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Show News From Our Washington County People At Service Camps and in the Zones of Occupation By MABEL JAKVIS Back To School After five years, four months and four days under military orders, or-ders, .Wendell M. Crosby is on his own again, having received honorable honor-able discharge last week at Fort McArthur, Calif. He arrived in St. George Friday Oct. 26 to enroll en-roll at Dixie junior college. His wife will join him later. His military activities in . the U S camps included maintenance of railway equipment, repair of pile drivers, compressors, cranes, etc., and working gasoline and diesel power units. During his overseas service in Europe he constructed, repaired and maintained telephone and telegraph lines for the signal corps construction battalion. Ba ra ' Back To Wire Walking If Milo Jones feels in the mood he can soon return to tight wire walking and other entertainment stunts with which he thrilled the rodeo and fair crowds before he entered military service Oct. 14, 1942. He is a son of Mrs. A. W. (Katie Jones) Augason of St. George, and for several years has played the big towns with his super balancing acts. He has had 10 months service in, the Asiatic-Pacific Asiatic-Pacific theatre of operations, but Pacific theatre of operations, ea m Wakayama, Honshu, Japan Two Hurricane, Utah, navy men, Russell Wright, fireman, first class, and Orval Wright, coxswain, members of an amphibious task force, put American occupation troop ashore at Wakayama, Honshu, Hon-shu, following the surrender of Japan. The troops were landed at this harbor on the southeastern coast of Honshu for the occupation of Japan's inland cities of Kobe and Osaka. s w Jesse Jones Is Home Pfc. Jesse W. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Jones of Enterprise was given honorable discharge at Fort Douglas separation separ-ation center last week. He has had 12 months service overseas and wears the European theater of operations ribbon with battle stars-for France and Germany, and the Good Conduct and Vic- i tory medals. isi n n Puts Troops Ashore Wakayama. Honshu, Japan. ' Nathan B Gifford, S2C. USNR, La Verkin, Utah, member of an amphibious task force, put American Amer-ican occupation troops ashore at Wakayama, Honshu, Japan following follow-ing the surrender of Japan. The troops were landed at this harbor on the southeastern coast of Honshu for the occupation of Japan's cities of Kobe and Osaka. SAU Student x w On the USS Enterprise, labeled the "Fightingist ship in the bunch" when the fleet pulled up the Hudson to help participate in the National Navy day program was one Dixie boy,' Dilts Workman, Work-man, crew musician. Having signed sign-ed up for six years in order to et special educational courses, he still has many months to serve. ra On the Montpelier On the USS Montpelier, in the Pacific .is Lester Blake, SlC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Blake of St. George. He was aboard this light cruiser when she helped remove re-move more than 2,600 liberated prisoners of war from Wakayama, Honshu, Japan.-This was the flagship flag-ship for Rear Admiral Ralph S. Riggs.commander of the unit. n n n T4 Darwin Gubler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gubler of Santa Clara, and former student of USAC, Logan, is now attending Shrivenham American university in England where more than 4,000 soldier students enrolled for the second two-months term. He is studying high school teaching methods, care of dairy cattle and advanced public speaking. He has been overseas 25 months. What's The Answer? Tough luck does catch up with a fellow sometimes, thinks May-hew May-hew Cox, S2C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cox of Hurricane. He was operating a good farm in Idaho when his call came to leave his wife and four small children and "join up". That was 6'i months ago, and he has been on the sea 3'- months. The day he received his discharge his wife was taken to the hospital for major surgery which his muster-out muster-out money won't pay for. However, How-ever, he is glad to bo home and the Red Cross may hear his case. Otherwise ? |