Show I I I I H f With Our Boys In The I i i Armed Forces I n I in 11 MM in I. I NOW AT T HOME lIO Eric V. V Anderson son of Mrs Mra Esther Anderson arrived in the Park the tho first of the week from overseas duty Anderson entered the I army on May 12 12 1944 going overseas in January 1945 where he spent 8 months In the European theatre as a member or of tho the Parachute Infantry Ho is the wearer of tho the combat Infantry badge unit citation Pa GREEN PROJECT RETURNEES Miami Florida Sept 3 Flown 3 Flown here from overseas as part of the Green Oreen Project which calls for or the Air Trans Tram Transport Transport port Commands Command Caribbean Division to tony fly ny returnees from Europe to Miami Army Air Field FJeld each month an an- another another another other Park City man Is back In the tho states Many of ot the planes are manned by veteran pilots and crews from the Troop I Carrier Command I 1 less than 24 hours they left for Camp Blanding Florida by rail From there they will go to a reception center nearer home for separation from the tho service or furlough turlough prior to assignment T. T VerDon A. A Carpenter after thirty-one thirty months In Italy with the tho M. M P. P Ba arrived in the United States on August 24 T. T Carpenter Is the proud wearer of five battle stars and the Purple Heart s Ir Pa rO SERVICE First Lieutenant Fred Claude Gillette left the tho Park Thursday last for Port Fort Fanning Texas after spending a 30 day furlough In the Park with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Gillette i sa 7 EH RECEIVES ES PURPLE First Class Bob was recently awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received In the Pacific area I Bob Informed his parents Mr ir and Mrs Jim that he be was for tor- forwarding forwarding warding the award to them here and hoped it would not DOt be too long before he was able to spend a furlough turlough with them pa r WITH TIlE THE TANK T. I i. OX ON O MINDANAO O Little publicized p during the Philip Philip- Philippine Philippine pine Liberation Campaign the record of the Tank Battalion can now be revealed Technician Grade Grode Jessie D. D Hone husband of ot Mrs Alice Hone I. I 72 Woodside Ridge Park City CUy Utah who is a a. member of the battalion that is proud of its it's record Supporting the doughboys in assault landing land ng on Luzon Panay Pansy Negros Cebu Jolo Job Peninsula and on Min Mm- Mindanao Mindanao danao the Tankers met and defeated the tho best the Japs had Hone relates reates I O Our Our r tanks t have fought every kind of warfare In the books We engaged the tanks of the Nip Armored Division I on n the roads and on the spreading rice paddles paddies of Luzon We took part in the street fighting at Manila ManUa and as part I of a Tank-Infantry Tank team we Cleared the Nipponese from the Jungles s of Mindanao We bad had been continuously In combat I since the of January up until this tho termination of the Philippine Campaign I moving from operation to operation so soi soI i fast that often after firing the last shot I I at the retreating Nips Nips' at noon we could I find ourselves loading on that j I evening off for tor another Jap held is- is isI I land I Reviewing the remarkable record of his outfit Hone adds In six months of fighting our battalion has killed more than th n Nipponese and andI destroyed over pillboxes and much I of the armor the Japs used in the de defense de- de deI defense i of or the Islands Its It's no wonder Infantry Divisions that operated In tho the Philippines regard the WOLF PACK so highly Hone was wounded in action against the tile enemy at Mindanao Philip Philip- Philippine Philippine Philippine pine Islands and was awarded the Purple Heart He has since returned to duty |