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W I o 1 01 I M MA A ANT NT T I 1 I I I 7 All News Welcome I Christmas for tor tho the T family was Vas surprisingly better as Ambrose meeting the ti aln tor for daUghter daU datt Elaine also also found sort son 1 arrived from Kiska where he hart had been with th the first company to land Altho th the Japanese men trod and had gone to vindicate the air rt who had predicted It and to the thel I surprise of the navy Who ho t see how they had gotten away awny despite despite de de- spite the fog the weather r there Is lal almost more to than any human human hu man fo foe Ola Clair r was In a gale gule reported reported re re- re ported to be a n record miles per hour tie foe saw a liberty ship break In two not having been built bunt for such weather The two ends floated for a time as doors to make compartments wore were closed and most of the men wore saved altho unless well protected exposure exp exposure Is killing In those Waters to Aleutians enemy subs before being destroyed launched five rIve at the convoy Ship Clair Glair was on suddenly whipped around as torpedo was w was s sighted two miles off ocr All missed Tho The boys laughed as they heared Jap broadcast that convoy had been sunk On Clair found the Japs had left behind Ford and Chew Chev rucks British guns and numerous booby traps One soldier picked up what appeared to be ba a candle andle and had his hand band blown off In Ina a man made cave Clair Glair saw some fishes on a table table He did not nol bother them but three Ani Americans who did were killed Three days later he found a small made hand-made wine wino cup with a lady head sculptured sculptured sculptured In the tho bottom He has other articles such as Japanese vial viat of strop strong Iodine from a dead body Japanese leaflets and a leaf leat with Jap writing g on dropped by American Ameri AmerI- can airman before beCore the Invasion i to toi tell teJI the Japa Japs their s government v t woul would fall like a leaf During five months month In tho Aleutians he enjoyed catchIng catching catch- catch Ing ng some Borne trout and salmon Clair expects to to be h he here re e until the of ot Jan After Atter that ho he may be assigned as an Instructor or to foreign duty VElaine V y Elaine Tuttle graduate of Mantl Manti High last year is taking a business course In Salt Lake and besides that Is now secretary to to the principal pal oal of West Wesl High V V. WATCH OUT 1544 1944 Is la Leap Ye Year r V v Home for Cor the holidays way was Staff Clair Alder who has Just completed completed completed com com- sp special courses In communications communications I at Fort Sill sm Okla He can cannot cannot cannot not only speedily decode messages but Is adept in figuring aiming angles and distances to destroy gun pun emplacements on or over oyer yonder peaks Clair is ie a veteran of of the National Guard and happened to tobe tobo tobo bo be one of the ow fW on deck Dec I 19 1941 1911 11 when the large troop ship carrying ManU Mantl boys reversed reversed reversed revers revers- ed Its course when miles out In the Pacific During tho the week he has bas been visiting his wife's folks foUts at Richfield Glen Miller stationed at the large Navy base at Farragut Idaho is Master at Arms and also alro supervises supervises super super supervises vises the mess hall He commands to men every day and has passed man many excellent Inspections Father Flannagan of f Boystown fame and many high navy officers have eat eaten en there Food for firebase the fire base hospital comes conies from the iho mess hall and there Is a dan dang blackballed black blak haired balled eyed black gold-braid gold nurse who sure is a honey Glen came home Christmas even eyen tho the for a day v i Two beautiful cadet nurses Elaine Mellor and Elaine Parry were wert home for Cor Christmas Both oth are students at the U. U of U. U Elaine Mellor Is staying at Carlson Hall V vr r Home from Crom intensive training at bolor Colorado State College was Robert Poulsen Robert Robort is one of 45 freshmen who are taking compressed f fix Ix year course In medi- medi Ine In 32 months If he can I make hake the grade he lie will then get gel geth h 1 Dr Dr degree or D. D V. V VII M M. His rank in the tho army will then bo lie a ast 1st st Lt and he will lIkel likely be e a assi nd n- n 1 pd Ed d as a meat Inspector mule mulo or 9 K doctor or sanitary officer and pome some looking lookin way ahead 1 such graduates handling similar simlar problems In conquered countries Robert is a m member of nf the Post band Army drill Is on Saturdays Satin i While home Robert put on a Treat reat as Santa at ot Parachute Para Para- chute chut plant and got reward b by l kissing kiss kiss- kissing ing Helen Keller as program ended Away out in the South Pacific where Curtis Kjar Ijar Decker is 15 stationed stationed stat stat- there Is a great new tion Oh Yes A A few N Navy vy t vy Nurses have arrived Hes He's been h E heru re l- l n a a 11 long n time arid THIS IS' IS SOMETHING i And in addition if anyone wants to send Bend him him a fruitcake fruitcake fruitcake fruit fruit- I cake with nuts In that that- thatis Is IB Just what he Is for tor It Is la hot there i and a lon long trip but he Just doesn't think those nuts will get wormy An mail air letter written by bj him Dec arrived In Mantl Manti Dec 25 He is doing fine but Would like a little cool weather and lIand Just to be beback beback beback back In the tho states stales would be swell V Y Also good to see Bec for Christmas was Nora Mae Graham former MLA MIA queen lueen who is Lei now a fixture In do the bank The Hulmes had a real Christmas Christ Christ- Christmas mas again as sons David and Harold HaroM and wives s came cable from Chicago and Salt Lake V y And as one newspaper person to another we must not fall fail to not noti that Wayne Peterson came from Ely V y V Sst St Kenneth tenneth T Tuttle writes that he ho likes Italy much better than North Africa more Africa more doing and less les monotony HAPPY HAlPY NEW V YEAR ITAR |