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Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 . ' . . . . ' - . . . . . , ? . "IIl IIl " ' . . . . . . : ' " ' . , With the Men in theARMED the theARMED theARMED ARMED FORCES FORCESZ FORCESDale ftIV't/V ftIV't ftIVt V ' / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . ? Dale Z > 1 Barger Darger Report Reports * Back BackTo BackTo 'To To ' Washington D . C . M-Sfft- M Sfft M-Sgt Sgt M-SgL SgL MSfftDale - - . - Dale M Barger lefTuesday left leftTuesday leftTuesday Tuesday to report back to Washington Wash- Wash Washington Washington - ington D C where he is stationed station stationed stationed ed with the naval research de deH de- de department department - partment " lent after spending a fur furlough furlough furhere H lough here with his father , . J R RBarger RBarger RBarger RBargerDale Barger BargerDale Dale enlisted in the marine marines marinesfive : five ive years ago , ago and spent 27months 2\months 2 months 27 27months \ months overseas , in the PearHarbor Pearl PearlHarbor Pearlharbor ] Harbor attack and other majoiPacific major majorPacifIc majorPacific PacifIc campaigns He returneeto returned returnedto to the states two years ago anchas and andhas andhas has been stationed at Washing Washing'ton Washington 'ton ton ' ton , , , D C since that time He has hasa ha : a brother , , . Pfc PIc Plc Lester Barger in ina ina ira a Jap prison camp , , since his cap- cap capture capture capture - - ture on Wake Island Anotherbrother Another Anotherbrother Anothelbrother brother Sgt J Royce Bargei Barger Bargeiwas Bargerwas Bargerwas was killed in action acbon in France sfew a afew afew few months mont s ago a o T T T T TWitnesses "Witnesses Witnesses " Capture of ofGerman ofCerman German SubLawrence SubLawrence Sub SubLawrence Lawrence C Bascom AMM AMl4 AMA3 [ 3 c USN writes wntes to Mr and Mrs MrsHarold MrsHarold MrsHarold Harold Kendall of Bonanza th the the thedetails thedetails thdetails < . details of the capture of a German Ger German German man sub near North Africa lasyear last lastyear las lasyear year The first news on it wa war was wasreleased warreleased ; released a year from the time It Itwas i iwas iwas was captured According to Mr MrBascom MrBascom MrBascom Bascom ' . On June 4 the crew on our ow owship ouiship ShIP and the escorts captured a s sGerman iGermdn Germcln German sub down near NorthAfrica North NorthAfrica NorthAfrica Africa and brought it back tcBermuda to tc toBennuda tcBermuda > Bennuda Bermuda about 2500 miles Thisis This Thisis 1 is ' > the first Man 0 O War capturedMnce captured capturedsince .mce mce since : . 1815 when John PaulJones PaulJones Paul PaulJones Jones did a nice mce little job of ofsomewhat ofsomewhat olsomewhat somewhat the same style We Wewere Wewere Wewere were all mighty proud of our ourselves ourselves ourselves selves when it happened Soon SoonIt Soonrt Soonit It rt was almost forgotten until theother the theother theother other day they made a radicplay radIO radIOplay radioplay play of it We were in the messhall mess messhall messhall i hall after dinner dmner one night mght wherthe when whenthe whenthe the play was broadcast broadcastMr broadcastMr broadcastMr Mr Bascom is the son of Mr Mrand Mrand Mrand and Mrs Kimball Bascom en enlisted enlisted enlisted listed in the navy on April 8 81943 1941 1943 and took his boot train training training 109 ing at Farragut Idaho He was wasstatIoned wasstationed wasstationed statIoned at Bremerton Washbefore Wash Washb Washbefore b .fore fore before < . being bemg assigned to a shipHe ShIP ShIPHe shiplie He lie was WI } ' > sent to Chicago last fallfor fall fallfLr fallfcr fLr fcr , special training trammg in aviationmechanics aviationmechanicsBefore aVIation aVIationmechanics aviationmechanics mechanics mechanicsBefore Before entering entenng the service he hewa hewas hewaSi wa was employed at the Bonanza BonanzaMine BonanzaMine BonanzaMine BonanzaMineDel Mine . + - . + - . + * . + - -Del Del - Del