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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL JAR VIS Gnuliiatwl Rccrmtly Marine Pfc. Ray S. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. King of Hurricane, graduated recently from tho mortar gunnery school at the Camp Elliott leatherneck training center near San Diego, Calif receiving the rating of hiKh exiert. I'fc King assisted his father with farm work before joining the Marine corps in Nov. !!M.'i, and was a student of Hurricane Hur-ricane high school and member of the track team. B ft B I.. R. Liivltt I'romotl j From Camp Van Dorn, Miss., comes word of the promotion of Uo Raphael Lcavitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee V. Leavitt of Gun-lix:k, Gun-lix:k, to the rank of Sergeant. This is rapid advancement, as he has been in military service only seven months, and spent five weeks of that time in the hospital. hos-pital. He is with the "ammunitions "ammuni-tions pioneers" of the Engineers corps and appears to be doing his pace in real pioneer fashion, h fa fa Receive Gunner's Whigs Sgt. Jerome L. Gifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gifford of Springdale received his silver gunner's gun-ner's wings last week at the Yuma Army air field, where he completed the flexible gunnery course for radio men in this branch of military service. Prior to his training in flexible gunnery, gun-nery, Sgt. Gifford graduated from the radio operators' and mechanics school, Sioux Falls, So. Dakota, lie graduated from Hurricane high before entering the service. P3 SS P5 S. Everett Promoted to Cpl. When Schuyler E. Everett returned re-turned to his training post at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, after his furlough home recently, he found a pleasant surprise awaitins? him in the form of a promotion to the rank of Corporal. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Everett Ev-erett of St. George and his wife is the former Afton Snow, who, with their small son are residing here for the duration. Cpl. Everett Ev-erett writes that all is well with him and as usual he is being kept busy. to H Tfc, S. Frei Now In England Mrs. Shelby Dean Frei called at the News office Wednesday reporting re-porting recent word from her husband hus-band who is now in England. Pfc. Frei is with a field hospital unit and has been in Egypt and that vicinity for more than a year, where he has had opportunity oppor-tunity to observe combat operations. oper-ations. At his home in Santa Clara he has a 10-month-old son. whom he has never seen and about whom he is really asking ask-ing questions. Mrs. Frei is the former Jewel Gubler. Id to V. Sullivan Honored It gives a soldier a desire to keep living in spite of wounds and suffering when his commanding officer figures he has done a good job, thinks Tech. Fifth Grade Vivian Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sullivan of St. George, who is recuperating at an overseas hospital. The citation issued is-sued by Lieut. Col. Wm. J. Ellison El-lison Jr., says in part: "Tech. Fifth Grade Vivian C. Sullivan has been a member of this organization for a period of two years and four months, during dur-ing which time he has worked continuously on both heavy caterpillar cater-pillar tractors and caterpillar motor graders. He has developed a high degree of efficiency in the operation of both of the above mentioned pieces of equipment." The citation praises him for his excellent and faithful service as one of the most valuable equipment equip-ment operators in the battalion, for his excellent character, clean personal habits and likable disposition, dis-position, and expresses regrets at losing him from the battalion. T5 Sullivan was severely wounded during an air raid on the night of Mar. 8, 1944, while operating a D-7 tractor on airdrome air-drome construction. The raid came without warning and he was struck before he could dismount the tractor, receiving a head wound, several abdominal wounds and damage to his left elbow. His letter of March 17th says, "it was a close call and plenty painfull", pain-full", but he hopes he will soon be well enough to come home and will then tell the folks more about the event and show them the Purple Heart and other awards he has received. Meets Home-town Boy A letter to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Prisbrey of Washington from their son, Pfc. Clifford Prisbrey from somewhere in the Central Pacific tells of his recent surprise of meeting up with one of his hometown home-town boy friends, Clark Schmutz. This is the first man from heme he has seen in more than two years and he writes: "Just imagine im-agine how I felt to meet up with some one from home after that length of time". They have since Unsin nrinlncriarl trt Visit PflPh Othpr often. Pfc. Schmutz said Clark and an Empey boy from St. George had just returned from military missions. The Prisbrey's other son, Lieut. Rex P. Prisbrey is now also somewhere overseas on duty with the Army air forces. R B ft Holland McFee Now Overseas Rolland McFee, Indian boy of the Shevwit reservation, is now overseas with the Marine amphibious amph-ibious service. Before sailing, his sister, Mrs. Clara Myers, took his small daugther, Edna Jean to visit her daddy. Writing of this he says, "my little girl looked so cute when I last saw her and I miss her so much now". He also requests his father to take good care of his grandmother, Ida Snow, knowing how she feels about him going overseas. He reports re-ports he is getting along fine as a Leatherneck and says he will do his best "to keep the ball rolling". He also wants his father, George McFee, to send him Gilbert Gil-bert Bushead's address so he can write. Gilbert is also with the Marines. Rolland's wife, the former for-mer Yetta Rice, has been visiting visit-ing here but has returned to her defense employment. His daughter daugh-ter makes her home with her grandmother, Serena Mose, who is now in Nevada. sa to Pa Brooks Brothers Visit Here One's in the Army and one's in the Navy, but that affords no point for argument for Grant Brooks, Seaman 2c and Pvt. Clair Brooks, sons of Postmaster and Mrs. William Brooks. The main idea with them is the joy of a visit back home after several weeks of training. Seaman Grant