Show 1111 n H i i r I 1 1 1 I I 1 II I I MH I H II I I I 1 11 itte With Our Boys In The I Armed Forces i 5 I r n i M Iii h 11 IM n III i 4 ROOSEVELT nOOSE RESIDENT NOW OVERSEAS S WITH TIlE THE INFANTRY TROPIC LIGHTNING DIVISION ON LUZON ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES Private Doral W. W tV Bellon son of or Mrs 1 Eva Bellon and husband of Mrs Lynne Bellon both bothof of Roosevelt Utah has recently arrived overseas and is now in action with tho too Infantry Tropic Lightning Divi Division sion sioni on Luzon Island in the tho Philippines I A member of tho the Infantry Regi Regi- Regiment Regiment ment meat Private Bellon Dellon Is now seeing action in the Caraballo mountains where the American forces are making a drive to to- towards wards the vital Balete Pass Capture or Of this pass will give the Yank Infantry infantry- infantrymen men the gateway to Valley enemy stronghold In Northern Luzon Troops of tho the Division are veter veter- veteran veteran veteran an fighters hiving having h ving defeated the Japs Japson on Guadalcanal New Georgia and nd Vella VellaI I La LaVella Vella Islands in the Solomon groups as well as having experienced the ori- ori original I ginal attack on Pearl Harbor Before entering the army on August 12 12 1944 Private Bellon operated a farm in Roosevelt Prior to going overseas 3 months ago he trained at Camp Wolters Texas ELLA ELL ADAMSON ISON A HIT IT OF OP SUNSHINE E AN ALEUTIAN BASE April 15 U If IT you want a story for the papers the pati pati- patients patients eats insisted you write one about Ella I Doctors nurses and corpsmen agreed Everybody wanted to see Miss Ella La- La LaVero LaVere LaVero Vero Vere Adamson 25 American Red Cross ClO S worker of Park City Utah get due credit for the Job she has done here for too the I past year They call her a II bit of sunshine and andI I that in the sunless Aleutians is the tho I supreme compliment She Is iii in charge I of the new Recreation Hut at this Naval I Dispensary where convalescents can al- al always ways find piping hot coffee cortee games writ- writ writIng 1 ing lag paper handicrafts music and and and- most important important mla's Ella's Ellas friendly smile 1 There arent aren't many battle casualties at this base any more but nature is the same relentless enemy Injuries sus sus- sustained tamed in line of duty from raging storms and mountainous seas hurt Just Justas as much as the Purple Heart variety But there are no long faces when Ella is around Miss Adamson graduated from Utah State Agricultural College and taught in the Park City schools before volun volun- volunteering volunteering for overseas duty with the Red Cross Her mother Mrs Zina Adamson lives at 1384 Park avenue Park City Tho The Navy NarY men men didn't want their names In this story They wanted it to tobe tobe tobe be about Ella Pa TO ro ARRIVES IN IS UNITED STATES TES ON FURLOUGH T. T 1 Robert L. L Olsen son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd A. A Olsen has hu arrived in the United States on furlough from tho the European E Theater of Operations where he served six months with the Eighth Bomber Command as aerial engineer on a n B He completed 35 missions totaling combat flying hours S d tJ i I. I THANKS TO TIlE THE LADIES L. Dear D ar Mrs Brunyer SI I received your gift gUt the other day and was very surprised and happy to receive it It sure doesn't seem like Christmas this year The weather here never gets as cool as the hottest day in Park City I could sure go for some bOme of that cool weather again I This makes the second year that X I have been away from home at Christmas Christmastime Christmastime Christmastime time last year I spent with my uncle so that wasn't so bad Thanks again for sending the gift gUt and give my thanks to the Ladles Ladies Auxiliary They are to be complimented on the fine tine work they are doing As ever S PAUL W. W PETERSEN IT E CHRISTMAS S GIFTS RECEIVED ED Dear Ladies Ladles of Auxiliary No 43 I am very glad to hear bear from you and was glad to get your Christmas card And I also had a very Merry Christmas myself We had bad a big turkey dinner and andall andall andall all the trimmings that you could think of And I hope that all the ladles ladies of No 43 had as Merry Christmas as I had I bet the old town was quite lively it has always been when I was there I X Iguess Iguess guess they had a big dance at the Union Unionhall Unionhall Unionhall hall and all the other dance halls that aro are there Well this Is Just about all I can say for this time so I will say my so long for this time I As ever An Old Miner S BILL LEE Pa JI IT pa UTAH CALIFORNIA SOLDIERS SLY SL GERMANS IN 10 MINUTES IN ITALY LY WITH THE FIFTH ARMY ARM ITALY ITALY- Staff Sergeant Cornell Diamond of Park City Utah and Private First Class Joe Joo Carmelo of Linda Vista California cap cap- captured captured tuned six Germans and two mules within 10 minutes on tho the Fifth Army front in northern Italy recently S They serve in the Mountain In- In Continued on Page pagel Four With the Armed Forces Continued 1 from Page One fantry fan try Regiment of the