Show john quentin page Is missing in action A telegram received here late on monday afternoon by mr and mrs mia john G page informed them that their son john quentin page was missing in action in the pacific wat war theatre where he had been on duty for the past several months the telegram receiver through the county sheriffs department and delivered by deputy sheriff ray H adams reads as follows arlington vir aug 9 1943 mr I and mrs john ich G page age parowan carowan Pa rowan utah the navy department deeply regrets g ta to inform nac you that your son am john quentin page motor machin ests mate second class is missing following action in the per firmance for mance of his duty and in the service of his country the department appreciates your great anxiety but d details I 1 buls not now available and delay in receipt thereof must necessarily cessa cesso rily mily be expected to prevent boasi possible e aid to our enemies please ale a as do not mt divulge the name of his sh ship ip or station rear admiral randall jacobs chief of naval personnel since that time no further word has las been received by h his parents quentin enlisted in the navy and left leet here on august 28 1942 tor for the naval training station at san diego here he wei was assigned to a no na val school in diesel engineering and sent to columbia missouri for the first part of it from here he was graduated as a motor machinists mate second class as an honor homm at student he came home on a furlough then returned to cleveland for far f further ther training and graduated from the naval school there january 22 1943 three months ahead of schedule with a rating of motor machinists M mate first fint class to be received asler after line months in the service he should have received this rating on april but apparently ap pp he had t gotten it he went to new york and got his first sea assignment between there the and norfolk virg nia in he went through the panama canal and left for the south pacific in march of this year and has been there since the last letter received by his people was written on july |