Jacobion Jacobson Promoted PromotedDel PromotedDel Del C Jacobson was recentlyadvanced recently recentlyadvanced recentlyadvanced advanced "from from " - from coxswain toboatswain to toboatswam toboatswain boatswam boatswain second-class second class secondclassMr - - Mr Jacobson is on a sub subchaser subchaser subchaser chaser and has been at sea since sinceMarch sinceMarch sinceMarch March 1944 He enlisted in the thenavy thenavy thenavy navy in 1D December 1943 and took tookhis tookhis tookhis his boot training trammg at FarragutIdaho Farragut FarragutIdaho FarragutIdaho Idaho He is the husband husbandof ofWanda of ofWanda ofWanda sonsof Wanda Murray Jacobsen and sons sonof son sonof of Luvie Luvle Jacofcsen Jacobsen Jacot > sen + - + + + Return RetuTns Returns * From South PacificMarine PacificMarine Pacific PacificMarine Marine Sgt Myrle Hansen of ofVernal ofVernal ofVernal Vernal has returned to this thiscountry thiscountry thiscountry country from the Pacific where wherehe wherehe he wherelhe served as a mechanic with wherel anamphibious an anamphibious anamphibious amphibious tractor battalion ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Fleet Marine Marme Force ForceThe ForceThe ForceThe The 22 year-old year old - - Leatherneckwas Leatherneck was stationed on New ZealandGuadalcanal Zealand ZealandGuadalcanal Guada1canal Guadalcanal Bougainville and andGuam andGuamHe , Guam GuamHe He has been in 10 the Manne Marine MarineCorps MarineCorps Corps since March 1941 4- 4 + 4Writes - + - + + Writes Wrlles From Austria AustriaS S Sgt Hugh Caldwell son ofMr of ofMr ofMr Mr and Mrs Bert Caldwellwrites Caldwell Caldwellwrites wrItes a few details to CaldwellI his parents par parents parents I ents This information mformatIOn is now re released released released leased since smce the surrender of of- ofl - Germany ( jrermany jrermanyHe GermanyHe He reports Our company put putthe putthe puthe the first bridge across the RhineRiver Rhine RhineRIver RhknRiver , RIver the first firt : ; across the Danube Dan Danube Danube ube River and then the LeechRiver LeechRiver Leech LeechRIver RIver the Amper and the SieneThose SieneThose Siene SieneThose Those are the largest rivers Clvers wecrossed wecrossed wecrossedWe we wecrossed crossed crossedWe We saw plenty of action and andfighting andfighting andfighting fighting on the Rhine and the theDanube theDanube Danube in fact they were the theworst theworst worst ones I will receive two twobronze twobronze twobronze bronze stars and a presidentalcitation presidental presidentalcitation Citation These will be given toevery to toevery every man in our company forthe fo for forthe . the work we have done and inwhat inwhat what little time we have been beenover beenover over here we have certainly certainlydone certainlydone done our share We ve ye been busy busyevery busyevery every minute mmute and are now gettang get gettmg getting tmg tang a little rest in fact the on1y only on1yrest onlyrest onlyrest rest we have had since arrivinghere arrivinghere arriving arrivinghere here but I guess I can t kickThe kick kickThe kickThe The boys in the Pacific have itlots itlots it itlots lots worse than we did here hereWe hereWe hereWe We are getting more training traininghere traininghere traininghere here I - m - - sure - - we will en - go - to - - the - - - - - - - - - P Pacific ifi Pacific"There Pacific"Them " "There There "Them Them " are lots of flowers flowershere flowershere here The tulips grow wild tn in inthe Inthe the grain fields and there arelots are arelots lots of them I went out to asmall asmall a asmall small stream the other day andcaught and andcaught andcaught caught three nice trout in 15 15minutes 15minutes minutes They report there is islots islots lots of goods goods fishing here hf"re hfre ere " . . " + 4- 4 + 4Orral - + - + - Orral OrTal Orval Hullinger HulliDger Horn Home * on Lea.eOrval LeaveOrval Leave Lea.e Leae LeaveOrval . Orval Hullinger , . U S Marl Mari Marltime Maritime Marltime time Service , . arrived home Friday Fri Friday Friday day on leave until July 1 , whenhet whenhe when whenh h het < \ . reports to San Francisco forfurther for forfurther further orders ordersMr ordersMr ordersMr forifurther Mr Hullinger Bullinger HuUlnger , , a son of Mr andMrs andMrs and andMrs fori Mrs Harvey Hullinger Hulllnger , . enlisted enlistedContinued enlistedContinued enlistedContinued ( Continued on page five ) I"tl Itl " ' . ! ' . . . , . . . . . . " ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . With the Men MenIn MenIn MenIn In the Armed Forces'N ForcesContinued Forces ForcesContinued ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 'N N . . . ! ' . . . . "V.J.1-.V VJ1.V "V.J.1 VJ1 .V V " . " . ' . . ( Continued from page one onen ) n the Maritime Service fou founonllis four fournonths ago and has made/one made one madeonerip made 'one one / ' onerip into the Pacific PacUic on a tanker tankerrbe tankerrise tankerdie rbe rise cargo was loaded at Guam GuamJefore Guamtefore I his enlistment he was an aninstructor annstructor instructor in the industrial industrialschool Industrialichool school at Ogden for , three years With tho the Men Mcdt McdtIn MenIn In tho Armed Forces Porces PorcesContinued Fore v . - . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . fl . . ? . .V.N V.N VN . . . . . . . i ( Continued from trom pare page par * Mr one ) GORDON CORDON STAGG GTACQ TAGG $ AWABDED AWARDED AWARDEDBRONZE AWARDEDBRONZE BRONZE STAR STARSgt TAR TARSet Set Sgt Gordon N Stuff Stagar Stagg , . 231 231a 231lion 23 23son , a ason lion son of Principal and Mm Mrs . . Jonn JonnStagg John JohnStagg JohStage Stagg , . a non-commissioned non commissioned non-eommlssoned eommlssoned noncommissioned - - ! oUl offi oUlcer oftcer . cer of the 115th engineer combat combatbattaUon combatbattalion combbattalion * battaUon battalion , with an Infantry dlvi divi dlvisIon division divsion sIon wax was recently recenUy awarded theBronze the theBronze thBronze e Bronze Star Medal for medtor meritor medtoriou8 meritorsous merltoilous iou8 sous serviceDespite service serviceDespite serviceDespite Despite heavy enemy fire , . SgtStagg Sgt SgtStagg SgStagg Stagg carried ammunition to his hismen hismen him men n throughout a two hour at attack attack atack tack on January 23 near Capa Capas CapasI ; I uzon He and his men engaged engagedthe engagedthe engagdthe d the J Japs aps in a heavy fire fight Al Although Although Athough though the Yanks were able to tohalt tohalt thalt halt the Japs from concealed po- po positions positions p psitlons - < > sitlons sitions , they were unable to mOve mOvewithout movewithout movwithout e without receiving heavy beavy fire firefrom firfrom ; from enemy mortars , . machine machineguns machinguns ' guns and riflesThe rifles riflesThe riflesThe The citation cays says , . "During During "Duringthe "Duringthe "Durinthe Durinthe " the two hour attack Set Sgt Stagg Staggwithout Staggwithout Staffwithout ! without regard to personal safety safetycrawled safetycrawled safet : crawled over 200 yards under underheavy underheavy undoheavy heavy emeny machine gun mort- mort mortar mortar morlar - ar and rifle fire to distribute distributeammunition distributeammunition distributammunition ammunition to his men He laterhelped later laterhelped latehelped helped move the wounded to therear the therear threar rear The action of Sgt State Stagg re- re - reflects reflects r rfleets < > - fleets flects high credit to the army of ofthe ofthe othe f the United StatesSgt StatesSgt States StatesSet Set Sgt Stagg entered service with wit ! the Vernal National NaUona1 Guard Guardand unlland UDlt unll UDltand and went wcmt word overseaa overseas In AVIUIt August AvIM3- AvIM3 . , Itho 10'2 102 1042 ' - . . . . l ' . + + + i . iDuane DUBBC Duan Duane . Searle S.arl Sarl . . Cesaeleles Complet Completes . . Basic BasicTraining BasicTraisJf BasicTraisJfAviation , Training TrainingAviation Aviation Cadet Duan Duane EIUo ElUott EllioSearle t tSearle , Searle recently . eotD