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Show News from Our People In the Armed Services By MABEL JAR VIS Want A Crocodile? It has been a long time since Pvt. Walter Cobb, son of Mrs. Pearl Cobb of St. George was on the mainland of the good old U. S. A. but he is hoping it won't be many months until he will have that privelage. Recent letters let-ters from him tell of the location of the group of the old 115th Engineers who are now on New Britain Island and of some of their exploits outside of the military. mili-tary. He and Roy Anderson, also of St. George, were among the group who helped get a 12 foot crocodile and he says it was quite an experience. ftJ Pa fel Cpl. Tobler Writes "I read the Washington County News almost like a letter from home," writes Cpl. Harold D. Tobler from George Field, 111. "It is a big help to keep up my spirits. I like my new location and think I shall be able to finish my training here." Cpl. Tobler just sent in his latest address. Sa te la It's A Long Way to the Ground! Aug. 16 was an eventful day for Cpl. Jay Holt at Savanah, Ga. and marks his first rpallv hih jump with a not too 'happy landing. land-ing. He wrote of the incident to his wife in St. George as follows: ' "We took off at 2:15 p. m. on the 16th of Aug. Our mission was hi-altitude formation. We were with two other ships and had got up to 17,000 feet when our No. 1 supercharger went out. We left the formation and headed back to the field to land. We dropped down to 10,000 ft. and took off our oxygen masks. "The pilot came back in the waist to talk with me and the co-pilot was flying the ship. Just as the pilot started back toward the flight deck we saw smoke coming from the bomb-bays. Of course we investigated and found the ship on fire. Well, we knew we didn't have much time so immediately im-mediately put on our parachutes and jumped and it was only a matter of five or ten seconds until the ship blew up and went in a million pieces. I finally got to the ground and guess I must have hit pretty hard. I don't remember much about it. It gave me a funny feeling when I knew I had to jump 10,000 feet. That's a long way to the ground. But I'm okeh and will be out of the Hunter Field hospital in a few days." Mrs. Holt had just left for home the day previous after visiting visit-ing for six weeks with 'Cpl. Holt. 3 3 In New Herbrides The month long voyage from the U. S. coast to New Herbrides was really an experience, reports Marion Graff, S 2c. He wrote his wife, Mrs. Buelah Smith Graff of St. George shortly after landing and said it was surely good to be located, even though the parrots were keeping up such a chatter one could scarcely think. Due to high seas with 30-foot waves hammering their ship, . Seaman Graff says he had a real seige of' sea-sickness enroute .but he's all right now and everything's going fine. B B B Now in France Sgt. Francell (Red) Graff who left St. George in March, 1941 with the 115th Engineers, has been in England over an extended period and is now in France. He wrote his mother last week and said he was well but had just had some tough luck with his copy of the News. It was the first copy he had received in several weeks and he had just read part of it when he had to lay it aside and then the rain came in such torrents that his paper was washed to a pulp. He hopes to be more fortunate next time. |