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Show MAJOR II. E. CHRISTENSEN HOME ON FURLOUGH Major Haldow E. Chrlstenscn, serving with the 204th. Field Artillery, Artil-lery, Is home to spend the Christmas Christ-mas holidays with his family. Major Christenscn served as an officer with the Cedar City Battery of the Utah National Guard before the Guard was cabled to service, and shortly afterwards was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for special officer training, and was later advanced to the rank, of Major. Haldow reports that the Field Artillery unit, with which a large number of the Cedar City Guardsmen Guards-men are still training, has been transferred from Fort Lewis, Washington Wash-ington to a camp in Tennessee, and he expects that the group will soon be assigned to combat duty somewhere. some-where. Major Christenscn former sheriff of Iron County and a former member mem-ber of the Cedar City Lions Club, was a guest at the meeting of the Lions Monday. In a short talk he praised the Cedar City boys in the service pointing out that a large number of them have already received re-ceived commissions and stating that more of them are in line for promotion. pro-motion. He said the boys are ready and anxious for combat duty, and that they would put their very best efforts Into any conflict' they might be assigned to, with the hope of "finishing up the battle and getting back home." |