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Show Thursday, May 17, 2007 Page 14 0 R E M TIMES Unusual assignment veterans 1'h'usunt drove. Every veteran's vet-eran's story is interesting, even the story of the veteran who protests, "I fought the hultle of ( oino Cook," or "1 never left Lowry l-ield " Then wire in n while. u run into u veterun who hus u remurk-uble remurk-uble inemorv, is articulate, and hud un unusual assignment during u u m Wood is one of those veterans. This is his sor in his own words. wen! lo I.nterprise Hili S hool in Compton, Calif In sonic-of my ( lasses, a third, niaylx-hall niaylx-hall , of the students were Japanese. At tile end of niy street there were Japanese trm k f arms, all the way over to Reuondo lieai h. I lermosa Headi. and other towns alonj; the coastline. I was sometimes in the homes ol these kids, though I hev had no elalxirate homes. Most ol these classmates and then patents were born Americans, though some of the andparenls had un-ininrated un-ininrated I rom Japan. Then soinehodv ( .iiiii' in and loaded all these Japanese on trucks. I t -It had about that, knowing those Japanese people and woi king for them. I found them to be wonderful people. Then a lot ol sharpy real estate es-tate speculators came in and stole all that land. I never saw the Japanese again, because what I hev had had wasn't there anymore. When I returned from the service m l!)lf, I was amazed, because what used to be truck (arms was now solid homes, nothing hut houses at the end of our block. There were defense plants all over, and the shipyards ship-yards were l ull of people, all woi king around the ( lock, coming and going all the time. I hey needed housing. I enlisted in the Coast ( iuard on my 17th birthday in 111 IT There was a landing ( rait school in San Clcmente and San I iego at the time, and the small boat operations were the ones taking Marines and everything ashore on invasions in the South Pacific. Mv cousin and I had had a 14-foot 14-foot sailboat which we sailed inside the breakwater of San I'cdro Harbor Because. 1 had a lit! le boat experience, my idea was to get in on the landing land-ing crall I was sent lor six or eight weeks to ( alalina Island, where the Coast (iuard had a training base Toward the end of my training, we were given an aptitude test, and I passed high on the mechanical mechani-cal part I guess I had grown up with that kind of thing. I had worked on my brother's Model I l ord coupe. GOING ON VACATION"? Donate your newspapers to Newspaper in Education. For more information call 344-2923 Z4J5!!h300jgrtO!!!L fc- mw. If.. r rr n a n xj us VJJX u JUJJ INIJKAXCEAGEV home auto life business Tm,W7ffr rn? Anrtftot7) Richard Foote Ross Schofield m mmm 374-0395 Editor's note: This is the first of u five-purt series uhout Wuyne Wood of There was alxnit a 20-foot pier on the beach, and toward the end of our training, we'd have go out there, wearing one ol those old kapok life-jackets, life-jackets, jump off, and swim back to the beach. We also had to jump oil wearing only our pants and a T-shirt. When we got in the water, we had to take our pants off, loop them over so they filled with air. and use them as water wings. Then the instructors sprayed a small area with diesel oil, which they set on fire. We had to jump off the dock into that, then swish the w ater and flames away. That gave us exHi ience in how to survive in burning oil on water. wa-ter. We might have someday find ourselves in that kind of situation. The last week of btxA camp, w e went out on a double-masted, rigged schooner and learned to sail it. It was to leach us how to navigate and sail without mechanical power. Then we went to chemical school, where we experienced experi-enced mustard gas, phosgene gas and tear gas. We had to run through a building with tear gas in it, wearing our gas mask. But as we got inside, in-side, we had to lake the mask off. Oh. that burned. We choked and gagged. Before we were sent out to our ship, we went lo damage-control damage-control school. We learned how to plug up a hole in the ship's hull, though a lot of the time, we'd be waist deep in water before we got the water stopped. In fire-suppression s( hool. diesel oil was sprayed in the bilge of a shiplike ship-like building, then set afire. We had to use a log nozzle to put the flames out. I Next week: Seuinun Wood is unsigned to the U.S.S .'(is wind. I .Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will he transcribed and archived, lor instructions on how to do this, e mail Don Norton, ut don norton1" bxu.edu. 2rtityHcvatfi 11!$ "if i i i itti www.footeinsurance.com 305 N. FREEDOM BLVD. PROVO Obituaries Hardy Hardy BaumOrvil Harding (Hardy) Baum, eternal companion and husband, loving father, proud grandpa "bapa". bother and friend, left his earthly home surrounded by his family fam-ily on May (it'll, 2007. He fought a valiant and warrior like fight 12 hours alter a massive mas-sive heart attack. Hardy loved his family first and foremost - no request was too big. He was above and beyond as a neighbor and a friend, doing no less for others than he expected of himself. Anyone who knew Hardy admired him for his problem prob-lem solving skills. He loved four wheeling with his buddies and children - speed held no limits. I le loved hunting, fly fishing, learning learn-ing to tie flies, his "Rusty" truck, Christmas lights, buying secret Christmas presents for the grandchildren, grand-children, scout records, a completed com-pleted project and anything that proposed a challenge. I le was the proud owner of the original Koun-try Koun-try Korner in Highland and The Six Shoppe in American Fork which he was still operat ing. His greatest accomplishment was the family he and his wife of Lincoln H OnMay 14,2007, one of the finest and sweetest of (Jod's sons returned home. Lincoln was kind to everyone he met and served his fellowman without guile. Anyone who knew him loved him for his generosity, generos-ity, his humor, and his pure heart. The last few years of his life, he laced enormous challenges and his health failed him. He continually continu-ally served others and loved his family in spite of the obstacles he faced on a daily basis. Lincoln was born October 26, 1975 to Lonnie H. W(xdard and Nancy Gleason Woodard who were blessed with a precious boy. He later graduated from Pleasant Grove High School and attended the University of Utah. He received the B S.A.'s highest award for life saving. Aside from his family, his next greatest love was racing anything on wheels. On February U, 2000, Christina (mm mm YOUR ONLINE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS 80 1 -224-0921 m i .m-T ,i -r, 'T " ! I'M r m a 41 1 I . If I l w tU.-k I i mf V: Baum 1J years, Kathy Jonsson Baum, raised together; daughter Melissa Me-lissa who preceded him in death; daughter Rebecka'Marie Hut things th-ings Day (Gary), Santaquin: son Jonathon Hardy Baum (Cammee), Spanish f ork; Jelfery Lawrence Baum (Brooke), hagle Mountain. Nine beloved grandchildren: Hadley, Tucker. Lizzie, llalley, Bridger, Gage, Zachary. Ix'.xi (Lulu), and Braxton. He was preceded in death by his parents. ()rvil and Gloria Baum and infant brother Darrel. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren; grandchil-dren; siblings, Larry Baum (SueKl-len), (SueKl-len), Lehi; Linda .lorgensen (Stan). American I ork; IX'tinis Baum (Nedral l.indon. Kevin Baum. Alaska Funeral services were held Tuesday, May If), 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Highland !h Ward Chapel. 11200 North Alpine Highway. High-way. Family and friends called on Monday evening. May 14. 2007 from (i-S p.m. at Wing Mortuary, 118 L. Main, Lehi, and on Tuesday Tues-day morning at the church from !l:4!)-10:45 a m prior to services. Interment will he in the Lehi City Cemetery. The family would like to express ex-press deep gratitude to the staff in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit at UVRMC for fighting the fight with our husband and father. We sincerely appreciate the care that was given to him. ( Mine guest-book guest-book at wingmoiluary.com. Woodard Marie Woltjen was honored to become be-come his wife. They were blessed with a beautiful little girl, Marach Arloa, on April 17, 2001. He was the most wonderful father and her hero and best friend. He is survived by his wife Christina and beautiful Marach; parents: Lonnie H. (Nancy) Wxd-ard. Wxd-ard. and Nancy Woodard; grandmother: grand-mother: Arloa (Von) Woodard Dickenson; two sisters: Lori (Travis) (Tra-vis) Martin, Claire (Dennis) Chiz-ma: Chiz-ma: two brothers: Geoffrey and Joel; 13 nieces and nephews who love him like a father. He was preceded in death by his brother, Larry Michael; grandparents: Roy and Carol Gleason and Laurence H. Woodard. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 18. 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Battle Creek LDS Chapel, 1255 East 200 South, Pleasant Grove. