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Show - Pear Harbor Hit HomeThirty Years Ago; Page 2+—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah Wedvesday, December 1971 Here’s Story of Effect on Utah County At the Utah Lase Airport, wanted manager Merrill Christopherson all srivate pianes on to do semething t2 fel.” grounded order from the federal Hane Defease . By Friday, cost that County vitizens no longer had ‘After an initia! attack 3,000 casualties and over 1,500 advanced warning of we elements, as weather reperts fatalities, security measures the were the first taken county. Plans were drawn for issuance describing the repor Home Defense system to provi as “highly valuable in planning security for Utah Comm hostile aircraft action.” Carence H. , ing with the mass rush Provo's Utah State Guard, his to join the ranks, BYU's announced to President Franklin 3, Harris anization to protect the cautioned that “it is inevitable pr against “saboteurs, fifth thal there will be a certain columnists, or any disasver or amount of hysteria and the cutbreek that may occur. students will wantto rush off and Mr, Harmon stressed the need do something different than they for defense measures when he are doing at the present time, man bodied urged every “ablebut certainly this would be between the ages of 17 and 50 unwise. If we have ever needed that is not already in the armed sober judgement, we need it to ion” induct o subjectt or forces the guard, and added that now,” °7’ EnrollmentDrops 100 volunteers Despite the President's warning, however, BYU enrollmen:dropped from 2,900 to 1,00). Many county residents were away from home atthe time of the attack, and remember events connected to it. Bullock, now a Geneva the engineer, a long-time resident of Provo ani an Army sergeant with an anti-aircraft unit of Corregidor, commented he was ‘sitting at breakfast listening to music from home on the . shortwave radio when the news (Continued From Page 1) what to do, but and the Provo area as the celebration included a torchlight parade downed by the J downtown Provo, a entire crew was lost. lasted into the night, and Axis of :ffigy in And, as Judge Harding burning automobiles that had not seen and a street commented, “We haven't settled imi the streets in months came out held down since.After the war ended, M for the first time. Students at . wing” services, and we got involved in the Korean BYU lighted the ““V” part of block “Y” on the mountain. In e two men reported station in such a state of hilarity that they were given free lodging asthe local bastille.”” Businesses in the Provo area, with the exceptionof restaurants and stores, closed for two days in a “‘victory holiday.” Events scheduled for the celebration of the surrender highlighted the celebration by a lamb barbecue stationed outside the city hall building. and now there is Vietnam. According to Robert K. Memories Live On Provo still retains memories Dusenberry, commander of ard effects of the war. The American Legion Post 13, the Provo American Legion Post 13 names of those killed in action was named afler Dean during world War II are listed Mendenhall, the first Utah on a plaquein the Provo City and County man to lose his life in the County Building. Three hundred war. Stationed in Kiska, Alaska, and twenty-eight county citizens Mr, Mendenhall’s plane was died in the war. THIS WAS A SCENE AT PEARL HARBOR bombing attack. The article on this pagetells whatthings were like on that day and on Dec. 7, 1941, as buildings near Wheeler Airfield went up in flames from the Japanese flevng Uh Cay For the smokers of America who prefer low tar and nicotine cigarettes. “We were conditioned for an attack somewhere in the Pacific,” he said, and commented that his group was “ust surprised were s0 bold to hit Pearl Harbor and a little relieved that they hadn't hitus.” Corregidor Surrenders Short on food and ammunition and under heavy shelling, held out until May, 1942, when it was surrendered. Mr.Bullock, then a prisoner of war, became one of the lucky few to survive 40 months in prison camps,Asked this weekif he could remember what he was eating for breakfast when the news of Pearl Harbor came, Mr. Bullock replied, “‘No,I can’t. It's been 30 years and your memory goes fast in a prison camp.” Kimball’s Role Edwin R, “Eddie” Kimball, ex-BYU athletic coach and director, entered the war in June,1942, and was assigned to the Pacific Coast, where he consequent birth of U.S. staff Command involvementin World War II. Fleet Air West Coach from Oct. Coin Flip 4, 1942 to Nov.9, 1944. He built , 8 O-year-old physical training facilities for d_ received Naval eng in advanced training that helped save lives of its and their crews that often affected the success ofcs established castawaydrills with practice in search and rescue procedures by sea planes, Army submarines, destroyers, and aircraft carriers that were crew james McMinimen was sworn in as Albert’s legal men before entering combat guardian, and the Navy forces, He received two citations officially “adopted” him for for his service during World War active duty. TL, inenlistments at the recruitment centers resulted from Provo residents of the Navy. BYU art professor, Dr. for their country.” Richard Gunn, was serving a to R.H. Smith,then a mission for the LDS Church in recruitment officer for the Hawaii during the attack. While Navy, 14 men were enlisted in hitchhikingto little branch on one day. The Armyoffice was an outer island, he was picked up reported to be “‘swamped,”and by a man in a car who info dozens of 16-year-olds were him of the attack. Two days turned away because of age. later, Dr. Gunn took a plane to Honolulu and witnessed the Christmas Affected Christmas that year bore the destruction first hand. Under mark of the Pearl Harbor oath not to talk about what he attack, too. Christmas cards had seen, Gunn recalled two consisted of an album-like Navydivers saying that “there anything outthere as big interior where the giver placed wasn't one or more stamps. as a rowboat.” Aliens Affected Covers featured Concord minutemen, Uncle Sam, The war held some of its battleships, eagles, and the greatest effect, however, on traditional Santa Claus. aliens in Jtah County. Two days Only days after the attack, after the attack, Sheriff Hall Provo residents were informed required that all Japanese that they could no longer residents in the countyregister purchase eutomobile tires, at his office proving citizenship warned that they might not be as a measure to afford them able to buy tires for the protection. Two dayslater, he “duration of the war,” residents required that the registration be soon were asked to forego golf extended to Germans and and tennis balls, bathing suits, Italians in the county, rubber bands,toy balloons, and Citizens of the county were other items as industries also affected in the sense that curtailed rubber projection for nothing was thrown away. As Jongumer items. Mrs. Jenkins recalled, grease and rags were saved, and tin cans were smashed to sendin for the manufacture of bullets. End Comes On Aug. 15, 1945, after over one million American men were killed and three billion dollars had been spent, World War II cameto an end. Accordingto the Salt Lake “Tribune”, the “’ HOUSTON (UPI) — Louie We a conservative law-and- infemy’ of Pearl Harbor fully order advocate who Tuesday avenged three years, eight the five-term months, and seven days” to in Houston’s history, become the “bloodiest document his victory over young in all human history.” While bedlam brokeout in the Fred Hofheinz ‘the sweetest usually reserved Washington, ” D.C., Daily Herald reporter Lincoln Thompson recalled the celebration in Provo as “elephantine,”” Big Celebration After a tong vigil, thousands of Lighter in taste, low in tar. Somepeople preferthe taste of a low tar and nicotine cigarette. For them, we've made new Marlboro Lights. The same great quality you get with famous Meriboro Red— only Lights were developed especially for those whoprefer thelighter taste of a low tar smoke. 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