Show news from our boys I 1 in the armed forces cal joseph C orion writes from tokyo on third birthday overseas in a letter just received from cal joseph C orton by his parents mr and mrs twenty orton he says he has arrived in tokyo japan with his company after spending nearly four days in the air he states it does certainly seem good to be out of the jungles where he has been for over two years he is thankful our country had to be so torn tom up by war since blocks of tok tokyo yo are in ruin even under these circumstances he appreciates being back in partial civilization out 0 of f the extreme heat and steamy jungle they stopped in their flight from blak baak island to see the palau islands leyte and manilla in the philippines and okinawa they also flew low over hiroshima and found the destruction of the atomic bomb almost impossible to believe incidentally the letter was written on his birthday the third one spent in the pacific he further states the japanese apparently patently ly seem grateful that the fighting is over and so far are treat ing our men kindly I 1 former resident and war veteran son visits relatives friends here mrs marguerite fox a former resident of this city and her son hugh were visitors here on wednesday with relatives and friends and called in to renew their subscription to the par owan times mrs fox left us the following article which came to her from mcclellan field calif whre hugh was mustered out to return to civilian life again technical sergeant hugh A of circleville Cir cleville is a civilian again following his dischar discharge gc at this army separation point after 37 months of service with the army air forces he was overseas in the european theater with the bomb group a as a radio operator from july 1944 to january 1945 he has been awarded two battle stars to his theater rib bon and has the flying cross with oak leaf clusters ile he has been in the army since august 5 1942 he is a son of mrs marguerite fox of circleville Cir cleville he has two brothers in the service dick R seaman first class san francisco and pat jay E stationed in new jersey T mgt is a 1942 grad uati of the branch agricultural college at cedar city |