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Show Eliason Brothers Now i Home After Serving in ! U. S. Army and Navy Phil and Max Eliason are now enjoying home life at Deseret with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Eliason. Phil was sworn into the army in August 1942. He was pro- noted to a staff sergeant in the 1 63d Infantry Combat Medical de- lachment. He was active in the invasions in-vasions in New Guinea at Maffin Bay and at Sansapor. In January of 1945 he landed with the assault troops at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines and fought steadily on Luzon until V-J Day, having received re-ceived the award of merit and the bronze star for bravery. Phil was later transported to Korea with the occupation forces. He left Korea Ko-rea December 13, 1945 for home. After spending forty-three days on the ship he arrived in New York. He was discharged from Fort Douglas Doug-las on January 27, 1946. In addition addi-tion to the Bronze Star he wears ribbons for good conduct, American, Ameri-can, Asiatic- Pacific, Philippines Liberation and the Victory Ribbon. Max enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve in April, 1942. He was later lat-er commissioned a deck officer and assigned to the amphibious forces. He participated in the assault as-sault phase of the Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. He traveled extensively ex-tensively and visited the following follow-ing places: Wales, Scotland, England, Eng-land, France, North Africa, Italy, Panama, Hawaiian Islands, Eni-wetok, Eni-wetok, Ulithi, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, New Caledonia, Okinawa, and the Philippines. During his service he was promoted to a Lieutenant (j. g.). He was placed on inactive duty at the officer separation center cen-ter in San Francisco on January 19, 1946. Max is now taking a refresher refresh-er course in the University of Utah Law School and plans to attend Harvard university in the fall. |