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N Pd T 1 I u. u MP i. i All News Welcome I i t P Clifton 27 I Ison son of oC Mrs Louise died June 25 in a Japanese prison camp less than two months before V-J V day according to word received by uy I his mother Clifton was born August August Aug Aug- lIst 13 1918 in Beaver and was graduated from Crom Manti High School I where he was skilled making model mod mod- I el airplanes airplane and hand-carved hand chess sets Some readers may recall the display of his model airplanes Inthe in inthe the Messenger window He enlisted en en- en 1 listed in the army in April 1940 and andas was as stationed at Ft Douglas until being sent overseas overseas In October er 1941 Captured in April 1942 on Mindanao island he lie first was held at t Philippine prison camp No 2 and later moved to Oska Japan in June 1944 1914 An escaped Amerlan Amerl Amerl- ran fun prisoner from the Philippine camp recently told Mrs 1 that chess sets her son carved from twigs and bits of wood provided provided the only source of amusement amusement for wear weary prisoners Clifton was a mild mannered intelligent boy Your reporter remembers visiting his homo home half a block awa away and and I to his lils explanation of model mod- mod modI I el planes he lie was building which wl I I would actually fly with a small mo- mo mo 1 I tor He was the Deseret News I I i carrier for a long while History I m may x y record he lie was was in Americas America's worst military disaster r. r i I I I I Mrs 1 Bernice Bernic Keeler has this to say about Clifton Cllfton He vas was in her oral expression class In high School But he was far too bashful to ever take part until one day he was asked to talk about airplanes with the result that the class was held spell-bound spell for tho full period I p I I II A civilian c for around two weeks M I Merril l Anderson is back in inthe I Ithe the tho groo e groove He Ho expects e to work worle at the Reliance factory but right now he lie Is just enjoying wife 1 Florence Florence Flor Flor- ence and 2 children Andy was formerly a Master l in the Ar Ar- tillery He went with the Guard GuardIn In 41 and was rank ranking ng noncommissioned noncommissioned non commis officer in charge of the personnel per per- personnel of his battalion Merril was with the army and anti participated gated in the Invasion at Marsailles 1 and crossed the Rhine with Patton's Pattons Pattons Patton's Pattons Patton's Pat- Pat tons ton's 3rd Arm Army He left for the tho States from Munich 1 Bavaria I I Meade Squires continues to be bo mentioned in the Salt Lako Lake papers regarding the prospective B 13 B. 1 Y U. U basket ball team Last year as a I member i ber of our champion Templers he was C G feet 7 Inches Now heIs he heIs I Is listed as G fe feet t 9 inches which I only goes to show what a summer In Manti l will do fora for a growing boy hey Everybody wi wishes hes Meade the tho best besl of ofIn In el I I Seaman EuDah Peterson of Sterling was aboard the light cruiser the Richmond as she anchored off Naval base to tu help in the occupation of n North T orth- orth ern rn Japan The Tho Richmond veter- veter 1111 jj of three thre years of ot North Pacific warfare headed a long hue lino of ofen en carriers destroyers and auxiliaries that entered Straits Sept S. S At 5 a a. a m m. m she was met mel by a Japanese frigate outside outside outside out out- side the straits and three Japanese boarded the American ship to assist In the passage thru the minefields This ThIs occupation of and anti andI northern I Honshu was a fitting cIlI climax cli- cli I max to the long weary months of Kittling l l' l fogs storms cold and Japs lilt I in he ho North Pacific I v v Y Hon for the deer or dear hunt Privates Rol Robert ert Barton Darton and John Henrio Nie Nielson on are arc really s spry after 17 weeks of or Infantry basic Robert was at Camp Roberts and really put on n weight He lIe re reports reports reports re- re ports Jjack back to Camp Roberts where it If is expected that a division willbe willbe will be made up for overseas service ser John Henrie was at Camp Walters Texas He says Te Texas as is all right for for the Texans Texan He xe expects s a couple of years ears of overseas service ser roth Doth will be home for about a Week Wc yet Despite the usual enthusiasm for fort forthe forthe t the le duck hunt one fine but unappreciative unapprecIative mother who was not raised on wild game gave ga this recipe recipe re ro- re- re cipe for the red-pointless red ducks ducks ducks- without even eYen batting an e eye e Stuff the duck with onions and ap ap- ples Place on a and cook until well done chow away the duck and anti the and serve u the tho c piping hot pine pine- hoard board with brown sauce Y Continued Continued i on page 4 i Manti an anI 1 Around I The World v v Continued from page one ono Dear Mr Peterson I expect you will Ill be wondering who this Is la from I You dont don't know me and Ive I've never I had the pleasure of ot meeting you j I but tint I did meet your son Paul out here Wo We called him Pete Ho Iio left left India some months ago with I his outfit to go to another nother theatre and I can tell you we missed his cheerful companionship a lot Iv Ive I've I Just heard from him and learned that he lie arrived OK and hard at atI I work work again According to news reI reports re- re I ports of the heavy raids over Japan I guess he lie must have worked very II hard Before Defore he loft lert India I II promised I would drop you a a. line Une I and decided to wait until I received I ed his first letter to me saying that ho he was all right before I acI ac- ac I wrote Wo We were billeted within a half mile of each other I and aril and my officers and ACO T s quickly I made friends with Pete and his friends He was very popular I land and always welcome and believe bellevo I me we all had some very good I times times buses together We Ve were all very sorry when they pulled out and andI I although another outfit took their place somehow we never got on quite so well Now that the Japanese Japan Japan- ese was has finished I expect you are looking forward to seeing Paul Pauland PaulI Pauland I sand and and your other sons safely homo home homeI I again I'm Im one ono of at five brothers i four tour of t whom are overseas lye Ive been out here now over 3 33 years and am looking forward to going home home I I hope in 10 days now I 1 have written to Paul by this mall mail and hope it reaches him before the I h s s to nv l' l home Ive I've found Its a small small world I and I hope one of these thes days I Ishall Ishall shall meet Paul again War Var whichever whichever which which- ever way you look at It is a dreadful dreadful dreadful dread dread- ful thing but of one thing Im I'm I quite certain and that Is that the British and Americans having met one another In various theatres of war war have re begun to understand each other and I am sure has Anglo American relations much quicker than all the talking and speeches printed In the papers With due to your paper If you care to reply please send It to 46 KIngsland Road Birkenhead Yours sincerely Paddy Rowan Rovan 19 India Command Major l Paul Is now on Tinian looking forward to being home for Christ Christ- mas |