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Tridell TrldeU Soldier Returns R turn Home HomeAfter HomeAlter HomeAfter After Alter 18 Months O"erseas Oerseas Overseas O"erseasPvt OverseasPvt Ovr " ea Pvt Melvin Melvm Wilson 26 is isspending Isspending iispending spending a 30-day 30 day 3Oday - - furlough with withhis withhis withis ! his parents Mr and Mrs John T TWilson TWilson TWilson Wilson of Tndell Tridell after spending spendingeighteen spendingeighteen spendinfeighteen eighteen months overseas Pvt PvtWilson PvtWilson PvtWilson Wilson was wounded January 7 7in 7in ' ; in Italy and was hospitalized in inAfrica inAfrica irAfrica Africa before arriving the Bush Bushnell Bushnell Bushnell nell Hospital at Bngham Brigham City the theforepart theforepart th thforepart < forepart of JulyA JulyA July A veteran of the North Afncan African Afncancampaign Africancampaign Afncarcampaign campaign Pvt Wilson Is an in infan infantry infantry fan fantry try gunner and entered ser service service service vice two years ago He ras . : was vas as assigned assigned assigned signed to Camp Canip Barkley Texas Texasand Texasand Texasand and embarked from Canp K1l1 Kill K1l1mer Killrner Killmer mer rner , N JWhile JWhile J While in Africa he met Dan DanOaks DanOaks DarOaks Oaks He reports Naples is a abeautiful abeautiful ibeautiful beautiful city about the size of ofSalt olSalt Salt Lake City He has two twobrothers twobrothers twcbrothers brothers in service S Sgt Ben BenWilson BenWilson BerWilaon Wilson of the marine corps and andSgt andSgt andSgt Sgt Irvin Wilson of the thf ' army A Ayounger Ayounger Ayounger younger brother Carl G Wilson Wilsonreported Wilsonreported Wilsonreported reported to Fort Douglas last lastweek lastweek lastweek week for induction mduction . + - . + - - 4- 4 . 4Jay - - . + - * : Jay Reynolds Awarded MedalNolan Medal MedalNolan Nolan Jay Reynolds son of ofMr ofMr olMr Mr and Mrs Fred Reynolds Reynoldsinfantryman Reynoldsinfantryman Reynoldsinfantryman infantryman badge for exem exemplary exempiary exemplary plary piary conduct in combat achon action actionin actionin 10 in a major operationSgt operationSgt operation Sgt Reynolds who had starti started start started i ed his tour of overseas service in inW InJanuary inf W January saw his first combat combatexperience combatexperience combatexperience experience in 10 the Bougainvllle Bougainville Bougainvlllecampaign Bougainvillecampaign Bougainvillecampaign campaign campaignThe The award , the newest lOfan infan lOfantry infantryman infantryman try tryman man s medal medal is a silver sliver nfle rifle nfleon rifleon rifleon on a field of blue with a silver silverborder silverborder silverborder border . + - . + - . + - - . + -4-Bob 4 Bob - - Bob Preax Preas Home After Ser"lce Serlce Service Ser"lceWith ServiceWith ServiceWith " With Merchant Marine , ' Bob Preas is 15 spending a leave leavehere leavehere leavehere here with his parents Mr and andMrs andMrs Mrs W N Preas after serving servlOg 10 in 10the inthe ' ' the Pacific area with the mer merchant merchant merchant chant mannesSmce marinesSince marines mannes Since Smce his enlistment enl1Stment in 10 Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake last September Mr Preas Preashas Preashas Preashas has been in 10 Australia Austraha and New NewGUInea NewGuinea NewGuinea GUInea He received his tralOlOg training trainingat tralOlOgat at Catalina Island Callforma California CallformaHe CaliforniaHe CaliforniaHe He will return to duty Sept 2A 2A 2 A sister Elizabeth Noel Preas Preasis IS a member of the W WAVES AVES . + - - . + - - 4- 4 . 