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 Last. Pleasant Grove and at the church on Friday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinf'amilymortu-ary.com. fesmmff may What's Your Teenager Doing This Summer? I ii;ruw-!jjjt For in ''VfY --' tT S?'1" 'T rt- n rm. .4 601 West State St. - Lehi 768-3312 763 S Mwy 91 - Payson 465-9898 1476 N Freedom Blvd - Provo 377-3674 333 N Freedom Blvd - Latino Branch.. 655-0777 90 W Center St - Spanish Fork 798-1423 7S7 E 400 So. - Sprmgville 491-8993 309 S Main - Nephi 1-435-623-2322 315 W Main - ureka 1-435-433-2008 Glen J. Glen J. Peterson, age 83 of American Fork, passed away on May 14, 2007. at his home. He was born on Sep tember 9, 1923 in Lehi, UT to Charles Louis Peterson and LI Frieda Olga Ridel Zerald Peterson. He married Bev-erlee Bev-erlee Tripp on July 16, 1946 in the Manti LDS Temple. Glen served in the Navy during WWII, he is a Pearl Harbor survivor from Lehi. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing and hunting. He was a High Priest in the LDS church and served as a Scoutmaster for 7 years, a Stake Explorer leader for 7 years, and was a Temple worker work-er in the Provo and San Diego fn Wallace Sommerville Wallace Reed Somerville, age 79, died at his home the morning of May 12, 2007 surrounded by his family. He was born in Moab, Utah in 1927. He was the son of Andrew Reed Somerville and Veva Eloise Hawks-Somerville. Hawks-Somerville. Wallace was a veteran of World War II; he served in the Army-Air Force in the Philippines. Phil-ippines. After the war he served a full two-year mission in what was then the Northwest United States Mission, and met his wife, Clara Hansen while serving in Montana. They were married in the Manti, Utah temple on November 2, 1951. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Art's degree in Music and later completed a Master's degree in Criminology and Psychology from Fordham University. During his lifetime, Wallace worked as Director of Education for the State of Utah Prison, as a Federal Probation and Parole officer and a teacher. He was an accomplished musician and en Reliable Delivery Great Customer Service 375-5103 Your Ttiwn. Your Nfihhurs. Your Ne wspaper. . -y Sign Up Today! X more info. Visit Us at 350 E State In American Fork V A w w-' a S . I I 1 hA ifimS federally insurrd up lo l2S0,0ll Peterson Temples. He worked as a Machinist Machin-ist at Geneva Steel, and was also a watchmaker and a civic worker. Survived by his wife, Beverlee; children, Clyde E. (Jan) Peterson, White Fish, Montana; Pierce J. (Ruth) Peterson, Elko, Nevada; Deeth Lee Peterson, Spring Creek, Nevada; Letitia Peterson-Smith (Tom), Island Park, Idaho; foster fos-ter son, Chuck Tortice ( Virgie), Sholow, Arizona; 16 grandchildren; grandchil-dren; 5 great-grandchildren; brother, Douglas Peterson (Ver-da), (Ver-da), Cedar Fort, UT; and sister, Helen Aberle (Vernon), Lehi, UT. Funeral, Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in the American Fork 14th Ward Chapel, 1100 E. 400 N., where friends and family may call from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to services. Interment, American Fork City Cemetery with military honors. Online guest book at wingmortuary.com. tertainer, a licensed pilot, a great story-teller, a ranch hand, a fisherman, fisher-man, a boat racer, a professional driver, and enjoyed many of the fine things of life. He is survived by his wife, Clara Somerville of Lehi, his children chil-dren Charles Reed (Carol) Somerville, Somer-ville, American Fork; Wallace Andrew (Melinda) Somerville, Albuquerque, N.M.; Rita Dawn ( Robert) Meade, Anchorage, AK; Jae Warren (Tova) Somerville, St. George; Kerry Joe (Andra) Somerville, Spanish Fork; John Willis (Kristen) Somerville, Lehi; Sonnet Lane (Phillip) Calhoun, Anchorage, An-chorage, AK; Melody Kay (Brett) Anderson, Highland; his brothers Warren Kent Somerville, Moab; Marvin Jay Somerville, Lebanon, TN; and his sister Rita Lou Mace, Pleasant Grove. He has 42 grandchildren grand-children and 27 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the Lehi North Stake Center, 2200 N. 1200 E. There was a viewing for the public from 10-11:30 a.m. and the service began at 12:00 noon. The burial service will be held at the Grand Valley Cemetery in Moab, Utah on the 17th of May at 2:00 p.m. Online guestbook at wingmortuary .com. t Ti. 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