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Show NewTAbout i Servicemen ''".TThT Fifth Army in Italy ffl WW T. Nak:,mura, pri son of Mrs. Tsugl Nakn- """""whose home is on Route nl"W'i,nviston. Utah, has been I ! " the Fiftli Army's 442hd c"d ' American Combat team J9f larded the combat Infantry -badge for actual participa-m" participa-m" combat against the enemy in Italy- riards fr the bac,SC are Sh Tlie decoration is awarded to Infantry soldier who has prov- 1 fating ability in combat. The handsome badge consists of ylver rifle set against a back-8 back-8 Ild of infantry blue, enclosed Discharged from the Army tin-rtr tin-rtr the adjusted service rating ,n at the Fort Douglas separa-pa separa-pa center, Fenton Smith, whose mother Mr5- Hda Smith lives at Smithfi'eld, is wearing bronze stars for five campaigns pursuant to nnerations in North Appehines, Se-Arno, Povalley, Naples-Fog-gia and Tunisia. incidental to his 35 months over ov-er seas, he is authorized to wear tlie pre-Pearl Harbor medal, the good conduct medal, and the European theater of operations rib-ton. rib-ton. Before entering the Army in March 1941, he was employed as a farmer for Mr. Austin Smith and the thousands of other discbargees dis-cbargees that pass through the Fort Douglas Separation center for processing in the coarse of demobilization, de-mobilization, constitute the personnel person-nel center's super-project. v-f Back from . the Europena theater thea-ter where he engaged in the operations oper-ations that forced the capitulation capitula-tion of Nazi Germany, Pfc. Ver-ion Ver-ion Cash, whose mother, Mrs. Nish Cash, lives at Smithfield, Dtah, has been processed at reception re-ception station number 12 of the personnel center at Fort Douglas, Utah, for his 30 days furlough and redeployment to further duty. His service overseas has netted him the Europena theater of operations ribbon and the good conduct medal, med-al, and he wears three bronze stars for campaigns in Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe. He joined the armed forces in 1943. WAVE Lucille Hobbs, seaman, first class, of Smithfield, has arrived ar-rived in the Hawiian islands for duty. She is the daughter of Mrs. Anna C. Hobbs, of RFD 1, Smith-field. Smith-field. Miss Hobbs is a graduate of the North Cache high school. She enlisted en-listed in the WAVES in May, 1944, and was stationed at the Naval supply depot, Oakland, California, at the time she received her orders or-ders for overstas duty. She has one brother, Virgil, in the U. S. Army. With the 32nd Infantry division in northern Luzon while leading a squad of infantrymen against an enemy position along the Villa Verde trail, Staff Sergeant Howard H. Peterson of Mendon suffered shrapnel wounds and has been a-warded a-warded the purple heart. Sgt. Peterson, who is now recovered, re-covered, joined the 32nd, (Red Ar- , row) Infantry division during the Leyte operation where he participated partici-pated in his first; combat against the enemy. Sgt. Peterson, in addition to the purple heart is also entitled to wear the combat infantryman badge and the Philippine Libera- and scatter and make still more work for the gardener either this fall or next spring, Dr. Stark said. Experienced gardeners strongly strong-ly advise everyone to clear away all the early crops as soon as they cease yielding good quality vegetables, and either replant immediately im-mediately or keep the area well-cultivated well-cultivated and free of moisture-sapping moisture-sapping weeds until time to replant. re-plant. If water can be supplied during dry spells, a good soaking at intervals of about one week can mean the difference between success suc-cess and failure, he indicated. No weed should ever be allowed to develop more than about two inches of top growth, after which it begins accumulating reserves of food material in its roots. Con-sisten Con-sisten hoeing and pulling of every bindweed vine that shows itself gradually will exhause the food rPRprves. Dr. Stark concluded. Receives Promotion Corporal Wayne W. Geary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Geary of Smithfield, has been promoted from Ffc. at Barksdale Field Louisiana. Corporal Geary enlisted in April, 1943 and reported report-ed to the B-29 Superfortress base shortly after that date. Before going to Barksdale Field, he was stationed, at Kearns, for two months. ' tion medal. He is the son of Mr. i . and Mrs. Oliver L. Peterson of Mendon. -. Fifth air force Phillippines Rendell M. Seamons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey N. Seamons of Hyde Park, Utah, has . been promoted pro-moted to staff sergeant with the Red Raiders, one of the leading heavy bomb units of the Fifth air force bomber command. Sergeant Seamons, a graduate of the North Cache high school of Richmond, is a rodio operator-gunner operator-gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, bomb-er, As a. combat airman, he is one of the Red Raiders who are striking strik-ing at Jap bases in Formosa and along the South China Coast. He has an older brother Ervin H., who is also a radio operator j "i the Army Air Forces. |