < t Jtosewall ose . losev U . , "tI1 tI1 v14I " 1 M t tbyl tbylforepart tbyforepart forepart of January JanuaryOn JanuaryOn JanuaryOn On February 15th 1 I It t . King Kingmarried Kingmarried Kinimarried married Vena : Sinileton Singleion Singleton of Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal Ver Vernal - - nal at El EI Faflo Ptrso Paso Texas wlio who now rl- rl re- re rlsldf.s resides re resides ' - - sides sldf.s sldfs ' . In tfM LoB Los Anirelps Angelt"s Angelts Angeles " He lIt IIe ' was later latertransft'rred late latetransferred latertransferred transft'rred transftrred transferred ' to Pueblo PUt'blo PUtblo ' Colo \ " |