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Show WITH THE SIXTH ARMY. KOKURA, JAPAN First sergeant William M. Stap-ley, Stap-ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam T. Stapley, of Hinckley, Utah, has arrived ar-rived in Japan with the 32d (Red Arrow) Infantry Division, currently current-ly attached to General Walter Krueger's Sixth Army. Stapley is the first sergeant of Company A, 107th Medical Battalion, Battal-ion, stationed in the Prefecture of Kokura on the Island of Kyushu. He was inducted into the army in May, 1943, and received his basic training at Camp Barkeley, Texas, following which he was assigned to the headquarters company oi that camp as a truck driver. He embarked for overseas duty in October, Oc-tober, 1944, and joined the 32d Division Di-vision on Leyte in the Philippines He is authorized to wear the Asiatic- Pacific Theater Ribbon with two campaign stars, the Philippines Philip-pines Liberation ribbon with twe stars, the American Theater of Operation Op-eration Ribbon and the ribbons foi the Good Conduct Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. George Van De Vanter arrivec in Delta last week. He had beer notified on Jan. 16, that his clearance clear-ance would probably come early ir February for his honorable discharge. dis-charge. George has been oversea: about three years, most of the time on the ship, USS Barnstable. He showed us the copy of the log oJ the ship, and the ports he hac touched at, which was very interesting inter-esting Leyte, Guadalcanal, anc he visited Hiroshima, the city the atomic bomb fell on, describing the utter demolition as incompre hensible without proof of actually seeing it. He brought home many souven irs, showing us photos, a needle o : split bamboo the Japs use in mak - ing nets, a thermometer of Jai . make, a Japanese brush, types o . money from each port he had vis ited a string of them long e nough to choke a cow, and man; I kinds we had never seen before l Netherlands money, Filipino, occu . pation money, etc. MANILA, P. I. Mildred B. Robin ; son, 1st Lt. Women's Army Corps - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. 1 i Baker, RFD, Delta, Utah, recentl; . arrived at the women's replace , ment center, near here, and ha i been sent to Japan with the civi , affairs detachment of the U. S t Army. 1 Lt. Robinson is a graduate of th , civil communications intelligenc 5 school, Stanford university, wher 1 she received her training for th i present assignment. Prior to enter - ing the WAC in August, 1942, sh ? was a school teacher in Delta, U - tah. ? Leo Day brought back some ver - interesting souvenirs from Japan- - A Samurai sword, two hande ceremonial, and handed down froi generation to generation; an off e cer's sword, very nicely made; I, Japanese automatic pistol, with e holster, extra clip and firing pir r a Jap carbine, somewhat hette t, made than one formerly shown u: more care on it and expense; parachute made of white silk. T. really fine article; and a doubi n barreled Jap flare gun Keith Bunker, of the Merchar - Marines, has returned to Lon - Reach, California, after a leave i n home with his parents. Mr. an ;t Mrs. Lamond Bunker. He signed c n a tanker for the next trip ou Carl Pace, of the navy, who br d been home with his parents, M l- and Mrs. Marion Pace, made 11 e trip to California with him. and returning to his ship. Boyd Bunke t who has heen in the Pacific for ; e months, is still in Tokyo, havir )f been there since August 2S. Pvt. Bruce Lovell is visiting h o family and friends. He looks we i- and may ship overseas on retui to duty. |