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Show News from Our Washington County People At Service Camps and the Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL J ARMS Package Arrives Christmas packages from Lt. James Willis Guerrero reached his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Gurerro of Motoqa one month weeks ago. There was a locket made of an Australian Florin I for his mother and souvenirs from the Pacific Islands. One of his buddies brought pictures of their son's island location, his foxhole, which was roofed in for safety, his dressing table, hammock and camp scenes. Much of the Philippines Philip-pines are blown up from straffing he says, but there are still signs of civilization and they look great after what he has been seeing for months. pa Pa Mother Xature has Company Cpl. Verl Langston, who is with the infantry somewhere in France is wishing that even a portion of the rain they have had in that area could fall in Pipe Valley, where his farming interests and cattle are located. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Langston. Living in fox holes has brought him close to "Mother Nature" he writes and he thinks he knows now how a ground hog feels on those mornings just before spring. However, he is well and wants his folks not to worry. pa pa With Ferrying Command Lt. Ivan J. Hansen, husband of Roma Jean Hansen of St. George is now stationed with the Sixth Ferrying Group of the air transport trans-port command's ferrying division in California. From there he helps with the vital work of ferrying planes to battle fronts around the globe. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen of Milford and returned in December from extended ex-tended service in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations, pa Ba Special Citation ' Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Brockmeier of Zion National Park have just been advised that their son, T5 Wm. J. Brockmeier has been awarded a special citation for "conspicious, meritorious and outstanding out-standing performance" as a canon-eer canon-eer in France, Aug. 30, 1944. T5 Brockmeier is now fighting in Belgium with General Patton's i 'Tlyrd Army. His wife and small daughter ' reside at Springdale. r-a" FV ?S Dad Was There Tod Pfc France McMUilin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McMullin, j formerly of Leeds and now living in Clearfield, is over in Alsace j Loraine where his father partici- pated in the battles Of World War I. He was named France because his father was serving in France at the time he was rxirn, The country is vastly different, in some ways, to the France his father knew and the war machinery ma-chinery of today is speeded up, but they will have a lot 10 talk over when he returns. He is , with the Seventh Army. Mrs. McMullin, the former Inez Johnson John-son and their three children are with her parents in Hurricane for the duration. ' His brother, Pfc. Dustin McMullin Mc-Mullin is somewhere in the Pacific theatre of operations, and while he is absent, his wife and baby are with her parents in Clifton, Idaho. Their parents say they are interested in learning where the many boys from this area are serving and are proud that their two sons are doing their part. More Mail Trouble Mrs. Wilford Knight of Santa Clara thinks she understands how service men feel when their mail fails to come through, judging by how she feels when letters from her four sons are late arriving. A letter in December from her son, Samuel said he was going 300 miles beyond New Guinea and didn't know when he could write her again. No word has come from him since. Pfc. Clinton Knight is in the Netherlands Fast Indies and writes that his mail isn't catching up with him. Cpl. Alfred Knight who was slightly wounded during the early days of the Philippine invasion is rapidly recovering and Pvt. Afton Knight is training at Camp Fannin, Texas. pa n m In Hawaii Pfc:. Darwin Reber is located in the Hawaiian Islands where, he snys, the main city is much like the larger cities of the U. S. and the people are very fine to service serv-ice m-n. He hasn't been across many weeks, but reports having had good letters from some of the other boys, and now he wants the News, so he can keep up with thern on what is going on. With 4th Armored Division Mrs. Julia Lytle of Enterprise has been advised by her grandson, Pfc. Stanton Denton, that he is a member of the famous 4th Armored Division that freed Bas-togne. Bas-togne. He joined the company, which is made up mostly of New Yorkers, in Dec. 1941. While his family lives in Caliente, Pfc. Denton Den-ton is well known in Enterprise, where he lived with his grandmother grand-mother and attended school for several years. Pa Pa Hold Services in Pup Tent The third day after construction construc-tion men of the 7th AAF aviation battalion landed at their base in the Palaus to build a coral bomber strip, four members held an L. D. S. sacrament meeting in a rain-soaked rain-soaked pup tent. The service was frequently interrupted by the noise of artillery shells passing overhead into the Jap lines. One of the four boys was Cpl. Jack C. Lemmon, son, of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lemmon