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( nant in the arm army armyenlmccrs ; , engineers enflnlrs enlmccrs enflnl . , , . -rs rs < - corps corp " during the latter lat hat latter hatter , ter part of October He has also alsobeen alsobeen als alsbeen < been in Belgium BdgUlm Bilguim Fran France .e e < . and andEngland andEngland ant ( \ England EnglandLt Lt Pope received his second seconc * ; lieutenant heutenant s commission at Ft FtBelvoir FtBelvoir ; Belvoir Va in May 1943 He Heentered H Hentered < entered service with the Verna Vernal VernalNational VernalNational : National Guard in m 1941 and wa was wasin ; 3 in the Hawiian Hawuan iiawiian Islands nin ninmonths nme nine nmemonths ninemonths < ' months before fore returning returmng to th thstiles the thest'1tes thest < 1 st stiles st'1tes st1tes ' ites for offlcer officer officers s trainmgHe trainingHe training trainmg trainingHe He is a son of Charles T Pope PopeMrs PopeMrs PopeMrs Mrs Pope formerly Amy Gardiner Gar Gardiner Gardiner diner is employed by GeneraMotors General GeneralMotors GeneralMotors ' Motors at Salt Lake _ ; . + - * 4- 4 . + 4Manila - . + - - - Manila Marine IS ISVeteran isVeteran uVeteran Veteran of Three FrontsI FrontsVeteran Fronts FrontsVeteran Veteran of action on Guadal Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Guadalcanal I canal Tarawa and Siapan Mar Marme Marins Marme me ins Private First Class Clifford CliffordA ClifforcA A Richardson 24 of Mamla Manila MamlaI MamlaUtah ManilaUtah ManilaUtah Utah has been returned to the theManne theMarine th thMarine < Marine Manne barracks Kammoth KammothFalls KammothFalls KammotiFalls I Falls OregonSon OregonSon Oregon OregonSon Son of Mrs Vivian Richardsorof Richardsonof Richardson of Manila he was stationed in inHawaII inHawaii IrHawaii HawaII and in 10 New Zealand Zealandwhere Zealandwhere Zealandwhere where he married the former formerMarjorIe formerMarjorie forrneiMarjone MarjorIe RousePrIOr RousePrior Rouse Rousej j Prior to his enlistment enhstment in 10 Feb- Feb February February Febi - - ' ruary 1942 Richardson was em emplayed employed em\\ em employed \ \ ployed played by the Union Umon Pacificrailroad Pacificrailroad Pacific ; railroad railroadl l . + * 4- 4 + 44 - 4- 4 . + 4Promoted - . + - Promoted to CoxswainDell CoxswainDell Coxswain CoxswainDell Dell C Jacobson wa was < ; recent recently recently recentj ly promoted from a seaman flret first flretclass firstclass firsj firsjclass ; ) class to the rating ratmg of coxswaint coxcwalni coxcwaln coxswain coxswainMr ; i Mr Jacobson Jacobcon ; a son of Mr and andm andj andjMrs m Mrs Luvic Luvle Luvie Jacobson entere entered enteredthe enteredI the navya navy a a year ago He took hie his hisboot hi'a hia ; ' boot training trammg at Farragut Idaand Idaand Ida t tthe ) | and has hac ; been in the South Pacific Pacificarea PacificB area since MarchJ MarchAt MarchAt March Marchj j At the tune time he entered service servicehl serviceI servicehe servicej I lit hl he wa was < ; employed at al GolacondaNevada Golaconda GolacondaNevada Golacondaj GolacondajNevada J Nevada Mr Mrs < ; Jacobson formerIv former formerIv ' Iv Wanda Murray and sop sOQ ref reelde reside re f ? ; side elde here L hereL + . . + * . + . + r Dee Caldwell Returns HomeClarence HomeClarence Home HomeClarence Clarence Dec Dee Caldwell i s shome shome shome home after ; spending cpendlng 23 months monthsin In the South Pacific with the themarine themarine themarine marine corpsMr corpsMr corps corpsMr Mr Caldwell a son of MrsGeorge Mrs MrsGeorge MrsGeorge George R Goodnch GoodrIch of Maeser Maeserhas Maeserhas Maeserhas has participated in three major majorcampaign majorcampaigns majorcampaigns campaign campaigns ' ! and has the purple purpleheart purpleheart purpleheart heart awarded him for wounds woundsreceived woundsreceived woundsreceived received at Guam on July 24 He HeIS Heis Heis IS also the holder of the presi presid'nbal presidentin presidential d'nbal dnbal dentin ( ' ! unit citationAfter citationAfter citation citationAfter After being Ing Injured on Guam Guamhe Guamhe Guamhe he was taken to the Hawaiian HawaiianIslands Hawaiiant Islands by hospital plane where wherehe whereLhe [ he remained remamed until he r returned turne ? 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