| Show YO J Aroun Around Tho The ThoM M M A ANT NT TI I 1 All News Welcome Robert Keller writes that some more water has been put between between I him and home but that he heard I the world is round and if he keeps going he lie might get home sometime sometime sometime some some- I time Lynn Nielson Nielsen also writes I from the Philippines Laurel Stott I writes that the boys bos reached the just 3 years rears to the day I after the they sailed for them them them-re- re remember mem member ber the first sailing when they came back v v Christmas is about here We Ve got gota a letter from Mark Crawford Munk l of the Navy Mark is not long out of High School where he was a sports enthusiast He wrote I have been In the South Pacific for some time now and we have hale been given permission to tell that our ship and planes participated in the time Leyte Gulf operations and we were once under attack by a I Ismall small number of Jap planes j I We Ve still have our fa flag waving and to the rest In the service serIce service ser- ser j vice Ice may you OU come out as lucky I as we did Good luck to all on oa the home front and In the battle fields Captain Jack Shand has been I awarded the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the time Air All Medal at an I Eight Air Force base In England I The official citation read For I meritorious achievement while participating participating par par- par par-I In heavy bombardment j I j missions in the air offensive the enemy over Continental Continent Continent- al Europe Th The Tho courage coolness and skill displayed b by Capt Shand upon Ullon these reflect great credit upon himself and the armed armed armed arm arm- ed forces of the tho United States d A Hospital lie lc Kenneth Braithwaite U. U S. S Navy Natty is home until Christmas day Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- Ken Ken-I neth is stationed at the Marine Base at Oceanside California where he lie is working in the prosthetic prosthetic pro pro- Before being transferred to Oceanside Ken went to a Dental technician school Ho Hohas Hohas Hohas I has been In the Navy for one year rear I v v Seaman lie lc Garth was one happy happ p boy to be home home If if only for 2 days das last week Garth is on ona ona a transport and expects sea duty v Y vIt It seemed good to see Chesley Lowry of the Air All Corps home to I see wife and small son Before coming home he was in South Dakota but has now gone to tho the eastern sea board He lie has been I I grounded from flying on ac account I of an operation on his foot and does not know if it In the future he will fly or lor will be with the ground round i i forces It Is contended his foot I I would not allow landing with a parachute v REMEMBER REME HAPPY DAYS I I One older Ma Mantl tI resident told me that there was a time when parents parents parents par par- of large families could shop the last minute Christmas eve eye and get sharp price reductions Continued on page 4 v i Pan Manti i Around c The World Y v Continued from page No wonder onder Pattons Patton's 3rd Army Army is 15 a goer glOer In it Manti ManU IB la well represented including T Clair Glair Al Alder er husband of at the former Mario Joseph Utah and andson andson son Eon of Mr and Mrs Gerald Alder Clair counts on spending Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas 1945 home with a small son eon Bruce Pruce now 9 months Alders re- re re-I re received a 3 French pistol a aGerman aGerman aGerman I German bayonet fancy French pearl headed pins and table knives from Clair Altho not referred to much in letter at hand ho he really sees the terrible destruction of war as he ho gets and communicates information for the attack and advances over the battle Nov 19 1944 1941 ho lie wrote For Forthe Forthe the tho first time since I hit Franco I am sitting with my shirt sleeves rolled up past the elbow Its elbow its it's quite Quito comfortable and this fire Ire cant can't bo ho beat This is a fair furnished home this time to those weve we've pass ed The coal is plentiful too and burns well There are plenty of nice fat beef and pork so we eat the choice If youve you've been following the tho 3rd army on the news news news' you'll see Im I'm practically in Germany now Lately there haven't been any civilians in the towns at all when we came I suppose they thep have all gone into the for protection pro pro- if iC if the poor devils only knew If you were here Dad you would see every everyone's ones one's livestock I running loose in the streets streets- soldiers here and there running down chickens for a supper roast or others who have haye stopped stopped riding riding rid ing the horses around In spare minutes That's the h 11 in us I II Ig Iguess I g guess ss and Its It's a n change from the theold old routine for for a n few minutes Seriousness is carried out everywhere everywhere everywhere every every- where as long as were we're working and Dad the morale is awfully high even more so than when we were in the states training 1 Packages are coming thru to tous tous us now for Christmas and what a variety variety anywhere anywhere from shoe polish polish polish pol pol- ish to sausages I y Philippines Nov Noy 13 1944 The 1944 The night before last I 1 1 didn't know If I would write any any- more My Iy ship was loaded to the brim with TNT The Japs dropped IS 18 bombs down at us some of them lighting a few yards away 1 Im I'm telling you I aged 20 years I We Ve keep the front lines going so so see some hot times now and then I I guess you heard the rest over i ithe the radio I saw it all and was one of the first on the beach j I F. F c 2 Clair Nicholls husband of of Sena Peterson and son-in-law son of Niels Peterson He was an Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph Eph 1 raim boy but lived here for three years ears before the war He will willi i I sure be glad when it is over oyer to get home to his two sons Tom Torn and John v Mardi March Field Dec S 8 1944 1344 Flying comes early in the morning morn morn- ing before Ing-before before the dawn We flew last morning mission on oxygen at feet Wow Was it cold up there If you will call 24 degrees degrees degrees de de- de- de grees below zero centigrade cold 1 I do I put on some big btu boots and a skin sheep-skin ja Jacket k I Underneath that I had long John Joh Joh underwear two pair pall of flying rot COT I and a pair of i flying glory a. a And besides that we had bad all ali heaters on in the ship Actually I Im m my position Is supposed to be tia ta i i warmest place on the ship ha j jIt It Is A good heater Is lo loat j right next to my feet and Wa warn vira i air Is coming coining out all the time The other men are not so lack kr Ua Both pilots are In a warm D pita but I called up the en engine d a cal calon I on the ships telephone system ti h said he was too cold ot of Hart DOTI where he was The tall tail gun I was wearing an electric suit till t J day 1 Including electric bo boots Its ti ii 1 gloves that gloves that kept him I warm Burke T T. T Is the son of Mr 11 and Mrs lira C C. C 0 01 l Braithwaite He Is the radio ator f |
