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Show Newton Marine Is Bridge Builder Guar (delayed) Marine Private First Class Ralph D. Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Benson of Newton, Utah, was in the detail of engineers that recently re-cently Installed a 110-foot portable steel span on the Talofofo river. The bridge was a pre-fabricated steel structure shipped in sections to Guam from Guadalcanal where it had been used on the Metapona river. Bridge construction is familiar to Private Benson who was with the bridge and building department depart-ment for the Union Pacific in Utah prior to his enlistment. J |