Show IIII 4 i With Our Boys In The I i Armed Forces OPPORTUNITY ITY TO JOIN TilE THE MARINES m L ES Tho Marine Corps has announced that year 17 old enlistees can now complete completo their high school education through tho the Marine Corp Institute Immediate en en- enlistments or of both regulars and reserves re are being accepted Youths who want the Marine Corps are being urged now rather than wait since only a limited number can bo accepted through Induction Information Concerning enlistments may be obtained through the Marino Corps Utah U ah office Federal building Salt Lake City jU NOW OW STUDENT STUDE T AIR lIt PILOT Dear Lee Just Ju t a line Une to let you know my new address and change of status After graduating from Mammo th College Illinois my battalion was trans trans- transferred transferred to the Navy Pre flight school at tho the University of Iowa Iowa City to continue continuo our pilot training Upon arrival my rate was changed from Seaman first class to tb a student air noIr pilot and a new set of uniforms Issued I would like Uke to take this opportunity to thank yu you y again for The Record I look forward each week to reading about tho the good old home town Sincerely yours HOWARD E. E E MCMILLAN pH lm J 7 P p l ENSIGN WILLIS E. E BERRY DEltRY WRITES WHITES OF 01 iCE EXPERIENCE Dear Folks I Remember a short while ago I told you in a letter about an odd Incident that happened when we were coming back from a trip Well they have havo re released re- re released released leased the story now and this paper Is 15 Isa isa a copy of It It gives It lots better than I could describe des ribe In my own words It may make a good story for The Park Record They gave us these to mall to our town home paper but Im I'm sending It to you first They have already re re- released released re- re released leased a story and quite a few lew pictures of It to all the newspapers In the world and they say It made a pretty good story Maybe you ou have bave already read about It AT AN ADVANCED PACIFIC BASE July 5 Attempting S to row a a. foot 12 long skiff across a thousand miles mUes of empty Pacific Ocean two Jap soldiers were picked up by the crew of a Coast CoastGuard manned Guard Guard manned assault cargo transport In a capture that was in reality a rescue res- res rescue rescue cue It was was was' announced by Commander Gordon A. A A Littlefield Jesselyn Ave Duxbury Mass skipper of the ship on arrival here today The Coast Guard AKA steaming to to- toward toward toward ward an American advanced base sight sight- sighted ed tho tiny water-logged water craft in mid mid- ocean The two Japs members of an army labor battalion had bad already made good miles mlles from their original start- start startIng startIng starting Ing point on the Island of Naura They had been at sea 10 30 days Standing on th tl thwarts of ot their skiff the two Nipponese were in a bad physical Condition when they were sight sight- sighted ed waving anxiously to attract the tho American ship Their entire food supply consisted of half balf a dozen partly eaten papayas and a n cocoanut shell with which they caught rain water An examina examIna- examination examInation examination tion by tho ships ship's medical officer Sen Sen- Senior SenIor Senior Assistant Surgeon Bernard H. H Ray Ray- Raymond Raymond Raymond mond U U. U S. S Public Health Service 1903 Hampton Blvd Norfolk J. J showed the tho survivors to be suffering from great ulcerous body sores and to be bo In a n serious condition of dehydration Their skiff first sighted on a. a a calm sea in the early morning hours proved to bo be rigged with a blanket for a sail and af a single a single sculling oar The Coast Const CoastGuard CoastGuard Guard ship slowed to put over the side an to effect the rescue Capture Commander Littlefield veteran of the tho invasions of Normandy and Southern France and sub anti-sub warfare In Ln the At At- Atlantic Atlantic lantic Ian tic ordered the ship kept underway mindful of Jap decoy tactics Ensign James R. R Kennedy West WestEnd WestEnd WestEnd End Ave Chicago HI former U. U S. S Secret Service agent ag nt