of Hurricane Hurri-cane who is secretary for the group which now numbers 30. Besides regular services every Sunday, they hold M. I. A. meetings during the week. This gives them interesting relaxation from handling handl-ing heavy equipment and from their other duties. Pa Pa Pa Kest Period in Australia Lt. Ralph D. Henderson, son of Mrs. Letitia Henderson of Spring-dale Spring-dale wrote recently from Australia Aus-tralia where he ,vas on rest leave after several months in the East Indies. He said he was having a great time. The people were generous to service men, fed them well, furnish good amusement and the girls are good dancing partners, part-ners, Pa Pa 'Pa. Four Sons in Service Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hafen of Washington now have four sons in uniform and they represent four branches of the service. Two of them have had long overseas duty. SSgt. Banard Hafen left with the 115th Engineers in March, 1941 and is still with an enginer unit' serving in Luxemborg. Pfc. Vere Hafen has seen action Hafen has seen constant action with the U. S. Infantry in Italy since June, 1944. Kayo HafenS 1c enlisted with the navy in August, 1943 and is now receiving special schooling in Boston, The fourth son, Darrel G. Hafen, enlisted with the Coast Guard in December, Decem-ber, 1944 and is now in the advanced ad-vanced phase of his training at Government Island. pa Pa Pa Returns from Europe Lt. Andrew M. Jones, husband of Vervene Naegle Jones of Toquerville, called at the News office Saturday with his small son. Pilot of the "London Avenger," Aven-ger," he has just returned from completing 35 missions over Germany Ger-many with the Eighth Air Force. This bomber, he reports, has completed com-pleted more than 100 missions without being totally disabled, which -is a .most unusual record. Lt. Jones comes from Delta, Utah. I Ba ra F3 Promoted Calvin H. Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ballard of Hurricane Hur-ricane is with the Eighth Air force overseas and was advanced from Sgt. to SSgt. during early January. Waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress and member of the 34th Bomb Group, a unit of the third air division which has been cited by the President for their achievements in the shuttle bombing of the messerschmitt plants at Regensburg, Germany, he has again participated in attacks at-tacks against the oil refineries and supply areas at Derbcn and other points. He entered the service serv-ice in Sept., 1913. Pa Pa r" Map Plotter Participating in the liberation of the Philippines is Pfc. Donald S. Squire, son of Patrolman and Mrs. Loren D. Squire of LaVerkin. He is a veteran of . the battle of Bouganville, where his regiment won distinction in a number of decisive engagements, as well as in the fight for the Larum River Valley. Now in his second 'major campaign, cam-paign, Pfc. Squire, 21, is learning the 1'hilipino language and customs. cus-toms. Map plotter in a batillion intelligence section, he has been overseas 17 months and wears two ha tile stars on his Asiatic-Pacific Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. He also has the Combat, Infantryman badge which he won at I'.ouganville. I Reported Wounded Mrs. Robert Stock of LaVerkin an official war department message mes-sage saying her husband, Pvt. Robert Stock was wounded in the battle of Luzon, Jan. 11. Mrs. Stock is rather non-plussed over the message since she had a letter from her husband dated Jan. 23, and he failed to mention being wounded. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Stock of LaVerkin. Mrs. Stock is the former Joan Hepworth and their daughter, Janet is one year old. Pa Pa Pa Graduated Capt. F. C. Hinton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Hinton of Hurricane, graduated recently from the Orlando school in Midland, Mid-land, Texas and has been transferred trans-ferred to Key Field, Meridian, Miss, for final training before he goes overseas. He is now officer over a group of 36 lesser officers and 89 enlisted en-listed men and figures the next few weeks of training will fit them for combat duty when that time comes. Pa Pa Pa Good Housekeeping ! Four St. George boys who belong be-long to the same company in the naval training center at San Diego are rejoicing over the fact that their unit received the top rating for the cleanest barracks when examinations were taken last week. They tied with another unit for marching. This means extra leave when their boot training train-ing is completed. The boys are Robert Covington, Valden Wood, Herbert Bentley and Albert Burgess.' Pa Pa pa Word from Sgt. Burgess The first letters from SSgt. Karl Burgess to reach his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Burgess of St. George, since Dec. 8 arrived a few days ago. He says they are so busy building roads and bridges and making repairs otherwise in the Philippines and are moving so rapidly, they just don't have time to write letters, and mail from home is not catching up with them. He has been in the service more than four years and was home just once for 10 days during that time. His brother,- Coxwain Murray Burgess is also in the Philippine area with the T. C. boats. He