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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH I '? .fi , is ' 4? u If . 5. . i - i j I . i i . 4 .4 h i -.7 ': ( v. S Sf -- X , ; ' .1- " -V. - 4 y v THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Friday at American Fork, Utah, by the) ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate $2.50 Per Year -With Our Boys- Harold W. Ashton R. M. 3e'the railroad in March. 1944 and and Lyman Beck S 1c, reported soon alter its carrying capacity meeting In the Malamkoa IDS Increased 100 per cent. Working Household and Auto Repairing Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners, Lawn Mowers and Furniture. AUTOMOBILE OVERHAULING SCHREIBER'S REPAIR '2C3 South First East Tel. 231-J-rAmerican Fork Washers, Ironers, Electric Irons Any Makes Repaired SALES AND SERVICE AIR CONDITIONERS OIL BURNERS FURNACES COMPLETE HOT POINT LINE Keech Electric Service none lll-J IK E. 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PAUL WINBORQ Smart Form Fashion Foundations Corsets, Abdominal and Maternity Ma-ternity Beits, Girdles, Brassieres, Bras-sieres, and Surgical Supports. 59 East First North. Tel. 128-W, Am. Fork. 3-16-3tp-tf. home for service men. Both boys were on short furloughs and en-Joyed en-Joyed exchanging news from home. Seaman Beck, resting before going back, to ship duty, was on three day leave from Nilhan Island where he has been with the U. S. Coastguard for four months. Harold was also allowed to attend at-tend quarterly conference at Hawaii, where Elder Harold B. Lee was the speaker. Both boys reported back to duty with lighter hearts and hopes of their being able to come back home soon. Award of the Air Medal to Clifford Clif-ford C. Christensen, Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class, USNR, for participation In 32 aerial combat missions over enemy territory in .the Pacific, was announced today by the Eleventh Naval District. The 25-year-old Naval Air-crewman, Air-crewman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Christensen, was decorated by Capt. G. A. Dussault, USN, Director of Personnel for West Coast Fleet Air activities, In a ceremony at the U.. 8. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Camp Kearney, San Diego, CaliL A citation by Admiral Thomas C. Klnkaid, USN, Seventh Fleet Commander, asserted that Blue-, Blue-, Jacket Christensen had distinguished distin-guished himself by meritorious acts during the missions, totalling total-ling 360 hours of flight in the vicinity vi-cinity of enemy operational air- A graduate of American Fork High School, the Utah airman was employed as a machinist before be-fore entering the Navy. through lunele and mountain outposts, through monsoon rains, and rough terrain, the railroad men of the East afe not having an easy time of it, but like their fellow . .workers at home have done a Job unequalled in history. Clifford Steggle F 1c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Steggle, left Friday after sy tding three weeks at home on furlough. He has been overseas for 40 months being returned this time for wounds received on Okinawa. He is wearing the American theater ribbon, the ETO ribbon with two battle sta. ., the Pacific ribbon with two battle stars and the Purple Heart. He left for Los Angeles where he will visit with an uncle for ; week before returning re-turning to the Naval hospital at Oakland for a checkup. Paul LeRoy Mecham, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy K. Mecham, enlisted en-listed in the navy at Salt Lake City, August 6. He graduated from high school last spring where he had been active in baseball base-ball and basketball. He is training train-ing at San Diego, Calif., as an apprentice seaman. With the 14th Antiaircraft Command, somewhere In the Netherlands East Indies In an Antiaircraft Artillery Unit serving serv-ing under the 14th Antiaircraft Command, Marvin S. Stevens, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Stevens, 612 S. 2nd E., Salt Lake City, Utah, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum W. Stevens, 368 W. 1st N, American Fork, Utah, was recently recent-ly promoted to Sergeant, performing per-forming duties as supply Sergeant Serg-eant for his unit. ., - Sergeant Stevens was Inducted June 5, 1943 and received basic training at Camp Callan, California. Califor-nia. After additional training at Fort Ord, California, he departed for foreign service in . JanuaryJ 1944, serving In New Guinea and' Ills present station. He is entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with one Battle Star for participation In the New Guinea Campaign. He has. also been awarded the Good Conduct Medal through faithful and exact performance of duty and whose behavior has been such as to deserve emulation. Sergeant Stevens attended the American Fork High School and graduated