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Show 23 Tkc Cftfficnwe . . . Tkey LaRee Pehrson Their are slow- Out Our Window . . 8tW Among the ones who did come home there were those with per- steps er and their ranks manent disabilities have thinned, but the that would remain for spirit that took them as long as they lived. over the top in 1918 is still just as strong as it was then. These are the survivors of World War I . . the war that was to end all wars and many of them believed the . . . . big four-whe- The el was Armistice they waited for their shipping or- ders. Among small towns, and many from down on the farm. But few of them ever saw the streets of Gay Kone William Lyman, 94, was 29 when he heard his countrys call. He was prospecting with his father in Nevada for copper, gold, silver and lead when he volunteered. And was assigned to the 58th Paree, or sampled the charms of the Aerial Squadron Mademoiselle from stationed in Waco, Armentieres . . . they Texas. were too busy trying to During his training stay alive. period he had to stand a watch in a drenching rain, and at the end of that guard duty, he contracted pneumonia which has caused him problems all his life. He mustered out on April 15, 1918, seven months before the Armistice was signed. And went back to prospecting, but he laughingly says that he never got rich. For Charles E. Charles E. Brown Brown, 88, think of the great Oh, sadly poetry unwritten because the authors lie dead on some far off shore. 'hear' the beautiful music, still unsung, because the musician was cut in two by machine guns before having time to write down the notes. Classic books unwritten because the idea died in the mind of some drowned sailor. I I thats where the men your family died and there was no armistice that time. Nothing but Total Surrender would do, and it finally came. It was then, however, that the day for honoring our warriors was to Veterans Day. But Henry Wight He joined up in Salt Lake and shipped out from Goat Island Naval Base, working his way up to the rank of Petty Officer, second class, while dodging submarines in the Atlantic during the 35 round trips to Europe that they made. When the Leviathan became unseaworthy after the war it was scrapped. He was discharged in the middle of 1919. Jesse Jeppson, 82, and Henry Wight, 86, were both in the 4th Division. But Jesse was behind the lines with the big guns in the 16th Field Artillery, and Henry was a machine gunner in the infantry. A fresh faced 17 year old from down on the volun- teered in 1917 and was mustered out in April 1919. He hurt his back in Camp Kearny, and again in France, but he didnt complain because he was afraid that he would be sent elsewhere. As the war accel- - the Spanish came of farm, Jesse were required to wear a masks to protect themwas Flu mixed When the Armistice deselves as they hauled was signed, Nov. 11, blessing. He was of his out six or eight youngbecause ferred 1918, many came back fathers illness in the sters a day from hosinto be 19 to the world they had first draft, but at the pitals where they had died. from farm youth left behind. However was taken Because the division Springville of it some them for in was second infected for a the sweep was indeed the war to by the military. lengthy period of time end all wars, because made He was assigned to they were late in being they laid where they an ammunition train, shipped to the Presidio had fallen ... in nameto the at San Francisco for and promoted less graves in a foreign position of Wagoneer, shipment overseas. land. William A. Lyman men and women thought they did, and so offered, and gave, their lives to keep my life . . . and yours . . . safe and secure. and made the first one look like a dress rehearsal. Men (and for the first time) women died in that war on islands never before heard of. Drowned in strange seas that sent everyone reeling to their atlases and in places we thought we'd only read of in the National Geographic. volun- teered to go to war. Assigned to the infantry, the boy who had known only the joys of tilling the soil became a foot soldier who fought in the dirt, mud and blood in the trenches of France. He was discharged in 1918 after the signing of the Armistice. Carl Elmen, 90, was working at Utah Copper when he tried three times to join the Marines. But he was turned down because he was too short and too light weight, so he signed up for the army simply psychological words to 'sell' the war to the public. But what does matter is that But then World War II d farm when he Today it no longer matters whether those slogans once had real meaning or were breath there. who those were sent overseas was Julian Sadler, 87, who was a 22 year-olyouth from a Draper and men, they came from cities, they came from Remember . . . there are men in 80's and 90's who fought in WW to "Make the World Safe for Democracy." Men and women live who fought WW II to "Keep Hitler and Tojo from being worldwide Dictators." Yes, and your neighbor fought to "Hold back the Commies" in Korea and everywhere are bitter men who struggled through the insanity of again "Holding the Line" in 'Nam. their Armistice Day started when World War I ended at 11:00 in the morning on the 11th day of November when an armistice' was signed. Part of the men came home . . . and those who didnt were those who were blown to bits in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. In