| Show E. E a e eOn On Tinian v. v N y yA A C a r iv Technical Dick E. E Maylett son of Mr and Mrs 1 Edwin Maylett Maylett Maylett May May- lett of this city was killed in action action action ac ac- tion on Tinian Island in the Mariana Mariana Marlana Mari Mari- ana group on October 25 1944 in an airplane crash t c Dick was an aerial observer on onan onan onan an Observation Plane when the accident He Ie Ie was a member of the ManU Mantl National Guard and left here bere with the other Guard boys in March 1941 for training at San Louis Obispo Dick participated In the battles of the Marshalls and Tinian Islands His parents have received many comforting letters from the Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Chaplins and a citation from Pres Roosevelt praising Dicks Dick's dependability leadership and devotion do- do to duty A Mormon Chaplain Gerald L. L Erickson conducted the burial services at which full military honors were given At the graveside graveside graveside grave grave- side surrounded by almost the entire entire entire en en- tire battery lattery of ot officers and men and the commanding general were many of our ManU Mantl boys who kne knew Dick personally The body was placed in the American Cemetery on Tinian Island |
