| Show OUR MEN ADEN and WO WOMEN IEN UNDER t the ze e COLORS Tom Marshall pharmacists mOl mate te first class of of the Navy left Thursday of last week for his his his' station in the Naval hospital at Long Beach California He had spent a a- afew few days leave visiting with his parents Mr 1 and Mrs W. W Earl Marshall and other relatives relatives rel rel- rel- rel nU and friends l 10 lMonte Monte Marshall 1 seaman first class left Wednesday of this week to return to his duties with tho the navy after spending a alea lea leave leae e visiting visiting- with hi his hid and new son He also visited with his parents Mr and Mrs 1 W. W Earl Marshall and other relatives and friends El Roy noy Ipson sigl signalman alman of the Navy came in Tuesday of or orthIs this week fro from Portland Ore Ore- gon He is ls s spending a leave leavo at atthe atthe atthe the home of his parents pa Mr and Mrs Parley Ipson of I Bob Webb of the Merchant marine is spending a leave at atthe a atthe the home of his mother Mrs I Ida Webb He came came In Monday of this week oIo 4 t P Bud Dud Lay Laj a member of the armed forces left Tuesday of this week for his camp after spending a furlough at the home of his parents in Escalante d Wallace Haycock is spending a short visit w i his wife andson andson and andson son son and other relatives here He HeIs Heis Heis is en route from h his s former post at Field Florida to Dayton Ohio 4 Mr 11 and Mrs Ray Sevy received ed word Friday of last week that their son t P Ira C. C Sevy had arrived safely in France The word canto camo in tho the form of a ru letter letter letter let let- ter from Sevy I IMax Max Prince a 1 member of the theNay Navy y left lell Wednesday of this week to return to his duties after after af nf- ter tel spending a a- leave at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs I Herbert Prince lIe He has been beens I s serving ning aboard ship in the Pacific ic theater of war z Chief Carpenter Lynn Steed of the merchant marines is isIs visiting visiting vis vis- for a a- time with his mother Mrs L L. S. S Steed at nt atthe the the Y Service He has been around the tilO world since his last leave at home and after having his ship sunk stuck from under him spent some time timo In Ina ina inn a n hospital at Panama just prior to coming conning home He came on a n hospital ship front from the tho Southwest Southwest South South- west vest Pacific 4 I SIXTH A ARMY R M Y GROUP FRANCE Stringing out isn't an au official army phrase but that's thal's precisely what the Railway operating battalion has been doing ever since it arrived c overseas two years rears ago It arrived at Casablanca Continued uc 1 on pa page e four p. Our Men and Women UNDER the COLORS Continued from page one French Morocco 1 in February 1943 1913 and three throe months later the battalion was strung out along 1400 miles of rail ran lino line from Casablanca Casablanca- to The battalion went to Naples Italy in October 1943 Following the tho breakthrough last June the battalion battalion battalion bat bat- was operating from the southern part of Italy to Rome and beyond Tho The by Lt Col Ernest E. E Foulks of Los Angeles was the first unit of or orthe the military railway service to Arrive on the beachhead beachhead beach beach- head In the Southern France in in in- aslon And no now once again the themen men are following their ol old routine The They are scattering in detachments along hundreds of miles of French railroad lines operating trains repairing bridges es cs laying laing track Their job it to make sure that the thousands of tons of supplies entering the great ports reach the troops of the U. U S. S and French 1st armies now hammering hammering hammering ham ham- mering at tho the Nazis' Nazis strong Siegfried defenses One company specializes in construction repair repair repair re re- re- re pair and maintenance of the rail line another in the maintenance of equipment A third company operates the while the Headquarters and Signal company company company com com- pany takes caro care of or administration tion and Along with other units of tho the 1st l I Military ill tar Railway service the Railway Operating battalion battalion battalion bat bat- was commended recently by Lt Gen Jacob L. L Dovers Devers commander of the Sixth Army group Abe H. H Church son of Mr 11 and Mrs 1 Zero Church of Spry is a member of ot this group and is now stationed in France FOSTER GENERAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPITAL HOSPI HOSPI- TAL Jackson Mississippi While her brother Seaman First Class Stanley Slack is serving In the South Pacific as a U. U S. S Navy medic Coris Cons Slack Sla-ck of the Women's Army Corps is be- be trained at this Army hospital to tobe tobe tobe be a Wac medic This daughter of Mr and Mrs M. M I. I L. L Slack of Panguitch Utah who worked for the past five years in San Diego Calif as a n secretary for tho the Business BusinessMen's BusinessMen's BusinessMen's Mens Men's Assurance company branch office is already helping to toI I care for tho the sick and wounded soldiers being sent here from the tho many battlefronts She and her hor sister who are taking a week 16 course courso here spend half of each day receiving receiving receiving re re- re- re instruction in the classroom classroom classroom class class- room and half halt in the hospital wards applying what they have learned Even before they have finished their course they are alleviating the shortage of personnel personnel personnel per per- for the care for the soldier soldier soldier sold sold- ier patients Her borther barther was trained as a medic at the Naval hospital San Diego Slack who is a graduate ate of the Garfield County high school Panguitch spent her childhood and school days in southern Utah |
