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Show s 'w iWIs. ''' ' Tfe ' c' V.x A I -- Tr,H v 4' v" WV I. M ,,. vvr-- V I X r h C yU, ,.-.-', f' 8V. 1 t; I v ;u ' M f 'f I'irtv-fiv- 'g' Johansson, class instructor, reads scriptures N:;,i''n;!! Gu;rlrinii nf the Military Intelligence Company, stationed at Fort Dovglas in Salt Lake City, do their military homework in Church one Sunday a month. tm 142nd The men, members of the Western European platoon of the Utah National Guard, attend foreign !ar"ue"0 branches of the Church in the Saif Lake area as part of their military training. a foreign language and They earh rjn.-a- - in Swedish Graven s language. 4 35 Utah Military Linguists Do 'Homework' In Church I i r ;v X Photos by Don Carl-Eri- k ' : find it important to practice with people who the language speak naturally, explained Lt. Col. Gerald L. Hess, compa- ny commander. We practice the languages together as soldiers, but after awhile we reach a point whore we arent improving our pronunciasaid 2nd Lt. Leif Sponbeck, public tion, information officer. We also want to got to know the people JS ? f AX v"' ?' V V ? 4 Second Ak 4$ .'- i-Jf V t &; ifi i? i r; . :: K 3 X ' 'iy: V F - ,A 'v. . ' -. ,, i A X:X VS U I .'.tV- - Sponbeck and Spec. 5 David Lt. Leif Erickson listen intently to lesson. of tiie country whose languages he added. wo speak, When the men, prim. ily returned missionaries, visit the hrar.ches. they sing, pray and take part in the Sunday School lessons. In addition to the Swedish F.ianch visit, iron, hors of the platoon have visited the IGiiMi. Norwegian and Dutch branches. i f the platoon reaches iw objectives through these visits, men from other platoons w ill probably visit the Japanese. Chi no-a id Spanish branches. i.r s'pmbeck c National Guardsmen, u ic. nntly visited the Swedish branch, vere invited to speak to the branch in SuodSh. They introduced themselves and told about the cities thc-labored in on their imi :ou. hi TN re are more than onio ny. Nearly 97 per cent mi-- -. iiarios, Lt. Col. Hess - 'ho in ii i tied n the unit has r.ew problem, which can to tiieir background. Ho i.uid ioir:o ti ai i o can't think of a hot:, vireman to fulfil! in than this one. 'a. Id 'S r ' in::! is the only con:;,, a Guard. Reserve or A so many foreign larro. G. Lt. Col. Hess said. d ! - s.i jd hecaae of it m Mam ice L. Watts, lt.. lows a real infm-- i he w i :. iioOl - oral ear c.e-l- Guardsmen in gunge V, u wg ci I hi- ; , i 'k' summer camp. f, instructors I'niversity Extension more difficult long: Polish, Finnish. i. Jaiiancse, Chiin dialects. I. ji 'p month in training, p i :o .i"it ai '.idihg wki.ii. n ard '- -e t r languages sp km mem o Hungarian, it ib V aiuc i'ut.h Tuikish, Spanish. I). and Norwegian. Hat T! e unit was organied Old ha 10' c An I seven superior rati g 'heir an neol general inspections. "nit missions include inti rogaiing prir. oners of war. working wit! foieign diii u moots and helping to plan b'lde 1. lilies according to the public infot nation officer. i l,o- - i - i i i ; i 1 Lt. Sponbeck relates mission experiences in Sunday School class at Swedish Branch. WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 29, 1?9 CHURCH-- TS |