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Show 1 1 Military Honors j Set for Veteran A j Killed at Iwo Jima ' The remains of Cpl. Phil R. Fin- linson, recently returned from ov- erseas under the Repatriation of L World War II Dead Program, will J ' arrive in Delta Wednesday, April ' : 1 28, 1948. The body will be accomp- . i anied by MSgt. Paul G Beauareau, n J. Sixth Army Escort Detachment, 1 .4 I from the Utah General Distribution : y Depot, Ogden, Utah. I Cpl. Finlinson, USMCR, was kil- j j led in action on Iwo Jima, Feb. 19, r 1945. He was born in Fool Creek, 'j Millard county, Jan. 14, 1925, a ' i i : ' son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Finlinson. ! j He attended Oak City schools, and (1 Delta high school, where he was j 1 prominent in athletics and school j activities. 1 ' i He enlisted with the marines in ; : i October, 1943, and trained at San : 1 Diego, and left for the Pacific ;, ;: theatre' of operations on Jan. 11, 1944. He was assigned to the 23rd j. Marines 4th Division. Cpl. Finlin- !.' son saw action in the campaigns for the Marshall Islands, Saipan ' t and Tinian, and was a holder of '1 a Presidential Unit Citation. Surviving are his parents, of Oak ' City, and these brothers and sis- ters, Mrs. Norine Shipley, Lynndyl, and Burnis R., Raymond R., Geo- i rgia, Bryce R., Paul R., Julian R., ' , and Garth, all of Oak City. "t Cpl. Finlinson is the first of the ;i j 1 Repatriated World War II .dead to , be returned to Millard county. His ; J - memorial services were held in the i Oak City ward chapel April 22, ! 1945, under direction of the Amer- j ican Legion and Bishop Melvin J. ' Roper. ' ' The body will arrive on train 37, ,' 1244 p. m., April 28, at the station : : 1 in Delta, where' it will be met by j i' members of the family, relatives ji and friends, and members of Arth- L'j f ur L. Cahoon Post 89, Commander ; Oz Johnson, and Theo Q. Jensen j . Post 117, Commander L. F. Gor- ; '; don, American Legion. .' , The cortege will proceed to the f Oak City cemetery where grave- j. side services will be held with mil- j j itary honors. I |