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Show III r F w SOT SGT GT nKBER DEBEll HEBER U . B 11 . 11AWSSgt HAWS 11AWS HAWSSgt Sgt . H.B.HawsWrites H.B HB H.B.Haws HB.Haws HBHaws . . Haws Writes fromWar fromWar from War Fronts Bgfc Sgt . . Heber B Haws Jr who WW Was w wrecently ! , recently awarded a good conduc conduc1 conduc1medal medal for ' "exemplary exemplary 'exemplary " behavlo behavim behavior ! efficiency e1DcIency , and fidelity " ' and hall has hasseen , seen action in Tunisia TUnIa1a with Gener- Gener General General - al Montgomery's Montgomerys ' ' legendary Elgtl ElgtlJ EIgth EIgthArmy , Arm Army , writes h18 his hi * mother Mrs . . A . A . C CRichens C ! Richens IUchens a colorful cciorful description de8crlptlon 01 01I 01the othe o I the condltloB cond1t1ona conditions * in India Indta and otbe OtheI other OtheIwar otherwar war fronts fronta In the War Par Far last East t Last December Sgt , Haws wrote'COnditions wrote "Conditions Conditions 'COnditions " ' In India are really reallypitiful reallypItlfuL pitiful It is hard harcI : to believe that tha thaciviltaed , c1vtl:1 c1vtl1 civilized d : people oan can live so much muc muclike mudlike , lUte like an1 n animusT animal * . rl 1'h 1h ' Their helr nands hands are reall really reallyheir reaHtheir } I their heir only leans means of existence extstence They TheyItve Thelive The : live Itve in grass , , tin Un or mud huts and andget an anget < anthey get food through any means they theyposs1ble t tpossible the : ; possible poss1ble can Due to the caste sys- sys aye- aye system ayetern systern - tem tern here they can never better betterthemaelves bettethemselves themaelves themselves from the envlornment enviornmen envlornmentthey enviornmenthey envlornmenthey they are bom born in . in fn . You seldomever seldom Uever Iever ever , see either humans bumana orin or anlmlWin animalin in India look w weU well fed " fed " Bince SInce leaving leavtn the states Sgt SgtHhW SgtHaws SgtH&w SgtHw HhW- HhW Haws HhWhaS & $ - has seen II mt ' many ' places gc gcdown gdown g gdown < down In history hIstoQ ' . , such aa as a * Cairo CairoSuez CairoSuez CairoSuez Suez Mersa Uatrah Matrah and lialfayPass Haltaya lialfay HaltayaPass HalfayiPass Pass . Tripoli TripoD and dozens of other otherdesert otherdesert otbeidesert desert battlefrontsLast battle batUefronts battlefronts batUefrontsLast ! ronta rontaLast Last Uarch March from Tunisia he hewrote hewrote h hwrote < wrote The "The 'T1te T1te ' " planes are coming comingagain comingagain comlniagain again and it would certainly thrUl thrill thrUlyou thrillyou thrillyou you to watch them theD1 do the Victory VictoryRoll VictoryRoll VictorRoll ? Roll ' which means their mission missionwas missionwas missionwas was successful " . He also wrote Iron from Alexandrlsof Alexandriaof Alexandria of an interesting Interesttng sight-seeing sight seeing 81ght-seelng 81ght seelng - trip tripthat tripthat tripthat that took him his * Into ancl ancient nt temples templesof of Egyptian mien n1lera rulers . . . Bit Sgt Sgt . . Haws enlisted enl1stecl in the army anny atPort at atPort atPort Port Douglas Douglaa in . January .January , . 142 1942 * and andwas andwas andwas , was first stationed ataUoned at tmepparo bneppara bnepparaField fcinepparoField , Field Field , , . Texas Texaa . . He Be was chosen forspecial for forspeclal torspecial speclal special mechanical mechantca1 training at Buffalo BUf- BUf BUffalo Buf Buffalo - falo New NewYork York . . A native of Vernal , . 0(1 01 Bgt Sgt . ( . . Hawswent HaW8 Haws HaW8went Hawswent went to Ooaldale coaIdale Coaldale , . Alberta Canada Canadawith Canadawith Canadawith with his hi * tnothttt mother other and stepfatherwhen step-father step father stepfatherwhen step-fatherwhen step fatherwhen - - when he n waa was a snuuj SIIbiI.I SIIbiII small . child chUd and r re- re resided re resided - sided there until unW 1030 1939 when the thefamily theamity thefamily family amity ( returned to Vernal |