who speaks Jap Jap- Japanese Japanese Japanese anese was in the landing boat which picked up toe to e two Japs They kept bowing low and tipping their caps as we approached them he be said Once aboard the Coast Guard trans trans- transport transport transport port tho the survivors were given medical treatment tho the first process of which In Included In- In InCluded included washing and delousIng After drinking greedily of the fresh water handed to them the Japs J ps were stripped of ot their filthy clothing and Issued the smallest sizes In dungarees we had bad aboard ship On arrival at this port the two Japs were turned over to Navy authorities JQ J fi JU C RECEIVES ES PACKAGE IN FRANCE l CE J I I Park City Ladies Ladles Auxiliary No 43 Local Union No 99 Park City Utah I Dear Friends Just yesterday I received the package lor of stationary and the handkerchief with tho the tho enclosed birthday greeting which you so thoughtfully forwarded to me me- me very nice and exceedingly timely for I had only a day or two previously ex exhausted ex- ex exhausted exhausted hausted my supply of stationary on hand Thank you very much indeed I Iam Iam Iam am grateful to you I After passing two years In jolly old England I find myself In Southern France about thirty-five thirty miles mUes north north- northwest northwest northwest west of Marseille And although I have ha been here hero only six weeks I am longing to return to England Naturally the fact that my wife resides in England is Js a a. contributing factor to my desire Then too the location of my base leaves much to bo be desired being be ng situated in ina ina a a. stony barren dusty dry bowl The neighboring towns are small 11 and rather dirty The only real recreation Is swim swim- ming And I must admit admIt- that conditions for swimming In hi the Mediterranean aro are Ideal the ideal the water warm the weather hot best wishes to each caCh of you I conclude Sincerely yours J VIRGIL G. G MILLS MILL KJ Q so ja JiZ WIDOW mow RECEIVES ES DECORATIONS DECO Posthumous un s awards of the air medal and two oak leaf clusters to S. S Bet Ralph V. V V King were announced d Sunday by A A. A A A. A F P overseas replacement placement r depot Kearns Mrs Patricia Louder King Salt Lake City and a a. a former widow W of received the decorations from 1 t Continued C on Page Pa e Four With the Armed Forces Force j Continued Jed from Pale Page One Col Weldon W W. Doe commanding off orn Nn after a review by military personnel persona 1 at Kearns Saturday King Was killed in action wit ith i the air force after meritorious j achievement in flights against the ts en emy from May to October 1944 Q 1 ARRIVES ES IN UNITED STATES Mr and Mrs Frank word from their son T. T Cornell Cornel Diamond that he was in the good od 04 o U. U S. S A. A and would be home for a furlough fur fur- furlough lough visit in a few days T. T Dla Da mond mood is with the Mountain Dirt Did slon sion and wears the Purple Heart SUm Silver Star and Oak Leaf Cluster He has bas beta beci serving in Italy 1 KB Fa HOB BOn TALLON T. RECEIVES ES GIFT Dear Ladles I I wish to thank you for your thought in regards to the birthday gift gm which I received not so an long ago Your Yon kindness Is very much appreciated Ai As stated previously and may I quote veil sell done Sincerely BOB TALLON Pa l TO VISIT Mr Wayne Evans S. S C. C c 1 wife ud and children will arrive in the Park Part tD s evening for a day 30 visit at the hone hoc of ot Mr and Mrs Ed Evans Mr ETUI En is 13 enjoying a furlough after serving la is lathe I the South Pacific campaign wo VISITING SON 7 Mr and Mrs Tom Brennen left W- W day last for Long Beach California to tD see and visit with their son Tom Tons Jr 7 LC C-LC U. U S. S N. N Tom Jr phoned his hU foll fah Thursday evening that he was in Let La LaBeach Beach but would be bo unable to cs coy cc home so his parents quickly t the next best would be for them t oJ 1 visit him It has been over a year rear sin tt Tommy left this country for P iB duty and the meeting with loved oed ow owin o J Jin e ete even a. a J in Long Beach was Indeed a happy for all concerned |