| Show RICHFIELD SAILOR BOY HOME ON FURLOUGH LOUGH lin lindon d J johnson 0 n C on v a on B board 0 a rol ion xia ern u alio C I 1 1 t 1 n g 1 hns 11 1 s good story to tell of six sit trips across the ocean lindon joh johnann naon son of hyrum johnson of richfield R lel ifield a member of the crew of the U S S huntington with two submarines to its credit dropped into richfield on wednesday wednes night on a 15 day furlough lindon is now rated as coxswain on board the huntington having passed successfully the exams that gave him this rating he wears the gold stripe tor for overseas service having made six trips across the briny convoying the soldiers who helped to lick the kaiser and put Ger germany nany on the blink lindon enlisted in the navy just after america entered the war after his initial training lie he went to the atlantic coast and shortly afterwards he was assigned to the huntington this ship is of the cruiser class and on two of its trips added two subs to its credit one of these was observed at night but depth charges ended its career the other was sighted during the day and was sunk by shellfire in addition to a splendid record in the convoy service the huntington brought back to america merica AL survivors of the ill fated louisa that was torpedoed during the last day of the submarine warfare lindon like other boys of the west likes the service and the excitement of war times but now that war is ended he longs for the free ree life of the west and will be glad when he is released to return home |
