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Show ! FOUNTAIN GREEN 1 I Dy Sre-:o-i Correspondence ' Men In Service Mr. Ernest J. Nielson of Fountain Foun-tain Green received a letter recently re-cently from Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, Commandant of the Fifth Air Force, which gives Mr. Nielson every reason to be proud. The letter states that his. son, Technical Sergeant Forrest For-rest E. Nielson has been decorated deco-rated with the Distinguished Flying Fly-ing Cross. Tt was an award made in recognition of courageous service serv-ice to (us' uomL.iii-' OigViiiizauiHj., his e!.io v American Airmen, his country, his home and to his father. He was cited for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest South-west Pacific area from June 21, 1943 to January 21, 1944, during which time hostile contact was probable and expected. On one particular mission Tech. Sergeant Forrest Nielson was radio gunner of an airplane in a formation which made a daylight day-light attack on Dagua, New Guinea. Gui-nea. The squadron was intercepted inter-cepted by enemy fighters at the start of the bombing and strafing run. The fighters made pressing attacks, but were repelled bv Sergeant Nielson. The target run I vas made despite heavy anti- aircraft fire. ; Almost every hour of every day day this son and the sons of other American fathers are doing just such things as that related here in the South Pacific. In conclusion of his letter he says "I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have had men such as your son .in my command and how grate-j ful I m to know that young A-! mericans with such courage and resourcefulness are fighting our country's battle against the aggressor ag-gressor nations." We say to Scrgt. Nielson, "May your every effort be crowned with success." . Lt. Claren Robert Collard, grandson of Mr: and Mrs. N. M. 1 Jenseji of Fountain Green, who, ! in last week's news was reported ' as missing in action in the Chi-1 na-India-Burma theatre of war, has returned safely to his base. A telegram to this effect from the Uar Department was received by , his parents Mr. and Mrs. George E. Colard and his wife, Mrs. Mari-lyn Mari-lyn McKenzie Collard of Provo.! No details were given concerning concern-ing his return June 19th from his flight over the Himalaya Mountains Moun-tains two weeks before. Seaman 2c Lawrence Sardoni who has recently completed his: boot training at Farragut, Idaho is spending his furlough with his wife, Mrs. Ilcne O. Sardoni and children. Private William Madsen, who is stationed at San Antonio, Tex., is spending his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lauritz Madsen. Lewis Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanson, and Gayle Hansen, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Niels Christiansen and Mrs. Caroline Car-oline M. Hansen, both in the U. S. Navy, met very unexpectedly recently somewhere on the coast. Their assignment for duty, they thought, was far apart, but their I meeting was a most happy one. They had always been plas until I the service par.ed them. Lewis ! was a member of the Amphibi-I Amphibi-I ous Forces of the U. S. Navy and was assigned to the crew for active ac-tive duty at the completion of I (Continued on last page.) ' FOUNTAIN GREEN ' ' JW Special Correspondence I j (Continued from first page.) his preliminary L. S. T. Training at Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Vir-: Vir-: ginia. j Mr. and Mrs. L. Edward Niel-son Niel-son have received word that their son, Corporal Mont Nielson, stationed sta-tioned somewhere in Kentucky, has been operated on for appendicitis. append-icitis. The last reports are that i he is slowly improving. I Social News Mr. and Mrs. Glade Hansen and ' children of Midvale, Utah visited Sunday with Mrs. Hansen's mother, moth-er, Mrs. R. V. Rasmussen and her brother, R. Glade Anderson, who is enjoying a month's furlough before returning to the Bushnell i hospital for leg treatment. The following visited during the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Snow. Mrs. Alice Jus- ! tesen and daughter, Mrs. Lois Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. William Justesen and two daughters of Orangeville, Emery county, U-tah, U-tah, Mr Jesse Pocock of Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. Gloyd Tidwell and children of Ogden. I Mr. and Mrs. Vern Jensen and j children have moved to Beaver, Utah where Mr. Jensen is employed em-ployed as an electrician. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ware of Lay-ton, Lay-ton, Utah visited Tuesday with Mrs. Jean Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Newel Guymon and children of Salt Lake City visited during the week with relatives rel-atives at Fountain Green. Mr. Dee Wright and Mrs. T. L. BroaJhcad of Nephi visited Wed- nesday with Mrs. Molvin Johnson. John-son. Mr. and Mrs. Welby Rodeback and children of Helper, Utah Mrs. J. F. Hansen and Mrs. Lowell Lo-well Hansen and son, Lorell of Spring City visited Tuesday with -Mrs. H. Elwood Hansen at Fountain Foun-tain Green. Mrs. H. P. Olsen is visiting in Logan with her son, Newell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Peterson and children of Standardville, Utah visited Sunday with their parents, par-ents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry Peterson Peter-son at Fountain Green. Miss Joy Cameron of Beaver, Utah is visiting with her sister. Mrs. Reed Nielson at Fountain Green. r Moroni Stake Y. W. M. I. A. Outing Approximately 117 girls attended at-tended the Moroni Stake Y. W. M. I. A. outing Monday at Arrowhead, Ar-rowhead, which consisted ;of swimming, dancing, Weiner roast and a very fine program where every ward participated. This outing was under the direction of Mrs. Thelma Anderson, Stake Y. W. M. I. A. Superintendent. |