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Show With the Colors Captain Kenneth A. Smith arrived ar-rived in Milford last week-end for a long delayed furlough visit with his wife, family and friends, following fol-lowing some 14 months of service in Alaska and the Aleutian islands. Following his fvSsit here and with his parents in Council Bluffs, Iowa, t which place his family will accompany him, leaving leav-ing here Sunday, he will go to a rest and redistribution center setup set-up in Miami, Florida. Here he will be expected to rest up and forget about the war conditions if he can do so! Captain Smith, then a second lieutenant in the infantry reserve, was called into active service March 1, 1942, while serving as Union Pacific night roundhouse foreman. He wias first located at Gowen field, near Boise, Idaho, and later was transferred to Alaska. Alas-ka. He was attached to ordnance of a' heaMy bombardment squadron squad-ron and his unit served as a pioneer pio-neer outfit in the aerial defense of our northland, moving into advance ad-vance bases just as soon as they were prepared for use. He saw service at Kodiak, Umnak, Adah Amchitka and at Anchorage, as well as Nome, Juneau, Ketchikan and Fairbanks, including a week spent at the army recreational camp at Mount MtKinley. He was made a first lieutenant November 1, 1942 and received his captaincy on October 24, this year. He has three superior and two excellent ratings to his credit, also has credit for three inventions inven-tions all of which are in prodtic-tion. prodtic-tion. ' How Limb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Limb, who recently returned return-ed from a long period of civil service ser-vice employment near Honolulu, has been accepted for a special assignment as-signment in the United States navy. He was among those who : reported for induction December 17 in Salt Lfeke City. Granted a 15-day furlough from I his previous army duty in Ten- j nessee, Technical Sergeant Joe Rogers has been able to spend three or four dnys in Milford. visiting home folks and friends. He came to Milford by way of Riverside, California, being accompanied ac-companied from there by Miss Rosilk' Ames, attractive drill-operator in an arms plant at Pasadena, Pasa-dena, whom he met some two years ago. Leaiving here Wednesday, Wednes-day, the young couple expected to be married in Las Vegas, Nevadau following which Sergeant Rogers was to leahHe for si new assignment at Camp Polk, Louisiana, while his bride returned to her defense work. Mrs. Merrill Jameson this week brought to The News office an- j other letter received from her brother, bro-ther, Corporal Royle V. Wood, one of four Minersville boys taken prisoner with the fall of Corregi-dor Corregi-dor and held in Jap prisoner-of-; war camps. He is held at Osaka ; camp End the boys he refers to j are his former pals, George Erick-, son, Maurice Clothier and Fred Potter. j An interesting- sidelight to that! part referring to work for pay is found in the current issue of the Prisoners of War Bulletin, issued by the Red Cross to next-of-kin of all war prisoners, which contains an article describing conditions in the Osaka prisoner camp, as learned from an International Red Cross delegate's visit in March. 1943. It states that "privates and j non-commissioned officers are re- j ouired to work with pay ranging I from 10 to 35 sen (2c to 9c).a day. The men are working in i shipyards, ironworks, oil factories ' and as stevedores and dock work- j ers. Including the journey' to and i from work, the men work eight hours 2s day, six days a week, with j Sundays off. Working conditions . are said to be fair." It is dvddent that young Wood hud not, at the time of writing, re-. ceived any of several letters sent : him since he was first reported being a prisoner. He continues toj address his Minersville sister as Miss Effie Wood though she has been married for some time. July 5, 1943 Dearest Sister, I am being granted the privSlege of writing to you again by the, Japanese army. So far I have writ-; ten two letters to you. I am still , in good health and all right. I j left George, Maurice and Fred last November in the Philippines. They (Continued on last pa?e) ! With the Colors j ! (Continued from first paue) i were all in good health and were1 1 . llriyht. ; ; I am working here for pay and ; the living conditions are very' suit-' able. We are granted maiv things by the Jr 'panese. but 1 i would like some' of the luxuries of home, so try and send me one of j those famous fruit-cakes, candy, cigarettes, etc. Also write r.nd tell me all the news about home. Well, this is about all I can write, so inform everybody about us, and give all my lo.ve to every-1 body. I close, hoping everything is OK with you. Your loving brother. ROYLE I v |