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Show News from Our People In the Armed Services By MABEL JAR VIS Graduates Dale Prisbrey, son of Mrs. Effie Barnhurst of St. George, graduated recently from the A.M.M. courses at Norman, Oklahoma and has been accorded the rank of Seaman lc, aviation machinist mate. Following Fol-lowing his graduation he was transferred to Jacksonville, Florida for advanced training. , Pa lea 14 Completes Training After ,13 months of preparatory work in the Naval Training schools Ben L. Slack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Slack of Toquerville, has qualified as Aviation Radioman Radio-man 3c, having completed the final phase of his training. He has had his operational training at Hutchinson, Kansas and will fly as a member of the crew of one of the Navy's "Liberator" patrolbombers. patrol-bombers. IBs la la Lieut Schmutz Writes Latest word from Lieut. Stanley Schmutz of St. George locates him somewhere in Italy from where he is making almost daily bombing missions over enemy Europe. His assignment is Navigator-bombardier and he is getting to see much of the country that was familiar to his grandfather, the late John Schmutz. Among other interesting items written July 21, he tells of their crew having constructed a cook stove out of scrap metal and a cooler out of other available materials. These he says help greatly with the food problems and makes their camp quite livable. The Italians do their laundry and trade them vegetables, eggs and other items. Ps Pa Pa Lieut. Pitchforth At Randolph Selected for his flying sltill and ability to teach, Second Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Herbert H. Pitchforth, son of Mrs. Lucile S. Pitchforth, St George, is in training at Randolph Field's central instructor's school, center of higher education for pilots of the AAF training command. com-mand. After graduation CIS-trained pilots pi-lots pass flying techniques on to aviation cadete and student officers offi-cers at training stations throughout through-out the country. Pa Pa Sgt. Adams Malls Package Mrs. Neil H. Adams received a small package last week from somewhere in France, containing the Silver Star medal awarded her husband, Sergeant Adams for "gallantry in action", during the invasion. The package also brought other awards which Sgt. Adams received thus far. He is still somewhere with the front line in France. Pa Pa Pa To Have 15-day Leave Flying home from Boston, Mass., to spend a 15-day leave is Lieut. Floyd H. McMullin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McMullin. For the past three months he has been attending the Navy communications com-munications school at Harvard university and is now headed for Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif., to join the Marine force for overseas over-seas duty. . Lieut. McMullin is well acquainted ac-quainted with the United States having crossed the continent six different times and trained in six different states during his two years in Uncle Sam's service, pa Pa Pa Three Orosby Boys Report The three grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Miles' of St. George are stepping right along in their military mili-tary service. SjSgt. Wendell Crosby Cros-by is instructor at Camp Crowder, Mo.' He was recently made Sunday Sun-day school superintendent of the branch organization there. First Lieut. Paul Crosby is located at Nashville, Tenn. and has his wife and small son there with him. They report everything moving along in that area. The third boy, Arthur Crosby is with the U. S. Navy and is at present in training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, near Chicago. pa Pa Pa Brothers Meet in Pacific Getting together somewhere in the Central Pacific area after being separated more than two years, DeWayne Emett, Seaman l'c and his brother, Leonard, Metalsmith3c, are continuing to enjoy frequent visits, according to their letters home. Now they are wishing their other brother, Clerk Emett who is also with the U. S. Navy, would connect up with them and says Leonard, 'We'd all three get on the same ship and show the Japs how to fight." In a recent letter De-Wayne De-Wayne wrote, "I remember how hot it used to be in Dixie around July 24, but believe me, it was cool campared with what we have here." He is stationed at a Cob-ler's Cob-ler's shop and was recently advanced ad-vanced to Seaman lc. Leonard is with a Maintenance Crew three miles distant. They are both sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Emett of Leeds. 1 |