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Show With theColors Mrs. James R. Halley, new subscriber sub-scriber to The News, a few days ago showed us a letter recently received re-ceived from their son, Private Glendon Halley, who joined the United States marine corps some time ago, while employed at Col-umibia, Col-umibia, Missouri, and now serving with the Fourth Marines in Pacific service. The forepart of the letter was that of a typical American boy to his parents; but it ended with what the boy termed "a poem" he had composed. While more of a "prayer" than a poem, the expression was decidedly un- usual and we are passing it on to our readers. It follows: Oh God, give us courage to meet fear to fight for what we believe to be right, even when the cold sweat of terror stands upon our temples. If we must learn to hate, let it 'be not hatred for man, but for in-i in-i justice and oppression, and let us i hate with our minds and our j weapons not our hearts, i Give us fortitude for the days of waiting as for the days of battle, I for we are heroes proven. Give us men's part in victory, j When it comes, make us good fel-j fel-j lows and strong leaders. Lend us i wisdom in times of peril that we I may return to our loved ones and families who wait for us. Let us never waver in the belief we have that God is fighting on our side on all battle fronts. Let us come back unchanged and whole to all we are fighting to preserve. statute bookn thus far and that Presentation of the Purple Heart medal to James Marin Jones, 23, seaman first class, U. S. naval re- j serve, of Milford, for wounds sus. i tained aboard a cruiser in action off the Philippines, was announced Tuesday by the Eleventh naval district, according to a press re- lease to The News. The ' Utah ! Bluejacket was acting as a loader plosion resulting from a fire occurred. oc-curred. He was struck through-: through-: out the body by shrapnel. The I medal was presented at ceremonies ! at the U. S. naval hospital, in j San Diego, California, where he ' is convalescing from his wounds. ! Morton D. Willcutts, (MC) U S N, ! medical officer in command. I Besides the Philippines, Seaman Jones saw action at Wake, Tarawa, j Guam, Bougainville and Saipan, in i the Pacific, and at Sicily, in ! Europe. He is a .son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Dick Jones, of Milford and i is a graduate of Milford high ! school. i i Navy Lieutenant (jg) Truett O. Morrell, is here on leave from the southwest Pacific, where he has i been in naval aviation service the last 23 months. He was a pilot in i the famous Black Cat squadron, ; the latter part of his service being as patrol plane commander. He visited with his uncles, Gene and Roldo Turner, and families, following follow-ing some time spent with his mo- , ther and sister in Cedar City. , Lieutenant Morrell lived in Milford Mil-ford with his parents when h.: was a boy. He has been in navy service i for several years. j Lieutenant Ivan Hansen and ! wife left last Monday after visit- I ing with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen, for a week. Lieutenant Hansen has completed his missions as a pilot in the China-Burma-India theatre oi operations and will report back to San Francisco. Mrs. Hansen will return to St. George to be with her parents, who just recently moved there from California. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Wil liams, in addition to sending The News to their sons, Ensign A. Hughes Williams and Duwayne Williams, aviation machinists mate second class, have entered a subscription sub-scription for Mr. Williams' brother, bro-ther, Austin S. Williams former local railroad man. The latter, with a rating of seaman second class, is braking in the yards of the naval air depot at Earle, New Jersey. I'rom Corp'l Royle V. Wood, Jap Prisoner of War at Osaka To Mrs. Delbert Jameson, Minersville, Min-ersville, Utah. Dear folks: I have received several letters and one parcel from you and now I 'am getting the chance to answer, i Every thing is still about the same 'with me. I am in fair health, so j don't worry. ! I haven't seen or heard anything about Maurice, Fred or George j fir.re I lift the Philippines two yc ars ago. '. ; Please write and tell me all the ! l ews that has taken place and try j and send Fome more picture, etc. ! Well. I'll close as space is lim-! lim-! ited. May God bless you. Love, ! ROYLE (Editor's Note The three boys I referred to are fellow prisoners of the Japs, Maurice Clothier, Fred ' Potter and George Ericvson, all of ' Minersville, who were similarly ; taken prisoner with the fall of Corregidor.) ' Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Whittaker : are having The News sent to their younger son, Private Keith L. Whittaker, 1944 graduate of Milford Mil-ford high school, who entered . army service January 9 and now is , in training at Camp Hood, Texas. Their older son, Corporal A. S. . "Bud" Whittaker, to whom the " paper was sent during the long i period he was in Alaska, now is . located at Camp Claiborne, Loui-! Loui-! iana, where The News will con- tinue to go to him. Received in Milford this week were some very fine large photo-! photo-! (Continued on last page) With the Colors (Continued from first oage) graph prints, showing Staff Sergeant Ser-geant Don Q. Elmer and Corporal Gael W. Elmer, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Elmer of Milford, who were principals in an unusual brother bro-ther reunion at an air depot of the Fifteenth air force service command com-mand in Italy. Don, who is a graduate of Milford high school and a former student at Westminster West-minster college, has been a member mem-ber of the United States army since February of 1942 and is a crew chief for flight test at that group location. His brother Gael, also a Milford high school graduate, gradu-ate, is an aerial gunner of a Flying Fly-ing Fortress and was newly arrived ar-rived at the base at the time the picture Wias taken. Since then, however, he has made three combat missions and been promoted from corporal to staff sergeant, according accord-ing to letters received ,by his parents. par-ents. In connection with the taking of the picture, Sergeant Don was quoted as saying, '"You can say for us that when this thing is over, we're going back to the farm and Work it like in the old days." Mrs. Ruth Bradshaw Barton is having The News sent to her hus-hand, hus-hand, Private Raymon Barton, inducted in-ducted into army service November Novem-ber 9 and now in training with an infantry unit at Camp Fannin, Fan-nin, Texas. Private Barton, originally origin-ally from Greenville, is a former Mill'od carpenter and Mrs. Barton continues to live in the former). Grant Murdock home, which they , purchased just prior to his indue-j tion. Hubert. Hickman, -radio man and gunner aboard a Liberator ship prior to the leave he has just spent with home folks, left this week for Salt Lake City on his way to Treasure island, where he is to receive re-ceive .further schooling. His mo- i ther, Mrs. D. N. Hickman, accom-: panied him as far as Salt Lake i City where both were to visit rela- j tives and friends, Mrs. Hickman 1 intending to remain there for a ! few weeks. j |