4Fruitland - - . + - * Fruitland Youth Youlh Reported ReportedWounded ReportedWounded ReportedWounded Wounded In ActionPvt ActionPvt Action Pvt Lewis 0 Mecham son of ofMr ofMr ofMr Mr and Mrs Otis L MechamFruitland Mecham Fruitland Duchesne county isreported isreported is reported as seriously wounded woundedJuly woundedJuly woundedJuly July 610 6 in FranceHe FranceHe France He has han . . four tour brothers all serv serving serving 109 ing with the armed forces Cpl CplKeith CplKeith CplKeith Keith Mecham stationed 10 in 10France inFrance inFrance France Pvt Reed Mecham Eng England England England land Cpl Harold Mecham sta staboned stationed stationed boned tioned in the south Pacificwar Pacific war wartheater wartheater wartheater theater , and Pvt Edward Mech Mecham Mecham Mecham am training with the army in inCalifornia InCalifornia inCalifornia California and four Bisters sisters Mrs MrsHebert MrsHebert Hebert Mecham Pleasant Grove GroveMrs GroveMrs GroveMrs Mrs Paul Young Emma and Jen Jennie Jennie Jennie nie Lee Mecham all of Fruitland 4- 4 . - . + . + . + Mechanic at al Ordance DepotT4 DepotT4 Depot DepotT4 T-4 T 4 - - Irvin H Winward is nowserving serving as a mechanic in the or ordnance ordnance ordnance dnance section of the largest ailservice service command depot i rBritain Britain He is a son bon on of Mr ancMrs Mrs Henry WinwardPrior WinwardPrior Winward Prior to his enlistment in Aug August August August ust , , 1942 he was employed as a atlOner atinner ctinner tlOner tinner smith helper at the Ogderarsenal arsenal and attended an army armytechnical armytechnical arrn arrntechnical > technical school at camp Conley ConleyA ConleyAtlanta ConleyAtlanta A Atlanta tlan ta Ga + . . , - . . , . + Eriand Erlnd ErlIJnd Preece Writes from fromNew fromNew fromNew New GuineaPvt GuineaPvt Guinea GuineaPvt Pvt Eriand Erland Preece former formerBank formerBank forrneiBank Bank of Vernal employee writes writeshis writeshis writeshis his former associates D R H Bar Barand Barand Barand and N J Meagher some interest interesting interesting interesting ing highlights on his life in New NewGuinea NewGuinea NewGuinea Guinea GuineaPvt Pvt Preece says they landed landedon landedon on New Guinea on May 30 30after 30after 30after after an interesting interestlOg trip The Thesouth Thesouth Thesouth south sea islands are as beautiful beautifulas as I always heard they were f 1 ' he hesaid hesaid hesaid said alwars 0 Of course there are no nosarong nosarong nosarong sarong dancing beauties such as asDorothy asDorothy asDorothy Dorothy Lamour Lamoui , but the landcape land landcape cape ape is wonderful neverthe neverthe- neverthetess nevertheess nevertheless - * less tess ess The island is covered with witha a very dense jungle There are aredozens aredozens aredozens dozens of species of trees vines vinesshrubs vinesshrubs vinesshrubs shrubs and flowers The kaikan kaikangrass kaikangrass kaikangrass grass grows as high as a man s shead shead shead head Rata Rats are very plentiful plentiful.here plentifulhere plentifulAcre .here here . I awoke one night and andlooked andlooked andlooked looked one , ove over r two feet long longright , ' right in the eyeWe eye'We eye " ' We -We 'We - * ' are living in a large pyri pyrimidal pyrimidal pyrimidal midal squad tents with good goodwood goodwood goodwood wood n floors ors We . _ als also hlve have ! _ _ elec tricity Leave make fairly good living condi conditions condilions condilions Alljthe tions lions wherever they may be Al Althe Althe the time the Japs were in posse posseion posseion possess possession ion here they didn t build any anything anything anything thing for their own comfort or orpleasure orpleasure orpleasure pleasure but lived in dugouts dugoutsand dugoutsand dugoutsand and native shanties Since the