Moun Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Division i Diamonds Diamond's and Carmelos Carmelo's action foiled tolled the ruse of an Italian woman who apparently ap ap- apparently ap- ap apparently on the pretext of at finding her husband and child had attempted to warn the tho of the Yanks' Yanks pre pre- pre pre-I sence The Tho American unit had reached Its objective on a peak In the Apennines when Diamond spotted an antipersonnel mine with German red wire attached running to a a. house bouse on the side of at the hill One of at the Italian women we wo found up there wanted to go down to the house Diamond said She told us her husband and baby were there so Joe and andI I went with her She told us to wait watt at ata ata a n corner of the house bouse and then scooted around to the front alone but I 1 follow follow- followed ed right after her ber and got there In tIme tune tImeto timeto to see a Jerry starting to close the tho door He didn't see me I rammed my rifle In and said Lets go and six Nazis came out That's all there was to It The whole took about 10 minutes Inside the house Diamond and Car- Car Carmelo Carmelo melo found a a. largo large radio set with a 15 I foot aerial generators dry cells a battery bat bat- battery battery tery hooked up to the antipersonnel mine log book artillery overlays code books and maps I Outside the tho house bouse they found two mules the Germans had been using I The woman found her husband and I child It developed but evidently her real Interest had been In warning the Germans Diamonds Diamond's parents live In Park City Carmelos Carmelo's wife mother and sister reside at Richland Lane Linda Vista JI TT JS RECEIVES ES HEART Mrs Alta Collard received a Purple Heart from the War department honor honor- honorIng honoring Ing her son Edward Sullivan who was reported missing In action February 24 1944 No word has been received from Edward since that time and the govern govern- government government government ment now reports him as presumably killed In action Staff Sullivan was In the air airs corp and was flying over Germany Germ ny at atthe I tho the time he was reported repotted as ns missing I In action I I VISITING G HOME 11 Leonard Dahl merchant marines son of Mr and Mrs Chas Dahl Is enjoying 1 I a months month furlough in the Park ea a aNA 3 r T a NAY NAVY NA Y MAN S HOME I John E. E E Consoni S S. c 1 arrived In Inthe Inthe inthe the Park the first of tho the week for a n visit with home folks Mr Is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert BS Q Td ENJOYS EN SnOUT SHORT VISIT ISIT Daniel Nelson stationed at Wend Wend- Wendover t over Utah spent Monday and Tuesday wend wend-I visiting In the Park with his bis aunt Mrs Frank Colvin The young man enjoyed every minute of his stay here bere p JJ B 11 WAR W. EFFORTS Dear Mrs r IJ Received your very ery thankful gift and J I wish to express my deepest tion tion Uon Jo o you and I the the the- very fine women in the Ladles Auxiliary who are doing BO so much In the war effort No doubt you would like Uke to know a la little about my navy natty life I have been j I attached to Net and Boom which con con- conI consists I of the laying l of submarine nets 1 I I to protect harbors of at enemy submarine attacks I must sign off ore f now thanking g you all again i i i Sincerely yours ELMO SIMMONS Cox h Tr ia I HOME nO II 0 ON os FURLOUGH Dale Fisher A. A A A. A A F P. arrived In the Park Thursday last for a a. furlough visit with his parents Sheriff and Mrs Irs George Fisher Fisher Is enjoying his work in the aviation division and hopes bopes soon to see seo active duty across the pond He Be i inow id 14 now stationed at Scott Field Illinois Pa A u Pa A HOWARD MCMILLAN Mc ENJOYS COOKED HOME MEALS Dear Lee Just a line to let you know I have bave havea a new address and Is very much unlike tho other places I have been stationed Living conditions here bere are really won won- wonderful wonderful Instead of fifty to a hundred men In a barracks we have two met metto metto metto to a room In a nice fraternity home bome also home-cooked home meals For athletics we use a nice stadium Another thing to I get away from the regular navy we only have bave three officers in charge and as M Instructors we have bave regular college pro pro- professors Tho The purpose of this college work Is to prepare us both physically and mentally for the tough training In pre night which we will enter after Completing this phase Upon graduating from the Aerial Gun Gun- Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery nery school In Miami ten of us were o lucky enough to be selected for lor pilot training The town of at Illinois re reminds re- re reminds reminds minds me of Park City In two ways First It Is 18 a small town and the people are aro very nice secondly the weather Is about the same It may sound funny fUDDY but it seems good to have a little cold little cold weather after being In a hot bot climate all winter Thanks again for tor The Record we Si In Inthe the armed forces appreciate the trouble you go to to let us know the home home- hometown hometown hometown town news Sincerely yours HOWARD OWARD MCMILLAN |