hasn't been home for two years and has been in the Navy for three years. P4 pa Pa --. Difference of Opinion Is it a promotion when a serviceman serv-iceman is transferred from the infantry to heavy artillery? That is the guestion bothering Pvt. Clinton Hall of Hurricane, who arrived home Feb. 9 on delayed orders in transfer from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma to Ft. George Meade, Md. Infantry men say "yes" artillery men say "no." At least he finds the new assignment interesting. in-teresting. He has been at Ft, Sill for the past three months and says they have an L. D. S. branch there. Pa Pa P On 80-Day Leave Walter Christian CMlc with the U. S. Navy arrived Tuesday, Feb. 13 for a 30-day visit with his wife and children and other relatives. He is on delayed orders enroute to a new assignment after being overseas for more than a year. His only other visit home in nearly two years, was a two-day two-day leave while he was stationed on the Atlantic seaboard. There is nothing he can say except he is glad to be home for a month in this good old Dixie sunshine, and will tell us more when he comes back again. P3 Pa Pa Receives Medal Pfc. Johnathan W. Nelson now has the combat efficiency medal according to word just received by his parents in St. George. He is with the Seventh Army somewhere some-where in France and says he dreads storming new towns in that area and bombing churches and other buildings. But experience experi-ence has taught them , that that is where the enemy snipers hide so they must be taken. Homes are also pretty much in ruins, be says, but the people don't seem to worry, knowing that the enemy is being driven out and they have hope for freedom once more. Pa Pa Pa Graduates Graduates last week from the army air forces Flexible Gunnery School at Laredo, Texas, listed Cpl. Ralph J. Hafen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hafen of St. George. He is now qualified to take his place as a member of a combat crew, says the official report from the Laredo Army Air Field. Along with bis diploma, he received bis aerial gunner's silver wings and his promotion to Corporal. Cpl. Hafen's brother, Lt. Ear! Hafen who has completed his overseas bombing missions, is now on instructor duty at Vicl orville, Calif. Another brother, .Pvt. Normin Nor-min Hafen, spent the past, week in SI. George visiting relatives. He has been transferred from Camp Fannin, Texas, to Fori Ord. Calif, for further training. I News from .Bunkerville Boys Wendell Leavitt S 1c, who is at Gallups Island, Boston, Mass. recently passed his tests and received re-ceived his license for radio operator. opera-tor. He expects to be shipped to the west coast next month. His brother, Boyd Leavitt S 1c is somewhere in the So. Pacific. He is a gunner on a Merchant Marine vessel. Mr. and Mrs. William Leavitt received a telegram from the War Department that, their son, Pvt. Verr Leavitt has been slightly wounded in action in France. Pa Pa f-a Brothers Meet in Pad He Area Recent letters from Delmar Hinton TMU2C and Marion W. Hinton. to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hinton of Hurricane, report they were lucky enough to have two days visit somewhere in the Pacific. This was the first meeting for these two brothers in more than a year. Pa ra ra Now Bombardier Listed among the most highly trained men in the army ait-forces ait-forces is Lt. LeGrand K. Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Krwin Wood of St. George, and husband of Merle Harnhurst Wood of Hatch. Utah. In the graduation services held Feb. 22 tit Carlsbad A.A.F., New Mexico, he received his wings and commission as a second lieutenant, having completed his bombardier training at Mint school His training included instruction in dead-reckoning navigation as well as the standard bombardier-ing bombardier-ing courses and he is now ready for active duty, says the report. Complete Training Period The first class to complete the new 10-week training period at the Naval Operational Training Center, Naval Supply Depot at Bayone. N. J. listed 256 graduates. gradu-ates. This group included Waldo L. Brooks, son of Mrs. Flora Brooks of St. George. Following their graduation, the class will continue their training at Harvard University, where the members will be sworn in as midshipmen mid-shipmen and receive four months additional training. Those who successfully complete the course are to be commissioned ensigns in the supply corps and are eligible for general duty afloat or ashore, says the report. Pa Pa Ba Three Formerly from Roekville Three former Roekville boys who are serving their country in this war are Sgt. David Dennett. Seaman John (Bud) Dennett and Dean Dennett. Their father, Dave Dennett, died several years ago in Roekville and their mother now resides in Ontario, Ore. John is now on sea duty and Dean is (raining at San Diego, Sgt, David Dennett !s radio-bperator-gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17 flying fortress. He entered the army air forces in Dec, 1943, receiving his aerial gunnery wings at Kingman, Ariz, in May, 1944. He is now with the aerial offensive in Germany. They are attacking the German steel .works at Hollandorf. |