| Show R ROua The jorl tl 4 I I MA MA N T I IT I 1 All News I I 1 Hungry for HOME with all the tho trimmings Mark Poulson i Is bursting out all over oyer with enthusiasm enthusiasm en to get a real bite of civilIan civilian civil civil- Ian life after 16 months in the Philippines Phili Philippines Korea and New Guinea Mark has his discharge he holds the Pacific Asiatic-Pacific Theater of ot Operations Ribbon the Good Con Conduct Con J duct duct- Medal t Medal The American Theater Ribbon the Victory Ribbon the corn com combat com combat bat Infantry badge The Philippines Liberation Ribbon In New Guinea and the Philippines Mark baked i cakes cookies doughnuts and thE tho like however the last three months I of Marks Mark's army career were spent In Korea where the food was teri- teri ble Canned foods Spam and more mor SPAM and Bully-Beef Bully plus K rE made up the menu Because p. p of the lack of Mark was wan unable to throw together his delicious delicious deli- deli cious clous delicacies The Koreans pressed Mark as being a very dirty class of people They carry loads on their backs that are enormous a n native nathe coming down the tho street would look Jook like a big load of hay It was cold yet the people went bare barefooted barefooted barefooted footed footed they cut the ice out of or ditch ditches es and washed their clothes in It Right now Mark is just resting up and enjoying seeing white girls for forthe forthe forthe the first time In about three yeras erns A man that now eI enjoys jOD eating more mare than sleeping Mark not only eats his own cooking but likes it HI U I Jan 11 1946 TO laj l Major r Leslie And Anderson Ander Andor- 01 son eon 0 FA 1 1 By direction of tho the President you are temporarily promoted promoted promoted pro pro- effective this date to the grade of LIEUTENANT NANT COLONEL In the Army of ot The United Slates States I 2 Neither an acceptance nor an oath of office is necessary I I as this promotion will be he regarded i gas as having been accepted on this date unless it is s declined In writ writ- I Ing lag D By order of Major Arthur Arthur- Swift 1st Lt CAC Congratulations Leslie w I i iI I I S Kenneth Keisel Kelsel Is back HOME and a civilian once more Ken was vas in the Pacific and Japan for 24 months he be holds the Victory Vic Vic- tory medal and the Liberation Liberation Lib Lib- Ribbon Ken was forme formerly y yI ya a far farmer er I Determined d to get his moneys worth out of being HOME IE and a civilian I Plc Grant is just taking taking- It it easy easy Grant served 43 months In Camp Adair Ore and at Fort Douglass Utah as an M l P. P The good Conduct Medal the American Theater Theater Theater Thea Thea- ter Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon as well vell as the expert rifleman medal speak for Grants Grant's service He was wasa a farmer before entering enterIng- the tho army t tho of June In 4 42 Capt Que ChrIstensen just recently recently re- re received this dils discharge from the he army after 3 years of service Que has been visiting here and in Mayfield since last November In terminal terminal terminal ter ter- minal leave Que was working working- in New Orleans in the Personnel Dept in n the transportation line Early this his week he and his wife Elma lina linand and nd small dai r. l left lt for Texas Texas- He plans to go to the University Uni- Uni University of Texas at Austin and work for or a railroad commission Que Quo is going seeing to major In Business y With the Asiatic Pacific Theater of ot operations ribbon the Good Conduct Conduct Conduct Con Con- duct Medal the Victory Ribbon and the he Liberation ribbon t this o ohis ohis his a charming Mantis Mantl- Mantl s n wife former Erma Neilson Nellson Norman P. P Hill of Madison Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin Is more than happy over oyer his discharge from the arm army Norman was a mess sergeant in New Guinea and Luzon for 14 months Erma has been living in Salt Lake while Norman was a former student of the he University of Wisconsin t The thing thing- that interested Tom Parry the most about Alaska was his getting out of or there and HOME Tom has received his hig discharge ands andis and is i s home now He was 14 mouths months In n Alaska as a refrigerator mech mech mech- I anic You may wonder what a COl cold storage l plant Is used for in a n place where It gets as cold as 58 d degrees rees below zero but Tom says sas thc they have havea a little summer too Nothern lights and Indians were witnessed by Tom but hut no reindeer or Eskimos Right now Tom is enjoying just being nO HOME IE Continued on last page |
