Washington County News | 1945-01-18 | Page 1 | Back from England

Back from England Sgt. Richard Olds arrived in Toquerville Jan. 10, from England where he recently completed his 35 bombing missions over enemy Europe. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Olds, he was inducted in Sept. 1943 and began his combat duty as waist gunner on a B-17. His aerial missions were over France, Belgium and Germany and he was with the unit that gave support in taking France. Many times his ship has come back to the home base full of bullet holes. He is a cousin of Capt Richard Olds of St. George who returned from overseas a year ago. His decorations include the air medal with five oak leaf clusters and two silver combat stars. He leaves Jan. 27 for the Santa Ana rest camp.