Brooks has just completed his boot training at Farragut, Ida., and is here for two weeks visit with his wife, the former Maxine Pendleton and their two small children. He looks right enough in his Navy Blues and says he has enjoyed his work thus far. Pvt. Clair Brooks came Friday from Camp Roberts, Calif., where he reports he has had real fun learning the use of the varied guns that belong to the infantry. He wears a medal for rifle shoot ing and has had his regular practice prac-tice with the mortar, the bazooka and the B. A. R. He says that bazooka is really "some weapon", and is the infantry man's protection protec-tion against tanks and such. He is to report back to Fort Ord next week. to to to Wirites from North Pacific John Dwain Atkin, ship's cook 3c and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Atkin of St. George wrote home last week from his new location somewhere in the great north and gave the folks a description of his setup. He has been in Alaska for an extended period and it appears the present post is just as cold. He says they travel through tunnels to antl from their huts, and if a tunnel caves in they crawl into the hut through the air vent and dig out again. Recently they roused one morning morn-ing to find their shoes and other personal effects floating around the room. A snow dam up the line had dissolved and the water had entered the huts. He says everything is okeh, but he'll be glad when he can see spring in Dixie once again. This is his third year away from home. to to to Cpl. P. Nelson Visits Visiting with relatives and friends in St. George last week was Cpl.. Pershing Nelson, who was home on furlough from Camp Forrest, Tenn., where he has been with his company on maneuvers for several weeks. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Nelson, and his wife is the former Hattie Jones of Provo. She with their small son are making their home in St. George for the present. Cpl. Nelson says they have been very busy and doesn't know how soon he will get another visit home, but the old town surely looks good to his this time. R. McGregor Missing In Action Dr. A. W. McGregor was advised ad-vised by wire Monday that his son, Lieut. Robert A. McGregor is missing over Austria since Mar. 19th. Lieut. McGregor has been in military service with the Army air corps for more than two years and has been based in Italy since November, 1943. Pilot of a Liberator Lib-erator bomber, he has been on active missions in that area. The last letter to his father, written Mar. 13th, stated that he had just returned from a rest hospital hos-pital and was ready for duty again. Lieut. McGregor was married last August to Miss Elinore Ches-ley Ches-ley of Salt Lake City. His mother, the former Merle Sevy, also resides re-sides in Salt Lake City. He has a brother, Conrad, who is in military mili-tary medical training at the University Uni-versity of Utah, and was in St. George visiting his father during his March between-semester vacation. va-cation. to to to G. B. Fry Promoted to Cpl. Pvt. George B. Fry, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Fry of the Shevwit Shev-wit Indian reservation, was among those who received silver aerial gunner's wings and promotion to the rank of Corporal recently at the Yuma Army air field. He has just compelted the training in flexible gunnery for radio men at that field. 'Cpl. Fry is a Dixie college graduate and since entering enter-ing service with the Army air corps, has graduated from the radio operators and mechanics school, Scott Feild, 111., before being transferred to Yuma. to to to Lieut. D. Snow Writes A recent letter from Lieut. Dean B. Snow to his parents says in part: "I got my new ship a few days ago and boy, it is really a honey all silver and really fast. The B-24 I flew in school wouldn't do much more than 200 m.p.h. wide open, but mine at cruising speed throttle will do 180 m.p.h. without a murmur. It has all the armor plate which is swell. As yet we haven't a name for it." He tells also of a recent special trip back to Herrington, Kan., and said that area was suffering with cold. His present training is on formation flying and he says to see the full squadrons in the air is really a beautiful sight and very impressive. to to to Phil Reid Writes Parents Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Reid had word this week from their son, Phil Reid, Flc, who is in specialized spe-cialized training at the Navy school in Treasure Island. In the exams just completed after four weeks of this intensive training, Fireman Reid rated highest in the entire group in the metal-smith metal-smith work with an average above 92, which is really something, according ac-cording to reports. During this first month he has also had the privilege of two trips on the sea, one on a brand new ship as the only representative from his school. This was a thrilling experience, ex-perience, he says. They often work 18 hours a day, including study hours, but he likes it. Mrs. Reid, the former Glenda Morris, and their taby are in St. George for the present. to to to Held As Jap Prisoner A letter this week from Mrs. Louis Hinkson, Modesto, Calif., reports having just received a telegram from the Japanese government gov-ernment through the International Red Cross, stating that their son, Richard Judd Hinkson, Electrician's Electri-cian's Mate 2c, who was previously previ-ously reported missing, is a prisoner pris-oner of war. No other information informa-tion was available, but if received re-ceived will be forwarded. Mrs. Hinkson says they know the Japanese Jap-anese prison camps are "no bed of roses", but at least their son is still alive and "that is something". some-thing". to to to L. Hall Writes from England Writing from England, where he arrived recently, Leon Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Hall of Hurricane, makes interesting interest-ing reports of that' country. He is intrigued with the narrow, crooked streets and roads, the small fields and the many buildings build-ings with thatched roofs. He says there are cattle grazing in most of the fields, generally the short-horned short-horned dairy cattle. He had no complaint at the general living conditions but notes that the water supply seems limited in some sections. |