theYanks theYanks theYanks Yanks and Aussies have had hsd pos pos- possession possession possession - session they have constructed constructedtheaters constructedtheaters constructedtheaters theaters mess halls hans haIls , day rooms rooms roomsshowers . , , showers , etc In fact I have only onlyone onlyone onlyone one complaint to snake make mke abmjt4he abmjt4heplace about Ith 4hcpluce p1uce place , I can't cant ' find any ahy chess ployen py pyera play ploy en era " n bC saId , lEveft saIdlEveft 1Eventhohgh Even fh lhough gh New Guinea is isbeautiful isbeautiful isbeautiful beautiful , I will be happy to tospend tospend o ospend spend the rest of my life in Ver VernaL Vernap Vernal/ Vernal Vernalsaid naL nap / ' * . ' said SI 1d d Pvt . . PreecePVt Preecepci Preece PreecePvt Pvt pci . . , Preeca tPreec PrEeO ! Was was stationed staUoned at atFort atFort atFort Fort : : Francis 1f'ranc1s 1franc1s ' 'rancis rancis ' E E & . . Warren Wanen , , and J1I1d ond is a abookkeeper abookkeeper IK > okkeeper bookkeeper in a laundry platoon platoon'Urs platoonUrs . , . ' Mrs . . Preece and daughter reside residehere residehere residehere residehereGbattaued here hereQlnUDued hereQcmUnued ( Gbattaued QlnUDued QcmUnued on aD Pfe Pace Page ? roan o J 0i3m 1IdIII RiI ( mntW ) _ . . . + eloetlatrellannttrio eloetlatrellannttrioWith nn mmittmiiQ mmittmiiQWith } ' * _ k . With the Men MenIn MenIn In the Armed Forces ForcesContinued Forcese ( Wmnnnnnrttwnn ( anwn umnsinn umnsinnContinued . . . ( Continued OonUnued troni trom page one onelHoward ) Howard Manwaring Manwadng Menwaring On GuamHoward GuamHoward Guam GuamHoward Howard Manwaring is on onGuam onGuam Guam according to word receiv receivf"d receivcd receivrd f"d fd cd " by his parents Mr and Mrs MrsArthur MrsArthur MrsArthur Arthur Manwaring1I0wdrd Manwaringtoward Manwaring ManwaringHoward ] Howard 1I0wdrd toward the younge youngest t of tl tt ti ree reebrothers reebrothers reebrothers brothers in service has been ser servlng seryang serving vlng yang as a machine mschine m chine gunner in Ul the theSouth theBouth ( . South Pacific since the fore part partof partof partof of De December Dezember .t.mber t.mber tmber < . . He received his hisbasic hisbasic DiegoMarine DiegoManne back basic ; training at the San Diego Manne Marine Base at San Diego Calif Califand Califand Califand and was employed by E C Jonesat Jones at the th ( time ht he . entered service lit Ill . . is a brother of Lt Karl KarlManwaring KarlManwaring KarlManwaring Manwaring stationed at Wash Washlngton Washington Washington lngton ington D C and Captn Everett EverettManwaring EverettManwaring Manwaring so s somewhere o mew m e w h t e . rein rein.Europe r e In InEurope inJEurope .Europe Europe . . + . + - . + - + Carl Collett On 37 37Missions 37Misdona 37Missions Missions Misdona since D DayS Day DayS S Sgt Collett 22 year old son sore sonIn soreIn sonin In England has completed 37 mis missions mislions miseions . sions lions since D Day over enemy enemyterritory enemyterritory enemyterritory territory and has four medals in ineluding ineluding ineluding eluding the DFCSSgt DFCSSgt DFC DFCSSgt - S-Sgt S Sgt - - Collett 22 year old son sonCf sonof sonof Cf of ) Mrs E S Collett Is a n waistgunner waist waistgunner waistgunner gunner on a B 24 and writes he heexpects heexpects heexpects expects to return to the states stateswithin stateswithin stateswithin within the next O 90 days .ne.t ne.t net . + " . + + d"1s d1s " DUlman Dillman Diliman Brothers AdvancedRay AdvancedRay Advanced AdvancedRay Ray Earl Dillman Dlllman Jr , was pro pro- promoted prorooted promoted - moted rooted to a lieutenant j ( ( j g ) re retently reGently recently tently Gently at the