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Show lI.-:. This is Seaman 1c Melachi H. Rich, of Quitman, Quit-man, Georgia. He is only 18 but a veteran of action in the Mediterranean. The destroyer escort on which he served was torpedoed and he was hit in the spine. For weeks he could not move his feet but now can move one foot pretty well. Four buddies are in the hospital. They were all rescued by a sister ship. I -: - , W ' The going is tough in the jungles of Rendova. Marine Pfc. David Phelps of Bridgeport, Conn., was thrown from a reconnaissance car and received re-ceived a fracture of both legs. But he's doing all right as you see here. Phelps is twenty-two. Ll lt HI l I I II 1 " V . j I y . , : ft n " v A' vl, orwalchafls S& sSSSl ! F a wm in the water three hours after his ship ; at the Axis. . |