towns and forests the world had never heard of until our sons, husbands, fathers and brothers took their last "Over There" in World War I, but now making their homes in Magna, are these veterans of that long E. Jeppson, 83 and Carl ago war. Back row, from left: Henry H. Wight, 86; Charles E. Brown, 88; Jesse Elmen, 89. Front row, from left: Julian Sadler, 87; Eugene L. Kone, 86 and William A. Lyman, 94. recruiting posters and the political rhetoric that pictured the conflict as a glorious cause. They came from all Idealistic young But . . . until that dream comes true . . . we celebrate Veterans Day. I Jesse Edward Jeppson Eugene I But since then there have been so many wars, so many dead, that the day has become just another trucks filled with live ammunition. When his division was transfered to Camp Kearny, California, they were struck by an epidemic of influenza, and he recalls how the men fervor that has never been equaled since. Who am to say if any war has been worthwhile? But to me, and history bears me out, that violence only creates more violence, and that some day, somewhere, the entire world's people must look at the terrible weapons we are creating and say "NO" to it all. stop her house work, and, with tearful eyes, observe that reverent, prayerful But drive Nash signed as L. me, lost our ability to be shocked and moved any more. As a child I remember vividly watching my mother jockeying stood in line to sign up, filled with a patriotic B'uuCfnyul I sense, but remained permanently lost in the corridors of their mind. As the years went by and three subsequent wars were fought, the memory of World War I faded from the public even the lucky ones, like the seven survivors in Magna, have not forgotten, and still have almost total recall of their days as part of a military machine. In addition to being comrades at arms, six of the lucky seven, are also Kennecott Copper retirees. Two of them lucked out and were not sent overseas, two served in the same division, and one still has his uniform. . Today is Veterans Day. It was called Armistice Day when was a child, and on "The Eleventh hour, of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month," all school classes, offices and stores stopped whatever they were doing and there was one minute of hushed silence. And still others came home in a physical conciousness. over America 11, 1982 wad , aid - ern cam back fruwi 'Qua 1km' by Thursday, Nov. WEST VALLEY VIEW There are children unborn because men did not come home to father them. Thousands of women have led sterile, lonely lives because their men did not return. Parents who will always have a vacancy in their family because some young son never returned from over there.' But hot on the heels of WW II came the Korean War, and then swiftly the tragedy of Vietnam. Julian Sadler There were suddenly too many dead. Too many coming back bitterly scarred mentally, emotionally and physically. Too many weapons used that did not outright kill, but slowly and insidiously maimed and cruelly sickened until death came as a delayed erated, the fighting moved into the Ar-gon- Forest, where he was gassed with chlorine gas which left him with a lifelong disability for which he received no compensation because he was late in reporting it to the government. He was discharged in too-lon- release. We, as people became numbed and, it seemed to , . 1919. As for Henry Wight, he was drafted into the near Chateau Terre on army with the first 15 July 15th, 1918, in a percent and assigned conflict that changed to the International the tide of the war. Army. He wound up in We lost a lot of the 4th Division over- men, he said, when seas and fought for 14 we chased the Germonths in the thick of mans out of the tren the battle. In addition he spent another 8 months in Germany as part of the army of occupation. Involved in four different battles, as a machine gunner he fought along side the foot soldiers who carried rifles with bayonets. They went in ches. And from then on Henry went on to say it was open warfare that of the 186 men who that was fought out in went into the fray from the open fields. The his original group only Argonne Forest con- 18 survived. Some frontation was the de- were shell shocked, cisive battle of the and some were gassed war. (See Page 3B, Col. 4) Ladies Blazers at Make Fall More Than a Change in the Weather MNRS STILL TIME! portraits back for Christmas Carl E. Elmen in 1917. Then 21, he was assigned to the 319th Division and was sent to Brest, France, where they were building barracks for incoming troops. He was later transfered to Toures, the headquarters of the Chief Army Engineers, but he said he never received any battle injuries because he was too close to a typewriter. Although the Armistice was signed in 1918, young Elmen didnt get discharged until July 1919, because the engineers stayed behind to guard the warehouses at Marseilles in the southern part of France. For Eugene L. Kone, 89, who was born and raised in Garfield, the war was an exciting time. He was 17 years old when he signed up for the U.S. Navy and sailed aboard the Leviathan, the largest ship in the world at that time, which was named after a huge sea creature. The Leviathan transported the troops to the battle field and brought back the wounded. I FALL "82" FASHION Return to the classics with a corduroy blazer from Manchester. 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