completed leted hta ht htbasic hbasic ! ( basic aslc flylne flying training training at the Mera Meraed Hercd - - ed Army Army Air rield Field In CaUfomla California Californiaand Callfomjand [ land CaUfomlaland and will now co go to an advance advanced advancediflying advancedflying flying iflying school schoolA I A A-c A c A-e e - - c Searle is a ion son of Mr and andiMrs andMrs d iMrs Mrs Vernon Searle of Salt Lake , ' . former Vern Vernal a + residents re residents . . + + + * + Dalten Dalton Woods Participatesr ParticipatesIn Participates Participate . InOlD In "D D OlD " Day " Dalton DaltonN N Woods MM2-C MM2 C MM2-v v - - a son sonof sonof " of Mr and Mrs Marion L Woods Woodswac Woodswas was wac ; aboard abolrd abo ( rd a U S battleship off offokInawd offOkinawEPon okInawd , OkinawEPon Okinawa- Okinawa Okinawaon ' - on Easter Sunday when whenthe whenthe ? the floating fortress threw steel steelat steelat ste < 11 at the Japs on Okinawa in aweek a aweek week long bombardment that thatcleared thatcleared > cleared the beaches for invadingtroops invading invadingtroops invadin troopsHer troops Her big guns were so deadly deadlyI deadlythe deadlythe y I the troops encountered no enemy enemylfire enemyfire fire in the areas areGS she coveredEvery coveredEvery covered coveredEvery lfire Every man was at his battle battlestation battlestation station for many hours that day dayNot dayNot ] ' Not until box lunches came up upfrom upfrom from the galley did many of the thefighting thefighting fighting crew remember that D DDay DDay ) Day was also Easter Sunday SundayPacked SundayPacked Packed neatly in each box was a abright abright bright touch of home , Easter eggs eggsIn eggsin in rainbow hues I huesI . + . + - - . + - - . + , Nelson Nel.on Nelon . Merkley CommendedBrigadier CommendedBy Commended CommendedBy ' By Brigadier Generali GeneralT General T TSgt Sgt Nelson D Merkley Merkleyd at | an air service command depot d t tin InPnaland depotInPnaland in England was eommended commended with withhis withdied his felloW w ' technJc1ant technidier ! _ rmaa rmaatOT _ Jg Jgdler died diederal dler General eral Morris eralMorris Morris Morrta .uennan uennan . l Bermanworking lof tOT lofworking tOTworking : working at top speed on engineoverhauling engine engineoverhauUng engioverhauling overhauUng overhauling on the assembly assembW Une line Uneat lineat at the depot depo"t " . . Over 2,227 2227 2,22'1 2221 , ' air k ak craftengines craft craftengines enginesmoor engines moor for the front line Uno action actionere actionwere were ere turned out during one onemonth onemonthtp on monthtp month , a figureu figureuthat figure that smubed smashed smubedany smashedr smashedany any ny existing record for lor ensme engine ensmerepair engineTSgt enginrepair repair r . T-Set T Set T-Sgt Sgt - - . Merkle Merkley y ' , a son of Ml Mr Mrand Mrand and . Mre Mrs Bart Merkley . , entered enteredthe enteredthe enterethe the army In June , . 1843 1943 and hasbeen has hasbeen h hbeen < " been overseas 21 months He lie was wasformerly wasformerly wsformerly formerly employed by the Ogdeh Ogden OgdehAir OgdenAir OgdeAir Air Depot . + . + - . + 4Helps 4 . Helps Help . Service Senice Combat PlanesOn PlanesOn Planes OnV OnE On V V-E V E - E DaySgt DaySgt Day Sgt Irvin H Wlnwarl Wlnwarson Winward Wlnwar , son of ofMr ofMr Mr and Mrs Henry Winwari winward winwardwas l inward inwardwas was busy servicing more camba cambat cambatplanes cambatplanes planes and equipment for im ha ur urmediate , . mediate action wherever they theymight theymight the ; might be needed , on V-E V E - Day at atan atan an airport at Warrington , . Eng- Eng England England Ens Ensland . - landSgt land Sgt Winward Is one of thel thelcrack the thecrack crack air service command team ; who pitched in to back the air as- as - assaults assaults a : - - saults that helped knock Germ Germany Germany ] any out of the war warSgt warSgt ' Sgt Winward went overseas overseason s on August 11 , . 1043 1943 , . one year af of ofter |