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Show Cpl. Tom Watson arrived home Sunday and has received his honorable hon-orable discharge from the army. Tom was in the service 3 years, and spent the past 2 1-2 years in t he Pacific area. He brought home some souvenirs, including a Jap rifle. Jay H. Bishop MM 1c left on Thursday afternoon for Jacksonville, Jackson-ville, Florida. He expects to receive re-ceive from this station his official discharge from duty. . Corporal Harlan Hilton sent a radiogram from Japan to his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Koy Hilton, sending a New Year's greeting lo litiMin. Harlan is chorister for the LDS group in that section. Verland Willden arrived home 2 i weeks ago, after 9 months in the Pacific with the Merchant Marine. He hfs been to the Philippines, to Australia, and other places during the time. C'inton R. Sampson SK 2c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alon.o Sampson, left Delta "Jan. 16, after spending a 30-dav leave at his home in Delta. Del-ta. He has spent 22 months overseas, over-seas, the past 5 months were spent on the Pacific. He expects to be assigned to another ship or base and should have enough points for discharge i the spring. Glen Swalberg came to Delta Sunday on a 10-day leave to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swalberg. Glen got home in time for plenty of cold weather, and mentioned that it was 94 in Pearl Harbor Day, when he was in the Philippines. Ray Church left Monday for San Diego, reporting back to the USMC ifter 90 days furlough at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Church. Edward Harris, RT 1c arrived Tuesday afternoon, on a 20-day leave to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Harris. Pearl Harbor, T. H. E. H. Owens MM 2c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Owens, Delta, Utah, is one of 1,357 high-point Navy veterans whom the Navy is returning to the States for discharge aboard the USS Dupage Du-page an attack transport of the Navy's famed "Magic Carpet" , fleet. This ship left Guam, December Decem-ber 20, and is scheduled to arrive in Seattle about January 5. Passengers will go directly to the separations centers nearest to their homes to complete the formalities for-malities of obtaining their discharges dis-charges before returning to civilian civil-ian life. 'NVY SEPARATIONS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE The Navy fir-mobilized 50,535 of its personnel in I he week ending December 29, 19 15, lo bring its grand total to 1,213,810. The peak day was 11, fill. Navy separations are approximately 25,000 ahead of schedule. The Mari ie Corps has released a total of 183,307. That total is approximately ap-proximately 47,000 ahead of schedule sche-dule or six weeks in advance of their overall demobilization plan. The ('oast Guard has released 69.709 and is five weeks ahead of planned schedule. Fort Douglas, Utah, 1-11-M6. Discharged Dis-charged today from the Army at t ho Fort Douglas separation center under the adjusted service rating plan was T5 Hans D. Anderson, son of Mrs. Caddie Anderson, Oak City, Ulah. T5 Anderson, who served 18 months in the Philippines and Japan Ja-pan as wireman with the 81st div. and is authorized to wear the Asiatic- Pacific Theater of Operations Kihbon, Good Conduct Medal, and Victory Ribbon. Before entering the Army, June 4, 1912, Anderson was employed in construction in Salt Lake City. Fort Douglas, Utah, aJn. 8, 1946 Discharged today from the Army at the Fort Douglas separattion center under the adjusted service rating plan was Carlos Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren C. Anderson, An-derson, Oak City, Utah. SSgt. Anderson who served 18 months in the Philippines and Japan Ja-pan as squad leader with the 81st Inf. Div. is authorized to wear the Asiatic- Pacific Theater of Operations Opera-tions Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon as well as the Combat Inf. Badge and Philippines Liberation Ribbon. Before entering the Army June 4, 1942, Anderson was employed as a farmer at Oak City. ' Lt. (i.a.) Howard Holman was released from the Navy on Dec. 23, 1945 at Jacksonville, Florida. He and his wife are now visiting his parents in Delta, where Howard intends in-tends to later farm. He spent 9 month overseas with the Navy air corps, and is authorized author-ized to wear the American Theater Ribbon, Victory Medal, Asiatic- Pacific Pa-cific Ribbon with 3 stars, and the ; Philippines Liberation Ribbon with 2 stars. Tracy Shields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rom Shields, is home xon a leave from the USNR. He has been in the Pacific area and says he has 140,000 miles of ocean under him. |