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Show Page 10 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, December f, 2005 Larsen, Cherrington - T-n ' 7, tek ! H , i K I -,in and Jon I arscii of I jt-hi are pliMM-d to announi ( the lortrHorn intf m.trriitge of their daughter, DeAnni- I .arson, to Casey ( her-r her-r i n k ' ' ,r! . s'n of Boyd and Ix-slie ( heninton of iJratx-r. 1 Ik- couple will exchange vows at the Salt l;ike 1 ,1)S Temple on 'i. 2iMlr) A reception will honor the new Ivweds that same evening from 4) to H '.V) p m at Thanksgiving I'oinl (ioif Course Clubhouse, MX)'.', North Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing W;iv. I -('hi I he bride-to-lx- is a graduate of l.ehi High School. The prosx.-dive grxitn is a graduate grad-uate of Alta High School The couple will make their first home in Draper Going to church in full battle gear veterans Editor's note: Some veterans' veter-ans' stories almost beg to be shared. Blaine Liljenquist, a ijsf Vietnam veteran, though not a Utah Vallev resident, tells a story that local readers will especially enjoy. He related this experience to a class of oral history students on BYU campus. Ciassif iedl ads c;vi i ;; to fic;p; one today i ; - Mobile r,n Mf)pf pi us CM0 KTJSIwo weeks after I re turned from my mission mis-sion in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking part of Belgium in February 1965, my draft board notified me that I would be drafted into the army in "a few weeks." I went right down to the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting recruit-ing office and signed up for a great Marine program called Platoon Leaders Gass. That evolved into the Officer Training Train-ing Program of the inactive reserves. It was very similar to ROTC. Thus during my academic school years at BYU, there were no uniforms, no meetings, no marches, no drills. For two surruners, 1 did attend an officers training school at Quant ico, Va. Then, after I graduated from BYU in accounting and economics, I was sworn in as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. There followed six months of training, also at Quantico. We learned the fine points of small unit tactics and leadership, as well the USMC legal system and its traditions everything you would use as a platoon commander of an infantry platoon. The Marine Corps wanted us to think that the war in Vietnam was the "most righteous righ-teous war on the face of the earth." If we did not stop the com- $39.33 Buy one. Get one free. if- Sprint Together with NEXTEL HIS Rnrint Fair A Flovihlo ' ill 1000 Anytime Minutes - j A Unlimited Nights & Weekends 6pm & 7pm nights available! $39.99 SANYO VT-2300 -after ml m rebate SrNH ' '''!" !hS 'l 3e t TRf E accessory' Hi!jj Brought to You By ' - mm i3 to X3 U fx CARDS (NEXT DOOR) 7ZU OOUTH OTATE OTREET SATURDAY DnHl'-MNGS Tahk: Information Call Rod AUTO INSUKtetP (irral RatS For Families nilh Teonagp llrivprs csouusvi itl. 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Vehicles included in this three day event will be domestic and imported sports cars, vans, trucks, family sedans and sport utility vehicles, many still under factory warranty. This is a great deal for bargain hunters. Simply pick out one of over 3(K! vehicles that have been traded, repossessed, or purchased from around the country. Put down as little as $57 or start making payments pay-ments as low as $79 per month. 44 Vehicles may be sold for pennies on the dollar!" -Brent Brovvn- The banks are making the buy of a lifetime life-time available to the public: making it very attractive for the person who wants a super clean late model vehicle at a fraction of its true value. This three day sales event will run December De-cember 1 st. 2nd, & 3rd! That's Thursday, Friday and Saturday! It will be open to the public and promises to be one of the biggest automotive events Utah county has ever seen. It is recommended that you arrive early to beat the crowds. During this one time event, cars, trucks and vans that normally normal-ly sell for five to ten thousand dollars will be sold for three to five thousand. Some cars will be sold for as little as $497. Banks' Reps will be on hand to help pre-approve you before the sale. Brown comments, "Even if you have slow pay or bad credit the banks will bend over backwards to make loans to good people with past credit problems, provided you are currently employed." Brent Brown Automotive Group of Provo is located at 1995 N. University Parkway. 2 blocks West of Lavell Edwards Ed-wards Stadium. Any phone calls should be directed to a Brent Brown dealership listed below. THIS SALE WILL BE HELD RAIN, SNOW OR SHINE. Get up & Go! Holiday Parties! Santa r Stocking Stuffers! Gift Certificates Skating Lessons Skates Hiring Evening Manager Li Blaine Liljenquist on right munists there, it would in time have to be at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And we all knew we would be going go-ing to Vietnam, and we all knew we would be rifle platoon pla-toon commanders. Indeed, I served nine months there as a platoon commander, and our basic job was very draining search and destroy. de-stroy. The physical strain was simply overwhelming. My unit suffered significant casualties. I only went to church one time in Vietnam. One Saturday morning, on returning to our combat base from a month-long month-long operation, I found a letter waiting for me which said that there would be a general conference con-ference of the LDS Church the next day in Da Nang, and Ezra Taft Benson would be presiding. presid-ing. My company commander was happy for me to go as long as I brought him back four bottles of whiskey. I caught a helicopter in Quang Tri and was literally the last passenger on the last C-130 to Da Nang that afternoon. after-noon. At Da Nang, I checked into bachelor officers quarters, where I took a long shower and shaved. But on Sunday morning, when I started to get dressed, I realized that I had not bothered to wash my uniform which I had been wearing for 30-plus days. It stunk terribly. Since there was nothing I could do about it, I put it on, along with all my combat gear, and walked to the building where the conference confer-ence was being held. The place was packed with people in spithined uniforms. When I walked in, everybody was looking at me, and the only place to sit was on the front row a typical Mormon Mor-mon service. I took my helmet off and laid it on the ground, took my M-16 rifle from my homemade strap around my shoulder, and removed the magazine. As I ejected the round from the chamber, it sailed through the air, hit the floor, and bounced. I removed several bandoliers of ammunition, my flak jacket, my first aid kit, my cartridge belt with a .45, my big knife and my canteen, put them on the floor, and sat down. The people on the stand were watching me very intently, intent-ly, as was everyone else, and I could sense the guys on either side of me moving away. That was the only time I attended church in Vietnam. Fortunately, I returned to the States with my entire unit after af-ter nine months. Had I stayed the additional three months, I likely would have become a casualty. This is but one of the many stories oral historian Don Norton has collected in his oral history work. Stories of LDS men and women will be placed in the Saints at War archives at BYU; others' histories will be sent to the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Heath J. Blake D.D.S. 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