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Show News from Our Washington County People At Service Camps and the Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL JARYIS Oh, For the Life of A Sailor! Transferring from Brooklyn to New Orleans is merely a matter of changing oceans for the Navy man, but Lloyd L. Adams Slc of Washington won't complain i f they'll just let him go on the water. He really liked Brooklyn better than New Orleans as far as climate is concerned and thinks this new move may mean some interesting experience. He has been with the Nation's Armed Guard for almost a year. Mrs. Adams, who makes her home in Leeds with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sullivan, returned recently from visiting with him in Brooklyn, prior to his transfer. BBS Not So Bad ' "This Army life is what you make it," declares Pvt. Clinton P. Bowler, son of Mrs. Mary A. Bowler Bow-ler of Enterprise. He is stationed at Camp Maxey, Texas and feels he was really given a break, since this location gave him opportunity opportun-ity to visit his oldest brother, Rex Bowler for the first time in 15 years, and was it a visit. For 15 years Rex has been in Houston and other parts of Texas, but was recently transferred by the Shell Oil Company to their refinery at Kemah, Texas, where he is a mechanic. After quitting work at 6 p. m. June 2, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Bowler Bow-ler drove the 420 miles from Kemah to Camp Maxey, spending Sunday with Clinton., but had to return to report for work Monday. Mon-day. Clinton accompanied them part way and returned to camp by bus. Another brother, Melvin, who is now in Germany, had a short visit with Rex two years ago when he was training at Camp Hood. Pvt. Bowler says the army pushes them pretty hard at times but he likes his assignment and really likes that part of Texas. The three brothers are planning one big time together when the war is over. (9 n h Sends Package Servicemen really develop skill in making up packages. Last week Foster Charles received a small package from his son, Pvt. Peterson Charles who has returned return-ed from overseas and is stationed at Fort Slocum, New York. In it were souvenirs from several , foreign countries, including an unusual book of poetry from Iceland, Ice-land, giving the originals and translations; snapshots, coins, hand-bills of special events and numerous other articles, done up in a' minimum of space. Peterson's Peter-son's brother, Kenneth is still in Germany in a "little one-horse town near Coblenz," he says, but he does get to visit some of the larger towns now and then. He doesn't know what the next move is, but is hoping his return to the U. S. will come soon. S f3 Si In Okinawa With the censorship lifted, Lt. Floyd H. McMullin of the U. S. Marine corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McMullin of Leeds, writes of his experiences. He says, "I landed here on Okinawa on D-Day. D-Day. It is a thrilling sight to watch a powerful task force assemble as-semble and to see its deadly sting when it strikes. I was the only commissioned officer on the boat on which I came in, and it was only by the grace of God that we all came in alive." He wrote from a foxhole, pushing his flashlight across the page as he wrote. Okinawa, he says is much like the state of Virginia,, rolling hills dotted wjth trees. But, oh, the people poor, undernurished and inefficient. They raise pigs, turnips tur-nips and sweet potatoes and the pigs live riiit in the homes. He saw a few rice paddies, no cattle but a few horses, "as undersized as the people." Well dug in on the steep slope of a hill, they have their underground under-ground communications system( well set up. and from the nose of the hill, Lt. McMullin can "watch the tanks working, the planes bombing and strafing, and the artillery bursts . . . fiiite a Sight and with sound effects . . Artillery shells spread themselves all over us today and tonight a string of bombs, via Tokyo. It's been a tou;;h 4 3 days." In ten days, 13'. 2 inches of rain fell and when the men could sleep at all it was in their foxholes Willi, drippim; blankets. It's the foot I j.oldier of the Arrny and Marines! to whom I.I. MeMiillin pays high- I r;,t tribute, "the boys to whom I most honor is due in this war." Going Fast1 From a base hospital in the Philippine Islands to Brigham City in two days was a thrilling experience ex-perience for Pfc. J. Truman Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Blake of St. George. Pfc. Blake surprised his parents with a phone call shortly after his arrival, asking ask-ing them to visit him at Bushnell general hospital, where they joined join-ed him Sunday, June 17 and spent the week. With three other soldiers when a burst of shrapnel showered on them, Pfc. Blake had the flesh torn from his right shoulder and arm. Although he has had nine transfusions, he wasn't gaining as rapidly as he' should and was returned re-turned to the U. S. for additional treatment. He was a stretcher case but is now able to walk around, although he is weak, and he must have a third operation. Doctors think he will be able to use his arm when more skin in grafted. He is cheerful and very happy to be back in the U. S. A. once more. fr Wss If You Dream Long Enough To be a pilot for the United Air Lines has long been the ambition of Lt. Neldon Jones, husband of the former Vervene Naegle of Toquerville. Now that dream is a reality. Having completed his 35 bombing missions over Germany, Ger-many, . he returned home and has since been released from military mili-tary duty, signing up with United Air Lines as a pilot. On the evening he received his assignment, a dinner was given in honor of the president of the company and Lt. Jones was requested re-quested to attend. During the evening, the president introduced him as the first combat pilot to be hired by their company, pa ft pa Means A Lot Pvt. C. McKay Hall of Hurricane Hurri-cane says he has failed to contact any Utah boys in Germany up to April 28. but he has made friends with o lot of boys from other states. One boy, finding he was from Utah said, "Well, I was in Hurricane. Utah in the C C C I camp." That made them friends at once, and the fact that the boy had eaten at Pvt. Hall's father's cafe was the opening for further conversation. Items of small moment mo-ment mean a lot when men are far from home. Sa Pa n Boot Training Over Boot training is over for Helen Benson S2c, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Benson, formerly of St. George and now of Provo. She graduated recently at Hunter College. Col-lege. Bronx, New York and is now at Bronson Field,, Pensacola, Fla., as a WAVE "plane captain." Her duties include starting the engine and running the planes for the l pilots. She' is thrilled with her I assignment, but says she's count- ing the weeks until she can return I to Dixie, even for a short leave. n ts n I Advanced and Decorated I Mrs. Melville Hirschi, the form-jGena form-jGena Higbee of St. George was advised last week that her hus-j hus-j band has been given an advancement advance-ment to the rating of 1st lieuten-! lieuten-! ant with the U. S. Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific. Lt. Hirschi j has also been decorated with the Air Medal in recognition of "courageous "cour-ageous service to his organization, his fellow airmen, his country, his home and his family." The above information came in a personal letter to Mrs. Hirschi from Lt. Hirschi's commanding officer. of-ficer. Pilot of a P-47 Thunder.bird, he has compiled 70 missions, with 200 hours in the air. He has still' another- hundred hours to go. Mrs. I Iirschi and '.their son, Yance reside in St. George. His parents live in Rockville. ra r-n Will Krport for Iteussignlnent Sgt. Durward Spendlovo of Virgin Vir-gin will report at. Ft. Douglas on Saturday, June 30, for reassignment reassign-ment in the U.S. Army, having been home on a 30-day jfurlough with his mother, Mrs. wSarah Spend love after 18-months service with the 15th Air Force jn Italy. He has no idea what the next job will be. Stationed at Barri, Italy, Sgt. Spendlove was a cook with his unit. 'Asked if the boys liked his cooking, he said, "The airmen are a pretty particular bunch. They ale good, but made the sameold complaint regularly 'It's not like mother used to cook'." After ten weeks in pup tents, the unit built good barracks and had only 000 to cook for. Often in the (,'. S. camps hi' helped get meals for 10,000 and that was work. |