in 1943. He was prominent prom-inent in football, basketball and other sports. He has three brothers how serving in the Armed Forces in the South West Pacific Area. WITH THE 27TH (TOKYO EXPRESS) INFANTRY DIVISION DIVI-SION ON OKINAWA (DELAYED) Private Kay B. Smith of Alpine, Al-pine, who recently Joined the Appleknocker regiment of Major General tJeorWrOriner'a-f amed 27th Infantry Division, is now serving with his unit on Okinawa. - The Appleknockers landed on the Ryukyuan stronghold April 9 and were committed to the southern south-ern front where, battling against the heaviest Jap artillery fire yet encountered in the Pacific, rugged' rug-ged' terrain and powerful fortifications, fortifi-cations, the regiment played a leading part In the seizure of Kakazu ridge, commanding the approaches to Naha. The 18 year old Utah soldier entered the service In September, 1944, and has served three months overseas. He is the son Of Mrs. Lillie P. Smith. WITH THE 409TH BOMBARD MENT GROUP IN ASSEMBLY AREA COMMANDCpl. Karl V. Faddls is headed for the United Sta -s after completing processing process-ing at Camp New York, one of 17 similar redeployment camps In the Assembly Area Command In northeastern France. ,, Since arriving at Camp , New York, the men of the 409th have had their records thoroughly checked, have taken physical examinations, ex-aminations, and have had all clothing checked and brought up to date. The 409th Bombardment Group avrlved In England on March 5th, 1944, and as a unit of the Ninth Air Force, flew A-20 Havocs in the pre-invaslon bombing attacks on the German transportation airfields, and coastal defenses in France. After the last mission was flown in May, 1945, just prior to the German surrender, bombing efficiency, charts revealed that the 409th, with a total of 257 mis sions, ranked among the first five in the Ninth. Air Bombard ment Division. CpL Faddls is a son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Faddls and husband of the former Lucille Gray of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. - Douglas C. Strong, has written his wife, Dorothy Greenwood Strong, that he was advanced to the rank of First Lieutenant July 1. Lieut. Strong is in Wiesbaden, Wies-baden, Germany, awaiting reassignment. reas-signment. He is the son of Mrs. Mlllen Klrkham of Lehl. Pvt. Gene Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Welch, Is home on a 12 days furlough from Camp Moxey; Tex. He will report for further training at Fort Ord., California. Wayne Binns, Capt. V. C, son of Mrs. John Blnns, has arrived on the Island of Tlnian in the Marianas. He left, home the latter lat-ter part of July and spent three weeks on the water. His family Is at home in Ogden. T5 Harold O. Prajt, son of Irving L. Pratt,Ts with the transportation trans-portation division In India, aiding aid-ing in the movement of supplies to the ChlM?r Allies. Most of the nun in India are working on trj mot-.T-saugc Ecngal and Assam As-sam Rr'lway. the transportation service took over the operation of Carid: Blaine N. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lee of Highland, High-land, has been transferred from a welding school in Texas, to Fort Belvolr, Va., where he is attending attend-ing officers candidate school He has been in the service since January, 1943. For the present his wife and 11 months old daughter will make their home in California with relatives. Merrill Burch S 1c, son of Mrs. Claud Birch left Tuesday evening to return to Glenwood Springs, Colo., after a furlough of 30 days. Seaman Birch is still receiving theatment for wounds received in the Pacific area. WITH THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND, FRANCE SSgt. GeorgeAA.Carson of Fairfield, Utah, en route home from Europe with the "Old Hickory" Division, which broke up Germany's su preme counter-offensive in Nor mandy, Is now being processed at Camp Oklahoma City, an infantry infan-try redeployment center operated by the Assembly Area Command. Landing on the French coast on D plus 4, the 30th, command by Major General L. -S. Hobbs, spearheaded the St. Lo Drear- through, poured across Northern France, Belgium and Holland, and then crashed through the Siegfried Line to complete the encirclement of Aachen. Out for the iklll, the 30th led the th Army's -assault crossing of the Rhine on March 24th, and fought its way more than 200 miles to the Elbe at Madgeburg where Russians and Americans clasped hands. t " SSgt. Carson Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Huggard Fairfield, Fair-field, Utah. He holds the following decorations decora-tions ETO Ribbon with 5 battle stars; Combat Infantryman's Badge, Good Conduct Ribbon. $how 'em Now Today ADVERTISE best thuif you bav in ttock ! your tore io eh ncit Utu of tbii paper. Feature it Puih ft tronit. 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