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Show Service Men IKIome X I , MANY ON FURLOUGH OR LEAVE; OTHERS j GET MILITARY DISCHARGE A number or local service met are home rroin overseas, some of them having been released rrom service under the. adjusted service rating plan, and others on rurlough after extended duty overseas, ft ft ft Richard Leigh Major Richard (Dick) Leigh, holder hold-er or the Distinguished Flying Cross the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, a presidential unit citation and two theatre ribbons, rib-bons, is home on furlough after twenty-one months of service in the European theatre or war. When he rirs.t entered combat duty Major' Leigh was pilot or a B-17 bomber. Arter completing thirty-five missions over enemy ter-:ion ter-:ion of Controller at Headquarters, ritory he was assigned to the posl-He posl-He took over this post in May, 1944, and continued until V-E Day. From the close of the war until he left for home, Major Leigh was in charge of air movements on re-deplojment for the Third Division. At the end of his thirty-day rur-loug rur-loug Major Leigh will report at a South Dakota Air Corps Station on re-assignment to duty, or release rrom military service. . I During his service as a pilot Dick' has many thrilling experiences, in-J eluding bringing in a very badly damaged bomber and making a sensational sen-sational landing, ror which he was highly praised by commanding oN ricers. Jr. .V Wayne A. Smith Pfc. Wajne A. Smith, son , of Joseph E. Smith, has returned to civilian life, released under the adjusted ad-justed service plan after more than four years of service and 43 months of overseas duty In the Pacific theatre or war. Pfc Smith left Cedar City with the Cedar City Battery of the1 Utah National Guard in March 1941 1 and later was transferred from the' 22nd. Field Artillery to the 145thJ Fiold Artillery and left for over- seas duty soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and had served in the Pacific until released less thon a month ago. I While in the Paciric Wayne participated par-ticipated in the Yank invasions ol' the Marshall Islands, the Marianas the Philippines and Okinawa. !"- John P. Logan M Sgt. John F. Logan, whose wire is Mrs. Lola Adams Logan or Ce-' dar City, has been discharged rrom' the army under the adjusted service' rating plan, received his discharge at the Fort Douglas Separation Center. He is a son or Mrs. Ellen M. Logan or Grove, Oregon. I Sgl. Logan is wearing bronze stars lor two campaigns In the As-' latlc Pacific Theatre. Incidental to' his eighteen months service overseas, over-seas, he Ls authorized to wear the1 Asiatic Paciric Theatre or Opera-' Hons Ribbon. American Derense' P.lbbon, Philippine Liberation Rib-' bon and the Oood Conduct Medal.' C Warren Bringhurst Warren Bringhurst left Wednesday Wednes-day for an Army Camp In Texas to report for re-assignment, after having been home on furlough Trom overseas duty. Bringhurst spent almost three1 yeors In the Paciric theatre or war, serving as a mechanic with a Tank Corps. He is not certain what os-i slgnment he will receive upon his return to duty, but expects that he may receive a discharge berore long. I Boyd Smith Major Boyd Smith, son or Mr. and Mrs J. N. Smith returned home this week arter thirty-one months service In China. Major Smith, serving with the Field Artillery, has been stationed in China ror two and a hair years, assigned to the responslbilty of training Chinese troops in the science or modern warfare and In the use or modern equipment supplied sup-plied by the United States. He reports that the return trip took six weeks, since he came from Calcuta, India on a troop ship car-I car-I rying service men who had been liberated from Japanese prison camps In the Burma-China theatre. Major Smith, has been given recognition re-cognition for his unusually successful success-ful work in training the Chinese. He will be reassigned at the end of a thlry day leave. v- v; ji. Max Cowan Max Cowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Cowan, ls home on leave after spending twenty-six months of overseas over-seas duty with the Seabees. This is Max's first visit home in twenty-I twenty-I eight months, his last leave having I been two months before he left for. I overseas duty. Serving with the Seabees In the' , Pacific Max has moved forth ward' toward the Japanese homeland, and ror the past several months has been stationed on Guam where a great Naval base has been developed.) Arter thirty days at home he will report back to duty and expects to leave Immediately for his base on Guam. 'Jf 8 Alma Chamberlain First Lieutenant Alma Chamberlain Chamber-lain ls home on furlough after f if -1 teen months of overseas duty In the PaciHc theatre or war. I Lt. Chamberlain left Cedar City! with the local Battery of the Utah Natfcml Guard In March, 1941, but luter traasferred from the Field Artillery to the Air Corps. I As a pilot of an observation plane for a field artillery unit, Alma has participated in a number of major, actions in the Paciric. His latest! octlon was at Okinawa, and saw considerable action in the Philippines Philip-pines berore moving up to the Okinawa Okin-awa campaign. j'. Jj. Walter Hansink Walter Hansink is home on thirty day hospital leave arter having more than twenty months or Ea duty with the United States Coast Guard. I The first fifteen months of his' sea duty was In the South Pacific ' during which time he served with' the U. S. forces In their advances! in the Pacific until reaching the Philippines. While serving the1 Philippines Hanslnk's unit was recalled re-called and transferred to the Atlantic At-lantic theatre, where they were engaged en-gaged for several months In escor-ting escor-ting surrendered German Submar-' hies to port. He recently submitted to an operation op-eration and is now home on leave while recovering. He has no Ilea of what aslgnment he will receive" upon his return. O ft Don Jefferies T Sgt. Don Jefferles of Qrants-ville, Qrants-ville, a student of the Branch Ag-rlcultural Ag-rlcultural College through 1939-41 to here on furlough after having spent about eixteen months as a prisoner of the German Government Sgt. Jerrerles entered service In June. 1942. and loft ror overseas1 duty on September 5. 1943. An en-l Rlneer-gunner on a B-24 Liberator he was stationed in Arrlca and later! moved Into Italy. While on his 23 mission over enemy territory, when his plane was shot down near Venice' He balled out and was taken prLson-l w by Italians. Later, however, he was turned over to the Oerm.ns' id held prisoner In Austria until May 3. 1945. . I He will report at Santa Monica' Calirornla on August Jht. for reassignment. re-assignment. I |