Pacific beach base baseIn baseIn basein In California Callfornia CaliforniaLt CallforniaLt Lt j ( ( j g ) Dillman Dlllman Diliman is a graduateoof graduateof graduate fOf of the University of Utah and andwas andwas was admitted to the Utah statebar state statebar bar before entering serviceMiles service serviceMiles Miles Dillman Diliman was also ad advanced advanced advanced vanced to a first lieutenant on onthe onthe th the completion of meterology meterologyschooling meterologyschooling schoollng schooling in Los Angeles He is isnow isnow isnow now stationed in the AleutianIslands Aleutian Aleutianislands islands and is a graduate of ot the theBYY theB theB BYY B Y YBoth Y YBoth BYYBoth Both boys are sons of Attorney Attorneyand Attorneyand Attorneyand and Mrs Ray E Dillman Diliman of ofRoosevelt ofRoosevelt ofRoosevelt Roosevelt . + - + - - + - . + - Captn Capto Ixley Isley VlsUs Visit Vi it . HereCptn HereCpto Here HereCptn Cptn Cpto and and Mrs Tom Isley leftFriday leftFriday left dayshere Friday after spending three days parentsMr here with Captn Isley a s parents Mr and Mrs Girvas IsleyCaptn IsleyCaptn Isley IsleyCaptn Captn , Isley , who has seen seenseveral seenseveral seenseveral several months of combat of ofoverseas ofoverseas ofoverseas overseas service will wUI report back backto backto backto to his base at et Great Bend . Kan KanI18S Kanass Kancas visitingF-stes visitingF stes visitingF.stes visitingEstes I18S ass an August 21st after visiting F.stes Fstes Estes . - Park , Colo Colt - + . . } . + Bojce Boyce FurloughSgt Barger Home on Furlough Sgt James Royce noyce Barger , 29 29Is 29Is 20Is Is enjoying his muchdeservedfurlough much-deserved much deserved - - furlough ! ugh her here with h his s .fa fa . father er J M in ina a series of major European and andAsiatic andAsiatic ancAsiatic Asiatic campaigns compafgns compafgnsSgt campaignsSgt Sgt Barger who has been in inthe Irthe the army for three years was in inAfrica inAfrica irAfrica Africa and Italy for beveral several severalmonths s everamonths months 4- 4 . + 44 - 4- 4 . + 44 - . + 4- 4 + 4Stationed - Stationed In Waihington Washington , . D CLt CLt C CLt Lt and Mrs Harold Calder Calderand Calderand Caldeiand and children are now at Lt Cnl Cal Cnlder Calder Calder der WashingtonD s new station in Washington D C after spending a leave in inVernal inVernal IrVernal IrVernalLt Vernal VernalLt Lt Calder had his orders tsail to tosail ( 6811 sail for China when he re received received received ceived his new assignment assignmept assigninept assignineptDonna assignmeptDonna assignmentDonna Donna and Venna Goodrich Goodrichsisters Goodrichsisters Goodrichsisters spendthe sisters of Mrs Calder will spend spencthe the fall and ond winter in Washing Washington Washington Washington ton with the Calders Donna has hasbeen hasbeen ha : been employed at the Vernal VernalDrug VernalDrug VernalDrug Drug and Venna has been em employed employed employed ployed at the Umtah Uintah State Bank BankCapt BankCaPt 'Aycock Aycock ' Capt Aycock TransferredCapt TransferredCapt Transferred TransferredCupt Cupt Capt Kenneth R Aycock Is Isnow isnow i ; now at his new station at Fort FortLeonard FortLeonard ForLeonard Leonard Wood Mo with the thefield thefield th thfield < field artillery after being sta stalioned stationed stationed lioned tioned at Camp Adair Ore for forfour forfour foifour four monthsCupt monthsCapt months monthsCupt Cupt Capt Aycock a son of Mr and andMrs anMrs an anMrs < Mrs Robert L Aycock Aycol.k Aycolk . was wasscheduled wascheduled wa , s ; : scheduled for embarkation at the thetime thtime th thtime e < time his orders were changed changedand changedand changecand and he received his transfer |