Show BOYS and GIRLS in the service flight officer wendell F carrigan can lean I 1 ton son of mr air and mrs A 13 carrigan Carrl gan recently antly completed an orientation course designed to bridge the gap teen n training in the states and com coin tat t soldiering against the enemy in france ice states slates a communication from rin air service command station in egland agland at this air service command station ight officer carrigan Carrl gan attended a se ri osof es of lectures given by veterans of this kig command which included instruct tons igoris on c chemical I mical warfare defense and ile tips on staying healthy in a combat zone his next station will be one from americas fighting planes cover our mr liberation of occupied europe before entering the army air forces I 1 h was as employed as an auto mechanic by the he helner garage in morgan private marvin B fern Fer fernelius nellus us so son 1 rah A fernelius of morgan has com le training and has been grad u cited d from this school of the army air 1 wes forces training con command while attending this school he received instruction in the electronics ourse course and in various technical oper ilione vital to the maintenance of the count rys fighting planes pianos this train lie command school is located at cha lute inie field III dale carter seaman second class of if porterville port Porte civille iville has just finished his wt not training at farragut idaho md Is home on a 15 day furlough douglas thackeray and milton fry who tho have been inducted into tile the service left for fort douglas saturday word has been received that dick peterson AS A S at farragut idaho was to be released from the hospital last rues tuesday day mr ir and mrs airs J C lee received a leter ider from their son jay stating that hi he has been promoted from technical sergeant to staff sergeant jay Is lit in americal battalion somewhere in new guinea ile he said to tell all of his friends blends in the old town hello for tin him the leter in part follows new guinea september 30 1944 dear dad and mother i just a word to let you know im piling getting along 0 K and feeling fine we he have our camp pretty well fixed q isnow now so were more or I 1 less ess at ease hit but there Is usually enough going ou on to keep my mind occupied im sending you a letter that one of the boys in our outfit sent his mother which explains more fully what it as like over here when we first landed we all took part in it but I 1 figured at the time it was just as well tiu ou know what the situation tas as over here this new guinea campaign was a long hard old tight fight hit but im afraid its about over for tojo well ill close for now things over here are pretty quiet now and im still in good health so there is nothing to orry about hoping this finds you ill all well love jay editors note the following excerpts are taken from a letter written by bil private first class clyde E mariliall to his mother published in their tome home town paper the wheeling news wicopy of which was sent to mrs J C lee ee morgan by her son sergeant J C 1 lee his buddie lack of space necessitates only short excerpts of same sitting under a tree dear mother of 1 mine near by graves are being 1 g marked with crosses of some b addies dear to me at rest the brut al 1 part of this battle occurred when litter bearers were carrying out the wounded bounded those dirty anil snipers lers would fire re on the men who laid on stretchers ITY ing their best to finish them off it has as impossible to spot them some were ere tied to trees with nets over them yiu vid branches to protect sight of their nies bodies others dug into tree trunks their rifles resting on the branches also another portion of our boys were ying in g to make beach landing spotted by y t the he enemy they dropped 70 M shells ells in lead crafts As the men were weed forced out they were fired upon by machine guns while endeavoring to make ake shore many were killed out tight and many were drowned due to their wounds in the face of that inch ch by inch foot by foot fight our boys roys f fought 0 aught right on and WON in n t the he evening I 1 was cut off front from the e knain body along with others real j e the situation was grave and we inu list s t also find shelter for the night we dac welded aided to make a break tor for the beach and id dig in on the way we were harn ham 5 arld by the dense underbrush and the ie direction was in line of enemy fir some ie of the men were hit bit and fell dead ad in their tracks A buddle of mine TOS TO S to lu help one of the wounded was shot ot through the back I 1 went to his aid d pulled him out of line of fire and dragged him down the hill another comrade helped me we ran into a empty shell hole where we admin adain red first aid and prayed ile sank fast st and a dear buddie died in my arms ms all through the night the shells kept pt exploding we could hear jap patrols and the mournful cries of the loun bounded oun ded it was miraculous we were verc not it discovered As the morning dawn daft 2 stealing through the jungles we wade lade a run for the beach and thus anade me a 1 successful getaway get away all ail eighth air force bomber station in 1 I england reported that to aid in the repair pair of a battle damaged bomber Is the e duty of staff sergeant leslie C ones es morgan a member of the air corps aps supply section sergeant jones is a son of mr and mrs mr roy jones of ahli city ile he n the army in july 1939 and has been in england 17 months the sergeant wears the good conduct ribbon and has been awarded the presidential unit citation ribbon awarded to the bomb group to which his sub depot is attached ile he Is a former student of 0 morgan high school technical sergeant earl davis arrived home from england and is on a 9 21 day furlough which began tuesday he has completed 35 combat missions MIS alons over enemy territory and for his valor and splendid plen did achievements has been awarded an air medal three oak leaves and the distinguished flying cross |