Show I 1 news from those in the service I 1 if if LOOKED LIKE UTOPIA SAYS MORGAN SERGEANT combat Is rough according to a fifteenth A A F in italy but sergeant mack P peterson Pc terson 24 ot of morgan found an oasis in a war torn continent when he balled out of his liberator over rumania petersons heavy bomber group was attacking the oil refinery near vienna when laok lack of gas forced his plane to drop from the formation and head tor for a landing lit behind hind in mixed english and rumanian they ran out of gas and bailed baided out in rumania A swarm of natives ran forward to help the americans out of their chutes jabbering a torrent of words in n moxcy english and rumanian there was no doubt of their friendly intentions said peterson they seemed happy that we dropped in on kg them and we were surprised that so many could talk english we soon found out that half of the he people in this town had worked in buffalo and wanted to know if any of us came JU pill from there we pointed to our bomba dier adler and they all began shooting questions at him for the next two days while awaiting transportation to bucharest where a plane would fly them to their base the airmen were treated like visiting royalty arriving in the rumanian capital the americans had to pinch themselves to make sure they dreaming it looked like utopia to me continued peterson the streets weri were full of big cars packards cadillacs and rolls royce and all the were dressed as though they were un on la a fashion parade where the people got the money to put on the show they did I 1 dont know but they all I 1 had it and prices were cheap too eggs cost less than a penny apiece and nd good german beer was plentiful it 4 cents for a 20 ounce stein when we ate at a fashionable restaurant a full course steak dinner cost us just 75 ants and we got wine with the meal 00 oo agues I 1 gues our bom bombadier badler knows why hose people came back from buffalo rhe fhe surprising thing is why they went bera in the first place 1 although alth 0 ugh it w was as occupied by gernan russians and also suffered somewhat from allied bombings bu harest shows little marks of war the hotels in the rumanian capital ere found to be e on a par with the est st that american cities could offer nd at one of the frequent parties that he airmen attended they me one of lie he count rys newest citizen named roosevelt the hospitality they showed us we uld only expect oft off our closest lends back home said peterson petera on and yet all the people here her e treated 1 I as though we were old friends we ere all sorry when the plane arrived i take us away and well never forget tat lucky jump that landed us in A son of mr and mrs cleve petern of morgan sergeant peterson a t p turret gunner Is a graduate of organ high school he is the holder the air medal mis wife mrs betty peterson resides in devils slide 42 2 JAPS KILLED 42 TANKS le LN IN MUNOZ BATTLE rhe fhe battle to save manila went on ace friday but the big news from zon came from the other fighting ints particularly the corps tor where the japs took a severe It bitting ting in a six day battle in this ii to the g ath and gg divisions capped munoz rizal and luaao after irp fighting g enemy losses in the nt fighting in the general area te been very heavy in both person runs guns and armor at munoz alone i ath division counted 1242 enemy id and captured or destroyed 42 ks 62 armored cars or military and 22 guns to date over ts s of the japanese 2nd and armored di an it have been destroyed represent more than two thirds of its 1 power remaining elements are so scattered that this division Is bonger longer an effective fighting unit i 1 manila elements of the in ty ry division crossed the basig river le he vicinity of Malaca uan palace i are dire assisting the alth airborne di in n in clearing the southern part of A corn com ff d the task of cleaning up the jap portion of the ity city she shelling ling by y y japanese of the northern half ot of lea city ity has ceased due probably to y act that the jap jah U across the basig have been 7 bcd out mopping up operations dinue in south manila veterans V ew guinea and islands of the pa j I 1 tan now fighting in manila have an overnight change in all tac they have learned in the past i ayears of battle battle from mud jun land coral reefs they have to fighting reminiscent of that by the allies to reduce large ean cities although there Is nc iti concentration of japanese in pea p ea snipping from windows and lr r fire in hidden positions in ings ga makes the going tough the ing ng up is a slow block by block M s which entails digging out each dual ual jap position heavy eavy bombers attacked enemy ide efen tenses ses on corregidor dabag un positions and starting large B patrol planes damaged build pd hit supply dumps at Divi lacan the northeast coast and bombed al installations at Hond agua in col peninsula fighters and bombers closely supported the 1 operations in all sectors other ranged aged over the china sea bor celebes new guinea he e bismarck solomons area nd army pilots struck th tho 3 falaus Ca lorines and mar above ove account of the philippine is from staff sergeant J C lee company A ath medical battalion a son of mr and mrs jabez lee of morgan T 4 clarence G C francis son of mrs cecilia K francis is currently assigned to the A A F redistribution station no 4 at santa ana army air base T 4 francis an auto mechanic with the air force in the european theater of operations entered the service on december 29 1941 and went overseas in september 1942 lie he is entitled to wear the european theater ribbon with three battle stars corporal ray robinson of morgan Is a member ol of the tank battalion ic n which is credited with killing 1400 germans capturing others knocking out 11 tanks and disabling three others and destroying 31 pillboxes pill boxes 41 vehicles and 64 guns the outfit now in the apennine mountains before the po valley has been in the line with the fifth army about days since it was indoctrinated trina ted in battle near londi italy last spring it has expended rounds of ammunition in combat in eluding millimeter 76 millimeter and 75 millimeter shells in one of its birts actions the helped seal off a german pocket in which germans were taken prisoners boys leaving through induction for the armed forces this month were lloyd bennett husband ot of mrs dorothy bennett donald phillips husband of mrs enid phillips ronald adams son of mr and mrs hyrum adams merle leak husband of mrs thelma leak and eugene bowen husband of mrs mary jane bowen mr and mrs leonard johanson enjoyed a two day visit last week from their son pac keith johanson who is stationed tation ed at an army air field at tono pah nev I 1 lieutenant ag jg L wayne bell Is home on a 30 day leave after serving i t vear in the pacific war zone li tenant bell is a fighter pilot in navy and served five months aboard thee carrier fighting lady |